Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Just when Zhang Yi was about to leave the team again, a huge green figure blocked the running cold lizard, scaring it and slowing it down. Then, a small figure jumped onto the back of the cold lizard and pulled the reins.

The cold lizard, which had been running wildly all the way, finally stopped, and Zhang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he looked at the two people who helped

Well, not necessarily a human.

6. Prophecy Tablet

Da Zhuang roared and smashed the head of a dark elf with the grenade in his hand, whose magazine was empty. The chainsword in the hand of Captain Loken beside him was stained with blood.

None of the pursuing dark elf cavalry survived the ambush by this [Astra Militarum] squad, and their bodies were scattered all over the ground.

"DeKalil, you and Da Zhuang checkpoint the area, and remember to stab any possible survivors."

"Don't worry while I do the work."

"Everyone else, follow me to find him." Locke said to the other members. "I hope he hasn't run too far."

"Sir." At this moment, the voice of Scout Doklo came through Loken's short-range communication. "He's back."

"And brought two large lizards that walk upright."

. . . . . .

The situation is not very good now.

When the giant lizard holding an obsidian club and the spirit lizard beside it, who appeared for unknown reasons, led the cold lizard that Zhang Yi was riding back to the canyon, the atmosphere became tense.

Captain Loken took the reins from the Spirit Lizard and pulled the Cold Lizard and Zhang Yi, who was sitting on it, to his side.

Because around the 30K era of the Human Empire, the warp storm that swept across the galaxy cut off the connection between the various colonies, and the huge Human Empire was divided.

And in this situation, most of the alien races that had become vassals of the human empire for various reasons chose to add insult to injury at this time.

In addition to the various major alien races at this stage:

The green plague of Orcs who make a living by fighting and feel uncomfortable if they don't fight for a day - Orcs

Even on the verge of extinction, the Aeldari, the former galactic overlords, still maintain their pathetic pride.

Like locusts, a swarm of insects coming from outside the galaxy, eating everything - the Tyranids

These are the reasons why the human empire has no good feelings towards any aliens at this stage (of course, there are more than these). Some of them either don’t want to live in peace with humans at all, or they don’t have the concept of peace at all.

Even with Zhang Yi's advance explanation, the Star Army soldiers were still full of vigilance and hatred towards the scaly non-human race in front of them.

"So, don't choose a racially xenophobic political system..."

Zhang Yi held Da Zhuang's arm, climbed down from Leng Xi's back, and walked in front of the two lizardmen.

"Growl"

Apparently this monitor lizard can't speak.

"Lord, let us come to pick you up." The spirit lizard said to Zhang Yi in a not very clear voice.

The language he spoke was similar to Low Gothic, but with some differences.

This reminded Zhang Yi of the days when he was "memorizing English" in the Terra Palace...

TMD Emperor...

"My Lord, the people from the outer world want you to find the stone tablet."

"Then, think about it and form an alliance!"

"Find the stone slab, and you can get what you want."

"I-we will help you."

"Lead the way and bring back the slab!"

Although it is not coherent, the basic meaning is clearly expressed.

A certain magic toad lord knew that they would come in advance, so he sent these two to find us and asked us to bring back the [Prophecy Slate] of the Ancient Saints.

As the ultimate overlord of the universe, able to compete with the Necrons in their heyday, the predictions of the Ancient Ones are almost 100% accurate.

From the big things like the fall of a country to the small things like when a tower should be best maintained, the [Prophecy Slate] always records everything without omission.

Although this also makes the Lizardmen race seriously lack subjective initiative - without the guidance of the stone tablets and magic toads, they don't know what to do.

This is also the reason for the decline of the Lizardmen. After most of the magic toads fell into endless meditation/sleep, and a large number of the ancient saints' [Prophecy Slates] were lost, a large number of Lizardmen could only repeat the previous orders over and over again.

