The Protoss in Warhammer

Chapter 64 60. Ancient Iron Man

While Zeratul and his party were busy trying to find Grell, the person they were looking for followed the expedition deeper and deeper.

The huge Iron Man opened the way in front. The Eldar Ranger followed a little side of the team and looked around vigilantly, worried about whether an unknown enemy would jump out next to him. The Kroot Nicot stood behind and was wary of whether anyone was coming from behind. , Janus and the female Hive City gang member stood in the middle, with the two of them protecting Gray, the most "weak" member of the team.

Janus took out his handkerchief, wiped the sweat from his head, and said with some confusion

"It's really strange. Why does it get hotter and hotter the further you go inside?"

The iron man standing in front replied after hearing this

"The current temperature has reached 46 degrees Celsius. Sir, I suggest you find a piece of heat-proof clothing later. According to logical budget, the temperature will be higher as you go deeper."

Hearing this, Janus took off his blue robe and put it on his shoulders, then turned to look at the ranger who took off his mask and punched out the sweat inside and asked.

"Lisa, you are an Eldar. Is this the case in your ark as you get closer to the core?"

The Eldar Ranger poured out all the sweat and put on the mask again, breathing slowly and saying

"I don't know. I haven't walked the path of a blacksmith, but I guess it's about the same. After all, as long as the engine has energy to operate, it will probably get hot. However, the temperature is indeed a bit too high. Even I feel too hot."

The red-haired gang member who had been following him silently couldn't help but curse.

"What the hell! It's not that hot inside the ventilation ducts in Area 23!"

Suddenly, Janus turned around and looked at Gray, who was walking forward with his head down. He suddenly put on a dead fish face, like the sleeping uncle in a certain animation in the 3K period, looking down at the kid below and asking

"Aren't you hot? Why aren't you sweating at all?"

Gernik, who was standing behind, shrugged his shoulders and said

"Who knows, since the Milky Way is so big, some species must be different."

"Nonsense, I'm just curious, you don't need to tell me."

When everyone continued to move forward for half an hour, they found that there was no way to move forward, because according to the previous iron man's report, poisonous gas had appeared. If they were not equipped with filtering armor, there was no way to continue.

Fortunately, because too many people died here, their equipment did not have time to be picked up by other scavengers. Janus searched around for a while and found something that would allow them to enter. Next to a shallow pit, he found the bodies of several long-dead Stormtroopers.

While chanting the Emperor's blessing, Janus took off their gas masks and gave them to the woman next to him who was still smoking tobacco. Then he tried hard to pull on the gas masks, which was barely enough for the Kroot to wear. Get on. But when I finally got to Gray, I had a hard time. I picked several but couldn’t find the right one.

This put the Rogue Trader in a difficult situation. He didn't dare to let this kid stay alone. If someone from the Black Legion came later, he would definitely be dead. Janus is a relatively principled person. In his opinion, if he fails to successfully save a person, it is no different from not being saved.

Just when he was at a loss, the ranger next to him suddenly took off his mask and handed it to Gray, which made him feel a little incredible. After all, in Gray's opinion, the Eldar are a group of tall, selfish and cheating guys. , they actually still have this side?

The ranger immediately showed disgust after seeing Gray's expression, frowned and said

"Do you want it or not, kid? I don't sympathize with you. I only help you because you helped me collect the soul stones of my compatriots. Don't think too much about me."

After hearing this, Gray chuckled inwardly, but still put on the white mask, while the ranger picked up a mask of the Tribunal and put it on his head with a look of disgust. I just put it on and within two seconds, I felt sick and cursed.

"Oh my god, you humans make gas masks with zero comfort!"

Janus did not answer his words, because he was also choked by the stench in the mask, but this was nothing compared to his own life.

As they went deeper and deeper into this place, more and more green mist surrounded them, as if they were walking in a sea of ​​clouds, but this kind of mist was really unsettling.

The six-person team was vigilant about whether there were scary monsters and enemies hidden in the mist, and at the same time, they were always paying attention to their oxygen status. Just when Gray was observing carefully and analyzing the poisonous gas through some of his deliberately exposed skin, he suddenly discovered that there was a mechanical signal connected to him.

"Hello, fellow unknown mechanical life form, nice to talk to you."

When Gray came over and heard this sentence, he was slightly frightened. Soon he understood that it was the words of the iron man who had been vigilant in front. In fact, the reason why Iron Man UR-025 followed the expedition team to the Blackstone Fortress was that he hoped to find a sentient body like him.

After all, for him, tens of thousands of years were too lonely, and he was too eager to have someone who could understand him. So when he first discovered through scanning that the other person was also a mechanical body, his joy was hard to express. After all, he was really excited to accidentally discover such a life form with a mechanical soul like his own.

"Are all your races the same as yours? Are they all perception machines like you and me?"

Gray was silent for a while after hearing this, and replied

"I can't answer you because my existence is too special, but I know your model, the seventh type of construction robot of Federal West Corporation."

"Are you also a survivor who survived the dark age?!"

The iron man in front of him seemed to slow down his pace, and even wanted to look back at him, which scared Gray to reply quickly

"Maybe or not, because I lost too many memory modules. I just came here to take a look after hearing about the Black Stone Fortress here. As for which model I am... I'm sorry, I really forgot."

"Then are there any survivors like you and me?"

"I don't know."

"...Okay"

In silence, the team continued to move forward, and soon they came to a cliff. Janus walked slowly to the front, stretched his head to look down the cliff, and said with lingering fear

"This depth is at least more than 600..."

"It's about 1,000 meters, wandering merchant!"

Just before he finished speaking, a lazy voice came from behind him. When the six turned around, they found that they were surrounded. There were already more than a dozen Space Marines pointing their bolters at them from behind, and on the bulges and cliffs in the distance, there were also a large number of Space Marines pointing at them.

Khayon came to the six people surrounded by his Rubric Guard. He raised his head, looked at the six people in front of him, and said

"I will give you a chance now, mortals, take the little devil among you and get out of here, I can pretend that you don't exist, I hope you don't refuse the mercy of the warmaster!"

Janus drew out his ancestral phase sword and ignited the light blade, and the blue light shone on his face. The noble Rogue Trader said coldly

"What if we refuse?"

"Humph, then, die in the laughter of the gods!"