Chapter 476

"It should probably be those green-skinned orcs; I never expected these green-skinned mutants to actually want to contact us voluntarily," said the priest of the Machine God Cult.

"Technical officer, can you track where this signal is coming from? I need you to confirm." Holy Blood Angels Battle Group Captain Dante asked.

No matter what, I have to confirm whether this news is true or not! Would those green-skinned orcs whose minds are only for battle really contact me on their own? 'We're confirming, please wait a moment, Battle Group Leader and Reverend.' A large group of operators in the command room immediately began probing, and quickly determined the source of the signal—it came from that massive war planet.

This made the Blood Angels Battle Group Leader Dante and the Mechanicus Tech-Reverend overjoyed.

Emperor protect us! Holy Angel Sanguinius protect us! This bunch of savage green-skinned xenos is at least somewhat better than the Tyranids.

'Patch the comms signal into the command room immediately,' said Blood Angels Battle Group Leader Dante.

The personnel at the console nodded and soon received the special video signal transmitted from the war planet's fortress.

Soon a huge virtual screen appeared in the command room, showing a somewhat odd-looking green-skinned orc.

This must be an orc, right?

To be honest, this green-skinned orc's appearance is very strange; he has the green skin of an Ork, but his features aren't as brutish as other orcs.

He even lacks the sharp tusks, his teeth are more like a human's, and his appearance doesn't resemble those extremely savage beasts; instead, it gives off a sense of an intelligent being.

Although those Ork greenskins are also considered intelligent beings, anyone who has dealt with them knows they are not seen as normal intelligent life; they are nothing but extremely savage biological weapons!

'Good afternoon, everyone. Are you surprised to see me? Dante, General of the Blood Angels Battle Group! Your expression is quite something.' Luode smiled slightly and spoke.

Because of the influence of my god-level soul, this orc's body has been continually approaching the appearance of my true form; aside from retaining the orc's green skin and various orcish traits, Luode now looks like a green-skinned human over three meters tall, just a bit more rugged.

'Your appearance indeed surprises me, are you the envoy of the Ork fleet? What is your identity? Could you be a half-orc, half-human?' said the Tech-Reverend of the Mechanicus standing nearby.

Luode's appearance shows very obvious human traits, plus some orcish features, so his first thought was that Luode is a half-orc, half-human!

But the Ork reproductive method is very peculiar; they are a fungus‑half‑plant‑half‑animal lifeform, with no females in the population, and they do not reproduce via two sexes—indeed, they lack certain organs altogether.

Therefore, logically, a human could never produce offspring with the Ork race!

But facing Luode, the Mechanicus Tech-Reverend thought perhaps there are exceptions, maybe this guy was born in a way unknown to me.

Hearing this, Luode's smile froze. 'What the hell? You think I'm a human‑orc hybrid? Are you kidding? Orks can't crossbreed with any other species at all! You'd have to try mixing a human with a tree to get a hybrid—I'm seriously impressed by your brain.'

'First, let me clarify: I am neither a human‑orc hybrid nor any kind of envoy.'

'I am the master of this war planet! I am the Emperor of the Orks.'

'If you humans understand it that way, I can be considered an immortal among the Ork kind.'

'You can also think of me as the Emperor of the Ork race; anyway, in terms of strength we're about equal, and your Gene‑seed means nothing before me.' Luode said.

Strictly speaking, my current combat power can match the Emperor, and even surpass him.

The Gene‑seed is no match for me; if my true form arrived, it would be a straight‑up curb‑stomp, and even the four Chaos Gods of the Warp would have to be my pets.

'Bold! You dare compare yourself to the Gene‑seed? And claim you're equal to the Emperor? Do you know how great the Emperor is? You foolish, savage ork, actually saying your power matches the Emperor.' A Battle Sister in the command room immediately shouted her rebuke.

This idiot, this damn thing, actually dares to compare himself to the Gene‑seed, to the human Emperor, and then say his strength isn't far off!

What qualifications do you have? What qualifications do you have to compare yourself to the Emperor?

You damned heretic, heretic! I'll use my chainsaw sword to chop off your green head, then stomp it to pieces with my foot.

'Battle Sister, calm down, step back!' Battle Group Leader Dante immediately stopped the Battle Sister who wanted to draw her chainsaw sword and smash the virtual screen.

The Emperor is indeed supremely exalted, and the Gene‑seed is the father of all their Space Marines' genes, but this ork just said he is equivalent to the Gene‑seed of the Ork populace.

So theoretically, he hasn't offended the Imperium; the Emperor merely used a metaphor, there's no need to make a big fuss when dealing with these xenos, since they won't respect the great Emperor anyway.

