The Power of the C'tan

That afternoon, while all the soldiers went out to gather metal and electronic components, Qin Mo had already begun expanding the entire building.

This was Grey's second time seeing Qin Mo use his creation magic, and he was far more shocked than the first time.

Under Qin Mo's control, the hard metal floor within a square area one hundred meters on each side softened. Guided by his telekinesis, it was molded into the desired shapes or pressed against the building.

After one section of flooring became a deep pit, Qin Mo began repeating the process on another section.

The entire building was gradually expanded to five stories. The walls were thickened to thirty centimeters, while metal rods floated in the air, weaving through the metal to form firing ports.

These firing ports all faced fixed directions, but once heavy weapons were mounted, they could be aimed directly at the attacking rebels.

Some firing ports faced straight ahead, while others opened at an angle.

Once the expansion was complete, those metal rods were stretched and extended, sewing themselves into the walls like needles stitching tofu, serving as reinforcing bars.

The special alloy used for the lower hive's floors was so poorly suited for weapons that not even dogs would use it, because its malleability was terrible. But as wall material, it was the best choice.

Klein watched the building transform into a fortress and felt deeply puzzled.

The fortress did not even have a door now. How were they supposed to get in and out?

Then Qin Mo gave him the answer through his actions.

The building's entrance was no longer opened directly at ground level. Instead, it became a semicircular underground passage. Anyone wanting to enter the building had to slide in through an external opening, then climb up a staircase.

After entering the building, they would also have to pass through narrow, maze-like corridors. On both sides stood thick walls filled with firing ports.

Klein felt that this entrance design was truly vicious toward attackers.

The walls could not be blasted through. Tanks could enter the winding entrance but could not climb back out. Even if attacking infantry endured heavy fire and crawled into the building, they would still have to crowd together in the corridors, only to be slaughtered by heavy weapons behind the walls.

From the defenders' perspective, however, it was an angelic design.

"Give me a flamer and a Melta Cannon, and I could hold this place for a year against enemies ten times our number." Klein first praised the fortress, then asked what he considered a crucial question. "But we need supplies too. How are we supposed to transport them into the fortress?"

"Like this." Qin Mo raised a hand, and the wall immediately opened like a door.

"I see." Klein raised his brows and nodded.

After expanding the aboveground section, Qin Mo began working on the underground part.

To prevent the underground section from being infiltrated by Gene Stealers, Qin Mo only dug out cavities in the building's core that could only be entered from the surface.

"This is truly power far beyond mortals." Klein sighed. "Psychic Power is terrifying, but it really is useful."

"I'm not a Psyker," Qin Mo said. Before this, he had always believed himself to be a Psyker and had never taken those hallucinations and dreams seriously.

But now, all signs showed that he was definitely not a Psyker. Otherwise, things like the Psychic Suppressor Collar and the Brain Grub Familiar could not possibly have had no effect on him at all.

As for the source of this power...

Qin Mo recalled the hallucination he had experienced after being blasted by a shell. He thought it was very likely the C'tan.

The C'tan.

The C'tan had existed before any race in the galaxy was born, parasitizing stars and feeding on their energy.

These C'tan were gods of the material world. They possessed power that transcended time and dimensions. Creating black holes or conjuring an entire planet from nothing was effortless to them, and twisting the laws of physics was even easier.

The C'tan's power had some similarities to the power of the Warp, such as releasing flames from nothing, causing anomalous phenomena to appear in the material universe, or manipulating objects with one's mind.

Qin Mo was now eighty percent certain that his power came from the C'tan, but he had no idea which C'tan it was or why he possessed this power.

"I'm going to make weapons. When the soldiers return, have them send whatever they find to my place." Qin Mo did not want to explain too much. He turned and left.

Although he could freely mobilize the 47th Infantry Regiment, Qin Mo did not intend to take too many people with him to search for other positions. His plan was still to arm Grey and the others as thoroughly as possible.

After all, once a civilian building had been expanded into a fortress, it would require more defenders.

In Qin Mo's vision, the six-man team would travel covertly to various positions as quickly as possible, so they needed equipment that could move quickly.

Considering the need for stealth, that equipment was best not as a vehicle, but as compact equipment that could be integrated into Power Armor.

The answer was obvious.

Jump Packs.

The Gravity Shield would be integrated into the Jump Pack. This Jump Pack would be able to generate a Gravity Shield, sustain short periods of flight and long-distance leaps, and store items.

The weapons should also be integrated into the Power Armor, and they had to primarily be energy weapons, since kinetic weapons could not penetrate a Gravity Shield.

They could use kinetic weapons once there was time to improve the Gravity Shield later.

After considering everything, the Power Armor integrating a Jump Pack, Gravity Shield, and energy weapons should naturally be designed with an emphasis on defense against energy weapons.

The energy consumption of all this weaponry and equipment was a major problem.

Qin Mo believed he should design a large-capacity battery that could be charged with heat. That way, when their energy was about to run out, everyone would only need to gather together, twist the physical laws within their area so flames could not burn metal or human bodies, then simply spray fire to recharge.

Besides individual equipment, Qin Mo also planned to design drones. These drones would be divided into different types based on purpose. They could carry kinetic weapons or medical supplies, possess only reconnaissance capabilities, or serve as mobile cover.

Lastly, there were the heavy weapons for the fortress. There was no need to waste brain cells on those—he only needed to make Stubbers, flamers, or Melta Cannons.

As long as Qin Mo recalled the appearance of these heavy weapons in his mind, he could grasp their principles and structures, then replicate them exactly.

None of these creations could be called perfect, but that was precisely why they were easy for Qin Mo to design and manufacture.

When he had still suspected that he was a Psyker, Qin Mo would never have dared to create whatever he wanted on such a large scale. But now that he was certain he was not a Psyker, he had no such reservations.

As for what would happen after they left the lower hive, when these technological creations unapproved by the Imperium were discovered... they had to survive first.

And what if these things were affected by Psychic Power...

Fuck, that could be fatal. Qin Mo suddenly remembered that the Gene Stealers not only had individuals capable of using Psychic Power, but that those individuals were quite powerful.

Researching anti-psychic technology was imperative.

Qin Mo planned to first use the principles of the Psychic Suppressor Collar to create a Psy-Suppressor.