Warhammer 40 A New Hope

[You want us to abandon our homeland? Just leave like that?! ]

"If you don't want to, then go and die! I don't care! I don't have to save you!" Zhang Yi shouted into the communication device. "We are here to clean up the plague, saving you is just a by-product!"

"In two hours, an incinerator torpedo will be dropped on this planet, and the entire planet will be engulfed in flames!"

"There are only two hours left to evacuate. Torpedoes will be dropped in two hours. You can do whatever you want!"

Without any mercy and without any room for negotiation, the Human Empire agreed to try to rescue more Eldar while dealing with the plague, but the latter was not something that had to be done.

Just as the Eldar would not sacrifice their own people to save a few humans, the Human Empire would not sacrifice the lives of its soldiers for a group of stubborn and unyielding Eldar.

You have to know that this time the plague is coming with great force, because Old Bacon had provided the planet of the safe world to a group of elves led by Eveleene in advance, which directly led to at least half of this group of elves not wanting to get involved in this muddy water. They wanted to focus more on developing the planet in the safe world.

So all the Eldar troops that came to support the Savage Eldar on this planet began to support the humans' argument and persuade their primitive cousins ​​to abandon the planet where they had lived for so long.

The speed at which the plague spread was beyond everyone's expectations, and the precise attacks of the Nurgle troops caused the rescue operation that had just begun to end in failure. The Human Empire could not and would not take the risk of continuing the rescue operation under such circumstances, and the Eldar troops in the coalition knew this.

But the Savage Elves could not accept it. They could not accept giving up their planet, giving up the souls of countless loved ones in the [Soul of the World], and giving up this planet where they had placed so many emotions and memories.

Therefore, they planned to stop human ships from dropping incinerary torpedoes at all costs, and Zhang Yi and his men had already anticipated this - it was not uncommon for the Eldar to suddenly betray their alliance because of certain things and stab humans in the back.

So after confirming that all their troops had been evacuated and isolated, Zhang Yi and others once again issued a final notice, and several torpedoes that could completely burn the surface and atmosphere of the entire planet broke through the atmosphere - the torpedoes were thrown to the surface of the planet in advance, and there were still many Eldar allies and wild Eldar natives who had not retreated on it.

Since they are so stubborn, they might as well die together with their primitive cousins!

When the blazing flames began to rage across the entire surface of the planet, engulfing everything

When the creatures were destroyed, the Eldar allies who witnessed all this expectedly began to condemn the actions of the Human Empire, saying that they had betrayed the covenant or something.

[If you guys with pointed ears keep making noise, believe it or not, I will now unilaterally tear up the promise I made to you of a safe world planet?! ]

Facts have proved that when you have something on someone else, you tend to speak very nicely, and the other party will be very "willing" to listen to you and "reason" with you.

On the other hand, there were actually only a small number of Eldar allies who did not evacuate in time. Most of the Eldar realized that it was impossible to carry out a rescue operation under the current circumstances. The Human Empire made a correct decision, but they just didn't want to admit it.

After all, in their view, accepting charity from the "monkeys", kowtow to them, forming an alliance with them, and obeying their commands are already annoying enough, so they would naturally make things more difficult for them whenever they can.

After that, the fleet left the vicinity of the planet through the evacuation channel previously created by Sanguinius, leaving a burning world to Nurgle's fleet.

The operation failed, but it was not without gain. At least the human empire successfully stopped the spread of the plague in at least one place by burning an entire planet.

But there are signs that this is not the only one. There is at least one more source of the plague that is spreading and spreading, and it is very likely that there is already a planet or an Eldar ark that has been completely infected and corroded by the plague.

To solve this problem, the Human Empire needs a different approach, one that can handle the plague faster and better.

Sanguinius began to look through previous intelligence about Nurgle, hoping to find a way to break the impasse.

"If we can make the plague come to us, maybe we can break the deadlock..."

"So how do we get them to attack us?"

