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Chapter 337 Fate Plays Tricks on the Ignorant

The third ascension site outside the Milky Way.

Palu's shadow spread out in the subspace, blocking the view from the outside.

The eco-boat was fully channeling the power of faith, and the boy on board, Palu, was in his amniotic fluid tank, shouting "Brother Li is so cool and awesome!" 24/7.

Within the warp, in the area shrouded in Palu's shadow, the warp projection linked to the Priest Boy is thriving and is expected to take shape in a month at most.

Li Nuo sat cross-legged in the center of the ritual array, flipping through the data panel in his hand, which recorded information about the second ascension location.

The destructive range of a supernova explosion can reach 50 light-years.

Within 50 light-years of the blast point, X-rays and gamma rays can instantly disintegrate the genetic chain of living organisms and sever almost all devices that rely on electromagnetic signals. The resulting secondary disasters, primarily plasma reactor explosions, can be described as adding insult to injury.

This is not even the full power of a supernova explosion.

The second layer of damage from a supernova explosion is a high-energy particle beam, which is nuclear radiation.

The third layer of damage comes later, but it is the most deadly to the human empire's fleet.

That was a shockwave that spread outward at one-tenth the speed of light, mercilessly destroying all objects within 25 light-years.

The reconnaissance ship responsible for observing the scene jumped into subspace in advance when the supernova exploded to avoid rays, radiation and shock waves.

Radiation damage is the most intense and dissipates the fastest.

Just wait a few minutes and the rays will no longer pose a threat to the reconnaissance ship.

Radiation is not a threat to reconnaissance ships; what needs to be careful about is the shock wave.

The dissipation time of the shock wave varies from one hour to several hours.

As a precaution, the reconnaissance ship remained in subspace for eight hours before returning to the real universe.

The scene before me was bizarre and grotesque, with clouds of gas containing various heavy metals and fragments of planets floating in the void, propelled by the inertia of the shockwave.

There was no trace of the human empire, not even the wreckage of their ships, in either the real universe or the warp.

The only evidence that four Primarchs and more than 500,000 Space Marines once visited this place is the adamantite particles mixed in with the massive amount of debris.

The reconnaissance ship dispatched salvage vessels to collect many engraved adamantite armor plates from the fragments with the highest concentration of adamantite particles.

They were identified as originating from the genetic prototype of the space wolf – Riemann Russ.

After a period of salvage and verification, the adamantite armor plates belonging to Saint Gilles, Lane Johnson, and Ecovacs Clarks were discovered one after another.

Therefore, it is clear that in the face of absolute power—a supernova explosion—anyone who is not a Primarch who has ascended to demonic status has only one path: death.

If the Primarch is like this, the fate of the ordinary soldiers, Space Marines, and geeks in the fleet is self-evident.

"The Imperium of Mankind, which was in the era of rebellion, should be behaving itself now. If we remove the Primarchs and Space Marine Legions that have already defected, and then remove the Primarchs and Legions that died in this supernova explosion, how many Legions are left in the entire Imperium that can be deployed in organized combat?"

Li Nuo counted on his fingers.

Iron Warriors, White Scars, Imperial Fist, Iron Hand, Ultramarines, Death Guard, Thousand Sons, and Salamanders—a total of eight.

It must be said that the human empire has a truly profound foundation.

During the Rebellion, many Legions and Primarchs defected and many died, yet eight Legions were still able to be deployed in formation for battle.

No wonder it is the current ruler of the Milky Way.

If the weasel dared to mobilize eight legions at once to stop him from becoming a god, Li Nuo knew he might not be able to escape unscathed.

Fortunately, although the Empire is powerful, it has many enemies, including demons, chaos orcs, rebel legions, and alien civilizations, which are enough to help it hold back most of the Space Marine legions.

Conservatively speaking, the number of legions that will come to stop him from becoming a god next time should not exceed three, most likely the Salamanders, Ultramarines, and Iron Warriors.

While maintaining the ritual array, Li Nuo discussed countermeasures with Paccardo.

Five days passed in this manner, and finally news came from the human empire.

Blood Raven Boy, in charge of intelligence gathering, reported that the Imperium of Man had confirmed the deaths of four Primarchs, bringing the total number of mortal soldiers and Space Marines who died alongside them to over three million.

This incident caused a huge uproar within the Empire, and the Eldar's desertion in the face of battle was met with widespread condemnation.

There was also a rumor circulating within the empire:

Since the Eldar were able to use prophecy to find an opportunity to return to the Milky Way from outside the Milky Way, they must have foreseen the supernova explosion long ago.

