Immortal, My Desperate Journey at 40k

Chapter 959 The Angel of Death
“That barbarian refused a peaceful reconquest, so we can begin a military reconquest. This is in accordance with our procedures and also with the Empire’s requirements of us.”

After the imperial envoy returned to the imperial fleet, he explained the situation to the fleet's commander-in-chief, stating that they were now ready to conquer the world by force, which was in line with the empire's process of world reconquest.

"Very good. So much productivity in this world has been wasted by the rulers of that world. This world needs a proper change."

The fleet commander looked at the imperial envoy before him, smiled and nodded, and then began to arrange the conquest plan for this world. The conquest plan was actually very simple: use the imperial fleet to completely destroy the world's orbital defense system, then use the transmigrator forces to land on the ground on a large scale, and at the same time use the mortal auxiliary army to assist the transmigrator forces in the war in this world, so that all the forces in this world would be defeated and the ruler of this world would be killed, thus completely taking control of this world.

The overall commander of this war was none other than Xiao Changqing, the commander of the 13th Regiment of Transmigrators. He was currently standing in the command center of the fleet's flagship, constantly outlining tactical plans, marking out various firing points in this world. Simultaneously, he also marked out the marching routes of each unit, transmitting them to the tactical terminals of the transmigrators and the mortal auxiliary forces.

While he was making these battle arrangements, on the ground, the ruler of this world was also directing his own forces into battle. He gathered all the so-called citizens of his world, spreading the message that someone was going to take away their wealthy lives, and declared that everyone was in a state of universal conscription. Large quantities of weapons and equipment were distributed, and a large number of various war weapons from the Federation era were activated. Various war engines appeared in this world. This madman even started a production line for combat iron men originating from the human Federation era.

Moreover, he felt that this was not enough. In order to prevent the imperial forces from landing in his world, he even gathered up the lowly people he regarded in the wilderness. He distributed crude weapons to them and spread the word that as long as they could repel the invaders in this battle, they would be granted citizenship. In reality, this guy just wanted to use those humans as cannon fodder.

It was that citizenship that drove even the most destitute people in the world, who had no hope of survival, to desperately join the ruler's army. Even if they had the most rudimentary weapons and were assigned to the front lines, they were willing to risk their lives. It was citizenship. They didn't know what they would face after the empire descended upon the world. Their only thought was that if they could win the war for their ruler, they would gain citizenship and a prosperous life.

Just as the ruler of this world was actively preparing for war, and just as he was using a large number of the Federation's creations, the fleet in the sky began to attack this world. Originally, the ruler of this world thought that the world's orbital defense system could completely withstand the attack of the orbital fleet. However, seeing the planetary defense shield in the sky teetering on the brink of collapse, seemingly on the verge of shattering every second under the attack of the orbital fleet, the ruler, who had originally been extremely confident in fighting against the human empire's fleet, suddenly began to feel a little uncertain.

After all, seeing the planetary-level defensive shield ripple under the orbital attack, the ruler of this world began to have doubts. Why was the attack from the orbital fleet so fierce? However, these doubts did not completely shatter the arrogance in the ruler's heart. He still arrogantly believed that his world's defenses could withstand the military force of those nations and that he could go and challenge the empires in the starry sky.

After all, in this guy's eyes, the so-called human empire, the so-called behemoth in the starry sky, was just a human civilization that controlled a few worlds. He did not believe the powerful empire with millions of worlds that the imperial envoy had mentioned, nor did he believe the existence of the human empire that ruled the entire galaxy. He only thought that the human empire was a human civilization that was slightly larger than him, and he did not think that the human empire was a very powerful opponent. He just thought that the human empire was a little bit stronger than him.

It was precisely this arrogance that completely deprived this guy of any chance of survival, and thoroughly enraged the empire. While the fleet was continuously launching orbital strikes against the planetary defense shield of this world, the transmigrators on the fleet were also preparing to land. Landing in a world with a planetary defense shield was actually not difficult. All they had to do was reduce their speed when landing on the edge of the world's defense shield, so that the world's defense shield would think that those things did not originate from an attack from outside the world.

This was very simple for the transmigrators, since the Federation's orbital drop pods were controllable. They only needed to reduce their number of rows when entering the shield range of that world, so that the planet's orbital defense shield would identify them as space debris that had landed on this world. Just as the transmigrators began to land on this world, a huge meteor shower appeared, but this meteor shower was not blocked by the planet's shield system.