682.Untitled

Dozens of days after destroying the planet of the Savage Eldar infected with the plague

The coalition forces stopped at a fortress planet called Aduk, an important military node planet that served as a gathering place for nearby Imperial Navy and Astra Militarum forces.

This planet can effectively prevent the enemy from attacking this star area, and can also provide timely support to nearby planets when the enemy bypasses here to attack other planets.

There are groups of naval fleets, connected orbital defense facilities, and piles of fortresses, artillery batteries and permanent facilities on the ground.

This is just one of the many fortress planets in the Empire, and the configuration here is also normal in the human Empire. You can say how corrupt a certain hive planet under the governance of the Empire is, how the gap between the rich and the poor is huge, and how filthy it is, but you cannot say that these fortress planets that serve as defense facilities are not good.

After all, the Human Empire may not be good in other aspects, but when it comes to fighting, it is unquestionable. Otherwise, they would not be able to survive in this cruel and fucked-up universe.

The Allied Fleet arrived near this planet not long ago. When the Allied Fleet mixed with several Eldar ships appeared nearby, the Imperial Navy fleet located there immediately became alert. If Sanguinius had not contacted the officers on the planet in time, the other side might have attacked directly.

Then, in the name of the commander of the plague-clearing fleet and the Primarch of the Empire, Sanguinius temporarily requisitioned all the facilities and troops on the planet of Crowdfunding Group Si⑤⑥①二⑦九④零 to prepare for subsequent plans.

Their plan was very simple. They wanted to change the situation where they originally went to find the plague to where the plague would find them.

It has now been basically confirmed that the new plague of Nurgle was caused by finding Aisha who was rescued by Zhang Yi and his team. The evidence is that the creatures infected with the plague will explode after hearing the name "Aisha".

This plague will cause great changes in their bodies and further spread the plague, causing more people to search for Nurgle's 'lost' goddess of life.

The plague is aimed at the Eldar, affecting their use of psychic energy, corroding their bodies, and ultimately completely controlling them by infecting their soul stones (I don't know what Slaanesh thinks about this), and their bodies will also undergo drastic changes as a result.

Therefore, Zhang Yi decided to expose Nurgle's target and let the plague, which should not have spread widely yet, and the Nurgle troops gathered as a result, come to them on their own initiative.

The [Pioneer-class] small Titan with the [Hope] AI, which had been modified beyond all recognition, was transferred by Zhang Yi to the planet Aduk. After sitting in it, Zhang Yi opened the portal and prepared to pick up a goddess who was "crying like a river".

[Just watch me, I didn’t have any direct contact with her at all]

"..."

Many Eldars were opposed to this plan. Although Aisha was useless, she was still the god of their Eldar. What if they failed to deal with her and sent her back to Nurgle?

"So the lives of your fellow humans are unimportant? Are you just going to watch this plague that threatens all the Eldar continue to spread?"

[Or do you think that the number of people you have now is enough? You can ignore the lives of other compatriots? ]

There was no way to argue, absolutely no way to argue. When the other party was right and he could not cheat, even the elves who were good at sophistry and well versed in prophecy and betrayal could not say anything.

The God of Death was created by humans; the Goddess Elsa was created by them.

They were the ones who rescued us; the planets in the safe universe that are now being developed were also given by them.

The most important thing is that, except for the Human Empire, other races do not have a clear ability to travel across the world. This technology is currently unique to the Human Empire.

In this situation, the elves can only obey, unless they don't want those things anymore.

With hope and a stable life within reach, the Eldar under Evelyne are no longer willing to return to their previous lives. Similarly, the possibility of them falling out with humans has been greatly reduced. This also means that the Human Empire can severely exploit these former enemies within a certain range. Even so, the other party may have to thank them.

Sanguinius's move of turning passive into active is based on how much Nurgle values ​​the Goddess of Life. Based on this, the other party should take the initiative to come to him, but it does not rule out the possibility that the other party will ignore it and concentrate on spreading the plague.