They deliberately failed to warn the human empire, deliberately watching the human empire's warriors go to their deaths; it was a complete conspiracy.

The Palu orcs set a trap, and the Eldar, in perfect harmony with the Palu orcs, led the warriors of the human empire into it, where they perished in vain.

The Yellow Weasel did not respond to this claim, and the War Council and the Senate of Terra also remained silent.

Li Nuo pondered that until the Eldar's network technology was successfully cracked on Mars, the Human Empire could only swallow its anger.

As the saying goes, anticipate the enemy's moves.

After contemplating the future of the human empire, Li Nuo gave the following instructions:
“Pacador, we must firmly control the Web Path. I plan to destroy most of the Web Path gates, keeping only those needed by the Palu Empire. Then we will eliminate the Eldar forces entrenched within the Web Path one by one, especially the Black Library. Do you have any suggestions?”

Paccado stood respectfully at the edge of the ritual circle, now wearing a coarse cloth robe similar to Macardo's, and holding a staff in his left hand.

Find an opportunity to install a hair stylist on him, transforming him into a somewhat balding, medium-length-haired old man, and he'll really look just like Makado.

"Sir, I think this path is feasible, but there are a few things to be careful about." Paccado bowed slightly and asked:
"I'd like to ask you first, what do you ultimately want to make the Shrimp Empire into? Do you want to completely destroy the Shrimp Empire, or severely damage it so that it can't recover for a long time to come? Also, how do you plan to deal with the Pointed Ears from the Rebellion Era? Do you plan to eliminate them all, or simply destroy the Black Library and expel the Pointed Ears from the Web Path?"

Li Nuo thought for a moment and said:

"I want to stand on equal footing with the Shrimp Empire. From now on, we'll go our separate ways. As for the pointy ears, only dead pointy ears are good pointy ears. I'll wipe out all the pointy ears from the rebellious era, leaving none alive."

At least the Palu beastmen and the shrimp could communicate based on scientific evidence, but the Palu beastmen and the pointy-eared ones had nothing to talk about. The latter was single-minded and had nothing to do except prophecy.

To reiterate, if prophecies were effective, Slaanesh wouldn't exist.

“Yes, sir, I understand your objective,” Paccardo said thoughtfully.
"I suggest we start by eliminating Pointy Ears, since they possess network technology and pose the greatest threat to our position within the network. Because Pointy Ears didn't warn Shrimp's four legions about the supernova explosion, the Shrimp Empire might not go to great lengths to help Pointy Ears resist our attack. Furthermore, Pointy Ears' weaknesses are quite obvious. We can find an opportunity to damage the outer shell of the Infinite Circuit, exposing their Ark to the 'Rotten Things,' which will then assist us in invading the Ark."

Li Nuo raised an eyebrow. Although this move was a bit underhanded, it was indeed feasible. Luganat was the most typical example.

The Eldar prophet of this Ark world, oblivious to the danger, left the Infinite Circuit and invaded the Father's backyard. Before he even reached his destination, he fell into the trap of the blue-feathered bird. First, he was tricked by the blue-feathered bird, and then he was infected with the Father's plague. He was in a very sorry state.

This shows that as long as the right opportunity is found to destroy the infinite circuit, even junk can become an asset to one's side.

However, this strategy of using inferior materials has undeniable drawbacks.

Why is the soul of a pointed-eared creature more delicious than that of a shrimp?

This is because their emotional fluctuations and affinity for subspace energy far exceed those of shrimp.

More intense emotional fluctuations can add more fragrance to subspace energy, while an affinity for subspace energy makes it easier to "digest".

After the pointed ears are eaten by the rotten things, the power of the rotten things will increase, and many rotten things transformed from pointed ears will appear in the future.

To a large extent, the strategy of bringing "rubbish" into the "ark" has a connotation of aiding the enemy.

But the words came back again.

To eliminate the pointy ears, the infinite circuit must be destroyed, and once the infinite circuit is destroyed, it will inevitably attract rotten things.

The emergence of junk is something that is almost unavoidable.

unless…

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes, having made up his mind:
“When we attack the Ark, we can use the Palu Shadow to shroud the warp and prevent the rotten thing from spying on and intervening. In this way, we can prevent the rotten thing from growing by consuming the souls of the Pointy Ears.”

