Chapter 161
Huge metallic tectonic plates floated upwards against gravity, like broken islands suspended in mid-air, their edges constantly peeling away bricks and steel bars; the earth could no longer be trusted.
Connected to the ground were numerous crystal altars emitting ominous purple and blue magical light.
These altars were covered with ever-changing, Tzeentch runes that writhed like living things, whispering blasphemous riddles and lies.
The light here becomes eerie, the shadows stretch Distortion at impossible angles, and the color saturation is unusually intense, making one dizzy.
This is a terrifying region that is being violently infiltrated and forcibly heterogenized by the Warp.
"We... are too late?" Reni whispered in horror. This was the demon she least wanted to face, and now it had appeared right in front of her.
The scene before them exceeded everyone's expectations.
The outline of the foundry was still faintly visible, but it had been completely Distortion into the appearance of a demonic realm.
"It looks like the person we're looking for is inside," Xiao Huasheng said, looking ahead.
Vulkan, standing behind her, clearly didn't look too good.
This means that another Chaos Gods has joined the battle!
Without further ado, Xiao Huasheng led everyone into this area.
Chapter 24: Goodbye Blue Coo-Coo [1st Update]
The situation is now quite urgent.
When the halo of optical cloaking touched the boundary of that Distortion field, it created an ominous ripple.
Xiao Huasheng could sense that the rules of reality were being violently interfered with by Chaos energy, and even light was becoming unreliable.
She adjusted the rules of her reflexes in time, barely managing to stabilize her invisible form.
At this time.
The Compass of the Stars trembled wildly in her hand, its pointer spinning erratically like a headless fly.
The moment you enter the heterogeneous area, the normally solid metal floor becomes soft and elastic, creating colorful ripples when you step on it.
Their journey immediately became extremely difficult. Almost every step they took was met with the manifestation of the Tzeentch.
Immediately afterwards, more materialized demons poured out from behind those Distortion crystal altars.
The low-ranking wizard Tzeentch, wielding a Distortion staff and clad in a robe of ever-changing forms, maintained these transformations.
Fortunately, none of these Tzeentch demons were able to find Xiao Huasheng's trace. Xiao Huasheng had essentially erased his presence in the real world, leaving not even the slightest trace of himself.
She even managed to shield herself from Psychic Power detection, making everyone else completely invisible.
"We need to hurry, we can't hold out much longer." Xiao Huasheng said, watching the energy bar rapidly decreasing.
The compass malfunction was clearly a huge problem.
The good news is that at this rate of searching, it won't be long before we've found everything.
But as he rounded a corner, Xiao Huasheng's speed suddenly slowed down!
A strange girl with a bird's beak and tightly closed eyes stood on the bizarrely altered metal ground.
Her flowing hair, as long as a person, was now swaying with the surrounding anomalies, like a blue ribbon occupying everyone's field of vision.
"Changes are endless, and no one can fathom the meaning of destiny. In an instant, millions of changes can occur, and the future that can be glimpsed is merely an illusion named 'future'."
She sang softly, and Xiao Huasheng realized he was being targeted, so he quickly raised the gun in his hand.
But without any physical enhancements, someone beside her acted even faster.
Without warning, a pink laser beam shot out, a terrifying beam that shot directly towards the blue-haired girl.
The Queen of Hatred acted in an instant; in this area where the rules of reality were corrupted, her magic surged more than fivefold!
This power is enough to destroy an Orks's Battle Moon; it's virtually unstoppable!
Just as the destructive pink light was about to engulf the blue-haired figure, time seemed to be stretched to the brink of breaking.
The blue-haired girl didn't even look up. She simply raised her right hand slightly, her fingers outstretched, and gave it a gentle sway.
The terrifying laser, powerful enough to tear the Battle Moon apart, suddenly froze just inches in front of her fingertips.
It was no longer an unstoppable torrent of energy, but had become a solid entity.
It was as if the purest pink crystal had been instantly shaped and solidified into a laser sculpture that maintained its surging momentum, its tip only millimeters away from her fingertip, yet unable to advance any further.
The woman of loathing stared in shock at the scene, and the expressions on the faces of the others were no better.
"That attack was blocked?" Vulkan asked, his voice trembling slightly.
Then, something even more unsettling happened: the blue-haired girl gently placed her slender fingers on it, as if playing a zither.
Bite.
An incredibly clear ringing sound echoed through the Distortion space.
The solidified pink laser beam shattered into countless shimmering tiny particles of light.
These particles of light did not dissipate; they danced and swirled around the blue-haired girl, illuminating her as if she were in a dreamlike snow of light.
Her figure was enveloped in this extremely beautiful scene, appearing ethereal and uncertain.
But after being attacked, the blue-haired girl wasn't angry. Instead, she cracked her knuckles and laughed, "Yes, that's true, isn't it? That's enough to prove it."
Throughout, her eyes remained tightly closed, as if she didn't care about anyone at all.
After posing a series of riddles, she vanished into thin air.
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At this moment, only one question remained in everyone's mind.
Who exactly is this person?
Angela, however, gave Xiao Huasheng a response.
[That thing is the embodiment of Tzeentch; she possesses the same energy potential as Slaanesh.]
"Is that Blue Coo-Coo's incarnation? Why did it deliberately transform into a girl to approach us?"
After pondering for a few seconds, Angela came to an answer.
