Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 149: Movements in the Subspace

Glades was listening to the soldiers' reports in the command post. She finally understood why Franky yelled to close the gate of the bottom nest.

It was not that those Chaos believers did not join the battle according to the orders of the gods, but that they were devoured by these unknown alien creatures.

Among these aliens are a large number of infected and controlled humans, who are using the weapons they funded the cultists to attack her soldiers.

"Governor! Aliens! Unknown aliens are attacking the defenders! There are too many of them! The enemy fleet in orbit has also begun to move! Our ground defense facilities are being destroyed! The enemy has begun airborne!"

The aliens and the enemy launched an attack at the same time. How could such a coincidence happen in this world? The only explanation is that these aliens are simply the biological weapons of the Monget Dynasty.

This group of aliens is not like irrational monsters at all. They are even selective in their targets of attack.

The PDFs under her command and the cultists that Franky infiltrated into the army were all their targets.

However, many civilians in the hive who were forced to join the war did not suffer a devastating blow. They found that as long as they did not attack these aliens, the other party would not harm them.

Most people didn't want to die, so when faced with aliens that suddenly appeared and wouldn't attack them, many people simply dropped their weapons.

Gao Yi needs these people, and all the swarms follow the guidance of psychic power and attack the secret command post where Glades is.

The Thunder Beast, which was teleported here by the Tunnel Worm at great cost, destroyed all enemy resistance along the way like a biological Titan. The artillery fire of ordinary armored vehicles could hardly penetrate its biological armor, and the Thunder Beast could destroy a Leman Russ with one kick.

The huge biological jaws in front of its head have terrifying bite force and can easily pierce thick alloys.

The Zerg's advance was only slightly curbed when they encountered a factory controlled by the Black Oil Man.

The enemy suppressed the Zerg's advance with pure firepower. A large number of combat servants temporarily resisted the Zerg's advance. Even a small number of demon engines emerged from these blasphemous factories and collided with the thunder beasts.

The machine gunners composed of multiple merchant and rogue dynasties have begun to land in the upper nest.

These alliance members don’t know how they play in a game where they are at a disadvantage, but they are really active in a game where they are in a favorable situation. For them, their efforts will bring them terrifying wealth.

The situation developed as Gao Yi had expected, and the alien insects made up for the fleet's disadvantage of insufficient manpower.

Leon and Ian also walked out of the shelter of the Inquisition.

They were still unaware of what was happening in the bottom nest, but when they looked up, they saw a formation of Viking fighter planes flying over the hive city.

Countless anti-aircraft fire exploded inexplicably, while transport planes carrying soldiers in combat uniforms continued to arrive at the upper nest.

The two Gorgons had even penetrated into the atmosphere, and all attempts by another hive city on Malfi to provide support were blocked by these two warships.

No army, including air units, can cross the wilderness.

The medical ship also carried Thor and was deployed on the land of Malfi.

Leon was listening to the report from his spy. He thought that the soldiers wearing unknown combat uniforms around Damon were the elite sent by the other side.

But Ian never told him that these soldiers were all wearing combat uniforms.

There are warships that can enter the atmosphere, and even mechas similar to knights. Except for the Mechanicus, other forces in the empire should not have these things at the same time!
The power displayed by the Monget Dynasty at this time was enough to fight an entire battle on its own.

Although the power of the Monget Dynasty was composed of different parts similar to the Empire, all of these forces obeyed Gao Yi's orders.

The efficiency and resource utilization have reached their limits.

Of course, Lyon knew how strong the combat effectiveness would be under such a centralized system, but most of the Empire's current armies did not dare to do so. Just like the Space Marine Legions divided according to the Codex Astartes, once the army under such a centralized system rebelled or surrendered, the harm to the Empire would be too great.

The Legions in the past were not like the Chapters of today. Under the Astartes there were countless mortal auxiliary troops and manufacturing departments.

