Ghost Operative

Norris headed toward the Forge Workshop under the tight guard of a group of soldiers.

Gao Yi and two Rangers walked in the front, and Norris was panic-stricken; he did not know what Gao Yi's so-called choice really was...

He looked at the soldiers beside him, and their muzzle never left his body.

And the way they looked at him was as if they were looking at a monster.

As he got closer and closer to the Forge Workshop, he saw many of those lofty Tech-Priests, as well as one Servitor after another that had been lobotomized and lacked consciousness of their own.

They aren't going to turn me into a Servitor, are they...

Looking at those terrifying Servitors, Norris's body could not help trembling.

"Pavian, suspend production in one Barracks; I have a use for it!"

"I'll go do it right away!"

"Everyone else, get out!"

As the people around all withdrew from the Forge Workshop, only Gao Yi and Norris were left in the room.

Looking at the huge mechanical creation before his eyes, this made Norris even more certain of his previous guess, and even the three Barracks on the side were still spitting out CMC Combat Suits!

"You... are you going to turn me into a Servitor?"

"A Servitor? Why would I make you into that kind of thing?"

"Then what on earth are you going to do to me..."

"What you are going to do is walk into this building!"

"W-walk in?"

Norris looked at the other Barracks next to him. Was this Barracks even still spitting out CMC Combat Suits? Was this really a place a human could go into? Could this Rogue Trader also be a heretic?

"Come on, Norris, embrace the unknown? Or embrace death?"

Hearing Gao Yi's words, Norris knew he had no choice. If he refused, he would probably be killed off later; he could only choose to take a gamble.

The Emperor protects, please bless me. But what use was it to cram for exams at the last minute when he didn't even believe in the God-Emperor to begin with?

The gates of the Barracks were pitch-black, resembling a black hole.

Norris swallowed hard, and then he let out a roar and walked into the gates of the Barracks. The Barracks instantly swallowed Norris up.

Psionic talent candidate detected, psionic level P8, no other high-order life form abnormal energy detected, meets requirements.

Produce Ghost Operative?

"Other high-order life?" Gao Yi had not fully understood this sentence, but with doubt, he chose to produce.

This time, the entire process was unexpectedly long. One hour, two hours, three hours—he waited a full 24 hours. Along the way, Veil asked several times if something had gone wrong and wanted to come in to take a look, but Gao Yi refused them all.

However, when the last second of the 24 hours passed,

a completely rejuvenated Norris strode out from the Barracks.

This time, what came out was not a set of equipment, but a living human.

Gao Yi seemed to have guessed something. Why did it need a psyker, and why did it display no abnormal energy of other high-order energy life forms? Those psykers who worshipped the Four Gods and were empowered by them could not be converted. If this was the case, wouldn't those who worshipped the God-Emperor not work either?!

Although it was frustrating and blocked Gao Yi's idea of capturing those corrupted psykers, it did not seem too difficult either. After all, humanity's population base was right there, and illegal psykers were not few; otherwise, they wouldn't even be enough for the God-Emperor to burn for two days. If he wanted to find them, he could always find them.

"Norris?"

"Captain Gao Yi?!"

At this moment, Norris could be said to be completely different from his former self. Several slender neural conduits connected to the back of his head; these were special Psionic Inhibitors, which allowed Norris to control and use his psionic powers more freely, while also making him utterly obedient to Gao Yi.

And his tattered clothes had now turned into a close-fitting combat suit made of a special nano-polymer material that could react with psionic energy.

This material could increase the user's strength and stamina, and could also provide protection against high temperatures, severe cold, viruses, and nuclear radiation. Most importantly, through psionic catalysis, the Ghost could enter a state of stealth.

However, the more Gao Yi looked at it, the more wrong it felt. How come there seemed to be many extra things on this combat suit?

"Norris, do you know how to use this combat suit?"

"I know. It's like a lot of knowledge has been added to my mind."

"Demonstrate it for me to see!"

As Norris channeled his psionic power, the combat suit also began to take effect. In the next second, Norris vanished directly in front of Gao Yi.

"Complete stealth? You really can't see him at all!" Gao Yi tried to use his psionic powers to probe. Even with his psionic perception, he could only barely sense it, as Norris's own psionic power was actually neutralizing Gao Yi's psionic probe.

Norris appeared again. This time, the reactor-like thing on his chest began to operate. Following a flash, Norris actually appeared directly 20 meters away.

"Hunter Blink?! I get it! The Ghost produced this time integrates all those optional equipment items from the campaign into a single combat suit?! This wave is not a loss!"

"However, Captain, this teleport has a 5-second cooldown!"

A jetpack similar to the Reapers was also on his back.

In addition to this combat suit, a C-20A combat shotgun was also held in Norris's hands.

Gao Yi had Norris introduce it, and sure enough, just as Gao Yi thought, besides conventional armor-piercing rounds, there were EMP Rounds that could disrupt energy and psionic shields, and Locking Rounds that could be used to disable machinery.

What made Gao Yi's heart skip a beat the most was a psionic glaive tucked at Norris's waist—a monomolecular blade just like the one in the Warhammer world, but the difference was that it could accept psionic enhancement, giving it even higher sharpness.

"Waiting 24 hours was truly not a loss!"

It made Gao Yi even want to see how a Ghost would fare against an Assassinorum assassin.

If he found a few more psykers, wouldn't he also have his own Assassinorum?

"Captain. Was this power bestowed upon me by you?" Norris felt better than ever at this moment. He had originally thought he was a dead man, but when he walked in, he felt completely reborn. A massive amount of knowledge and thoughts of loyalty to Gao Yi flooded into his brain.

He knew he was no longer the monster others called him; he was Gao Yi's Ghost Operative.

"That's right. How does it feel, Norris?"

"Good, better than ever! You have given me a new life." Norris sincerely knelt on the ground.

Although Gao Yi did not deliberately look for him, it was indeed Gao Yi who pulled Norris out of the slums of the Landing Port, treated his injuries on the warship, and let him eat his fill.

And when his psionic powers awakened and everyone treated him as a monster, it was Gao Yi who taught him how to master this power.

He was simply his reborn parent.

"Although you have gained power, at the same time you will also shoulder many heavy missions."

"My Captain, I am not good with words, but your enemies are my enemies. I will become a sharp blade in your hands! I will offer my life to you!"

"I accept your allegiance, Norris. From now on, you are a Ghost, and I will have Veil arrange a separate compartment for you. From now on, your existence can only be known by a limited number of people! There will probably be a need for you soon."