Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 899 The thing the weasel hates most
Benita's takeover of the 22nd Legion was both smooth and difficult, as she faced a more complex and dangerous situation.

The members of the Twenty-First Legion were influenced by the Hulk and Iron Man templates, making them intelligent but not treacherous. However, the Twenty-Second Legion was influenced by the Batman and Conrad Harris templates, and all its members were nobles. Nobles could be incompetent, not very smart, and greedy and lustful, but they absolutely could not be ignorant of interests and politics, otherwise they would not even have the right to live.

Moreover, the Twenty-Second Legion is now deeply intertwined with the noble groups. One is pioneering the frontier, while the other is cultivating the rear. The two sides cooperate seamlessly, their interests are intertwined, and they are already inseparable. Therefore, the arrival of the Primarch representing the Emperor and the Empire to take over the Legion will inevitably trigger a series of suspicions and shocks.

First, will the other party abide by the existing rules of the game and the distribution of benefits?

Secondly, whether the other party will tolerate their actions.

Their actions could be seen as supporting the Great Crusade at best, or as undermining the Empire at worst, and it all depends on the Primarch's attitude.

In the worst-case scenario, not only will the 22nd Legion face punishment, but these nobles will also pay a heavy price, because this is what other nobles and the emperor want to see, and it is also an opportunity to reap huge profits.

Such a passive situation also touches upon their core interests, namely that the Primarch is difficult to kill and the Emperor cannot afford to offend him. Otherwise, they would rather let the opponent dissolve in water and die without knowing why.

However, the takeover process went surprisingly smoothly because the 22nd Legion fully cooperated, and no matter how much the noble groups objected, it was meaningless; instead, they were persuaded.

The 22nd Legion's decision to cooperate was not solely influenced by the genetic seed, or at least not entirely.

Although they are called the Princess Legion, the members of the Twenty-Second Legion are among the best in all the legions in terms of willpower, even exceeding the norm. Therefore, the gene seed can influence them, but cannot control them.

As for why they cooperated so well, the only explanation is that they were both Batman.

In fact, Benita did not offer any explanation; everything was deduced from the Primarch's actions and commands, which was basic procedure for Batman.

The 22nd Legion was never influenced by the Empire's fanatical atmosphere, so they noticed the deadly hidden dangers beneath the Empire's glamorous exterior earlier than any other legion, and thus they have been making preparations that they consider necessary.

For example, they increased cooperation with noble groups and secretly used various means to control thousands of planets because they discovered a fatal flaw in the Emperor's plan, and the Empire was also lagging behind in all aspects of its systems and management.

Overall, the Empire's current glory depends entirely on the strength of the Emperor and the Primarch, as well as the substantial benefits brought by the continuous recapture of human colonies from the Golden Age.

If problems arise between the Emperor and the Primarch, or if the Great Crusade comes to an end, these hidden dangers will inevitably erupt, and it is not impossible for the Empire to collapse in the blink of an eye.

But they were just Space Marines, and to change all of this, someone powerful and prestigious enough had to step forward, so they welcomed their Primarch.

Space Marines' traits all come from their Primarchs, so they don't consider their Primarchs to be fools.

And that's exactly what happened. As Benita's orders were issued one after another, they quickly and accurately deciphered the hidden meanings behind those seemingly ordinary transfers and tasks. Their Primarchs were also not optimistic about the future of the Empire, and even had more pessimistic predictions.

For these reasons, they understood that only by cooperating with the Primarch in implementing the plan could the Empire and humanity have a chance of survival.

The process seemed to go smoothly, but it was actually terrifying.

Just imagine a super Batman fighting against tens of thousands of simplified Batmen. Even if the Golden Superman came, he would only dare to squat in a corner and keep quiet, pretending to be a lamp.

After the Twenty-Second Legion reached a consensus, the noble groups had no choice but to cooperate. Moreover, after the Primarch came to power, his measures were even more radical than theirs, which terrified many people. If they had previously only been wielding small hoes, digging at the edges and corners of the Empire, then the Primarch was aiming to expand the territory and create a second Empire.

