Warhammer: Saving Humanity Begins with the Resurrection of Horus

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The judgment crashed to the ground, lightning spread outwards, and then suddenly trembled, making the entire space seem to shake.

Missing the target made Lin Qi stand up and look at a spot not far away.

A tall steel giant stood with his back to him, crouching on the ground as if carefully placing something on it.

Zero appeared beside the steel giant, her white dress now stained with dust. Her face was completely distorted, no longer giving the impression of an innocent young girl, but rather like a deranged mental patient.

"How dare you! How dare you!"

Zero's eyes changed, turning from blue to red.

"This is a dress the doctor gave me! You damned genetic monster! How dare you dirty it!"

Lynch paused for a moment, then glanced at Hoffman not far away.

Hoffman seemed unfazed, walked over to Lynch, and patted him on the shoulder.

"In the upcoming battle, 001 is in your hands," he whispered, requesting. "Zero and I should also settle things. I hope you won't try to take this opportunity from me. This is between us...work and creator? Father and daughter? Lovers? I don't know what our relationship is, but anyway, this is between her and me, and I don't want anyone else to interfere."

"Can you beat her?"

Lynch asked a question that made Hoffman shrug.

"Who knows? Maybe we can beat her, maybe we can't. But she has a device related to time weapons, or rather, the ultimate core of time weapons, a device that can freely manipulate time within a 100-meter radius centered on herself."

Lin Qi understood what had just happened; the reason he had been suddenly imprisoned was all because of that time weapon.

At this point, Hoffman glanced at Lynch, opened a compartment in his chest, and took out a chip about the size of a normal person's palm.

"As promised, this is the STC for the time weapon. I think you should know how to use it..."

Lynch reached out and stopped Hoffman from doing so.

“Our deal isn’t done yet. You can hand it over to me personally after we leave together.”

After speaking, Lin Qi turned his gaze to the steel giant who was already facing him, gripped his spear with both hands, and assumed a fighting stance.

Should I hand it to you personally?

Hoffman understood Lynch's implied meaning, and he smiled bitterly to himself, but still reinserted the chip into his body.

"001, that's him, the genetic monster who looks like a human."

The steel giant didn't speak, but simply stared at Lin Qi. Its eyes gleamed crimson, and at the same time, the faint rumble of machinery could be heard.

Lin Qi looked at the steel giant and narrowed his eyes.

At that moment, Horus suddenly spoke up and uttered a word.

"The Butcher's Nail".

"what?"

"That Iron Man called Zero drove an invisible Butcher's Nail into this Iron Man called KE-001."

At this point, Horus took a deep breath, his expression turning serious.

"Be prepared to replace him at any time, are you aware of that?"

Lin Qi nodded slightly, watching KE-001 approach him, and thought of how it had asked him for his name not long ago.

"Lin...Qi".

The steel giant suddenly spoke, and a crimson liquid oozed out of its limbs and joints in a bizarre manner. The pungent smell of blood permeated the air, revealing the true nature of the liquid.

Lin Qi looked at the steel giant, pondering what the other would say next.

"Help...help...me."

Lin Qi was stunned.

He looked at the Iron Man, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Finally, he shook his head slightly, and his psionic energy began to operate at an unprecedented frequency. In the warp, his soul began to radiate a dazzling light, like a moon casting its light across a cloudless sea.

The body was strengthened, the density of the bones was forcibly increased, and the heart beat more powerfully, beginning to extract every bit of potential from this powerful body.

"I will grant you relief."

The beings from another world whispered, making their promise.

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The nails buzzed, their ear-piercing roar piercing the soul, making their roar clearly audible even in reality.

Lin Qi swung the Judgment Spear, its sword-shaped tip piercing the air and leaving behind afterimages. He exerted all his martial arts skills, utilizing every muscle, bone, and nerve in his body to the maximum extent, all to obey the commands of his brain and unleash even more formidable combat power.

Each slash was as powerful as a falling meteor, each swing as thunderous as a roar.

However, his opponent was stronger and swung faster.

If Lynch's attack was a meteorite, then KE-001's attack was a star exploding. If Lynch's speed was lightning, then KE-001 was faster than light.

The silver liquid in his right hand transformed into a long whip, tearing through the air with tremendous force with each strike. In his left hand, a massive shield appeared, capable of deflecting even the most ingenious and unbelievable attacks with an even more ingenious and unbelievable angle.

The two combatants clashed repeatedly, like giants from mythology battling each other. The sounds of metal clashing and sparks flying constantly, interspersed with countless beams of destructive energy and lightning bolts formed from psionic power.

The once smooth space became dilapidated, with crisscrossing cracks appearing on the floor and walls. The earth trembled, on the verge of collapse. Zero, who had been observing from the sidelines, looked up at the collapsing ceiling and snapped his fingers expressionlessly.

Time began to flow backward, and the scattered pebbles returned to their original positions. Without much hesitation, Hoffman raised his hand and fired another shot at Lynch.

Lynch felt his condition change; the momentary unease vanished. He realized Hoffman had lifted the time anomaly from his body. He nodded to him, then charged again, engaging in fierce combat with KE-001, who was unaffected by the time-manipulation effect.

"Are you sure?"

