Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Although he had some speculations, Zhang Yi still had no idea what the Emperor wanted to do through the elven gods of the medieval world.

Even if he has the so-called God's vision to a certain extent, the Emperor has been a riddle man for hundreds of years, and his thoughts are not so easy to figure out.

However, Zhang Yi, who knew the characteristics of the Emperor's Riddler, warned him carefully and asked him to take it easy.

After all, the Horus Heresy was largely caused by the Emperor's concealment of secrets.

If he had explained in advance why humans did not need gods, and why he did not need to be worshipped as a god, then the [Perfect City] incident between Lorgar and the Word Bearers might not have happened; Magnus might not have made a "phone call" that broke the human webway that the Emperor had worked so hard to build, forcing the Emperor to sit on the Golden Throne on Terra and suppress the Warp rifts, leading to the war between the [Thousand Sons] and the [Space Wolves], and causing Magnus to fall to Chaos; and the subsequent [Battle of the Istvaan System] might not have happened, and so many people would not have died.

Although given the nature of the Warhammer 40K universe, there is a high probability that other problems will arise...

As for Zhang Yi's warning, the emperor said that he knew it and did not need Zhang Yi, an outsider, to judge him.

"Even though, you are right..."

As for the Emperor's last words, Zhang Yi expressed his selective forgetfulness. Even though he could speak freely with the Emperor in front of the Golden Throne, there were many things that Zhang Yi knew he could not know too much about or talk about carelessly.

Here, knowing too much will cause trouble...

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"I'm sorry, the Emperor doesn't want to see you."

On the [Unknown Hope], Zhang Yi said to the magic toad priest who was in charge of the lizardmen on the ship - Master Kua Kuat.

"No need to apologize, young god." Master Kwa Kwat didn't care. "After all, you have talked to me about this issue many times before."

"I was prepared for this outcome."

"Besides, we're fine here."

In order to prevent conflicts between the Lizardmen and other people on the ship, Zhang Yi drew a separate area for the Lizardmen to live and move around, right near Master Kadoc's room.

Master Ka Carter, as an 'outlier' among the magic toads, is very optimistic about the so-called 'young races' in the eyes of other magic toads.

He once suggested to other magic toad priests to try various weapons of various 'young races'.

Most of the other magic toad priests naturally scoffed at his suggestion and said that they "could not talk to each other" at all.

It's not their fault. After all, even if most of the relics of the ancient saints were lost or damaged, many of the remaining things were better than the weapons in the hands of other races - as long as the correct method of use was found.

During this period of time, Master Kwak Kuat had in-depth discussions with the Mechanical Priest Kadoc and exchanged some opinions.

Kadoc was amazed at the knowledge and creations of the ancient saints, which once far surpassed the technology of the human empire, and Master Kua Kuat also showed great interest in the various exquisite creations of humans at this stage.

Thus, lizardmen warriors and skin lizards wearing somewhat awkward metal armor and holding various weapons appeared freshly.

Stronger than humans but more agile and intelligent than Ogryn apes, lizardmen can become powerful soldiers after becoming familiar with human weapons. Monitor lizards, whose brains are not so good, can become sharp knives that tear through enemy defenses after they are equipped with melee weapons more deadly than obsidian clubs and heavy armor. And the small and agile skin lizards can attack the enemy from unexpected directions with weapons that are more useful than blow darts.

Of course, since there has never been an alien race like the Lizardmen fighting for the Human Empire before, all kinds of equipment are human models and are not suitable for Lizardmen in various aspects.

In response to this, Master Kadoc is trying to use his limited authority to obtain a batch of suitable equipment without being exposed.

At the same time, with the help of Father Kadoc, Kua Kuaat was also trying to integrate the technology he knew into various equipment of the Human Empire.

On the other hand, some people on the ship gradually got used to the existence of the Lizardmen and became friends with them (in every sense).

Some soldiers try to arm wrestle with the Lizardmen or buy them drinks; when there are not enough slaves, the giant lizards can act as porters; under the command of professionals, the smart and small skinks can go to the gaps in the spacecraft that are difficult for humans to enter to carry out repairs and maintenance (if they don't care about the displeasure of the machine spirit).

If the judge's men saw what happened, they would probably burn Zhang Yi's ship and all the people on board...

Generally speaking, everyone on the Unknown Hope gets along well.

I hope the following time and personnel will be the same...

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Terra Palace - In front of the Golden Throne

"Well... I have to admire the imagination of humans in the 3K era." The Emperor said as he flipped through the various memes about the Warhammer universe that Zhang Yi had obtained in his world. "Only in your world without the poison of the warp can there be such a rich and free way of entertainment."

