Chapter 591: Path Selection

Actually, what Wu Pifu said was complex if you say it's complex, and simple if you say it's simple.

To say it's complex, the war against the Warp was never as simple as just rushing forward with a shout. It involved many very complex problems. The most direct one was how to maintain one's physical form in the Warp. This alone made 99% of the life in the material universe unable to step into the Warp battlefield.

At the same time, the Warp carries a terrifying corrosive effect on all material life. Without protection, ordinary life would be distorted and polluted the moment they entered the Warp, turning into various terrifying things.

Not to mention the infinite number of demons in the Warp, whose strength far exceeds their performance in the material universe, and the near-infinite power of the four Chaos Gods in their respective domains within the Warp.

This is just the terror of the Warp itself. If many different races are to jointly attack the Warp, the coordination between them, their hostile relationships, etc., are simply a mess. No great man in this world could do it, because they would start fighting each other the moment they met.

The simplest thing is that when Orks encounter any enemy, including Orks themselves, they fight first, and then think about what they want, or what they don't want, anyway, they have to fight first.

And what the Eldar like to do most is to secretly make their self-righteous "big picture" plans, which is actually trying to let other races die and sacrifice, and it is for the big picture of their Eldar.

Then there are the Necrons. If Wu Pifu hadn't given the Stormlord the hope of a soul, they would probably destroy all non-Necrons, kill, kill, kill, kill... and be done with it.

There are also the Tyranids. If it weren't for knowing their identity as the Bronze Race, and Wu Pifu having things from the Heroic Race as proof of identity, the Tyranids would also be simple eat, eat, eat, eat... and be done with it.

Humans are much more complex than these races. For example, there are moderate factions within that hope for peaceful development with xeno races. Of course, these factions hide their identities, because they are called heretics in the human mainstream, and they belong to the kind that will be hung up and roasted if discovered. This actually has historical reasons if you think about it seriously.

During the Golden Age of humanity, most of them adopted an inclusive attitude towards alien civilizations, peaceful coexistence, and even gave great help to many alien civilizations in the galaxy. But when the Golden Age of humanity ended, almost all alien races fell into the trap of humanity. Many human colonial planets isolated by Warp storms were exterminated by alien civilizations, and even more cruel and unspeakable things happened.

Later, the Golden Age ended completely, and humanity spent a long dark age until the Emperor rose in Earth, that is, Terra, unified Terra, unified the Solar System, and then began the Great Crusade for human colonies. During this period, an absolute liquidation of alien civilizations was launched, and the iron-blooded policy towards aliens began from the Emperor's time.

Based on this situation, wanting to form a multi-race, multi-civilization joint force to attack the Warp can be said to be daydreaming, almost impossible to achieve. Even if the Emperor really stood up from the Golden Throne, He couldn't do it, because the most likely thing He would do is kill all the aliens He saw. His attitude has always been extremely hostile and uncompromising.

Wu Pifu's arrival can be said to have changed all this.

This joint force composed of humans, Eldar, Orks, Tyranids, and Necrons is the only one in the history of the Warhammer Dream World. Not only has there been none before, but there will basically be none in the future.

"Save the Emperor, all galactic races unite, we rush into the Warp and hack all four gods to death!"

This sentence spoken by Wu Pifu in the conference hall spread throughout the Damocles Gulf sector in a very short time. As the Necrons joined Wu Pifu's banner, the war in the entire Damocles Gulf sector immediately ceased. The Necrons completely withdrew from all colonial planets, and the main human army gathered in the Forge World star sector where Wu Pifu was located.

This naturally caused dissatisfaction among many people. In their view, this violated the orders once issued by the Emperor, the cleansing and zero tolerance for all aliens. This was Wu Pifu's blasphemy against the Emperor.

But the number of these people was very small, and once they publicly expressed opposition to Wu Pifu's remarks, they would quickly disappear completely. Whether it was a Space Marine, a Sister of Battle, or an Inquisitor, they would disappear quickly, and perhaps their gene-remnant bone ash powder could be found next to a reactor, or their fragmented clothing could be found next to a promethium refinery... In short, after the emergency handling of the Ecclesiarchy priests, and after the emergency joint discussion of the Grey Knights, various Chapter Masters of the Space Marines, and many Inquisitors and Grand Inquisitors, they confirmed and unified the thinking of all human armies.

"... All aliens under the Savior are good aliens who have turned over a new leaf. They long to become human. If they make outstanding contributions to saving the Emperor, then they have a great possibility of becoming sub-humans in the future, so they can be treated with the attitude of treating sub-humans. This does not violate the Emperor's commandments!"

