Warhammer: Empire Reboot

Those identified as uncontaminated should be relocated to other areas, their existing social networks severed, to prevent them from being subtly dragged back to their lairs by blood relatives.

This will tear many families apart.

A family that has been touched by a commoner prince is no longer a family, but rather an outer organ of a nest.

The final order was given to the Rapid Response Blade.

Three thousand combat troops were mobilized.

They did not fly the bright flags of the nine battle groups, but wore only gray-black low-visibility armor, and carried static anchor point access, close-range clearing equipment, thermal cutters, stun grenades, door sealers and underground combat pistols.

The three thousand people were divided into thirty teams of one hundred each.

Each team is equipped with ten gene sniffing nodes, thirty cornerstone engineering team members, and two T-series hacking units.

Wherever there is rioting, the gates will open.

Upon arrival, the first step is to cut off communications, the second step is to seal off the exits, the third step is to seize the control room, and the fourth step is to protect the water source, shield nodes, and air filtration system.

Do not pursue the matter too deeply.

Do not be lured into unknown underground levels.

The more the insect tries to mislead, the more it should make every uprising of its own a loss.

On the tactical map, thirty black blade markers were scattered, hovering above the major hives of the Vigilant Star.

The next moment, a dark blue static force field lit up everywhere.

The gene sniffing team entered the noble tower, the water purification plant, the union hall, and the underground supply station.

The Bi'an battle group took over the courtroom.

The cornerstone sequence replaces the old permissions.

The T-series assassins are connected to shield nodes, water purification systems, and underground gates.

Soon, the first signal came through the old channel.

[Ren Ku's remnants request reinforcements... Imperial troops are massacring civilians... Repeat, requesting all loyal units to assemble at the Seventh Sewage Line...]

Inside the Royal Court, all was quiet.

All the assassins synchronized their information within the swarm's mindset; the panic, lies, and coded messages from the old channels were merely clues delivered to their doorstep.

Three seconds later, a second response appeared.

Seven seconds later, the third one.

Fifteen seconds later, the four hidden relay points were located in reverse.

On the star map, purple coordinates lit up one by one.

Lawson looked at the points of light and chuckled.

"Respect your father, the ancestral dragon."

“Your child has started talking.”

……

While the surface of Vigilant Star was still burning, the strike cruiser Capatia finally reached the orbit of Extinction.

The Capitol turned off most of its active ornithometers.

The heat dissipation plates on the outer shell of the ship retracted into the gaps in the armor, the propulsion system maintained only minimum power, and the bridge lighting was reduced to a dim red.

The entire ship glided along the shadows of the outer layer of debris on the planet Jueling, like a piece of cold iron.

This is an Ultramarine strike cruiser optimized with stealth technology.

It is not suitable for tearing enemy ships apart head-on in a frontal battle, but it is very suitable for sending an advance force to the enemy's throat.

Captain Sevastus Akelaan of the 2nd Ultramarines Company stood at the front of the bridge.

Jiaqi Yunling stood on the other side.

Looking at the star map ahead, Akalan said, "If the Capatia goes any further, it may enter the outer monitoring network of the planet Jue Ling."

Yunling looked at the industrial world on the star map.

The planet Jue Ling is not far from the vigilant planet and is responsible for supplying some of the military parts, fuel relay components, and industrial maintenance materials. After the Great Rift, its communications became intermittent.

After the great war broke out on the Vigilant Star, the Extinction Star fell completely silent.

Such silence usually means only two outcomes.

died.

Or it could be more troublesome than death.

The pioneering think tank member, Martis, stood behind the two.

“Low-frequency interference is still present,” Maltis said. “Someone is using subspace runes and industrial pulses to disrupt conventional detection.”

“Send out unmanned reconnaissance drones,” Akalan said. “Just use them once; it doesn’t matter if they’re discovered.”

The HMS Capatia dropped a set of miniature reconnaissance devices from its hull.

Instead of initiating conventional propulsion, they drifted into the orbit of the planet Jueling using the weak gravity of the debris belt, like a few inconspicuous metal fragments.

