With the help of these strange titanium soldiers, a certain veteran Weeper who served as the vanguard easily eliminated the firepower point that wanted to stop his group's charge. He couldn't help but complain - as an Emperor's Angel of Death who had experienced the baptism of hundreds of battles in the galaxy, he knew very well that most aliens would behave no differently from humans when facing certain things. However, these titanium were really beyond their capabilities!
"No one will believe it anyway, so it's better to keep it secret - there are too many things in the First Legion and the Death Watch that a small chapter like us cannot touch."
Although he felt that this outrageous thing would be regarded as a joke by normal imperial forces if made public, Malakin knew that the more such things were, the more he should not take them lightly - the hint from his blood brother who served in the Death Watch was too obvious, and he did not want to let himself and his battle brothers die in vain in this galaxy for some strange reason.
"Captain, we are now conducting an assault on the alien bridge to gain the honor of capturing the alien bridge and destroying the alien command center, right?"
Just as the veteran vanguard had suppressed his doubts, another battle brother who served as Malakin's guard spoke on the communication channel.
"Yes, that's right."
"But why do I feel like we're only training at the lowest level? From the start of the assault until now, I can count the number of times I've pulled the trigger on my hands!"
"...I have only pulled the trigger twice so far. These Titanium Aliens...who are willing to serve the Empire are so...so sacrificial. They are more fanatical than most of the Imperial fanatics I have seen. It seems that for them, dying for the Emperor is really a great reward."
While Malakin used even sadder data to shut up his battle brother who thought "this operation was so easy", he glanced at the two Tau Clan fire warriors behind him who were half-crippled from the battle to seize the firing point, but still insisted on staying on the front line and letting them continue to move forward. Malakin, who didn't want to think about how his battle brother did such an outrageous thing, shook his head vigorously and continued to follow the leading drone, rushing towards the bridge of the battleship along the passage inside the battleship - since his battle brother had entrusted such a task to his regiment, then no matter how simple or difficult it was, he and his group must complete it!
Until, some abnormal blue color appeared in their vision.
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"Ok?"
"Is this subspace reaction a reality contamination caused by Tzeentch's stuff?"
"Aren't the Titanium psychic idiots? How can they channel the contamination of the Warp?"
"Titanium is not soulless. It is not impossible for the Four Chaos Gods to corrupt titanium by force. It's just that it will be a loss."
"Did this Tzeentch come by chance, or was it attracted by titanium?"
Coming here?"
“God knows—I suggest not to think too much. Even if we think about the idea of Tzeentch’s thing, we will fall into a circle. The best solution to deal with this kind of thing is to blow it up with one punch—Zhu Yangai, let’s suspend the deployment of the Empire’s chess pieces for now, and focus on deploying the titanium chess pieces that Liang Feifan lent us to the Tzeentch-contaminated area. Don’t let the Crying People be tricked by Tzeentch’s thing!”
"OK!"
When the drones, which were essentially appendages of chess pieces sent out by the Hammermen, caught a glimpse of the completely surreal blue, the three Hammermen who recognized the source of the color from the screen of the Queen of Glory decisively stopped the advent mode and returned to the combat conference room for a small meeting. Soon, the three Hammermen reached a consensus.
"I will inform Chapter Master Malakin to proceed with caution. It is best to hold off on entering the bridge of the Tau - this will stop him at the end of the assault operation. I hope Chapter Master Malakin will not have any objections."
Redler stood up from his chair and began to communicate with Captain Malakin using his incarnation. After a few words, a subtle expression appeared on the face of the DA player.
"Well, everyone, Chapter Master Malakin stopped the Weepers when he saw the wrong colors - he said his Chapter had many horrific records of the time when they were lost in the Warp, and he was well aware of the threats hidden behind some simple surface changes."
"Then... it seems we can worry less - let's just hope that Chapter Master Malakin won't be left wondering after the battle why a Tau warship has a bunch of Emperor-worshipping xenos on its bridge."
The technical sergeant who began to arrange the chess pieces using the drones as a medium imagined certain scenes and twitched the corners of his mouth.
"Don't worry, Chapter Master Malakin will pretend to know nothing."
Zhu Yan changed his tone and became more determined.
18. The Weeper - A Temporary Rest
The Tau forces' pawns' suppression of the bridge went smoothly.
