The shaking lasted for ten minutes before it stopped. When Soshyan carefully walked out of the mausoleum gate, he found that they were already in a strange underground space.
"The depth here is...6200 meters!"
Looking at the depth indicator, Loken showed a very shocked expression.
"We drilled more than two thousand meters underground."
Soshiyang frowned slightly, this was unplanned. If they were trapped underground for a long time, the war situation on the ground would not be able to intervene.
You must know that one of the two important tasks of their trip is to launch a surprise attack from the underground against the green skins besieging Hades' nest and relieve the siege of Hades. If they cannot return in time, the war situation may worsen.
Condition.
"First company commander, divide the scouts into two groups and ask them to scout both sides of the valley."
When you come to an unfamiliar area, the first thing you need to do is to investigate.
Mark nodded, then walked down the stairs to summon the temporary scouts composed of veterans, leaving Soshyan and Talos in the hall.
"By the way, do you remember what Angelica said about the evidence of Ullanor's ancient history?"
"Of course I remember, but there are actually more interesting things that I can't tell you before."
Sosh raised his eyebrows.
"what have you found?"
Talos also looked back to make sure no one was eavesdropping. Ever since Angelica was confirmed by him to be an agent of Alpha, he seemed a little suspicious.
"One night I went to the local Mechanicum's great temple and found a lot of interesting information in their underground archives... Don't ask me how I got there, I also have my own secrets.
Make sure it has nothing to do with the subspace."
Soshyan was about to open his mouth, but when he heard Talos blocked all his words, he could only shake his head helplessly and said:
"I hope you can tell me what you do next time. Anyway, we have been together for such a long time. Maybe I still had some grudges in the early years, but now I will no longer look at your past with colored glasses. As long as you
Just don’t do anything inappropriate in the future.”
Talos grinned.
"You really make me a little embarrassed... Soshyan, I have always been a child of midnight. You have to remember this. Maybe the goals of my actions will change, but the way I act cannot be changed. This
It's something deeply ingrained in my genes."
Then he took out a folding data panel.
"Getting back to the subject, according to some records, it seems that the human colony on Ullanor was established as early as the 20th millennium, but this record was erased from the catalog... So whenever it comes to them,
When the time comes, those indexes point to non-existent locations—an empty storage area."
"I assume you tracked down the missing papers?"
"Of course, but you have to understand that I am not a technical expert. I can only use some useless codes to forcefully decipher certain encrypted files... In fact, what I found is related to your pendant."
Hearing this, Soshyan took out the pendant from his chest.
"I heard Sevita say that your family escaped from the human colony of Ullanor."
Soshyan nodded.
"Actually, the Mechanicus has been looking for traces of this human colony. I found an encrypted communication record from eight thousand years ago. According to it, this colony may have a complete set of STC templates. This is why they are so crazy.
And the reasons justify the means!”
Hearing this, Soshyan's eyes flashed. If this is true, then the behavior of the Mechanicus can be explained.
The STC system, also known as the standard construction template, can be understood as a complex analysis and processing program, including fool-proof technology research and development and industrial construction processes.
It is unknown when this system was invented, but it is speculated that it was in the early golden age of mankind.
With the emergence of the subspace engine and the human mutant "Navigator", mankind has been able to expand beyond the solar system and conquer various planets, and the STC system is one of the main factors for mankind to achieve this goal.
STC allows different human colonists to maintain a relatively standard technological level. This kind of high technology can provide colonists with various civilization details, allowing them to use all available local materials to build efficient shelters without any relevant knowledge.
Institutes, generators, transportation and other infrastructure and equipment.
For example, users only need to simply ask how to build houses and tractors, and STC will give all necessary plans and analyze suitable materials based on planet conditions.
After entering the age of strife, a large number of STC systems gradually failed, damaged, and became unreliable and incomprehensible over time.
In some worlds, although they are maintained, due to certain program failures, some wrong technological creations have been derived and many disasters have been caused.
However, the hard copy files of the information in the STC can be stored for a longer period of time than the body. Therefore, although the body is damaged, the technological products that have been manufactured or researched in it can be copied and passed on from generation to generation, and these are called STC.
fragments.
The Adeptus Mechanicus, who worship machines, naturally regards STC as the highest level creation of the Mechanic God. The focus of their pursuit of knowledge lies in the recovery of STC fragments, the use of templates, and even the ancient copies recovered from STC.
As a holy text, the Mechanicum's highest goal, the Book of All Machines, is known as the prototype of all STCs.
A complete STC system is not much worse than the prototype, which is enough for the Mechanicus to take all actions for it.
Soshyan was silent for a long time, and then asked:
"What about the green skins? The green skins on the ground suddenly appeared underground, and they were obviously running for something."
"There are a few mentions of various legends in the information, such as the Green Skin Empire in the past. It seems that the human colonies were wiped out by the Green Skin. So according to logic, if there is a complete set of STC templates, then it will be
There is a high possibility that the greenskins have it in their hands, and it seems that this can explain why the greenskin empire was so terrifying back then, but these claims have not been verified in any way."
"Anything else, Talos?"
Soshyan noticed the prophet's tone and seemed to have reservations.
"I'm not sure... However, I found an excavation record report of the Mechanicus. The report showed that an expedition team went more than 5,000 meters underground and discovered a suspected Necron relic, but that relic
It has been extensively modified, and more records have been deleted from the data. It seems that someone wants to eliminate all data about the Greenskin Empire of the Great Crusade - but this person is not very good at hiding it."
"They certainly didn't expect to encounter a Midnight Sons investigation."
Soshyan said with a smile.
"Why didn't you tell me this before?"
"Because you will definitely tell other people."
Talos shook his head slowly.
"I'm not sure if I can trust him. Don't blame me for being suspicious. If you are used to the intrigue and betrayal in the Eye of Fear, you will no longer easily trust anyone and any so-called brotherhood."
Soshyan looked at him and naturally knew who the prophet was talking about.
If he gets this news, he will indeed find Randall for research as soon as possible.
He has not experienced what Talos has experienced, and may not be able to feel it, but he is willing to understand.
"What about me? Do I have your trust now?"
Talos glanced sideways at him.
"No, you should ask instead, do you trust me?"
The two looked at each other and smiled and did not continue the topic.