Zhang Yi had discussed with the Emperor at the very beginning that his hometown had a lot of information related to the Warhammer universe and that the Warhammer 40K universe was just stories and games in his world.

"Is it your world that created everything in our world, or is it our world that caused related things in your world? Can you tell clearly?" the Emperor said at the time. "Even the most powerful psyker may not necessarily realize his predictions. The so-called destiny is always changing."

"Besides, when you appeared in our world, the 'future' you saw was no longer certain."

The emperor is worthy of being an emperor, he just doesn't speak properly.

Since the emperor doesn't care, Zhang Yi has nothing to say.

Now, the emperor sitting on the golden throne is releasing the feminized pictures of the Primarchs drawn by netizens in Zhang Yi's world one by one.

The crazy beauty Kos, the tomboy Guilliman, the magic pony Magnus...

and everyone’s beloved, gentle and caring angel sister, Saint Guinness.

The imperial guards on the side lowered their heads so as not to see this "blasphemous" scene.

"By the way, if the original body you created was a female, would there be so many problems now?" Zhang Yi asked the emperor.

"I haven't thought about this question, but... there should be more questions..."

"Lorgar, a die-hard fan of your father who 'deeply loves' you, right..."

"Don't make me imagine that..."

As he spoke, the Emperor turned the image over, and a fan-made image of Evelyne, nicknamed "Guilliman's Eldar Lady," appeared before him.

"... What's so good about this skinny, pointy-eared alien?" The Emperor said, looking at the image of Evelyne that had obviously been aestheticized to a certain degree by humans. "Can you pair Guilliman with her?"

"Based on their many collaborations, the possibility of this happening is slim, but it is not impossible." Zhang Yi said nonsense in a serious tone. "Besides, without considering the fact that the Eldar often betray us, we have to admit that she and her subordinates have indeed been of great help to the [Ultramarines]..."

"If they really do that, I will capture you and Guilliman and beat them together."

"Huh? No, this is none of my business?!"

The imperial guards lowered their heads as much as possible and kept telling themselves that they didn't hear anything.

After a while of teasing, the Emperor continued to turn the pages, and the magic pattern - the image of Malcador appeared before him.

"..."

Seeing the old friend in the image before him, the Emperor fell silent.

"You drew him too old." After a long while, the emperor said, "But I am glad that there are still people who remember him."

This supporter and friend of the Emperor, also a powerful Human psyker, and the uncle of the Primarchs, briefly took the Emperor's place on the Golden Throne during the Horus Heresy in order to suppress the Chaos rifts, in order to allow the Emperor to rise from the throne to deal with the Chaos armies attacking Terra.

When the Emperor returned, Malcador had lost a large amount of his psychic energy and became emaciated. Even so, he (Malcador) survived until the Emperor's return, and gave the last bit of psychic energy in his body to the Emperor before dying.

From that moment on, the Emperor's best friend and most loyal supporter was lost.

Perhaps, from that time on, the emperor's humanity began to inevitably fade away...

"Do you regret everything you have done?" Zhang Yi asked, looking at the silent emperor.

This is a stupid question, because in the Warhammer 40K universe, the outcome of the Horus Heresy is the best result that the Emperor could get after thousands of rounds of negotiations with the Four Evil Gods.

Since both sides can see where the future is headed, they keep making plans and dismantling the situation, trying to make the future go in the direction they expect.

The four evil gods are not stupid, and neither is the Emperor.

Every decision the emperor made has been taken into consideration as much as possible. He will not regret it, and cannot regret it.

However, the emperor did not respond to Zhang Yi's question and fell into silence.

Even if you have made the most correct choice in your heart, who can say that you will never regret it?

The Emperor is not a god. Born from human beings, he must have a series of human emotions.

There are not only good ones, but also bad ones...

After a long time, the emperor signaled Zhang Yi to leave and fell silent again.

【You have done all this, what is the price? 】

"All this..." the Emperor murmured. "All of this..."

19. The Inquisitor and the Catachan Macho

Inquisition

A special human official organization in the Warhammer 40K universe.

It is the most powerful secret police agency in the Empire, responsible for protecting the human soul; its duty is to identify and destroy all potential threats to the Empire and humanity; its power is astonishingly huge, and it is responsible only to the Emperor.

Although the Emperor does not want to see them at this stage...

Zhang Yi's impression of the Tribunal and its judges was once based on the "order of extermination if there is any disagreement".

