Warhammer 40 A New Hope

At this time, the Flood in the facility has revealed its true form. It has devoured and infected all the nearby New Alliance troops. Now it is like a rotten meat ball, rolling out from the darkness and pouncing towards Zhang Yi and others.

In response, what greeted it was the [Psychic Lightning] that had been accumulating power for a long time in Zhang Yi's left hand.

The Flood has terrifying infection and spread capabilities. Not only that, they also have good concealment capabilities. In the previous Forerunner-Flood War, the Flood spores and their infected bodies hid in civilian ships, waiting for the ships to arrive near the Forerunner planet, and then suddenly erupted from there to infect the entire planet. This is also the reason why the Forerunners repeatedly lost in battles with the Flood. When they discovered the Flood, the entire planet had already been infected by the Flood.

However, even so, the proliferation and infection of the Flood still requires time. A small group of Flood individuals or even a Flood spore can infect the entire planet's life at an extremely fast speed, but this takes time. If they can be destroyed before they begin to infect and spread, then the harm of the Flood can be minimized.

This is what Zhang Yi and his team are doing. In order to ensure that the Flood cannot escape, the [Flood Confinement Facility] must be a perfect cage. It will be difficult for them to escape from here. As long as the Flood can be completely annihilated here, there is a high probability that the Flood threat faced by the 04 ring can be completely eliminated.

The electric current hit the Flood's limbs. The powerful lightning paralyzed the target while slowly destroying its cell structure.

In response, an infected ghost-faced beast ran out of the confinement facility, raised the gravity hammer that had become one with its body, and rushed towards Zhang Yi and others.

call out--!

The scorching hot molten flow engulfed it, melting the infected Jiralhanae along with the other armor and weapons on its body, and then the promethium flames submerged it until it was completely carbonized.

More infected Covenant soldiers appeared in sight, and the Space Marines who had been prepared began to meet the enemy. All the attacking Flood infected bodies fell under the attack of various powerful thermal weapons, and not even their corpses were left.

"High-power petrifying weapons ready!"

Zhang Yi further increased the power of lightning to control the main body of the flood in front of him and suppressed it in place. The Shadow Prison soldiers beside him took out several huge mechanical devices and opened the safety of the constantly twisting main body of the flood in front of them.

As if feeling threatened, the long-imprisoned Flood began to twist and struggle more violently. In response, the mark of Tzeentch lit up, and a blue line ran along Zhang Yi's left arm all the way up to his left eye. Visible blue feathers began to grow slowly.

The Flood seemed to be controlled by something. Its tentacles, which were restlessly twisting and stretching around, began to retract and were eventually forcibly turned into a cube, followed by several beams of petrifying light shot out.

After the red and black light beams hit the Flood that was imprisoned again, gray soon appeared on its body and began to spread rapidly. Within dozens of seconds, the horrible infected creature that could affect the entire 04 ring was completely petrified.

Snap--!

The square stone fell to the ground and broke into countless small pieces, but even so, Zhang Yi still did not touch the [Magic Screen] that covered the entire entrance and exit.

The lightning shot out from his hands began to scatter and attacked the infected Covenant soldiers, controlling them in place or directly turning them into a pile of charcoal on the ground.

Seeing this, the other Space Marines began to throw cans of promethium into the confinement room, making sure they were evenly distributed in every corner, and then blew up one of the cans.

The scorching flames instantly filled every corner of the room. Even with the protection of the [Magic Screen], Zhang Yi could still feel the scorching heat coming towards him.

What is the Imperium of Man best at?

After a series of failures and defeats, they announced another victory; forced soldiers loyal to the Empire to rebel; sustained soaring blood pressure of the Emperor, and...

A rich planet was burned so hard that even the Zerg couldn't produce any oil.

Think of the beginning of the Third Tyranid War, when Inquisitor Kryputman destroyed dozens of planets through continuous extermination orders, forcing the incoming Leviathan Hive Fleet to turn around and crash into the greenskin territory, and began to wallow in the quagmire of that war (then the Inquisitor was taken away for investigation).

From this we can see how thoroughly the Empire destroyed a planet. Even the Tyranids could only sigh on the planet after the extermination order was issued - there was nothing to eat.

This is not surprising. After all, even if we don't talk about the Tyranids we encountered later, or the Orks who were fighting against the Human Empire, these big mushrooms are the type that "will grow again after a spring breeze if the wildfire cannot be extinguished". Even if we burn the war zone in time after the war, it is possible that a bunch of green-skinned guys will pop up from nowhere a few years later.

Like the Flood, the Greenskins rely on spores to increase their numbers. The existence of a spore, plus a little land and light, will grow a large number of Greenskins, Farts and Skorgs in the future, and then another WAAAGH will begin.