If it was the latter, then Sanguinius would have no choice but to ask Zhang Yi to "sacrifice a little more".

And the way to make Nurgle notice this is very simple. Just let Elsa do what she did before - cure the plague.

When the charcoal-like, repeatedly inactivated infected tissue was brought to Aisha, this dignified and elegant Eldar god let out the same scream as when Joseph saw the three big guards.

You can easily imagine the psychological trauma left on Aisha by being fed different kinds of shit by Nurgle for at least a thousand years, not to mention her reaction after being forced to eat those things.

You know, Nurgle used Elsa as an experimental subject, which means that any plague that has ever appeared in the mortal world has more or less manifested itself in Elsa, but because she is the goddess of life, she can cure these diseases quickly.

Holes drilled into bones, sores on the face, a foul odor on the body... Although Aisha could use her powers to heal herself in a shorter period of time, the symptoms caused by the plague would still appear on her body to some extent.

So, after seeing that familiar thing again, Aisha lost her composure like that.

[Considering your current situation, we have tried our best to inactivate it, although it is a bit difficult to ensure its necessary activity while keeping it as safe as possible] said Zhang Yi, who was sitting in the small Titan. [We have some that are not so burnt, maybe they will taste better?]

"I won't eat that!"

【But as far as we know, you must have eaten quite a lot of it...】

Under the strong protests of Goddess Aisha and the elves, Zhang Yi finally did not let Aisha eat the food, but used a slower and safer method to analyze and cure the plague.

However, in the process of analyzing this new plague, Elsa suddenly began to cry, and her tears gathered into a stream and flowed out.

Because he felt it, he felt the wailing of the Eldar souls that came from these sample tissues.

When Nurgle created this plague, he invested a large amount of Eldar soul stones, which is why this plague can target the Eldar - because those souls controlled by Nurgle's power are forced to help Nurgle infect their people.

This also means that when more Eldar are infected and the Soul Stone is eroded and controlled, the plague will become more deadly to the Eldar.

But this also leads to a problem. This plague has a relatively poor effect on infecting other creatures, and it is also unable to completely control other creatures after infection like it can control the Eldar.

While Aisha was analyzing this new plague while crying with the help of several Eldar prophets, the tissue sample, which was almost as charcoal-like, suddenly began to twist. The tissue that should have no life characteristics began to stiffen and slowly approach Aisha.

Bear--!

The Astra Militarum soldiers on guard at the side immediately stepped forward and used the promethium flamethrowers in their hands to completely reduce the infected tissue to ashes.

This situation was soon known to Zhang Yi and others, which also meant that they had successfully attracted Nurgle's attention. At least he should have known that Aisha was here.

[We need more ships, as well as Astra Militarum troops and Space Marines] Zhang Yi said after confirming the news. [We also need the Eldar troops to mark the entrances and exits of the surrounding webways for us...]

[Also pay attention to the situation on nearby planets. More equipment, vehicles, and supplies are needed. These should be able to be collected from nearby planets.]

[I still have to see if any Primarch is free recently...]

【There is something you may need to see】

The voice of the Hope AI interrupted Zhang Yi's mumbling, and a piece of information appeared on the screen in front of him.

"A carnival of nobles? Almost covering half of the upper city?" Zhang Yi, sitting in the small Titan, looked at the information in front of him and muttered. "It's the daily entertainment of the imperial nobles, right..."

"The location of this planet... is quite far from here, let's talk about it later..."

"Now, let's see if you need me to send anything over through the portal."

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In Sindis, chaos is breaking out once again in the underworld of the planet as two underworld gangs fight for control of a sewage pipe.

As the bottom layer of a human-controlled planet, this kind of thing is not uncommon here. After all, many

The water and food of the lower-class people basically depend on the garbage thrown away by the upper class or the leftovers from factories.

The upper class people can eat and drink as much as they want and drink glass after glass of precious wine, but for the lower class people, every bite of food, water and even oxygen is precious, so it is not uncommon for lower-class gangs and organizations to fight over sewage outlets, garbage pipes and vents.

