Warhammer: In the Name of the Emperor

The mechanical transmission shafts bite together with the roar of the gears. The rapidly rotating transmission shafts and the heavy hydraulic rods use a unique sound to write this unique chapter of machinery. It is a kind of cold movement, belonging to The movement of the all-powerful body.

But soon, the cold feeling will be dissipated by the temperature. In the physical sense, the inside of the dark steel body instantly lights up with a scorching light. The crimson beam of light quickly appears in the dark space, and then spreads rapidly until Everything in the entire narrow tube was engulfed in that light.

The blazing light is no longer restrained. It shoots out from the pipe after rapid expansion. The huge shining beam is like the scorching sun that appears on the earth. It rushes towards the sky at the speed of destructive light mixed with red and golden light. , when it penetrated the dust clouds caused by orbital bombardment and global war, the entire sky was instantly illuminated by flames.

The heavy ground-based turbolaser cannon, branded with the Imperial Skyhawk logo, shined its shining beam on the entire city. It burned the sky and fired its fire of destruction into the city that was constantly flashing with explosive fire. In the sky, as the beam of light penetrated, new firelight soon appeared in the gray sky.

The entire sky was burning, like a billowing cloud of fire. The fire was constantly flashing in the dark clouds, accompanied by the bright beam of the laser cannon. The sporadic shells fell from the dark clouds, and those that passed through the dense air defense fire network. The orbital bombardment hit the void shield above the city, and the fire instantly exploded and spread from the surface of the blue shield, quickly sweeping everything along the shield surface.

Those firelights illuminated the upper floors of Terra's endless steel city. The outer walls of all high-rise buildings were completely lit up by the gunfire, and the unbroken glass reflected colors under the beam.

Also reflecting the light of the fire of destruction is the statue of the emperor under the tall dome corridor. It is a magnificent golden statue. He holds the burning holy sword in front of him with both hands. The majestic figure rises from in front of him. Behind the huge stained glass window, you look at the sky above your head.

The golden eyes made of gold of the emperor's statue stared at the sky. The flash of artillery fire in the dark clouds and the churning sea of ​​​​fire that continued to explode on the void shield shone the light of the flames on the face of the emperor's statue. On those dull eyes.

The emerging explosion firelight shone on the emperor's statue, and huge shadows were continuously cast behind the majestic statue. The shadow of the tall body sometimes moved backwards, sometimes tilted to one side. Under the firelight of different explosions, The Emperor's shadows all show different coverage angles.

With the explosion of an orbital bombardment shell that pierced the sky, the Emperor's shadow tilted towards the road in the corridor, and the huge shadow enveloped a tall being standing in the corridor.

He stood under the shadow, and soon the light of the new artillery fire shone into the corridor, and his body was illuminated in the shadow again. The churning sea of ​​​​fire burning violently on the void shield cast the eye-catching light from the corridor. The light coming from outside the tall floor-to-ceiling windows lit up his whole body without any obstruction.

He was wearing the same golden battle armor as the Emperor behind him, and the spread-winged Eagle mark on his chest shone brightly under the firelight. The golden sun disk burning behind his head mixed with the light of the artillery fire, completely illuminating it. The face with black eyes.

His dark eyes looked at the churning sea of ​​​​fire in front of him, and his dark pupils were flashing with firelight. He just stood in this dim corridor. There were no lights on at all because there was no need for them. There were lamps and lanterns at intervals along the entire corridor. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows on each wall will continuously illuminate the firelight from outside.

The entire corridor was completely lit up by the fire, especially the statue of the Emperor standing in the center. Its entire body was reflected in the flames with golden light, and the Emperor's face looked up at the burning area. sky, just like the people standing in front of him, they were all looking up at the sea of ​​fire.

"Wow, it looks like we're in a worse situation this time, no Dorne, no Sanguinius and Khan here, and their legions fighting the traitor armies on Terra, holding back those you created. The only demigods who are superhuman are the mortal warriors from all over Terra.”

