By the time Commissar Cain led his group to the entrance of the Adeptus Mechanicus experimental hall,
the psychic fluctuations within everyone's field of vision had already become so dense that they were visible to the naked eye!
Numerous mechanical constructs scattered throughout the broad passageway, along with the heavy metal doors sealing the experimental hall, had warped and deformed to varying degrees.
Fortunately, the Xenotech Artifact was not continuously releasing Chaos Psychic Energy.
Otherwise, given the current situation, there would have been no need for any outside intervention.
A massive Chaos Portal would have opened on its own, unleashing countless snarling Chaos Demons.
But even so, Commissar Cain and the others had to completely shut down the Xenotech Artifact before the Chaos Astartes behind them arrived.
Otherwise, if a Chaos Sorcerer proficient in Warp sorcery reached this place, Peria would inevitably face a large-scale Chaos Invasion!
At that moment, Caiaphas Cain, whose gaze kept sweeping back and forth, also realized that the excessively dense Psykic Power around them posed an enormous threat to mortals.
Large numbers of Astartes following behind them had begun to suffer from dizziness, splitting headaches, vomiting, collapsing, and even uncontrollable bleeding.
Only a small number of Mortal Warriors who perhaps possessed psychic potential, along with the Untouchables, showed no symptoms whatsoever.
Therefore, Commissar Cain, who could barely continue holding on, immediately ordered the vast majority of the Astartes to retreat deeper into the passageway.
He also had them hold their ground there and prepare for the grim task of stopping the Chaos Astartes from approaching, even at the cost of their lives.
He himself led his adjutant Yugen, Enginseer Tybalt, the increasingly excited Deadpool Legion, and more than a dozen Astartes deeper into the experimental hall where the Xenotech Artifact was stored.
Clack, clack, clack—