"I see."

Katos sat up from the sarcophagus and responded to the call of the Servo Skull in a deep voice.

"You have thirty minutes."

The red light in the skull's eye sockets gradually faded, and the miniature anti-gravity engine loaded inside allowed it to blend silently into the darkness.

He sat quietly and meditated for a while, recalling the ancient name "Lu Mingfei" buried deep in his heart in the dream just now, and that beautiful hometown.

"We are the Lamenters, we are the Sons of Holy Leth, and we fight to protect humanity that the Emperor holds dear."

Catos held the skull amulet hanging on his chest with his palm, which was his most precious and cherished treasure. After a simple prayer, he stood up from the sarcophagus.

Two dim wall lamps lit up in the room, outlining his brave and strong angelic body, which was more than two meters tall.

The war group servants who had been preparing outside the door entered the room and presented the master with a body-covering robe and a thirst-quenching "Kalash".

Katos drank the bright red blood wine in the glass in one gulp, quelling the invisible and faint feeling of hunger.

The core gene seed that builds this well-tempered warrior body is the genetic father of the "Blood Angels" of the Ninth Legion that can be traced back to the Great Crusade era.

The descendants of angels often have the need to drink human blood, which they call "blood thirst";

But their need for blood is not physiological, but comes from the spiritual or soul level - when they do not drink blood for a long time, they will become weak or even old; if an angel descendant cannot resist

If you fall into the temptation of "blood thirst" and indulge in the pleasure of blood, you will mutate into an ugly monster that is thirsty for blood.

In order to improve the transformation and create more "better" new genetic seeds, the Mechanicum established the 21st Chapter Astartes in the 991st year of the 35th millennium.

The Lamenters Chapter was established during this founding. The biological sages of the Adeptus Mechanicus claimed that they had alleviated or even eliminated the "hidden flaws" that had been plaguing the descendants of the Blood Angels——

At least this was true at first. The Astartes in the Lamenters Chapter did not show any obvious symptoms of "blood thirst".

But the great creation that originated from the joint research of the Emperor himself and the biotechnologists of the year cannot be easily analyzed by the superfluous technology of the Mechanicus.

As time went by, a large number of flaws in the new gene-seed were exposed, and signs of "blood thirst" reappeared within the Lamenters Chapter, and gradually worsened.

Katos has always maintained his sanity and suppressed the blood lust caused by "blood thirst". Only when he is preparing to participate in the battle, he will drink a glass of "Kalash" mixed with blood and wine donated by the servants of the war group.

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"Brother Champion, you slept so deeply."

Dull footsteps sounded, and an Astartes monk who had already put on the dark yellow armor stepped forward, and a bold voice came from the gap in the helmet grille.

"Brother Tyrese."

The Astartes in front of him is one of his champion guards, and also one of his blood brothers who has fought against the enemy side by side for decades.

"Have we encountered the enemy again?"

Katos asked.

"Let's discuss the specific situation in person with the Chapter Leader. You still have twenty-five minutes, brother champion."

Tyrese said, the helmet seemed to shift slightly in alertness, and his gaze shot out from the scarlet eyepiece of the helmet, looking at the servant carrying the tray next to Katos:

"Mind your etiquette, servant."

"Don't be so strict, Tyrese, he means no harm."

Katos said, putting the empty wine glass back on the tray.

He had noticed this handsome male servant early on - this was very rare. Most of the mortal servants he had seen were thin due to malnutrition, or had ugly deformations due to the harsh environment of the planet where they lived.

Before Khatos became an Astartes, he was also thin and ugly, his body riddled with scars and pollution.

After enjoying the Holy Communion of Blood, sleeping in the blood coffin and completing the Blood Trial, he had undergone radical changes when he was removed from the coffin. After the remodeling, his body was tall and majestic, and his muscles were tougher than refined steel;

The face also became extraordinarily handsome, with the same unforgettable charm as their angelic genetic father.

"Please...please forgive me for my offense to you, my lord."

The servant lowered his head in fear.

"It's okay, kid. What's your name?"

Katos asked gently.

The Lamenters are one of the Astartes chapters with the gentlest attitude towards mortals. During the chapter's rest time, some warriors will take the initiative to seek out their servants to express their gratitude for their service.

"...Liu Li."

the servant said softly.

"Liu Li...it sounds familiar."

Katos thought for a moment.

"Okay, brother champion, you only have twenty-four minutes left."

"Don't forget that you still have to perform the armor-piercing ceremony."

Tyrese urged.

"OK."

Katos no longer thinks too much, he has more important things to do now.

He followed Tyrese and walked out of the room with steady steps.

