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The Grey Knights are the armed forces of the Imperium's future, specifically designed to counter Chaos.

The origin of the Grey Knights' gene-seed is shrouded in mystery, said to be derived from the Emperor himself, granting each Grey Knight extremely potent resistance to Chaos.

Even a Grey Knight neophyte can cause lesser daemons who gaze upon them to spontaneously disintegrate.

Every member of the Grey Knights is a psyker.

They have undergone extremely rigorous psychic training, enabling them to completely isolate themselves from the negative influences of the Warp when wielding their psychic powers.

Therefore, Chaos Daemons cannot corrupt them when they draw energy from the Warp.

Furthermore, the Grey Knights' specialized armor and faith in the God-Emperor ensure that they will not be easily corrupted even when facing powerful daemons directly.

Through the combined effect of multiple factors, the Grey Knights' resistance to Chaos is nearly 100%.

The 'Grunkstah' is vastly different from the Grey Knights.

The Grunkstah's resistance to Chaos stems from the psychic shield inherent in the single-crystal Warp energy.

So, which is higher, the Grunkstah's or the Grey Knights' resistance to Chaos?

Currently, considering the numerous exposed sensor components on the Grunkstah, their resistance to Chaos is basically on par with that of the Grey Knights.

However, in the foreseeable future, the Grunkstah's resistance to Chaos is bound to comprehensively surpass that of the Grey Knights.

Firstly, the Grunkstah currently lacks a specialized gene-seed, missing the Chaos resistance conferred by it.

Secondly, the Grunkstah does not rely on any faith-based items associated with the God-Emperor, such as purity seals.

Once the Emperor starts selling 'hooks' on the Golden Throne in the future, the Grunkstah will be able to further enhance its Chaos resistance with the aid of the God-Emperor.

In conclusion, the Grunkstah's resistance to Chaos will completely overwhelm that of the Grey Knights, ultimately evolving into a variant Grey Knight clad in single-crystal Warp energy armor.

Starting from the premise that its resistance to Chaos is superior to that of the Grey Knights, Li Nao named his first original Grunkstah legion:

The Black Knights.

The 985th year of the 30th millennium, December 30th, midnight.

Inside the private laboratory.

A pure black humanoid sculpture stood erect on the power armor modification workbench.

It resembled an indescribable shadow; observers could only confirm that it possessed a head, limbs, and a torso, while all other surface details were concealed within a darkness that even light could not illuminate.

When strong light shone upon it, there was not the slightest reflection; the coating created by mechanical sorcery devoured all light.

In the eyes of the Orks, Gork is skilled in frontal combat, while Mork excels in ambushes.

Therefore, the coating capable of absorbing all light was dubbed 'Mork's Black Hair'.

Whether it was visible light, infrared light, or ultraviolet light, no feedback could be obtained from the coating.

This was the Black Knight's first characteristic:

Undetectable, imperceptible, unobservable, untraceable.

Not only were optical sensors unable to capture the Black Knight's presence, but electromagnetic sensors, scent sniffers, metal detectors, gravitational wave detectors, and a series of detection methods using electromagnetic waves as a medium were also unable to detect the Black Knight's existence.

In optical instruments, the Black Knight was merely a shadow.

In the sensory results of other instruments, the Black Knight simply did not exist.

This was the concealment characteristic bestowed upon the Black Knight by the 'Mork's Black Hair' coating.

The mechanical sorcery used to create this coating was extremely expensive, costing a full 50,000 simulation points.

The only potential vulnerability was the heat sink.

If high-intensity combat lasted for more than 10 minutes, the temperature of the heat sink and the exhaust air would noticeably rise, potentially being detected by thermal sensors.

Neither mechanical sorcery nor human technology could solve this drawback.

Li Nao pinned his hopes on fungal abilities.

Only when a fungal ability capable of cooling the medium appeared would the Black Knight possess perfect concealment.

The powerful characteristics brought about by Ork technological sorcery did not end there.

The Black Knight's second characteristic was:

Silence.

A force field generator called 'Mork's Sneakiness' was constantly in operation.

The learning cost of this generator was equally exorbitant, at 50,000 simulation points.

The force field it created covered the Black Knight's surface, containing all sounds emitted by the Black Knight within the force field's range, preventing them from being sensed by sensors outside the field.

The Black Knight's third characteristic was:

Chaos Must Die.

