After leaving the lobby on the first floor, Soshyan went up the automatic spiral staircase close to the wall and reached the second floor. However, there was not much change here compared to the lower floor. There were just some more cultural relics related to naval battles and the murals became You can see scenes related to naval battles, and you can even see the scene when Charon exploded. In the small compartment, there is an imager playing the communication records of various ships at that time.
Most of the artifacts displayed here come from the assault frigate Teardrop, the flagship of the Imperial Fists fleet at the time.
Go to the upper level, which is basically the same as the second level, but with some more artifacts left behind when the enemy flagship Throne of Hades launched a gang-hopping battle against the Teardrop. Through the blood-stained fragments, the remains of the Thinker, and the There are broken armors, which can give a glimpse of the scene at that time. Crucially, there is also a partial image of the remaining monitoring equipment on the ship at that time.
Through the images left on the external monitor, Soshyan could see the torpedoes constantly firing at the traitor's ship floating among the wreckage, and the warships and aircraft flying from the deck into the darkness, flying among the clouds among the broken metal and rocks.
Through the internal monitor, he saw that the bridge of the Teardrop was filled with the noise of fire and killing. The sea-green armored warriors with the logo of the Sixteenth Legion spread out, moving and shooting as they moved. It exploded among the crew and slaves, spraying bones, flesh and plasma into the air, and the warriors wearing golden armor on the bridge fell one by one.
In an image that only lasted three seconds, Soshyan saw a warrior wearing gorgeous armor and a roaring bronze helmet under a feather crest. He had a giant sword on his back, and a silver half-moon spray paint was sprayed on it. On the shoulder armor under the bloody Eye of Horus, a yellow-armored warrior with chains on his hands rushed into the image holding a long sword, and then the image disappeared.
After that, Soshyan browsed each hall layer by layer, and the soldiers were distributed throughout the memorial hall, but everyone had to stop before the last floor.
Only Soshyan and Velez had access to that hall.
Because the memorial hall is actually a bamboo-shaped outline with a small top and a big bottom, the hall is very small, but the displays inside shocked Soshyan.
On a huge circular base, hundreds of helmets were cast together with molten iron. The sea green color proved their identity. Obvious traces of battle could be seen on many helmets, and some were split in the middle. .
The murals around the hall look as if they were witnessed and painted on the spot——
The Imperial Fists warriors holding huge jumping shields huddled together and shot at the observation port on the tall shield. The black and yellow armored warriors with laurel crowns were running in the hail of bullets with power swords, and the corresponding sea-green ones were The armored warriors bombarded their shields with plasma torrents and melt beams. Some were vaporized and some were decapitated.
The core of the painting is two champions standing in the crowd, holding long swords and locking the swords and hands with chains. Sigismund is facing a man in gorgeous armor, with a red cloak flowing from his shoulders. Below, there is a tall warrior with blood-red goggles embedded in the visor of a green-faced fang. The opponent is holding a huge two-handed sword.
This is where the image of the traitor truly appears in this memorial hall, without deliberate vilification or erasure. This may be the only part of the memorial hall that has not been modified.
It also truly presents the cruel civil war in front of people's eyes without reservation.
Perhaps, this is the original meaning of this memorial hall——
"It's a pity that the only lesson history teaches people is that people never learn any lessons from history."
When Soshyan shook his head and said this, Velez smiled slightly and replied:
"History will always be surprisingly similar, but it will not simply repeat itself."
"Well, there won't be another Horus Heresy, but there will always be new big crises for mankind."
"That's why the Empire needs real heroes now."
Under Velec's scorching gaze, Soshyan turned his face and sighed:
"The empire is full of heroes. The status quo cannot be changed by one or two heroes."
"Soshyan, you can't use this statement to evade your responsibility."
Velez suddenly held his left hand with both hands, which made Soshyan's hand twitch slightly.
"I am just a chapter leader and I have my responsibilities."
"I believe what I see."
Soshyan said nothing and turned towards the stairs.
After leaving the Cerberus Memorial Hall, the fleet did not leave immediately. Instead, they took the aircraft directly to the largest fragment of Charon-3, where there was also a place of great commemorative significance.
But it was not a memorial, but a huge statue.
When he left the Storm Bird and stepped onto the polished platform, Soshyan realized how huge the statue was. It seemed that only in the gravityless space could such a statue stand perfectly.
Just by visual inspection, the statue includes a giant base with a height of nearly 100 meters below, and the total height reaches about 800 meters. Standing in front of it, the Space Marines also look extremely small.
The statue is made of alloy pieces cast and spliced in space. It depicts a giant holding a chain sword, wearing gorgeous armor, with a resolute face and lean short hair, and an eagle emblem engraved on his shoulder. He angrily uses the weapon in his hand. It struck at a huge hydra that was stepping on its feet. The monster seemed to be writhing in pain under the giant's feet, and opened its mouth full of fangs, baring its teeth at the giant, but three of its heads had already been chopped off.
The entire statue is very lifelike and shocking, and the giant in the statue is well known to everyone - Rogal Dorn, the original body of the Seventh Legion.
While this statue seems to be a symbol of the Primarch's conquest of evil, it actually contains a cruel metaphor about fratricide -
When the loyalists and rebels fought a bloody battle on Beta Garmon, the Alpha Legion had already begun to destroy and infiltrate the solar system. At that time, it was Rogal Dorn and his Legion who were responsible for the defense of the solar system. When the outbreak of the attack attracted attention, the Alpha Legion suddenly dispatched its army and launched an attack on Hydra.
Hydra is the location of the astrological monitoring station of Pluto's defense line. If Hydra falls, Pluto's other satellites will fall one after another, and communications will be cut off in the entire solar system.
At that time, the Imperial Fists' defense on Pluto only consisted of 30 battleships led by Sigismund. They were severely damaged in the sudden and overwhelming attack. After identifying the true intentions of the Alpha Legion, the Primarch Guard Captain Akumas led the The men headed for Schrader, but they did not realize that Alpha's original body was also there, and were defeated by Alpharius himself, and Akumas was fatally wounded.
Just when the loyal side was about to lose, the mountain formation arrived.
Rogal Dorn led a huge fleet headed by the Phalanx to arrive at Hydra. While the assisting fleet suppressed the rebel firepower on the satellite, Dorn himself led the original bodyguard to teleport directly to Alpharius, and met the cruel brother He beheaded his own brother in a fight, becoming the second Primarch to kill a blood relative during the Great Rebellion.
This is the truth about the Hydra statue, but little is known about it.
Seeing this magnificent statue and thinking of the meaning behind it, Soshiyang couldn't help but want to recite a poem at this scene - but unfortunately there was not even a drop of ink in his stomach, so he had to give up.
While everyone was visiting the magnificent statue, on the bridge of the Unbound Soul, a lonely figure was staring at the distant statue through the huge observation window, and then slowly retreated into the shadows.