Although the Power of Destruction who weaves the threads of fate entered the scene in person at the call of the elders of the Tau fleet, and generously blessed its first 'Tau Chosen' with enormous power, due to the Tau's innate sparrow soul, this being who would have become a Chaos Champion if it were another race was only the Eye of Tzeentch for ten minutes before he was shot to pieces by the Tau forces who swarmed in and roared for the Emperor, and his guards were given the gift of eternal and peaceful sleep like babies by these 'compatriots' who appeared without warning. When Chapter Master Malakin received the order and rushed into the bridge with his battle brothers, the scene that greeted them could only be described as 'horrifying'.
On the smooth ground lay the remains of several Titanium Aliens that were clearly dead. Titanium Fire Warriors in combat uniforms lined up neatly on the bridge, crossing their arms in front of their chests and performing the Sky Eagle Salute. Titanium Clan warriors in heavy combat uniforms stood on the left and right of the hatch, like guards waiting for their lord to arrive. The hatch was engraved with the Empire's Sky Eagle mark by energy. The body of the commander-in-chief of the Titanium Alien fleet, who was their target and looked very prestigious, was neatly placed on the command platform in the center of the bridge - in some senses, it was no different from an exhibit.
"I... can't say whether this assault was glorious or not. I think I will never forget this very strange assault and boarding operation until I return to the throne."
An old Weeper looked left and right at the Tau soldiers lined up in the corridor, and then looked for a long time at the elders of the Tau fleet who were placed on the command platform like dried food waiting for them to receive them. Finally, he managed to utter these words from the corner of his mouth.
"This is a good thing. It means that we have resolved the battle in space. The imperial citizens who have cultivated their homes on the planets are now safe and can focus on construction."
Although he thought it was strange that the aliens around the enemy commander were all his own people, and each one was more fanatical than the other, Captain Malakin had no intention of delving into how this happened. In the eyes of the Captain of the Lamenters, although the Lamenters played a perfect role in this strange boarding operation, the whole process and result were not glorious. However, the battle with the aliens was resolved in the universe, which was a great thing for the imperial people who had only a little to defend themselves. It meant that they were temporarily away from the war and could relax and build their new home for a while.
"However, the threat will still come. From the information our battle brothers gave us, we can see that this fleet is only the expansion vanguard of the Titanium Alien. There will definitely be other Titanium Alien fleets coming to this world in the future. Maybe it will be ten years later, maybe fifty years later, maybe tomorrow. We can't bet on the Empire's fleet arriving in this galaxy first. We must find a way to do something for them."
Another old Weeper soldier spoke with worry. After hearing what he said, Captain Malakin recalled the conversation he had with Redler and his blood brothers. The expression on his face hidden behind his helmet suddenly became "weird". Before, he always felt that his battle brothers' various vague combat strategies were one after another.
Fantastic, now...
The first group of the startup group is indeed worthy of being the first group!
"We have made all preparations for this problem, fellow Weepers, you just need to continue to fight with us."
Before Chapter Master Malakin could speak to comfort his fighting brothers, Redler's descendant strode into the bridge with several obviously elite Dark Angels Astartes. While responding to the words of the Weepers veteran, he waved his hand to signal the Titanium pawns to resume self-discipline mode and do what they should do. After all, the Hammer guys could guess that the Weepers' brains were already exploding with a brainstorm.
So, in the 'numb' eyes of the wailers, the titanium alien soldiers lined up neatly in the passage, after receiving Redler's order, formed patrol teams of various sizes in less than a minute and headed to various parts of the ship - some veterans dared to swear that even the most famous troops in the Astra Militarum could do better than these aliens!
"Brother Redler, to what extent can these aliens do for us?"
After a few seconds of strange silence, Chapter Master Malakin, who was bombarded with questions on his own communication channel, carefully outlined his words and spoke - while selectively ignoring the fact that the Dark Angels were most likely eavesdropping on his own chapter's internal communication channel.
"Many of the things we have mentioned to you, Brother Malakin, are no joke - now, I believe you have seen enough proof."
Redler nodded slightly and waved his hand gently. Several Dark Angels pawns behind him trotted to the elder of the Titanium Fleet and pretended to check him. Half a minute later, Redler, who had "got" an answer, turned around and looked at Malakin's face.
