Travel to Warhammer 40K with Grey Wind

This group of people are much stronger than Coronie and will not go crazy just because they can't see their leader.

The Order of Truth was busy with their research as usual, and the urban planet Embra was still meeting the targets given to them by Russell, producing a steady stream of ship frames.

The armed fleet out on scientific expedition has completed the preliminary survey of the pyramid group in the Flare Galaxy, and they are now attacking the giant pyramid in the center.

There really wasn't anything dangerous about this, at least not a danger that could threaten Russell's life.

That's even more confusing.

Everything was normal, all work was carried out according to schedule, and nothing strange was found. If anything, as more and more star systems were connected to L-gates, Faya, as a hub, became increasingly busy.

Astronomical disasters of the magnitude of the Big Crunch and the disappearance of the Lost Dream Nebula were considered major events even on a galactic scale. Such events naturally caused some rumors and discussions in various parts of the star region, but contrary to Russell's expectations, the discussion was not very intense.

Because a more significant event had occurred that attracted the attention of most people in Espionage, the discussion of the Big Crunch was limited to the common people.

The administrative efficiency of the entire star zone was mobilized under the noble name of "Terra Crusade". The stargate network was running at full speed, fleets were assembled, and legions were recalled. Nirvana had now assembled at least 3 Space Marine chapters and a large number of mortal legions, and a large number of other troops were still arriving.

These were all the work of Alexei, who seemed to be preparing some large-scale military operation in the name of the Emperor.

Russell was a little confused. Given the current situation of the Espenes sector, it was not a wise move to draw such a large army from various war zones and gather them in the capital.

Now, more than a hundred years have passed since the Star-Bomb destroyed the battle moon in Faya and killed the one that coexisted with Bao. In the starry sky, the crumbling Greenskin Empire has been beaten by the Galaxy Defense Force of Espionage. The massacre of Greenskin Orcs by humans has lasted for more than a century, and dozens of planets have been dealt with by extermination orders.

But Russell didn't care about these things. His self-centered mentality made him pay only minimal attention to the empire's defense.

As far as Russell knew, during this period several greenskin war leaders had risen in the increasingly fierce fighting, and the original great empire was divided into several tribes, forming a very severe siege on Espionage.

The deafening roars of the orcs echoed between the stars. The leaders of several major orc tribes have reached a consensus that whoever can capture the main star of Nifol will be the biggest, greenest, strongest and most powerful of all the bosses. Once this strongest green-skinned big guy who can convince everyone is born, the divided green-skinned empire will be reunited and become a major threat to the human empire again.

At this critical moment when the wars in various regions were tense, Alexi not only did not provide more reinforcements to the front line, but instead withdrew forces from various fronts to gather with Nirvana, intending to launch a "Terra Expedition"...

This is so confusing.

Maybe I can go talk to the prophetess later about what she is doing, Russell thought.

As soon as he walked out of the research base, Gray Wind received a communication request from the Anti-Entropy host: "The launch module of the Colossus weapon: Earth-shattering Star has been built and can be replaced at any time."

All it takes is for Russell to specify when and where to detonate.

Russell heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing the news. His plan to talk to the prophetess could be put on hold for now. He said to Gray Wind as if he had put down some kind of burden: "Let's put aside the unclear issues for now. We should focus on the things at hand. Let's go and equip the Earth-shattering Star first."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Huifeng agreed happily.

The Gray Goo mothership immediately left the Faya orbit, crossed the endless stream of ships again, and arrived in front of the left palm of the guide statue where the main gate of the L-Star Gate was located.

Before entering the spherical space-time distorted by the star gate, Gray Wind first called up the control panel and used his own authority to set the networked galaxy he was going to: the L-star gate network has always been closed to the critical base galaxy. Only the Order of Truth authorized by the Star-Ballist and Gray Wind who built the main gate himself are qualified to start the route to the critical base.

Today's control panel is much longer than when it was first opened, and more and more star systems are connected to the stargate network. Gray Wind skillfully selected the highlighted critical base and was about to start the route when he discovered something unexpected.

"Huh?" Huifeng was a little surprised.

"What's wrong?" Russell came over curiously and looked at the control panel with Gray Wind, and he was also surprised.

Among the connected star systems, there were familiar names like Nirvana and Aurora, as well as critical bases that were inaccessible to ordinary ships. What surprised Gray Wind and Russell was just an ordinary star system name:

"Hi"

Xihe was originally a triple star system located in the spiral arm of the Lost Dreams Cluster.

"I thought the L-gate of this galaxy had been destroyed." Gray Wind said in surprise.

The Great Crunch caused by the gravitational singularity created by the Worm of Time engulfed the entire Lost Dream Nebula, leaving not even a speck of dust behind. It is hard to imagine how this stargate survived.

"Who knows? How about trying to see if the Xihe Star Gate can still be activated?" Russell said with some hope: "If it can still be operated, try to send a carrier-based aircraft over to see where the Star Gate has drifted to."

