Chapter 219 Experts Joint Consultation

It is said that when the Betrayer Khârn led the Chaos Warband of Khorne to attack a demon world occupied by Slaanesh, he encountered a Slaanesh Demon Prince. In Khârn's eyes, the Demon Prince was a beautiful girl with blonde hair and fangs...

Whenever Fu Qinghai thought of this, he found it interesting.

Who is Kahn? The dueling champion of the World Eaters, the chosen of Khorne, a tough guy. Even he is not completely immune to the temptation of Slaanesh... Tsk tsk, what is the strange quirk of "blonde hair and tiger teeth"?

The blind girl sat on the edge of Fu Qinghai's desk, crossed her legs, and lifted her Astropath's robe to the base of her thighs, revealing her white and slender legs, and her white feet dangled in front of Fu Qinghai's eyes.

"A Revenge-class super cruiser as the flagship, and two Defiant-class light cruisers as escorts. Is that right?"

Fu Qinghai repeated it again.

"Yes."

The girl smiled with her white teeth and added:

"Also, the commander of the fleet is Ctesias."

Ctesias? Never heard of him.

As for the celebrities in the Thousand Sons Legion, Fu Qinghai only knew one Professor Aliman'a and one Kayanka intellectual.

"Ctesias is a Chaos wizard. He is very good at summoning and capturing demons to serve him. He is quite famous in the demon circle of the Warp. Of course, it's all a bad reputation."

The Slaanesh demon said.

Fu Qinghai didn't know that Ctesias would become a member of Ahriman's conspiracy in the future and one of the main participants in the "Ahriman Scarlet Letter" incident. Any member of Professor Ahriman's conspiracy would be a powerful chaos wizard.

The Revenge-class super-large cruiser is an ancient warship that served before the Great Crusade. Not only did this model no longer exist in later generations, but even the title of "super-large cruiser" was cancelled and replaced by another name that everyone is more familiar with - "battlecruiser". The tonnage of a cruiser is between that of a heavy cruiser and a battleship. It has the firepower of a battleship but not the armor of a battleship.

Unable to win, Fu Qinghai made the first judgment.

Not to mention the Chaos Wizards' weird methods, the warships are not on the same level in terms of tonnage, not to mention that the research vessel has to carry two sets of precious STC systems.

…

"Khan, Khan, do you really want to make a deal with the devil?"

Eugene Eleanor quickly followed Fu Qinghai and asked anxiously.

Fu Qinghai's face was as gloomy as water, and he said calmly:

"We can't afford to lose the Astropath."

"But...but she has been possessed by a demon!"

Eugene persuaded earnestly.

Fu Qinghai patted his shoulder:

"Don't worry, I have a plan."

The cruiser Fiery Horse only had one astropath and one navigator. If these two people were lost, the fleet would become deaf and blind. When the Sith warriors made a commotion on the lower deck, Fu Qinghai specifically instructed Eugene to transfer the two women to other cabins and hide them to avoid being affected by the battle.

Unexpectedly, the Slaanesh demon still took advantage of the opportunity.

Just now, the Slaanesh demon who called himself "Lisahor" provided Fu Qinghai with a piece of information:

the astropath on the surface was a poor fellow possessed by a Tzeentch demon. His astropathic communication led to a Thousand Sons Legion fleet sailing somewhere in the Warp, and now, that fleet was turning around and heading here.

Things are different now than before.

During the Horus Heresy, the Four Chaos Gods rarely fought among themselves, but instead joined forces to fight against the Imperium and the Emperor. Warmaster Horus carried the hopes of the Four Chaos Gods to overthrow the Empire of Man, but failed.

As soon as the Warmaster died, the true natures of the Four Chaos Gods began to show. The demon armies and traitors under their command fought each other, tripping each other up and beating each other with great pleasure.

Fu Qinghai was not surprised that Slaanesh wanted to ruin Tzeentch's plans.

The concepts represented by the Four Chaos Gods conflict with each other, and they have always disliked each other. Tzeentch, Khorne, and Nurgle have been fighting in the Warp for tens of thousands of years. A thousand years ago, when the young new god Slaanesh was just born, he was besieged by the other three gods.