As for Luode saying his strength isn't much less than the Emperor's, Dante and the Mechanicus Axe beside him completely disregarded it; you'd say it's about on par with the Gene‑seed.

With an Ork's brain, you can't comprehend the Emperor, nor how powerful the Gene‑seed truly is.

'Your Ork Great Demon Lord, he didn't mean to offend you; it's just that your words were a bit offensive to him.'

'But please don't use the Gene‑seed and the Emperor as metaphors; anything else is fine.' Said Blood Angels Battle Group Leader Dante.

'Foul xenos! You've insulted the Emperor—if you've got the guts, come out and let me chop off your head with my chainsaw sword.' The Battle Sister continued to heap insults on Luode without relent.

'Heh heh! You don't believe my strength can match the Emperor?'

'Then, Battle Sister, would you kneel before anyone other than the Emperor you serve?' Luode asked, letting out a cold laugh.

I always repay grudges! Even if we're in outer space, within this star system Luode's divine mini‑cosmos can easily spread to this command room.

This is merely a wisp of a soul‑split; if it were the true body's cosmic‑mind, it could even cover the whole universe.

This is the power of a top‑tier primordial god! Luode's current strength surpasses even the four little traders in the Warp.

'Besides the Emperor, I will never kneel before any heretic! I am the Emperor's daughter! I am born to serve my God‑Emperor.' The Battle Sister looked at Luode, haughtily speaking.

But as soon as her words fell, the Battle Sister suddenly felt an unimaginable pressure, a freezing, overbearing aura that suddenly invaded her mind.

Her whole body began to tremble, as if she had seen the most terrifying creature in the world—a fear that comes from the genes, an instinctive dread.

Her chainsaw sword dropped to the ground, and the Battle Sister involuntarily dropped to her knees, kneeling before Luode's virtual screen.

The sudden kneeling of the sister left everyone in the command room stunned—the Mechanicus Tech‑sign, the Blood Angels Battle Group Leader Dante, and a whole host of star‑faring warriors, the Stellar Army and Imperial Navy commanders, all stared at the kneeling Battle Sister with incredulous eyes.

'Sister Selina! What—what's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly kneel before this xenos?'

'Sister! Are you okay? What happened to you? Could it be the Tyranids' warp‑shadow affecting you?' Battle Group Leader Dante rushed forward to steady her, asking with concern.

At that moment Dante never imagined the hidden attacker was Luode, because in his understanding it was impossible—no one could, from several planets away, directly make a resolute Battle Sister kneel.

Only someone who has faced humanity's most terrifying foe—more terrifying than the great Chaos enemy, the Tyranids—could wield such power! The Tyranids are a very terrifying race; they possess strong psychic abilities, and although most of their creatures lack souls, they can generate a powerful Warp shadow using their bio‑ships.

When the Tyranid fleet launches an invasion, some psykers will even have their heads explode outright, or simply go mad.

Dante thought the Battle Sister before him was likely influenced by the approaching hive mind, which is why she ended up like this.

You should know that recently, many psykers in the vicinity of Barnew District and Citadel Shield New District have been affected. The Battle Sister kneeling on the ground could not speak at all, cold sweat beading on her forehead, her whole body trembling nonstop.

'This is just a little lesson.'

'Sister! You must learn to respect the strong, even if that strong one looks like a savage to you.' Luode snorted from the virtual screen.

At that moment the Battle Sister's head felt as if struck by a massive iron hammer—blood burst from her eyes, nostrils, and ears, and she immediately lost consciousness.

Seeing this scene, the commander of the Holy Blood Angel Battle Group, Dante, and everyone in the room looked at Luode with incredulous eyes.

Could there be a mistake? It really is the hand of this beastman in front of him—what method did he use? "Esteemed beastmen! Is it, is it you who did this?" The technologist priest of the Machine God Church, using his own electronic eye, looked at Luode and asked.

Unbelievable, unbelievable, actually, actually possessing this kind of power!

The distance between them is, but but, several planets away; amazingly, their power can reach here!

This guy's strength, even if it cannot match the God Emperor, is probably not weaker than the Gene Progenitor, and may even be stronger than the Gene Progenitor!

This Beastman is a huge threat! A huge threat to the Empire! At this very moment, Captain Dante of the Blood Angels even had the thought of getting rid of Luode, but he immediately suppressed that thought; the urgent priority now is to deal with the Tyranids.

"Hmph! You know nothing of my power! But I'm too lazy to explain too much to you; now I'm here to inform you of something, earlier at Octarius.

These damned bugs used despicable means to kill the Beastman Overlord of Octarius, slaying many Beastman war leaders; this is a great disgrace for us Beastmen.

