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Chapter 287:94, Crazy Necrons
The Necrons' fleet had the opportunity to evacuate the Isen system.

In the years following the War in Heaven, the Necrons gained access to the Webway, and a C'tan named Nyardrazatha, 'the Burning One', had long aspired to take his unholy fire into the realms beyond the material realm.

The C'tan then showed the Necrons how to breach the boundary between the two - through a series of living rock portals called Tombstone Gates, the Necrons finally learned to use the Old Ones' most powerful weapons against the Old Ones themselves.

But the entrance to the Tombstone Gate is extremely unstable and is not as easy to control as the entrance to the webway that the Ancient Saints taught the Ancient Eldar to create.

Some speculate that the Webway may be alive in itself, and that it is not simply a fast passage through the Warp, but a vast, unfathomable Warp entity.

In some strange way, the Webway can detect whether its surroundings have been compromised by a Tombstone Gate, and will immediately attempt to seal the invaded branch.

Only with the help of the strange singularity at the edge of the galaxy, the Mandeville Point, can the Necrons open the tombstone door more safely and achieve the purpose of rapid evacuation.

Not long ago, the Imperial fleet was unable to stop the Necrons from reaching Mandeville Point due to their powerful material space travel engines.

But they turned back and fixed their sights on Guilliman, the Imperial Regent.

Thus, the best and last chance to open the tombstone door was completely lost.

Now, this Necron fleet must either achieve their goal or be completely destroyed in the Isen system. There is no other way to go.

The Imperial Navy commander also noticed this. Although he had the opportunity to completely annihilate the Necron fleet, the Imperial Navy admiral did not show any joy on his face.

He looked at the returning alien fleet with a serious expression, his brows tightly furrowed.

As any experienced hunter knows, the most dangerous prey is the one that gives up trying to survive.

Once the hunter is blinded by the impending victory, the beast's dying counterattack will become a lesson he will never forget.

Thanks to the virtual beacon, the huge galaxy jump gate opened by the Ethan Galaxy makes the Ethan Galaxy and the Geno Galaxy dozens of light years away seem to overlap each other.

The Empire's fleet can travel back and forth between the two galaxies at any time, and the logistics fleet will also bring a steady stream of supplies.

This great advantage of being almost invincible in war gave the admiral a little comfort and prevented his heart from being filled with anxiety.

"Commander, the Regent has safely landed at the estimated coordinates of the Ethan World."

A mechanical priest who was responsible for collecting battlefield data looked up and said to the Admiral.

The Admiral nodded, his eyes still fixed on the star map, thinking about the purpose of the Necron fleet's return.

He is an experienced general who has driven hundreds of huge ships across the galaxy. He has participated in countless epic holy wars, such as Guilliman's Indomitable Crusade, the Battle of Baal, the Battle of Nurgle, etc.
He now commands the space campaign in the Isen system, commanding the vast Imperial fleet in the name of Guilliman.

"Collect as much data as possible about the Necron fleet. We must predict their true intentions in advance."

The war still rages.

Judging from the appearance of the war, the destruction of the Necron fleet is inevitable.

The Necrons, whose computing power far exceeds that of the Empire, could not have failed to predict this, which is why their behavior is so abnormal.

The admiral hated anything abnormal on the battlefield because it meant unpredictable outcomes of war.

It also means that he may lose control of his victory without realizing it.

Unfortunately, before the Necrons truly revealed their intentions, the admiral could never have imagined that these aliens were targeting the Primarch of the Empire.

"As you wish, Commander," the intelligence chief, who was standing behind a row of machines, shouted.

The constant hum of the equipment dispelled the noisy voices of the people in the main control room.

Time passed little by little.

A large amount of collected information is transmitted to the command hub.

The admiral looked at the holographic projection in front of him. The image was a little blurry at first, but after flashing a few times, it gradually came into focus and became as clear as if it was right in front of him.

He looked at the scene in front of him, blinking rapidly.

This mortal general now used all his war experience and talents to try to analyze the enemy's next move.

