Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 480 The Development of Rhodes Territory, Cosmic Mythical Beast Planet
Luo Jia wrote volume after volume of scriptures for Rhodes's fervent followers, exaggerating Rhodes's story, portraying him as a chosen one, and praising him.

Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Rhodes' space mothership has sailed into its own territory.

Although it was his own territory, Rhodes did not stay there for long. This territory was given to Rhodes by Guilliman after he awoke, and Rhodes only visited it during the early stages of the planet's construction.

This place initially had only three star systems and five habitable worlds.

Later, through the development of the Mephirasians and the expansion of the Black Star Shuren, it has now reached the size of more than ten weeks, equivalent to an Imperial sector.

Moreover, in each star system, almost all the steel-bodied planets have been utilized. Some have been used as mining planets, while others have been pushed into the habitable zone and transformed into agricultural worlds, forging worlds, or hive worlds.

This place has been developing independently for five years. Unbeknownst to him, Rhode has been in the world for six years now. If it weren't for this monster system, he would have become a source of nutrition for some Tyranid insectoid by now!

"Great master, please allow me to introduce your territory to you. It is 40 light-years in size and contains 18 star systems."

There are more than 200 habitable planets, including 100 agricultural planets, 50 industrial planets, and 60 nesting planets.

There are also 100 mineral planets and numerous satellite mineral worlds.

After years of construction, all the planetary worlds have been connected, and all navigation and trade within the region can move freely, and subspace travel is also extremely safe.

"The number of mortal armies has reached 3000 million, and the number of Astartes has reached 60." Shuren bowed to Rhodes and said.

"Thank you for your hard work. You did a great job and didn't let me down," Rhodes said.

It feels so good to develop this territory.

When he left, there were only 3 star systems, but when he returned, the number had increased to more than a dozen, and the population under his command had reached hundreds of billions.

“This is all I should do, great Lord Rhodes. You saved me, you saved my fallen brother, you brought us back on the right track,” Xiu Lun said.

He felt extremely honored to have Lord Rhodes's approval. Lord Rhodes was far better than those high lords of Terra. Back then, when he was developing the Vortex region, he had been frantically expanding his army and preparing for war.

It was because he knew of the threat of Chaos, but those ridiculous High Lords not only did not help him, but also tripped him up in various ways, even using Imperial warriors to wage war against him.

The outcome proved his concerns to be correct. If the Empire had listened to his advice and strengthened military forces in various regions, perhaps the 13th Black Crusade would not have occurred.

In the end, he betrayed the Empire and became a Chaos Space Marine Lord. Even so, he still managed to gather a force that was no less powerful than Warmaster Abaddon, thanks to his great talent.

Only when he meets his true confidant and a true mentor can he play his role. If he is allowed to develop in peace for a hundred years, he may even be able to launch a large-scale expedition using all the resources in his current territory.

“I’ve seen everything you’ve done, Xiu Lun. I have complete confidence in entrusting my territory to you,” Rhodes said.

That's right! Even the Mefilas aliens aren't as capable as Xiu Lun. The Mefilas aliens are highly intelligent, good at strategizing, and good at analyzing situations for themselves, but when it comes to developing territory, the ruthless Xiu Lun is much better at it.

“Lord Rhodes, the planet you asked me to prepare is now complete. Let me take you there to see it!” Xiu Lun said.

After taking over Rhodes' territory, he received an order to find a natural planet with an excellent environment and a good geographical location.

About six months ago, when my Space Marines launched an expedition, we encountered such a world.

This world has not given rise to any intelligent civilization; it is teeming with wild beasts who have gained control of the planet with ease.

Later, Xiu Lun discovered that this was a pollution-free world, which perfectly met Lord Rhodes' requirements.

This planet is Rhodes' most important cosmic beast planet.

This time, Rhodes will place the remaining cosmic beasts here, especially the Beast Queen Zoga, who will reside here permanently. In addition to breeding smaller beasts, she will use her own beast energy to change the environment here.

Rhodes nodded and immediately had Xiu Lun lead him to the Phantom Beast Planet, which was already under construction.

After a series of space jumps, the group arrived in an unfamiliar star system where several planets were being transformed into industrial and agricultural worlds.