For humans, the warp is chaotic and unpredictable. However, this may not be the case for demons. The Slaanesh demon not only informed Fu Qinghai that the Thousand Sons' fleet was about to arrive, but also the size of the fleet and the specific time of its arrival, down to the exact time and minute of the day.

Fu Qinghai didn't know whether the Slaanesh demon's words were true or false, but he knew one thing: he had to immediately notify Master Quinto, who was still in charge of archaeological excavations on the surface, to retrieve the STC system as soon as possible and return to space orbit immediately.

The Thousand Sons fleet is coming.

Number 56 and Sartefraan also learned the news. The two were hesitating whether to join Fu Qinghai's fleet. When they learned that the Thousand Sons Legion was also coming to snatch the STC, they immediately boarded Fu Qinghai's ship.

The Slaanesh Daemon demanded that Fu Qinghai pledge to it, and swear in the name of the Emperor and the Khan:

1. Won't expel it.

2. Xia Long Frospin is still alive.

3. Let it stay on the battleship until returning to Terra.

It will leave on its own before the fleet reaches Terra.

Although he didn't know what the devil was up to, or whether he simply thought the real universe was fun, after some bargaining, Fu Qinghai finally agreed.

Fu Qinghai ordered the Slaanesh demon to stay in the captain's room obediently, then turned around and left the room and summoned all spellcasters to a meeting in the combat conference room.

Meeting topic: How to expel the demon without harming the life of the Astropath.

Fu Qinghai first shared two cases he knew, a special case and a general case.

The first Chapter Master of the later Exorcists Chapter, Enoch Trismegistus, was directly possessed by the Great Daemon of Tzeentch when he was fighting against Klias the Mist. Unexpectedly, the possession by the Great Daemon of Tzeentch activated Enoch's psychic talent. He understood the demon's true name and weaknesses, and through psychic communication with the Chapter's think tank Gothos, the two worked together to banish the Great Daemon of Tzeentch back to the Warp.

Long ago, the Inquisition discovered that the Space Marines of the Exorcists had abnormal Warp resistance, so there have always been spies planted by the Inquisition among the mortal servants of the Exorcists. After this incident, the Demonic Inquisition immediately found Enoch, investigated and interrogated him, but after several months of observation, they found that he showed no signs of being corrupted.

As luck would have it, the one in charge of this matter was a radical faction in the Inquisition: the Plutists. The Plutists' judges believed that this method of using the power of demonic possession to fight against demons was feasible and could be promoted. Then the Exorcists and the Inquisition began to cooperate fully and became a professional anti-demon group.

Later, it developed into a situation where every Space Marine of the Exorcist Chapter had to go through a ritual process called "Controllable Demonic Possession". The recruits who successfully survived could become full-time "Demon Hunters", a weakened version of the Grey Knights.

This is a special case.

However, in most of the original novels, after the demon that possessed a mortal was expelled, what was left behind was a withered, deformed, half-dead body.

This is the common case.

It should be taken into consideration that the object of "controllable demonic possession" is the Space Marine. The brutal training and strong physique make the Space Marine have stronger willpower and mental toughness than mortals. It is unknown whether Xia Long Frospin, as a 19-year-old girl, can meet these conditions.

Fu Qinghai also has personal experience to share.

In the dungeon world of the Conjuring Universe, he was possessed by Valak, one of the 72 Pillars of Solomon, but nothing happened to him. If I have to recall the scene at that time, well, I can only say...

Zhang Yuning's lips, Zhang Yuning's tongue...

It's cool, soft and moist.

"Ahem."

Fu Qinghai coughed lightly, pulled his thoughts back from his memories, looked at Zhang Yuning and Chen Xinlu on both sides of the conference table, and asked,

"What do you two experts in playing with souls think?"

This meeting was like a joint consultation among experts.

Chen Xinlu frowned and thought without saying a word.

Fu Qinghai turned around and asked Zhang Yuning first:

"Can Valak and Kayako enter Xia Long's body together and squeeze out the Slaanesh demon?"