The man in golden armor looked at the sea of ​​fire rolling in the air and said with a smile. He held his arms in his arms, and the huge power claws stretched out from his armpits and clamped them under him, "And you, ah, you are not the same as last time. What’s the difference? You were squatting on the toilet when Horus came, but you were still squatting on the toilet when his son came.”

"Damn, you really left all this mess to me. Why don't you get up quickly and start again, and destroy it when you're tired." The man sighed helplessly with a bitter smile, his whole face was under the sea of ​​fire. It was clearly visible, there were no shadows under the eyebrow arch and chin, and the whole face seemed to have been smoothed out.

He sighed and rubbed his head. The man shook his head and glanced at the statue behind him, "But no matter what, I have to help you and help humans defend this place. If you want to stand up, you can't just kick your legs off now." , and then come back like lightning one second later, right?”

The golden statue of the emperor looked up at the sky wordlessly. The man rolled his eyes and groaned when he looked at the statue. He turned his head and looked out the window at the black smoke billowing and the war-torn land of Terra, "Helen, dear, we have What news?"

"Do you want to hear the good news or the bad news first? Sir." Helen suddenly appeared on Vito's palm. Helen, whose body was formed by the blue shimmer, stood on the big hand, almost completely fitting the skin. The tights held together faintly reflected the firelight outside the window.

"What's the good news? Are you going to change into a sexy swimsuit and show it to me?" "Your thinking always makes it difficult for me to understand, sir, no, of course not."

"What a pity. So what's the good news? Abaddon was suddenly told in a dream by his father that he should respect the elderly and care for the young and not disturb his grandfather, the Emperor, and his second uncle?"

"I don't know if Abaddon can still understand this custom now, so, no, the good news is that although most of the orbital defense arrays on Terra were destroyed by the enemy, the automatic arrays I control are basically intact and are still there. Fire on the air interceptor."

Helen's short hair made of light particles fell from her forehead. She reached out and lifted the hair out of her eyes. Her blue glowing eyes made of data streams stared at the sea of ​​fire above her head with Vito behind her.

"I recoded Terra's orbital defense system. Sir, let me put it this way, the code the Mechanicus wrote for you was like shit. It was slow in calculation and full of faults. The system I spent five minutes reprogramming was worse than They are a thousand times better, maybe even more.”

"Understand, the brains of the oil guys are still binary. How can they be compared with your superior artificial intelligence supercomputer brain? Your computing power can probably beat the brains of all the oil guys, including Kaul. ”

Vito said with a smile. He rarely smiled. Vito had not really smiled since the beginning of the defense of Terra. It was to maintain dignity in front of Terra officials and generals and scare them, but The more reason is the current situation in Terra, which really doesn't make him laugh at all. If you don't understand why, just look up at the sea of ​​​​fire above your head and you will understand.

But facing Helen, Vito still laughed. He shrugged slightly and glanced at the statue of the emperor behind him, "That's why he let you connect to the system. You see, doesn't the usefulness show up?"

"Indeed, he is right. I deleted all Terra's systems and re-wrote one. Now Terra's firepower efficiency has increased by more than ten levels, and all defense systems are operating efficiently. From this, I 68% of the orbital bombardment artillery fire was stopped, so the nests in various places are still standing instead of being blown to the ground. "

"And the defenders in various places can also rely on the complex hives that are still standing strong to fight guerrillas against the traitors in every street and tunnel. The city's municipal system that you have rewritten is still running, and miraculously it can still Running away ensures that the guerrillas and local trapped civilians can persist in those poor places. "

Vito looked at the explosion above his head, and the flames of the explosion continued to flash on the void shield. Helen also looked at the void shield and shrugged slightly, "And this void shield, this shield system is the only system that I have not deleted. Wrote, but just enhanced and remodeled the following program.”