A few minutes later, the first batch of images was transmitted back.

The planet Jueling has changed.

The once dense industrial district still exists, but the factories originally dedicated to Om Messiah have now become flesh and blood structures nailed to runes.

The huge chimney spewed out not steam, but black smoke with crimson spots.

Molten brass, corpse grease, and coolant mixed with slave blood flowed through the pipelines.

Many factory buildings have their exterior walls covered with sinister steel, with living flesh embedded in the gaps between the steel, as if the entire city had been cut open and then maliciously sewn back together.

The densely populated industrial city was transformed into a chaotic fortress.

Evil steel, bones, chains, mechanical debris, and human corpses were piled together.

Streets were dug up, railways were converted into sacrificial tracks, air raid towers were adorned with corpse wind chimes, and the Black Legion's flag was planted atop factory spires.

At the heart of the fortress stands a colossal demon factory.

The structural markings provided by the oracles were quickly translated.

[Hell's Forge.]

Martis whispered, “Warspace entities are bound into mechanical shells. There are many of them. They are creating daemon engines.”

The scene continues to move forward.

On the iron bridge, groups of Black Legion Chaos Space Marines patrolled.

Their armor was jet black with gilded edges, and the Eye of Horus was engraved on their shoulder armor. Many of their armor was so thick it was fused to their flesh, with deformed tubes and spikes protruding from their backs.

Rebel soldiers drove slaves toward the entrance to the furnace.

Venom Crawler roams the ruins, its mechanical feet treading over piles of corpses, its back-mounted cannons accumulating malevolent energy.

Further away, the unfinished demon engine hangs beneath the flesh crane.

Their bodies are forged from hellish brass and twisted steel, and from within come the roars of imprisoned warp entities.

The live sacrifice was placed on the altar.

The Black Legion wizard and the Dimensional Blacksmith stood beside the rune array, activating the communication array with their blood.

A series of hymns, tinged with discordant sounds, spread outwards from the hellish furnace.

The voice praised the gods of darkness and also the master of this place.

Volash the Soul Whipper.

Black Legion Possession Master.

Akalan watched the entire scene and remained silent for several seconds.

"The planet Jueling has fallen."

In the scene, those human slaves who are still alive can no longer be called survivors.

They were chained into ranks, their skin branded with runes, their lives drained by flesh-and-blood vessels, and used as fuel, lubricant, and sacrifice.

Judging by imperial standards, the planet Jueling is indeed beyond saving.

But evacuation is not an option either.

Akran determined the route between Vigilant Star and Extinction Star.

"If this continues to operate, the Hellforge will send demon engines to Vigilant Star within weeks. The front line of Vigilant Star is already under attack from the Greenskins. Once the Black Legion presses in from the outside, the Marker's lines will be torn open."

Yun Ling continued, "This furnace must be shut down."

The two quickly reached an agreement.

Malthus provides psychic shielding.

The Capitol did not enter low Earth orbit, but instead released small landing pods and stealthy Thunderhawks in the shadows of the scree belt.

The Luan Bird Warband and Shadow Spear Strike Force split into several small detachments, which landed in batches in the abandoned industrial area on the side of the Extinction Star Night, and then infiltrated the outer perimeter of the Hell Furnace from the ground.

On the side of the starry night, the first batch of Luan bird warriors landed in an abandoned cooling tower complex.

Yunling was the first to step out of the landing module.

The air was filled with the smells of rust, sulfur, and burnt fat.

In the distance, the flames of the hellish furnace stained the clouds a dark red. The ground trembled continuously.

Akalan led the Shadow Spear squad to approach from another landing point.

Malthus closed his eyes for a few seconds, the blue light inside his psionic hood was kept very low.

"Patrol passes by on the east side. Eight rebels, two Chaos Space Marines. Entering blind spot in thirty-seven seconds."

Yun Ling raised her hand.

Two Luan bird warriors left the group.

Thirty-seven seconds later, the patrol team entered the abandoned cooling pipes.