Zhang Yuning said:

"It should be possible, but I can't guarantee that her body can withstand this kind of soul-level struggle."

Hearing this, Chen Xinlu's eyes lit up and she said:

"I can use the soul-out technique to expel Xia Long's soul and the demon from the girl's body first, but it will be very short, maybe only two or three seconds."

At this time, Camille, who was sitting at the end of the conference table and was the only real doctor present, also raised his hand and interrupted:

"I think it's feasible to use the Extremis virus to repair her mild mutation."

"Yes." Fu Qinghai made the decision:

"That's it. Since Xia Long has been possessed for less than 24 hours, we should hurry up and get rid of the demon."

The blind girl was sitting on her desk playing by herself when suddenly the hatch behind her slid open and Fu Qinghai led two psychics and a pharmacist in and rushed in aggressively.

When Zhang Yuning saw the scene in the captain's room, she was immediately furious:

The blind girl was holding a thin black triangle lace bra, playing with it in her hands, and even put it to her nose to smell it!

That was something Zhang Yuning left in Captain Fu Qinghai's room. I don't know where she found it from.

The demon of Slaanesh didn't understand why Fu Qinghai had just gone out and came back again, and his face was a little surprised. Chen Xinlu was quick to take advantage of the girl's unpreparedness and slapped her on the body.

"Bang!"

A soft sound.

A perverted banshee with a long crab-claw tail, a slender body and light purple skin, and a translucent soul shadow of Xia Long Frospin were instantly knocked out of the body.

It's a succubus, a minor demon of Slaanesh.

The Slaanesh demon was in a daze, and Valak suddenly turned into a hell snake, drilled into the blind girl's mouth and occupied her body. Kayako grinned and turned into a ball of black smoke, entangled with the succubus, and the two fought in the sky above the captain's room.

Purple spiritual fragments flew around in the black smoke.

Accompanied by screams that were unbearable to listen to.

The Slaanesh Demon had never seen a Warp creature of Kayako's type. Extreme hatred and destruction were not concepts that belonged to any of the Four Chaos Gods, and it had never encountered a demon of this nature.

(PS: I don't know if Inijed, the Eldar god of death, counts.)

The succubus was scratched and bitten by Kayako until her body was covered with wounds. If this continued, she would be destroyed both physically and soul. She let out a sharp scream and turned transparent, disappearing into the real universe.

Slipped away.

Only a series of angry roars echoed in the captain's room:

"Qingshan, Qingshan Khan, you are a big liar who doesn't keep your word! I remember your name, and I have marked your soul! I am Lisaho, the succubus under the seat of Kinog, the scourge of the disabled beauty. Just wait, we will come to find you!"

The disaster of imperfect beauty? Never heard of it.

Fu Qinghai shook his head.

Your boss can be anyone, as long as it's not Xia Laxi Mozai.

Khorne is the most capable of the four vendors, and the Khorne demon army is the strongest in the warp, no doubt. But the strongest demon in single combat, to the surprise of many people, is not Skarbrand, the number one double-flowered red stick under Khorne and the top brother of the skull ranking list, but the hunting queen and fighter champion under Slaanesh, Sharathi the Scourge.

Xia La Xi Demon Scourge's record against humans is not very good. She was once exiled by the Grey Knights. But her record against the Eldar is very good. She chased the Death Army all over the galaxy. She defeated the Savage Eldar and the Ark Eldar.

If Fu Qinghai was targeted by Ms. Demonic Disaster, he might be a little scared.

Kinog? What is that? I don't know.

Xia Long's soul returned to her body. The little girl shuddered and regained control of her body. She quickly put down her skirt and put on her shoes. She timidly came to Zhang Yuning, handed the black bra back to her, lowered her head and whispered:

"S-sorry, ma'am, I didn't mean it."

Zhang Yuning's face turned pale. She snatched the underwear, walked into the inner room of the captain's room and closed the door.

Fu Qinghai held the Star Whisperer's thin shoulders and said,

"Don't worry, Xia Long, let the doctor check where you have mutated."