Not only that, considering that the Flood once controlled various technological creations of the Forerunners, Zhang Yi specially asked the Lizardmen to join this external exploration and technological discovery, using magic to give the Flood and other beings that once chased the Forerunners a little surprise.

The entire room where the Flood was imprisoned was completely engulfed in flames. Zhang Yi set up another [Magic Screen] and opened a portal, sending the troops directly out of the facility. All personnel entering the facility began comprehensive disinfection after walking out of the portal.

Outside, several magic toad priests led by Lord Kua Kuat have used their powerful energy and stored subspace energy liquid to cover the entire [Flood Confinement Facility], just like Master Kroka protected the entire Lizardman territory. This ensures that no living creature can escape from anywhere.

The guide of the 04 ring, 343 Guilty Spark, also used his limited authority to cut off the energy supply to the [Flood Confinement Facility]. A large number of Templar Defenders also spread out from here to prevent other Covenant forces from entering.

Then, the Inquisitor of the Human Empire will appear, and it will use several different plans to ensure that there will be no living creatures in this shrouded [Flood Confinement Facility].

"I am very honored to carry out this mission. I can guarantee that after my treatment, no greenskins, Tyranids, or the so-called Flood will exist." The Inquisitor said excitedly. "I can guarantee that not a single cell will be left."

A large number of melta bombs and promethium were brought out, and the mechanical servants placed them near the [Flood Confinement Facility]. Then batches of destructive chemicals were poured directly into the ground, causing the soil to clump together, killing all life in it and spreading in all directions.

"One hot melt, one promethium burn, one chemical wash." Zhang Yi muttered as he looked at the various weapons, potions, and other things carried out by the robot servants. "Small-scale extermination order, to ensure that no corpses are left."

[It's really... amazing] 343 Guilty Spark also watched in his true form as the people of the Human Empire carried out destructive treatment on the entire [Flood Confinement Facility]. [You are very good at destroying everything]

"Well... there's nothing wrong with that." Zhang Yi hesitated for a moment and replied. "We are indeed good at this..."

“There’s nothing I can do about it~”

558. Summary and Plan

[Magic? I don't know how you did it, but this form of energy is indeed something that I can't find in the Forerunner database I can connect to.]

[Your method of cleaning up the Flood pollution is amazing. Perhaps I can record it for future use.]

[I have never seen such intelligent creatures. Where are you from? Outside the Milky Way? ]

After the Flood's problem was resolved, 343 Evil Spark, as the guide of the 04 ring, began to ask Zhang Yi and others questions non-stop, fully demonstrating its strong curiosity.

Zhang Yi and his team successfully dealt with the Flood, but that was done before the other party had time to spread. If it had already spread out as in the original plot, they would probably have only been able to blow up the 04 ring.

The Covenant fleet that found this ring belt was defeated by the Endless Expedition with its hard power. After confirming that the ground forces were almost completely wiped out, they chose to withdraw. This also allowed Zhang Yi and his team to study everything on the 04 ring belt with peace of mind, for the time being.

Subsequent research and testing of a series of facilities in this ring belt showed that although some facilities did express some doubts about Zhang Yi, an "ancient human" who had no corresponding genes, because of the lack of corresponding gene fragments, Zhang Yi had no way to directly open the doors of most of the pioneer facilities.

Although they relied on the technology of the Mechanicus and various unscientific rituals to forcibly open some Forerunner facilities on the 04 ring, their speed was generally slow.

The attack on the incomplete shining world in the ring world has basically stopped. The human empire has successfully completed the occupation of the target world with minimal losses, and a large number of oil men are on the way.

After basically completing the construction of the 04 ring ground base, Zhang Yi teleported the ship carrying Magnus, Vulkan and their offspring to the vicinity of the ring.

[Even by cyborg standards... he's a little too popular]

"F*ck me! Don't stop me, I'm going to tear this broken ball apart right now!"

"Calm down, calm down~"

The three Primarchs and a considerable number of Imperial fleets can basically cut off the possibility of the Covenant fleet attacking here at this stage - they couldn't defeat it when they were united before, so how could the Covenant possibly succeed now that they are divided?

Dozens of days after the Human Empire arrived at Ring Belt 04, the UNSC ships finally arrived nearby.

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In the original plot, the "Pillar of Autumn Wind", which was making continuous random jumps in an attempt to shake off the Covenant pursuers, accidentally came to this ring belt and then fell on it. Finally, due to the appearance of the Flood, the Master Chief detonated the "Pillar of Autumn Wind", destroying the ring belt and the Flood spreading on it.

This was the first time that the USNC humans came into contact with the Forerunner facilities, and it was also from here that they began to gradually understand why the Covenant wanted to exterminate them.