In short, these extreme old-fashioned, extreme die-hard factions in Wu Pifu's view actually had roundness and expediency far beyond Wu Pifu's imagination. It was just that the conditions before did not allow it. Because of the Warp corrupting people's hearts, they did not dare to have any expediency ideas and could only follow the rules.

"... Matter-folding jump engine, this is a unique high-level space technology of the Necrons. Currently, Necron engineers are fine-tuning and modifying it to make it suitable for non-Necron life to use. Although the power is slightly reduced, it is still a faster-than-light navigation means."

Kaseya was reporting the current progress of the super-light engine modification to Wu Pifu.

This former Inquisitor, who lost an eyeball after Wu Pifu disappeared and began to gradually go crazy, has now completely regained her sanity. She obtained a mechanical eye made by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The whole person does not look weird, but full of a soldier's capability, rationality, caution, capability, and full of enthusiasm for work, which is like two people compared to her not long ago.

Wu Pifu nodded when he heard this. He was still looking at the 3D star sector image appearing on the desktop.

"... What about the report from the Strategic Department?" Wu Pifu asked without raising his head.

Kaseya immediately said: "Unfortunately, even with the addition of Eldar Farseers and Necron engineers, they still cannot find a way to go to Terra in one step. Currently, there are three most convenient routes to choose from. The first one needs to pass through six material nodes, the second one needs to pass through seven material nodes, and the third one needs to pass through eleven material nodes. However, from the perspective of speed and distance, the third one takes the least time, while the first one takes the most time. Currently, the opinion of the Strategic Department is to use the third route."

Wu Pifu frowned and didn't speak.

Matter-folding jump engines are different from Warp engines. This is a space technology based on pure physical form, but it is not a conventional general-purpose technology, but a special physical technology of this world.

To put it simply, the Necron matter-folding jump engine is not really developed by the Necrons themselves, but taught by the C'tan. Its core technology is based on the C'tan's understanding and analysis of cosmic rules. This technology cannot be used on Gaia.

At the same time, matter-folding jump engine technology also has a biggest limitation, that is, it must be deployed based on the gravitational coordinate system between stars. This is the C'tan's cognition of the universe, a cosmic road formed by the connection of stars. And if you want to go from the current Damocles Gulf sector to the Solar System where Terra is located, the jump engine needs to jump from one star system to another, and cannot directly appear next to Terra through a jump.

According to the star map provided by the Necrons, thousands of human officers, Eldar Farseers, and Necron engineers who are proficient in strategy and intelligence carefully calculated these three fastest roads, but it is not that the fewer nodes, the faster the speed. If the distance between nodes is too far, it may lead to slower jump speed, because this will significantly increase the jump calculation amount. On the contrary, it seems that there are more nodes, but the distance between each node is shorter, and the eleven material nodes take less time.

Wu Pifu fell into deep thought when he heard this, and only asked after more than ten seconds: "If you choose the third road, eleven material nodes, what will happen?"

Kaseya said immediately without changing her face: "It will suffer eleven Warp strikes!"

"Exactly."

Wu Pifu said affirmatively: "The Warp has already sensed my return. You may also feel it. Earth-shaking changes are taking place in the Warp. They are determined to win me, and based on the time chaos within the Warp, they can arrive at those locations one step ahead of us before we arrive at the material stage, and then set traps to wait for us. Therefore, the more nodes, the more battles we need to face. The most critical thing is that any node we choose, the life living in that star sector will suffer a devastating disaster..."

Kaseya immediately said: "This is for the survival of humanity, this is the sacrifice for the Savior and the Emperor! They died for their country! The top priority now is for the Savior to go to Terra at the fastest speed. In our inference, not only will the Savior be attacked by them, but the Emperor will also..."

Exactly.

Wu Pifu's plan requires the Emperor's power to achieve, and he believes that even if the four Chaos Gods in the Warp don't know what he wants to do, they must have similar mysterious induction.

If they can't kill him and can't stop him, then the most likely reaction of the four Chaos Gods is only one...

Kill the Emperor, so that the Emperor will sublimate into the Dark Lord, that is, the fifth Chaos God, before he arrives!

"... Convey the order to the Necrons, be sure to install and modify the matter-folding jump engines on all follow-up long-range warships within ten days, and then order everyone to achieve full army and full fleet supply and assembly within fifteen days, and then..."

"Choose the material node route of the eleven-node road, and we will rush to Terra at the fastest speed!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 592 =====