"Brother Malakin, I'm sorry, we have to reclaim this alien corpse because it shows signs of Chaos contamination - this is rare for aliens like Titanium. It most likely means that some extremely troublesome creature is peering through the veil and watching us."
"clear."
The Captain of the Weepers, who had already been beaten many times by various disasters, readily followed the advice and watched without any objection as his Dark Angels battle brothers carried away the alien corpse, which was one of the important trophies - in fact, he had not allowed his battle brothers to check the alien corpse before because he was worried about something, and now it seems that his worry was not unnecessary.
"The rest will be counted for the glory of your chapter. In addition, this ship will also be counted as your trophy. However, before the overall operation is over, we will requisition it to lure other Tau aliens to take the bait."
"Okay - what?"
Malakin's voice immediately rose an octave.
"For some reason, the Dark Angels and the Death Watch don't want to play the leading role in this battle. We even thought about 'erasing' our existence. We have already informed the mortals on the planet of this matter and deleted the record of our arrival in this world from their database. Therefore, Captain Malakin, if nothing unexpected happens, now and in the future, the glory and spoils will all belong to your group.
"This... we don't deserve it."
Hearing the decisive tone in Redler's voice, Captain Malakin's tone was slightly tinged with a different emotion.
"This is one of the foundations of our cooperation, Chapter Master Malakin. You and I both know that there are some things that are more important than honor."
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"Huh... Fortunately, the Weepers didn't do what they did the last time they cooperated with the Ultramarines. Because they didn't complete the mission in their hearts, they decisively refused all honors. Otherwise, I don't know how to continue communicating with them. I can pretend to be a Dark Angel, but if it really involves some of the core culture of the Astartes, I definitely can't pretend to be one..."
In the command hall of Queen Glory, after successfully making Captain Malakin take on all the honors and spoils of this and subsequent battles with a few words, Redler wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, jumped into the soft sofa, and started ordering food frantically - soon, several servo skulls brought the meal he ordered to the table in front of him, serving the Cursed High Lord to enjoy it.
"The reason why the Weepers refused the honor was due to many factors. Under normal circumstances, they would not refuse the honor that was offered to them. In fact, they themselves knew very well that it was a bad rule. This group of people are really... too good people. However, 40K emphasizes that good people don't get good rewards!"
Zhu Yangai sighed and expressed his indignation for these superhuman warriors who struggled and fought in the dark universe yet retained the noblest humanity.
"After Master Thirteen woke up, the Weepers got PSM reinforcements and a bunch of supplies. It can be considered a blessing in disguise. Although this happens to every group, the Weepers' luck... well, it can be considered good luck indeed."
Arranged his own technical sergeant chess pieces to cooperate with the titanium chess pieces to carry out partial transformation of the battleship that had fallen into their hands. At the same time, he also tried to get a certain Liang Feifan's Manta chess piece to blend into the Manta. The technical sergeant shrugged his shoulders, with a tone of
I felt a little helpless - on Earth, watching the story of the Weepers was enough to make the Hammer guys feel upset, and after running to the 40K universe and interacting with them, this feeling became even stronger. Monthly fee (group 69493) 6135
"So they are already being watched by Big Brother E - by the way, what is the level of Tzeentch contamination on the body of the titanium thing we recovered?"
Zhu Yangai thought of another important thing and cast his eyes on Redler who was eating and drinking - the body of the Titanium fleet elder had not yet been put down by Redler's Dark Angel chess piece, so Zhu Yangai couldn't let his Space Wolves chess piece go to check it.
"No, I have arranged for my pawns to grind it to dust. Titanium has only this little adaptability to the Warp. Even if the Destroyer is fed with food, he can't be a Chaos Spawn. That is to say, it is Tzeentch, this curious and fun thing. If the Chaos God that Titanium's emotions are directed to is a different character, he may not have the opportunity to be corrupted."
"Lederer...from your tone, do you think it's a happy thing for Titanium to be corrupted by Chaos?"
The technical sergeant sounded puzzled, feeling that there was some subtle combination of words in Redler's words just now.
"Being able to understand the true nature of the 40K galaxy before dying - isn't this happiness? Now looking at the setting of GW, only Farsight realized what a monster the 40K galaxy is, and the Aether wanted Farsight to die - ha, so, what exactly is the Aether?"
