The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 424: By the Emperor's Order! Purify This Place! Escape!

Lion agreed with Guilliman's proposal. With a powerful enemy at the doorstep, the Empire must not be allowed to fall into civil strife.

As long as the world's giant corporations do not take action against the empire, they must never take the initiative to provoke trouble.

"I hope those crazy people in the Adeptus Mechanicus can calm down and not do anything stupid that would harm the Empire."

Ryan sighed.

The relationship between the Mechanicus and the Imperium of Man is actually more like that of a partner. In many cases, even the Emperor cannot control them too deeply.

Ever since the envoys from the Cosmic Corporation visited Holy Terra, the Mechanicus quickly split into two factions.

On one side are the Adventists, who believe that giant corporations are saviors sent by gods to save humanity and are angels who have come to impart scientific and technological knowledge to them.

All human beings should immediately submit to the giant corporations and throw themselves into the arms of God.

But the other side believes that the Universal Corporation is a freeloader who came from nowhere and only wants their STC modules and the relics of the Golden Age.

Thieves like this should be kicked out!

But no matter which faction it is, the extreme Mechanicus may do something stupid and drag the Human Empire into the water.

"I have already sent a report to the Emperor. We have arranged for personnel to enter Prospero to investigate the situation. I believe the results will be out soon!"

Beneath Mortarion's mask, a twisted smile of excitement emerged.

Of course, he couldn't really want to find out the truth. All he had to do was discover a soldier with flesh and blood mutations in the Thousand Sons Legion, and Mortarion would immediately conclude that the legion was beyond salvation.

It must be purified immediately!
As for whether innocent people would be wrongly killed, it had nothing to do with him. He was following the orders of the Emperor. Even if there was to be a reckoning, the instigator should be the Emperor or Prime Minister Malcador.

Mortarion came to Prospero for only one thing, to purge the damned Empire of heresy!

"Okay then, I'll also arrange personnel to prepare for orbital bombing." Ryan nodded in agreement.

Logically speaking, Ryan should have sent his own investigation team to Prospero to thoroughly investigate the mutation of the Thousand Sons Legion.

But he didn't intend to do so. Ryan just wanted to skip the investigation and start the purification process on the soldiers under him, once and for all.

Among the many Primarchs, Magnus's temper is not pleasing, and his arrogance is even greater than that of Horus.

With psychic gifts second only to the Emperor's, and control over a vast trove of Imperial books and knowledge, Magnus considered himself to be the wisest and most intelligent of all the Primarchs.

Therefore, he also developed contempt and disdain for other Primarchs.

What made the Primarchs most angry was that Magnus had offended a large number of his fellow Primarchs many times during the Great Crusade because of his efforts to obtain knowledge about aliens and foreign civilizations, which had brought him into conflict with other Primarchs.

For example, in order to protect the libraries and knowledge bases of alien races, he did not hesitate to order the Astartes warriors of the Thousand Sons Legion to fight with the troops of his own brothers.

Or they might deliberately miss opportunities to fight, delay time, and cause other Primarchs to suffer a tough battle.

If the Emperor had not stopped him and deliberately protected Magnus, Horus would have found an opportunity to kill the little beast with a single blow.

You know, the purpose of the Empire's Great Crusade is to restore human civilization and eliminate all aliens, including their traces of civilization and knowledge.

It can be said that the empire is extremely xenophobic.

However, Magnus's actions were inconsistent with the ideas of the other Primarchs, which led to his extremely bad reputation among the Primarchs.

Llane, Russ, and Mortarion all had no good feelings towards Magnus. Except for Guilliman, who had a kind and benevolent personality, the other Primarchs just wanted to kill him as soon as possible.

"I will also send an investigation team to investigate the situation carefully. It will not be too late to announce the Emperor's will to them then."

Guilliman had no hope of saving the Thousand Sons, he just wanted to prevent these innocent warriors from becoming ignorant fools before they died.

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At this moment, on the ground of Prospero.

"Indomitable Truth, Longfang, Macragge's Glory, Blood of Steel—!"

The warriors of the Thousand Sons Legion had already recognized the flagships of the four Primarchs, and they immediately understood that something big must have happened here.

Combined with the orders issued by the Emperor and the blockade of the Cosmic Giant Corporation, which ordered them to stay where they are, the senior generals of the Thousand Sons Legion have realized that what is going to happen next is likely to be unfavorable to them!

