Chapter 263 The Rise of the Primarch: Thunder and Fire (Part 1)

All factories and their supporting facilities in the human empire are under the management of the Mechanicus, at least that's what it says in the Imperial Code and the Mechanicus Creed. According to the sacred "Olympia" Agreement and the agreement between the Mechanicus and the Empire, all mechanical creations in the galaxy born from the great power of Om Messiah should belong to the Mechanicus.

Factories, refineries, processing bases and even many mines are under the jurisdiction of its agreement, which also includes all technological creations, knowledge, exploration and research links. In short, the Mechanicus theoretically has the management and leadership of everything in the empire and the mechanical and technological production links.

But in practice, this is often not the case. You see, the empire is huge, literally ridiculously large. Thousands of planets and hundreds of trillions of people are not something that can be managed by a piece of paper, not to mention whether many planets are still recorded by the empire today.

In addition, there are extremely chaotic bureaucratic management issues, political games in various star regions, technological confrontations within the Mechanicus, and the Empire's endless and never-ending production capacity needs. This has led to the fact that not all factories in the Empire are strictly "exclusively belonging to the Mechanicus" in actual operations.

In fact, a large part of the factories and casting lines in the entire Empire are not completely managed by the Mechanicus, but are established and managed by merchants who cooperate with the governments of various star regions, governors and the Astra Militarum. The Mechanicus only sets production standards for these factories and regularly sends priests to supervise, guide and eliminate technological heresy.

This is not strange, right? After all, in those vast starry seas where the sky is high and the emperor is far away, you can't always ask everything to be perfect and comply with the Empire's complicated regulations, right?

Among them, there are some factories that have huge problems even under the "loose" management of the Empire today, such as this one.

This huge factory stands tall in the magnificent primeval forest, and its existence that is incompatible with the surrounding environment makes people unable to take their eyes away.

Steel, concrete and tall chimneys filled the clearing in the forest. The forest was pushed down and leveled to accommodate these mechanical bodies that could never be satisfied. Countless mechanical roars echoed one after another within the high walls of the factory. The roaring steel structure crushed, crushed and reorganized the underground natural core, turning it into nutrients for the empire's endless war machine.

Thick smoke was discharged from several chimneys of the factory. Outside the high wall was a circle of wire fences. Those artificial walls with wire mesh and sharp blades separated the boundary between the factory and the forest.

Tall sentry towers stood behind the high walls. The guards walked on the towers flashing red lights and searchlights. Their rough existence divided steel and nature into two worlds.

Although the night had already fallen in the forest, the proud creations of mankind did not let the darkness cover this place. Searchlights and spotlights completely illuminated the road in the forest, and bright lights also flashed in the forest in the forest.

They were fully enclosed armored transport vehicles. The tall bodies rolled forward under the operation of huge wheels. These vehicles shuttling through the forest were like steel beasts. They drove out of the forest and headed for the factory gate.

The armed guard in front of the factory iron gate illuminated by the lights waved his arms backwards. He and the armed guards standing on the road retreated from the road one after another. The armored transport vehicles passed in front of them and passed through the slowly opened steel gate.

The bright lights completely illuminated the open space between the factory and the high wall. The armored transport vehicles quickly stopped at the wall. The armed guards inside the factory wall quickly approached and turned the door handle, opened the thick armored iron door and shouted inside.

With the roars, shouts and urgings one after another, the newly arrived visitors in the car jumped out of the car one by one. They ran around the armored vehicles with their bags. The armed guards on both sides loudly instructed them to gather in front of the factory garage door.

"Hurry up! Get down! You are not here for sightseeing!" The guard holding the laser gun roared loudly. He watched the young men jump out of the carriage one by one. The guard grabbed one person after another and pushed him to the next guard, who would tell them where to stand.

The guard at the door of the car looked at these new recruits with a contemptuous smile. He turned his head to look at the next person who walked out of the carriage. He was wearing a black jacket, two laser pistols on his waist, and a unique silver pendant around his neck.

Vito stood at the door of the car and looked at the huge factory in front of him. His eyes looked up along the high wall of the factory. Billowing black smoke was coming out of the chimney. The guard looked at Vito and grabbed Vito's clothes and elbows to pull him down. He just wanted to push Vito away, but he was slapped away by the latter.