Faced with the words of the Skink in front of them, none of the Astra Militarum soldiers, including Loken, were in a good mood (how dare this alien talk to us like this?).

At this moment, soft light emanated from Zhang Yi again, and the power of the Emperor/Son of the Stars was once again revealed.

"I agree with your proposal."

I don't know whether it was Zhang Yi's voice or the sound of the fragments in his body that rang out under the light.

"If you keep your promise, the Empire of Man will be your friend, just as it was long ago."

After he finished speaking, the light faded away. Zhang Yi, confused, looked at the two lizardmen in front of him who bowed their heads in respect, and the Star Army soldiers who knelt on one knee behind him.

"You really only show up at critical moments, right?" Zhang Yi complained, but the Son of the Stars in his mind did not respond. "Okay, I'm just a tool."

"All of you, get up. Don't kneel down. It's strange that you're not used to it." Zhang Yi, who had just shown off his power in public, said to Locke and the others. "Go check on the cold lizards who haven't been able to sit yet."

"How can I let you do this..."

Locke and others stood up, and Zhang Yi looked at the spirit lizard and monitor lizard in front of him.

"So, where is the slate?"

"Mirror, Mirror Pond, Typok, the Lord said it was there," the Skink replied. "Old Rat, it's there."

"The Lizardmen are losing their cities every day." Zhang Yi then looked at Locke and the others behind him. "Let's leave here first."

“I also need to know more about this.”

～～～～～～～ A few days later～～～～～～

After spending nearly half a month, Zhang Yi and his team finally walked out of the dark elves' territory and arrived near the Lost Gate.

During this period, a lot of useful information was obtained from the spirit lizard, Kumama, who spoke not very clearly.

By the way, the tall monitor lizard is called Kurus.

First of all, the one who asked them to come and pick up Zhang Yi and others was the lord of the [City of the Sun] - [Hesiota], the magic toad - Mazdamuddi.

Master Ma has recaptured several cities around Hexota, including the Maku Peaks and surrounding cities.

However, the Blue Viper Orc Clan launched a big waaaagh!, forcing Master Ma to shrink his defenses and resist the greenskin frenzy that could come at any time.

In the north, all cities except the Kotego Causeway were occupied by an unknown ratman clan, and a large dark elf army further north was moving southward.

The first to be affected is the [Tepok Mirror Pool].

In addition, there is a big event - the Bear God of the Human Empire [Kislev] was captured by the original Demon Prince - [Bilak], imprisoned in the [Soul Furnace], and tried to rely on the power of the Bear God to become a new god.

This caused a melee among several different forces, all fighting for their own reasons, in order to fight for the dying Bear God.

Therefore, the Chaos side focused all its experiences on the Old World and the Bear God. This was an opportunity. While the Four Chaos Gods here were not interested in paying attention to what was happening in Lustria, Zhang Yi and others could communicate with the Lizardman forces without worry.

Just watch out for the Chaos Rifts that appear due to the painful roar of the dying bear god.

. . . . . .

"To be honest, even if I escaped from the northern wilderness and saw these lush trees, I wouldn't be happy at all."

After leaving the territory of the dark elves and arriving at the rainforest of Lustria, Zhang Yi was not happy at all.

He knew that these seemingly lush and vibrant tropical jungles could even swallow up some Chaos Warriors!

Fortunately, they have lizardman guides.

Kumama knows which plants to squeeze out juice to apply on the body to repel poisonous insects and prevent bites. Having lived in the jungle for a long time, they can avoid dangerous animals and areas in advance and find a lot of edible food.

Zhang Yi sat on the back of a cold lizard, led by Kurus and walking in front. Following closely behind him was Captain Locke, and the others and two other cold lizards carrying luggage followed at the end.

After this short period of time together, Locke and the others gradually got used to the presence of the two lizardmen.

Although there is still a lot of hostility, it is not as serious as before.

After all, the Emperor (Son of the Stars) has spoken, right? How could they not give him face?

