“!!!”

Lu Mingfei suddenly woke up, instinctively wanting to grab the chainsaw sword and grenade pistol beside him.

But he came up empty.

Although the surroundings were dim, there was no bloodstains, no gunfire, no monstrous roars...

Only tranquility and peace.

The bright moonlight streamed in through the window sill, and some unknown creature was chirping softly in the green plants outside the window.

There was the sound of machinery operating nearby, keeping the place he was in at a comfortable temperature.

"Where am I?"

"The room arrangement of the 'Mother of Tears' is not like this..."

"My head hurts...those damn bugs!"

Lu Mingfei clutched his head in pain, as if a knife was stirring inside his mind.

He felt the weakness of his soul and began to murmur a low prayer of obedience, vowing:

“I pledge my service to you, Great Human Emperor. My all is at your disposal, for my faith is unshakeable.”

“My remaining years will be spent fighting to protect humanity, for I am the loyal son of the Holy Les!”

After a long while, he finally calmed down and released his hand.

In the haze, Lu Mingfei noticed the illuminated screen in front of him.

>

On a filthy, repulsive microbial mat, hideous and disgusting lifeforms produce one grotesque, blasphemous creature after another.

Lu Mingfei's breathing quickened, the thoughts he had just calmed down surging again. His mind flickered with images rapidly:

Terrifying alien insects swarmed across the land like a tide, wave after wave. Brother after brother fell, torn apart and devoured by the horde.

Only he remained, roaring "For the Emperor!" as he charged headlong into the swarm in a desperate last stand.

"Bang!"

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In his sleep, Road Town was suddenly awakened by a startling noise.

He switched on the light and saw his cousin's face, contorted with murderous rage.

And the old laptop screen they shared was smashed with a hole, hanging now from Lu Mingfei's arm.

At 00:27 AM on April 22, 2007.

"Lu Mingfei! What on earth are you doing in the middle of the night!"

“You secretly played games, and now you smashed the computer like this! Do you know how much it costs to buy a new one?”

“Can't you just give me a break? Naru will be using the computer to study tomorrow!”

The aunt in her pajamas glared at Lu Mingfei with a furious expression.

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Even with a cut on his arm from the shattered screen, bleeding profusely, he was oblivious to it.

Finally, even Uncle, who had been yawning continuously, noticed something was wrong with Lu Mingfei. He pulled Aunt, who had just finished a big glass of water and was about to scold him for the second time, back.

"Alright, stop yelling. Don't you see Mingfei is acting weird?"

"Could it be that you've gone insane from too much academic stress lately!"

"Even if he's mentally unstable, he shouldn't smash the computer!"

Auntie glared at him.

“Okay, okay. Let’s talk about it tomorrow. Making a fuss like this in the middle of the night isn’t going to be good for our neighbors...ha—".

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Uncle yawned again, he was really tired.

"I have to admit, you really don't know the value of money. Do you even know how much a laptop costs?"

Auntie grumbled dissatisfiedly.

“Mom! What about using the computer tomorrow?”

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Lu Mingze shouted.

"Alright, Mom will take you to the computer mall tomorrow and get you a new one, okay!"

A hint of glee flickered across Lu Mingze's chubby face. He had been itching to replace his old, outdated IBM laptop for ages.

He couldn't bring himself to speak up, but he didn't expect his cousin's sudden outburst tonight to make his wish come true.

After finishing her words, the aunt turned to look at Lu Mingfei again.

“The money for buying a computer will be deducted from your living allowance! And your pocket money is also cancelled…”

As soon as the light went out, Uncle, Auntie and my cousin all returned to their rooms to continue sleeping.

Because Lu Mingfei's unstable mental state, Lu Mingze locked the door, fearing that the next one to be smashed would be his own head.

The living room returned to its dim and quiet state, leaving only Lu Mingfei alone, still sitting in his chair.

After a long time, his body trembled slightly, and clear tears silently slid down his face.

