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Even from a distance, he could clearly hear Erebus's painful wail. "We too are about to embark on a crusade of atonement, unique to the Word Bearers."

The Primarch's tone was filled with unquestionable determination.

At this time, Angertai suggested beside the Primarch: "My lord, I have a plan that will definitely make the Word Bearers outnumber the Ultramarines."

After witnessing the immense strength of the Ultramarines, Angertai became particularly sensitive to numbers.

"Speak." Luo Jia responded concisely and forcefully.

Angertai quickly said, "We are in the Taiping Sector, where there are no other Primarchs. This means we can expand without restrictions and select the talents we need from the countless planets within the sector. Whether they are experts in religious affairs or those who have both religious literacy and combat capabilities, we can obtain more."

After hearing this, Luo Jia frowned slightly and fell into a brief contemplation.

His eyes moved away from Erebus's struggling body and looked around, as if he was outlining the expansion blueprint described by Angertai in his mind.

After a while, the Word Bearers' Lord slowly spoke, "This seems like a feasible strategy, but disorderly expansion is not without its risks. We Word Bearers have always prioritized the purity of our faith. By recruiting personnel from many different planets on a large scale, how can we ensure they truly understand and assimilate into our belief system?"

Angertai bowed his head respectfully, thought for a moment, and then replied, "My lord, we can establish a strict screening mechanism during the selection process. First, we should focus on selecting those who have a deep passion and piety for religion. Then, we should establish a comprehensive doctrinal training system. From the very beginning of their joining the Word Bearers, we will provide them with intensive faith indoctrination and teaching, ensuring that they can deeply understand the true meaning of our faith and regard the Word Bearers' beliefs and the faith of the God-Emperor as the highest principle."

Lorgar nodded slightly, acknowledging some of Angertai's points, but his expression remained solemn. "Even so, large-scale personnel expansion will pose a major logistical challenge. We need sufficient resources to equip and train these new recruits and help them grow into qualified Word Bearers warriors. Do you have any solutions?"

Angeltai raised his head confidently. "Sir, the Taiping Star Region has numerous planets and abundant resources. While we are selecting talents, we can first establish cooperative relationships with local forces, using the name of missionary work to exchange for their resource support. Moreover, as our influence in the star region continues to expand, the resources we control will also increase, and the problem of logistical supply will surely be gradually resolved."

As Lorgar listened to Angertai's explanation, a glimmer of light gradually ignited in his eyes. He knew that this Expedition of Atonement was not only a redemption for the Word Bearers, but also an opportunity to strengthen their own strength.

If they could surpass the Ultramarines in numbers and strength as Angertai planned, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance the Word Bearers' status and voice within the Empire.

However, all of this is full of challenges and variables, and every decision is related to the future direction of the Word Bearers.

"Very good, Angertai," Lorgar finally said, "First, you should organize this plan in detail, including the selection process, training program, and specific strategies for resource integration. After I review it, we will begin preparations for implementation. But remember, at no time must the purity of our faith in the God-Emperor be lost. This is the foundation of us Word Bearers."

"I will follow your orders, my lord!" Angertai responded excitedly. He had already begun to conceive of the detailed plan in his mind, looking forward to the Word Bearers moving towards a glorious future under his planning.

Lorgar turned his gaze once more to Erebus, the blazing flames illuminating his tortured, weary face, carved with runes.

Angerte took the order and left, full of enthusiasm and sense of mission, and quickly devoted himself to writing the plan.

A few days later, Angertai stood in front of Luojia again with a carefully written plan.

The plan was neatly bound, and every page was densely packed with his detailed plans for the Word Bearers' expansion.

From the specific criteria for selecting talents, to the faith training courses at different stages, to the detailed strategies for establishing resource cooperation with the forces of each planet, and the strategy of annexing the forces of these planets one by one in the middle and late stages of cooperation.

Everything is explained in great detail.

Luo Jia took the plan and began to review it carefully.

The Primarch's eyes moved quickly between the lines, sometimes frowning slightly, sometimes nodding slightly.

Three minutes later, he set the plan aside, pondered for a moment, and said, "Angeltai, your plan is quite comprehensive overall. However, we must be more cautious when collaborating with the forces of various planets to obtain resources. We must ensure that these collaborations do not have any negative impact on our faith, nor do they involve us in unnecessary political entanglements. Of course, governing the country with faith, and governing the country with religion, is even better."

Angeltai quickly responded, "Your Excellency is absolutely right. I will refine this part, but I think we can clearly stipulate in the cooperation agreement that we will only accept resource support that is consistent with our beliefs and will not interfere in the internal political affairs of their planet unless it is directly related to our missionary work."

Lorgar nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, you grasped my meaning promptly. Also, when selecting talent, we shouldn't just focus on religious fervor. We Word Bearers also need warriors with strong combat abilities on the battlefield, so physical fitness and combat talent are also crucial."

