The power armor of the Astartes differs from the power armor used by mortals or nobles.
A lethal armament that incorporates numerous functions, it is more powerful than mortal power armor. To fully utilize these functions and give the Astartes better flexibility while wearing heavy armor, there is such a surgical procedure in Astartes modification.
This surgery implants a black carapace under the Astartes' skin, which connects to neural interface devices and several ports.
These ports work in precise coordination with the Astartes monk's power armor, rapidly transmitting the wearer's neural signals to the power armor's artificial nerve center and driving it to move.
This makes the power armor almost like a second skin for the Space Marine, allowing it to quickly and accurately coordinate with his bodily movements.
Simply put, without the black carapace, an Astartes monk's power armor would normally be difficult to activate.
As for mortal power armor, it doesn't have that many functions.
Furthermore, normal mortals are rarely provided with power armor because it's not cost-effective.
Of course, this doesn't mean mortal power armor doesn't exist. It's just that it generally can't compare to Astartes power armor.
Especially some nobles—they wouldn't undergo any surgery to modify their bodies to adapt to power armor.
They might have people develop power armor suitable for mortals, but it generally can't match Astartes power armor.
Of course, besides nobles, the Empire also has some special forces, who could also be called mortals, that possess power armor.
For example, the Empire's Battle Sisters—they don't need to have black carapaces implanted under their skin, yet they are equipped with power armor.
The Battle Sisters are an armed force belonging to the Imperial Cult. But interestingly, the Empire doesn't allow the Cult to possess military armed forces.
Here the Cult exploited a loophole. It's said that after the Age of Apostasy, they reformed the Cult. Because the law stipulated that the church couldn't maintain any "men under arms," this was to limit the church's power. But the church used the all-female Battle Sisters organization to circumvent this law.
Simply put, they played a word game to forcibly obtain the power of the Battle Sisters.
So—
Splurt—
A Screamer-Killer that had been half-crippled by an Astartes turned toward him, and was killed in close combat by Ejie for the first time.
The power sword in his hand sliced through its body with such smooth ease.
The reason he dared to engage in such close combat, besides the advanced weapon that was the power sword, was also due to the power armor he was now wearing.
According to the servo-skull—the skull-shaped drone thing flying alongside him—this power armor was modified from the Mark X series.
This suit could fit his body type because he had previously given the other party his body data, intending to obtain power armor from them.
Who would have thought that this time they really gave him a relatively advanced Mark X power armor.
It wasn't so bulky and was lightweight, no less than the power armor he had previously gotten from A2. This was because they had successfully applied new technology—a special reinforcement coating that allowed the power armor to not be so heavy, and this suit's exterior didn't give off a retro feeling either, but rather had a somewhat sci-fi flavor.
In terms of appearance, it was somewhat similar to the Ignatus-pattern power armor worn by Inquisition members, seemingly borrowing from that design.
The material for this special reinforcement coating was obtained from the STC he had previously traded.
According to the explanation, with this, the cost of power armor could be greatly reduced. The cost of originally arming one suit could now arm at least three suits.
Furthermore, the special coating material could be applied not only to power armor but also to various other weapons, such as tanks and aircraft.
So, after obtaining the material, they prepared this power armor for him as an exceptional reward after the trade, to please this great sage.
Well, in the message on the servo-skull, this guy seemed to know that he could deduce his identity, so he didn't hide it.
So, please what ghost.
It definitely included this reason: to make him a test subject for this power armor.
For this purpose, the servo-skull was following along to collect combat data.
However, despite being lightweight, if this power armor could unleash its full power, it would definitely be the strongest power armor currently available. But the prerequisite was that he would also need to have a black carapace implanted to fully utilize it.
Since he didn't have this modification technology, this power armor couldn't unleash its full capabilities. But for his current situation, the power enhancement was quite significant.
In terms of flexibility, it was almost no less than A2's power armor, and the defensive power was on a completely different level.
Boom—
The Screamer-Killer's body exploded again due to biochemical plasma disorder.
The bright light from the explosion made the surroundings considerably brighter.
However, this light allowed Ejie to see the abnormal darkness ahead.
It was quite eerie—the light seemed to disappear when it reached there, as if a black hole existed there, swallowing all the light.
Moreover, it was quite strange that as they got closer to their destination, the Tyranid swarms rushing toward them became increasingly sparse.
"Are you sure you can handle this hive nest?"
The Salamander Captain suddenly communicated with him. Being further ahead, he seemed to have observed something, his tone somewhat grave and doubtful.
The reason Ejie had them continue advancing with him was because he said he had a way to deal with this hive nest, so they continued to accompany him in this killing spree.
Then, the servo-skull beside him suddenly projected an image—the captain had transmitted it over. Ahead was what seemed like a bottomless pit, a full five kilometers wide.
This appeared to be the result of some orbital weapon strike, probably an energy weapon.
If it had been a kinetic weapon, the resulting destruction wouldn't look like this.
"I can!"
Ejie answered without hesitation. He could confirm that his parked ship was right in the center of this large hole.
More precisely, it was in the airspace above the center.
Through analysis, it seemed the ship was hovering higher. Actually, it was because the bugs had gnawed away a layer of the ground here.
So the altitude where he was standing was much lower than when he had initially landed on the surface here.
At the same time, around them—correction, behind them—there was a lot of movement. Obviously, the bugs were surrounding them.
He even saw more ominous individuals appearing.
However, the bugs didn't attack, but instead—
Hmm? There was some abnormal vibration in the ground. Ejie roughly understood their plan.
They were now essentially on the edge of a cliff, and the bugs planned to make this section slide into the abyss.
Without any hesitation, under the astonished gazes of the Astartes, Ejie leaped fiercely toward the huge black hole.
When the inertial force and the auxiliary thrust of the power armor were almost exhausted, just as he was about to begin free fall, he sensed a voice echoing in his brain and breathed a sigh of relief.
Honestly, he had been quite nervous that something might go wrong.
The current situation was like when you come home and the household smart system detects that you've reached the front door and proactively sends out a greeting.
This voice echoing in his brain would be like direct telepathic communication in a fantasy or supernatural world.
But here, some technology was used—something about bioelectric waves and brain waves. He didn't understand it, but it could directly resonate in his brain.
So he issued a command to it—teleport.
Oh?
He happened to see a biochemical plasma beam coming straight toward him.
Sorry, bug—you're a step too slow.
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