It could not make lesser daemons spontaneously disintegrate upon seeing it, as the Grey Knights could.

However, the specialized weapons equipped by the Black Knight theoretically had a crushing effect on Chaos Daemons.

Li Nao had also specifically exchanged for and studied the blueprints of the 'Find-Thingy', creating two miniature Find-Thingies.

One was carried on his person at all times, sensing any non-human creatures in the vicinity 24/7.

The other was installed on the Black Knight, constantly monitoring the laboratory.

Due to a lack of test subjects, Li Nao was temporarily unable to determine whether the specialized weapons and the Find-Thingy would be effective against Chaos Daemons and various alien creatures.

However, as it stood, the Black Knight's stat sheet was already enough to satisfy him.

He opened the system interface and looked at the fungal warehouse.

[Number of Miraculous Spores: 338].

Some days ago, the number of Miraculous Spores was insufficient, preventing Li Nao from possessing the Black Knight; now, there were enough.

He selected Reward 2 and exchanged for the reward.

[The simulation target you specified has been located.]

[Calculating the simulation price.]

[Simulation target: Ork Mek Boy; base simulation price: 10 Miraculous Spores.]

[Simulation target has undergone genetic modification; its genetic purity is only 10% compared to a normal Mek Boy; simulation price increased by 1000%.]

[Simulation target has undergone mechanization; its degree of mechanization reaches 90%; simulation price increased by 1000%.]

[Final simulation price: 10 * (1 + 1000% + 1000%) = 210 Miraculous Spores.]

[Current Miraculous Spore inventory: 338.]

[Do you wish to immediately possess your designated target and begin Waaagh! simulation?]

The Black Knight's genetic purity was only 10% of a normal Mek Boy.

Such low genetic purity caused the price of the initial simulation to skyrocket.

Fortunately, the final simulation price did not exceed the budget; Li Nao breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Nao sat in the chair and silently recited in his mind:

"Confirm possession."

Li Nao's consciousness detached from his body and shot into the Black Knight.

At that moment, he was the Black Knight, and the Black Knight was him.

Li Nao raised both hands, feeling the strength and weight brought about by genetic and mechanical modifications.

"Crack, crack, crack." The fist clenched forcefully, and the matte leather on the glove emitted a series of crisp sounds, faintly showing signs of being torn by the immense force.

Li Nao released his hands in a timely manner, lest the Black Knight be torn apart as soon as it was built.

Looking up at the human body by the table, Li Nao felt that he only needed to exert 20% of his strength to kill his human body.

The rumored "Who killed me? I killed me" could be realized with a single thought.

Killing himself?

How absurd.

Li Nao shook his head slightly, abandoning unrealistic thoughts, and focused on examining every parameter of the Black Knight.

The finished Black Knight still adopted the design concept of a double insurance policy of an Ork brain and intelligent control protocol data.

The currently loaded protocol data was "Alert Protocol."

The Black Knight could move within the laboratory, remain vigilant at all times, and automatically react to illegal intrusions.

During possession, Li Nao could use Vibration to eject the current protocol data card and load a new one onto the Black Knight.

During non-possession, only Li Nao himself could change the protocols for the Black Knight.

In the most extreme situations, such as Chaos Daemons breaking through layers of defenses and about to glimpse the essence of the Black Knight, or the Adeptus Mechanicus capturing the Black Knight.

At this time, the "Explodey-Thingy" buried within the Black Knight would autonomously activate.

A miniature cation pulse bomb, created using mechanical sorcery.

A cation explosion confined within a three-meter radius would destroy all Ork technological creations within the Black Knight, forever burying the secrets of the Black Knight.

The learning cost of this bomb was also very high, as much as 10,000 points.

It is worth mentioning the raw materials for the cation pulse bomb.

It was the fuel for the plasma reactor, called plasma reactant by the human empire, and 'Blue Coal' in Ork slang.

The Iron Horde's Blue Coal was made by an extremely complex concentration process.

Li Nao had a whim and used Ancient Crystal Fungus on the Ork fuel produced by the Oil Guzzler Squig.

The result made him ecstatic.

After simulating for as long as 1 day, single-crystal Blue Coal appeared.

This thing could both be used to power plasma reactors and be processed into raw materials for cation pulse bombs by mechanical sorcery.

