Chapter 56 02.0056: "Dreams and Mission"

Horatio lay on the operating table, his limbs restrained by fixed iron fittings, and the glaring operating lights made his eyes slightly uncomfortable.

"Mr. Horatio Cochrane, before the operation, can you answer a question for me?"

Horatio turned his gaze to the goddess mother, his vision was a little blurred under the strong light, and he could no longer see the goddess mother's facial expression. He only saw the prosthetic limbs and neural dendrites behind her twisting and turning like the long snake on Medusa's head.

"Ask it, Father Ratti."

"Where did you get your prosthetic limbs?"

"An abandoned monastery of saints, in the lower nest."

"Interesting." The woman stroked Horatio's iron hand, interlacing her fingers with his.

Although Horatio felt a little embarrassed, he didn't know much about the Adeptus Mechanicus and didn't want to offend the Tech-Priest who was about to perform surgery on him, so he said nothing.

"I felt the surging and powerful force contained in it. Its machine soul was exciting, its structure was fascinating, and its strength was shocking...ah~what a wonderful and intimate feeling."

[Um? ]
The goddess became more and more excited as she spoke, and hot air began to come out of her mouth.

[? ]
As her fingertips wandered on Horatio's iron arm, her body couldn't help but shiver. Her red and moist lips opened slightly, and she let out a wonderful and charming moan.

Horatio vaguely saw that there seemed to be a love in Laddy's original pupil???

[Am I being targeted by a nympho from science and engineering...] Horatio's expression turned ugly.

"It's a pity that it seems that it only recognizes your control over it now." The female priest sighed regretfully, and her eyes returned to their previous gentleness, but with a hint of imperceptible coldness.

Horatio caught a glimpse of a slender nerve dendrite disconnected from the nerve dendrite extending from the tip of his iron finger, and quickly retracted into the sleeve of her holy vestment. The woman licked her lips with satisfaction.

"Did you just release the power circuit?" Horatio asked.

No wonder, he just felt a refreshing cold current injected into him, and his whole body became refreshed.

"You know all this, sir. I am amazed at your knowledge of the Order. I will not ask how you know it, for we all have secrets.

but……

For your own safety, I suggest you keep your treasure away from other Tech-Priests."

The nun walked behind Horatio's head and leaned down. Her bulge, which was larger than that of the medical nun, was wrapped in a fragrant vestment and fell in front of Horatio.

"After all, not everyone is like me, with extensive knowledge and good restraint, haha." She said this in a very charming voice, which made Horatio feel numb.

Her iron hand lightly touched Horatio's forehead. Although it was an iron hand, it felt like the touch of delicate skin.

Horatio rolled his eyes and saw that it was covered with perfectly realistic artificial super skin.

This is a high-grade bionic leather that is fire-resistant, cold-resistant, and corrosion-resistant. The robot servants around him use the same type, which is smooth, delicate, and lifelike.

"You are a valuable individual worthy of continued research. I will arrange the best enhancement surgery for you, far better than others, to help you survive in the future and for my new research topic."

"So, I have become your research subject, right, ma'am?"

Horatio was not afraid that she would do something bad. Those who could serve the Loyalty Academy had undergone strict background checks and loyalty screening, especially these mysterious technical priests.

However, being treated as a research subject is still a bit disconcerting.

"Don't worry. I swear to the God of All Machines that this will benefit us and not harm us. The operation has officially begun. I wish you a sweet dream."
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Horatio opened his eyes in the darkness, and they grew wider and wider.

"Is this... Holy Terra?"

He saw a tall and strong man leading a group of equally tall golden-armored warriors advancing on the desolate surface that was scorched like earth by the flames of war.

Then the fighting died down.

The tall man in golden armor was still alive after the charge. Not only did he not look older, but he looked more mature and resolute.

[The Emperor?] Horatio recognized the great man.

He stood on the broken altar, with a huge golden claw in his left hand and a sword emitting orange-red light in his right hand.

Beside him stood tens of thousands of warriors in heavy ceramic steel armor of various colors, with gorgeous and solemn legion flags fluttering in the wind.

