Once the Players started to grind, the Mutants' disaster arrived.
To compete for team rankings, the Players used all the tactical knowledge they learned online, such as alternating cover and cover reconnaissance.
This was because weapons and ammunition needed to be exchanged with Contribution Points.
Wasting too much meant not breaking even, which was a loss.
Also, dying too many times would reduce the monster-farming time.
As a result, it was easy to fall behind others' development, leading to a drop in team rankings.
After coming out of the Tactical Projection Hall, the three squads cooperated with each other to shoot down Mutants.
After clearing to a fork in the road, the three squads split up to perform clearing missions in different areas.
Old Bird, Warmaster, Tenjiro, plus Maverick (who caught a Heart Elemental to make Maverick wine) and Zack (Zack is also a Chosen) formed a squad.
Their mission was to recover control of the Data Processing Hub.
All the data of the entire ship converged there.
This data, after initial processing by professional Servitors and Cogitators, would then be distributed to various departments and work groups.
Old Bird had gained the most Contribution Points by self-destructing to take out the Chaos Ogryn earlier.
Because of this, their squad's weapon configuration was the most luxurious.
The only heavy machine gun was in their hands.
With terrifying firing speed and damage, they almost swept through everything.
The Mutants couldn't even get close to them, being mowed down into piles of charred, rotten flesh.
Another wave of Mutants attacked, and after being repelled by the squad.
"Old Bird."
Warmaster put his hand on Old Bird's shoulder, constantly wiggling his eyebrows.
He looked exactly like a pervert trying to pick up an innocent girl.
"What are you doing!" Old Bird's eyes widened, looking panicked.
"I just think you're so amazing, I really admire you." Warmaster's voice became high-pitched.
"Get lost, I'm not interested in men, don't even think about it."
"You wouldn't have been seduced by Slaanesh into becoming a male cross-dresser heretic, would you!!"
Old Bird's eyes widened, his hand on the grip of his waist pistol, ready to execute the other party at any moment.
Warmaster looked shocked, "Old Bird, I just wanted to borrow your heavy machine gun to play with, did you actually have improper thoughts about me??"
"Get lost!"
Old Bird almost spat out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly darkened, but he also breathed a sigh of relief.
"If you want to play with the machine gun, just say you want to play with the machine gun. Being all gay like that, you scared the hell out of me."
"Hehe, that's because your heretical thoughts aren't pure enough."
Warmaster squeezed Old Bird aside and took over as the machine gunner.
"Let's go, speed up. Blood for the Emperor, Skulls for the Throne. Now I don't want to know anything, I just know I'm about to go on a rampage."
The small interlude did not affect the squad's advance.
Their speed was very fast.
Ordinary Mutants were no match.
They were harvested like weeds, turning into the squad's Faith Points and Contribution Points.
As the battle progressed, they encountered some gun-wielding Mutants.
Those Mutants would shoot at the Players.
But because of the Warp contamination and their limited sanity.
Their aim wasn't very good, similar to AI bots.
Their only advantage was their fearlessness.
They caused some trouble, but were quickly focused down and eliminated.
During this time, Tenjiro leveled up and also learned a new skill: [Ethereal Shard].
This skill could condense Ethereal Shards like ice crystals and fire them out.
The trajectory was somewhat random, but the penetration was very strong.
It could easily pierce even a helmet.
"I'm so envious, Tenjiro, you're actually a Psyker."
Zack looked enviously at Tenjiro throwing Ethereal Shards, piercing through the heads of two Mutants.
A true Warhammer spellcaster.
But Zack's envy didn't last too long.
The reason was that after Tenjiro threw a few times, he knelt on the ground, complaining of a headache.
Even when helped up, it took him a long time to recover before he could continue fighting with a gun.
Their combat efficiency was not as good as them just continuously shooting with guns.
The squad relied on cooperation and tactics, sweeping through enemies along the way.
The strongest enemies they encountered were a group of armed crew members.
But relying on the power of the multi-barreled laser heavy machine gun and their sneak attack tactics.
After paying the price of two people being shot and injured, they successfully took control of the Data Processing Hub.
The Servitors and Mechanical Priests responsible for data processing inside the Data Processing Hub were already dead.
But the Cogitator wetware and computation thralls were still working, and had not suffered any damage.
"Before, when watching videos, I didn't feel anything, but now, seeing them up close, it really makes my Scalp tingle."
"You know these things are alive, scarier than horror movies."
Old Bird pointed to the rows of computation thralls on the wall.
Those thralls had their limbs amputated, eyelids sewn shut, and were fixed in metal grooves, with their brains and spines connected to dense cables and nutrient tubes.
"Warhammer's specialty, wetware is more reliable than silicon-based chips."
Warmaster shrugged, "At least it's not as easy to get infected with Warp junk code viruses."
"Don't talk about that, let's first restart the data system and activate the junk code cleanup program as the Guide said."