"I don't know. This is one of GW's biggest pitfalls. Don't forget that Titanium is suddenly linked to Short Man. I wouldn't be surprised if GW announced one day that Aether is a remnant of mankind's chaotic technological era. Redler, let your pawn help me later. We are a little short of manpower here."
"OK! No problem!"
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“Haha ...!!”
“Ga gaga gaga——————!!!”
“Ahahahahahahahahahahaha——————!!!”
The laughter of the Demon Bird God continuously emanated from its throne in the deepest part of the Crystal Labyrinth, and naturally stirred up everything in its domain, causing the chaos in this already ever-changing chaotic domain to increase ninefold - in the library of the labyrinth, countless pages were abruptly swallowed by the rising blue flames, and countless more pages flew out from the ashes left after these pages were burned. The fear monsters, who had become accustomed to their own lord's behavior of demolishing libraries at will in recent times, flew up on the chaotic magic wind, collecting new knowledge and incorporating it into their own conspiracies and plans.
"So, no wonder He still maintained such a painful posture even after completing His ascension! He used this method to avoid the rejection of 'reality'! He also 'stole' the 'stability' of reality! The most interesting thing is that such a creation even avoided some of the rules of the subspace! It can be said that reality and the subspace each have their own strengths! What a genius idea! Too genius! No wonder He was able to do so many things before! Ehehehehehehehehehe!!"
The Supreme Eagle sitting on the lotus pedestal danced with joy, its thousand hands and thousand eyes frantically capturing the fragments of reality that roamed around it, allowing them to be pieced together into incomprehensible dark knowledge in the hands of the Weaver of Fate - although it had only witnessed those beings for a moment, Tzeentch's power was enough to allow it to discern the essence of these beings -
Aren’t they just a group of subspace creations?
"But how did He do it? What method did He use to make this impossible possible? Did He possess authority other than the authority He should have? I must know, I must know!!"
The thirst for the unknown washed away the broken thoughts of the Lord of Change, causing this most unpredictable evil god to once again laugh, shaking the entire Fortress of Illusion. When it stopped laughing, the entire crystal maze had completed nine hundred and ninety-nine reconstructions.
"Maybe I should... bring out some bait?"
19. The Weepers - The Arrival of the Tau Fleet
The Milky Way is silent and vast.
Although the stars dotting it have been persistently flashing halos of various colors, trying to swallow up the cold and silence, their efforts are just like a drop in the ocean, and they can't make this emptiness become "warm" no matter what - the heartless stars can only do this, and protecting a small planetary system is their limit.
However, the Greater Good can warm this cold void.
One of the members of the Four-Tribe Council of the vanguard fleet of the Tau expeditionary fleet, an elder of the Water Clan whose name can be abbreviated as Shiva, stood by the porthole, silently gazing at the stars twinkling in who knows how many billions of miles away, repeatedly refining his words with the Greater Good in his mind, preparing for the formal diplomatic contact that would be conducted with humans in the near future. The gains of the fleet's vanguard had been known to the council, and the decisive role played by the Greater Good in this victory had excited Shiva. The expeditioners of the Human Empire converted because they understood the inner meaning of the Greater Good, raised their hands high, dedicated the habitable planets they discovered first to the Tau Empire, and voluntarily assisted the Tau Empire in building it. What an achievement!
"Shiva, what are you thinking about?"
As Shiva repeatedly and in his mind
After a while, he was tossing the words he was going to say to the leaders of the humans who had defected to the Greater Good in his mind, making sure that they would not violate the Greater Good in the slightest. At this moment, the voice of Arden, the elder of the Fire Clan in the Council of Four Clans, sounded behind him.
"I'm thinking about how to make this incident another powerful proof of the success of the Greater Good, so that I can make it into a brochure in the future and pass it on to those humans who have not yet awakened. You also know that there are too many human planets surrounding our empire."
Shiva turned around and looked at Arden with a smile on his face. His tone was full of dreams and happiness. He seemed to have seen that his language was recorded in the documents of the Tau Empire and appeared in every Tau Empire pioneer spacecraft. He seemed to have seen that more humans would join the Greater Good because of this example...
"I don't think it's that simple, Shiva."
Then he was poured a bucket of cold water by Ardern.
