Apart from the desolate scenery, what everyone saw the most were corpses, all kinds of corpses.
Among the corpses that everyone saw, the number of mortal slaves who died of hunger and thirst was almost as many as those who died from the weapons of the invaders. Even if the mortals changed their masters, they were still in a state of complete abandonment, whether they were Chaos Space Marines or not.
, or the Space Marines of the Empire, they didn’t regard them as human beings.
The former only needs them as slaves, while the latter does not trust these beings who have been under the influence of Chaos for a long time.
Therefore, after occupying the Star Fortress, Soshyan did not make any arrangements for the mortals in these fortresses, and just let them fend for themselves in the Star Fortress.
This is cruel, but also very realistic.
Deep in the star fort, they even discovered a strange sight - a set of huge and empty traffic relay lines that had lost power, and the main body was a rail tunnel connecting two cabins.
The mutated people who thrived in this dark and lightless depth regarded the powerless rail cars as gods made of iron and offered prayers, begging them to wake up from their slumber.
Soshyan could not guess how many generations these slaves had reproduced under the influence of subspace before such a miserable species was born.
He sympathized with them, but it was more because of their background.
Malakim, Titus and their men ignored them, but Magyar and the ascetics regarded them as enemies, killing them like wild beasts hunting a group of weak prey.
Soldiers in green armor strode into the darkness, and when they returned, their armor was already covered with coagulated blood, and there were many bloody skulls around their waists.
Malakin frowned at the ascetic tradition of headhunting, but out of friendship with his allies, he didn't say anything in the end.
After walking for more than half an hour, they arrived at the No. 2 Gene Seed Vault.
Originally, opening the seed bank required several days of contact with technicians, but because of Valier, the former Red Pirate pharmacist, he could directly use his personal genetic code to open the door to the seed bank.
But before setting off, he told Soshyan that he did not have high hopes of finding intact genetic materials—these materials had either been destroyed long ago or had long since decayed due to the failure of preservation facilities.
Therefore, he focused more on restarting systems and devices that were still active and collecting as much data as possible.
Sure enough, when everyone entered the slowly opened explosion-proof door, a gene seed bank appeared in front of everyone. Everyone immediately recognized its use, because the importance of this sacred temple has been deeply imprinted on everyone.
In the marrow of the Septons Astartes.
But now, its interior is so tragic that it ranks at the forefront of everyone's lives.
This is a seed vault far beyond the ordinary in terms of scale and design. Huge vaulted tanks stand like fortress walls, but all equipment and consoles have been dismembered or torn apart by chain swords.
The data tablet that stored priceless genetic material information was once placed in the stasis field storage device, but in the end it could not escape the fate of being maliciously destroyed, far more than the accidental losses caused by the war.
Looking around, one of the storage tanks is arranged like the eggs of some alien creature. Each storage tank was once filled with important chemical antiseptic mixtures. Now they have all been smashed open, and the liquid in them has dried up.
The machinery that once created superhuman life is now empty.
Malakin let out a slow and moist sigh, showing extremely sincere regret for the destruction of these priceless treasures.
As the Red Pirate Apothecary, Valier walked in this cabin as if he were in a dream. There is no doubt that in his mind, the things that once existed are still vivid in his mind.
After that, he began to inspect the broken machines and useless tools, searching silently.
"Is this your lab?"
Soshyan communicated in low voices using a communication channel that only the two of them could hear.
"No, my laboratory is on the planet's surface. Huron will never take the risk of preserving our own gene seeds on the Eye of Hell. The gene seeds placed here are basically plundered from other places, and most of them are used for trade.
"
Valere drove his work with habitual concentration, extracting information from any compromised database that could be decrypted.
"What are you doing?"
Suddenly, Mazar glanced at Valier's work curiously. In his mind, since there was no value here anymore, he should leave.
However, this strange pharmacist to the Astral Knight made him very curious. He didn't know if he was from the Soul Drinker.
"Data collection."
Valere answered as he watched the data stream upload to the storage coil of the potion device on his arm armor.
"There is data on all aspects of the gene seeds of different legions here. This opportunity is very rare. I want to collect data on the entire process, from basic maintenance mode to defective experiments, all the way to stable adjustments."
"I thought your job was just to maintain the existing gene seed bank."
Mazar actually hinted that Valier was wasting everyone's time, but Valier pretended not to hear.
"More than that."
He answered without looking up.
"What do you get out of this?"
Valier still didn't raise his head.
"No matter whether we are diligent or not, as long as time is long enough, gene seeds will inevitably be lost. The work of a qualified pharmacist is not only related to the existing supply of gene seeds."
"Our time now is much more important than collecting files."
Mazhar could only say bluntly:
"Hurry up, I'm tired of this place."
After about ten minutes, Valere packed up his personal equipment.
"There's nothing here anymore."
he announced softly.
"let's go."
Soon, everyone came to Seed Vault No. 3 again.
Originally, Soshyan estimated that this place was not much different from the No. 2 Seed Vault, and he just came here with the intention of taking a look. However, when Valier opened the door, the scene inside made everyone happy.
Perhaps because they were too hasty, the retreating red pirates only had time to destroy the No. 2 seed bank and had no time to attack No. 3, so the seed bank was actually intact!
When the explosion-proof door opened, white cold air poured out directly from the door, covering everyone's armor with a layer of white frost.
"Your Majesty the Emperor..."
Mazar looked at the neatly arranged storage tanks in amazement. In the liquid-filled tanks, floating gene seed glands could be clearly seen.
Valier calmly walked to the console, entered a string of passwords, and opened the database of the seed bank.
"The current number of seeds is 315, including 78 Imperial Fists, 66 Ultramarines, 31 White Scars, 30 Blood Angels, 22 Raven Guards, 21 Dark Angels, and Steel
There are 9 pieces in the hand series, and... 18 pieces in the Sons of Horus series, 17 pieces in the World Eater series, 12 pieces in the Emperor's Children series, 7 pieces in the Iron Warrior series, and 5 pieces in the Night Lord series."