"Put your dirty hands here, idiot. I can walk by myself." Vito said forcefully. He straightened his clothes that were messed up by the guards and walked to the assembly point. The guard looked at Vito and hesitated to speak. Then he scratched his head and cursed softly. He walked past the edge of the assembly team with a gun in hand.

He jumped onto a sandbag on the side and stood next to a heavy laser cannon mounted next to the factory garage door and shouted, "Everyone! You country bumpkins, look at me! Go to the garage to get your weapons and obey the orders of your superiors, understand? We will turn you into real soldiers!"

"Move now, move your lazy butts!" the guard said rudely, jumped off the sandbag, and kicked a local on the butt without saying a word. The surrounding guards also began to yell and yell. New people come into the garage and behave like they are herding a herd of sheep.

Vito mingled among the complaining young men. He followed the crowd forward, taking time to take a good look at his surroundings.

It has to be said that the defense of this factory is very good. Heavy laser cannons are set up behind sandbags, and anti-tank infantry guns are located on the other side. On the high wall above the head, there is a heavy machine gun with a barrel extending out. It rotates. There was a bolter machine gun on the sentry tower with a searchlight, and a long bullet chain hung on the sandbag.

Vito raised his eyebrows jokingly. It seems that the big boss of the factory has spent a lot of money on defense. It's really interesting. Whose attack are they preparing to deal with so that they need these weapons? In short, it must not be the wild beasts in the woods or the locals in the settlements.

Vito followed the crowd into the garage, where they were led by roaring guards to pick up weapons. Everyone, Gillette went to the window of the weapons warehouse to pick up his weapons and ammunition one by one. It didn't take long. It's Vito's turn.

He walked forward, and the guard behind the weapons window took a bolt gun from the side. He pushed the red gun and several magazines to Vito, who grabbed the weapon in surprise and looked at the weapon with the A bolter with the Skyhawk symbol.

"The kind used by Battle Sisters? That's so interesting. Where did you get it?" Vito's question made the guard very impatient. He slammed the table and raised his hands, "How the hell did I know? These days There’s nothing you can’t get if you have money.”

The guard waved his hands repeatedly to signal Vito to go away, and he was immediately dragged away by another guard on the side. He pushed Vito and motioned him to go aside. Vito looked at him and sneered before holding the explosive. The shotgun went to the assembly point, where the guards who had received the shotgun gathered there.

A guard with bare arms and scars on his thick arms stood on the garage terrace. He stared fiercely at the young people below, "Quiet! Shut up!"

His voice was so loud that even Vito was surprised, but it was indeed useful. All the young people fell silent and looked at the guard on the stage. After Vito walked into the crowd, he also looked up at the guy. He stared in front of him. Each of the young people nodded and pushed aside.

"Miss Teresa wants to speak to you, please listen to me! Also, keep your hands!" The strong man said and stepped aside. Vito's eyes were still locked on the strong man at first, and he paid attention to the strong man. There were several hoses inserted into Han's arms, and the purple liquid in them seemed to be some kind of hormone.

But before Vito had time to identify what the hormone was, he was interrupted by a burst of exclamations from the newcomers around him. He followed the eyes of the young people around him and looked at the table. There was a man wearing tight pants with a graceful and quite attractive figure. The human woman came up. She stood in front of the strong man with one hand on her hip and looked at everyone.

Her charming smile fascinated everyone, except of course Vito. He looked at the woman. She was beautiful in every sense, with waist-length black and purple hair, like a black and kind-hearted woman. The waterfall, those purple eyes are like a pair of gems dotted on that porcelain white face.

Vito looked at the charming woman named Teresia. She gave Vito a familiar feeling, an aggressive beauty without any reality.

Theresia smiled and looked at the newlyweds at the foot of the steps one by one. She paused when her eyes swept over Vito. She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Vito with a smile.

Did she find herself? Vito was not sure. Teresia's eyes quickly moved away. Several guards as burly as strong men walked out of the corridor behind her. They all wore masks that could not see their faces, only a pair of ominous black Their red eyes were exposed, and they stood behind Theresa like an iron wall.