"After all, it is the source code system of the golden age. When the palace was built, Waldo and I dug it out from the technology warehouse of the Watt Technology Alliance. I have to say that those technical geeks maintained the code program quite well. , the golden age has collapsed for so long, and it can be used now that it is connected to the system.”

"It also made a great contribution back then. When Horus besieged Terra, this shield stood firm and endured various rounds of bombings from all the traitor legion fleets. Now it seems that it has also made a great contribution. "

Vito looked at the void shield above his head. He shrugged his shoulders and looked up at the fire clouds churning in the explosion. "What about the bad news? Tell me, when Omega gave me a physical examination last time, he said my heart was fine."

"The communication system is broken. Abaddon and his traitors blew up the main communication tower of Terra. Physically, my communication network was cut off. Therefore, we have lost contact with the defenders everywhere. Strictly speaking, we have lost contact with them. All communications with the troops outside the palace were also cut off."

"Oh, by the way, the orbital elevator in Cairo was also destroyed. How about it, sir? Is your heart okay?" Helen said coldly. She turned her head expressionlessly to look at Vito, who was almost killed. He couldn't catch his breath, coughed and touched his chest.

"Damn it, why are you as sharp-tongued as that girl?" "Helena? Maybe, sir, do you need me to call you a doctor? Bell and the others are back, and I detected their Thunder Eagle flying into the palace. Radar identification range, I can summon him through the system if you need it."

"No, you damn girl. Next time, remember to tell the bad news first and then the good news. Otherwise, sooner or later, I will suffer a heart attack from such a roller coaster experience." "Okay, sir."

Helen said expressionlessly, but looking at the embarrassed Vito in front of her, a happy smile appeared on her lips. She turned her head slightly and looked at the other end of the corridor and raised her head, "Someone is coming."

Vito looked at Helen, and then looked in that direction. Someone was indeed coming. A tall figure was walking from the corridor. His golden armor shone in the flash of gunfire outside the window, and his snow-white male figure was The lion's fur also stood out like snow under the firelight.

"Commander Trajan." Vito said as he turned sideways and hid Helen's CD behind his back. He quietly closed the CD and put it in his pocket, but Vito's expression always maintained a calm smile. , it didn’t look like he was hiding anything scary at all.

Yes, yes, I know Helen is not scary, and is even a bit beautiful, but trust me, when you take her out in front of the Mechanicum, the State Church, and officials from various departments of the empire, you will know whether she is scary or not.

"You came back from the American province, right? How is the situation there?" Vito asked Trajan with a smile, but when the commander of the imperial army walked towards the flickering firelight in the corridor, there was no smile on his expression.

"It's bad." "Yeah, as expected."

Vito said and turned to look at the sea of ​​​​fire outside the window. He clasped his hands behind his back and looked up at the explosion above his head and sighed softly. Trajan walked up from the side. He held his own storm ax and stopped at Wei Tuo. A few steps away from me.

"Everyone is here, Marshal. They are waiting for you in the conference hall."

"No, they're not all here yet." Vito said, looking at the golden Thunderhawk whizzing past the window. The fighter jet flew past under the burning void shield and quickly approached the apron of the garden outside the palace. Sliding on one side, the vector jet adjusts its position, canceling out all the flight inertia in an instant through the recoil force, allowing it to glide and float steadily above the apron.

"Now that we are all here, send someone to bring them in, and then we will start." Vito said and turned and walked towards the end of the corridor. When he passed by Trajan, the commander-in-chief looked at the marshal who passed by, and then He bowed his head to signal.

Trajan looked at Vitor who was walking towards the end. He held the storm ax and turned his head slightly to glance at the emperor's icon in the firelight next to him. The commander of the imperial army sighed softly, picked up the ax and followed Vitor. "Please, please protect us, sir."

Trajan left with Vito, and they disappeared at the end of the corridor, while the emperor's icon still stood in the corridor looking up at the burning sky. The explosion of fire illuminated his face, and the huge A shadow shone behind it, and the shadow seemed to move in the firelight.