Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 250 Scalpel

The Mechanic Priest's body was completely embedded in a rock, apparently the cause of his death. Howard suspected that a large blunt object had been swung at him, and he had tried to block it, but the orc's brute strength had pushed him back, and he had finally hit the rock to stop, the force of which had killed him instantly.

Two-thirds of the mechanical priest's body tissues have been replaced with mechanical parts. There are six mechanical arms connected to his back, four of which have been damaged and broken. The two intact mechanical arms have one equipped with a power battle axe and the other with a laser launcher.

There were two holsters tied to each of the mechanical priest's thighs. The gun in the right hand had been pulled out and was held in the hand of the mechanical priest, while the gun on the left was still intact in the holster. The corresponding half shoulder of the deceased was chopped off after his death and disappeared. Judging from the degree of depression in the stone, the mechanical priest's left shoulder was still there when he hit the stone. A huge scratch on the stone that ran across the mechanical priest's left shoulder also confirmed Howard's guess.

Then the situation is very clear. This technical priest is in cahoots with the Astra Militarum. They entered this unknown cave together, and then encountered the orcs. They suffered heavy casualties, and it is even possible that all of them died here.

It's just not clear what their goals are and what the results will be.

"How could these mechanical maniacs appear here? This is not a good sign." Unlike the respect she showed to the fallen Astra Militarum soldiers, the nun directly expressed her distrust of the Mechanical Priests and the entire Mechanicus.

Because the Adeptus Mechanicus is not a vassal of the Empire but an ally of it, their interests are not entirely aligned. Even when there is a conflict of interest, the Adeptus Mechanicus does not mind slightly compromising the interests of the Empire to safeguard its own. And for the Battle Sisters, who are completely loyal to the Empire and the Emperor, any lack of loyalty is absolute disloyalty, so it is understandable that she loathes the Adeptus Mechanicus.

This time, the nun didn't search the Mechanic Priest's body. Instead, Howard started searching it. He knew the Mechanic Men valued their lives, and Howard didn't believe they wouldn't have some backup plans if they participated in such a life-threatening mission.

These are the backup plans he is looking for now.

Howard fiddled with the hyphae with his hands. These hyphae looked no different from spider silk on the outside, but once he handled them, he found that they were very brittle, like sharp asbestos fibers. As long as Howard applied a little force, they would break into pieces... and then release more spores into the air.

The first thing Howard checked was the grease man's brain. The brain of this corpse was also hollowed out, and mycelium drilled out from every crack in his head. Because the grease man had no head damage, Howard could not determine by observation whether there was anything left in his head. The nun realized Howard's intention and raised her hand to smash the grease man's head.

"No, no, no!" Howard quickly grabbed the combat nun. Not to mention damaging the corpse or something, Howard still had some psychological aversion. To put it another way, if there was really something in the oil man's head, it would probably be crippled by the nun's hit. The nun also listened to advice, and she really stopped when Howard stopped her.

So what should we do next?

After a little thought, Howard stretched out his index finger and carefully inserted it into the oil man's eye socket.

Besides the feel of the mycelium, Howard felt something like a membrane after inserting his finger into the eye socket. The human eyeball used to be like a plump, juicy fruit, but now the juice had been drained away, leaving only the shrunken outer skin drooping over the optic nerve. Probing a little deeper, Howard hit bone. Based on his limited knowledge of anatomy, he determined this was probably the skull encasing the brain. He also remembered that this area should have a hole for the optic nerve to pass through, so he began to explore again.

Howard knew that his behavior was very risky, just like the idiots in horror movies who used their intelligence to push the plot forward, but he actually liked this feeling... It was not because he was a pervert or an idiot, but because he knew that his life probably no longer belonged to him at the moment, and this suicidal behavior could make him feel like he was in control of his life again.

If there is something fishy about the body of this mechanical priest, whether it is an orc or some other monster, if you really have the ability to take me in in front of Slaanesh, Nurgle, Isa and some other messed up things, then I will accept it.