"I will follow your instructions," Angertai said, "and I will further emphasize the requirements of physical fitness and combat talent in the selection criteria, ensuring that the selected talents have both firm beliefs and sufficient ability to serve the Word Bearers on the battlefield."

Luo Jia stood up and paced slowly around the room, continuing, "For this expansion, we must be quiet but steady."

"Don't worry, my lord. I understand the key. In the initial stage, we will keep a low profile and conduct selection and resource integration in a covert manner. Once we have reached a certain scale and strength, we will appear in front of everyone in a shocking manner." Angertai's eyes were shining with excitement and anticipation. He could already imagine Guilliman's shocked expression when his Primarch came in front of him with a force three times that of the Ultramarines.

"Alright, then let's prepare to implement it as planned. Remember, this is a crucial opportunity for us Word Bearers, and we cannot afford to lose it."

Angeltai bowed solemnly, turned around and left, ready to implement the preliminary preparations for the plan.

Lorgar looked into the distance, silently praying in his heart that this expansion operation would proceed smoothly, allowing the Word Bearers to regain their former glory and honor on the road to atonement.

As the sound of Angertai's departing footsteps gradually faded away, Luojia was the only one left in the room.

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My name is Claire Terrass, I am 18 years old, and I am an ordinary citizen from a planet in the Taiping Star Region.

Once upon a time, a group of warriors in blue armor descended upon our planet and saved us from the cruel rule of a tyrant.

Their arrival is like the dawn in the darkness, allowing us to see freedom and hope.

But now, a group of warriors who call themselves the Word Bearers have arrived here. They tell us the mysteries of the galaxy, and the term "Taiping Star Region" was learned from them.

Not only that, they also vigorously promoted the existence of the Divine Emperor.

According to the Word Bearers, the God-Emperor is the only true God of the universe, both physical and spiritual. His greatness is beyond imagination, boundless and unparalleled. They spoke vividly, and I couldn't understand much of their profound descriptions, but I felt it was incredibly profound.

With the coming of the Word Bearers, our planet was transformed.

Once, after the Blue Warrior destroyed the former tyrant, a new monarch was installed to rule the planet.

However, the new monarch was destroyed by the Word Bearers.

I was a little confused. These warriors wearing various types of armor seemed to be keen on eliminating the highest-ranking ruler on the planet, as if only in this way could they demonstrate their own powerful strength.

The monarch destroyed by the Word Bearers was actually a good man.

He did not force us to pay various taxes like the previous tyrants, nor did he build tall, pointed and luxurious palaces.

Although the days under his rule were dull, they allowed ordinary people like us to live in peace.

But since the coming of the Word Bearers, everything has changed.

Now, we all turn to respect and fanatically worship the God-Emperor, devoting ourselves wholeheartedly to the worship of the God-Emperor Cult they founded.

Now, every morning after getting up, we have to rush to the relevant places of the Divine Emperor Church, kowtow respectfully, and call out the Divine Emperor devoutly.

Oddly enough, by completing these, you'll get your morning meal.

These foods are much better than the black soil I had to secretly eat under my pillow when I was so hungry.

The black soil was dry and astringent, and it made my stomach uncomfortable when I ate it, but there was really nothing else to eat.

Now that we have such food supply, although we don’t know how long it will last, it at least solves our problem of food and clothing for the time being.

However, this kind of life where food is exchanged for worship and rituals always makes me feel a little uneasy, but I can't tell what's wrong.

Perhaps it is precisely because food is so easy to obtain nowadays that I always feel uneasy.

Looking back, I had to work hard for a whole day to get that handful of black soil, and even so, I was reluctant to eat it all at once.

At night, I could only lick it carefully, one bite at a time, as if each bite was a treasure for my survival.

But now, the Word Bearers brought a completely different scene. Take that lunch preparation at noon, for example, I saw with my own eyes that a child secretly grabbed a handful of white flour and stuffed it into his mouth when no one was paying attention.

My heart tightened at that time, thinking that this child would definitely be severely punished.

However, the punishment given by those Word Bearers who looked as tall as giants was just to make the child kneel before the statue of the God-Emperor, confess his mistakes, and kowtow a few times.

At that moment, I couldn't help but wonder if these Word Bearers had a special preference for little boys?

Otherwise, how could he be so tolerant?

After all, in past experience, such behavior would never be punished so lightly under any harsh rule.

This contrast makes the Word Bearers' behavior more and more difficult for me to understand, and further deepens my inner uneasiness.

But on the other hand, the food they provided and the relatively relaxed management really improved our lives. All these contradictions and confusions are like a fog.

But now a new problem has arisen. The Word Bearers demand that we all learn to read.

What are words?

I have no idea at all, and when I asked other people, they didn't know either.

However, some people say that it is something that only noble gentlemen can learn.

It was not until those Word Bearers opened a book that I saw the black things on the white paper. It turned out that these were words!

Now, all believers who want to eat have to learn to read.

