Traveling through time, I'm making pancakes in Warhammer

Chapter 273 Red Herring

Humans snatched the energy source from the aliens.

The plan went so smoothly.

Without any stopping, the mechanical brother led the Astra Militarum back along the same route.

They encountered no further hindrance from the aliens.

Until they returned to the fork in the road where they had first engaged in a firefight with these aliens, they heard disturbing noises and roars from the deep darkness in the distance:

"waaahg!"

Howard already knew what was coming.

Where humans had previously slaughtered aliens, orcs began to slaughter humans.

Everything was just as Howard had described it before.

From the perspective of the Mechanical Monk, the Star Army soldiers around him fell one after another. He retreated step by step under the protection of human lives, looking for an opportunity to break through.

But he obviously misjudged the strength of the orcs.

From the perspective of the mechanical monk a second ago, there were at least three or four lines of defense composed of the Astra Militarum and combat servants in front of him. According to the attack speed of the orcs, it would take at least several minutes to break through this line of defense.

But just as the mechanical monk shifted his focus to look for other possible ways to break out, the Astra Militarum and the mechanical servants blocking his way were instantly torn apart, and an orc who was bigger than all the orcs swung a giant hammer and smashed at him.

The picture quality was lost and restored after a few seconds.

This time, the angle of view is much lower and covered with cracks.

At the end of the picture, the huge orc walked up with a huge hammer in one hand. He stepped on the camera lens, covering most of the screen, but through the small gap, it can be seen that the orc stared coldly at the human under his feet, and then pulled out a machete from his back.

The sword was swung down, and the picture signal was completely lost.

The Mechanical Sage shut down the projection and raised the question first:

"It's strange."

"The orcs didn't get the energy source at the time, so what about the psychic fluctuations they detected?"

No one answered his question.

The Mechanical Sage didn't expect to get an answer from these humans, so he put this question aside for the time being. Then he said to Howard and the nun, "This is all I can show you."

The nun remained silent. Although Howard had already told them everything recorded in the chip before they arrived, when she actually saw the death of these soldiers loyal to the empire, the nun still chose to mourn for them.

May their souls rest in the Golden Throne.

And she had nothing to ask.

"Those murals." The nun chose to observe a moment of silence, and Howard began to ask questions: "And those special symbols, can you interpret their meaning?"

"These are alien characters." The Mechanical Sage turned on the holographic projection and projected all the symbols cut out from the previous video and the last mural in front of him.

"These alien characters are very difficult to decipher because they were not originally designed to be understood by all members, but to convey information that only a minority of people could read and understand."

The Mechanical Sage's hand swept over the symbols one by one. "We don't know much about this. I even doubt the aliens themselves understand the meaning of these words. In their heritage, the ability to interpret these symbols and murals has been gradually lost over time."

You guessed it right.

Howard said in his heart.

"So can you interpret it or not?" Howard asked.

"Please give me some time." The Mechanical Sage said, and fell into the same mode as when he repaired the chip before, and the cooling system in his body also started to work synchronously this time.

A few minutes later, the Mechanical Sage's pupils lit up again.

"Based on the comparison and integration of the information collected in the past, I can only analyze a small part of the meaning of these murals and symbols." said the Mechanical Sage.

"Please let me know." Howard was sincere in asking others for advice.

"The information left behind by these aliens is divided into two parts: one is a record of the past, and the other is a prophecy of the future."

The Mechanical Sage first retrieved the mark of the eye that appeared most frequently and said:

"This is the easiest symbol to understand. It represents the Eye of God. I don't know if this god really exists, but in these alien cultures, this symbol means that God has cast his gaze here."

"This symbol represents bondage."

The Mechanical Sage brought up the "flame-wrapped shackles" symbol and said, "Something is bound by flames. The flames here don't necessarily need to be real flames, but more likely something with the destructive power of flames."

Howard shrugged.

Considering that those aliens called themselves "Messiah", this symbol sounds like it is talking about myself, which is quite appropriate. Isn't I bound by Slaanesh now?

"This symbol is quite unique," the Mechanical Sage said, retrieving the symbol of the shattered shield and spear. "This symbol is shattered, representing betrayal and death, but I'm currently unable to determine what the shield and spear represent."

Maybe I will be betrayed in the future, but who will betray me?

...Who will be my shield, my spear? If someone wants to betray me, then he must first follow me and be indispensable to me...

For some reason, Howard felt a strong sense of unease.

"I can't decipher the rest of the symbols for now, but if you put them together, I can infer that they might record the origin of this energy source and the history of these aliens."

Howard nodded in understanding and acceptance.

"Then there's this mural..." The Mechanical Sage finally came to the highlight.

"The composition of this mural is very strange. It records the past and predicts the future..." The Mechanical Sage said uncertainly.

"The most crucial part of the mural is missing, but from the composition of the painting, it's easy to interpret that the mural's main content is 'the people at the bottom of the painting...or human-like creatures, must reach the tower under the watchful eye or guidance of the 'god'."

"The name of this tower is actually written in the corner of the mural. The characters used to write this name have a different logic from the symbols left before it, so the name of this tower is easier to interpret."

"What is it?" Howard asked.

"Babel Ilium."

"I have no recollection of that word," Howard said.

It's not entirely true that he had no impression of it. The word "Babel Elim" easily reminded Howard of the famous "Tower of Babel."

According to legend, humans on earth worked together to build a spiral tower in order to reach the kingdom of God. This action angered the gods, so God made humans develop different languages. From then on, people could no longer communicate and cooperate, and the construction of the Tower of Babel failed.

But the mural clearly shows a completed tower!

"No idea," Howard said, shaking his head.

It’s better not to make random guesses at this time. You don’t have enough information, and random guesses will only disrupt your thinking and have no effect.