Countless giant warships appeared outside the atmosphere, and heavily armored soldiers shouted "Long live the emperor, long live the expedition!"

Horatio had never seen such a magnificent scene. The scene was so spectacular that even Horatio, who was originally deeply confused, was moved by the passionate shouts, and his eyes were shining.

Suddenly, in the scarlet and firelight, a still tall man stood up. He also had a huge claw, but his body was covered with unclean and filthy marks. "I never thought of betrayal, and I never thought of letting my legion launch an attack."

"Together we drove away the ignorant old night age... but you betrayed me and betrayed us all."

"You stole the power of the gods and lied to your sons. Humanity has only one chance to rise again!"

"If you can't catch it... then let me finish it!"

Then, these warriors wearing armors of various colors began to fight each other, and the world was dyed with the orange of fire and the scarlet of blood.

"From the sky of Terra! Covering the edge of the Milky Way! Let the sea of ​​stars boil! Let the stars fall! Even if I shed my last drop of blood! I want to see the Milky Way liberated again!"

"If I cannot save it from your defeat, Father... then let the galaxy burn..."

[Horus... No, to be precise, this is a shell controlled by the Four Gods. The real Horus is dead.]
Horatio frowned. As a time traveler, he knew that this was a famous scene from the Horus Heresy.

The scene suddenly stopped, and Horatio saw a man sitting on a golden throne, with tubes inserted all over his body, like a mummy. An extremely sad atmosphere filled the air.

Even through the screen, he could feel an extremely powerful psychic energy surrounding him, dispelling the coldness in his heart.

An inexplicable sense of awe instantly filled his heart, and the strong feeling of oppression made his knees go weak, and he couldn't help but kneel down.

This was the first time in this body’s life that he knelt down, and the thing he was kneeling to was something he didn’t even know how to describe.

He is the 'God-Emperor', the sun of the empire, the ruler of mankind.

"The road ahead depends on humankind itself, son of darkness."

"What?" Horatio looked up in surprise.

He seemed to have heard something like 'Son of Darkness' just now. He remembered that this was the name that appeared when the prosthetic limb was first activated.

But he was not sure whether he was being spoken to or even whether it was the horrible mummy that was speaking.

The mummy in front of me got farther and farther away until it disappeared.

Horatio returned to his familiar dark vision.

『+Confirmed: Son of Darkness+』

『+ Status: Activated+』

『+Energy: 7/7+』

『+Psychic Power: 7/7+』

+Corruption: 0/7+

『+Soul Fire: 10/40+』

[All attribute caps have increased a bit? And it seems that killing monsters like the Lesser Chaos Eggs increases Soul Fire a bit more.]
Horatio analyzed rationally, could this be the legendary blessing from the old emperor? Or... was it that the technical priest was fiddling with something?
Suddenly, the scene unfolded before my eyes again.

The rays of lasers, the rage of macrocannons, the glint of light spears, the galaxy is burning and the universe is being torn apart.

A monstrous battle broke out on the ground with rivers of blood. The Space Marines launched a one-way charge. The mortal soldiers turned into a wall of flesh and blood, blocking the advance of the Chaos God's war machine amid roars and shouts.

Rockets and shells rained down on each other, the earth shook, and people screamed.

In the void, countless giant warships from both sides intersected with each other. The high-speed collision tore apart the ships, and the huge plasma explosion dragged several small ships into the subspace. The flames of the explosion created one "sun" after another in the cold void.

Finally, Horatio saw the terrifying figure of Warmaster Abaddon with his burly, evil smile and his terrifying claws swinging towards him.

[The hymn of humanity is a hymn of courage and sacrifice.]
"Please stand up, Tadashi." The gentle and pleasant voice of Technical Priest Lati whispered in Horatio's ear.

Horatio blinked dazedly and saw the glaring surgical light above his head again.

It was just an illusion. These memories should come from myself, not from my original self.

But in the end, what does it portend? Future danger? One's own death? Or an uncertain fate?
His soul must have a mission to come into this world, but who is in control of all this?

Is it the Emperor's will? A conspiracy of the Four Gods? Or a trick of other gods?

Horatio felt terrified, yet unable to put it into words.

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