Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 66 Attacking the Bottom Nest
The two Word Bearers were overwhelmed by thousands of these thieves.

If there were still traces of fighting around, people who had not witnessed it would have no idea what happened here.

This group of cunning people act like a whole. They are extremely efficient and have a strong fighting spirit.

"What a terrifying alien!"

After confirming that there was no one around, Norris began to return to the nest.

Gao Yi, who got the news, didn't expect that he failed to kill those people who carried the words, but was killed by those cunning ones instead.

Come to think of it, these powerful cunning guys can even block or even destroy the attack of large-scale Chaos Space Marines. It is not unfair for the two Word Bearers to be killed.

As the troops continued to advance, they still had not found the main force of Valentine and the black oil men.

Gao Yi guessed that they must have been killed by Ji Xie, so the resistance of the remaining cultists was so weak.

"Rebecca, do you know where the sewage area is?"

"Lord, I know that the sewage area is close to the Lower Hive. Domestic sewage and industrial wastewater from the Upper and Lower Hives are discharged into the wasteland outside the hive through the sewage area's pipes. This sewage is even an important source of water for the mutants in the Lower Hive."

"How is the troops advancing? Have they reached the sewage area?"

"Dynasty has five commandos advancing in that direction. They're already very close to the sewage area, but there's still post-war remediation work to do. If we follow the battle plan, it will take another five to six days to reach the sewage area."

With the help of combat suits, widow mines and siege tanks, the lower nest is advancing at an extremely fast speed, and a large number of areas return to the embrace of the dynasty almost every day.

"Don't rush. Advance steadily, minimizing casualties as much as possible. I have the advantage! Rebecca, one more thing. Did Ludwig ever mention the Death Cult of Agathos to you?"

Gao Yi asked curiously. The Death Worship Cult said they were looking for a wandering merchant, not Gao Yi by name.

"I've heard that the Death Cult and Lord Ludwig may have had some cooperation. Only Lord Ludwig knows the specific details, but what I do know is that the Death Cult in Agassus not only kills those they think need to be killed, but also kills some people for Lord Ludwig."

Rebecca also showed disgust on her face when she said this.

Although the Death Worship Cult believes in the God-Emperor, it does not obey the orders of the imperial government or the dynasty.

As the governor, Rebecca hated this power that was beyond the dynasty's control, not to mention that the other party was extremely dangerous.

She heard that the reputation of the Death Cult in Xiachao was so terrifying that no matter if they were ordinary workers, gangsters, or even guards of Xiachao, as long as they believed that the death of these people could be offered to the God-Emperor, they would act without hesitation.

The act of killing dynasty soldiers was not prohibited in any way. Whenever he wanted to let the planetary defense forces encircle these extreme churches, he would be stopped by Ludwig.

Gao Yi also dislikes the cult of death. Extreme worship and behavior are often exploited by evil gods, and one falls into the arms of chaos without knowing it.

Gao Yi estimated that even the Death Worship Cult itself sometimes couldn't tell whether the person it worshipped was the God-Emperor or some other evil god.

They don't even realize that they are being used by the evil god.

The existence of the Death Cult is like an invisible bomb. Many people in the Empire will use them, and the Inquisition and the Assassin's Court will also let them do dirty work for them, but no one has ever wanted to put them in the open.

Gao Yi even doubted whether the Divine Emperor himself would acknowledge the existence of the Death Worship Cult.

Although the so-called high priest of the other party wants to see him, Gao Yi does not plan to go now.

In the game, he can load the saved game and try whatever he wants. He can cooperate with the Death Cult without worrying about the consequences and can make different choices again.

But this isn't a game. If you're in a favorable situation and lose it by playing recklessly, you'll be completely defeated. Even the Death Worship Cult has many branches.

After waiting patiently for another seven days, the work of retaking the lower nest was nearing completion.

Most of the area has returned to the hands of the dynasty, and Gao Yi immediately ordered the team to start exploring the bottom nest.

The dynasty's army began to set up strong positions at all known entrances to the bottom nest. These were the obvious entrances. Some young nobles of the hive city would sometimes go to the bottom nest in the name of hunting lords to hunt and eliminate some mutants as their coming-of-age ceremony.

Now these entrances do not allow anyone to enter or exit except the dynasty's soldiers.

Gao Yi also came to the position outside the bottom nest.

The situation in the bottom nest is even more complicated than that in the lower nest. Many narrow passages cannot accommodate large vehicles at all, which makes Gao Yi's banshees and siege tanks useless.

Pavian also came to the outside of the position, where the priests were debugging a large number of servo skulls.

These drone-like mechanical creations, made after the death of the Pure, rely on anti-gravity to float on the battlefield. Not everyone is qualified to be made into a servo skull. Only the pure and pious among humans have this opportunity. Many people in the empire even think it is an honor to be made into a servo skull.

I don't understand, but I respect that at least these servo skulls can come in handy at this moment.

After the priests calmed the machine spirits in the servo skulls, a large number of servo skulls flew into the passage leading to the bottom nest, helping Gao Yi find out the situation in the lower nest.

The servoskull's robotic eyes began scanning the terrain of the Underhive and transmitting it back to Pavian's information processing unit.

"Lord Gao Yi! The servo skulls have been attacked!" Pavian's processor was receiving information from the servo skulls at this time. He didn't even have time to order the servo skulls to return before he sensed that one servo skull after another was destroyed.

It wasn't long before all the servoskulls lost contact.

"What happened Pavian?"

"Life signals, lots of life signals, a large number of life signals appeared on the Servo Skull's auspicious instrument. They surrounded it from all directions and destroyed the Servo Skull.

Your Excellency, we may not be able to complete the exploration mission with mechanical creations alone. The servoskulls are too fragile. In the end, we may still need your soldiers to complete the work."

After listening to Pavian's words, Gao Yi looked at the dark entrance to the bottom nest in front of him and waved his hand.

The soldiers who had been waiting on the side began to move forward.

100 soldiers wearing CMC combat uniforms will enter the base as the vanguard.

"For the dynasty, for the great Rogue Trader! Forward!"

A combat team will consist of 8 machine gunners, one fire bat and one medic. Their mission is to collect as much intelligence as possible from the bottom nest like a servo skull.

Gao Yi looked at the incoming team with a little bit of reluctance in his heart. He knew that it would be difficult for these first batch of soldiers to survive, but someone would have to sacrifice eventually. Without knowing the enemy's combat effectiveness, it was too dangerous to let a large army blindly enter.

The other side is not a mob, but a guy who can even kill Astartes.

Gao Yi even suspected that even with combat uniforms, he would be trapped in the vast ocean of people's war if he entered rashly.

Not to mention now, even when Ludwig was a traveling trader, he didn't know how many people were hiding in the bottom nest.

These conscripted soldiers also knew the danger of this mission, but Gao Yi also promised them generous rewards. Their children would be admitted to Zhongsi College without taking an exam, and their surviving family members would also receive more free living rations.

(End of this chapter)