After going over some more details and ensuring there would be no slip-ups, Qin Yun brought Tena back before the players.
"Chosen Ones, through my efforts, Tech-Priest Oz Tena has agreed to provide you with weapon maintenance and cybernetic enhancement."
"Simultaneously, she will also issue various tasks to you. Upon completion, you can likewise earn Contribution Points."
"In a while, she will provide a detailed list."
"At that time, as long as you have sufficient Contribution Points, you can purchase the items and enhancements on the list."
Hearing Qin Yun's words, the players instantly showe excitement.
"Finally introducing cybernetic enhancements?"
"I'm looking forward to it!"
"I knew hoarding Contribution Points would be useful."
"I want to become the Warhammer 40k version of Adam Smasher! I want to be a cyberpsycho!"
"I want to replace my little brother with an adamantium version, plus a piston drive."
"This guy seems corrupted by Slaanesh. Request Exterminatus."
"Truly worthy of being called the most realistic game. Even launching a cybernetics shop requires finding the NPC first."
"Yeah, many times I thought this was the real world."
"..."
Tena looked at the excited players.
She couldn't understand why they were so happy.
It was just providing them with weapon maintenance and cybernetic enhancement!!
She felt these guys were a bit like Orks, optimistic to an abnormal degree.
But looking at Qin Yun beside her, Tena suppressed her confusion.
As a devout believer, she should not question the Omnissiah's arrangements.
Suspicion breeds betrayal.
Betrayal brings pain.
She only needed to firmly believe in the Omnissiah's wisdom.
After letting the players discuss for a while, Qin Yun spoke again.
"The communication system of the Laicade Station went offline due to sabotage by traitors. We cannot contact the surface, nor do we know the situation there."
"Now, what we need to do is find a way to reclaim the Laicade Station, restart the communication system, and establish contact with the surface."
Qin Yun demonstrated to Tena how to issue tasks to the Chosen Ones.
It was quite simple.
First, assess the task difficulty and required time, then offer appropriate Contribution Points as incentive.
For Tena, a Tech-Priestess with enhanced brain functions, this held no difficulty.
Tena issued her first task to the players.
[Restart the Laicade Station's Communication System]
When the rebellion erupted, the cultists attacked the Laicade Station's main system with viral scrapcode.
This caused the entire station to become paralyzed.
The communication system was also attacked by a viral code.
To restore the communication system, the scrapcode issue needed to be resolved first.
Tena gave Qin Yun a code-override device shaped like a human skull.
"Simply connect the device to the comms array's main console. The sacred program inside will run automatically."
"It will use blessed code to overwrite the scrapcode, activate the Auspex array, and get the communication system running again."
"This process requires some time. You must protect the device from destruction."
"Recapturing the Y-107H area has already alerted the station's traitors."
"Those traitors will definitely send elites, trying every means to stop you from restoring communications."
Tena paused, organized her words, then continued.
"As long as you restore the comms station's operation and expel the viral scrapcode, I will immediately take control of that area's weapon systems to assist your escape."
Qin Yun nodded. "Don't worry, we will complete the task smoothly."
Taking the skull device, Qin Yun led the players straight to the comms station.
They eliminated the cultists and plague zombies along the way with lightning speed.
Inserted the skull device into the comms station's main console, rewriting its code program.
Their actions drew the cultists' attention.
The other side quickly organized a group of cultists, driving plague zombies, intending to retake the comms station.
A battle erupted around the comms station, intense at times.
Bang! Bang!
Boom!
"Fire in the hole!"
"Smoke bomb!"
Dense lasers and bullets covered the entire battlefield like a storm.
"For the Emperor! Hold the line!"
Qin Yun consecutively activated the skills [Battle Cry] and [Prayer] to boost the players' morale and combat power.
Then, he raised his boltgun and fired.
Bang!
Several charging cultists were shot dead, exploding into chunks of flesh and blood.
Just then, a golden light screen appeared.
[Congratulations, you have gained experience.
Level LV7 -> LV8
Skill Learned: Warp Sensitivity (Allows you to perceive the ethereal fluctuations of the Warp)
Skill Learned: Aura of Sanity (Forces nearby allied units to shake off fear, despair, the Black Rage, the Red Thirst, and other negative statuses, forcibly restoring sanity)]
"Level 8 already this fast!"
"Warp Sensitivity is a prerequisite for psychic powers. If I reach Level 9, I should get psychic skills."
"The Faith Points accumulated during this time will finally have a use."
Qin Yun felt somewhat emotional.
Only a few days had passed since the players first logged in until now, and he had already reached Level 8.
The psychic skills he had been longing for were also in sight.
The Warhammer 40k version of Gandalf was about to emerge.
Outside the comms station.
"Defeat the claws of the False Emperor! Brothers, charge again!"
"The Great Grandfather watches over us! Every heroic soul who sacrifices will enter His Eternal Garden, free from all suffering henceforth, forever happy and joyful."
The cult leader, Lanos, looked crazed at the battlefield, urging his subordinates to charge.
His incitement made the cultists frenzied.
They charged in with lasguns and autoguns.
"Come on! Let me show you my skills!"
On the makeshift defensive position, Little Chubby operated the multi-laser heavy stubber, firing wildly.
The gun barrels spun at high speed, buzzing.
Lasers poured out like a storm.
Any cultist daring to show themselves was turned into a sieve.
But among the cultists were trained snipers.
With the shriek of a laser cutting through air, a charred wound appeared on Little Chubby's head.
He reached up and touched it.
"Damn, resurrection time again."
After saying that, he died.
Losing the heavy firepower support, the players' firepower instantly weakened significantly.
The cultists seized the chance to charge in.
"For the Emperor!"
Seeing the cultists about to break through the line, Sea Turtle charged forward holding Melta bombs.
Boom!
The Melta explosion blew the charging cultists and Sea Turtle into fragments together.
Another player pushed Little Chubby's corpse aside at that moment, taking his position.
Continuing to pour fire into the entrance, preventing the cultists from entering.
"Are these guys insane! So reckless with their lives!"
Lanos's face turned grim seeing the explosion at the comms station entrance.
The people inside simply had no intention of leaving alive.
"Keep charging! No matter what, we must retake the comms station!"
Lanos also became ruthless, ordering his men to continue the assault.
The battle between both sides intensified increasingly.
The number of players kept decreasing, while the number of cultists and plague zombies remained like waves, one after another.
Boom!
After another player took out charging cultists with Melta bombs in a final act,
Ding!
A crisp prompt sound came from the main console.
[Praise the Omnissiah]
The completed skull device opened its mouth, uttering a prayer.
The code overwrite was finished.
The comms station's Thinker system rebooted.
"Guide, I am now taking control of the battlefield. The weapon systems have been activated. It's time to let these traitors know the price of betraying the Imperium."
Tech-Priest Tena's voice sounded in Qin Yun's ear.
The previously silent auto-turrets were activated one after another, sweeping fire towards the cultists.
Making them fall in batches like harvested wheat.
"Charge out! Wipe out all those bastards!"
Qin Yun shouted, leading the players out from inside the comms station, shooting the cultists and plague zombies who weren't dead yet.
The leader Lanos also failed to escape; Qin Yun shot his head off.