So we want to regain face; we have remodeled the most advanced military weapons, coming here to fight these bugs to the death.

"Should humans join forces with us to fight the bugs? If you're not willing, it's fine; I'll even fight you and the bugs together." Luode spoke bluntly.

As for the Human Empire of the Warhammer World, to be honest, Luode has no good feelings toward it, and moreover he has offended himself.

The Captain of the Blood Angels waved his hand, ordering the nearby Space Marines to lift the fallen Battle Sister out of the command room and look toward Luode, then he spoke: "Your Excellency the Beastman Overlord, I don't know how to address you!"

He still can't say the title 'Beastman Emperor', so just call him Overlord.

"Just call me Luode!" Luode said.

"Then! Your Excellency Luode, we humans are very willing to join forces with your Beastman clan to fight the Tyranids.

These bugs, upon reaching any planet, will consume all organic matter and even the core, leaving nothing; they are utter destroyers.

These bugs threaten not only the Human Empire, but also other species in the galaxy! They are a threat to all life!" Captain Dante of the Blood Angels said.

"Enough! Don't waste time with useless talk; my boys just want to kill some bugs properly!

"What's your battle plan? Just say it!" Luode waved his hand and said.

"Your Excellency Luode, to facilitate future contact, I propose we send some Space Marines and Tech Priests.

"to your war planet, so we can stay in touch and devise a more detailed anti-bug plan; what do you think?" The Tech Priest of the Machine God Cult said.

This Beastman's strength is great; he likely possesses immense psychic power, which is extremely rare, so he wants to send some personnel to make close contact with this Beastman Emperor.

Understand the other's temperament, understand their disposition and strength.

Also understand the internal structure of this war planet, see if we can obtain some useful intelligence.

After defeating the Tyranids in the future, this Beastman's so-called Emperor is also a major threat to the Human Empire; we must understand this opponent beforehand.

"So you want to send some envoys to me, right?" Luode stroked his chin and asked.

"That's right! Your Excellency Luode, your communication with us is likely using a form of psychic power.

"Using psychic power to conduct cross-star-system signal communication consumes a great deal of power.

"We will send some technical personnel to your ship; you can communicate with us anytime, anywhere, which will greatly aid this battle." The Tech Priest of the Machine God Cult said.

This Beastman Overlord's communication method is not merely a mechanical signal broadcast.

Rather, it is a psychic signal, similar to the communication between some navigators and psychics on their human fleet.

But that was across several star systems in the Warp, even reaching new sectors; for communication within this star system, inside a single stellar system, using the Machine God Cult's broadcast signal is the most convenient.

"No problem, I allow you to send a ten-person team to assist me in communication." Luode said.

"You have whatever ulterior motives; I, old man, am clear as day under the microcosmic spiritual sense."

Within the entire star system, what everyone is doing, even what they are thinking, what's in their minds—Luode knows it all clearly.

But let's just play with you! It's also a way to kill my boredom.

"Your Excellency Luode, your Beastman army can fight alongside my soldiers in the trenches, conducting defensive combat; our means of dealing with the Tyranids are primarily defensive.

"We absolutely cannot let the enemy gain more biomass; after these bugs consume corpses, they turn them into biomass and spawn more bugs to fight us, so you'd better not let your Beastman boys rush forward to die." Captain Dante of the Blood Angels said.

"If facing other powerful alien species, he'd wish these Beastmen would charge ahead to wear down the humans and then pick up the scraps behind them, but the Tyranids are different; if these Beastmen die too many.

"then the Tyranids will deploy special small bug units to devour the Beastmen's corpses completely, then transport them back to the mother ship to hatch more Tyranid strains to fight them.

"The Beastmen's former tactic was simply to charge in headfirst; this approach is perfect for the bugs, as they hope to wage a war of attrition this way.

"I understand; I will send my war leaders to lead the Beastman army to your front lines, to fight defensively alongside you, to wear down the Tyranids' strength." Luode said.

"We'll discuss the specifics later; I will personally go to your war planet to meet you." Captain Dante of the Blood Angels said.

Luode nodded, then closed the psychic communication.

"Captain Dante! Are you really going to personally go to those savage alien grounds? No, that's too dangerous." A lieutenant of the Blood Angels said.

"I must negotiate properly with these savage aliens; more importantly, I must see him in person." Captain Dante of the Blood Angels said calmly.

Without seeing him in person, how can we know exactly what kind of power this Beastman possesses?

Whether the opponent can match the Progenitor, we must confirm it ourselves.

As for matching the emperor, he simply didn't believe it. (End of chapter)