Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 593: The Webway Belongs to Humankind

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Two months later.

solar system.

As the absolute center of the entire human empire, the solar system has not been affected by the rebellion, and is now prosperous as the rebellion is gradually being quelled.

Countless transport ships gathered in the solar system.

Only a very small number of ships were responsible for providing supplies to other planets during the storm, while the vast majority of ships were carrying resources forcibly requisitioned from all over the empire to provide material support for the Terra Webway Project.

The solar system, which had been without any ships entering or leaving after the storm, finally had a guest.

Qin Xia, who crossed the subspace and came to the solar system, released the White Knight and the new flagship of the 11th Legion from the pocket universe.

The two giant ships did not dock at the Solar Starport, but one headed to Terra and the other to Mars.

The warships landed directly on top of Terra and Mars, which was against the rules, but it was useless for those who couldn't take care of it, and those who could take care of it didn't care.

White Knight's hangar deck.

Qin Xia and Quadrant stood face to face at the back of the transport plane driven by ace pilot Kova.

The Orina sisters, Brown, and the three quadrant colleagues stood behind Qin Xia.

Behind the quadrant who was about to board the plane stood a team of imperial guards.

The atmosphere was quite solemn, so everyone remained silent.

Now is the time to say goodbye.

The Emperor did not say why he wanted the Quadrant to return to the solar system, but the Imperial Guards just came to the White Knight and said that they would escort the Quadrant to Mars.

This farewell might be forever. Quadrant had this feeling in his heart.

"Don't go to Mars yet." Qin Xia took the initiative to break the silence.

The imperial guards behind the quadrant frowned and were about to speak when Qin Xia added, "Let's go to the Queen of Glory-class battleship that I stole from the 11th Legion first."

"Why?" Quadrant asked.

"That's my gift to you. It will become your mechanical ark." Qin Xia said with a smile, "You have finally returned home... That old ghost Kelbohar always said that we treated you badly."

Mechanical Ark.

Quadrant pondered.

A Magus of the Mechanicum will possess a Mechanical Ark, a ship that acts as a large mobile laboratory, residence, or even an Mechanicum world.

Qin Xia presented Quadrant with a Queen of Glory-class battleship as a mechanical ark. While Quadrant was moved, he was also wondering if Qin Xia thought that he would be promoted and become a high-ranking member of the Mechanicus, and would never be able to return to the White Knight and the Twelfth Legion.

Looking at Qin Xia's expression, Quadrant knew that this was what he thought.

"Also." Qin Xia said seriously, "Find that old man Kelbohar and ask him if he recognizes this Glorious Queen-class battleship."

Qin Xia suspected that the new flagship of the 11th Legion came from the Mechanicus.

Quadrant nodded.

"Go." Qin Xia waved his hand, signaling the Quadrant and the Imperial Guards to board the transport plane.

The imperial guards raised their shields and saluted, guarding the quadrant as it boarded the plane.

When entering the cabin, Quadrant stopped and looked back at Qin Xia.

The hatch slowly rose.

Until the last gap closed, the quadrant kept staring at Qin Xia.

"Can we get our good thick rice back?" asked Brown.

"I'm not sure." Qin Xia shook his head. "The Emperor may want to deal with the Kelborhal faction of the Martian Mechanicus. Quadrant may become his pawn, or he may become a candidate to succeed Kelborhal as the Forge General."

"Then you have a friend who is a forging general." Brown said, "Now you not only have connections in the upper echelons of the Empire, but also on Mars."

Qin Xia stared at the transport plane.

The transport plane took off, left the White Knight hangar, and flew to the Glorious Queen-class battleship stationed above Mars.

Before handing over the battleship to Quadrant, Qin Xia personally led the think tanks to clean the battleship inside and out.

"I hope he doesn't become a casting general." Qin Xia said.

The transport plane flew away.

Qin Xia turned to Brown and Olina and said, "I'm going to Terra now, you guys go back."

……

After a while.

Qin Xia was teleported to the Terra Palace with Horus.

Qin Xia didn't have time to send Horus back to the Luna Wolves, so he could only bring him back to Terra first.

After handing Horus over to the Imperial Guards and placing him in the palace, Qin Xia teleported him to the dungeon.

Outside the dungeon entrance, he saw Magnus.

Magnus was now wearing a robe, a heavy collar around his neck, and pushing a wheelchair with both hands.

Machado was sitting in a wheelchair.

Qin Xia didn't recognize it as Makado at first glance, until he carefully observed the sinister eyes and recognized him.

Macador looked like he had aged thousands of years. He was unrecognizable, shrunken, and it seemed as if there were only bones under his skin.

"Who do you think will take your place on the Golden Throne?" Malcador sneered.

"Emperor." Qin Xia replied, "He said that I was originally supposed to sit on the Golden Throne in the Webway Project, and then he sat on it himself."

"He didn't tell you. When connecting to the Old Ones' Webway, a large number of Warp creatures poured into reality. I sat on the throne to block the exit of the Webway first, and he went to clean up the Warp creatures in the Webway city. He took over from me after he came back." Malcador asked.

"The emperor didn't say." Qin Xia stared at the seal holder.

