Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 329 The Method to Cure Thirst
As the Thunderhawk descended, Dante, clad in golden power armor, emerged from it.

Gao Yi and Mellen, accompanied by Gabriel, arrived at the landing site to welcome Dante.

Upon seeing Dante, Gabriel's face showed a hint of admiration, but his gaze kept wandering over Dante.

Dante's legend has been heard by almost every chapter, and the longer an Astartes has served, the more they admire Dante.

It's not necessarily a good thing that Astartes lived a long time in this world.

Maintaining rationality for such a long period of intense combat is a testament to his strong will.

Looking at the Blood Guards beside Dante, Gao Yi wondered if he should also get himself a cool-looking guard.
The Night Guardians are too plain; the Holy Blood Guardians, clad in golden armor and adorned with white wings, are undeniably handsome.

Meanwhile, Dante was also observing Gao Yi and Gabriel.

Gao Yi may seem unremarkable, but he manages to make Gabriel sense the danger he poses.
He had never sensed this aura from a mortal before.
Upon seeing the chapter insignia on Gabriel's body, he knew it was from the Blood Ravens, although the chapter's reputation didn't seem to be very good.
He always felt that Gabriel was watching his power armor and mask.
"Gabriel, control yourself! Don't embarrass yourself!"

"I'm sorry, Lord Gao Yi. I'm used to it."

However, before Dante could ask Gao Yi about the situation in the Underworld system, one of Dante's Blood Guards showed some unusual behavior.
The Holy Blood Guardian's body began to tremble slightly as he tried his best to suppress the agitation within him.

Dante also noticed the member's abnormality; he knew that this Holy Blood Angel was suffering from a thirst for blood. The battle with Tyrion had triggered the attack of the thirst.

This genetic defect, known as Blood Thirst, causes the Sons of Sanguielles to have an extreme thirst for blood. It is said that Dante himself, in his youth, drained the blood of several mortals due to Blood Thirst.

Before Saint Gilles took over the Ninth Chapter, the Blood Angels were even called ghouls, and their thirst for blood would drive them to devour corpses on the battlefield.

However, under Saint Gilles's tutelage, they learned to suppress their craving for blood.

However, this is ultimately just suppression. When a Holy Blood Angel shows its mercy and compassion to save those mortals, what it may be thinking is how to tear apart the bodies of the mortals in front of it so that it can bathe in blood.

As time goes by, the thirst for blood will become more and more severe, which shows how powerful it was for Dante to be able to drink fresh blood from time to time to relieve his thirst even after living for so long.

"Commander, I request to recuse myself for a moment."

Dante nodded silently, while the other Blood Angels watched Gao Yi and the others warily.

Thirst for blood is a stain on the Holy Blood Angels, and they do not want outsiders to know about it.

Seeing the Holy Blood Angel return to the Thunder Eagle, Gao Yi guessed that the Blood Thirst had flared up again.

"Commander Gabriel, how are your compatriots?"

"Lord Gao Yi, there's no need to worry. He's just feeling a little unwell!"

"I hope so."

The situation of this Holy Blood Guardian made Gabriel even more eager to find Augustus, even causing him to temporarily put aside his research on the current state of the Hades Galaxy.

"Lord Gao Yi, where is the governor here?"

"Are you looking for Augustus?!"

“That’s right, the Holy Blood Angels need him.”

"He has completely gone mad and lost his will."

"He's gone mad?! Is he still alive?!"

Gao Yi did not answer directly, but instead came to the group of Holy Blood Angels.

"I am alive, but Commander Dante, if you are trying to find a cure for thirst through the bloodline of the governor's family here, I think it is unnecessary to go to such lengths."

Gao Yi didn't deliberately lower his voice, but Dante and the Holy Blood Angels around him could hear him clearly.

After bringing Augustus back, Gao Yi immediately sent his genetic information back to Agathos and had Pavian analyze it using the Panacea. The analysis revealed that the genes had simply undergone some mutations due to prolonged exposure to the twin stars of the Hades Galaxy, and were not as special as initially thought.