Now, under the guidance of the Human Empire's ships, the "Pillar of Autumn Wind" and several UNSC warships have arrived near the 04 ring and saw the huge Forerunner facility (as well as the surrounding Covenant ship fragments) with their own eyes.

"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you wouldn't have imagined that there was such a thing." Cortana said, looking at the huge man-made facility not far away. "There are more than one facility like this, and this isn't even the largest one."

According to the original plan, representatives of the Human Empire revealed the existence of the Forerunners to the humans on the UNSC side and explained why the Covenant wanted to exterminate humans - because humans are the heirs to the Forerunners' legacy.

This is undoubtedly a godsend for the UNSC human government. Humans have the ability to open and use most Forerunner facilities, which will undoubtedly greatly speed up their research and opening of various Forerunner facilities.

Now that the Covenant is in the midst of division again, the UNSC can devote a lot of its manpower, which was originally used to defend against Covenant attacks, to the research and exploration of Forerunner facilities.

Then the human empire gave them a cold shower - they demanded that all research results be shared.

Because, just relying on the fact that they are the successors of the Forerunners is not enough to fully understand all the Forerunner relics. After all, some things you can open and activate is one thing, but whether you can understand them or not, and whether the other party listens to you is another (just like the Prometheus Legion on Requiem).

Moreover, the Human Empire also said that the enemies that caused the extinction of the Forerunners still exist, and some of them are in those Forerunner facilities.

They also informed part of the creature's powerful reproductive and infectious abilities, and then stopped there. The remaining information would be shared only after an alliance was reached.

This series of changes took the UNSC human government some time to digest. Judging from the current situation, this pie in the sky is not so easy to eat. The Human Empire also knew this and shared the news with them to force itself to agree to their demands.

After some discussion, the top leaders of the UNSC decided to send a Spartan team including John-117 to the 04 ring belt which the Human Empire had already reached and basically controlled. After collecting some technologies and artifacts, they would consider whether to agree to the Human Empire's request.

The [Autumn Wind Pillar] docked near the 04 ring belt, and several [Pelican] transport planes flew towards the ring belt.

The Human Empire has allocated an area for the UNSC people, where they can research and explore. More things will not be opened until the UNSC government agrees to their requests.

You said this was left to humanity by the forerunners? The human empire has no right to occupy and interfere with their research and exploration? Did you see these warships? Can you repeat what you said?

'The truth lies only on the edge of the sword', this sentence is never wrong, even if the Forerunners did leave everything to the UNSC humans with Geas genes, but even so, didn't the people of the Covenant still beat up the humans while digging up all the Forerunners' creations?

It's left for you, but you can't keep it. The Covenant can beat you (UNSC), and so can the Human Empire. It's not like they haven't done this before (referring to the people of the Mechanicus).

"UNSC armed personnel and researchers have landed in the designated area of ​​Belt 04, and the guide has gone to communicate with them."

In the first ring base of the Human Empire, Zhang Yi, several Primarchs and related personnel started another meeting.

"They probably won't refuse our request, especially after they were beaten up by the Covenant for so long and now have access to real Forerunner technology." Zhang Yi said. "But considering the mess they made after the Covenant split in the original plot (secretly researching genetic weapons against friendly Sangheili), we'd better be more cautious."

"The research progress on the Forerunner artifacts is slow. Although we have found a way to unlock some Forerunner artifacts to a certain extent without relying on Geas genes, the unlocking speed of many things is slow." Zero, the general manager of the Mechanicus for this expedition, replied. "We tried to use [Wraith] to violently unlock, but in some cases, some other things would also be unlocked."

"I really didn't expect that we could buy [Demon Spirit]..." Zhang Yi murmured. "How is the [Flood Confinement Facility]?"

"We have completed the first wave of disinfection in that area, and we can basically confirm that there are no living creatures." The judge in charge of the operation saluted Zhang Yi. "We are about to start the second round of disinfection. If necessary, we will incinerate all the servitors and personnel involved in this operation afterwards."

“It doesn’t have to be that extreme.”

"The index on the 04 Halo and the building that can activate the ring must be controlled first. That is the most important thing. This powerful weapon cannot be controlled by others."

"Then there's the library on Halo, construction facilities and the like. We also need to leave a certain area for the UNSC people. After all, this thing is left to them, and we're not sure whether the Forerunners and Forerunners who may still be alive will take action because of our presence."

"I will send more troops over, but it will take some time. The occupation of the Glittering World by the Ring World will also require a lot of manpower."

"However, apart from the necessary ships and troops that need to stay near and above the 04 ring, we still have a lot of free manpower."

"So, where is your next target?" asked Sanguinius, the Primarch of the Blood Angels Chapter, who had not attended the meeting before.

"That's also a headache for me," Zhang Yi replied. "Go directly to Zone 00, or to Requiem, which has a large number of Forerunners armed and alive, or go deal with the Flood problem in Ring 05."

