Hawks from the Land of Light are calling me a dove and an undercover agent in the chat group.

He used to have a good impression of Titus, but what is he saying now?

Titus staggered, his heart clenching as the Primarch stared at him with such shock and disappointment. He knew he had done something incredibly stupid that had caused the Primarch such pain, but he couldn’t understand why his words had elicited such a reaction from the Primarch.

"There are only a few billion humans on that planet, and some of them are mutants, Your Highness."

Titus was still trying to persuade the Great Primarch, thinking that he had said something ambiguous, so he explained in detail:

"That's neither a forging world, nor the homeworld of any Astartes Chapter, nor a key world of any state religion, nor does it serve the same purpose as Kadia. It has no value or strategic significance whatsoever, Your Highness. Saving it would only waste your precious time on a bunch of the lowest-value currencies."

Shinji Ikari couldn't understand.

He didn't understand what the Forging World was, what a Warband was, or what a State Religion was.

But he understood; he hadn't misheard. The reason Titus was stopping him from rescuing that planet was truly just because it was "worthless"!

Shinji Ikari stared blankly at the others: "You... think so too?"

"...Yes, Your Highness." The others exchanged glances, but all lowered their heads and answered respectfully, their words coming from the bottom of their hearts.

Like Titus, they were completely unable to comprehend what the original body was doing.

A surge of anger rose within Shinji Ikari, rising and instantly filling his entire being.

At this moment, Shinji Ikari was so angry that he laughed instead of laughing; he was completely amused by his own anger!

"Value, value... So you mean billions of lives are less than all the value in the world? These lives don't have value?"

"The humans on that planet could never build a single battleship for the Empire, Your Highness. Such a hive world is not suitable for deploying too many troops; otherwise, the losses will only be greater, not to mention the loss of your precious time," Sergeant Sevis said respectfully.

Titus seemed to understand something, and he said sincerely, "The territory of mankind is too vast in the entire empire and the entire galaxy. Billions of humans are really nothing. There are millions of planets like this, Your Highness."

"My time is not precious at all, and life does not become cheap just because there are too many of them!"

Shinji Ikari roared out in fury!

At that moment, he looked exactly like an angry lion!

He couldn't understand, he really couldn't understand, why the likes of Titus could talk about human life so lightly, so cheaply!

Although he cannot treat all life as completely equal like Uncle Kasa or the Ultramen he admires, in every reincarnation, he will protect the lives of his friends and refrain from harming those who are invaded and manipulated by the Angels.

He would rather be beaten to death along with Unit-01 than kill his friend, and he wanted his friend to live.

For him, human life is truly precious.

But why could Titus and his group so easily discard the lives of billions of humans? If we draw an analogy like that, then wouldn't Shinji Ikari's world be worthless and unnecessary to save?

In the main universe of the Land of Light, before the Martial Arts Tournament, which promoted cosmic peace and unity, appeared, at least a million planets were suffering from various invasions and destructions every moment.

No, rather than millions, there are at least several million. The so-called Milky Way in the main universe of the Land of Light is at least five times larger than the Milky Way in other universes!

The Land of Light's security force has a million members, and even if each member could save a world at the same time, they are still short of manpower every day.

Light

The wars in the main universe of the Kingdom of Light have always been more intense than those in the Warhammer Galaxy, only because the Kingdom of Light exists. Because of the Kingdom of Light, it doesn't seem like a cesspool or a dark place at all.

Faced with more planets, more life, more races, and more wars, the Kingdom of Light will never use the excuse of "too many planets, too much life" to abandon any world or any tiny life.

The best example and justice are right there!

Titus's reasoning is completely unfounded!

Perhaps this is true for the human empires here—because they do not have the power of the Land of Light, and even their most powerful emperors have been forced to ascend the Golden Throne. Their power is even more strained, and they are struggling to protect themselves, so they can only concentrate their power on protecting their key planets.

Yes, they are not Ultraman, not from the Land of Light, and do not have that kind of awareness and mindset. Therefore, it is understandable that Shinji Ikari would take such a strategic action in order to protect himself.

If that's all there is to it, then Shinji Ikari's actions are understandable!