Gao Yi's words instantly put Dante and the group of Holy Blood Angels on edge.

Dante's body tensed instantly.

"Lord Gao Yi, how did you know about our plan?!"

This concerns the fate of the warband, and he will never miss any opportunity to heal the warband's flaws. This plan is known only to the chief blood priest and a few others!

Gao Yi, who was meeting them for the first time, knew about a plan that even many members of the battle group were unaware of.

"The God-Emperor told me that the Holy Blood Angel must have had contact with Guilliman, right? I think he also told you some things about me. Augustus's genes really can't help you. If you don't believe me, I can still give him to you. You will know that your plan is not feasible, but I have a way to completely cure your genetic defects."

"You?! What makes you think you can do it?! Lord Gao Yi! This matter is of utmost importance. Even in a world where the great emperor still walks the earth, our genetic defects have not been resolved. How can you believe you can do it? Lord Gao Yi, the sons of Saint Gilles will not allow anyone to joke about this matter!"

“I never joke about important matters, Dante. Have you heard of the elixir of life?! Perhaps you don’t know what happened in the Comoros, but not long ago my troops and I took a trip there, and by sheer coincidence, I brought it back from the Dark Eldar.”

"Just provide me with one of your gene seeds, and I'll quickly provide you with a solution. Give it a try; a gene seed is a worthwhile investment, and you probably don't need one more."

"A panacea?!"

Dante had also heard of the STC, which once belonged to humankind.

Hearing Gao Yi's words, Dante finally began to believe him. However, the real reason Dante agreed was when Guilliman told him that Gao Yi had met and spoken with the Emperor in the Throne Room, and that Gao Yi's ability to walk out of it unharmed at least showed that Gao Yi was trustworthy.

"Alright! I'll have the Holy Blood Priest provide you with a gene seed right away!"

"Don't worry, Dante, my priests will give you a solution soon! In the meantime, we should focus on figuring out how to solve the problems within the Hades system!"

Gao Yi brought Dante into the command center and introduced the situation in the Hades system.

Using the emperor's revelation as an excuse, Gao Yi told Dante that this galaxy would soon welcome new guests.
Some of Tyrion's tentacles also approached Pertita.

As these biological ships approached, the early warning system of this space necropolis world was certainly activated.

"You mean space undead also come here?"

Dante had also encountered these space undead once. Although there was no large-scale battle, their level of technology still shocked Dante.

"That's right, they might even try to cooperate with you."

Gao Yi also recounted to Dante the original ending of the Hades galaxy.
"You mean the arrival of the space necromancers will help us activate the Grand Prism, a creation that originally belonged to them, to detonate the gas giant and ultimately destroy most of the Terran bio-ships?!"

When Dante heard this, he even thought it was a pretty good plan. Even with their addition, they couldn't destroy the entire biological fleet, and as Gao Yi said, even if the space necromancers joined, they still couldn't achieve a complete victory in the battle of the fleet in the void.

Even beyond the Hades Galaxy, Terran bio-ships continue to cross the ice crystal ring and enter this area.

Quantitative change eventually led to qualitative change.

"If this galaxy is beyond saving, then of course we can do this, but right now, there are still hundreds of billions of humans in the entire galaxy, and every planet in this galaxy is still in our hands. If we do this, it would be equivalent to issuing an extermination order to all the planets in the Hades galaxy."

Even if some impacts can be avoided on the dark side of the planets, the ecological environment of these planets will no longer be suitable for human survival. Dante, perhaps Tyrannosaurus is the enemy of all intelligent life in the galaxy, but those space necromancers also have their own selfish motives for doing this.

As they wiped out Tyran, they were also wiping out humanity in the Hades system. In their eyes, this galaxy belonged to them, not to us newcomers.”

Gao Yi shared his thoughts, but he didn't mention that he needed the Grand Prism. If it were used to detonate a gas giant, the Grand Prism would be completely destroyed due to energy overload.

The powerful impact would completely destroy it, and the SCV would be unable to repair it.

(End of this chapter)