Warhammer 40K: I Am an Imperial Guardsman
Chapter 1208

Arknights, I've Finished Working for Perturabo

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Skadi.

In other words, the Seaborn gods who reluctantly united together in order to obtain the blood of Primarchs have never felt such unstoppable power since their birth.

No matter how they evolve and adapt, they must hang their heads under the powerful power of Primarchs.

Just like if the weak among the wolves want to survive from the strong, they must wag their tails and show their belly, showing their pity.

Therefore, they controlled Skadi to look lovable. Unfortunately, this scene could not attract Primarchs's pity. For the two of them, Skadi's beauty was far less difficult to overcome than the soulful temptation of Daemonettes under Slaanesh.

"Okay...Seaborn. I will call you Skadi." Leman Russ's voice was filled with the arrogance of the strong towards the weak. Skadi did not dare to make a sound of resistance at all. He lowered his head deeply, allowing the Seaborns surrounding the depths of the ocean to also show their surrender.

"What are you?" Leman Russ asked again, which was also a question that Magnus was curious about. "Are you the native creatures of this planet, or are you aliens from the outside? Your appearance reminds me of some old friends, and those friends are much more difficult to deal with than you."

Skadi raised his head, seemingly unable to understand that such a powerful being as Leman Russ would know nothing about the past. In this land, power is often deeply connected to the dusty history.

Is this a temptation? Or something else?

Skadi was doubtful, but still explained carefully according to Leman Russ's question. She first led everyone to swim with her towards the giant jellyfish, controlling the spread and retraction of Seaborn.

The place gradually revealed its original appearance. Even after being baptized by sea water and time, the severely corroded walls can still show the regular traces of civilization processing.

Skadi pointed at these and said, "This is what our creator left behind. He left us a mission, which is to spread life to every corner of the universe."

Another man-made creation, Magnus stared at the mottled wall and couldn't help but think of the portal that his soul spied on in the far north.

Is there any connection between the two?

Abyssal Hunters Gladiia who followed along blinked her eyes. She was quite surprised that Seaborn was actually a product left over from the previous civilization.

The doctor showed signs of physical discomfort. He covered his head with his hands as if he had lost all sense. He was in a daze and could only stand up with the help of Gladiia.

Skadi walked deeper, and the mottled walls that Seaborn spread and receded recorded the entire process of Seaborn's evolution.

The deeper you go, the more you realize that this place is like a research laboratory. Naturally, the words Leman Russ and Magnus, the pre-civilized characters of Terra, are not recognized, but the doctor who covered his face with the hood of his windbreaker showed a look of recollection.

This guy is indeed extraordinary, and his Daemonettes physique is inextricably linked to his profound past.

The two brothers looked at each other. They were not in a hurry to urge the doctor to tell him everything he knew. They just followed Skadi with great interest.

Everyone was intercepted by a gate. Skadi was powerless to open the gate, so Leman Russ stood up and prepared to smash everything with his iron fist.

At this time, the doctor broke away from Gladiia's cold and smooth embrace. He staggered to the door and found the facial recognition board.

A faint blue light swept across his face, and then the closed door opened with a mechanical creaking sound.

There are some huge equipment inside that Primarchs has no function of at first glance. In the center is a giant hollow tree with a diameter of more than several thousand meters. The branches spread here wantonly, but there is no breath of life in it.

It's like a piece of meat that has lost its soul, relying on the simplest instinct to grow. When energy is input, it expands, and when the consumption exceeds the intake, it withers.

"This is Growth Sea God, the eternally growing Deep Blue Tree." Skadi introduced, "Its roots go deep into the earth's mantle and rely on the energy of the planet to grow. The new Seaborn relies on its clustered branches to obtain its initial nutrients."

"It's really spectacular... The pre-civilization you mentioned really researched something remarkable. In our land, if anyone dared to study this thing, he would have been wiped out with his land." Leman Russ chuckled, and he walked forward and passed the petite Skadi.

Magnus walked to the messy research equipment, hoping to find some ancient history.

The two brothers were busy with their work, waiting for the right moment to ask the doctor questions.

"This place looks so familiar..." The doctor murmured to himself, and this voice fell into Gladiia's ears.

"Doctor, have you... ever been a member of this institute?"

"I'm not sure, Gladiia. My memory..."

The doctor's voice dropped. Everyone in Rhodes Island knew that the doctor's memory was severely damaged. It was better to expect Kal'tsit to face every day with a smile than to expect him to remember anything.

Gladiia sighed and stayed by the doctor's side to prevent anything from happening. The doctor looked at the words on the wall of the huge research room. He was using his own knowledge to analyze the words on the wall.

During the interpretation, he extracted several keywords, one was the chief researcher and the other was the observer.

Understanding that Leman Russ and Magnus were also confused, the doctor did not intend to conceal the information he had interpreted but spoke directly.

"Seaborn are not a disaster that engulfed the continent. On the contrary, they are gifts from previous civilizations to future generations."

"What do you mean? If you give these things time, can they recreate the glory of previous civilizations?" Magnus asked.

The doctor shook his head and replied, "The former civilization has perished, and no one can save it. The enemies that exist outside the starry sky hate thinking. Only species like Seaborn, which maintain the Gestalt spirit and will never evolve a brain capable of complex thinking activities, can escape their surveillance."

"Ah... the high-altitude barrier is indeed not a natural formation, but a cage to prevent predators from rushing in." Magnus nodded, and many things were explained in the doctor's narration.

Leman Russ frowned slightly. The so-called pre-civilization did not seem to be a weak civilization. They had the ability to create biological weapons like Seaborn, and they could also create a barrier to seal an entire planet. From these two points, it seemed that the pre-civilization was capable of exploring the stars.

But they were completely destroyed, leaving only some relics and documents for future generations to remember.

"I seem to be a member of the previous civilization. I am different from this world." The doctor looked at his hands, as if he could see the blood flowing in them.

Suddenly he remembered something, turned around and looked at Leman Russ and Magnus and asked, "You are also very special to this world. Could it be that you are also the backup left behind by the previous civilization to fight against the enemies in the stars?"

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