[Perhaps it thinks you prefer blue-haired girls?]
Whether it's the adorable Angela, the incredibly cute Queen of Hatred, or even Mostima from our memories, they all seem to confirm this.
"Nonsense," Xiao Huasheng offered a feeble rebuttal.
All that was met with was a soft chuckle from Angela.
However, it must be said that the fact that another Chaos Gods had approached her in this way truly terrified Xiao Huasheng.
Fortunately, this guy only left some riddles and ran away; if things had really come to blows, Xiao Huasheng wouldn't have known what to do.
But... who can really say for sure what's going on with Blue Coo-Coo?
Sure enough, the next moment...
The scene suddenly changed.
The surrounding Distortion metal corridors were like clay being kneaded by an invisible giant hand, suddenly stretched and deformed!
The colorful ripples spread wildly at an unprecedented speed, turning everyone's vision into a chaotic mess.
"Space is reorganizing! Hold on tight!" Xiao Huasheng only had time to shout this before he felt his feet sink and he was thrown into a brief tunnel made of pure, shifting energy.
The world spun around her, and the collapse of the rules caused her invisibility field to flicker violently, almost rendering it ineffective.
A few seconds later, accompanied by a nauseating landing sensation, the surrounding scenery suddenly stabilized.
However, this is by no means a peaceful refuge, but a battlefield that is far more chaotic and deadly than the outer corridors!
The first thing that assaults the senses is the deafening roar of Boltgun and the shrill scream of Warp energy tearing through the air.
The vast interior of the studio is comparable to a cathedral, but at this moment, this "cathedral" is being violently clashed by two completely different forces.
Automated turrets emerged from the ceiling, spewing flames; Servo-skull swarmed about, performing repairs or launching suicide attacks; and energy barriers emitting blue light flickered throughout the room, attempting to halt the intruders' advance.
On the other side, there was a dazzling yet deadly storm of witchcraft.
The Thousand Sons wizards were the main force behind this invasion.
Countless Thousand Sons, long since reduced to empty shells, charged forward under the wizard's control, attempting to break through the defensive line.
In the center of the battlefield, behind a huge and complex mechanical workbench, stood Belisarius Cawl himself.
Xiao Huasheng was worried that this was a conspiracy, so he didn't act immediately.
The Reality-Warping Ability frantically spun the surrounding environment back on track, restoring all the rules of reality to their true form and causing Psychic Power vanish from this space.
Instantly, those strange soldiers transformed into clusters of empty cans, releasing a rainbow of light before falling to the ground.
All the weapons stopped searching for the enemy.
Upon seeing this, Cawl lowered his weapon and looked at Xiao Huasheng.
"The Emperor's Angel, isn't that right?"
Chapter 25: Baka! [1st Update]
"Run!"
After confirming through his Reality-Warping Ability that the box on Cawl's back contained the Armor of Fate that the Emperor had spoken of.
Without saying a word, Xiao Huasheng grabbed one of Cawl's limbs and tried to drag him away.
She truly wanted to have nothing more to do with these monsters and scoundrels.
Especially those Chaos Gods; just their appearance made her scalp tingle.
Cawl instinctively tried to break free from Xiao Huasheng's hand, but he found that no matter what he did, he couldn't break free from the hand of the seemingly weak girl in front of him.
Xiao Huasheng's energy is rapidly draining away.
Energy: 80%...79%...78%
The next moment, the people around her were instantly enveloped in a sphere.
Just as all the Tzeentch demons here were wiped out, and the rules of reality returned to Chaos.
On the eve of several more groups of Thousand Sons Wizards arriving to provide support, the energy stored within Xiao Huasheng's body surged forth like a burst dam.
Buzz!
Reality let out a mournful cry of unbearable burden.
The view of the studio was instantly stretched, Distortion, and melted into an extremely long corridor.
After a brief feeling of weightlessness, absolute silence suddenly descends.
A shooting star rose from the ground and soared high into the orange-red sky.
The meteor attracted everyone's attention with its dazzling light and incredible speed. Just a few seconds later, the sphere broke free from Mars's grasp and entered its orbit.
The colors faded, replaced by a deep void and cold starlight.
They were now in orbit near Mars, below which was a Mars shrouded in a miasma-like aura of pinkish-purple Chaos energy.
Like a giant, decaying eye in a sea of stars, it is being invaded by Chaos.
Countless Adeptus Mechanicus ships emerged in dense formation to defend the area, while unexpected reinforcements appeared on the other side.
The Ultramarines' ships have appeared around Jupiter and are heading this way.
The surface of the reality bubble enveloping everyone shimmered with light, weakly resisting the vacuum and radiation of the universe.
Belisarius Cawl's mechanical appendages froze in mid-air, his massive composite sensory system quickly restarting after a brief overload.
All the sensor beams were simultaneously aimed at Mars below, then turned to the seemingly frail yet incredibly powerful individual beside them.
His electronic eyes flashed intensely red as he conducted unprecedented data reconstruction and threat assessment.
Eventually, the red light gradually stabilized.
Perhaps this is the power of Emperor, the power that people believe in.
So he didn't try to communicate, but simply handed over the metal box containing the unfinished "Armor of Fate".
It used another mechanical appendage to more firmly lock itself to its main structure.
Xiao Huasheng released her grip, her body swaying slightly in mid-air, her breath coming in short gasps and her face flushed.