Two Heads of Different Wills

While Rachel took action, Chen Xi and Ovilia continued exploring the Necron tomb.

The Canoptek Spider destroyed by the Flayed Ones had become Ovilia's trophy, and she was quite pleased with her acquisition.

However, this also made her attitude towards the operation somewhat aggressive, as if she wanted to obtain even more spoils.

But Chen Xi remained calm. He knew that with the limited armed forces they had brought, waking up the Necrons in the tomb would likely lead to their demise.

It wasn't that he was cowardly, but they had already discovered an intact stasis chamber, where over fifty Necron Warriors lay dormant.

These Necron Warriors alone would be enough to overwhelm Chen Xi, Ovilia, and the Sisters of Battle Chen Xi had brought.

Even if Chen Xi was a Psyker who could take on a hundred enemies at once with his psychic powers, it wouldn't change the situation.

As a race that had fought against the Eldar and the Old Ones, the Necrons had too many ways to deal with Psykers.

Not to mention that the Necron tomb they were in was constructed with Blackstone, which could suppress psychic powers. Chen Xi could barely use his powerful psychic abilities here.

So, when Ovilia excitedly tried to do something to the stasis chamber, Chen Xi stopped her and had two Sisters of Battle point their Bolters at her head.

"Sage, I hope you can remain calm and remember what I told you before." Chen Xi's face was cold. He didn't mince words with Ovilia, nor did he hold back because she was the only Tech-priest he could currently contact and cooperate with.

Facing the two Bolters pointed at her head, Ovilia didn't show any signs of tension. She simply raised a Plasma Pistol with her mechanical arm, aiming it at Chen Xi's head as well. "Planetary Governor, you are violating our agreement. You should be assisting me in excavating this relic!"

"No, we agreed that this was just a preliminary exploration." Chen Xi didn't react to being threatened with a gun. Although the tense atmosphere made him a little nervous, the Inquisitor's qualities of the possessed body allowed him to remain calm. "Moreover, you are the one breaking the agreement by knowingly trying to mess with things that will awaken the tomb's defenses."

Chen Xi could understand Ovilia's thoughts. After all, a room full of alien machinery and a Stasis Field that had been functioning perfectly for sixty million years was a huge temptation for Tech-priests.

Even if Ovilia was a Bio-Sage.

But understanding and supporting were two completely different things. Chen Xi couldn't allow Ovilia to run wild, wake up the Necrons in the tomb, or even plunge the entire planet into war.

Don't think it's impossible. Tech-priests never consider the consequences when they're digging up graves. They only care about whether they can get their hands on what they want.

As for what price the Imperium would pay for it, that was never a concern for the Tech-priests.

After all, the two heads of the Imperial Aquila never shared the same will. During the Great Crusade, the Emperor could subdue Mars, and the Primarchs could also gain the upper hand in their dialogues with Mars.

But the High Lords of Terra didn't have that ability. The Adeptus Mechanicus was now more like an independent collaborator that was on equal footing with the Imperium, rather than a part of the Imperial forces.

Although the Adeptus Mechanicus was already inseparable from the Imperium, just like the Imperial Aquila was one body with two heads, the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Imperium were never of one mind.

So, as far as the Adeptus Mechanicus was concerned, they never considered what losses the Imperium would suffer because of their recklessness when they acted.

That was why Chen Xi had been wary of Ovilia's possible recklessness and stopped her the moment she showed any signs of impulsiveness.

Faced with Chen Xi's accusations, Ovilia didn't explain or defend herself. She simply started charging her Plasma Rifle.

Seeing this, Chen Xi also drew his Plasma Pistol and started charging it as well.

The Sisters of Battle Chen Xi had brought also aimed their weapons at Ovilia, ready to focus fire and eliminate her if she dared to make a move.

Just when both sides were at their breaking point, but neither was willing to back down, a rustling sound suddenly came from the passage next to them.

Chen Xi and Ovilia, with astonishing synchronization, pointed their weapons in the direction of the sound and pulled the triggers simultaneously!

Two streams of bright, light-blue plasma bolts sped away, illuminating the passage and allowing them to see what was making the noise.

It was a swarm of metal beetles, each about the size of a palm, with a glowing green orb on its back. The connected green light looked like a shimmering, starlit carpet, rapidly covering the area towards Chen Xi and his group.

"Form a line, prepare for battle!" Chen Xi quickly issued the order, continuously pulling the trigger while glancing at Ovilia. "We have to go, Sage!"

Staring at the metal beetles filling the passage, Ovilia's face showed intense unwillingness, but in the end, she didn't insist. While controlling her equipped weapons to fire, she said to Chen Xi, "I brought Meltagun bombs. Blow up the chamber and take what we can!"

Hearing Ovilia say this, Chen Xi gritted his teeth and finally agreed. "Be quick!"

He didn't continue to insist, after all, the main reason he had proposed to explore the tomb was to salvage something that could be exchanged for money from the Necron tomb.

Although they already had a Canoptek Spider as a fallback in this situation, Chen Xi also hoped to have more gains.

Seeing Chen Xi agree, Ovilia quickly had the Servitors she brought enter the stasis chamber to install the Meltagun bombs.

Although using such powerful explosives designed to destroy armored vehicles would melt most of the items, they couldn't worry about that now.

Because in the passage, in addition to the surging Canoptek Scarabs, two huge Canoptek Spiders also appeared.

These huge constructs not only possessed terrifying force, but their Fabricator Claw Array could also repair damaged Necron units.

As these two Canoptek Spiders approached Chen Xi and his group, he noticed that as the two large spiders advanced, the previously destroyed Canoptek Scarabs on the ground were being repaired.

Not only that, but their abdomens were constantly releasing newly produced Canoptek Scarabs.

This forced Chen Xi to shout at Ovilia, "Sage, we don't have time!"

And Chen Xi's response was a huge explosion.