Gray Wind nodded.

The Grey Goo mothership sailed towards the Emperor's palm. The high-ranking priests of the Society for the Advancement of Machinery who were responsible for maintaining the star gate and adjusting traffic order immediately drove the simple civilian ships and trading merchant ships that came to the Falla for pilgrimage to both sides of the Statue of the Guide, clearing a relatively spacious space for Russell.

Thanks to the fanatical preaching of the state religion and the enthusiasm of the Mechanical Engineering Society to work overtime, the main star systems in the Espiones sector have basically been connected to the stargate network in recent years, and the main gate has begun to be overwhelmed.

Faya's transit capacity has reached its limit.

"A stargate network is not enough to cover the entire territory of the human empire. It can only govern one star region at most. Perhaps it is time to build more main gates. It is necessary to set up a terminal exit in the capital of each star region to form a relatively independent star region local area network. However, that may cause the empire to split. The belief in the God-Emperor is difficult to restrain the noble governors who have tangible interests in front of them..."

"The design and construction of the main gate still needs to be encrypted using the Tianji Project. The right to build the main gate needs to be completely monopolized in my hands..."

Russell was thinking about the next development plan for the future. As he was lost in thought, the L-gate in front of him lit up with a faint green light.

The door opened.

"It actually works?" Russell suddenly became excited.

Seeing a silver-white gray Gu carrier-based aircraft flying into the sphere, its wings and fuselage twisted and annihilated, disappearing in front of him, Russell asked Gray Wind hurriedly: "How is it, where does this star gate lead to?"

"Hmm...to Higgs," said Grey Wind.

"I know it used to lead to Xihe, but the miniature galaxy has been recycled. What I'm asking is where this star gate has drifted to now," Russell corrected.

Gray Wind blinked. "Yes, it still leads to Xihe."

As he spoke, a real-time shared vision from a carrier-based aircraft passing through the stargate was projected into the cabin. In front of Russell was a clear space without any nebula interference. In the center of the field of vision were three huge burning celestial bodies. The three giant stars of different sizes were entangled with each other, forming a triple system with a very complex movement pattern.

—— Xi He.

"Ah?" Russell was shocked.

"Really? I said it was a good idea." Huifeng had a smug look on his face.

Russell took a deep breath and pondered for more than ten seconds before saying solemnly, "We wrongly blamed the Time Worm before. It really loves me."

He remembered a prayer from the Circle Temple, which was perfect for this moment:

The Time Worm loves us; He loved us deeply in the eternal past, and He loves us deeply in the infinite future; this love spans the past and the future, licking every gene sequence of ours, gently and fervently, until the end of the universe...

After confirming that this star gate could indeed lead to the Xihe Galaxy, Russell did not choose to sail there directly. The love of the Time Worm allowed him to enter the miniature galaxy, which was an inexhaustible treasure trove of resources. But before digging the treasure trove, he had to get a shovel first.

"We're going to Falla, Grey Wind, to equip the Colossus with the Geoblaster," Russell said.

"Yes, sir!" Gray Wind responded happily.

The Gray Goo carrier-based aircraft that was sent out was left in the Xihe star system and was not recovered. Gray Wind directly reset the destination of the L-gate to the critical base. The slender hull of the Gray Goo mothership sailed into the distorted spherical space-time and was immersed in the light.

Chapter 119 Memo

A thin electromagnetic pulse caressed the void. A dormant ring-shaped colossus was parked in the orbit of a star base outside the quantum slingshot, slowly rotating.

After three years, Anti-Entropy has not only continuously produced arms and ships, but also upgraded and expanded the star base here to a certain extent. However, due to the limitation of the speed of resource acquisition, the original outpost is far from becoming a Skyfort of the level of the Seekers, and can only be regarded as a starport.

But this period of scarcity will soon come to an end.

Following the administrator's instructions, Anti-Entropy manipulated the nanorobot cluster and automatic engineering machinery to remove the "De-Intelligence Beam" launch module from the center of the Colossus and stored it in the warehouse of the star base. Immediately after that, an extreme weapon system with the skull destruction logo was installed.

Star-destroying weapon: Earth-shattering star.

"The weapons have been assembled and the system is being debugged... After debugging, the Colossus is at your service at any time."

The cold synthesized voice of Anti-Entropy reported the full launch of a giant weapon capable of destroying planets. Russell stood on the side of the Gray Gu mothership, overlooking the Chibaku Tensei on standby, thinking about a question:

For numerical balance reasons, using the Geoblast to smash a planet in Stars will not directly yield a large amount of minerals and metals. Instead, it will create a space mine that continuously produces minerals at the remains of the original planet.

The mine can only be obtained by destroying the habitable planet, and the monthly output of this mine is not high, which is almost useless.

Therefore, those who really use the Earth-shattering Star as a mining machine are a minority after all.

