I Need a Psyker

"Where are you... bastard..."

"Emperor protect me... Legion Commander protect me..."

Duncan was so anxious that he began praying to Qin Mo, hoping his creations could display greater capabilities at this moment, such as expanding the range of the Bio-Scan.

However, that function had never been intended for finding people. Its design concept was for infantry to clear out nearby enemies who had survived by chance after a battle ended.

Duncan monitored the HUD inside his visor while sprinting at full speed under the Power Armor's enhancement. When he headed due north, a red dot finally appeared on the Bio-Scan interface.

Human: 1.

Once the result appeared, the HUD directly marked the red dot's location in his field of view, allowing the Power Armor wearer to see the target more clearly.

Duncan let out a long breath and carefully advanced toward the red dot, doing his best to remain concealed while maintaining high speed.

After tracking for two minutes, Duncan concealed himself atop a metal slope and observed the situation ahead.

Albert walked alone, his eyes glowing purple in the darkness.

He kept walking like a living corpse.

Duncan instinctively wanted to rush over and drag Albert back. His mind swiftly considered it and concluded that it was feasible.

If Albert's blind advance was caused by Psychic Power, then the psychic suppression device integrated into the Power Armor could slightly block its influence.

But just before Duncan rushed over, he saw a group of Rebels on motorcycles speeding over from the distance.

After approaching Albert, a bald woman dismounted from one of the motorcycles. She excitedly looked Albert over, examining him as her mouth moved while she spoke.

The distance was too great for Duncan to hear what she was saying, but his HUD enlarged the image of her mouth and analyzed her lip movements.

A line of text appeared in his vision: We finally caught an enemy. Take him back. I'll use him to find that human freak.

After Albert got onto a motorcycle himself and was taken away, Duncan did not rush in immediately. He simply followed at a distance.

Only after two hours of tracking, when Albert was brought into an abandoned metal extraction shaft, did Duncan stop.

Staring at the deep opening of the metal extraction shaft, Duncan crouched down in anger and worry, clutching his head as he considered the best choice to make next.

In the end, Duncan chose to return and report what he had seen.

47th Regiment Garrison Fortress.

Qin Mo was constructing a machine in an underground cavern to reverse-engineer the Gene Stealer Patriarch's location when Klein informed him of Duncan's report.

Qin Mo instantly grasped the full picture. It was easy enough to guess.

Obviously, Albert had gone out for some fresh air, and the Rebel Psyker had seized the opportunity to control him before taking him away.

Something like this happening within the Imperium's Astra Militarum would have been extremely shocking and infuriating, but it was hardly surprising among the Planetary Defense Force.

Qin Mo knew perfectly well that the Planetary Defense Force's combat ability and discipline were even worse than Kato's Militia.

"To be frank, I told you long ago not to expect too much from our Planetary Defense Force," Klein said helplessly before habitually asking, "What do we do next?"

"A Psyker..." Qin Mo looked at the machine he was building. "I need a Rebel Psyker. Very badly."

Klein did not know why Qin Mo needed a Psyker, but he knew Qin Mo's request had to have a reason.

"Have Grey and Grot clear out that extraction shaft." Qin Mo looked up at Klein. "I have only one requirement: bring the Psyker back. Or they can bring back her head instead, as long as it's a Psyker whose brain tissue hasn't died."

"Yes." Klein turned and walked out of the cavern.

Qin Mo continued enjoying the process of creation.

Two minutes later.

An unmanned transport aircraft flew above the metal extraction shaft.

Grey and Grot immediately jumped from the transport and entered the shaft, keeping two meters apart to prevent their Gravity Shields from harming each other.

"I'll take the front. You take the rear," Grey said.

"Leave it to me, brother." Grot turned his back to Grey. The image behind him immediately appeared on his visor's HUD, allowing him to walk backward with ease.

After going deep underground, Grey activated thermal imaging and life detection.

As the life-detection waves scanned the entire mine shaft, Grey suddenly heard rustling sounds. Then several crawling monsters appeared directly in front of him.

These monsters differed greatly from humans. On the Imperium's side, they were collectively known as xenos.

The xenos crawled along the extraction shaft walls at incredible speed.

Grey raised both hands. His right hand fired shotgun lasers to block the xenos' path forward, while the prosthetic left hand Qin Mo had personally made for him activated its most vital function.

When the fingers of his left hand clenched, every xenos in front of him exploded, biological tissue scattering throughout the entire passage.

The Bio-Scan finished at that moment as well.

"We poked a xenos nest," Grey said as he looked at the scan results on his HUD.

The results showed densely packed red dots all around them. Once their exact locations were marked in his field of view, the red markers had to be faded so Grey would not see nothing but a screen full of marks.

"I can't even see the way out anymore." Grot calmly watched their retreat path. A large number of xenos had already blocked the exit and were crawling toward them.

When the first xenos approached and was crushed by the Gravity Shield, Grot charged forward several steps and crushed several more. Then he stopped before one larger xenos and swung the gravity hammer in his hand.

After the xenos was smashed into a two-dimensional pattern by the gravity hammer, the Gravity Shield activated again and crushed the xenos that were about to pounce on Grot.

The xenos assault was temporarily halted. Grey deactivated his Gravity Shield and stepped closer to inspect the corpses.

These xenos differed from most of the Rebels. Only many minute details of their anatomy still resembled human biological structures.

Grey photographed the creatures' corpses and took a biological tissue collection device from his Jump Pack.

It was a device issued to every wearer of top-tier Power Armor. It looked like a pistol, and once inserted into a corpse, it could automatically extract biological tissue.

This was a contingency Qin Mo had prepared for his grand plan. If they could not kill the Patriarch, they at least had to find a way to obtain its blood and biological tissue.

Grey believed the biological tissue from these new xenos was worth extracting.

"Keep moving, brother." Grey reactivated his Gravity Shield. The Shoulder Cannon on his Power Armor rose and aimed forward. "We don't have time to get tangled up with these things. Finish the mission quickly."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Shoulder Cannon, adjusted to cannon mode, unleashed a torrent of light that melted the metal ceiling of the passage ahead until it blasted out a straight tunnel.

This tunnel had originally led downward, but thanks to Grey's helpful intervention, a straight passage had now been blasted open.