Warhammer 40K: Return of the Men of Iron
Chapter 545

Preparations for the expedition

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Eldrad was stunned.

"All I saw was a dark nothingness, and nothing else."

Iax nodded, and then the metal ground suddenly began to squirm, forming a single-person cage with a hexagonal prism structure, which looked similar to a birdcage from early ancient times.

Unlike Imperium's cell, most of the cages built by Iax don't even have a door.

Nanomachines is similar in some aspects to Chaos's corroded metal.

For example, build a living cage.

"Based on data analysis, we believe that we can initially start preparations for Punitive Expedition. We have a new plan, and according to calculations, its success rate is very high."

Eldrad felt some terrible omen, and a strong Psychic Power Lightning flashed in his hand.

He is the main person in charge of the Seer path. Today, the teaching and practice of Path of the Seer are all planned by him. It is he who changed the main work content of this profession from "fortune telling" to "fortune telling and using Lightning to hack people."

As Supreme Seer, Eldrad's Psychic Power Lightning's power is quite amazing, and can even easily kill an entire team of ordinary Astartes instantly.

However, this time Lightning composed of Psychic Power only emitted a flash of light and disappeared completely, not even being considered powerful.

Although this cage is much worse than the special cage where Angron was once imprisoned.

Even though Eldrad, as a Seer, had extraordinary physical fitness and amazing strength, he even cut off Abaddon's arm with two swords, humiliated the opponent, put it in a projection device and threw it back to Eye of Terror.

But when facing Men of Iron, he seems to be no different from an ordinary Aeldari.

Besides, Eldrad is not Angron. The sudden change in gravity almost caused this old bastard to vomit blood.

Iax carefully set an upper limit for the gravity change of the cage to prevent this Aeldari from being crushed to death or seriously injured by the cell.

After all, even if Panacea is easy to make, Iax doesn't want to use it for this Aeldari.

At the same time, Jaghatai was a little excited after hearing Iax's words.

"When will we set off? I'll assemble Progeny."

Iax turned his head and looked at Jaghatai.

"Punitive Expedition doesn't need to be burdensome."

There has been a detailed evaluation of these Space Marine, Men of Iron.

Flesh and blood, fragile and slow, and easily corrupted by Chaos.

Once Gellar Field is lost, these warriors may even become enemies due to Chaos corruption.

Even the most basic type of mechanical combat unit is more resistant to Chaos than a living person.

Iax really doesn't feel that he needs these fragile biological warriors, not even Imperial Palace's Adeptus Custodes.

Delicate creatures are far less stable than rough steel structures.

Jaghatai, who was ruthlessly classified as a burden by Men of Iron, had anger on his face. He turned around and saw Lion El'Jonson's half-smiling expression, as if he had already understood it.

But Vulkan simply remained silent.

Guilliman stepped forward and patted Jaghatai on the shoulder, then shook his head helplessly.

Obviously, there is almost no solution to this problem with Men of Iron.

"You can defeat the small Machine Body, but when its size is enlarged, it will become meaningless. The glory we value is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Men of Iron. If you want to compete with Titan Duel, you can try it."

Guilliman's words made Jaghatai stop his anger and look at Men of Iron with a look of reluctance.

"If you insist on taking the risk to find Russ, then I have a way to get Men of Iron to help you."

"What can I do?"

Jaghatai was a little surprised by the change in Guilliman's attitude, but he was more concerned about how to obtain these powerful helpers.

"Distress signal."

Guilliman patted Jaghatai's shoulder armor.

Iax felt helpless for the first time.

"Okay, I accept it."

If Jaghatai immediately assembles a fleet and runs to Eye of Terror, sends out a distress signal and then rushes into it.

Due to the agreement, Iax had to dispatch ships to rescue.

It is not a good thing to go from a planned war to an unexpected incident.

The number of Psyker is not enough, and the equipment needs to be adjusted. Allocating a part of the force into Warp means that the risk in some areas will increase. Iax still needs some time to arrange some facilities.

What's more important is that the purpose of Jaghatai is to enter Eye of Terror to find the lost Primarch. Iax had to give up the original plan of going directly to Chaos God's lair. The method of actually capturing a batch of Cultists, and then having Cultists sacrifice Xenos Creatures after opening Portal and rushing in directly in the opposite direction is obviously unable to achieve the goal of Jaghatai.

After the four Primarch figured out the purpose of Men of Iron, they left Sword of the Void together.

Guilliman and Vulkan returned to Imperium Sanctus, Lion El'Jonson took Progeny and disappeared into the territory of Imperium again, and Jaghatai Then he turned back to Lucius. He needed to bring back enough equipment for Progeny. The weapons given by Vulkan were not suitable for White Scars. If possible, he would also like to find a place to order more Hover Bike.

Iax and Jaghatai made an agreement that when Men of Iron is ready, Jaghatai will be notified to meet, and then they will go to Eye of Terror together.

After Primarch left, Iax began to speed up the "production" of Astartes Psyker.

In addition, Heart of the Forge started running towards Segmentum Obscurus.

Not long after, Eldrad was released again.

He explained to Iax a way to use Psychic Power to position Warp.

Warp is a completely idealistic existence.

As long as you stick to your purpose, you will be guided.

A huge and somewhat cumbersome plan emerged for this purpose.

Iax modified a test ship and allowed the ship to enter Warp under the protection of an entire standard fleet.

Men of Iron has no soul, so Iax must rely on those real Astartes Psyker.

The Mortals Psyker that was born had no idea about Imperium Traitors and the rebellious Primarch. The short lifespan made Horus Heresy almost a story to them.

The Grey Knightss fell into chaos during the test.

Their hatred is so pure that they hate any Traitors and Daemon equally, with almost no guidance.

In the end, Erson played a key role.

Erson was immersed in the anger of Primarch's rebellion and the rage of revenge, and kept recalling the appearance of Lorgar in his mind, feeling the guidance of Psychic Power.

In that special cabin filled with Psychic Crystal, he could feel a specific direction seeming to call and respond to him.

Erson is not Navigator, and I don't know how to guide it, but if I can judge the general direction, Men of Iron will find the target sooner or later.

Body of Steel never lacks patience.

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