After weighing the pros and cons, the empire would rather bear more losses than integrate the various armies of the empire.

"Lord Lyon, there's no need to be so surprised. These aren't all of Lord Gao Yi's strength. You might not know that in the Expansion, we relied on these soldiers to hold off a legion of Khorne's demons and even exiled a Khorne Daemon."

Although Doom's appearance was the key to victory, the Rangers withstood the onslaught of the demon army. "Demon Army? Exiled Demon? What's this army called?"

"The Agathos Rangers, strictly speaking, they also have the Imperial Astra Militarum organization.

I know you're uniting your sects to advocate for change, and Lord Gaoyi is also carrying out reforms in the Chronus Expansion. Perhaps there will be more opportunities for cooperation between your sect and Lord Gaoyi, and the cooperation I mentioned isn't just this one, but a deeper level of cooperation."

Ian's words made Leon fall into deep thought, and he began to seriously consider this matter in his heart.

"But Lord Gao Yi has a request."

"Request? What request?"

"Lord Gao Yi wants your cloning technology!"

"Cloning technology? That's impossible! The value of this technology is immeasurable, and we can't let anyone outside the Inquisition master it!"

Lyon's first reaction was to refuse.

"You don't need to be so sure. Trading cloning technology for the dynasty's support is definitely the best deal!"

Looking at the power displayed by the Monget Dynasty, Lyon was moved.

The Rangers were destroying the Upper Nest's resistance; the advantages the battlesuits offered in conventional combat were simply too great.

The ghosts who failed to assassinate Glades turned around and began to assassinate the officers who chose to resist.

The paralysis of the command system made the defenders of Shangchao even more unbearable.

Malfi's only advantage was that they had far more soldiers than the Dynasty, and they were using their lives to wear down the Dynasty's soldiers.

The number of the dynasty's soldiers was at least a hundred times greater than that of the enemy. Apart from the truly corrupt rebels, there were more soldiers who were swept up in the general trend and did not know the truth. Under the propaganda of the officers, Gao Yi's soldiers were just simple invaders to them.

A large number of civilians were also used as cannon fodder to attack the Rangers' positions.

The state religion of Malfi even tried to stop the invasion of Gao Yi's soldiers. In the eyes of the state religion of Malfi, although their governor and the nobles here were obsessed with conspiracy and intrigue, they were devout believers of the God-Emperor.

However, when the priests under Holt led the rangers to forcibly break into their palace based on the list of nobles with blood ties to Glades provided by Lyon, the various heretical acts hidden in it made the members of the Malfi state religion completely speechless and even felt extremely ashamed.

The corruption of debauchery, indulgence in pleasure, and Slaanesh is most widely spread among this group of nobles.

They claimed to be the shepherds of the Divine Emperor, and began to use their faith to persuade the soldiers to surrender.

At this time, Gao Yi was still on the Starry Sky Pioneer. The army had developed to the point where he no longer needed to charge into battle.

The upper nest is being occupied by the Rangers, while the lower nest, from bottom to top, the Zerg are constantly breaking through layer after layer of defense. Even if they are temporarily delayed by the Black Oiler's army, the Zerg are not afraid of a war of attrition because the Tyranids cannot obtain inorganic matter.

However, the interstellar alien zerg can even convert the energy and metals of the killed fighter servants into the nutrients they need.

Glades has been completely trapped in the hive. If nothing unexpected happens, it will only be a matter of time before Malfi is occupied.

But what he said came true. Gao Yi suddenly sensed strange fluctuations coming from the subspace projection, which made him curse himself for being so rude.

The fierce waves of the subspace even affected the real universe, and the void around Malfi began to turbulent.

Gao Yi, sensing the problem, immediately linked his consciousness to the subspace projection.

The God-Emperor's sun is releasing psychic flames at full power.

And around this sun and Gao Yi, it represents that the power of the four gods is approaching here.

(End of this chapter)