But the fight over this sewage outlet has happened for the third time this month. The sewage discharged here seems to have some magic power, making people nearby scramble frantically for its control, just to drink a mouthful of the discharged sewage.

On the other hand, the carnival in the upper zone has finally come to an end. It seems that this is just a daily enjoyment of the imperial nobles. After all, there are imperial nobles who enjoy a lot but are not decadent. However...

Really?

683. Deadly Poison

Sindis, a well-behaved planet under the Human Empire, one of countless ordinary planets.

Of course, the same is true of the imperial nobles above them, who are hedonistic, extravagant, and arrogant, but even so, they have not crossed that line, and they are always willing to pay for the empire.

But this does not prevent them from doing other things under the Emperor's gaze and asking for His blessing (see the picture of fucking a cat for details).

Blasphemy? Very blasphemous, but they were not corrupted, which was also a headache for Guilliman and others.

But that may not be the case now.

People dressed as servants were cleaning up the mess after the revelry, wiping the wine stains and food residues on the ground, carrying away several people who had died long ago for various reasons, and picking up the remains of the gorgeous tableware.

"Where are the others? Why am I the only one here?!" A young servant looked around and said after turning all the water in the bucket black. "Are you all slacking off? You guys are really 'loyal'."

Just as he was cursing, the sound of something falling to the ground was heard in the dark corner of the magnificent hall.

"Vincy? Or Lao Zhu? Is that you?" The man stretched his head and looked in the direction of the voice with a dirty rag. "You two are being lazy again, right? Believe me..."

As he walked into the darkness, a stick-like object knocked him down and his face made close contact with the ground.

"MD! These two lazy bastards just know..."

"Haha~"

A bell-like laugh interrupted his cursing. Looking upwards towards the sound, a weak face appeared behind a huge round fish tank.

"Hello~"

The wonderful sound immediately captured his mind. At this moment, a sweet smell came from the air. He took a deep breath and a dreamlike scene appeared before his eyes.

That was why he didn't care about the bright red at the corner of the mouth on that delicate and beautiful face, nor did he look at what tripped him.

So, he didn't see the pile of human bones at the bottom of the round fish tank.

. . . . . .

An Imperial Law Inspector wearing black power armor came to the bottom floor because of a gang fight that came to an abrupt end.

According to the intelligence of the intelligence agent, the two gangs in the vicinity once again broke out in a fight over the ownership of a sewage pipe, and this time both sides sent out dozens of people.

This is not the point. The point is that when the two gangs were fighting fiercely, a person who seemed to be wearing black power armor broke into the fight and ended the fight single-handedly, and then...

The leader of the Ministry of Justice's inspection team looked at the sewage pipe that was blocked by a large mass of melted, cooled and hardened metal, and then looked at the mutilated and charred corpses on the ground.

"MD, is this something we can control?!"

There are two obvious problems. One is the conspicuous, blocked sewage pipe, and the other is the corpses all over the ground.

You know, although these low-level gang members show off their power in front of other low-level people, if you compare them with others, their fighting power and morale are actually not that good.

According to intelligence from the Ministry of Justice, these people should have been defeated the moment they came into contact with the unknown enemy, but the actual situation was that they only started to flee after losing 60% of their men, including their respective bosses. This was very abnormal for these people.

Something had gone wrong, that was for sure, and it was probably a big one.

The person in charge of this area is also aware of this. What has happened is enough for him to be held accountable by his superiors, and he might even lose his head.

His loyalty to the empire also prevented him from ignoring the matter, but he was also very afraid of being used as a scapegoat by his superiors - according to his own words, he was afraid that the matter would be covered up by others and that he would no longer be able to continue to serve the empire.

That was why he did not report the incident immediately. He planned to handle it himself, eliminate the chaotic enemies hidden at the bottom level, and then report it as an achievement.