Chapter 480

This matter must be reported urgently to the higher-ups of the Machine God Cult, but the Great Sage Gao Er is currently going to resurrect the primarch Roboute Guilliman.

I don't know if the plan will succeed; if the primarch awakens, perhaps he can deal with this powerful Ork Warlord.

As the trusted Tech-Priest of the Great Sage Gao Er, I was dispatched here to assist the Blood Angels Chapter in defending their homeworld, and I have not participated in the Great Sage's plan to resurrect the primarch.

"Chapter Master Dante, you need not worry too much! The Imperial higher-ups may have a solution." The Tech-Priest of the Machine God Cult spoke.

Regarding the matter of resurrecting the primarch, within the Machine God Cult it is absolute secrecy, and the Great Sage Gao Er only told his confidants, so he cannot let the Blood Angels Chapter Master know about this.

"You tell me to stay calm, you tell me what solution there is? You haven't seen that terrifying Ork Warlord.

You don't know what power he possesses; his Ork boys can defeat Space Marines, and the enemy may even master the method of mass-producing the Imperial Guard.

Sometimes I really suspect he might actually possess power rivaling the Emperor, and our great Emperor, still seated on the Golden Throne, cannot leave at all." Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels sighed and spoke.

"I said, you need not worry too much! Space Marines are not without ways to become even stronger." The Tech-Priest of the Machine God Cult's electronic eyes flashed with a red light, and he spoke.

In the Great Sage's plan, after the primarch awakens, he will also forge for the primarch a legion of enhanced Space Marines belonging to him.

Using the enhanced version of Space Marines, called the Forged Stars Space Marines, they possess physical qualities, speed, reaction, and strength far superior to ordinary Space Marines.

This new type of Space Marine was already researched by Lord Gao Er ten thousand years ago, and secretly mass-produced; the new Space Marines underwent three enhancement surgeries: tendon coils, Belisarius Furnace, and the Holy Chant Pituitary.

The Great Sage dispatched personnel of the Machine Cult during the primarch's disappearance and slumber, and during these ten thousand years while the Emperor sat upon the Golden Throne.

They continuously collected suitable children from various planets, trained them, then transformed them into auxiliary Space Marines, then put them into hibernation, waiting for the day when the Fate Armor research succeeds and the primarch Roboute Guilliman returns, to be placed under his command.

Now, the number of these Forged Stars Space Marines has reached a terrifying several hundred thousand, and after the primarch awakens, as long as the primarch gives the order.

Then these Forged Stars Space Marines can undergo mass production; moreover, Lord Gao Er has already developed a surgery to successfully transform old Space Marines, though the success rate is relatively low.

As long as these new Forged Stars Space Marines can join the battle, the threat of the Ork race need not be feared, for the power of the Forged Stars Space Marines far surpasses that of ordinary Space Marines.

They are an absolute ace force, and their gene-seed has also undergone special modification, reducing the probability of enhanced mutation and mutation to an absolute low, only 0.01%.

It can be said these Forged Stars Space Marines are more perfect, without the flaws and drawbacks of those old flagship Space Marines.

"Do you Machine Cultists have any new weapon proposals? Our Imperial weapons have not been developed for ten thousand years—whether it's mighty knights, mechs, or Titans, or even us Space Marines, we have not undergone updates or iterations for ten thousand years." Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels asked.

Ten thousand years have passed, and human technology, compared to ten thousand years ago, has even regressed somewhat.

It is far less vigorous than the development of the Golden Age.

"Indeed there are new weapons, but I cannot disclose specific details.

However, I can tell you that soon, the entire galaxy will face a great upheaval, and at that time the Imperium will be reborn." The Tech-Priest of the Machine Cult spoke.

Roboute Guilliman, among the many primarchs, is also the one with the greatest political talent; as long as he awakens, he will bring unimaginable benefits to the Imperium. He will lead the Imperium forward from adversity, and the Great Sage Gao Er will also assist him.

Let him become the Regent of the Imperium, and with his own newly accumulated weapons over ten thousand years, arm this powerful one—know that the Great Sage, in these ten thousand years, did not merely reform Space Marine surgery, but created the Forged Stars Space Marines.

The Dreadnought armor, Knight armor, and the Imperium's ultimate war weapon, the Titan armor, have all received improvements in various aspects, but merely because of those foolish High Lords, these advanced technological creations have not yet been put into use.

Upon hearing this, Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels nodded; it seems the Machine Cult has also begun to resent those High Lords, not knowing what plans these people actually have? Just as Chapter Master Dante fell into contemplation, all electronic devices in the room suddenly flashed a green light, then a strange spatial disturbance appeared.

The Blood Angels Chapter Master was greatly startled; what's happening? Why has this situation suddenly appeared in my command chamber? Could it be that enemies have entered here? Speaking of this, Dante immediately drew his own boltgun and also took out his chainsword.

The Tech-Priest of the Machine God Cult also extended several mechanical tentacles from beneath his robes, like an octopus's claws, assuming a combat stance.

This is a technological means that can silently reach here unnoticed by gods or ghosts; according to his knowledge, only that race could do so.

Soon the spatial disturbance faded, and a tall figure holding an unknown technological weapon, with a full-body metallic skeleton, appeared before the two.

