[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens":3,"chapter-starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-27":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from Warhammer to Raid the All Heavens",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2277800,4456,"Chapter 27: Hello, Gearboy!","starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-27",27,"\u003Cp>Kataphron is one of the Empire’s most infamous death worlds, a famous breeding ground for Lambo warriors in the 40K era!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Renowned for possessing the most imposing, masculine warriors in the entire Empire, every Kataphron warrior faces two things from the moment they’re born.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat, and death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Kataphron’s beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, every Kataphron native is a Terminator—and the Plus version at that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s a saying that perfectly describes Kataphron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sole purpose of every living thing is either to kill other life, or to be killed by it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, in the beautiful, pleasant climate of Kataphron, the jungle... eats meat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trees move;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flowers eat people;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even food imported from other star systems and planted on Kataphron will go to great lengths... to kill a few people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for toads, they’re even worse—those things... explode themselves!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Alvin’s memory, the blast radius of those things could shatter even an Astartes Dreadnought into fragments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, that’s right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The heavy armor, the Astartes “coffin” hailed as a mobile fortress, cannot withstand Kataphron toads!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The toad’s explosion range is one kilometer, and its toxin ranks first in the physical universe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless you’re the Flash, disturbing a Kataphron toad leads only to death—the kind even a Dreadnought can’t save you from!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, the second most potent toxin in the physical universe is the Kataphron little barking toad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without exaggeration, if Alvin had been transported here, he’d have slit his own throat on the spot—he doesn’t even know if he’d get another chance to reincarnate, but he definitely doesn’t want to be eaten by trees!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, the land shapes its people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an extreme survival environment as Kataphron naturally breeds a group of... hyper-masculine Lambo warriors!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Got it. Now I understand everything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin finally understood why Tack could silently eliminate an entire Crusader gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surprise—anyone who survives Kataphron’s environment would be a super soldier even in the 2K era; killing a few hundred gangsters would be like child’s play.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similarly, Alvin confirmed one thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This guy can kill him—easily, without effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even an Eta-level psyker, if unable to instantly obliterate Tack, will likely meet their end... asleep, their head severed and hung on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right now, Alvin’s mind held only one thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need to find a way to recruit Tack. Not using such a super-hero unit would be a crime against nature!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boy, what are you daydreaming about?” Tack tapped his head impatiently. “Anyway, even if I can’t handle it, there are Hive Enforcers and Planetary Defense Forces.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough, cough, Mr. Tack, actually...” Alvin suppressed his excitement, feigning calmness, and recounted everything that had happened in the Lower Hive, step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After listening, Tack’s pupils widened like copper bells, and he roared with his mouth wide open: “What? A cult?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Tack, you could lower your voice a bit—everyone will hear now.” Alvin’s ears were ringing from Tack’s bellow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, I got carried away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack realized his reaction was excessive. He took several deep breaths, calmed slightly, then said seriously: “Since you discovered a cult, why didn’t you report it to the Enforcers?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Me? Report to the Enforcers?” Alvin stared at him in disbelief: “Are you sure they’d believe me? Won’t they just shoot me dead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack fell silent, as if a stone had been jammed in his throat, unable to speak for a long while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the Enforcers’ nature all too well—a Lower Hive scavenger claiming a cult exists? They’d likely be shot on the spot with the excuse: “What the hell does a scavenger know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder you were so cautious.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Understanding the full context, Tack reevaluated Alvin: “Didn’t realize you were this careful. You didn’t tell me earlier because you feared I might be connected to the cult, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope you can understand, Mr. Tack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin didn’t think he’d done anything wrong. Without concrete evidence, speaking up would only invite death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I mean—you did well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack frowned deeply. After learning the anomaly in the Lower Hive stemmed from a Khorne cult, he understood Alvin’s concerns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Tack, since you’re a retired Astra Militarum soldier, you should be able to contact Hive nobles and the Planetary Defense Forces, right?” Alvin, still anxious, finally felt some relief: “If we report the cult now, given its current scale, it’ll be crushed quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re oversimplifying this, boy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after hearing Alvin’s suggestion, Tack remained grim and fired off several questions: “First, can you confirm the cult’s influence is limited only to the Lower Hive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, how do you know there aren’t cult cells in the Middle or Upper Hive?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And third, what level is the cult’s psyker?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These three questions left Alvin speechless, unable to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Never underestimate any cult.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack gave him a long look and spoke slowly: “What we see is only the surface. What if we alarm them and they go berserk?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But even if they go berserk, shouldn’t the Planetary Defense Forces be able to crush them easily?” Alvin said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he wasn’t even sure how powerful the Planetary Defense Forces really were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were Astra Militarum recruitment regiments—combat effectiveness, no question. But others... were utterly pathetic, ranging from decent to abysmal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boy, some things aren’t that simple.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack shook his head, looked up at the sky, and uttered a cryptic remark: “The Hive World of Lother’s waters run deep. At least by my current estimation, the cult has infiltrated the Upper Hive nobility for a long time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How... do you know that?” Alvin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Duh, I killed a noble once—that’s why I got dumped in the Lower Hive.” Here, in his urgency, Tack finally revealed the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killed... a noble?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such an unfamiliar term!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin’s eyelids twitched violently, his mind screaming: Holy shit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t executed for such a grave crime—just banished to the Lower Hive. How powerful is Tack’s background?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come with me to meet someone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Tack grabbed Alvin and dragged him off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They turned seven or eight streets in the Middle Hive, then arrived at a remarkably shabby house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a word, Tack kicked open the already crumbling door and dragged the stunned Alvin inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, wait, Mr. Tack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alvin stared at the gear emblem on the wall—his mind went blank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was a Mechanicus shrine—the oil-slick bastards’ territory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just kicking the door in like this—won’t they turn him into a servo-skull?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, Tack didn’t care. His booming voice echoed through the Mechanicus shrine: “Hey, Gearboy, get your ass out here!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Tack instinctively yanked Alvin down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bolter round zipped past their heads, blasting a massive crater into the shabby wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shards and dust flew, the acrid smell of gunpowder spreading—Alvin’s brain froze for half a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tack, you bastard, it’s you again!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man burst from the shrine’s side door, clad in the standard rust-red robes of the Mechanicus, a modified mechanical arm extending from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his hands, he held a clearly modified bolter, roaring with fury: “By the Omnissiah, today I’ll purge this scum in the Emperor’s name!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tack picked at his earwax, utterly unconcerned, and waved lazily: “Calm down, Gearboy. I’m here for a serious reason.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mechanicus priest, clearly furious, clenched his teeth and growled: “I swear by the Omnissiah—if you call me Gearboy again, I’ll send you to meet the Emperor!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crisp sound of a bolt being chambered rang through the shabby shrine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the bullet-riddled walls and the dilapidated Mechanicus shrine, Alvin suddenly understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are these oil-slick bastards all this violent now?!\u003C\u002Fp>",1258,"2026-06-20T00:45:41.385Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e04ec132b7e5c1f963c21e8bc86514227ab04357e1b54b511498773bec863646","starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-28","starting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-chapter-26",588,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-warhammer-to-raid-the-all-heavens-cover.jpg"]