But they did not understand what they had done wrong to cause the Emperor to send out four Primarchs to descend on Prospero.

In an instant, the shadow of death loomed over the hearts of every Astartes warrior of the Thousand Sons Legion.

Originally they thought there might be some misunderstanding, but the arrival of the four primarchs has confirmed that a bloody storm is about to come.

"What on earth do they want to do!"

Magistus Amon frowned and looked at the Imperial fleet in low-Earth orbit with sharp eyes.

As Magnus's mentor, who takes care of his daily affairs and manages the legion's attendants, Amon has a very high status in Prospero and can be regarded as the second in command.

He has the authority to take over everything here while Magnus is away.

"Amon, Guilliman and Mortarion have sent out an investigation team to patrol the Thousand Sons Legion. In addition, they have sent you a letter and asked you to check it yourself!"

At this time, Azek Ahriman hurried in. Looking at the imperial investigators outside, he always had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Could it be related to the last outbreak of flesh and blood mutation...

But they were all cured!

In order to treat them, the Primarch Magnus even sacrificed one of his eyes.

Amon looked at the contents of the letter displayed on the holographic screen. The moment the words in the letter appeared, the nameless fire in his heart was immediately ignited.

"Foolish Magnus, are you going to completely destroy the warriors of the Thousand Sons Legion?"

After learning what Magnus had done and the Emperor's decision, Amon almost fainted.

He once thought that Magnus was just a little arrogant, but he could still distinguish right from wrong in his heart. But now it seems that what Magnus did was simply the behavior of an unrepentant fool.

Hearing Amon's curse, the Thousand Sons Legion soldiers below were shocked and angry. They were surprised that Amon actually cursed his own Primarch.

He was also angry at Amon's offense.

But the soldiers knew nothing about the situation and could only stare at Amon, hoping that he would read out the contents of the letter.

"Magnus colluded with the evil god of the warp to pollute Prospero, and caused your bodies to mutate. Now he is lost in the warp."

"The Thousand Sons Legion is terminally ill. The Emperor has personally ordered the annihilation of everything here!"

The moment he read the contents of the letter, Amon felt completely devastated. He couldn't believe that Magnus would commit such a crime.

Now the four Primarchs have led their respective troops, carrying the extermination order issued by the Emperor, and are ready to completely purify Prospero. Once the investigation team outside confirms that the flesh mutation is true, the Empire's orbital bombardment will arrive as scheduled!

All warriors of the Thousand Sons Legion must immediately disarm and await the purification trial of the Imperial Fleet. Anyone who resists will be regarded as a traitor to the Empire and all honors will be confiscated.

All lives and military achievements were wiped out.

The content of the letter was not long, but it contained the extermination order issued by the Emperor himself and the seal of Prime Minister Malcador.

Obviously, this is a judgment reached after a series of procedures.

When the soldiers of the Thousand Sons Legion read the contents of the letter with their own eyes, they were all stunned.

Flesh mutation, extermination order, purification of Prosper? This is serious!
"How is this possible? Where did the subspace contamination come from in Prospero? Someone must be deliberately framing us and harming us!"

Anku Enan roared angrily. As the guardian of the Great Library of the Thousand Sons Legion, he was well aware of everything that happened on this planet.

If a large-scale flesh and blood mutation really occurred, how could he not be aware of it.

"That's complete nonsense."

"We have recovered long ago. How could there be any mutation? It must be that drug addict Mortarion, whose brain is confused from smoking drugs, who spread rumors in front of the Emperor!"

“This is absolutely ridiculous!”

"..."

Anku Enan's roar was echoed by other Astartes warriors, and everyone complained with dissatisfaction.

They worked hard to collect knowledge about psychic energy for the Empire, even at the cost of hostility towards other Primarch Legions.

What crime is this?!

Where did the subspace pollution come from in Prospero? They live here every day, don’t they know whether there is pollution or not!
Someone must be interfering.

At this moment, the senior generals of the Thousand Sons Legion were angry.

Magnus was missing, and instead of trying to rescue their Primarch, the Imperial high command issued an extermination order against Prospero.

Why should they be killed? The Thousand Sons Legion has made insufficient contributions to the Empire's psychic knowledge!

Even if there is no credit, there is hard work. Even if there is no hard work, there should be fatigue.

"Lord Amon, we all listen to you!"