Pharmacist Camille also came over.

Xia Long had a sad face, opened his mouth and stuck out a thin long tongue that hung down to his chest, and said incoherently:

"My tongue... ow, it's really long."

Fu Qinghai said to Camille:

"Take her to have surgery, cut first and then repair, and clean up the cut parts."

"OK."

…

Still in the combat meeting room, the Space Marines gathered together.

"So, these three places are the three Mandeville points closest to the galaxy."

Fu Qinghai said as he scanned the holographic map with his fingers.

A projection of the galaxy where the feudal world of Malzan is located appears on the desktop.

"Take a guess, everyone."

Fu Qinghai threw the question to his space marines.

"I think it's here. This is the closest to the Malzan World and can be reached quickly."

"No, I think it's here. There's no asteroid belt here, so it's convenient for large fleets to gather."

Qiao Shida and Wushiliu expressed their opinions.

Sartrefan is a taciturn person with a very low presence.

Camille is a new soldier and will not comment for the time being.

"Okay." Fu Qinghai made the decision:

"That's right here!"

Fu Qinghai chose a place that neither side had chosen.

"Why?"

Everyone asked at the same time.

"Think in reverse."

Fu Qinghai spread his hands with a casual expression on his face.

…

"Are all STCs intact, Master?"

Fu Qinghai asked as he looked at the slowly moving circular space station outside the bridge window.

"Two complete STC systems, not scattered and broken STC fragments. This is a very rich harvest, little Locke."

Master Quinto was very satisfied.

Archaeological research is an important part of the daily work of the Mechanicus. Arkhan Rand was able to become a great sage through archaeological research, which shows how important grave digging is to the Mechanicus.

Fu Qinghai said "hmm", his eyes still staring out the porthole, looking a little absent-minded, and he didn't even ask what the STC was.

Five plasma thrusters were temporarily installed behind the ring-shaped space station, and the damage control supplies and energy reserves on the research vessel were used.

Fu Qinghai's original plan was that since he was here, he would plunder the entire Malzan world from top to bottom and take away all the valuables.

However, the news about the Thousand Sons Fleet was like a thorn in his throat. Fu Qinghai didn't dare to believe or disbelieve the devil's words. He could only pack up the STC and leave in a hurry.

"Attention all members."

"Subspace jump about to start."

The navigator's magnetic voice sounded over the battleship's radio.

Tracy came to Fu Qinghai and said,

"Khan, the time you gave has arrived. The warp engine has been preheated and the battleship is ready to enter the warp."

"Wait a minute, just one more minute."

Fu Qinghai still looked out the window and waved his hand.

Fu Qinghai wanted to take one last look.

A minute passed.

Five plasma engines installed on the back of the space station spewed out the last wave of white flames, and the huge space station accelerated towards the pitch-black deep space.

"The countdown starts. Ten, nine, eight, seven..."

The robot finished broadcasting the last second.

The subspace engine started, and the cruiser, the research vessel, and a captured transport ship all disappeared into the real universe.

At the last second before leaving, Fu Qinghai saw colorful lights shining in the dark space.

That was the sign that the fleet had left the warp.

...

　PS: I'd like to take a moment to introduce the Exorcists, otherwise a bunch of people will make a fuss as soon as I mention demonic possession. Even the Inquisition is not as mysophobic as you.

　　Two corrections:

　　1. I always remember that only Terminator armor can be used for teleportation, but in "Death of Hope", a lot of Ultramarines wearing ordinary power armor were stuck in the wall, and other novels did not deliberately explain whether the characters were wearing Terminator armor when teleporting. Anyway, it has been written, so in this book, just assume that ordinary power armor can also be used for teleportation.

　　2. I made a mistake in the previous part. You may not have noticed that the Flesh Hound has a "Collar of Khorne" on its neck, which makes it immune to psychic attacks, so DND's fireball should be ineffective against them. In addition, the Flesh Hound is actually bigger than the Space Marine in the novel. I am always misled by the fan animation "Death of Hope". So here, let's set it as a juvenile Flesh Hound without a Khorne collar.

(End of this chapter)