Tenjiro stepped forward and told the team members to get to work.
At this time, the other two squads were also systematically clearing Mutants.
Zigman, Scalp with Milky Dragon (Milky Dragon also wants to be an Emperor's Chosen), Brother Pian (Slaanesh's Chosen who sells videos), and Zhuge (Zhuge captured Cabalha seven times) formed a team.
Their equipment was not as good as Tenjiro's squad, but their firepower was also fierce.
Their mission was to recover the Communications Main Control Room.
Relying on tactical cooperation and fierce firepower, they quickly reached their target location.
The blast door of the Communications Main Control Room was not closed.
The sound of machinery running could be faintly heard inside.
Bloodstains and incomplete limbs remained on the ground.
It seemed that a fierce conflict had erupted here when the battleship encountered an accident.
Hideous Mutants wandered in front of the platform at the entrance.
The most conspicuous among them were two enemies wearing black hooded robes, implanted with tentacle-like devices.
When the battle began, these two enemies unleashed psychic attacks on the Players.
Boom! !
A bolt of lightning appeared out of thin air.
Milky Dragon, who was charging at the front, was struck by lightning and sent flying, convulsing all over, with black smoke rising from his hair, before collapsing.
"Chaos Psykers." Zigman's face changed drastically, "Focus fire and take them out first."
The other Players raised their guns and poured firepower onto the two Chaos Psykers.
But a transparent barrier appeared, blocking the incoming lasers and bullets.
"It's a psychic barrier." Zhuge frowned, "This thing can transfer long-range attacks into the Warp."
"Then I'll use my small knife to punish them."
Brother Pian held a gun in one hand and a dagger in the other, and charged towards the enemy.
The next second, another lightning bolt appeared, sending him flying as well.
"Damn it, take a plasma blast from me, little master."
Scalp raised his plasma gun, aimed at the two Chaos Psykers, and pulled the trigger.
This guy really liked this plasma gun.
He always mumbled words like 'loyal plasma never overheats' and 'Machine Spirit displeased'.
The plasma orb drew a graceful arc in the air, shooting towards the Chaos Psykers.
But the next second, the plasma orb hit the psychic shield and was directly swallowed.
This scene made the Players' eyes widen.
They truly experienced the power of Psykers.
A plasma orb that could take down a Chaos Ogryn with one shot couldn't break the Psykers' shield.
"I'm going for it, take my human bomb."
Milky Dragon staggered to his feet, and when his clothes were pulled up, they revealed the melta bomb tied to his waist.
But Milky Dragon hadn't run a few steps before he became unable to move.
He was firmly restrained by an invisible psychic force.
"I'm going for it too, no matter what, we have to take the Communications Main Control Room."
Zigman also revealed the melta bomb at his waist and charged towards the Psykers with a determination to die.
One Chaos Psyker attempted to control Zigman as it had controlled Milky Dragon.
However, this time, its method failed to work, allowing Zigman to charge past successfully.
As Zigman approached, the transparent psychic barrier around the Chaos Psyker shattered like a bubble.
The two Chaos Psykers were stunned by the sudden unexpected turn of events, instinctively widening their eyes.
Zhuge, from a distance, seized the opportunity and continuously pulled the trigger of his laser gun.
Ruby-like laser beams sliced through the air, piercing the Chaos Psykers' heads and taking their lives.
"I haven't even put in effort yet!! How did they die?"
Zigman, who had been planning to die with them, widened his eyes and looked at the fallen Chaos Psykers with a surprised expression.
"You wouldn't happen to have a Soulless physique, would you?" Zhuge walked over, examining Zigman.
"Possibly." Scalp echoed Zhuge's words.
"I don't know either, never mind, let's not research this for now, let's go in and check the situation in the Communications Main Control Room."
Zigman stepped through the door, with the other Players following closely behind.
Brother Pian also staggered to his feet from the ground.
The armor plates on his body reduced most of the damage, coupled with his strong physical fitness.
Although he took a psychic lightning bolt and his whole body ached terribly, he was still alive.
The floor of the Communications Main Control Room was covered in frost.
This was caused by uncontrolled psychic overflow.
A huge transparent psychic chamber was fixed in the central area of the communications room.
Data cables thicker than an adult's waist connected the base and top of the psychic chamber.
The Astropath immersed in the nutrient solution inside the chamber had been dead for a long time.
Astropaths were key to the Imperium's faster-than-light communication.
At the astronomical scales of the void, the speed of light was too slow; only with the help of Astropaths could battlefield information be transmitted quickly, disregarding physical laws.
For inter-system communication, an Astropathic Choir was needed to pierce the veil and transmit messages.
"Report to Guide via comms that the Communications Main Control Room's faster-than-light communication function is inoperative."
"Unless we can find an Astropath."
Zigman checked around and said to Zhuge.
"Understood." Zhuge nodded.
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