“You are truly visionary, Your Excellency,” Packardo echoed. “I think the uses of the Palu Shadow go beyond that. The Pointed-Eared Prophets observe the warp in the infinite loops, searching for visions of the future to obtain prophecies. I think we can use the Palu Shadow to obscure their vision and prevent our surprise attack from being detected by the Pointed-Eared Prophets. Of course, the appearance of the Palu Shadow itself will alert them, so we need to find a suitable excuse to cover it up and let them get used to it.”

Li Nuo nodded slightly:

“You’re absolutely right. I suddenly remembered something. The Black Library is both a network space and an ark. It has higher privileges within the network and won’t be targeted by the Cosmic Hall. When we attack it, we might not be able to use the network turrets left behind by the ancient saints.”

“Boss, I have an idea about this.” Paccard pressed a button on the data panel, opening a holographic map of the network routes surrounding the Black Library:

“Look here. I’ve discovered that the Black Library’s route and terrain are similar to Palu’s Home, and there’s only one entrance to the Webway for both. I’m thinking that we don’t actually need to destroy the Black Library. We can just destroy the Webway space next to it to block the Black Library’s only entrance and exit.”

Paccard switched to the holographic display on the data panel, bringing up a table related to the teleportation ability of the pointed ears:

"According to the Bloodhand Clan's observations and statistics, among the Pointy Ears, only the Supreme Prophet and the Life Goddess incarnation named Elena possess teleportation abilities. The Supreme Prophet's teleportation ability is relatively weak, with a range not exceeding one thousand light-years. Elena's teleportation ability is extremely strong, but there is a limit to the number of people she can teleport. The Bloodhand Clan deduces that after each meditation session, Elena can teleport up to 50 targets, and they can only travel between the Black Library and the pre-set teleportation beacon, unable to go to other places."

Li Nuo knew this intelligence.

“Pacado, do you mean we should clear out all the teleportation beacons outside the Black Library before sealing it off? That’s going to be very difficult. Nobody knows where Elena might have hidden one. If we miss even one, it will cause even more teleportation beacons to appear.”

"Sir, your thinking is truly meticulous," Packardo exclaimed first, then continued:

"Clearing the teleportation beacon is indeed a troublesome matter. Therefore, I suggest finding an opportunity to lure Elena into our trap and take her down in one fell swoop. Without Elena, the Prophet and Bean Sprout alone won't be able to make much of a splash. The only thing to watch out for is that the Sharp-Eared Gods from other sub-universes might get involved."

Li Nuo glanced at the eco-ship outside the porthole, then sensed the projection in the subspace:
"Alright, Packardo, give me a detailed action plan first. Regardless of whether we succeed in becoming gods this time, eliminating Pointy Ears is our next step."

"Alright, sir." Paccado took his leave.

The ceremony site returned to calm.

Li Nuo waited patiently for the human empire to come and stop him from becoming a god.

I wonder if the weasels will come up with a new trick to cause trouble after the supernova explosion.

at the same time.

The Black Library, inside the Obsidian Archives.

Elena stood in front of the reading shelf, flipping through "The Book of Destiny".

Her fingers were trembling slightly, as if she had seen something unacceptable.

Everyone assumed she already knew about the supernova explosion.

But in fact, she didn't know.

The last time she saw the contents of the Book of Destiny, it was limited to the two parts: "returning to the Milky Way through a subspace storm" and "continuing to prevent Li Nuo from becoming a god," and she did not see the words "supernova explosion."

She initially thought she had overlooked something, or that the Book of Destiny had not obtained any information related to the supernova explosion.

But after rereading the crystal book, Elena realized she was wrong.

This is what the book says:
"The most perfect disguise is based on the most genuine ignorance."

"Fate did not inform you and the Supreme Prophet about the 'supernova explosion,' only in this way could the Eldar fleet fearlessly lead the monkeys into the Greenskins' trap."

"Only in this way will the monkeys lose a large number of manpower and four genetic prototypes in the green-skinned trap."

"Elena, please believe in the revelation of fate."

"In order for prophecies to come true, sometimes fate has to hide things from you."

Elena gripped the book pages, her throat parched.

Fate has been hiding something from me!

One’s own ignorance is actually one of the conditions that allows a prophecy to come true!

Elena had always thought she was the executor of the prophecy, but now she realized that she was just a slave to fate!

She suddenly remembered something Li Nuo had once told her:

If a prophecy commands you to kill me, would you carry it out without hesitation?

Without a doubt, this statement describes the persecution of individual lives by fate.

Elena's response was that she would ruthlessly carry out the prophecy's instructions to ensure its fulfillment.

But when fate strikes upon an individual, Elena's decisiveness and resolve in the face of Li Nuo's questioning are matched only by her fear!

(End of this chapter)