But how can you be so at ease with yourself while doing all this?

Where is your conscience? Where are your morals?

You had to do this to survive, and I understand, because this has happened many times throughout Earth's history. (White Horse)

But at least when you do this, you should know that you have done something terrible, that you have given up so many lives with your own hands, that you are doing something wrong, that you should apologize, that you should have a conscience!

You should at least be grateful for the forced sacrifices of everyone on this planet, and remember them well!

How can you be so at ease, thinking that because this world is worthless, I can choose not to save him, thinking it's only natural, thinking it's how it should be done?

Is this even human?!

This empire, this human empire... just how morbid is this human empire established by the weasels!

“Your Highness, if it is your wish, I will comply.” Titus hurriedly bowed his head.

He was genuinely terrified. How could they have caused a Primarch to be so angry and lose his composure? What incredibly stupid thing had he done?

Now he finally realized what had happened.

His Highness's anger and disappointment lay not in anything else, but in his intense dissatisfaction with their decision to abandon a planet outright. His Highness was so benevolent and magnanimous that he cared so much about an ordinary hive world.

Titus was deeply moved.

He is an Ultramariner. Ultramariners are never the ruthless and cold-blooded Astartes. Although they are far less concerned about the lives of mortals than the Salamanders, Titus never hesitates to protect more people if he can, and he does not look down on mortals.

Under normal circumstances, he would also be willing to personally go to an ordinary nest world to restore peace to that planet.

However, since he was currently protecting the Primarch, who was too important, and the Emperor's decree on the importance of Kadia was also too crucial, he felt that he really didn't have time to go anywhere else right now.

But to everyone's surprise, this Primarch was so merciful, even to a hive world and to the ordinary people of the Empire!

Titus said nothing more. All he knew was that wherever the Primarch's will went, that was where his sword would point!

“Not just this nearest planet,” Shinji Ikari gritted his teeth, his body trembling slightly with rage. “I want to save every planet. I don’t have the power and will of Uncle Casa. I can’t save the galaxy. I also know that planet Cardia is very important…”

"Therefore I will not deviate from the course to Cardia, but I will save all the suffering planets along the way!"

Shinji Ikari wanted to yell at Titus and his group, but looking at their innocent expressions, as if they didn't know what he was angry about, he really didn't know what to say.

“Your Highness, if that is your wish, then I have a suggestion.”

Titus stepped forward with his head bowed and a repentant expression.

"With our strength, we absolutely cannot get to Cardia before the end of the Cardia War. We need military power, we need help, we need people to help rescue other planets. So we can go and help this world first, get the power here, and then we will have a chance."

Titus pointed out a planet located in the hazy star field.

Forge the world, Lucius!

Chapter 297 Doraemon, Lucius, the Immortal Son

Lucius, the world of forging, is one of the most famous planets in the entire Misty Starfield, and one of the most crucial and important forging worlds in the entire human empire.

This place belongs to both the Empire and the Mechanicus, and is home to the Titan Legion's "Warspace Riders." It is also the birthplace of the Makarius Heavy Battle Tank, controls the supply of equipment and weapons for the entire Krieg Legion, and has many key mechanical production chains.

In the forty-first millennium, this place was once invaded by the Tyranids, but Lucius repelled the entire Tyranid swarm in just a few months without any reinforcements!

At that time, the Mechanicus of this world invented a fighting style.

They first met with Thailand on the ground.

The Terran Zerg initiate the attack, then secretly deploy a large number of Servo Skulls underground. These Servos Skulls frantically reclaim the critical mechanical parts of all their fallen units, then install these parts on other units, and finally send these units out to fight the Terrans.

Since the biomass contained in the servo skull is so small, it doesn't matter if some or even a large number of them are destroyed by the Tyranids, because it cannot make up for the Tyranids' losses.

Later on, this tactic forced the Zerg to have no choice but to join in the looting. As a result, a farcical scene unfolded on Lucius, where both humans and the Tyranids focused more on plundering the corpses on the battlefield than on fighting.

This has led to a situation where "you grab yours, I grab mine, and even if we bump into each other, we don't have time to hurt each other."