As the ark where all the rings were built, the importance of Zone 00 is self-evident. It has a large number of the most advanced Forerunner technologies and creations, but at the same time, its defense facilities are also absolutely the most stringent. Wherever you go, you really have to consider the possibility of being shot down and beaten by the Forerunner mechanical legions on it.

[Requiem], this special Forerunner shield world not only has a powerful Prometheus mechanical army, but also has a Forerunner who may be the only living one - the True Missionary.

Since this Forerunner has gone mad, there shouldn't be any problem controlling or killing him. As long as the Human Empire can resist the Prometheus Mechanical Legion that is still active in the later period of the original plot, then they will get an entire Shield World, a large number of advanced Forerunner weapons and technologies, the opportunity to control the [Recombiner], and a living Forerunner. This is undoubtedly as rich as the reward of conquering a Glittering World.

The 05 ring has been confirmed. The Flood has spread and infected and controlled its guide - 2401 Repentance Tangent. Although the spread of the Flood on it has been temporarily suppressed, something bad will happen sooner or later if it is not dealt with.

The 05th Ring is one of the few "big guys" among all the rings, and its specialness is self-evident. In addition, given that the Flood has already infected and controlled the facilities on it, if the infection problem can be completely dealt with, then the control and research of the ring should be easier.

The question now is, how to choose?

559. Classic plot: Someone interrupted an important matter

Ring World, near the Shining World of [Broken Star]

The huge [Phalanx] space fortress is docked in the high-altitude orbit of this shining world that has been basically controlled and occupied by the human empire. In the future, this place will become the hub for the exploration and development of the ring world.

All the automatic factories and defense machinery groups have been occupied. Except for some private armed forces, the entire Glittering World has been basically controlled by the Human Empire. Groups of Mechanicus members are breaking into every accessible house, opening all the rooms that can be opened, and moving away everything inside, just like warriors in old-fashioned RPGs.

(Gene adjustment machine? Move away! Molecular printer? Move away! The homeowner who has not yet undergone genetic collapse after multiple genetic adjustments? Move away too!)

Except for a few residents who didn't completely give up because of the utopian life, almost all the original residents of the Glittering World were driven out of their homes, and all their property would be redistributed (this is very imperial).

The Human Empire suffered heavy losses in this battle. On the one hand, they had to preserve as many creations of this shining world as possible and could not directly cover and bomb it with high-powered weapons as before. On the other hand, even though this was an incomplete shining world, its level of technology was unimaginable - most people could get something out of their homes to disassemble a Space Marine to play with.

But fortunately they succeeded. After losing a lot of Astra Militarum and Space Marines, Space Marines, mainly from the First Legion [Dark Angels] and a large number of Astra Militarum troops, have occupied this place. The [Imperial Fists] and [Iron Hands] Chapters are building defenses, and the members of the Mechanicus led by Cawl are intensively researching, recycling and repairing various technologies and creations.

Of course, these are not the only Mechanicus who have come to this world. Many sages from other forge planets have been attracted to this shining world with a large amount of complete technology. Many of them have come here in person, hoping to participate in the excavation and exploration of precious technology - this is what O'Neill wants to see.

The flaming sword was stuck in the ground, and another sage of the Forge World, who was almost at odds with the Human Empire, was killed by O'Neill. Its brain was taken out and its huge metal body was dragged away.

"This should be the last one." Guilliman said, looking at the report in his hand. "I think the other Forge World Magi who are unwilling to listen to the call of the Empire and redistribute power have discovered the problem."

“How many have been processed?”

"We have taken control of several major forge worlds, but overall, half of the forge worlds have not yet been contacted and cleansed by us."

"Some of them are too far away or have encountered various problems and have not arrived yet. Some have not contacted us. Finally, some seem to have turned against us."

"We have cleared out a lot of disobedient members of the Mechanicus in several other worlds, and then used various means to take over the Forge Worlds under their command. Now it seems that this is the only way to do it without a public falling out."

"Should we take the initiative to attack?"

"It's not the right time yet," O'Neill responded. "We need to hurry up and digest the various alien technologies we have acquired."

"Guilliman, haven't you noticed? Chaos has been very quiet recently. They haven't made any moves for a while."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"Yes, it's good, it's their calmness, it gives us more time to develop, but..."

"Similarly, this will also cause some people to become complacent and start to forget the Chaos enemy that once posed a huge threat."

"Chaos never disappears, they just become silent for a while, and their silence is for the next outbreak."

"Where do you think the detonation point will be?"

"...all..."

"Yes, everything," O'Neill said. "Because of change, because of transformation, because of all the impacts caused by progress, those who can't keep up, those who are abandoned or unwilling to change will become the flashpoint."

“This will be the first challenge we need to face.”