Chapter 204: The Great Unclean One
Anyone who saw the scene inside the living jar could not bear the psychological impact.
Even if we ignore the soul shock that arises under the evil magic, just this scene alone is enough to make anyone who sees it with a little empathy feel uncomfortable.
They have already reported the specific intelligence.
After receiving the news, Martins did not say anything on the communication channel, but just said: "The fourth batch of support will arrive soon."
The so-called fourth batch of support was led by Martins himself.
Three groups of people landed in succession in front. These brave mortal warriors not only stabilized the situation at the landing site, but also pierced through the part of the entire building complex above sea level, creating a road that leads directly to the core building. They also built multiple defense nodes in the middle, and no matter the monsters or cultists hiding in other areas, they had no way to cut off this passage.
Now that the situation has come to this, what is there to hesitate about?
To be honest, Martins felt a little ashamed of being a K-man who stole the credit for the victory.
During the previous Atonement Crusade, there was no such battle. The Imperial commanders did not regard the Space Marines in the Atonement Crusade as human beings. They just dropped them into the enemy group and that was it. Even after the mission was completed, they had to fight their way out and clear the enemies at the evacuation point. Only when it was confirmed that it was safe would the friendly forces responsible for evacuating them come down.
And now?
The Alliance special forces have cleared the landing site for you, the road to the target location has been opened, the evacuation passage has been guarded for you, and the evacuation fighter planes are hovering in the air and can be summoned with a single command...
At some point, Martins really wanted to give Lacroxia an order to lead his team directly into the blocked, downward door inside the central tower and solve the problem himself. When he reported back to his superiors, he would not disgrace the dedication of these soldiers, and all the credit would go to them.
However, he ultimately chose not to do so.
Military exploits and the like are secondary. Who knows what else is under the central tower?
If a difficult monster appears, regardless of whether it can be solved or not, Martins would not be happy to see more people die.
He knew that his governor had put a lot of effort into this special forces team.
What's more, when the people below discovered the Desperate Living Jar, this possibility increased greatly.
After landing, he and Pastor Rizzo went to take a look at the opened human tank.
With their strong willpower, this was nothing. Even with the impact of the evil magic's soul shock, their brows did not move at all.
The superhuman spiritual will cannot be affected by this overflowing evil magic.
As for the mental impact of this scene itself, it’s not that the Space Marines have no empathy, but that they are well-informed and a little numb.
When fighting against those Chaos Cults, I had seen many tragic things, many things that broke through the line. This was just one more thing.
They are still able to analyze the situation with a calm attitude.
"This is the evil magic of chaos." Pastor Rizzo gave a definite answer, "Our previous guess was correct."
After saying this, he raised the holy emblem hanging at his waist, closed his eyes, and began to recite prayers silently.
It was also magical. When he began to recite silently, the special warfare soldiers around him felt that the mental shock that was there before, and the nausea that was vaguely like vomiting, had dissipated a lot. And after the prayer was over, that feeling was gone.
And at this moment, the wailing sounds inside the tank warehouse gradually subsided.
Some brave people came closer to take a look.
"Everyone is dead." The soldier turned around and said.
Rizzo opened his eyes and explained, "They should have died long ago. The Chaos Cultists tortured them and put them here, using evil magic to forcibly maintain their lives. They wanted to amplify and absorb their painful emotions of wanting to die so that they could achieve their evil goals. I just prayed to the Emperor to dispel the evil magic. Without the influence of the evil magic, these people can finally rest in peace."
Everyone around immediately accepted Pastor Rizzo's statement.
This is consistent with the reality they see.
Those people in the tanks were truly hopeless and could not die. Death was not a terror to them, but a relief.
After a brief explanation, Rizzo said to Martins, "We may be in trouble. If these..."
He pointed his finger in a circle, and there were many tanks of this size around. "If all of them are like this, then there is so much despair fermenting. Combined with the previous intelligence, there is a spiritual gas field below with abundant spiritual energy. We can't estimate what is waiting for us behind that door."
He warned Martins very seriously.
And Martins certainly would not ignore the warning from this old priest who had 400 years of combat experience.
He thought about it carefully and decided to take action.
"We cannot retreat from an unknown enemy."
"I know. I'm just reminding you to be careful." At this point, Pastor Rizzo paused and added, "The new blood of the regiment still needs your leadership."
Hearing about the new blood, Martins' heart softened a little.
But soon, he returned to the role of battlefield commander.
He turned his head and said to Lacroxia, "Sergeant, I need you to take people to prepare for the blast. Next, we will act together."
"yes!"
…
The bottom floor of the maritime ruins, the lowest part of the central tower.
Here are the three most important core facilities established by the Natural Salvation Society.
The first one is a set of spiritual gas field refining equipment.
The second is the shield generator.
Both of these items originated from the pre-war era, but they were already scrapped. With the technical capabilities of Gowaga and the evil magic of chaos that distorted reality, they were repaired and put into use again, and they were also connected to each other. The pure spiritual energy extracted from the spiritual gas field was poured into the shield generator, providing the latter with almost endless energy.
In addition to these two things, there is also a demon engine.
The so-called demon engine refers to a certain abyss demon that combines spiritual will with a certain machine, thereby gaining an entity in the real world and being able to move.
That thing, like a moldy machine covered with flesh and blood, stood quietly not far from the shield generator.
Gawaja is also here.
At this moment, he closed his eyes and sat opposite the demon engine.
The devil's voice is echoing in Gowaga's soul.
“…Accept the gift. Accept the gift completely.”