That is to say, as long as promethium ore was abundant, Li Nao could use the Ancient Fuel Extraction Fungus to obtain a sufficient supply of Ork fuel, and then use the Ancient Crystal Fungus to purify the Ork fuel, obtaining the raw materials for cation pulse bombs.

A simple conversion shows that approximately 100 tons of solid promethium ore can produce 1 medium-sized cation bomb sufficient to destroy a frigate.

After discovering this production chain, Li Nao's fear of insufficient firepower vanished, replaced by a desire for promethium ore.

"Mork's Black Hair", "Mork's Sneakiness", "Explodey-Thingy", "Find-Thingy", these four mechanical sorceries cost a total of 130,000 points.

Adding in the learning costs of other components, Li Nao spent points like water.

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As of now, his simulation points only had a small remainder.

[Remaining Simulation Points: 6154 points.]

"It doesn't matter, points can be earned again, but if life is gone, it's really gone. Exchanging simulation points for life insurance, this deal is a good one no matter how you calculate it."

While testing the Black Knight, Li Nao planned for the future.

"Knock, knock, knock." A faint knocking sound rang out, and Brandy's voice came from outside the door.

"Master, it is now one o'clock in the morning. It is time for you to go to sleep."

"Okay, Brandi, I'm coming." Li Nuo ended the possession and responded in his human identity.

In order not to affect the celebration parade of the First Dawn Festival, Li Nuo specifically asked Brandi to remind him to go to bed at one o'clock in the morning.

He saved the test data and officially ended today's work.

Li Nuo opened the gate of his private laboratory and turned off the lights in the room.

Darkness filled the laboratory, with only the indicator lights of the experimental equipment scattering faint light.

On the power armor modification platform, the Black Knight merged with the shadows, as if it had become darkness itself.

Li Nuo stared at the direction of the Black Knight, nodded slightly, and became increasingly satisfied with the stealth of the Prototype Genestar, then turned to rest.

The Royal Court District welcomed a tranquil night.

Servants shuttled through the Governor's mansion and buildings in the Royal Court District, gently wiping each floor tile until they shone.

Colorful ribbons, bells, festive ornaments, and other decorations were placed in the corridors and rooms, and carefully prepared bouquets were placed on the tables, awaiting tomorrow's feast.

In the districts outside the Royal Court District, the work of cleaning the streets and decorating with lanterns was in progress.

Overnight, a rich festive atmosphere filled the air.

When the dawn light of the artificial sun pierced the night, the last day of the 985th year of the 30th millennium arrived.

The grand celebration of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new would begin in the afternoon of this day and continue until the third day of the new year.

In the afternoon, the Governor's parade convoy departed from the Royal Court District.

Before officially entering the city, the convoy was joined by the parade vehicles of various families.

The scale of the convoy became huge, including not only the Governor, the Governor's daughter, and the newly promoted Deputy Governor, but also representatives from the families.

No matter how much resentment, entanglement, or deep-seated hatred they had accumulated in the past year, they had to hide all negative emotions under a ceremonial smile during this grand parade, putting on a facade, but it was something they had to do.

The convoy entered the city in a long dragon formation, with deafening cheers rising and falling, and ribbons fluttering all over the sky.

The nobles, wearing bright smiles, waved their arms to the crowds on the roadside, like wearing exquisite masks, concealing all the undercurrents under the bright and beautiful clothes and etiquette.

"Osges..." Harkas stood on the float and whispered in Osges' ear:

"They're here. The ship just arrived at the spaceport 10 minutes ago. We'd better go and meet them as soon as possible to make the deal, to avoid any trouble."

Osges' arm-waving motion paused slightly, and he turned his head slightly with the smallest amplitude, and whispered back:

"Find a chance to slip away, and I'll cover you. Give them the assassination plan I drafted. After they confirm that there is no problem with the plan, give them the second payment."

Harkas's carefree image was very consistent with his behavior of sneaking away, anyway, as the youngest son in the family, he had always been unremarkable.

The more mistakes he made, the more pleasing he was to the other heirs to the family head, and maybe they would even take the initiative to help him explain to his father.

Osges's arrangement for Harkas to meet with the assassins alone was very reasonable.

"Okay, then I'm leaving, wait for my news." Harkas retreated little by little, left the railing of the float, moved to the first floor of the float, and stood at the back door.

When the convoy entered a culvert, Harkas's chance to leave the convoy came.