"What are you...doing?" The nun had been watching Howard's confusing behavior and finally couldn't help but ask.

"I want to see if there's anything else in his skull," Howard told the truth.

The nun was stunned for two seconds, then pressed a button on her helmet. A green light swept across the oil man's head, and the nun quickly gave an answer: "No."

Okay, I was stupid.

Howard retracted his fingers, shaking them a few times to clean them on his clothes. He hadn't expected the nun's combat helmet to be used in this way. It wasn't that he didn't know the power armor helmet had a scanning and perspective function; quite the opposite. He knew, but he had been so engrossed in his suicidal pursuit that he had forgotten about it.

The nun was probably speechless for those two seconds because of Howard. Unfortunately, she was wearing a helmet at the time, so her expression could not be seen clearly.

"Then can you scan this body again? Focus on finding out if there is any device storing information." Howard said.

The nun lifted Howard from the corpse and gently tossed him aside. She then activated the scanner again, and the green laser swept from the top of the corpse to the bottom. This cycle repeated several times before Howard heard a slight explosion, followed by the nun's angry curses. The nun's head jerked back as if struck by something, and black smoke and flashing sparks billowed from her helmet.

"Damn! Are you okay?!" Howard rushed forward to check the situation, and the nun quickly took off her helmet. From the outside, there was nothing wrong with her face, except for slight burn marks on her face and a strand of her hair was singed.

"This crazy machine has programmed itself to defend itself! If it's scanned or tested, it will retaliate!" The nun cursed something like "shit" and continued, "Even if he's dead, this program will still be running. I'm saying that no matter how many times we scan it, we won't get any results."

"it's here."

At this time, Ms. Mei, who had been watching Howard and the nun perform the skit, finally took action. She moved in front of Howard and the nun, lifted the collar of the mechanical priest's long red robe, revealing a thin metal wire hanging around the mechanical priest's neck.

As an Eldar, her understanding of the Empire may be deeper than many high-ranking officials of the Empire.

The nun reached out to pull at the string, but May stopped her in time.

"Let me do it," said Mei.

The nun hesitated for a moment, but finally gave up her seat to the elf.

Then Mei took out a hidden weapon shaped like a scimitar from somewhere and held it in her hand. Then she really cut the thin metal wire hanging on the mechanical monk's neck bit by bit as carefully and precisely as if she were performing surgery.

Howard probably realized that the body of the Mechanical Priest was actually severely damaged. The reason why his body could still remain intact was because it was embedded in the stone and fixed. If he really tried to pull it apart like the nun did just now, the body would probably immediately shatter into a pile of scrap parts mixed with flesh and blood.

In the end, Mei took off a necklace from the body of the Mechanical Priest. The necklace did not have a gem, but a strange metal part in the shape of a cross.

"Here's the key," May explained to Howard and the nun, but she didn't stop working. Instead, she used the same knife to pierce the corpse's modified chest. Then, with a flick of the knife, a crack opened in the chest. The corpse, already on the verge of breaking apart, began to shed parts as May fiddled with it. It seemed that May's reason for doing this wasn't out of respect for the deceased and her desire to preserve the body intact, but rather because she was worried that the nun's unprofessional handling would damage the useful parts of the body.

Finally, Mei used a knife to dig out a chip from the mycelium-covered chest of the Mechanical Priest. Mei placed the chip in her palm and handed it to the nun along with the key: "These are all the valuable things."

"You..." The nun didn't immediately take over, but instead looked at Mei with suspicion and caution. She knew that if the chip really contained information, it would be useful to the Eldar, so she didn't understand why Mei gave these two things to her without even asking for them.

"The chip is half destroyed. Professional instruments are needed to read its contents. Our equipment is on the spacecraft, so we can't go back for the time being." Mei explained to the nun.

So the nun said nothing more. She took the chip and key from Mei and put them away safely. Then she added, "I'll remember that."