I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 199: Necrotic Plague Followers

Just when three red dwarf stars in the Hades galaxy merged into a yellow dwarf star and a celestial-level anomaly occurred.

In a hidden corner of the Milky Way, tens of thousands of light years away.

An ancient technological artifact called [Brilliant Star Map] was triggered, sending out alarms.

This alarmed the alien race called the Necrons who were responsible for guarding the artifact. This race was very ancient, and its history in the Milky Way can be traced back to more than 60 million years ago.

The one responsible for guarding the Brilliant Star Map is a branch of the Necrons called the Ulanska Dynasty. The Brilliant Star Map is installed on their capital planet Thanatos.

"Stargazer, what happened?"

"Your Majesty, the Brilliant Star Map has detected an abnormality in the Ghoul Star Region."

"There was originally a triple star system there, with one M1 main-sequence star and two M4 main-sequence stars. Just now, within about ten minutes, these three stars disappeared, and were replaced by a G5 main-sequence star."

"Based on the energy data, it is speculated that three stars merged into a new star."

"Well... this is a rare thing. As far as I can remember, this has never happened in the Milky Way."

"Yes, my king. According to the star map records, the shortest known stellar fusion took two and a half years. This stellar fusion event is far shorter than that record."

"And the star map detected a brief energy reaction that was suspected to be from a Star God..."

"Star God...are you sure?"

The king's tone became serious.

The stargazer answered seriously: "According to calculations, the probability is as high as 81.3%..."

"..."

The throne room fell into silence. After a moment of deep thought, the Undead King of Ulanska asked, "I remember that the Ghoul Star Region is the territory of the Menak Dynasty?"

"It's those cursed people."

"...Recorder, seal this observation data and do not allow anyone else to know it!

"As you wish, my king."

"Wake up Lord Hastur. I want him to take a team of [Mark of Death] and investigate the situation immediately!"

"As ordered!"

Although the Hades Galaxy is just an inconspicuous spot of light in the vast Milky Way, its abnormal changes have attracted the attention of some ancient observers.

"Master Ivan, I heard that a new Mechanicus priest has appeared in the Deep Nest recently and is promoting some kind of food production technology. Do we need to send someone to contact him?"

After hearing his subordinates' report, Ivan Lermontov thought for a moment before saying, "Don't risk contact yet. Let Andrei take people to investigate first, so as not to alert the enemy."

"Okay sir."

After thinking about it, Ivan made a private call.

"Dear Master Andy, how are you? Yes, I am Ivan Lermontov. There is something I think I should inform you of."

"It is said that one of your colleagues has come to the Supreme Nest. He is a young man..."

The lowest level of the bottom nest, the [Untouchable Zone] where psychics reside.

There are many restricted areas in Bottom Nest - even the natives of Bottom Nest who grew up here know that there are some places that cannot be easily entered.

Unless the upper-class gentlemen or foreign tourists pay, even the most ferocious gang thugs are reluctant to enter these areas.

The [Untouchable Zone] occupied by psychics is also generally considered to be a forbidden zone within a forbidden zone.

There are all kinds of crazy psychics, out-of-control lunatics, cultists, and mutant monsters that eat people without leaving any bones - psychics are always accompanied by disasters and various supernatural calamities.

They are often tortured to madness by the curse of "psychic power" (some people regard it as a gift) from God, and hate all other creatures.

The fate of outsiders who enter the territory of psychics is usually to go crazy or disappear, or after a while become some kind of horrible and twisted monster, such as plague zombies.

At this moment, deep in this restricted area, tens of thousands of cultists were gathering in an empty and dirty hall to perform some kind of evil ritual.

"Praise the living Lord!"

"Flesh and blood to the merciful Father!"

Amid screams, the kidnapped scavengers were cut with knives and bled, then thrown into a pond as foul-smelling and thick as a septic tank.

The sticky green substance in the pond emitted a faint green light, as if it were mixed with radioactive wastewater, making it impossible to look directly at it.

The believers walked forward with fanatical and pious faces, lay down by the pond, picked up the green fish, and sincerely praised the Father while enjoying the Father's gift with satisfaction.

The body, covered with pustules, tumors, and mucus, became even more swollen and twisted.

Several twisted creatures with some remnants of human form crawled out of the green pond, and some of the features of the scavengers who had been pushed into the pond before could be vaguely seen.

Their bodies were extremely swollen, like 800-pound fat men, with long tongues hanging from their mouths, dripping with foul-smelling pus, and their shit-yellow eyes gleaming with "wisdom". Their enlarged abdomens split open horizontally, turning into bloody mouths full of sharp teeth, constantly exhaling green poisonous mist.

They roared as they moved towards the depths of the pond, finally disappearing into the long sewage pipe.

"Vincent, you did a great job. The Eternal Lord has sensed your devotion."

In the crowd, an old man in a purple robe stood out, his two purple eyes gleaming with a faint light. He looked withered, like a dead body that had long since withered.

Gart Vincent, who presided over the ceremony and personally offered sacrifices to the gods, took off his power armor helmet, half-knelt in front of the old man, and said respectfully: "Lord Morian, it is my honor to serve the Lord of Eternal Life."

"Very good, very good. Then follow me, child. I will grant you the power of the Lord..."

Vincent swallowed nervously, but at the thought of being able to master extraordinary powers, his desire for power overcame his fear of the unknown.

In a labyrinthine room deep in the cultist's lair, there was a large cauldron covered in dirt. At the bottom of the cauldron were the burning corpses of various creatures, with green flames billowing. In the cauldron was a green gelatinous substance that was slowly bubbling and emitting green smoke, like a swamp.

"Go in, child, and receive the blessing of the living Lord."

Dozens of high-ranking believers in hooded robes surrounded the place, chanting blasphemous prayers in low voices. A large group of twisted and corrupted creatures emerged from the darkness, glowing green, twisting their ugly bodies like a sacrifice.

Gart Vincent gritted his teeth and took off his power armor.

[Revenge... I want revenge! ]

With the greatest courage of his life, he jumped into the huge pot that was as tall as a person.

"what!!!"

The screams of tearing filled the room. The flesh and blood body melted violently as if it had entered a strong acid. In the blink of an eye, it was no longer in human form, but death did not come for a long time.

The withered old man laughed loudly, and spiritual energy surged from his body, merging with the green spiritual energy of the surrounding believers.

The pagans with swollen and diseased bodies, the inhuman creatures with wriggling maggots, rotting and twisted bodies, jumped into the cauldron on their own initiative, and quickly melted into indescribable pieces of flesh, merging with the screaming creatures in the cauldron.

After a long time, the screams gradually turned into excited roars, as if many children were crying and laughing.

In the end, everything thrown into the cauldron disappeared, and a huge, fat green creature, over five meters tall, sat peacefully in the green gelatin of the cauldron, as if taking a bath.

He has long, curved reindeer-like horns on his head, and a big mouth on his fat face that opens as if laughing. He looks very happy and friendly - if you ignore his body covered with rotten beginnings, foul-smelling pustules and strange tumors, and the fat green creatures that crawl in and out of openings of all sizes on his body.

He really gives people a very kind and happy feeling.

Countless green-skinned devil-like creatures were happily playing in His huge body, laughing as innocently as young children.

These newly born Nurglings climbed everywhere, playing hide-and-seek in and out of His porous body, sucking the delicious pus that flowed from Him, and using His elastic belly as a trampoline.

"Praise the living Lord!"

"Praise the forgiving Father!"

The fanatical shouts, accompanied by the devil's laughter, echoed in the dark lair, becoming more and more indescribable.