“…Only the loving Father can save this world. He will grant immortality to all life on the planet.”
"...The followers of the false emperor are approaching. Do you want to let this world return to the hands of that cruel empire?"
These voices constantly stirred Gowaga's soul.
At the same time, there was another faint voice echoing in his heart.
"Don't believe him!"
"Think about those people who are put into the jars. Can that be called immortality? Can that be called living?"
"Come back, let's end this."
…
Listening to the voices from both sides pulling at each other in his mind at the same time, Gewajia slowly opened his mouth.
"I told you, if you keep arguing, I'll sacrifice you."
The voices on both sides suddenly became quiet.
After a while, the voice in his heart sounded again: "Would you rather believe these demons that once destroyed our world than the Empire?"
"It was the Empire that destroyed our world."
This is Govaja’s cognition.
He didn't plan to dwell on it any further.
He raised his hands in a gesture of devotion.
And at this moment, the devil's voice, which had been silent before, sounded again.
That strange laughter reverberated in his mind and seeped into his heart. The laughter was very joyful, like a hunter who finally got the prey he had been longing for for a long time and couldn't wait to open his fangs and devour it.
At this moment, the voice in Gowaga's heart had become extremely weak and small.
He left his last words: "Believe in humanity..."
Gowaja also gave a final response: "I believe in the loving Father."
“Hahahahaha!” The devil’s weird, heavy laughter kept echoing in his heart, and had completely occupied the deepest part of his heart. “Yes! That’s right! You must believe in the kind Father! Only the kind Father is the final destination of all things in this universe!”
As the devil laughed, the "gospel from heaven" that Gowaga could hear became louder and louder; his body began to undergo drastic changes, and many tumors grew on it. These tumors continued to expand, then burst and ooze pus, and immediately larger ones grew out from them.
During this process, his body continued to grow larger and more distorted.
Eventually, he became a nearly six-meter-tall being with three horns and three eyes on his head, almost touching the ceiling.
His body expanded horizontally, turning into a yellow-green fat man covered with pus-filled sores; then, his swollen belly exploded with a "bang", and a large amount of blood plasma flowed out, revealing the intestines inside.
But he was unconscious, and there was only a ferocious smile on his huge face.
"I am Gawaga!"
"I am... the Great Unclean One!"
Two different voices came out of his mouth, resounding throughout the space.
…
This is what Martins, Rizzo, and Lacroxia saw when they entered this space.
A huge, smelly monster stood in front of it, taking up a large part of this spacious space with a height of six meters.
After they blew up the gate, they encountered some obstacles on their way down.
Many demons appeared among the enemies.
The real devil.
A monster called the Plague Bearer, with a distorted humanoid appearance, three eyes, and three horns, looks like a thin, smaller version of the Great Unclean One.
These plague bearers, together with some plague spirits, formed a demon group. Together with some gun-wielding cultists who were corroded by the plague and tortured beyond recognition but were still alive, they were blocking the sudden attack of the human troops.
The guns in the hands of those cultists looked like ordinary kinetic rifles made in China, but when they actually fought, the bullets fired from them carried some special psychic effects, which greatly increased their destructive power.
And those who carry the plague are even more terrifying.
Spitting bullet-like saliva at them, it contained highly toxic and severe corrosive effects. For ordinary special warfare elites, the ceramic steel plated armor plate installed on the outside of the exoskeleton had very limited effect. A hole would be corroded in one or two seconds, and the soldier inside would die quickly.
Even Space Marines were unwilling to use their power armor to withstand such disgusting attacks. Even if it wouldn't be easily corroded and penetrated, they didn't want their precious armor to be pitted.
According to common sense, they should not be too hasty after their forward charge was blocked. The enemy obviously had no way to retreat, and there was no need to worry about escaping, so they only needed to use the terrain and cover to gradually advance, and then use some heavy firepower to clear the enemy step by step.
However, during this process, they felt a very disturbing aura coming from deep inside the building and from below.
Martins only briefly sought the advice of Pastor Rizzo, and finally decided to launch an all-out attack, even if it resulted in some additional casualties.
They had to speed up their pace, otherwise, they always felt that something big was happening below.
To this end, Martins, as the strongest, took the lead.
His Terminator Power Armor was a perfect shield in this narrow space. The Terminator's protection was one level higher than that of ordinary power armor, so it was almost harmless to the firepower bombarding it.
Besides, Martins was not a sitting duck. After putting on the Terminator, his mobility was indeed slightly worse than that of ordinary tactical power armor, but he could still barely dodge and move around, so as not to let all the firepower hit him.
The heavy bolter he held in one hand was like a small rapid-fire cannon, ruthlessly destroying all the enemies in front of him.
The three Space Marines who were accompanying him also used their bolters to quickly wipe out the enemies, relieving the pressure on the Chapter Master. The special forces behind him were not weak either. They could not withstand a shot from a Plague Bearer or a Cultist, but after overloading their laser rifles, they could also defeat the enemy with one strike.
However, they were still a step behind.
Looking at the already formed, huge demon in front of him, even Martins, who was wearing Terminator power armor, looked like a child in front of it.
What's more, Martins fully understood what he saw.
This is... the Great Impure One, a being known as the Great Devil.
Why would such an enemy appear on the Wrathful Owl Star? ! Is there any soil here for the Great Demon to appear?
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Today's update is here.
I finally found time to write in the evening...
I'm on a business trip at the moment. For the next week or so, I will do my best to ensure that I update no less than 4,000 words every day, but I won't be able to post it at noon.
(End of this chapter)
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