A Tiny Warp Brain-worm Bites Off a Piece of Slaanesh's Great Demon
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Northwest of the Galaxy, the Cradle of Serpents.
Nimrod issued orders for the Second, Fourth, and Fifth Chapter to land on the planets designated as Number Two, One, and Three, which were currently far from the Twin Stars.
The Librarian was assigned to three Chapter, each with different strengths to balance the forces involved.
From within the Black Stormbird, Wilshire's gaze pierced through the narrow observation window, looking down at the dense forest below and the endless plains in the distance.
The Auger Matrix scans show that this planet is the most Terra- like of the twelve planets.
Of course, it refers to the legendary ancient times of Terra.
Wilshire's knowledge of the ancient times was mostly based on images seen during the early stages of training, before a legion was assigned and during the process of cultivating a sense of belonging to Terra.
He didn't even know if it was true or not; since his birth, Terra had already been a steel jungle made up of Hive City.
What Wilshire can confirm is that the Planet II is similar in size to Terra, and its rotation period is also similar to one Terra day.
The most obvious difference is that the entire planet is bathed in a Purple light, while Terra is shrouded in darkness.
"It's a natural Hunting Ground, but the creatures are unnatural."
The seasoned "hunter" Hasik gazed at the gray, owl-shaped creature as it leaped from the coniferous tree towards the brown-furred raccoon-like creature.
"Their colors are all bright, pure, single colors."
"The eagle of Chogoris has plumage in various colors, including brown, gray, tan, black, and white."
"I've seen the simplest gray eagles on the grasslands; even their chests and bellies are noticeably lighter in color than their backs."
Wilshire immediately understood what Hasik meant. "The geology-specialized Tech Sergeant speculates that this world has existed for millions of years, but has been in a state of near-stasis."
"This defies the laws of nature; it clearly shows signs of artificial modification and may originate from the Aeldari."
"But the forces influencing the species may not come from the Aeldari, but from those organically growing Spire, which are completely different from Aeldari architectural styles."
Hasik gripped his Guandao. "I am the forest, you are the plains."
"Gell and his Librarian team will accompany you."
"Alright." Hasik nodded. His Brotherhood was not accompanying him on this expedition.
Moments later, Hasik mounted his Jetbike, greeted Gell Cuesta, started the engine, and sped into the forest like a white arrow.
The roar of the engine startled the koalas perched in the trees.
Hasik glanced at the koalas leaping away in panic among the trees; they were cream-colored all over, not only their bodies but even their eyes.
The needles were also a vibrant, lush green, and exceptionally bright.
The whole world is like a painting with distinct colors.
With each breath, Hasik inhaled, air even purer than Chogoris rushed into his trachea.
He did not bask in the beautiful picture, but kept in mind the dangers mentioned by Lord Nimrod at the pre-war meeting.
The locator rune rapidly shrank from 13.6 kilometers, revealing a pale yellow Organic Spire.
It resembles a glowing Purple mushroom, yet its structure trembles as if it were breathing.
The scent of musk wafted up and filled my nostrils through the breathing grille.
Hasik suddenly felt dizzy, and the greens in his vision became greener, and the browns became browner...
Astartes' Multi-lung operate in toxic air.
An accompanying sphincter closes the trachea, stops normal breathing, and protects the lungs.
The other lung absorbs oxygen from the toxic air and effectively breaks down toxins.
As the branches and leaves swayed, a shower of Purple fell from the sky.
The newly arrived "Provoker" was suddenly startled to realize that the Purple light did not come from the Purple glow emanating from the ground, but from a dense, serpentine creature.
They all opened their mouths and silently exhaled thick fog.
Hasik slammed the accelerator pedal to the floor, unleashing the full power of the Jetbike, which, like Scimitar, smashed through the tangled, writhing purple snakes.
He controlled the direction with one hand while rapidly rotating the vehicle-mounted Bolter with the other.
Amid the deafening explosion, Hasik noticed that the spray of blood mist was Purple, not red.
The purple waves rose higher and higher, and the "Provoker" suddenly felt himself slow down.
His motorcycle and his white armor looked as if they were stuck in a swamp.
The Provoker intuitively identified the factor causing his slowing down—a thick, almost viscous, Purple mist.
Just as Hasik was about to leap off the Scimitar Jetbike, his mount suddenly roared and sprang up like an arrow.