When the meteor showers landed on the planet's shield system, they would strangely slow down and then enter the planet's orbital defense shield at a speed that seemed to float down. The ruler of this world, the so-called citizens, who were in charge of overseeing the entire world's orbital defense system, also noticed these strange meteors and watched them fall into the orbital defense shield.

Almost instantly, they understood what these things were. As citizens of this world, they were familiar with the Federation, its history, and the existence and technology of the Human Federation. They realized that the orbital drop pods had begun to slow down upon landing. They had fooled the planetary defense shields, but they couldn't fool those operating the planetary defense system. Upon discovering the transmigrators' orbital drop pods, the citizens operating the orbital defense system immediately launched an attack on them. Beams of light shot from the ground into the sky, destroying the orbital drop pods. During this process, the transmigrators didn't care much about the destroyed pods. After all, their resurrection wasn't like that of a battalion commander or platoon leader; they were resurrected on the spot. Even if they shattered the pods into pieces, it wouldn't matter.

To be honest, they didn't need those orbital drop pods to land in this world. They just needed to transport themselves to the skies above this world. Even if they just fell from the orbit of this world, they could still land. While the citizens operating the orbital defense system were satisfied with destroying those orbital drop pods, they were unaware that the Imperial forces had already landed on their world. And the moment the first transmigrator opened his eyes and stood up from the ground, the battle situation in this world was already decided.

The transmigrator stood up from the ground, shook his stiff neck, and looked at the nearest hive city. He smiled, picked up his weapon, and walked towards the massive hive city. As he walked towards the hive city, hundreds of transmigrators followed behind him, their steps perfectly synchronized and swift. In almost an instant, they appeared beneath the hive city.

The moment they appeared beneath the hive city, the city's garrison immediately spotted them. However, before the garrison on the city walls could unleash a barrage of explosive shells, the garrison was instantly reduced to a cloud of blood mist. As the blood mist exploded, the transmigrators finally began their journey across this world.

As the transmigrators launched their attack on the forces of this world, the forces were almost instantly routed. After all, the troops placed on the front lines by the rulers of this world were cannon fodder composed of lowly commoners. The automatic guns in their hands posed no threat whatsoever to the power armor worn by the transmigrators. Even the few heavy weapons they carried, those primitive recoilless cannons, could not shatter the transmigrators' power armor. At most, those so-called heavy weapons could only make the transmigrators stand still for a second.

These troops, organized by the world's rulers who considered them lowly, collapsed the moment the transmigrators launched their attack. They watched as the giants charged toward their positions, as the giants blocked all their bullets and their recoilless rifles. In despair, they could only pull the triggers in their hands, trying to stop the giants and let them be killed by their ridiculous weapons.

But it was futile, it was powerless. The giants could not be killed by their crude weapons. Their weapons only produced sparks when they hit the giants' armor. Apart from that, their weapons had no effect on the giants at all. Even their crude heavy weapons could only make the giants stop in their tracks for a moment, but could not kill them at all.

Just as they had run out of ammunition, they discovered that the giants had not killed them. The giants simply walked past them, as if their existence was completely disregarded by the giants.

As they watched the giants pass by, a strange emotion suddenly welled up within them—a hatred for the rulers of this world, a hatred for their own lives. Why did they have to live like wild beasts in that wilderness? Why could those citizens live wealthy lives in that haunted city?
This was the first time they had considered this question. In their minds, people with genetic defects should be abandoned by the rulers of this world. But now, how could those ridiculous genes possibly change the fact that they were human? Why were they, as fellow humans, divided into citizens and outcasts by the rulers of that planet? Why were they driven out of the hive city like wild beasts?

They had never thought about this question before, but now it suddenly appeared in their minds. In that instant, endless hatred also arose in their hearts, and they unconsciously followed in the footsteps of the giants toward the hive city where the citizens were.

Inside the true heart of the city, the civilian troops watched the lowly people carrying various weapons and ammunition with disdain, as if the lowly people touching their weapons and ammunition was a desecration. If the lowly people were even slightly slow in their movements, they would be beaten by the citizens, as if it were their due.

While those citizen troops were still enjoying their peaceful lives, they were unaware that in the suburbs of the capital city ahead of them, the empire's death angel had descended upon this world and breached the defenses of these suburban areas. These laughable citizens didn't even notice the news sent to them by the outcast troops on the front lines that the suburbs had been captured.