However, in this respect, the stingy Mechanicus ultimately prevailed. The Tyranids' biomass losses increased daily, yet they couldn't replenish their supplies on this planet, leading to a deficit that completely crippled them. They were forced to slink away, no longer daring to disturb this world. (White Horse)

This is a very honorable achievement, but it also demonstrates the terrifyingly powerful military foundation of the Lucius world. In other worlds, even if they tried to steal the remains, they wouldn't have the right to do so, because Tyrion could have easily wiped them out in one fell swoop.

It was precisely because the military power of Lucius' world was too strong that the Tyranids were forced into a stalemate, which gave the Mechanicus the opportunity to wear them down.

This is why Titus took a liking to this place at first sight, stating that he needed the support of this place to fulfill the Primarch's ambitions.

When they returned to the real universe from the subspace and appeared outside the atmosphere of Lucius, a large amount of noise immediately overwhelmed the lunar cruiser.

"This is……"

Shinji Ikari was taken aback.

It wasn't just the noise; the intensity of the war here was so high that you could see flames burning all over the planet from space.

"They are the enemies of Chaos, Your Highness! They are a group of degenerate, foolish, and damned people who have betrayed the name and honor of Astartes!"

Titus's eyes narrowed, and his tone became indignant. Although the Necromancers, Orcs, Eldar, and Tyranids were all formidable forces, each possessing a terrifying power capable of destroying the Empire, when it came to hatred, there was no enemy that Astartes hated more than the Chaos's Great Enemy!

Especially those corrupted Astartes within the chaos.

Every Astartes who turned to Chaos was seen by Titus and his ilk as an insult to them, the loyalists, for they could not tolerate anyone questioning their loyalty to the Emperor.

However, these chaotic Astartes sometimes make it difficult for them to proudly declare, "There is absolutely no possibility of the Astartes betraying the Emperor," when they are suspected by the Inquisitors of the Inquisition or by some of the High Lords!

To exterminate all the corrupt is the ultimate goal of every loyalist!

"And it's the Third Legion... led by Lucius, the lackey of the enemy of Chaos, the champion of the Fallen, the immortal Lucius!"

The Third Legion, the Astartes Legion of the corrupted Primarch Vorgrim, was once honored as the "Sons of the Emperor," but now, Titus would certainly never address them with such an honorific title.

If it weren't for the fact that Prince Shinji Ikari seemed quite unfamiliar with everything within the Empire, he wouldn't even bother calling out the Third Army.

"The Third Legion? The Champions of the Fallen?"

Of course, Shinji Ikari still didn't quite understand, but his eyes sharpened, and he immediately decided: "Anyway, it's just an Astartes blessed by the Chaos God, right? There's nothing to be afraid of. Let's talk to my Unit-01!"

"You mustn't, Your Highness!" Titus cried out frantically. "Lucius has received a blessing that allows him to possess those who kill him. He will be reborn in their bodies and you absolutely cannot take this risk!"

Titus is numb, really numb.

He had secretly sworn after angering the Primarch that he would never go against the Primarch again if he could, but he never expected that he would break his vow so soon.

Although the Empire no longer has a single active Primarch, so no one knows whether Lucius's blessing will work on a Primarch, even if there's only a one in a billion chance, they must protect the Primarch and prevent them from clashing with Lucius.

"Is that so? Then I'll definitely be the one to go! Enough said, my mind is made up. Titus, Sevis, come with me! I'll charge first!"

Upon hearing about this characteristic, Shinji Ikari immediately became restless. If he wasn't allowed to face Lucius, it would mean sacrificing his life to take Lucius down with him, especially since Lucius's death was limited to a short time. That wouldn't do; it would cost an innocent life.

But it would be different if he were in charge.

There are monsters in the Arcane faction that can possess other beings. If someone wants to possess a Normal Arcane being, they would probably have to be at least at the peak of Ultimate Arcane, and that's the minimum. Didn't you see that Reiblood, a half-step Legend, had to spend tens of thousands of years slowly grinding down Belial, who was only at the top level of Normal Arcane at the time?