With the powerful telekinetic abilities of the Mefilas aliens, every time Shuren conquers a star system, he chooses to maximize the benefits by dragging all the terraforms into the habitable zone.

Whether it's terraforming it into a habitable planet or a mineral-rich planet, it would be very suitable.

The group soon landed on a huge, emerald-green planet, more than twice the size of Holy Terra and with 1.5 times the gravity.

With a thick atmosphere, 60% ocean and 40% land, the highest temperature reaches 50°C and the lowest temperature drops to below -40°C, with even colder temperatures in the polar regions. It boasts a beautiful ecological environment, making it highly habitable. Generally, once such a world is discovered, it is typically transformed into an agricultural world or a habitat world.

Transforming it into a garden world would be a waste, given its immense value.

"Lord Rhodes, as you instructed, I have established several training bases here, making every effort to avoid damaging the environment and to refrain from any industrial production."

"They've only grown some food, and on a small scale. This place can only accommodate at least a million Space Marines for training at a time." Hugh Lun began to explain the planet to Rhodes.

“I plan to have you stationed here long-term, making this your political center. Is that alright?” Rhodes asked.

He kept a few cosmic beasts for himself, plus the two spirit race girls and Xiu Lun, and the energy of the cosmic beasts here could cover the entire planet.

“Of course, no problem. We need a bridgehead to continue our expansion. This star system is still very large, and there are many planets that can be used as arsenals and recruitment sites,” Xiu Lun said.

Rhodes nodded with great satisfaction. After touring the place for a while, he let Evelyn and Lyris leave the spaceship and settle down on the planet temporarily.

In the future, they will rest here and prepare for childbirth, so that others will not find out that Rhodes has two Eldar hybrid offspring.

Rhodes' two wives, and even the Goddess of Life, disembarked from the mothership and landed on this beautiful mythical beast planet.

Rhodes stood atop the highest peak of the Beast Planet, gazing upon this verdant world.

A gentle breeze carries the fresh scent of grass and trees, and the distant lake shimmers in the sunlight.

Evelyn and Lylis stood beside him, their eyes filled with love and anticipation for this land.

“It’s really beautiful here,” Evelyn said softly, her fingers gently tracing the bark of a tall, ancient tree beside her, where the scent of life and nature still lingered. “I can feel that this land is full of vitality.”

As a member of the Adaling tribe, she naturally loved this beautiful world, and the natural atmosphere here made her feel comfortable.

Elsa, the goddess of life, was also very satisfied with this place.

Lylis nodded, her gaze falling on a distant grassland; the scenery of this planet was simply breathtaking.

Rhodes's men chose a good place; it would be a very good thing to conceive a child here.

Rhodes smiled slightly and put his arms around his two wives' shoulders. "I'm glad you're happy. I can stay here with you for now."

Since the new Cosmic Beasts and Beast Queen Zoga have not yet absorbed the Cosmic Star God Fragments, Rhode plans to stay in his territory for a while.

Wait for the arrival of the space necromancer traveler Alakel, deal with him, and then take Rogdorn back to Holy Terra.

“Can’t we leave after the child is born? I think it will only be a dozen or so years, at most 20 years,” Evelyn said.

Rhodes' genetic material is very strong, so they don't need Rhodes to replenish it all the time.

That's the advantage of being a super life form! However, Rhodes' offspring also take longer to develop than those of ordinary Eldar.

Normal Eldar gestation wouldn't take that long; according to the Terran year for humans, the gestation period would be completed in 7 to 10 years.

This time is still very short for the Spirit Race, who have a lifespan of thousands of years. In addition, since the two of them are now super life forms, they don't care about this little bit of time at all.

“You know I’m really tied up,” Rod said with a shrug.

He also had to deal with that space necromancer overlord, handle the affairs of the empire, participate in the Great Crusade, and confront the four Chaos Vendors.

"Then go ahead without worry! It takes us about ten years to conceive."

"I must do this myself. Don't worry! I will come back when the child is born. The first phase of the Unyielding Expedition will only last for a dozen years at most."

After appeasing his two wives, Rhode placed all his spare magical beasts on this planet, and also placed the Cosmic Magical Beast Fist Manual here.

The cosmic creatures finally have a real home world.

(End of this chapter)