Kumama jumped down from the dense tree canopy and signaled Zhang Yi and others to stop.

"Yes, there is a herd of animals passing by."

A large number of Triceratops trampled a path through the jungle and moved towards their destination.

These huge creatures with thick shells shocked Zhang Yi. After all, there were no living creatures like this in his world.

Even Locke and others who were well-informed were slightly shocked by this scene.

Even if they had a Leman Russ tank, they would have to be careful not to be knocked over by these huge monsters in front of this herd of beasts.

"As far as I know, most of the wild dinosaurs in Lustria are the products of the transformation of the ancient saints." Zhang Yi said. "In other words, all creatures on this planet are more or less their work."

At this time, a huge wild Tyrannosaurus came out of the jungle, knocked over a huge wild Triceratops, and bit it with its big serrated mouth.

The thick skin and shell were easily torn apart, and blood splattered everywhere.

"Some organisms can undergo further transformation and evolution, and these organisms have never fallen into chaos."

The huge wild Tyrannosaurus roared, scaring away any possible onlookers around, and then began to feast on the Triceratops corpse under its feet.

"If we can breed and domesticate this creature on a large scale, it will be of great help to the battles of the human empire."

"At this stage, the only race with relatively mature corresponding technology is the Lizardmen."

"Maybe with the rats..."

Led by the spirit lizard Kumama, Zhang Yi and his party bypassed the eating wild Tyrannosaurus and the fleeing beasts and continued to move towards their destination.

In the distance, the temple city, which had fallen but still had its former glory, gradually became clear.

At the same time, the stench of rats was also clear.

7. On the eve of war

A mouse, half the size of a human, that can walk upright.

These are the Skaven, intelligent rodents that worship the evil god the Horned Rat.

Their social structure is clear, with patriarchs of the Thirteen Councils, local warlords, Grey Prophets, Skaven Engineers, and at the bottom are clan rats and slave rats that are like consumables.

Most Skaven are cowardly, greedy, and stupid, their only strength being their sheer numbers.

But there is also a small group of very smart ratmen among them. They have invented some weapons that are comparable to or even far superior to those of the medieval human empire.

These include but are not limited to the Electric Gatling Gun, Flamethrower, Metal Chariot (Doomwheel), and Doomsday Missile (Nuclear Bomb)

They also have extremely unstable but incredible biotechnology, which has created deformed creatures such as rat trolls, rat wolves, and hell pit abominations. They can even use this technology to transform and strengthen themselves.

And all these things that make the ratmen invincible on the battlefield require a very important thing - dimensional stone.

This glowing emerald green stone is a solid form of magic. It has strong radiation and can cause unpredictable mutations in living things.

However, the Skaven themselves are suspected to be creatures that have mutated due to dimensional stone radiation, so they are not afraid of dimensional stone. Instead, they use it to their advantage and make it into weapons indirectly or directly.

In the history of the medieval world, many strong men or leaders of other races died at the hands of Skaven assassins at the hands of sharp, poisonous, cursed and radioactive warpstone blades.

The Skaven are good at digging holes and are distributed almost throughout the entire Medieval Continent (except Ulthuan/the toilet seat). They will dig holes under the city, and when the world matures, they will occupy the city with a huge number of ratmen troops or blow up the entire city with special bombs.

Sadly, many people don't believe in the existence of ratmen, even though they do exist.

"Oversized rodent? Bullshit, I don't believe it." - The last words of Sergeant Robert of the Freedom Militia before he was killed by an oversized rodent

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The ratmen were densely swarming back and forth on the ground of the city of [Mirror Pool of Taibok], as if preparing for the upcoming war.

"What a disgusting creature!"

Scout Doklo, who was at a hidden high place, recorded the scene while speaking, and then evacuated the reconnaissance point.

A hidden cave somewhere in the tropical jungle.

After confirming that there were no huge dinosaurs sleeping here, this place became the temporary base for Zhang Yi and others.