Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The leader was Jia Yi, Bai Zhi.

He stepped out of the force field and scanned the Ultramarines' defensive line, the wounded area, the ammunition depot, the area of ​​the dead, and the entrance to the inner ark.

After confirming the boundary, Bai Zhi bowed to Calgary.

"Lord Calgar. By order of His Majesty the Seal, the White Tiger Combat Order is taking over the cleanup mission of the Ominous Ark here."

Calga returned the greeting: "Thank you for coming so quickly."

Bai Zhidao said, "The Lord in charge of the seal said that we are all one family, so there is no need for the commander to be so polite."

Cargill pointing structure diagram.

"Three high-risk areas. The vertical structure below the bridge may connect to the remaining control core. The ninth cargo hold shows a large number of unknown life forms. The inner port side shows signs of psionic distortion. We destroyed the secondary engine, and the status of the main nervous plexus is unknown."

Bai Zhi listened attentively.

The fact that the Ultramarines were able to stop the Ark already shows that they paid a heavy price.

"Intelligence received."

Bai Zhi said, "We will first establish an outer blockade, lay independent lighting and communication lines, and then advance in sections. The areas marked by your side will be re-inspected first. The remains of the fallen and the gene seeds will be handed over to your pharmacists without our involvement."

Calga nodded.

An Ultramarathon veteran walked up to Calgar.

"Commander, the wounded have been gathered. The evacuation craft will take off in twenty minutes."

“Fifteen minutes,” Calga said. “Helios can’t wait.”

"As ordered."

Tigurius handed a storage device to Bai Zhi.

"This is a psionic marker. Life activity in cargo hold nine is masked by a barrier; do not send ordinary personnel in. The vertical structure beneath the bridge has a manipulative echo that may mislead perception."

Bai Zhi took the storage device.

"It will be strictly enforced."

Calgary has finally truly let go of this battlefield.

"Please convey to the Lord of the Seal that the Ultra Warrior has noted this support."

Bai Zhi said, "I will relay the message. The Lord of the Seal also said that after we take down the Ominous Ark, we can continue to call for support. We will be there whenever needed."

Calga looked at him.

For a long time, extreme warriors have been used to being the pillar that others ask for help from.

The Empire requests aid, the Star Force requests aid, the Navy requests aid, and the Governor requests aid.

Other factions will also wait for the blue flag to appear in the most difficult battle zones.

Now, Calga clearly realizes that he now has a force behind him capable of shouldering heavy responsibilities.

If Lawson could clear out these ominous arks for him, and if the Dark Side's delivery forces could serve as a backup plan in the Empire's counterattacks, many "pyrrhic victories" could potentially turn into truly sustainable ones.

Before boarding the evacuation boat, Calga took one last look at the wrecked deck.

The White Tiger Battle Group's flag has been planted next to the temporary command post.

…………

When the Ominous Ark searches for the key fragments, its course never points solely to the Empire world.

The galaxy is not the ruins of one race of the Empire.

The Eldar's Arkworld, the Necropolis's Tombworld, the Tau Empire's marginal colonies, the Orcs' Junk Moon, and even some alien ruins long forgotten by history may all hold those ancient fragments that were pursued by Vashtor and Abaddon.

The key fragments will not avoid a race's territory just because that race does not believe in Chaos.

They sometimes disguise themselves as sacred objects.

Sometimes they become burial objects in tombs.

Sometimes it sinks deep into the core of a dead star.

Sometimes, it will transform into an inconspicuous metal can in a tomb chamber of a space necromantic dynasty that has been sleeping for 60 million years.

The Vol's Tomb world is one of them.

This planet is located in a remote region of the northeastern galaxy, its outer orbit surrounded by asteroid belts and remnants of old-fashioned necromantic defenses.

From a distance, Wall appears as a desolate world covered by layers of sandy rock.

However, beneath the surface lies an entire system of undead tombs that has not yet fully awakened.

The dynasty name is not complete in the imperial archives.

A few trial records refer to it as the Vol cemetery, while some blocked documents from the Mechanic Church mention the name "Somtatec".

A space necromancer overlord.

An Old King who, before the Great Slumber, possessed multiple subsidiary tomb worlds and a tomb fleet.

But Wall is not fully awake yet.