"Welcome everyone. I believe that all gentlemen will fulfill their responsibilities perfectly. On behalf of the refinery and my partners, I welcome you." Her voice was as sweet as a canary's song, and young people were fascinated by her. , everyone couldn't help but smile stupidly.

Vito narrowed his eyes and looked at Theresia. There was something familiar to Vito about her, a feeling of manipulation and deception. He often saw it in Lilith, so he could recognize the familiar feeling at a glance.

Is she a Slaanesh succubus? Vito was thinking in his mind, but before he could take a closer look at Theresia, he took a few steps back. She smiled and motioned to the strong man beside her, "This is your boss, Major Bardock, obey him." With the arrangement, we will have a pleasant time together.”

Teresia smiled seductively and raised a finger to her lips. She lowered her eyes slightly while smiling, "There is only one thing please remember, don't enter the factory without permission, otherwise you will It’s a pity that something happened.”

"But I believe in you all, so I wish you all a nice night." Theresa said and turned around to leave. Her butt swayed from side to side to attract everyone's attention. The young people stared intently, but soon they The pleasant moment was interrupted, because the strong and muscular manager stepped forward to block Theresa's back.

"Put away your idiot eyes! Now assign positions, I said turn your eyes back!" Major Bardock roared and stopped these young people who had never seen time. They looked at the strong man's ridged face. With a horned face, the latter immediately started assigning positions and giving orders.

This process did not last long, and Vito could be sure that his title of colonel was not a nickname. He must have been a colonel of the Astra Militarum. His words were concise and very clear. He was obviously very accustomed to it long ago. He yelled at a group of new recruits.

Vito was assigned to the guard team of the outer wall. This is a very boring position. You need to stand under the high wire wall for several hours, holding a bolt gun against the dark forest to observe everything in it. Most of the time there is nothing there.

He stayed here for an hour or two, during which Vito figured out the frequency of guard patrols. Of course, more importantly, whether the strong colonel would come to check. The result made Vito very satisfied, and the colonel only I came once an hour ago and then never came again.

This does make sense. To be honest, who would want to come to this boring post located in the southwest corner of the factory, under a separate and lonely sentry tower. It is almost unimportant, and even if someone launches an attack, it will not become a key area.

This satisfied Vito, which meant that no one would notice him immediately if he left. He could sneak into the factory quietly, but there was still a small problem that Vito needed to solve, that is, he was not on guard alone.

Vito turned to look at his "companion" beside him. He was a young local Orion boy. He was assigned to a group with Vito with a bolt gun, probably to allow the guards to supervise each other. The veteran of the Astra Militarum The routine is set, let everyone monitor each other to report heretics and traitors, and now if Vito wants to leave, he must not notice it, or in other words, he will not cause any trouble.

"Your name is Kabbah, right? I'm going to the toilet, please help me look after it." Vito smiled and said with a bolt gun, he was about to leave, but Kabbah pulled him from behind. This rigorous young man shook his head. He shook his head and said, "Let's solve it here. We can't leave our posts casually."

"I said, peeing in the open is not good, right? We are all civilized people, aren't we?" Vito said with a wry smile. Kaba obviously didn't think there was any problem. Vito now realized his stupidity, and he had forgotten all about it. The boy is a hunter. Hunters who hunt in the forest have no sense of civilized urination and defecation.

As expected, Kaba immediately shook his head. His serious attitude was even admirable, "We have orders and you cannot leave your post at will. If that big guy finds out after you leave, you and I will be unlucky."

Vito pursed his lips and looked at the young man in front of him with an awkward smile. To be honest, his responsible attitude made Vito admire him, but if he wasn't hindering himself, Vito might admire him more.

He smiled bitterly, then turned around and pressed the young man's shoulders. He watched him nod slightly and then suddenly raised his eyes to look behind him, "Ah, the big guy is here, I think you and I can report this. "

Kabba was stunned and turned to look behind him, but of course he saw nothing. There was not a ghost in the empty space outside the empty wall. He turned back to Vito in confusion, "Is he here? Why didn't I look?"