Although the Necrons have incredible computing power, as long as their next move can be analyzed, predicting every subsequent step will become easier.

In order to achieve this goal, the Admiral put on a milky white bracelet-shaped 'psychic sensor' on his wrist.

He began to use the computing power of the virtual world to help him analyze the results in front of him.

The technological revolution promoted by Dukel has brought about changes not only in combat units. After this technological reform, both the people's livelihood in the empire and the auxiliary calculations of commanders can benefit from it.

If the Necrons are a powerful race that has completed mechanical ascension, then today's human empire has almost reached the border of "spiritual ascension".

And because the Necrons are far from their heyday, most of their technological weapons are still sealed, so in the confrontation with humans, even if the two armies are of the same size, they are often evenly matched.

Before the powerful Undead Empire revived, it was difficult for them to gain a decisive advantage in the war against the Human Empire.

With the support of the virtual network, the commander is endowed with top-notch computing power, and the millions of heroes in the virtual world will also give him advice.

When human wills are linked together, their explosive potential is endless.

"Why did the Necron fleet outside the galaxy stop providing support to the Ethan galaxy?"

In the chaotic space battlefield, the Imperial Admiral keenly noticed a slight flaw in the Necrons' tactics.

"Has this alien fleet been abandoned?" he muttered to himself.

This is indeed the case judging from the battle situation. The Necrons outside the galaxy have stopped their support, and the fleet trapped inside the Ethan galaxy seems to have completely abandoned the Ethan world. They even stopped attacking the ground battlefield where Guilliman was.

Their act of abandoning the Ethan ground battlefield was like they had completely given up the struggle.

"But if they gave up, why would they give up the chance to evacuate and turn back?" A wise man inside the Empire's virtual realm asked the admiral through a telepathic sensor at this time.

"This is exactly what I haven't figured out yet." The admiral whispered, talking to the wise man in the virtual world, "If the enemy was a flesh-and-blood creature of another race, I would have thought that there was a mistake in their command. But we are facing those mechanical undead. I have fought against them before, and they would never make such a low-level mistake."

Just when the admiral was in doubt.

"Commander, the parameters are fluctuating abnormally." The Tech Priest of the Mechanicus suddenly noticed something wrong. The priest's machine was buzzing, and the indicator light on it was constantly jumping.

The admiral looked at him, hoping to learn key information from him.

"The Undead Fleet suddenly sent out a small number of spaceships. Why did they go in that direction?" The Mechanical Priest muttered to himself in confusion.

"What's there? Stars? What are they going to do to them? Oh, Om Messiah, how can that be possible!"

The Imperial Admiral was also puzzled when he heard the chaotic whispers coming from the Mechanical Priest's mouth, which seemed to have a module disorder.

"Perhaps there is a possibility." The wise man in the virtual realm suddenly said at this moment, "The Necrons may want to detonate the star and destroy everything in the Isen system. Yes, the Regent is still here, it is worth it for them to do so. If they can use a fleet to exchange for an Imperial Primarch, the Necrons will not miss this opportunity."

"How is this possible?!" the admiral exclaimed.

Even for the human empire after technological innovation, it is very difficult to accomplish such a thing. The simplest way is to mobilize multiple top psychics in the virtual realm to cast spells together and use the power of the virtual realm to achieve the goal of detonating the star.

But the Necrons are a race that relies entirely on technology.

The admiral was only a mortal after all. With less than a hundred years of life experience, he could not imagine that technology could reach a level comparable to that of God - that a star could be detonated with just a small group of spaceships.

"It is indeed possible." The Void Realm Sage poured the information directly into his brain. "I have consulted the knowledge in the Void Realm. It is indeed recorded in the Void Realm that the Necrons have such technology - perhaps it is the legendary 'Brilliant Star Map', or something else."

A huge amount of information went straight into the admiral's mind, and he digested it all in just a moment.

When he learned of the existence of the Brilliant Star Map, the admiral's eyes suddenly widened, but his pupils shrank to the size of a pinhole - it was a weapon that could arbitrarily detonate any star in the galaxy.