There were no passers-by watching in the culvert, and the convoy would rest here for a minute before starting the next parade.

Taking advantage of the convoy's stop, Harkas changed into casual clothes as quickly as possible, covered his face, got out of the float, and ran into the emergency exit of the culvert.

The transport vehicle that had received his message in advance was waiting for him at the end of the passage of the emergency exit.

A moment later, Harkas arrived at the spaceport.

He took the orbital elevator to reach the space dock, and met the main person in a plain civilian cargo ship.

The other party was three trade representatives from the Cold Trade Group.

These three people were the very same illegal merchants who had previously appeared at the Ghost Mushroom auction and escaped the encirclement by the 7th Governor's Guard using psychic powers.

This time, their disguised identities were still merchants, and the three disguised identities came from three different imperial worlds, which shows how powerful the Cold Trade Group's network is.

"Have you brought the Throne Coins?"

The speaker was the leader of the three, whose voice and appearance were very different from when he last appeared, but the cold eyes that regarded human life as worthless remained unchanged.

When he met Osges last time, he bluntly told Osges that the Cold Trade Group he belonged to would slaughter a weak human planet in order to obtain corpses for cultivating Ghost Mushrooms.

After Osges was placed under house arrest, the corpse trade was forced to end, but this did not mean that the Cold Trade Group would let go of that planet.

The Human Empire does not allow the sale of corpses, but alien civilizations are different.

It's still a corpse, but selling it to an alien civilization is much safer than selling it to the Epi-Mite.

Harkas was followed by his captain of the guard, who was carrying a money box.

At Harkas's signal, the captain of the guard opened the money box, which contained a pile of high-denomination physical Throne Coins, the golden light dazzling and captivating.

The cargo ship where everyone was located mainly transported stone products.

In addition to hundreds of unprocessed high-grade stones in the cabin, there were no more figures.

Harkas closed the money box, put one hand in his pocket, and pressed the lid of the money box with the other hand, scanning the corners of the cabin with his eyes, and slowly asked:

"I've brought the money, where are the twenty-nine clay figures? Where are they? Also, what should I call you? I can't just give you a name, can I?"

"It was my oversight, I forgot to tell you our code name when we met last time. You can call me Black Scythe-1, the one on my left is Black Scythe-2, and the one on my right is Black Scythe-3."

Black Scythe-1 opened his arms and spread his hands:

"Those twenty-nine clay figures are here, I'll let them out now."

Black Scythe-1 snapped a few fingers.

In the dazed gaze of Harkas and the captain of the guard, twenty-nine rocks wriggled and turned into gray human figures in a few breaths.

These twenty-nine human figures walked with light cat steps.

Their bodies changed as they walked, ripples appeared on the surface of their bodies, and layers of circular patterns quickly swept across their bodies, and fabrics, silks, human hair, and skin emerged in the undulating waves of textures.

When they came to Black Scythe's trio and stopped, there were twenty-nine men and women who were exactly the same as real people.

These "people" were of all ages, some were enchanting, and some were strong, and every move was no different from real people.

Harkas picked up the data pad and scanned these "people", and was surprised to find that they all had human biological characteristics.

From pulse, heartbeat, body temperature, breathing rate, every point matched human characteristics.

Before scanning their gene samples, their transformation ability completely reached the level of being indistinguishable from the real thing.

"Let me introduce you." Black Scythe-1 raised his hands and put them on the shoulders of the figures on both sides:

"These clay figures are one-time biochemical assassins, modified from Arthius people. As you can see, the transformation ability of the clay figures is so powerful. More importantly, it is not easy to kill them. Watch carefully."

Black Scythe-1 took out a dagger and stabbed it into the eye socket of a clay figure with a whoosh.

The dagger blade stirred in the clay figure's head like a whisk, but no blood or tissue fluid flowed out from beginning to end.

When the dagger was pulled out, the wound in the clay figure's eye socket wriggled a few times and quickly returned to its original state.

Black Scythe-1 switched weapons and frantically swept the clay figure with a burst gun.

The clay figure experienced a hail of bullets but returned to its original state in a few breaths, but it looked a little haggard.

After being injected with a potion by Black Scythe-1, the haggardness on the clay figure's face disappeared and became radiant again.

Harkas and his captain of the guard watched the whole process with their mouths open, and were completely convinced by the ability of the clay figures.