The first character to be written is "Shen", and the second is "Huang".

I thought the character "神" was difficult enough to write, with all the horizontal, vertical, left and right strokes, I couldn't write it properly.

Who would have thought that the character "皇" is even more difficult, with many and complicated strokes.

After struggling for most of the day, I barely wrote a dozen words, and I forgot several of them the moment I turned around.

It was almost lunchtime and everyone around me had already finished eating. I started to panic and felt that I would definitely not be able to eat.

Just when I was feeling depressed, a Word Bearer who looked like a priest brought the meal to my table.

He said kindly, "The Divine Emperor loves everyone. He will not abandon you because you are a slow learner, nor will He punish you for your stupidity."

When I heard this, I held the lunch in my hand and felt so touched.

At that time, I thought that the God-Emperor was so merciful. I should rush to the statue of the God-Emperor and kowtow several times to express my gratitude.

Finally, he kowtowed in front of the statue of the God-Emperor while eating.

The priest praised me for being a good child.

But what is the Divine Emperor?

Until now, it is said that the Divine Emperor is the God of mankind, and I am a human being. This is what the book says.

Chapter 332: A Word Bearer's Autobiography and the Miracle of Faith

My name is Claire Terrace, I am 28 years old, and I am no longer the little boy that the priest talked about.

Now, I am one of the Word Bearers, which they say are the Astartes, the super-soldiers.

However, after becoming a super soldier, his diet changed. He added ceramic steel to the noodles he ate, or he had to eat energy bars.

I was assigned to the 50th Company.

To be honest, I don’t actually believe in the God-Emperor they are talking about, the so-called father of our genetic father.

In my heart, he is far less great than my genetic father Luojia.

After all, I am not stupid. As long as I have eyes, I know that it was the great Luojia who provided food for many people and taught us to read.

I have never seen the Divine Emperor, but I have seen the Father of Genes with my own eyes.

Luojia's father is very kind and amiable, giving people a particularly friendly feeling.

Because I had never seen the God-Emperor, I once asked the veterans in the company what the God-Emperor looked like.

Our company commander said that the Divine Emperor is like the vast sun in the sky, emitting an all-encompassing and endless great brilliance. Anyone who sees Him for the first time will be conquered by that light.

But the commander of the 49th Company said that the Divine Emperor was an extremely amiable old man, compassionate and friendly, and was simply an enlarged version of the Father of Genes.

There were many different opinions and endless debates about the Divine Emperor's appearance, which made us new recruits extremely curious about him.

Faced with the completely different descriptions from the veterans, we new recruits often had heated discussions after training.

Some people firmly believe that, as the company commander described, the God-Emperor is as glorious as the sun, and that his grand image seems to give people endless power, making them willing to sacrifice everything for him; while others are more inclined to agree with the statement of the 49th Company Commander, thinking that the image of the God-Emperor as a kind old man is closer to people's hearts, making people feel the fatherly love and care.

In this discussion atmosphere, my curiosity about the Divine Emperor grew stronger, and I couldn't help but wonder why everyone's understanding of the Divine Emperor was so different.

Is it because the Divine Emperor himself is multifaceted, or is it because people added too much of their own imagination during the process of dissemination?

As time went on, our training became more arduous. As Word Bearers, our training as Astartes was designed to forge us into sharp blades on the battlefield.

Physical training, weapon operation, and tactical drills, each one challenges our physical and mental limits.

During the breaks in training, the topic of the Divine Emperor always lingered in our minds, becoming part of our search for spiritual sustenance in the midst of fatigue.

Once, after an intense simulated combat training session, we were lying exhausted in the barracks when a new recruit suddenly brought up the God-Emperor: "What would he say to us if we actually met him?" This question instantly broke the exhausted silence, and everyone began to express their opinions again.

"Perhaps the Divine Emperor will praise us for our hard work in training and striving for his great cause." A voice said expectantly.

"I think the Divine Emperor will teach us how to better spread his teachings so that more people can be saved." Another person responded.

I listened quietly to everyone's discussion, and Luo Jia's face appeared in my mind.

I think, no matter what the God-Emperor looks like, Luojia’s contribution to us is real.

If I could ever meet the God-Emperor one day, I hoped he would understand everything Lorjia had done for us. I also hoped he could, like Lorjia, give us clear guidance, so that our battles and sacrifices would have deeper meaning.

Just then, the call for assembly suddenly rang out from outside the barracks. We quickly stood up, packed our gear, and headed for the next training mission.

While running, the mysterious and desirable image of the Divine Emperor kept lingering in my mind.

After the mission is completed.

We began to pray devoutly every day before the statue of the God-Emperor. The statue stood tall, exuding a solemn and dignified atmosphere, as if gazing into the soul of each of us.

During the prayer, there was complete silence, with only our whispered prayers echoing in the air.

I looked at the statue, trying to find the appearance of the God-Emperor from its cold lines, but the contradictory descriptions still emerged in my mind.