He didn't need to turn around; from the locator runes in his helmet, he knew that the tech-based Psyker Mikel had blessed his motorcycle.
Hasik sensed the surge of the Machine Spirit.
The Scimitar Jetbike sped faster than he ever knew, exceeding all speed limits, almost slipping out of his control.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the white Scimitar smashed the cluster of purple snakes to pieces.
As Gell put away the Heart-Forged Staff, four Logis stepped forward from the crowd, wielding their Force Staff.
Crimson flames erupted in the air, and a surging sea of fire engulfed the Purple waves.
Gell noticed that the purple snakes swarming down from the trees, without any instinctive attacks that could cause them more harm, were frantically rushing towards Hasik Librarian if he were the only enemy.
The "Provoker" attracted the swarm of snakes, allowing the Librarian to calmly unleash their attacks and clear out the snakes.
Gell, a tech-savvy Psyker, gazed intently at the Organic Spire with deep, penetrating eyes.
The tower was made of some kind of strange crystal, with pulsating energy patterns on it that he had never seen before.
The seasoned "Appraiser's" Spirituality was rapidly depleted, but by combining this with his father's advice to gather energy, he gradually grasped the structure of the Organic Spire.
Upon reaching the Organic Spire, the newly minted "Mechanic Expert" was able to determine the structure of this seamless, almost biological building.
"Blow him up?" Hasik asked as he jumped off the motorcycle.
The Mechanic Expert shook his head. "No, an explosion would trigger the accumulated energy, causing an unpredictable Catastrophe."
The "Mechanic Expert" stepped forward, brandishing the Heart-Forged Staff, and struck a spot among the snake-scale-like patterns.
The Organic Spire's trembling breathing rhythm suddenly intensified.
As the "Mechanic Expert" broke the energy balance node, a crack immediately appeared on the crystal surface.
The scepter of the technology-based Psyker remained resting on the crystal surface, maintaining the balance of energy.
He only crawled through a crack large enough for Astartes to pass through when the tremors stopped.
Hasik followed closely behind him, and the Librarian followed one by one.
As soon as Gell entered the Organic Spire, he immediately felt as if he had entered another world.
The screams came like a tidal wave.
The sound did not originate from the real world, but rather from the heart, resounding in another world.
At the center of the tower was a sticky channel, from which Purple viscous liquid dripped like threads from the inner walls of the crystals, flowing as if into the intestines.
Hasik walked to the entrance of the passage and looked down at the writhing Purple tunnel below.
The "Provoker" felt an immediate unease, as if something brushed past his white Power Armor and was staring at him with malicious eyes.
What's down there?
Gell looked around and shook his head.
"No need to go down."
As he spoke, he pulled out a Glass Grenade. "I brought it with me from the Forbidden Vault before the operation."
The "Provoker" glanced warily at the grenade in Gell's hand; the faint, dormant insects inside made him feel uneasy.
"Retreat," Gell said to the others, and as they walked one by one to the rift portal, he pulled the ring.
As Gell threw the Glass Grenade, he quickly retreated and slipped through the crack.
The passageway twisted and turned wildly, like a snake.
The entire Planet II, and Nimrod in the void, heard a piercing Shriek.
Within the Sea of Souls, a forbidden weapon from the "Dark Mechanicum Era" released a Warp Brain-worm the size of a grain of rice.
It flew rapidly toward the two Purple snakes, which were millions of times larger than itself and Distortion and intertwined.
His body has Two-headed Two-tailed, and his fat belly is full of faces.
As faces rolled by, they emitted Affliction cries.
Rumble!
The moment the disproportionately large and small creatures collided, a colossal wave surged through the Sea of Souls.
The delicious soul that the purple snake was chewing on vanished the instant of the collision.
Her bloated abdomen had lost a large portion of its mass.
The two enormous heads simultaneously emitted a piercing Shriek, the resulting massive echo tearing through the Veil of reality.
In the real world of the Cradle of Serpents, passing through the sixth planet of the Twin Stars, the blue light suddenly dimmed.
The screams echoed simultaneously from planets one, two, and Twelfth.
At the base of the towering Organic Spire, the air was filled with the scent of musk, and the accumulated energy burst forth, causing the Purple light of the entire planet to suddenly turn deep purple.
Countless strange creatures emerged from the purple mist, some waving crab-like claws, others with horns on their heads...
The Keeper of Secrets Slaanesh, in his rage, drove his Devil forth from the Organic Spire.