But in the real universe, planets like the Earth actually have dense metal cores. The planet itself is a natural furnace, constantly refining minerals and metals with its own gravity and planetary rotation.

By using the Earth-shattering Star to shatter the core of a star, one can directly obtain a large amount of semi-finished metal raw materials and countless minerals that have been condensed by a planet for billions of years - of course, the overheated star body needs time to cool down.

The larger the size of a star, the greater the noise it makes when it is shattered. The core compositions of different planets are also different. Some are iron-nickel alloys, and some are pure iron.

Therefore, selecting detonation targets by surveying geological composition and astronomical location is also a science.

Russell's original plan was to survey a few uninhabited star systems near Faya and then conduct starburst mining, but after receiving the loving gift from the Worm of Time, he had a more reliable way to obtain resources: entering the miniature galaxy.

When mining in a miniature galaxy, you don't have to worry about a sudden explosion of luck and a bunch of dormant iron ribs. It can also effectively prevent astronomical interstellar noise from being noticed by other forces.

Although the various star regions in the Far Eastern frontier are currently under siege by green-skinned orcs and are under pressure to prepare for the so-called "Terra Expedition", they have no time to pay attention to some astronomical phenomena occurring in the desolate galaxy.

"Speaking of which, what is this Terra Expedition? Does it mean literally?" Russell suddenly asked, looking at the slowly rotating colossus.

He asked Anti-Entropy. During the period of time skipped by the Time Worm, Anti-Entropy had always held the highest authority in the Critical Base. It was also responsible for coordinating the logistical support for the scientific expedition fleet, the interstellar black market arms trade, and resource allocation. Such a workload was just a drop in the bucket for the powerful computing power of the Anti-Entropy host.

The extra energy can be used to do some extra work, such as intelligence gathering, which Russell has not paid much attention to due to lack of manpower.

"The Terra Expedition is a large-scale military operation launched by the spiritual leader of Nefer, the Living Saint Alexei Reyput." Anti-Entropy's answer was very formulaic: "This expedition plans to deploy at least 13 The Astartes battle group and the foundry fleets of multiple forged worlds, the size of the imperial navy affected by the transfer order cannot be counted."

"But what is certain is that the Living Saint's move will drain away most of the standing troops in the entire Far Eastern border region, causing the Human Empire to lose control of this area."

"Establishing a large-scale expedition, the Mechanicus, the Astartes, and other forces all gave Alexi their full support even though they knew that this expedition would leave the Far Eastern border undefended, because the destination of this expedition was Terra, the home planet of human civilization."

"We're really going to Terra..." Russell's mouth curled up slightly. That would be interesting.

"According to my subjective inference, the purpose of this expedition may be to transport something important to Terra."

Anti-Entropy concluded: "The Living Saint Alexi announced that she would personally lead the fleet's operations. She seemed to have known through some kind of witchcraft that this expedition would be in great danger, so Nifol is gathering as many troops as possible to escort them."

Anti-Entropy's reports were calm and emotionless, and they always stated the facts in the most objective terms. But behind the cold fleet assembly figures reported by the artificial intelligence were countless imperial colonies that had been ruthlessly abandoned.

In order to escort the prophetess to successfully deliver the object to Terra, the mortal legions and Astartes regiments summoned by Alexi had to voluntarily abandon one imperial world after another that was facing the threat of aliens.

Their fleets assembled in Nirvana, leaving tens of billions of the Empire's people without the protection of their warriors, helpless and slaughtered by the greenskins while they prayed to the name of the God-Emperor.

For a warrior who regards glory as his life, abandoning the world he defends is far more difficult to accept than dying in battle.

So, what kind of noble reasons did Alexei use to convince the soldiers to abandon the defense line, and how did he win the support of the state religion and the Mechanical Society, and even the nobles in many places, and give up the resources of many worlds?

There are few things of this magnitude, indeed none at all, and Espenes happened to have one.

"It seems that she intends to send the standard construction template of the L-Gate to Terra." Russell came to the conclusion hinted by the anti-entropy.

If correct, this idea could also explain why such a large force was needed for the expedition to Terra:

The evil god would never sit idly by and watch the prophetess bring the stargate back to Terra.

Once the expedition fleet sets out, the four Chaos Gods who have been attacking each other in the Warp will put aside all their past grudges and give the Human Empire the most deadly and craziest blow. Alexi may even enjoy the same level of treatment as Horus did back then.

In this case, it would not be excessive even to empty out all the military forces in the entire Far East border.

"Is she really ready?" Huifeng was a little worried. Why now?

"Who knows?" Russell was noncommittal.

The future of the expeditionary fleet is bleak. The Four Chaos Gods are stirring up waves in the Sea of ​​Souls, waiting for them to jump in.

In fact, if Russell was willing to give them the jump engine or warp engine to get rid of the constraints of subspace navigation, the difficulty of this expedition would be greatly reduced.