After explaining a few more details and making sure nothing could go wrong,
Qin Yun led Hina back before the players.
"Chosen Ones, through my efforts, priest Oz Hina has agreed to provide you with weapon maintenance and cybernetic enhancements."
"At the same time, she will also issue you various missions. Once you complete them, you can also earn Contribution Points."
"After some time, she will draw up a detailed list."
"By then, as long as you have enough Contribution Points, you can purchase the items and enhancements on the list."
Upon hearing Qin Yun's words, the players immediately grew excited.
"Are cybernetic enhancements finally being added?"
"I'm so looking forward to it!"
"I knew stockpiling Contribution Points would come in handy."
"I'm going to become the Warhammer 40k version of Adam Smasher. I want to be a cyberpsycho."
"I want to replace my little brother with an Adamantium version, then add piston propulsion."
"This guy is suspected of being corrupted by Slaanesh. Requesting an Exterminatus strike."
"As expected of the most realistic game ever. Even adding a Cybernetic Prosthetics Shop requires finding an NPC first."
"Yeah, there have been so many times when I thought this was the real world."
"..."
Hina looked at the excited players.
She could not understand why they were so happy.
Wasn't she merely providing weapon maintenance and cybernetic enhancements?
They felt somewhat like Ork Boyz, far too unnaturally optimistic.
But when she looked at Qin Yun beside her, Hina suppressed the confusion in her heart.
As a devout believer, she should not question any arrangement made by the Omnissiah.
Suspicion bred betrayal.
Betrayal brought pain.
She only needed to firmly believe in the wisdom of the Omnissiah.
After the players had discussed it for a while, Qin Yun spoke again.
"Lycade Station's communications system was taken offline by the traitors' sabotage. We can't contact the surface, and we have no idea what's happening down there."
"What we need to do now is find a way to retake Lycade Station, restart the communications system, and establish contact with the surface."
Qin Yun demonstrated to Hina how to issue missions to the Chosen Ones.
It was quite simple.
She only had to assess the mission's difficulty and required time, then offer suitable Contribution Points as an incentive.
For a Tech-Priest like Hina, whose brain had been enhanced, this posed no difficulty at all.
Hina issued her first mission to the players.
"Restart Lycade Station's Communications System"
When the rebellion broke out, the Cultists used Virus Scrapcode to attack Lycade Station's main system.
The entire station had been paralyzed as a result.
The communications system had likewise been attacked by the virus code.
To restore the communications system, they first had to deal with the virus code.
Hina gave Qin Yun a code-overwriting device shaped like a human skull.
"You only need to connect the device to the communications array's main console, and the sacred program within will run automatically."
"It will use blessed code to overwrite the Scrapcode, activate the Auspex array, and bring the communications system back online."
"This process will take some time. You must protect the device from being destroyed."
"Retaking Area Y-107H has already put the station's traitors on alert."
"Those traitors will definitely send elites and do everything they can to stop you from restoring communications."
Hina paused, organizing her words before continuing.
"As long as you can restore the communications station and purge the Virus Scrapcode, I will immediately take control of that area's weapon systems and assist you in escaping."
Qin Yun nodded. "Don't worry. We'll complete the mission successfully."
Carrying the skull device, Qin Yun led the players straight to the communications station.
With lightning speed, they eliminated the Cultists and Plague Zombies along the way.
They inserted the skull device into the communications station's main console and began rewriting its code.
Their actions caught the Cultists' attention.
The enemy quickly assembled a group of Cultists and drove Plague Zombies forward, intending to retake the communications station.
The two sides clashed around the station, and the battle soon became intensely fierce.
Bang! Bang!
Boom!
"Fire in the hole!"
"Smoke bomb!"
Dense Lasgun fire and bullets swept across the entire battlefield like a violent storm.
"For the Emperor, hold the line!"
Qin Yun repeatedly activated roar and prayer, raising the players' morale and combat strength.
Then he raised his Bolter and fired.
Bang!
Several Cultists charging in were shot dead, blown into heaps of mangled flesh.
At that moment, a golden screen appeared.
Congratulations, you have gained experience. Level LV7 -> LV8 Skill learned: Warp Sense (allows you to sense Ethereal fluctuations within the Warp) Skill learned: Rational Aura (forcibly frees nearby friendly units from negative states such as fear, despair, Black Rage, bloodlust, and more, restoring their sanity)
"So I've already reached level eight!"
"Warp Sense is the prerequisite for psychic abilities. Once I reach level nine, I should unlock psychic skills."
"The Faith Points I've built up during this time finally have a use."
Qin Yun felt somewhat emotional.
Only a few days had passed since the players first logged in, yet he had already reached level eight.
The psychic abilities he had longed for were finally within reach.
The Warhammer 40k version of Gandalf was about to emerge.
Outside the communications station.
"Defeat the False Emperor's lackeys! Brothers, keep charging!"
"Great Grandfather Nurgle watches over us! Every heroic soul that sacrifices itself will enter His eternal garden, free from all suffering and blessed with everlasting happiness and joy!"
Lanos, the Cultist leader, stared at the battlefield with a crazed expression as he urged his subordinates to charge.
His incitement drove the Cultists mad.
They rushed inside with Lasguns and automatic rifles in hand.
"Come on, let me show you what I can do!"
At the makeshift defensive position, Little Fatty operated the Multi-laser Heavy Bolter and fired wildly.
The barrels spun at high speed, producing a buzzing whine.
Lasers poured forth like a raging storm.
Every Cultist who dared show their head was riddled with holes.
But the Cultists also had trained snipers among them.
Accompanied by the shriek of a laser tearing through the air,
a scorched wound appeared on Little Fatty's head.
He reached up and touched it.
"Damn it, I have to respawn again."
With that, he died.
Without heavy fire support, the players' firepower immediately weakened considerably.
The Cultists seized the chance and charged in.
"For the Emperor!"
Just as the Cultists were about to breach the defensive line, Turtle rushed forward while clutching Melta Bombs.
Boom!
The Melta Bombs detonated, blowing Turtle and the charging Cultists into pieces.
At the same time, another player shoved Little Fatty's corpse aside and took his place.
He continued pouring fire at the entrance, preventing the Cultists from entering.
"Are these guys insane?! Are they really this willing to throw their lives away?!"
Lanos's face darkened when he saw the explosion at the communications station entrance.
The people inside had never intended to leave alive.
"Keep charging! No matter what, we must retake the communications station!"
Lanos hardened his resolve and ordered his men to continue their assault.
The battle between both sides became increasingly desperate.
The number of players kept dwindling, while the Cultists and Plague Zombies continued coming like waves, one after another.
Boom!
After another player charged into the enemy with Melta Bombs and perished alongside the incoming Cultists,
Ding!
A crisp notification sounded from the main console.
Praise the Omnissiah.
The skull device, its task complete, opened its mouth and recited a prayer.
The code overwrite was complete.
The communications station's Cogitator System restarted.
"Guide, I am taking command of the battlefield now. The weapon systems have been activated. It is time to let these people know the price of betraying the Imperium."
Priest Hina's voice sounded beside Qin Yun's ear.
The previously silent Auto-cannons activated one after another and opened fire on the Cultists.
They fell in droves like wheat before a scythe.
"Charge out and kill every last one of them!"
Qin Yun shouted as he led the players out of the communications station, shooting the Cultists and Plague Zombies that were still clinging to life.
Even Lanos, their leader, failed to escape. Qin Yun blew his head apart with a single shot.
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