Chapter 144: Echoes of Courage and Loyalty (7) Webway and the Lost Seal
"We're in trouble..."
Standing in front of the entrance to the webway, Calvin was communicating with Tybos and listening to his conversations with the Ultramarines in real time, while looking up at this ancient creation that seemed to have floated up again from the river of time.
This is a huge building with a height of hundreds of meters, and only the exposed part from the surrounding rocks is tens of meters high.
Extremely concise geometric lines form its main curve, and reliefs composed of complex plant stems, leaves, flowers and inscriptions of unknown meaning fill the huge facade within sight.
This building was exuding an obviously different lively atmosphere at this time, and it was this atmosphere that made Calvin and everyone behind him silent. For a while, no one was willing to break the silence.
This is not the effect of witchcraft, nor is it the influence of some supernatural force.
When he saw this building and recovered from the shocking emotions, Calvin understood where his silence came from. This was the result of being a race with only tens of thousands of years of history and seeing the end of time.
, a shock from instinct.
This is also similar to the first time that human beings looked at the boundless starry sky above their heads after the heliocentric theory was established, and sincerely sighed from their own understanding of the vast galaxy composed of planets as huge as the earth beneath their feet.
This is their awe of the power of another civilization, this is also their sharp sword as humans to fight against all threats, and their self-reflection on the fate of these vanished civilizations.
So he did not disturb the Imperial Guards and Gray Knights, because this in itself was also a spiritual baptism.
He just silently grasped the hilt of the sword in his hand, and then strode towards the main entrance of the Webway.
boom!
A dull voice woke everyone up, and Nicholas saw the original body walking up to the stone arch and hitting the complex and gorgeous hollow carvings of the arch with a seemingly light punch.
A weak energy vaguely emerged from the stone sculpture. The moment the original body's heavy fist fell, it blocked the original body's temptation with a gentle and just right force.
The dull voice echoed in the silent square, and the Templar knights behind them couldn't help but stop when they saw this scene.
They knew the power possessed by the original body, so they also understood better how terrifying the carvings of this unknown plant possessed under its seemingly fragile structure.
Well, physical damage is at least impossible, so what about using energy instead?
No way...
Calvin tried to use his power to explore this portal, but unexpectedly, this portal seemed to exist independently from reality and subspace at the energy level.
Calvin's powerful psychic power either couldn't find a target to display it in reality, or it was diverted into the webway the moment it entered the subspace.
After thousands of attempts within seconds, Calvin finally came to a conclusion:
If it cannot be completely detonated from the inside out, then the most effective way to destroy this kind of building is to use the light spear of the battleship to conduct a short-term, saturated energy bombardment.
This was obviously unrealistic, at least after he looked at the dozens of kilometers of crust above his head, he gave up this unrealistic idea.
Do we need to dig up this place bit by bit? Impossible!
This portal has completed communication with reality, and just like Calvin can smell the breath of the webway, the countless demons lurking in it will sooner or later notice the flaws here.
Although the current situation seems peaceful, there is actually not much time left for Calvin.
"How did you deal with this kind of thing before?"
Calvin simply stopped the temptation in his hands, and while continuing to listen to the conversation in orbit, he asked Nicholas, the captain of the Forbidden Army beside him.
"Look at its specific situation. If the internal structure is simple, just detonate it directly from the inside. If the external space is fragile, use a battleship to destroy it directly." Nicholas thought for a while and then responded to Calvin.
"What about this kind of thing?" Calvin pointed at the building in front of him and immediately realized:
If it could really be dealt with, the Imperial Guards would not have kept this threat until now.
And Nicholas's answer was indeed the same. He looked at this arch that was huge enough for a Titan to pass through, and he just helplessly said to Calvin:
"This... is a special case. Its existence itself is a natural result of the influence of the nearby space structure. I guess its builder initially took advantage of the situation to achieve this miracle.
We don't have a good way to deal with this naturally formed "portal". We can only use some ancient 'relic-level' equipment in the Throne Courtyard to interfere with their energy circuits and force them to enter a dormant state.
And you see..."
Following Nicholas's fingers, Calvin saw an inconspicuous defect in the center of the arch.
There was a small chip in the stone sculpture there, and although it was difficult to identify with mortal eyes, Calvin could still see that this part of the chip was repairing itself with the supply of energy, undergoing subtle regeneration.
According to the logic of the content of the surrounding sculptures, what is missing in the gap guarded by branches and leaves should be a petal surrounded by thorns.
No! Calvin looked at it carefully and felt more and more that the missing part looked familiar.
He suddenly turned around and looked at Nicholas, and then found the answer he had been looking for on the shoulder pads of his power armor - a soaring Imperial eagle surrounded by thorns.
"It can repair itself? And that's your seal?" Calvin asked hesitantly.
This answer was too bizarre, because he wouldn't be surprised if there was anything on this alien civilization's creation, but the eagle emblem representing the empire was absolutely impossible to appear here.
It can only be the late intervention of the Forbidden Army in this building, and they used some means to forcibly embed this emblem into it, replacing its original energy circuit.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! And if the answer is really like this, then he will have to re-examine the technical strength of the Imperial Guards.
There are good things in the Throne Court...
I am still young. Next time I have a chance to visit, I will definitely not come out empty-handed like this time...
"Huh?" Far away in the direction of Terra, Marshal Trajan of the Imperial Army, who was in an office deep in the palace area, suddenly felt an unusual itching at the end of his upper respiratory tract that was in contact with the outside air.
He stopped writing with the gilded quill in his hand, and the powerful momentum exploded with his thoughts, stirring silently in this small room.
"Sir..." A Forbidden Army guard appeared silently in the shadow of the office.
The power armor on his body is black and gold, and the helmet is completely as black as night.
Different from the typical halberd that comes with the conventional Achilles power armor, what he holds tightly in his hand is a heavy flail with a crystal-like translucent color.
"Nothing, please step back." Trajan did not raise his head, but after a brief pause, he returned to the work in front of him.
Since the official return of the Imperial Guard, defense information from the entire Terra and even the entire world has been opened to him.
The establishment of the Eye of the Empire made this strategic vision more complete. At this time, he was worried about Calvin who was far away in Gian Moro, worrying about what he would do after knowing what a difficult situation he would face.
What choice...
"Yes, but it will be very slow, and that is also our seal. Its sealing effect relies on the power of the building itself, and if the lost parts cannot be found before the building completes its self-repair, then
It is almost impossible for us to seal it again," Nicholas replied.
"So, this is the reason why Appius can destroy the seal." Calvin nodded, which solved some of his previous doubts.
He had doubts before. If he couldn't destroy the webway and the seal with his power, how could a fallen Astartes do it?
And Nicholas's explanation explains this problem, then the next purpose is simple.
Find the missing seal, or to put it another way, find Appius.
Calvin looked at the Imperial Guards and Gray Knights around him, and after careful consideration, decided to leave some of them to guard the place.
At the same time, the meeting above the orbit also ended. He and Tabers briefly explained the current situation here, and then he took the remaining six people into the webway.