But nobles have no loyalty, only interests and politics. Therefore, they tacitly formed a closer alliance, and even had the idea of ​​purging the court of corrupt officials and supporting the 22nd Primarch to the throne. The reactions of the 21st Legion also gave them more confidence.

With the two legions united, only the powerful Warmaster Horus and Guilliman, who possessed five hundred worlds, posed a threat. Therefore, they invested most of their manpower and resources into the Type-Moon World Project, which was jointly promoted by the two legions, to build their own base and wait for the opportunity to create a second empire.

In this regard, Green Dam and Benita have a great advantage. The two control the Green Dam clan and the Bat Court to obtain a large number of star maps and information from Comoros, as well as various technologies and equipment.

The Eldar were the previous rulers of the universe and inherited part of the legacy of the Ancient Saints. If they hadn't ruined themselves, humanity would have been completely out of the picture.

Even though the most elite region of the Eldar Empire has been blasted into the Eye of Terror by the Slaanesh, the Eldar's foundation remains strong. At least in terms of exploring the universe, they are definitely superior to the human empires, and even surpass the humans of the Golden Age, because this is simply due to the accumulation of time.

Having obtained this valuable information, the two legions no longer needed to waste time groping in the dark and could instead conduct targeted exploration and immigration.

As for Eldar technology, it is clearly incompatible with the human empire, but under the two major templates of Iron Man and Batman, it is only a matter of time before it is transformed; there is no such thing as impossible.

However, the increasingly intense Great Crusade began to have serious consequences, forcing the two Primarchs to devote some of their energy to this area.

The flames of war ignited by the Great Expedition continue to spread, scorching countless lives in the Milky Way. The territory of the human empire expands at a visible speed on the star map. But beneath the glory of victory are countless warship wrecks floating in the universe and casualty reports of trillions of lives reduced to cold data.

Even more deadly was the panic and despair that permeated the real universe, along with those souls, which acted as if injecting a stimulant into the silent subspace.

The warp storm, which had temporarily dissipated due to the birth of Slaanesh, began to gather power again, while certain evil beings lurking in the warp awaited an opportunity to intervene in the real universe.

In fact, the tentacles of darkness had already reached the borders of the human empire in a corner unnoticed by anyone.

The Emperor sat on his golden throne, immediately noticing the anomaly in the warp. The rising dark power caused a hint of seriousness to flash in his deep eyes. The Web Path Project had reached a critical moment and could not be interrupted; this power had to be suppressed.

Just then, information about the Perfect City appeared before the Emperor; it was unclear whether it had a few blue bird feathers stuck in it.

The Word Bearers are the Emperor's most devout and fanatical followers. Under the leadership of their Primarchs, the Word Bearer Legion is dedicated to eradicating all blasphemy and heresy within the Empire and along the Great Crusade. Old texts and symbols are burned, and massive monuments and cathedrals are erected to ensure the continuation of the faith in the Emperor.

Primarch Loka even wrote extensively about the divinity and justice of the Emperor, and gave grand sermons and speeches to the masses. Therefore, although the Word Bearers' conquest was slow, their rule was the most thorough and the most in line with the future of the Empire.

For example, Loka's "The Book of the Holy Word" established the emperor as a god and later even became the sacred text that enabled the establishment of the imperial state religion. It is an old boomerang.

The problem is that the version came out too early, and what the Emperor hated most was being called a god.

If you encounter a weasel on the road and it asks you whether it is a human or a god, and you dare to answer that it is the latter, you will be immediately put into the Fearless and Loyal, and then an order will be given to deal with the matter.

No one knew that this hasty yet decisive order, like a match struck on a dry pile of firewood, would sow the seeds of an inextinguishable disaster for the Primarch's future rebellion, and that the Emperor would pay the price for it, for what is borrowed must be repaid.

(End of this chapter)