"We've confirmed the reports, Ardern, and they did it with the Greater Good - and it's a great victory for the Greater Good."
Shiva, who thought Ardern was here to sabotage him, sounded a little annoyed.
"I have never denied that this is a great victory for the Greater Good, Shiva, but don't you think this victory came too easily? You know, not long before they told us that they had taken control of that habitable planet, they also reported to us that they were in conflict with the pioneers of the human empire..."
"Then those pioneers of the human empire understood that the Greater Good is the truth of this universe, and they made a wise choice."
Before Arden could finish his words, Shiva interrupted him with a slightly unfriendly tone - as an elder of the Water Clan, he had always disliked the "flexible and greater good" style that the Fire Clan sometimes displayed. Therefore, in order to prevent things from turning into a bad debate, Shiva made a decisive decision.
"I didn't deny this, Shiva, but according to the combat records I know, this is very unhuman. If they choose to resist, they must have been helpless before they reluctantly agreed to the Greater Good. Moreover, humans taken in under such circumstances often choose to betray the Greater Good in the future. The behavior of the humans that the vanguard fleet came into contact with was too weird, too weird."
In order to express his doubts, Alleyne used two strange and emphasizing words in succession, and then, as expected, he saw a smile in Shiva's eyes.
"Doesn't this just prove that the Greater Good can do things that guns can't? If the warriors of your Fire Clan could truly follow the Greater Good, then the wisdom of the Aether would have spread far and wide."
"If there really is a problem, then you can talk it over with your Greater Good, Shiva. I hope your Greater Good can solve all problems."
Knowing that this meant the talks were over, the Fire Clan elder shook his head helplessly and turned to leave. Shiva also shook his head, threw away the mess in his mind, and began to re-frame the words - his intuition told him that this time, he would definitely go through an extreme negotiation that could exaggerate the path of the Greater Good, extreme!
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Chapter Master Malakin was sitting on a stool in the mess hall, enjoying a meal with several Space Wolves.
Near the stool where he sat, other Astartes of the Weepers were also enjoying the food. During this short break, under the command of Zhu Yangai, those Astartes, who were essentially pawns of the Space Wolves, performed a wave of talent that the Space Wolves did not have engraved into their gene seeds, but did have - cooking. The Weepers also seemed to have awakened some of the elegant aesthetics unique to the Sons of Sanguinius because of the food cooked by the Space Wolves. These combinations are so impactful that now, every morning, Captain Malakin will remind himself as soon as he finishes his sleep that the Weepers are still in the stage of the Atonement Expedition and cannot be too careless. However, Redler's Dark Angels always remind Captain Malakin of the "right time"...
Because of the battle brothers who were unwilling to leave any records in this round of combat, they were now in a state of 'swaying atonement'!
"Brother Malakin, the alien fleet has entered the edge of the planetary system. We have confirmed their existence by some means."
Just as Chapter Master Malakin was racking his brains over how to refuse the toast of his Space Wolves brother who wanted to have a drink with him, Zhu Yangai, who had descended upon his Blood Angels chess piece, walked up to him and informed him of the news he had been waiting for. Hearing that his prey had appeared, Chapter Master Malakin was immediately cheered up.
"What do we need to do?"
"Just like before, do nothing for now and try to avoid being discovered. The Dark Angels' battle brothers are preparing to use some methods to evaluate the main fleet of the Titanium Aliens."
After giving Chapter Master Malakin an answer and receiving an "as expected" expression from him, Zhu Yankai controlled the Blood Angels chess piece to pat Chapter Master Malakin's shoulder armor, and immediately cut the descended body to the Space Wolves chess piece that was looking for Chapter Master Malakin to drink.
"The aliens are coming?
Good! Brother, it seems that now is not the time to drink! "
So, Chapter Master Malakin was very satisfied to see that the Space Wolves battle-brother who had been pestering him for a drink drank the wolf wine in one gulp, turned around and left the cafeteria - this made him feel a little relieved. He knew the reputation of wolf wine, and he was aware of the possible consequences of not drinking the Space Wolves' urging to drink. It was really great to be able to not drink wolf wine without offending his Space Wolves battle-brothers!
Of course, what he didn't know was that in a world that even the highest heaven couldn't reach, a certain hammer guy was choking his neck and rolling madly on the floor...
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“Gurgle gurgle gurgle——————”
