Invincible after death, but in Warhammer 40K

Zhang Ge didn't intend to conceal his speculations, after all, Yolanda hadn't intended to hide anything from him in the immediate aftermath of the event, which made her seemingly trustworthy.

He adhered to the principle of trusting those who appeared trustworthy to the very end, while still harboring the hope that each person he trusted would eventually backstab him.

Upon hearing Zhang Ge's explanation, Yolanda once again sank into self-doubt for several minutes—considering a Tech-priest's computational speed, this period of actual thought was much longer than a few minutes for ordinary people.

"You mean, the premise is that there was a Machine Spirit inhabiting that sword?"

"More accurately, it's the Knight's Machine Spirit that somehow ended up on the sword due to an incomplete Rite of Association, and then it ultimately completed the Rite of Association with this sand worm. As for the final result... as you see."

"This..."

Machine Spirits or even souls inhabiting certain objects wasn't rare, and although even the most radical faction within the Adeptus Mechanicus hadn't used the Knight Armor's Rite of Association on lower-level organisms, it was still technology that originated from the Golden Age. It wouldn't be odd even if it was applicable to Antlions.

Thinking about it, with the exception of the probability of all these events occurring simultaneously being so small that the database didn't even have a precedent, each individual event seemed to be considered reasonable.

Zhang Ge and Yolanda exchanged a look, continuing,

"You don't have to look at me that way; this is the first time I've seen this as well."

Excluding Ascalon, it truly was his first time.

"I can't guarantee that I can keep it completely secret."

Yolanda said with a slight headache.

On the other side, Zhang Ge nodded, indicating his understanding.

Even under normal procedures, such an extraordinary event would need to be reported to superiors; otherwise, no one would know if it was just a coincidence or if other factors influenced the outcome.

Amilia was an exception to this norm.

Even leaving aside normal protocol, a Tech-priest was first loyal to the Adeptus Mechanicus—or more accurately, to the Omnissiah—and then to the Imperium, let alone to a mere collaborator.

"Remember to control what you say and don't cause any immediate trouble; stability needs to be maintained before we reach the Hyberian Sector. I think you know the importance of stability at the moment, and I will cooperate with any related investigations afterward."

Zhang Ge's concealment of the sand worm's nature was for this reason.

"I mean, I have already deleted the data and records of our conversation from my brain and storage, but the Data-sea is too vast, and I cannot guarantee that there are no remnants or that it cannot be recovered."

Yolanda hadn't forgotten her original purpose, which was to investigate the abnormalities surrounding Zhang Ge; losing his trust for these superficial matters would be counterproductive. 群,6,9:4,9:3,6,13:5

Too many coincidences would make it difficult to consider them coincidences anymore; there must be something even more fundamental buried beneath the seemingly reasonable surface that needed to be investigated.

At least that was how she justified it to herself.

Zhang Ge was surprised by this statement but, after some thought, decided that it wasn't impossible for a Tech-priest with morals to exist, so he nodded and didn't seek further confirmation, considering her explanation acceptable.

Amid their exchange, after further confirming that the information about the internal composition would be temporarily kept hidden from others, it was time for those who had been agreed upon to come to the land battleship below.

People were transported via the transfer platform to an open-air transport platform on top that was similar to an aircraft landing pad. Although it was very crude, it looked like it could hold about three or four thousand people, and there was still a lot of room left after the tribal people were transported onto it.

Soon after, some more members of the 1st Mechanized Regiment rushed to the scene. After confirming the situation with the various commanders, about ten thousand people were deployed to the battlefield to clear the area.

Before long, after the last batch of troops chasing the escaping Orks returned, the 1st Mechanized Regiment, with the Land Battleship at its core, began its return.

Needless to say, the shock that this thing's return to the crashed fleet brought was immense. Although the various high-ranking officers of Yakolan weren't fools, they could vaguely realize that Zhang Ge might be doing something big, considering that the 1st Mechanized Regiment soldiers were being transferred away en masse.

But this seemed a bit too big.

Previously, on the one hand, this guy had the support of the Sisters of Battle and the Space Marines, and on the other hand, he had a very high reputation in the army. At the same time, it was fortunate and unfortunate that the Ork attack had entangled their steps, so the various forces didn't have time to investigate.

He had just freed his hand and didn't have time to do anything when Zhang Ge directly threw a big surprise in his face.

However, when the high-ranking officers realized what this meant, the surprise was much greater than the joy.

It even made one sweat profusely.

Even leaving aside the military significance, the appearance of this thing might mean that Yakolan had lost its means of controlling him. If Zhang Ge was willing to do so, he could have the Titan stand on it, then haul a batch of supplies onto the ship and run into the depths of the desert. There wasn't anything those in Yakolan could do.

And if the worst-case scenario were to occur and both sides were to immediately break ties and line up to fight, Zhang Ge would only need to have the Titan take out the heavy firepower and then drive this thing over. The original plan to drown the Titan with a sea of people had become a pipe dream.

Even if they retreated ten thousand steps and didn't care, the impact of this incident alone would be enough to further push Zhang Ge onto a pedestal in the minds of the soldiers. What made the high-ranking officers a little unhappy was that they themselves had started it, and now they couldn't suppress it.

The results of continuing down this path were obvious... strictly speaking, soldiers were loyal to the Imperium, not to the high-ranking officers themselves. If there was another party that could better represent the Imperium than the high-ranking officers, then it would be hard to say who the soldiers would listen to.

Of course, Artwood, who was the core of decision-making at this time, could also realize this, but he didn't care about these political undercurrents.

He represented the Space Marines, and his job wasn't to manage the affairs of mortals. If it weren't for the dangerous situation and the Primarch's leading by example, he would have preferred to stay in the study to study classics or martial arts.

Artwood wanted the people he could trust to have as much power as possible. How could he protect the Empire while working with a group of pests?

The commandery below had already lost its ground, and there was no way to join with more forces. The ones above, Artwood didn't care, and he even vaguely supported Zhang Ge. The various high-ranking officers found themselves in this awkward situation for no reason.

On the Thunderhawk Gunship.

High-ranking officers with different thoughts and Artwood landed on the Land Battleship.

Before, they had already received a reply from the Hyberian Sector, and when their feet fell on the ship, there was only half an hour left until the reinforcements arrived.

The mixed internal affairs had to reach a clear result before contact with the Hyberian Sector.

This was the only consensus reached by the high-ranking officers with different goals.

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