Warhammer 40K: Return of the Men of Iron
Chapter 624

Spreading Decay

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After watching at least one hundred thousand Mechanical Unitss enter one after another, a group of Servitors appeared in the queue pushing a large device similar to Coffins.

In fact, Iax still doesn't know what happened to the Gaze-Render and those Elatana Armed Sentinel that entered it.

None of the Machine Bodys that entered the tree hole issued any response, as if it was already another world.

Quantum Communication seems unable to pass through this strange tree hole.

After presetting a large number of tasks in advance, Iax simply discharged these Mechanical Units into the tree hole continuously.

And this Coffin doesn't even have a body, it's a special Intelligence Core.

There are a large number of Alloy connection structures on both sides of the huge metal box. It looks like two carrier vehicles strung together, with crawlers piled up on the sides to form two walls.

These Alloy structures can be telescopic to a maximum of 155 meters, and a large number of heavy cables are arranged in the center of the connecting structure.

It functions as a wired connected Consciousness Synchronizer. If necessary, it can also carry a copy of the Iax core data copy structure and be sent to the other side for better battlefield command.

With this huge device almost filling the entrance to the deep tree hole.

Iax finally figured out the whereabouts of Machine Body.

There seems to be another world inside Giant Tree. There is no light in the sky but there is always an unknown glimmer.

The exit is not on any structure of Giant Tree. Instead, it hangs out of thin air a few centimeters in an open space.

There seems to be a weird spherical barrier at the exit, making it a one-way passage. You will not be hindered when you enter, but you will be separated by Psychic Power when you leave.

Fortunately, Machine Body, which was entered earlier, has already started working.

The metal retaining wall has been built, Autocannon Turret has begun work, and a large number of Machine Body are exploring around.

The surrounding environment is filled with a weird Gray-Green Mist.

The ground is composed of a black organic matter powder.

There is a weird smell in the air.

According to the olfactory receptor response record analysis of Creator, this smell should be fishy. According to the analysis of odor components and concentration, this smell may be very shocking. Normal people may vomit for a long time after smelling this smell.

At the same time, the oxygen content in the air in this space is very low.

There are a large number of microorganisms floating in the air, and the structure of the microorganisms is different from all the microorganisms recorded in Iax Database, but the only thing that can be confirmed is that this seems to be some kind of Corpse-Eating Bacteria.

Men of Iron has no sense of smell and does not need to breathe. Although Iax can analyze the general performance of smell, it does not mean that Men of Iron will be affected by it.

Maintaining the data bridge, Iax connected to the two earliest Gaze-Renders that entered before.

These two Machine Bodys are covered with unknown little black spots.

That's some kind of aggregation of microorganisms.

It's just that after touching Body of Steel of Machine Body, it seems to have entered a certain Suspended Animation state and is attached to the Alloy body shell.

With the addition of the auxiliary core, the computing load of Machine Body here immediately began to decrease.

And some overlooked details were also discovered in the recovered data.

There are traces of battle somewhere on the ground that do not belong to Mechanical Units.

After discovering new clues, Iax immediately dispatched more Machine Body to pursue these traces and go deeper into the fog.

After Gaze-Render traveled more than ten kilometers, Iax discovered the first 'living creature'.

The remains of a giant creature more than twenty meters high are wandering around.

Iax compared the opponent's appearance carefully. The body structure was somewhat similar to Titan Aberrant-Eye Beast. There were no raised crystal horns on the head, nor was it covered with long hair. The skin was mottled, but the shadow of scales could be analyzed.

The rotting flesh was filled with smelly and semi-coagulated blood.

The abdomen was torn open, and the ruptured internal organs were dragged and hung in the air by the remaining muscle fibers.

Small flying insects like flies were flying on it.

But this wreckage is still wandering around minding its own business.

It's as if you can't feel something devouring its flesh and blood.

This made Iax think of Plague God. Countless Imperium files have records, and the same seems to be true for the fallen Death Guard.

An orange shadow suddenly appeared in the thermal image, revealing an imperceptible trace in the fog.

Iax is preparing to ask Machine Body to self-check the sensor status to see if it is an erroneous imaging caused by an abnormality in the scanner.

A figure suddenly emerged from the mist, and then leaped high into the sky, his posture as vigorous as a wild beast.

"Boom!"

A heavy banging sound came from Behemoth's head.

"Hoo~~"

The corpse-like Behemoth raised its head high, as if it wanted to roar, but the broken body only made a strange sound.

"Boom!"

"Crack!"

A dull sound of blows sounded on Behemoth's head, as if there was no flesh and blood attached to it, followed by a crisp cracking sound.

The unknown corpse of Behemoth slowly fell down.

The figure in the heat-sensing picture turned over and fell off the huge head.

Then he kept looking around, and then suddenly took steps to run, heading straight for the hidden Gaze-Render.

The gray-green mist was blown away by the wind carried by the figure.

The figure that appeared in the optical field of view was wearing a thick gray Power Armour, which was covered with cracks and stains. Many Ceramite armor plates had been shattered. Only one side of the power backpack on the back still had a delicate wolf head decoration, while a rough section was left on the other side.

His brown-blond hair was disheveled, his rough face had a hint of exhaustion, but his expression looked very stiff, and his overall mental state was very bad.

"Duang!"

The punch was thrown out, making a loud bang in the air.

A piece of Gaze-Render's armor was dented. Although Nanite Repair Module restored it in an instant, some loopholes inevitably appeared in the shielding system.

"Metal? Mechanical?"

Even if it was just for a moment, I immediately realized the difference.

"Huh?!"

With a sound of surprise, the strong body quickly retreated.

"Buzz."

There was a slight strange buzzing sound.

The figure's movements became extremely difficult.

In the gray-green mist, several transparent shadows gradually moved forward.

With a slight flicker of light, Gaze-Render revealed its true body.

The complex multi-eyepiece compound scanning system on the mechanical head repeatedly observed the human figure in Gravitational Field.

"Gravitational Field suppression has been completed. Identity data verification is completed. Space Wolves Legion Primarch, Leman Russ. The main target is completed, and the diffusion search is for feasible exits."

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