Before he finished speaking, his words came to an abrupt end with a punch. Vito's mechanical arm fist slammed into his face, and the cannon-like punch caused Kabbah to be instantly knocked to the ground. , he flew up on the spot and fell to the ground and passed out.

Vito looked at him and rubbed his fists with a joking smile, "Sorry, man, I'm pressed for time tonight, but I promise you'll be fine, except that you'll have a headache when you wake up."

Vito smiled and looked around before leaving. He slung the red bolter across his back, and in the shadows, Vito moved forward in the darkness under the high wall of the factory.

He crossed the outer wall of the factory for a short distance and then came to the edge of the wire wall. There was a small door open here, and under the wire wall was a flowing creek. Well, in fact it was a sewage channel for factory wastewater, but at least It looks like a creek, doesn't it? But be sure not to drink the water here. It's best not to touch it at all. God knows how many chemical components there are in it that can kill someone instantly.

Vito stepped forward and leaned against the exposed wall behind the barbed wire. His eyes peeked out from behind the small door. There were two guards standing at the exit of the sewage pipe. They stood on the bulges on both sides of the sewage outlet with guns in hand. on the ground.

Vito looked at them and snorted softly. He stood up in the shadow and walked directly out of the wire gate. He slid down the ramp at the edge of the sewer and walked directly to the sewer outlet. There was no dodging, no evasion, or any disguise. That's it. Go straight to that place.

The two guards immediately spotted Vito, and they immediately raised their guns and aimed at Vito. The red laser sight shone on Vito's chest, and the guards holding the guns shouted loudly.

"Who is there?! Don't move! Otherwise we will shoot!" he shouted, and the two of them stared at the approaching black figure through the sights, but the black figure did not dodge or give in at all. Meaning, he just slowly raised a hand.

Suddenly the two guards felt out of breath. They lowered their guns feebly and scratched their necks. They couldn't breathe. Their organs seemed to be pinched by a hand and they couldn't breathe. The sobs suddenly rose, and they pressed their necks and struggled messily in the air with their limbs.

"You should have opened fire first, and then warned, but now, you have lost your only chance." Vito said as he walked between the two people floating in the air. His clenched fingers suddenly clenched violently, and the sound of neck breaking rang out crisply. The two guards fell to the ground as Vito loosened his palm.

Vito ignored the two bodies. He looked at the iron grille window of the sewage pipe, and gently pulled his palm backwards. The fence door seemed to be really caught by something. The fixing screws began to shoot out of the holes one by one, and the bent and deformed iron rods made a clear breaking sound as the door frame twisted.

The lattice door that was squeezed into scrap iron fell to the ground with a bang. Vito looked at the open sewage pipe and kicked it hard. He jumped lightly into the inside of the sewage pipe. His black studded boots stepped into the wastewater that was shining with an unusual luster. Vito looked down at his boots and complained in a low voice with disgust.

"Guilliman, you should really be grateful for what I'm doing now." Vito said as he waded into the depths of the pipe. He walked forward along the dark pipe, and the turbid wastewater kept flowing on both sides of his legs. The pungent smell was unbearable, as if he was drilling in the domestic sewage pipe of a certain hive city.

Believe me, Vito has been to that place, and you won't want to try it. The same is true for this pipe, but fortunately Vito didn't have to endure the unpleasant smell for too long. He found the ventilation duct leading to the factory.

Vito used psychic power to destroy the ventilation fan with a light touch of his finger. The broken fan blades collapsed into countless fragments and scattered inside and outside the pipe. Vito took advantage of the situation and drilled into the narrow ventilation duct.

He also passed through those complex pipes. He pursued the weak psychic signal in the dark space. It was the wind of destruction blowing from the subspace. When he was still outside the factory, Vito could sense the fluctuation of psychic power, and as he went deeper into the factory, the psychic power's reaction became clearer and stronger.

Vito followed the wave of psychic energy through the complex network structure. He passed through the surging machinery in the factory and sneaked past the patrolling guards silently. In the darkness, he was able to pass through all the blockades and defenses, and finally he came to his destination, the source of all power.

Vito sat down in the narrow pipe, leaning against the wall of the pipe and looking down. He looked at the two guards standing in front of the explosion-proof door through the ventilation grille on the lower side of the pipe. They were holding guns and wearing full armor similar to stormtroopers, standing there silently guarding their posts.

