Chapter 145

Trazyn listened to the sound of praising the Omnissiah coming from the console in His ears, and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Could it be that under the strange prayers of that group of human red-robes, even this machinery itself had become superstitious?

But Trazyn had no time to worry about this now.

The C'tan shard of the Deceiver had already headed to Tartarus to manually calibrate the launch of the Celestial Orrery.

Trazyn also had to act quickly, completing everything before the C'tan shard lost control...

His will flowed along the console into the entire Ashford; the Celestial Orrery energy utilization system built by humans.

When the Celestial Orrery was discovered by humans, the so-called Adeptus Mechanicus from Mars, influenced by the Void Dragon shard, developed a whole set of systems to utilize the Celestial Orrery's energy.

The entire Hades system, all planets inhabited by humans, were utilizing the Celestial Orrery to extract energy from the two stars.

Although this system built by humans was crude, it came in handy at this moment.

Trazyn would use them as relays, guiding the Celestial Orrery to shoot the star's massive energy into the star core of the gas giant Eros, completely igniting that gas giant, causing it to collide rapidly, releasing a powerful heat storm, and swallowing the entire Hades system.

And the human and Necron fleets had already hidden on the far side of the planet, dodging the heat storm's assault.

Those Tyranid bio-ships, numbering in the millions and filling the star system, would be completely burned to charcoal.

Trazyn opened His eyes and looked at Dante and the Blood Angels behind Him.

He nodded slightly and said to His temporary allies: "I have completed it."

Dante nodded to Him, and the coalition of Necrons and humans quickly began to retreat.

They had to retreat to Port Melos before the Celestial Orrery was activated, the gas star Eros exploded, and the entire star system was ignited.

Together with the few remaining Cadian shock troops who were still holding their ground there, they retreated to the far side of Ashford.

"This was never what I wanted."

Zhou Yun, wearing Doraemon's face, looked at the C'tan shard burning all over in the sky above, stretching His hands toward the Celestial Orrery.

The power of that material universe deity was manually adjusting the Celestial Orrery, making this machine that extracted star power roar continuously.

And in front of Zhou Yun was the Celestial Orrery control console made of dark metal; the button glowing with green light on it was the master control of the Celestial Orrery, and complex activation runes were flickering with a faint light on it.

Once the Deceiver manually completed the calibration, Zhou Yun would activate this activation rune, letting the Celestial Orrery release the star's energy, shooting it toward various planets in the Hades system.

This energy would pass through the Ashford relay, and with the help of the Crawler array on Laixi, reflect and shoot into the star core of the gas giant Eros.

"This was never what I wanted."

Zhou Yun repeated again, shouting loudly to Sanguinor and the Blood Angels beside him in a tone like poetry recitation:

"I never thought of letting my gadgets launch an attack."

"We once drove out the Genestealers from the underhive together, but the Tyranids attacked me, the Tyranids attacked all of us."

"It steals biomass from humans and also attacked the humans of Hades."

Captain Karlean, clutching his chest, looked at the blue raccoon cat in bewilderment.

And the expression of Chaplain Arophin standing on the side was even more twisted; if it weren't for Sanguinor standing beside that blue raccoon cat, Karlean suspected Chaplain Arophin would have rushed up to smash that blue raccoon cat's iron head with his chaplain's crozius.

And Sanguinor himself... that legendary hero gripped the silver sword blade in his hand tightly, seemingly suppressing the urge to hack the blue raccoon cat.

"Hades only has one chance to be saved; if you don't seize it, then let me complete it."

Zhou Yun grinned and placed his hand gently on the activation rune.

The words he was chanting were a modified version of Horus's declaration when he launched the Great Heresy back then.

Sanguinor, standing beside Zhou Yun, if it weren't for maintaining his image in front of the Blood Angels, would probably have been unable to hold back from cursing out loud.

The winged figure in the thin white light had already begun to curse.

It was just that He had consumed too much power, and now His voice had become barely audible.

"So, let the war begin!"

Zhou Yun saw that the Deceiver had already calibrated the Celestial Orrery in the sky.

Under the illumination of the profane twin stars of Hades, this ancient Necron creation shone brightly like the morning star at dawn, as if it were about to project its light toward the entire Hades system.

"Covering from the sky of Ashford to the edge of the Overlord Belt!"

"Let the Sea of Laixi boil, let the Hive Fleet fall!"

"Even if I drain my last drop of blood, I want to see the Hades system liberated again..."

"If I cannot save it from your invasion, swarm..."

"Then let the Hades system burn!"

Zhou Yun pressed his hand hard on the activation rune glowing with green light.

In the void, the Celestial Orrery erupted with blindingly extreme light.

That was the star roaring.

On Laixi, the Death Company Dreadnought was roaring and wielding its power claw.

Beside them were the warriors of the Death Company and the Laixi people who were determined to protect their home until the last moment.