It was created by the Necrons, a technological weapon that can truly bring about a world-destroying disaster to the galaxy, one that cannot even be described by the word "divine weapon".

The only thing to be thankful for is that the Necron Dynasty, which controls the 'Brilliant Star Map' and claims to be the guardian of the galaxy, will not easily use this kind of weapon.

Lorgar the Great Speaker once tried to snatch this weapon to achieve his ulterior motives, but the guarding power of the two dynasties immediately made the Primarch's eyes clear.

From then on, the Great Speaker never thought of snatching the Brilliant Star Map again.

Otherwise, the entire human empire will be unable to sleep or eat.

This information had a great psychological impact on the admiral, and even made him doubt himself - if such weapons existed in the galaxy, then what was the meaning of their existence as commanders and soldiers?
However, his high level of accomplishment allowed him to calm down in just a moment. The commander took a deep breath and
"These are just speculations at the moment." His voice was firm. "But no matter what their purpose is, we must not let the Regent take any risks. Immediately convey this speculation to the Imperial Regent and implore him to withdraw from the Ethan System immediately, for the sake of the Empire."

"Activate the Imperial Spark and stop the Necrons' ships. Whether they really want to do that or not, we must not let this undead formation get close to the star!"

The admiral made the most correct decision in an instant.

He was not clear about the true intentions of the Necrons, but he had to protect the safety of Regent Guilliman. The dawn of humanity was approaching, and they, the mortals, might be destined to go to hell, but the Primarch of the Empire must not fall at the last moment of dawn.

And he will do his best to stop the actions of the Necrons.

The speed of the Necron spaceship formation is not very fast. These ancient undead creatures possess the technology of faster-than-light travel.

But they dare not activate it inside a star because the strong stellar gravity will cause the set flight path to deviate, resulting in unpredictable consequences.

Therefore, this fleet of spaceships only sailed towards the stars in the Ethan star field at sub-light speed.

But the distance within the star system is too small.

Even if traveling at sub-light speed, the Thinker's computer calculated that the time it would take for the spacecraft to reach the star was only twelve minutes.

This time is not even as long as the interval between each firing of the battleship's main gun.

Both the aiming of the macro cannon and the charging of the laser weapon require time to prepare.

The only thing that can stop the undead spacecraft is the 'Imperial Spark'.

The Imperial Spark is a completely idealistic psychic weapon. The force field emitted from its interior can even modify the laws of the material world and instantly reach the speed of light.

And the energy compressed by the invisible force field can almost destroy most of the matter in the universe.

When such weapons move at superluminal speeds, nothing can stop the spark that symbolizes the empire's hope.

Even the Necrons' energy shields would be burned through by the sparks like rotten paper.

It can be said that in space battles, the Empire does not even have a more powerful and precise strike weapon than the Starfire.

The Imperial fleet quickly recovered the Imperial Sparks that were still killing people on the battlefield in the Esen star field, and assigned them new tasks.

During superluminal operations, the existence of sparks cannot be seen by the naked eye. The detection equipment of the Necrons may be able to detect them, but they will not be able to intercept them effectively.

Even if their weapons locked onto Starfire it would be of no avail.

Even if it hits, it is difficult to cause effective damage to Spark.

Under the attack of the sparks, the number of Necrons' ships on the star map dimmed rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At every moment, there are 3 to 5 spaceships blooming into gorgeous yet silent fireworks in the universe.

The fleet of spaceships was destroyed at a speed visible to the naked eye. It only took a few collisions to completely destroy a spaceship belonging to the undead.

But the admiral's expression did not relax.

In the star map, even at such a huge cost, the Necrons did not give up on approaching the stars.

The Necromancer's computing hub even spun off more spaceships, rushed towards the star, and began to speed up desperately.

Even if these spacecraft deviate from their planned routes or collide with meteorites, it would not matter.

Such a crazy move made the admiral's face completely gloomy.

Because this means that their guess is correct.

This is also the result that the commander of the Imperial Fleet least wants to see.

(End of this chapter)