The sleep protocol has gone wrong, and many burial plots remain unused.

Less than 30% of the surface air defense arrays are active, and the outer burial fleet is still locked in an inert berthing layer outside subspace.

The ruling center deep within the tomb world is in a state of intermittent awakening, with only a small number of undead warriors, scarab swarms, and a few automated defense towers carrying out basic patrols.

This should have been a desolate, undisturbed graveyard.

Until a calamity fleet arrived.

Its leader is Kahmut, the traitorous wizard lord of the Thousand Sons Legion.

He was once the legion's think tank for the son of Magnus, but after ten thousand years of exile and endless conspiracies, he became an old monster who only believed in prophecies, numbers, and interests.

Kahmut disliked Vashtor.

He didn't like Abaddon either.

But in this war to find the key, whoever can hand over the fragment will gain greater freedom of action from the Chaos Warmaster.

For Chiko, freedom is always more important than loyalty.

"The signal is right below."

In the observation shrine of the Cataclysm flagship "Blue Flame Judgment," Kahmut stood amidst a circle of floating runes.

Behind him stood twelve Thousand Wizards and hundreds of Scarlet Warriors.

The red-letter warriors stood silently at the edge of the altar, their power armor devoid of flesh and blood, containing only sealed dust and the echoes of souls. They neither questioned orders nor feared the necropolis of space.

A wizard asked in a low voice, "The tomb world has not yet fully awakened. Should we launch a direct orbital bombardment?"

Kahmut glanced at him.

"You want to blast a fragment of the key into the Earth's core?"

The wizard immediately lowered his head.

"What I mean is, destroy the outer defenses first, then send a squad in."

"The longer the outer defense remains dormant, the better."

Kahmut said, "The undead aren't greenskins. Give them time, and they'll awaken layer by layer. We're here to take something, not to wage war against a dynasty."

The floating runes converge into a single coordinate.

Beneath the surface of the earth, a secondary crypt of the main tomb was marked out.

It contains a large number of funerary objects, dynastic insignia, old-style dimensional locks, and a batch of alien trophies that the necromancer nobles regarded as ornaments.

The echo of the key fragment is hidden there.

"The First, Third, and Ninth Wizarding Orders will follow me down. Red-letter warriors will lead the way. The fleet will remain silent and suppress any awakened anti-air arrays. If the Tomb Fleet begins to activate, notify me immediately."

"As ordered."

The surface of Vol was quickly torn apart by blue teleportation flames.

The Thousand Sons Legion used witchcraft to open a short-distance teleportation rift in the outer layer of the tomb, bypassing the surface defenses that were not yet fully activated, and directly descended to the outer perimeter of the underground secondary hall.

The first group of red-letter warriors stepped out of the flames just as the cold green light inside the tomb began to illuminate.

The necromancer's alert system began to react.

Two rows of slumbering undead warriors in the walls raised their heads, their eye sockets glowing with green fire. The Gauss stripper rose from its mechanical arm, locking onto the intruder.

Kahmut did not give them time to complete their formation.

"burn."

The nine Thousand Sons Wizards raised their hands simultaneously.

Psychic flames surged forth along the tomb corridor like a restrained blue tide, engulfing the first wave of undead warriors. Gaussian rays tore through the breastplates of several red-letter warriors, but the dust warriors sealed within their armor did not retreat.

They advanced under the green light, their explosive guns precisely shattering the undead warriors' heads and chest cores.

Under normal circumstances, these undead will quickly trigger the resurrection protocol.

But the thousand sons were prepared.

The Dark Mechanicus provided special interference spikes for this operation.

As the Red Letter warriors advanced, they hammered small devices engraved with gear runes into the tomb floor.

The interference spikes release subspace noise, which cannot completely disrupt the regeneration protocol, but can delay the recovery and reassembly process in the short term.

This delay is sufficient.

The thousand sons did not come to occupy Wal.

All they had to do was steal the key fragments and leave.

The battle deep inside the tomb lasted forty-seven minutes.

The necromantic defense system is constantly awakening.

Swarms of scarabs poured out from cracks in the walls and the ground, attempting to dismantle the red-letter warrior's power armor.

The spider-shaped repair machine descended from above the secondary hall, extending its cutting arm to repair the bombed-out portico.