The servant who called himself "Liu Li" took a deep breath after they left.

"Who is this guy and why is his dream like this..."

"Or is this guy actually a fantasy lunatic with a Star Wars movie in his head?"

"Damn it...'Meng Tapir' seems to have a problem too, and it can't be solved..."

Liuli whispered to herself in a language that others could not understand, shrinking herself into the large servant robe as much as possible, with a look of fear on her beautiful face.

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Dawn Reaper strike cruiser, 8 kilometers long and 1.1 kilometers wide, one of the only three Vanguard-class strike cruisers of the Lamenter Chapter.

Katos stood in the armor room, wearing a black tight-fitting suit with unactivated dark silver circuits and connection ports marked on the surface.

He is about to perform the armor-piercing ceremony of power armor.

"Are you ready? Champion of the Lamenters."

the tech-priest asked.

"Arm me to fight for the Emperor and Mankind."

Catos opened his hands.

The equipment team began to assemble power armor for him-different from the power armor that was patchworked from various types of parts when Khatos first became an Astartes, what he will wear this time is from the forging world of the Mechanicum.

MK7 precision power armor cast by "Mokel".

The technical experts and servitors got busy and began to assemble the various parts of the armor onto the Lamenter Champion Warrior.

The maintenance servo skull floats in the air, and the added ratchet drive and connection drill make whining and creaking sounds, connecting the pieces of finely crafted armor to the black armor on Katos' body and then to the black carapace of the subcutaneous armor.

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The tech-priests prayed for the protection and smooth operation of the armor, and the servitors with power engine arms assembled the boots and greaves onto Katos' legs.

Then the crotch, waist...

With each piece of ceramite and adamantium armor added to his body, Katos was also adding a shield to his soul.

In this war-torn universe, this is especially important for them, the Sons of Holy Leth.

The crane lowered the back armor plate to the corresponding position. Two servitors with enhanced strength carefully and laboriously lifted the chest armor plate and moved it to the calibration position. With a bang, it locked with the back armor plate.

The other two servants quickly tightened the hexagonal bolts to seal the armor.

On the breastplate, the symbol of the Blood of Holy Leth with its wings spread out looks divine and flawless.

What fell next was the thick shoulder armor. The left shoulder armor had been stained with the iconic weeping red heart paint of the Lamenters Chapter, and the right shoulder armor was the unique mark of his own champion company.

Finally, there is the power backpack unit, which is connected to the armor plate on the back. The backpack contains the main power core and backup battery of the armor.

Tech-priests smeared holy oil and holy ointment on the joints of their armor, and devoutly murmured prayers to the God of All Machines.

Katos felt a cold touch, and the neural induction link device was connected to his black chest armor interface, synchronized with the black carapace interface under the skin.

His sensory and nervous systems were connected to the armor's artificial muscle fiber bundles and auspicious arrays, and his second heart and third lung received signals from the powered armor's monitoring system.

With a "buzz" sound, the power armor system was fully activated, and Katos felt the endless power surge.

"Praise be to the God of All Opportunities! Praise be to the holy soul of this armor! It will forever fight against the champion warrior of the Lamenter!"

The tech-priests praised loudly, sang binary hymns heartily, shook the incense burners in their hands, and sprayed holy oil on the power armor with the other hand.

After the armor-piercing ceremony was over, the fully armed Katos put on his reinforced armored combat helmet and walked out of the armed room surrounded by the smell of incense.

"Why don't you wear Terminator armor? The believers of the God of All Machines also generously 'gifted' us two sets of Terminator power armor."

"I believe you deserve it, Brother Champion."

Tyrese said, waiting outside the door.

Including the set of exquisite power armor on Katos, the Weeper Chapter "picked up" a batch of sophisticated equipment from the Morkel Forge World, including two sets of Indomitable Terminator power armor and five sets of MK7

Seiko power armor and a large number of power armor repair and replacement parts, spare servers.

This greatly alleviated the poor situation of the battle group and also gave several technical sergeants of the battle group a chance to rest.

This was obtained from the exchange with the Mechanicus. An STC blueprint was exchanged for a large amount of weapons and equipment.

However, since the Lamenters Chapter is still carrying out the "Atonement Expedition" and is prohibited from replenishing soldiers and weapons and equipment under normal conditions, the exchange method with the Mechanicus this time has become a bit different——

One of the opponent's cargo spacecraft "crashed" on a certain planet, and Katos led a team to "recover" it.

"The Terminator power armor moves a bit slowly, but I'm still better at the Chapter's traditional fast strike style."

Katos said.
Chapter completed!