"Yes, we must not agree to such a ridiculous reason!"

"We can't let them wrongly accuse loyal people like this."

The agitated generals of the Thousand Sons Legion and the top leaders of various departments surrounded Magistus Amon and kept persuading him to find a way to stop the legion troops outside.

Amon took a deep breath, his eyes dark, "We are warriors of the Empire, so we should obey the Emperor's orders."

As soon as these words were spoken, the high spirits of the Thousand Sons Legion soldiers were immediately extinguished. They recalled that before becoming Astartes warriors, they had sworn allegiance to the Emperor.

If the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die.

"No, there must be some misunderstanding. The emperor must have been blinded by a treacherous villain, so he made a wrong judgment."

At this moment, Anku Enan stood up and shouted: "If we surrender, we will fall into their trap. The Emperor will regret it when he knows the truth!"

Of course, Enan was absolutely loyal to the Emperor, but even if he died for the Emperor, he could not die so unjustly. He would not accept such a death.

As for the other young Thousand Sons Legion soldiers, their loyalty to the Emperor is actually not as strong as their loyalty to their own Primarch.

After so many years of battles, the veterans of the Thousand Sons Legion loyal to the Emperor had long since died out, and the remaining soldiers had only seen the Emperor a few times.

They can't and don't want to be loyal to a person whose impression is so vague that he is just a political symbol!
Situations like this not only occur in the Thousand Sons Legion, but also in Horus's Luna Wolves Legion.

Amon looked at the letter on the holographic screen, as well as the Emperor's exclusive seal. He gritted his teeth as if he was making an extremely difficult decision, and then said word by word:

"All Thousand Sons Legion warriors, prepare to fight. We must not let Prospero be destroyed so easily. We must defend this place for the Primarch."

"Also, send another communication to Terra to confirm whether the extermination order is true. We must get the Emperor's personal confirmation!"

In fact, Amon had already acquiesced in his heart that the Emperor had truly given up on the Thousand Sons Legion, but he was unwilling to accept this and still wanted to struggle.

The other young Primarchs did not want to die like this, so they supported Amon and decided to fight to the end with the Primarch troops outside.

"Amon, this is an order from the Emperor himself. You are betraying the Emperor by doing this."

Azek Ahriman suddenly spoke, and the Thousand Sons Legion soldiers around him looked at him in surprise. They didn't want to lose their lives because of an inexplicable letter.

"Azek, I did not betray the Emperor."

Amon was not surprised to see that the person who spoke was Azek.

After all, he was a typical Terran officer who had been led by the Emperor to the foot of the Himalayas to undergo gene-seed transformation.

Azek's loyalty to the Emperor is unquestionable.

"The emperor was deceived by the villain and issued the wrong order. I just want to confirm the credibility of this matter again."

Amon's rebuttal was well-founded, and the vast majority of young warriors on the scene stood on his side.

"You know how credible this letter is." Azek stared at the other party expressionlessly. As Prospero's second-in-command, Amon had come into contact with many laws and official documents.

How could he not know how meticulous the procedures of the extermination order were?

"The Emperor never makes mistakes, and there is no way any villain could deceive him. Since he issued this order, he must have his reasons."

"Now, we should obey the Emperor's orders, disarm everyone, and wait for the final judgment of the four primarchs!" Azek shouted at everyone.

Seeing that he could not convince the other party, Amon could only wave his hand and let the Thousand Sons Legion soldiers beside him temporarily detain Azek.

And Azek seemed to have anticipated this and calmly accepted Amon's forced confinement. He knew that he could not do it alone and could not save this tragic internal strife of the empire.

Without Azek's dissuasion, the remaining Thousand Sons Legion leaders worked together and cast expectant glances at Amon.

"Don't worry, we are not without a glimmer of hope!"

Amon had previously communicated with Jack Wells and knew that the Universal Corporation's fleet would not directly intervene in the attack on the Thousand Sons Legion.

Therefore, their opponents are actually only warriors from the Ultramarines, Space Wolves, Dark Angels, and Death Guard.

There is no way to win by fighting, so the only way out is to escape!

The Thousand Sons Legion is the most proficient unit in the Imperial Army in the use of psychic powers, and has many means to tangle and pull with those Primarch legions.

As long as they can escape, the flame of the Thousand Sons Legion will not be completely extinguished!
(End of this chapter)