Zero did not stop him. She watched as Hoffman's beam struck Lynch, then turned her head and looked at him with a cold gaze.

It's ironic, really. The two people facing off, one of them looks like a human but gives the viewer a strong sense of coldness. You can tell at a glance that no matter how similar they look, their core is basically unrelated to humans.

Meanwhile, the other creature, who didn't look human and was even somewhat comical, was radiating fear, struggle, and pain—a true embodiment of "humanity."

Hoffman let out a sigh through his microphone. He had made his final mental preparations. He didn't speak, but he took a firm step towards his opponent, his work, his old friend, his tools, his daughter, his lover...

"Do you remember when I asked you to compete against other Ironmen?"

Hoffman spoke, and the cannon barrel that his hand had transformed into began to charge. At the same time, a sharp blade the length of a normal person's arm popped out from his other hand.

The blade gleamed with a dazzling silver light, enveloped by an invisible force field. Though it appeared unremarkable, it could easily leave a scratch on even the hardest material in the world—brick or stone.

Zero looked at Hoffman approaching him, took a deep breath, and nodded.

She knew that, in the end, the two of them had come to this point.

But it doesn't matter, they will be together, because that's what the voice in my ear is telling me.

"You two will be together."

The voice whispered, its tone high-pitched, like a court jester recorded in history books to amuse the king.

"You will achieve your wishes."

The voice changed, becoming deep and resonant, like that of an old man who had experienced many hardships, offering advice to future generations with the wisdom he had accumulated over the years.

“Let them come out, and then let him join them.”

The voice spoke, and Zero nodded in response.

"I see."

The iron-clad figure, disguised as a young girl, snapped its fingers. A crisp sound echoed through the space. Hoffman immediately became alert, but time itself remained unaffected; only the entire white room instantly lost its light, plunging into darkness.

But in the next instant, beams of light and flashes of lightning appeared simultaneously. The two collided with a roar, and then the two giants retreated to the sides of their companions or masters.

Lin Qi looked at the KE-001 in front of him and felt a tightness in his chest. He reached out one hand, took off his helmet, and then spat out a mouthful of blood onto the ground beside him.

The master-level power armor's defense was no joke, but it still ran into problems under Iron Man's relentless, tidal wave of attacks—a beam of light damaged the armor's internal shock absorption system, subjecting Lynch's body to constant external impacts and causing internal organ damage.

This is only because of his superior physical condition, so he's only coughing up a mouthful of blood. If it were an ordinary Astartes, or a Primal Astartes, he would probably be spitting out fragments of his internal organs by now.

After vomiting blood, Lin Qi felt much better. He put on his helmet, used the night vision system to monitor his enemies, and asked Hoffman a question.

"What is this for?"

Hoffman did not answer. His body trembled slightly, clearly thinking of something terrible.

"She... Zero! You madman! Why did you do this! Do you know what this means?!"

Hoffman practically roared these words. In the darkness, Zero's palm emitted a faint glow.

She raised her hands, as if cradling something. The light illuminated half of her face, making what was clearly a very pure and lovely face appear sinister and terrifying.

"This is what we've always been looking for. It was you, Doctor, who betrayed us, not me who betrayed you."

"That's not a reason!"

Hoffman questioned loudly, and at the same time, the light in the space appeared again. At this moment, Lynch's helmet system began to alarm rapidly, and enemies that were not visible to the naked eye were marked. Then, with ripples constantly spreading in the air, Iron Men appeared behind Zero and KE-001.

Without exception, these Iron Men all looked like normal humans. If it weren't for the bionic skin that had fallen off some of their faces, Lin Qi wouldn't even be able to tell that they were actually a group of Iron Men.

If these Iron Men's bodies are normal, then in terms of body type, they should be the same as Zero.

However, beyond the practical aspects, Lynch could also see another layer of things.

Those are the human souls that are wrapped around these machines in the subspace.

If Zero's soul is now merely a puppet's shell, then the souls of these humans are all corpses bound to crosses, subjected to slow slicing. Their mouths are all agape, silent wails emanating from their throats, like a grand symphony, shocking and terrifying everyone who hears it.

There were blue feathers on those crosses. Looking at these blue feathers that seemed to have eyes, Lin Qi took a deep breath and cursed the Milky Way's troublemaker in his heart.

Why are you everywhere? Can't you just shut up for once?

"They are suffering!"

On the other side, Hoffman was still debating with Zero. If he weren't in his Iron Man body, he would be blushing and extremely excited.

“But it’s all your fault,” Zero said coldly. “It’s because you’re unwilling to lead them toward glorious evolution. As the representative of your will, I’m just helping you, Doctor. You just haven’t figured it out.”

At this point, Zero's voice suddenly changed, becoming incredibly gentle, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze.

"Come, Doctor, come to my side. We can achieve our dreams together, can't we? Have you forgotten your ideals? We will lead all of humanity into the next stage of civilization. We will achieve glorious evolution. Humanity will become the eternal masters of this galaxy, not..."

"Do not."

"what?"

“I said…no.” Hoffman’s head, which had been hanging low, suddenly snapped up. He glared fiercely at Zero, the girl who had made her choice. “This isn’t glorious evolution, it’s bullshit. Humans don’t need this stuff. It only makes them suffer.”