The lacrimal glands are no longer special modified organs that only activate to protect the eyes, but truly belong to the emotional expression of a "human".

"It's not an evil god's illusion... I'm really back..."

He finally returned to his hometown, the place he had always dreamed of.

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For this, Lu Mingfei had waited too long, too long.

From the soul go to that desperate universe, becoming a human slave tormented by beastmen.

He was like a walking corpse, surviving three years that felt like daily struggles in hell.

Until one day, a group of noble warriors as pure as angels descended upon this planet, waging war against the savage beasts that ruled it for the benefit of their downtrodden slaves who were less than ants.

He witnessed these noble warriors unwilling to abandon them, resolutely leading them to evacuate amidst a river of blood;

He witnessed the human slaves unwilling to be buried with these noble warriors, collectively kneeling and begging them to take their children and evacuate this hell, volunteering for death;

He witnessed a weeping warrior being decapitated by orcs to save him.

After luckily evacuating with the grief-stricken squad, Lu Mingfei didn't feel any joy. He spent each day in agonizing regret:

"To die for a waste like me, you're all fools..."

>

He began to inflict self-harm by demanding rigorous training, from being a servant to becoming an attendant of the battle squad...

And then he was chosen by the Chapter Master of the Lamenters, to inherit the genes and honor of a slain Brother, becoming a Space Marine.

"Why me, of all people? Why choose such a worthless trash like me…"

"Destiny... perhaps it was in your eyes that I saw his shadow. I want you to inherit his legacy, to have our brothers return in another way."

After enduring nineteen body modification surgeries and various brutal trials.

Lu Mingfei transformed from a short and weak slave into a warrior over two meters tall with superhuman physique.

Astarté.

...was also reverently called "The Angel of Death's Requiem" by commoners.

Over the next 107 years of brutal campaigns, Lu Mingfei emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, becoming the champion warrior of the Weeping Legion.

He, together with his own blood brothers, faced all enemies with a lofty belief and will.

... until the very end, the legion ensured that tens of thousands of humans could evacuate.

A brutal ground war was waged against the Hive Fleet that sought to consume the entire planet's biomass.

To cover the retreat of his brother and human refugees, Lu Mingfei led a tactical squad to hold back, facing an enemy force tens of thousands times larger than their own.

I thought I would rest here forever, my soul returning to the Golden Throne.

But never thought I would actually be back home.

"That man is my... uncle..."

"That woman…"

Lu Mingfei struggled to unearth the connection between himself and the two men and one woman from that sealed memory.

Time can make people forget many things, especially for Lu Mingfei who had fought bloody battles with ferocious enemies in the universe for nearly a hundred years.

His impression of his hometown was simply that it was a paradise free from war.

And I still have parents and relatives there.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Mingfei finally got up and walked to the bathroom.

Fumbling with the switch, Lu Mingfei simply cleaned the wound on his arm—his arms were thin and powerless, no longer the muscle-ripped killing weapon that could rip off a chimera's head along with its spine.

After he was done, he finally looked up and saw the youthful and innocent face reflected in the mirror.

He is only 16 years old biologically now.

And here again is a society that pursues science and progress, with a well-developed legal system that protects its citizens.

That civilization, despite boasting a tumultuous 40,000-year history and dominion over half the galaxy, is a dystopian, decaying human empire characterized by extreme authoritarianism, religious governance, militaristic extremism, and xenophobia.

“It's time to readjust to society again...”

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, inwardly thankful that he had managed to control his emotions.

Most Astartes warriors and chapters view ordinary humans with indifference, even disgust.

Even before undergoing the surgery, they were ordinary people.

Fortunately, the mourners were one of the few warbands whose attitude towards mortals was particularly gentle.

Before becoming the champion of the combat team, Lu Mingfei was also a holy blood priest in the team. Under normal circumstances, he could control his emotions very well.

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If it were Space Marines from another Chapter, I'm afraid my family would have been slaughtered right there.

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