At the final moment, this group of Blood Angels from the Flesh Tearers Chapter reaped the honor Seth had hoped for.

These mad warriors used noble sacrifice to block the swarm, winning the last bit of time for the Great Abbey.

The surviving Laixi people respected these warriors wearing black power armor, even though they knew these warriors had long since fallen into madness.

"The Cursed of Laixi," the Laixi people said with reverence, using such a title to commemorate their sacrifice, wishing they could be freed from the curse in death.

Many Laixi people were encouraged and willing to walk out of the abbey to hold the last line of defense, even though this was extremely dangerous.

"But this is our land and sea," the leaders of the Laixi herdsmen said so: "May your Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, who is now also our Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, bless our death."

Until the last moment, the initial goal of Arch-Sister Magda was realized.

The herdsmen on Laixi once again wholeheartedly believed in the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang; they praised the name of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang and rushed to the battlefield...

Perhaps it was that the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang had heard their prayers, heard the prayers of Arch-Sister Magda.

The abbey's void shield, which had been silent for who knows how many years, was actually awakened at the last moment and activated.

Almost everyone felt that the machine spirit of the void shield was roaring.

Then, the Flesh Tearers, Battle Sisters, and surviving Laixi herdsmen in the Great Abbey saw the sky dyed blood-red by scorching sunlight.

The sky was burning, and the sea of Laixi boiled and roared accordingly.

The swarm roared in the scorching shockwave descending from the sky; their bodies turned into ashes and dissipated within it.

The array composed of Crawlers welcomed this light, reflecting and condensing it...

On Ashford, at Port Melos,

The Necrons betrayed their allies at the last moment.

The Necrons of Zarathusa disappeared from where they stood at the last moment when the planet was swallowed by the star's light, and together with their ships, teleported back to the Tomb World.

Humans were left behind by them to fend for themselves; the entire star system would be destroyed, but the Tomb World buried deep underground in Zarathusa would be unscathed.

In fact, not only humans, but Trazyn... Trazyn was also left behind in bewilderment.

Trazyn cursed Zarathusa for abandoning the honor of an Overlord.

But He Himself also left in a hurry not long after... That C'tan shard was breaking free from restraint.

Port Melos had almost become ruins; the Blood Angels of the 6th Company, the remaining Cadian soldiers, and the hive gang thugs held their ground until the last moment, until Dante and the others returned.

The Astra Militarum and gang thugs were the first batch to be evacuated.

Xiang Xiang Leina and General Droste boarded the crew cabin of the Stormraven.

General Droste looked at this planet with exhaustion.

Millions of Cadians on Ashford had sacrificed themselves here.

They should have gone to Cadia to fight for holding their home, but now they would turn into flying ash in the roar of the star...

Xiang Xiang Leina's eyes were even more bewildered.

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This was her home; she had given everything for this place, but in the end...

Xiang Xiang Leina gently stretched out her hand, stroking the tattoo of the Book of Saints on her cheek.

That tattoo seemed to be gently heating up, as if it were the glory of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang...

"If all this is the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's arrangement, then it is the best arrangement," Xiang Xiang Leina murmured in a low voice.

"This is not just the best arrangement."

General Droste coughed violently a few times, raised his exhausted face, and looked at Xiang Xiang Leina:

"In the name of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, we have done our best."

"Think about how many people we have saved; how many people on Ashford have survived because of the struggle of Zhou Yun, you, and the hive gang thugs."

"Think about how many swarms have died because of our efforts; we have defended Ashford, defended the Hades system, and even defended Baal, defended humanity."

"Here, every glorious deceased will return to the Golden Throne."

Speaking of this, General Droste paused.

He glanced beside him and did not see the figure of Battle Sister Ajelade.

Recently, that Battle Sister seemed to have been attracted by something and even had her own little secrets...

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was competing with him at this time, General Droste looked at Xiang Xiang Leina and said:

"Where do you plan to go next? Baal or..."

Xiang Xiang Leina cast some bewildered gazes at General Droste.

"Or... Cadia."

A dry smile appeared on General Droste's exhausted face:

"You and your people have all experienced the tempering of war, and my troops... the Cadian 184th Regiment needs successors and new strength."

"We are going to reinforce Cadia; we cannot just go back with a few tens of thousands of people."

Xiang Xiang Leina was almost speechless, staring at General Droste with wide eyes: "But we are not Cadians..."

Xiang Xiang Leina held her breath; she knew what this meant; this was a great honor.

"You can be."

General Droste seemed to have regained some of his past strength; he raised his voice slightly and said:

"Cadia stands, not just the fortress stands."

"The soldiers of Cadia, the name of Cadia will also stand."

"Are you willing to become a Cadian? Cadia will become a new home for you and your soldiers."

"And Ashford... Ashford will also stand because of your struggle."

"The planet may be destroyed, but loyalty and honor will not."

(End of chapter)