Later, he also learned that most Inquisitors did have a zero-tolerance attitude towards all kinds of aliens, demons, and traitors. If some planets were indeed deemed hopeless by them, they would indeed issue an [Extermination Order].

Even though there are still many soldiers fighting hard or humans who are not infected.

However, the [Extermination Order] cannot be thrown out at will as Zhang Yi thought. The issuance and use of the [Extermination Order] still requires a certain process.

Some Inquisitors can indeed be said to be crazy - they hate all alien creatures, even those like the Tau, who will trade normally with some human planets (at a certain time and to a certain extent), and they can indeed provide a lot of various materials that are difficult to obtain on those planets.

Even so, they would not hesitate to kill the governors of those planets and those ordinary people whom they called "bewitched by aliens" on the charge of heresy, and launch attacks on the Tau or other aliens who had been providing assistance to those planets.

If the war they started ultimately fails, they might issue an [extermination order] without hesitation - along with a large number of normal people on the planet.

There are also judges like the above who are so crazy that they are not good people, although they are not many.

But even so, Zhang Yi had to admit that it was these insane Inquisitors who did ensure the continuation of the human empire to a certain extent - many evil plans of Chaos or aliens ended with a massacre or the extinction of the entire planet.

However... This does not mean that Zhang Yi wants to meet the Inquisitor...

He wore a wide-brimmed hat with the iconic decoration of the Inquisition, held an amulet with the Inquisition's logo in his hand, and had a power sword and a bolt pistol on his waist.

"I need to check your ID, sir."

A young Inquisitor, although considering the actual situation in the Warhammer universe, no matter how young he is, the probability that he is younger is greater than that of Zhang Yi. Perhaps he has just become an Inquisitor not long ago.

Somehow the judge became suspicious of Zhang Yi and stopped him.

Zhang Yi's identity is kept secret. At least after the emperor confirms that he is indeed qualified to trade with him, Zhang Yi's identity will only be known to him in the palace and the imperial guards.

Zhang Yi took out the certificate of "Rogue Merchant" issued to him by the Emperor - a fictitious name and family, but officially certified and recorded by the Human Empire, to solve the current situation.

There was no problem with the certificate, so the judge returned it to Zhang Yi.

"Take me to see your ship, merchant." But it was obvious that the inquisitor did not want to let Zhang Yi go.

"I say, Your Honor, my ID should be fine, right?" Zhang Yi said to the judge. "Why do you still want to see my ship?"

"You'd better do as I say, businessman!" The Inquisitor was obviously unhappy with Zhang Yi's non-cooperation. "This is all for the safety of humans and Terra!"

"For humanity and Terra? When did you become so capable?" Zhang Yi couldn't possibly bring this Inquisitor to his ship. Not to mention what was on the ship, the fact that a [Rogue Trader] had a [Moon-class Cruiser] was enough to attract the Inquisition's continuous investigation. "According to the procedure, there is no problem with my documents, and you shouldn't continue to pester me."

If this was on a remote planet where the [Star Torch] couldn't reach, Zhang Yi would never speak to the Inquisitor like that - the Inquisitor could just shoot anyone who dared to speak to him like that, because there was a high probability that no one would dare to pursue the matter.

However, this is Holy Terra, the birthplace of mankind and the location of the Emperor's Palace. Even the Inquisitor cannot kill people at will - without solid evidence.

And just as Zhang Yi expected, the obviously angry Inquisitor put his hands on the power sword at his waist several times, but did not pull it out. Being on Terra did make him feel cautious.

"You'd better be as innocent as you say. I'll keep an eye on you, Rogue Trader!"

After saying that, the judge turned and left angrily.

"Go slowly, Judge~" Zhang Yi said to the judge who was leaving, and then turned around and prepared to leave. "Oh my god, I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat..."

Zhang Yi's first encounter with the Inquisition in this world went quite smoothly.

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【Unknown Hope】

Two [Firestorm-class frigates] and one [Space-class transport ship] were currently docked near Zhang Yi's cruiser.

This is the new army assigned to him by the Emperor, and it is most likely the last large-scale army.

Zhang Yi boarded the ship and came to the area where the lizardmen were, and then he saw...

"Come on! Lizard thing! Are your thick arms just for show?"

"Drink! Keep drinking! Don't talk about your racial superiority. Anyone who doesn't drink is a bastard!"

"Tyrannosaurus? I've never seen that thing. Is it stronger than the Catachan Demon? I'll definitely go to your place and try it out when I have time."

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"Catachan?"

The Catachan troops are experts in jungle warfare, or combat in various complex terrains.