Warhammer 40: Saviors Emerging from the Bottom

Lancelot's command room.

Boom, boom, boom...

"Please come in." The old, dilapidated iron gate made a screeching sound as Xiao Yi, who had already changed his clothes, pushed the door open and walked in.

Perhaps he mistook him for his adjutant, because Lancelot's attention remained focused on the complex terrain map of the lower nest from beginning to end, and he showed no intention of looking up.

His graying temples and haggard expression suggested that the victory in the war had not brought him much relief.

"Excuse me." The unfamiliar voice startled Lancelot, who was engrossed in his work.

"I didn't expect you to be able to move normally so quickly. Leo said before that your body had suffered serious damage and that it would take several months to recover."

"His judgment was correct, it's just that my situation is rather special."

Lancelot smiled but didn't say anything more. He took a cup from the drawer under the table, poured in hot water, and pushed it in front of Xiao Yi.

"Tea leaves were unavailable on the battlefield, so water had to be used instead."

"Pastor Matthias told me that you met at the bottom of the nest. I'm a little curious why you ended up in that place full of monsters and waste?"

The old man still had a smile on his face, but his aura became extremely oppressive. If Xiao Yi's answer was wrong in any way, he would not hesitate to draw his gun and kill the man in front of him.

Of course, this was just Xiao Yi's own feeling. Even if Lancelot had a few more seconds, he might not be able to fire the bullet. So far, no human has been faster than him.

"It was an accident. You know, psionic energy is... a bit unstable. I just wanted to evade the Xenomorphs, but I ended up being teleported to the lowest point of Bakda's hive."

Xiao Yi could spout such nonsense without hesitation; anything that seemed abnormal would immediately become reasonable once it was associated with psychic energy.

Lying is easy, but making people believe you is quite difficult.

Born into a noble family, Lancelot was trained from a young age to judge whether the servants in front of him were lying. Unnatural expressions and subconscious movements could reveal a person's inner panic.

So while listening quietly, he was also carefully observing the young man in front of him.

However, the micro-expressions he had learned were only used when people felt nervous or scared, and the guy in front of him had no idea why he was afraid of a grumpy old man who could be crushed with a flick of his wrist.

After looking at it for a while, Xiao Yi felt a little embarrassed.

"Um, is there something on my face?"

"Oh, no, it just looks familiar."

Lancelot took a sip of water to hide his embarrassment. Unlike Matthias, he was very wary of the Assassins of the Sun, after all, what they wanted to take away was the power held by his family.

To test the waters further, he said, "If you want to go back, I might be able to help you with something."

Do you have a spaceship that goes to Terra?

This question stumped Lancelot; on average, only one spaceship would travel to Macragge every few decades.

But no one went to Terra; it was just too far away.

Seeing his silence, Xiao Yi roughly guessed the answer.

"Never mind if you don't have anything to say. So much time has passed anyway, my home is long gone. Instead of living in the past, I should face the future. Is there anything I can do to help?"

The emotions that people unintentionally reveal are the most genuine. Xiao Yi's sorrowful tone made Lancelot basically confirm that the man in front of him was indeed from Terra.

To show his respect, he sat up straight. The common people of Terra were not people he could easily offend, and who knew if he had any powerful relatives.

However, this also explains why Xiao Yi is so strong.

"The aliens entrenched in the north attacked one of our units. They worship a heretical god and are highly organized. I don't have any troops available to deal with them right now. If you can help, I would be very grateful."

Just as Charles said, he had no one left to use; the loyal and capable officers had either been executed for contracting the plague or died on the battlefield.

"As for manpower, Charles and Redmond have more than 500 men under their command, most of whom were your former subordinates. We will provide them with all the necessary weapons and equipment."

Upon hearing this news, Xiao Yi showed no shock whatsoever.

When you find a follower of a cult or an alien in the hive, don't panic. Look carefully and you'll find that corners that no one usually notices are now crowded with cultists and aliens.

This is a very serious problem facing the world of Hive City: most of the infrastructure was built too old, so much so that even if you put the blueprints in the hands of a professional, they may not be able to figure out how the Hive City's drainage pipes are arranged.

This is why there are many unnoticed corners in the hive, which become the best breeding ground for cults and aliens, and something terrible may happen if you are not careful.

To save the human empire, the most important thing is not how many battles we win, but how well we govern the territories we have already acquired.

If the rear could be stabilized and no rebellion broke out, the entire empire's combat power would increase significantly, but unfortunately, that's impossible.

"What are the distinguishing features of those aliens?"

"Desmond, bring over the alien head that Commander Robert sent."

A few minutes later, an adjutant named Desmond walked in carrying an alien head. The most direct standard by which the human empire judges whether a person is normal is whether their skull is normal, and this guy clearly did not meet the criteria.

"this……"

With its pale skin and overdeveloped forehead, Xiao Yi had a vague recollection of this creature; if his memory served him right, it was probably a cunning fellow.

Genestealers, also known as cunning thieves, are pathfinders deployed by the Tyranid swarm to various planets. They infect humans and subject them to mind control.

When the Hive Fleet arrives, these controlled gene-stealers will rebel and welcome their saviors, but to the Hive Fleet, which only knows how to eat, they are just food.

They will travel to other planets by spaceship and continue everything they have been doing.

The small number of them suggests that they haven't been settled on this planet for very long, and they should still be salvageable if cleaned up in time.

"I'll go back and prepare; I'll leave tomorrow morning."

"Commander Robert is already there waiting; he'll cooperate with you when the time comes."

"Hmm." Xiao Yi got up, pushed open the door, and left the command room.

Watching him leave, Lancelot leaned back in his chair and sighed helplessly.

"I hope I haven't made the wrong decision."

It's not just the problems encountered in the lower nests; the conflict between the governor of the upper nest and the nobles of the upper nest is also becoming increasingly intense, and they might even fight one day. We must resolve these issues as soon as possible.

After finishing the two glasses of water on the table in one gulp, Lancelot threw himself back into his work.