Fully Equipped

Now that he'd decided to 'run a dungeon' to loot some treasure, Chen Xi naturally needed to get his controlled character some decent equipment.

Although his Inquisitor piece was based on the legendary Inquisitor Eisenhorn, it didn't have much in the way of gear.

A Bolt Pistol and a Force Staff were the sum total of the piece's equipment.

Even with the Power Sword gifted by the Emperor hanging at the Inquisitor Planetary Governor's waist, it couldn't hide the scantiness of the Governor's gear.

This getup would be fine for fighting cultists, and he could even cut a swathe through rebel forces. After all, Psykers in the Warhammer world were a force to be reckoned with. An Alpha-level Psyker could literally tear a planet apart.

However, this Inquisitor piece wasn't that overpowered. He was just a regular combat Psyker, since Inquisitor Eisenhorn wasn't some kind of psychic powerhouse either.

Besides, using psychic powers came at a cost. If you thought you were invincible just because you'd awakened as a Psyker and then used your powers without restraint, the only result would be blowing yourself up into a Warp gate, becoming a portal for Chaos daemons to invade the real world.

Although Chen Xi wouldn't be affected if this piece died in the Warhammer world, it would mean that all his investment and effort in this identity would be wasted.

So, for safety's sake, Chen Xi bought a few new pieces of equipment with his points, fully arming the Inquisitor from head to toe.

The two hundred points from the newbie quest weren't much, but fortunately, the Emperor's prices for this kind of individual equipment weren't high, basically the same as the point values in the tabletop rules.

For example, a Power Sword cost 5 points. You could spend another 5 points to upgrade it to Fine-crafted, another 5 to upgrade it to Master-crafted, and if you were willing to shell out another 10 points, it could become a Relic.

So, Chen Xi got his Inquisitor a Master-crafted Relic Fine-crafted Power Sword worth 25 points, a Master-crafted Relic Fine-crafted Plasma Pistol also worth 25 points, and a set of Master-crafted Relic Fine-crafted Power Armor for 50 points.

With a hundred points spent, the Inquisitor's equipment immediately took a qualitative leap.

In addition, Chen Xi spent 10 points to buy two Servo-skulls, which Ovilia helped him equip with small shields and ion weapons, planning to use them as scouting drones and auxiliary equipment.

Servo-skulls came in a variety of models. One of the two Chen Xi exchanged for was a reconnaissance type, which could be used to scan unknown environments and didn't require a High Lord of Terra to hold it to work.

The other could be connected to the Power Armor, acting as a fire control computer and battlefield awareness module, transmitting all tactical information to the wearer.

Both the Power Armor and the Servo-skull were directly connected to the nervous system. If necessary, the Servo-skull could even directly control the wearer's limbs to react to dangers that the wearer hadn't noticed.

In addition to these, Chen Xi also specifically exchanged for a Rosarius to hang on his wrist.

Although it sounded similar to the Inquisition's Rosette, and even looked similar, the Rosette was only proof of an Inquisitor's identity, while the Rosarius was a personal shield.

Although the Warhammer 40K world seemed rough and even primitive at first glance, the technology was actually mind-bogglingly advanced.

The high-end personal shields in various science fiction novels were, for the Warhammer world, ordinary trinkets that could even be made into decorations like medals.

Although this 'ordinary' was only relative, a character like a medal-hoarding general, whose entire body armor was made of medals, could have each medal be a personal shield, literally able to drink red tea while weathering a storm of bullets.

Back then, Goge Vandire used such a medal to deceive the original Sisters of Battle, turning these country bumpkins into the most obedient thugs in his hands.

Although personal energy shields had limited defense against Gauss Weapons, and weren't as ridiculous as Void Shields, they were at least better than taking it with your bare flesh.

On the wasteland, two Chimera APCs were advancing.

Their destination was a mining station of the Adeptus Mechanicus on Rostov II.

The existence of this mining station was a small secret, because the ore mined here was called Blackstone.

Blackstone itself wasn't a particularly mysterious mineral. Although the Adeptus Mechanicus couldn't understand its physical properties or the rationality of its existence, its special property of isolating the Warp still gave the Inquisition and the Adeptus Mechanicus themselves a considerable demand for it.

Even though they didn't understand how to use the stuff at all, the Tech-priests still knew how to mine 'natural' minerals and use these stones to build houses.

However, usually, things like Necrons, and more Necrons, were occasionally dug out from under the Blackstone.

"Magos Ovilia, I reiterate once again, this time we are only entering this alien ruin for a simple reconnaissance, not for a large-scale excavation. Once the defense mechanisms within the tomb are discovered, we must retreat immediately. Do you understand my meaning?" Chen Xi was solemnly reiterating his attitude to Magos Ovilia, who was sitting in the same vehicle as him.

This time, he only brought his Sisters of Battle squad into the tomb, and didn't even bring the Kasrkin, in order to minimize the size of the team as much as possible and avoid waking up the boneheads in the underground tombs.

Naturally, Chen Xi also had to ensure that Ovilia didn't mess things up.

After all, everyone knew what the Tech-priests were like. Seeing alien technology would probably leave them unable to walk.

However, Ovilia also knew what was important, and nodded solemnly, "Please rest assured, Planetary Governor. I know the priorities and will not mess around in this exploration.

Although I would like to excavate this ruin as soon as possible, in order to excavate it more smoothly, I am willing to temporarily endure and restrain my urge to dig it out."

As she spoke, the Chimera had arrived at the mining station. There was no one here, only a few low-ranking priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus controlling a large number of Servitors who were mining Blackstone.

"Although I have suspended the excavation of the underground ruins according to your instructions, Planetary Governor, this mining station still belongs to the Forge World of the sector. I cannot order them to stop mining Blackstone, as that would make the Forge World aware of the anomaly." Ovilia briefly explained why it was still operating here, and then led Chen Xi into the mining station, taking the elevator down into the depths of the mine.

"I hope everything goes smoothly with this exploration." Chen Xi drew his weapon, adjusted his condition, and prepared for battle.