Vito silently opened the grille window, and he suddenly jumped down and landed between the two guards. They were shocked by the sudden appearance of the enemy. Vito backhanded a palm, and the powerful psychic power bombarded one of them and knocked him out. He hit the wall and fell to the ground.

Then, Vito used his lightning-fast momentum to deflect the muzzle of the guard's gun behind him. He rushed forward and punched him in the chin. The guard retreated dizzy and retreated again and again. When he finally stood firm and raised his gun, he saw a pair of boots flying towards him.

Vito kicked out, raised his leg high like a dancer, and kicked the guard in the face with a swift momentum. He was kicked out and his head hit the concrete wall heavily. The helmet on his head broke because of the impact. The impact force was instantly transmitted to the guard's brain, causing him to faint instantly.

After standing still, Vito turned around and walked to the front door. He looked at the thick explosion-proof door in front of him. Vito narrowed his eyes slightly and then walked to the control panel on the side. The data interface popped out of the mechanical arm of his right hand. He inserted it into the card slot of the data panel. Almost instantly, the entire interface was distorted.

The brief disturbance did not last long. As the distorted image flashed, Helen appeared on the screen. She turned her eyes to look at Vito in front of her, and the latter raised his head slightly.

"Helen, hack into the system, open this explosion-proof door, and turn off all alarm programs." Vito gave a brief order, and Helen closed her eyes slightly. Her closing of her eyes only lasted for a moment, and at this moment, Helen had already broken through the firewall of the entire factory.

"Break through, sir." Before Helen finished speaking, the thick explosion-proof door slowly opened, and the heavy mechanical transmission shaft moved its iron door away.

"Very good, close all the explosion-proof doors around, I don't want anyone to disturb me." Vito said and walked into the door. The sound of the heavy iron door opening attracted the attention of the guards in the corridor and the rooms on both sides. They looked back and saw Vito standing at the door.

"You shouldn't be here, raise your hands and surrender immediately!" Colonel Badak walked out from the guards, shouting and raising his gun, aiming his bolt gun at Vito. As he spoke, all the guards pointed their guns in Vito's direction, while the latter stood at the door, and the blast door behind him closed again.

The guards looked at each other, they obviously didn't understand why this man was crazy. Since he locked himself up with them, did he have a brainwash? In just a moment, he would be shot into a hornet's nest by dozens of guns.

"Surrender! Constantine, surrender immediately before we shoot you into a sieve, this is your last chance!" The colonel shouted, and many guards behind him raised their guns, and with a crackling sound of loading, the bolts and laser beams were aimed at the body of the man at the end of the corridor.

But the man had no fear at all. He raised his head slightly and looked at the guards at the end of the corridor. "You made three mistakes, Colonel."

"First, you thought that the Astartes could not pass through the narrow ventilation ducts, and you completely neglected to guard against those ducts that were connected in all directions. This will bring destruction to you."

"Second." Vito raised one hand and said, golden lightning flashed in his eyes, "Since you think you can defeat me."

As Vito's voice was not finished, countless golden lightning flashed on his body, and the electric light that had never shone on his body illuminated the entire corridor, "Third, you are the ones who should surrender, I will give you This is a chance for you. I give you, the deceived people, a chance to choose. Resist and die, or obey and live. "

The colonel stared at Vito and roared. He raised the grenade launcher in his hand and pointed it at Vito's head and roared like an angry bear, "We will never betray Ms. Theresa. The Phantom Queen will give us strength and she will bless our victory!"

Colonel Bardock pulled the trigger, and the bomb shot at Vito. The laser was almost instantly deflected by the invisible force. The laser beam suddenly bounced from in front of Vito to the wall. As the light of the bomb explosion illuminated Vito's face, he also raised his arms filled with endless thunder and lightning.

"Very good, you have made a choice." Vito looked at the captain with his eyes flashing with lightning. He squinted slightly and the lightning instantly engulfed half of the corridor. His body seemed to have become a part of the endless lightning. The guards behind the captain looked at Vito in horror, and everyone held the trigger tightly in fear.

"You chose death." said the roaring thunder.