It seems that the Webway plan did not go smoothly, and humans still paid a small price to complete the plan.

Fortunately, it succeeded. "Why didn't Magnus sit on the throne?" Qin Xia looked at the Primarch who was pushing the wheelchair for the Sigillite.

"Don't dare let him sit," said Machado.

Hearing this, Magnus looked helpless.

But Malcador did not explain in detail why he did not dare to let Magnus sit on the Golden Throne. He just gestured for Magnus to push the wheelchair into the dungeon.

Qin Xia also followed him into the dungeon.

After walking for a while, Qin Xia once again saw the cell reserved for No. 11.

"I regret not arresting Eleven and putting him in here."

Makado didn't even look at the cell, and suddenly heard Qin Xia expressing his feelings as he passed by.

"Why bother about this?"

The seal holder comforted Qin Xia.

"When I sat on the Golden Throne, I felt like that damn thing was carrying me around like a wheelchair. In a trance, I seemed to see the will of the real universe."

"It tells me everything that would have happened in this reality."

"You brought Magnus to Terra to prevent him from destroying the Webway."

"You raised Angron and prevented him from falling into Chaos. You also had him discipline Perturabo, so that Perturabo did not go astray."

"You rescued Horus, and you did much more."

"The rebels only have Eleven and Fulgrim. Even if you choose to return to Terra instead of putting out the fire, how much trouble can they cause?"

"The Emperor discussed this with me earlier, and he said that you have made great contributions."

Having said that, Makado glanced at Qin Xia's reaction.

Qin Xia looked calm, but there was a hint of regret and longing between his eyebrows.

"You will have plenty of opportunities to meet Angron in the future. When everything is settled, you can stay in one place with those gladiators forever and ever." Malcador saw what Qin Xia regretted, "The Emperor and I have considered transforming Crest and those female gladiators who cannot become Space Marines into Guardsmen, so that they can also have extremely long lives."

"Transform them into imperial guards?" Qin Xia was very surprised.

“Yes, yes.” Malcador nodded. “This is the Emperor’s gift to Angron.”

The three of them talked as they went deeper into the dungeon.

The entrance to the artificial webway is connected to the palace dungeon.

The three of them boarded a flying vehicle and entered the artificial webway section.

In the cabin, Qin Xia saw that the webway built by the Emperor was indeed extremely simple, just as Vulkan had said.

Tens of thousands of scientists who are at the top of various scientific fields are scattered in the cybernetic system, commanding the servitors to maintain various giant devices.

The web structure is an unknown solid material, and psychic energy acts like glue to bond the solid materials together.

The webway created by the Ancients was not like this, but it was extremely difficult for the Emperor to achieve this under limited conditions.

There is only a short section of the man-made webway that connects to the Old Ones webway.

The aircraft shuttled through the Webway and finally arrived at an Eldar Webway city.

The visual appearance of this web city reminded Qin Xia of the Black Library.

It presents 360 degrees at all angles.

"The Impossible City, Kalasta," Malcador introduced. "It is a Webway hub and the center of the future human empire."

The aircraft passed through a crack in the city.

"See this crack? We can't measure its depth. If someone falls in, they will die of old age before falling to their death." Malcador said, pointing to the bottomless abyss below the aircraft.

Qin Xia understood the structure of these webway cities without Malcador's introduction.

Originally, this Webway city would be the end point of the Emperor's dream career.

Daemons will fight the Emperor in Kalasta.

There will also be a place in the city called "Magnus' Folly", named after Magnus who wanted to contact the Emperor but was mistakenly used by Tzeentch to break the Webway.

But now there will be no such place as "Magnus's Folly".

Kalasta will also become the true starting point of the Emperor's dream career.

The craft entered the tallest spire within the Webway City and came to rest on an extended platform that the humans had built on top of the Eldar structure.

The entire spire has been used as a hub by humans, and various commands regarding the Webway are issued from the spire.

The Emperor himself resides within the spire.

When Qin Xia, Malcador and Magnus entered the spire, the Emperor was listening to the report of the commander of the Custodes, Valdor.

After Valdor finished his report, the Emperor looked at the visitor.

Waldo had been with the Emperor for so long that he could understand what the Emperor meant with just a glance or a gesture, so he immediately repeated the report to Qin Xia.

"A month ago, we sent an exploration fleet consisting of thousands of warships deep into the Webway."

"This fleet also has a large number of Skitarii, Solar System Auxiliary Forces, and a hundred Custodians."

"Today, the exploration fleet has lost contact with us and disappeared without a trace."

After finishing the report, Waldo stepped aside.

The Emperor looked at Qin Xia and said, "We have to explore the network routes leading to all directions of the empire, but before that, we have to find the exploration fleet first."

Qin Xia thought about it for a moment and realized that the exploration fleet was most likely detained by the Eldar.

Although some network routes may be occupied by demons, the Eldar will find ways to isolate those broken network routes.

The possibility of the fleet being destroyed by warp creatures like demons is extremely low.

The Emperor also believed that the fleet was most likely in the hands of the Eldar, so he said: "If we can use diplomatic means to get the fleet back, that would be best. If not, I don't mind having a webway war with the Eldar."

(End of this chapter)