Gazing at this suddenly appearing steel skeleton, Blood Angels Chapter Master Dante was greatly startled.

Because the visitor is one of the most terrifying xenos races in the universe: the Necrons!

This is a powerful alien lifeform discovered in recent centuries; they do not possess the characteristics of living life, but are a form of mechanical life, similar to the AI programs in the Iron Men Rebellion, yet with some differences.

These newly discovered xenos races have engaged in warfare with the Imperium, mastering highly advanced technology, even mastering the technology the Imperium dreams of.

Their crescent-shaped shroud starships can travel through the universe at superluminal speed without relying on the Immaterium or the Webway of the Old Ones.

This extremely powerful spacefaring technology is precisely what the Imperium most needs; the technology mastered by these metal skeletons is extremely powerful, even far beyond human imagination, and they also possess phase-shifting capability, enabling physical translocation across star systems.

The weapons they equip are also Gauss weapons capable of disintegrating opponents at the material level, and these Necrons seem to still be a dominant race of the galaxy from sixty million years ago.

However, most of their kind have fallen into slumber, with only a small portion awakened.

One cannot even imagine how terrifying the scene would be when this race fully awakens (even though in the current plot, the Necron race has not fully awakened; this is the only group that can rival the Tyranid swarm, though the Silent King has already returned to the Imperium and manifested in the Silenced Death Realm). "You good humans, I am Zara-Tusha, Overlord of the Morphelt Dynasty, I have come to assist you," the suddenly appearing Necron spoke.

In the outer reaches of the Mortis System, on an inhospitable, uninhabited planet, Pertita, this is a tomb-world of the Morphelt Dynasty Necrons.

The Morphelt Dynasty, in the past Heaven's War, was a force dedicated to extracting stellar energy.

During the dynasty's peak, their tomb technicians mastered the terrifying technology of killing stars.

They could easily catalyze youthful stars directly into supernova states; the Morphelt Dynasty also knew better than anyone how to utilize energy obtained from stars.

When entering collective slumber, this dynasty's tomb-worlds were mainly distributed in the Extreme Star Regions, where they fell into slumber.

However, the Eternal Kayrek of the Morphelt Dynasty was slain by Eldar assassins, causing the recently awakened Morphelt forces to collectively lose their supreme ruler's command.

Some awakened dynasty Overlords have already begun contending for the position of Phaeron; in the Mortis System's Pertita, a force led by Overlord Zara-Tusha lies in slumber.

After awakening, he immediately discovered the teeming Tyranid swarms and the human forces here planning to wage war against the Tyranid swarms, along with a group of incoming Greenskin forces.

The Mortis System was once his fiefdom; originally this system belonged to him, but now three other forces have arrived. The newly awakened Necron Overlord originally wanted to drive out these human forces, then contend for the Phaeron position of the Morphelt Dynasty.

But the problem is, with the power I currently possess, I cannot achieve this; first, the Tyranid race, according to data sent from other dynasties.

This is a terribly terrifying race, their existence is to destroy all organic matter, to destroy all life, named the Great Devourer.

After the Silent King's return, he also defined the Tyranid race as the main obstacle preventing the Necron race from regaining flesh.

Therefore, after due consideration, he decided to ally with the relatively rational human race here, to drive out these xenos and the Greenskin Orks.

Why ally with humanity? Because humanity is very much like the still-unconverted Fearless who will become Necrons, similarly short-lived, similarly reproductive, and similarly developing technology.

Even in appearance, if the Necron race were to re-clothe themselves in flesh, their outward form would not differ greatly from these humans.

The only difference is that their race cannot produce psykers, whereas among humans there is an extremely small probability of psykers being born.

"This Necron Overlord, you mean you want to join forces with us to fight the Tyranids, right?" Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels immediately exclaimed excitedly.

Anyway, I have already accepted the help of the Greenskin Orks, and allied with them; so why not also ally with another xenos race? It's no big deal.

As long as we can defeat these Tyranids, as long as we can protect the primarch's homeworld, the Baal System, then this Mortis System can be sacrificed.

Moreover, it's not even about teaming up with other alien races—working with these space undead isn't bad at all.

"Exactly! I've come to form a joint operation with you. Our space undead race will assist your race, and together we will drive out the Zerg from this galaxy. As for afterward, will you humans withdraw from this star system?" The Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa said.

Now he wants to reclaim his territory.

"No problem. If we can repel these bugs, we are willing to relinquish the Nether Star System." The Blood Angels Legion Commander Dante spoke without hesitation.

Originally, they had already planned to completely sacrifice the Nether Star System, even evacuating all humans residing within it.

Relinquishing this star system is no problem.

In the future, if the Zerg continue their invasion, they will first collide with the Space Undead army. Having the Space Undead serve as their shield would be ideal. (In truth, the Tyranid Zerg have no interest in the Space Undead at all, as there is absolutely no organic matter for them to consume.) "A wise choice. I'm glad we've reached an agreement, human commander. Now let me explain my plan!" The Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa nodded satisfactorily and continued speaking.

"Please speak! Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa, Your Excellency." The Blood Angels Legion Commander Dante nodded and said.

"Throughout the long ages while our race slumbered, a massive mechanical construct that you humans have continually exploited has existed. Its name is the Grand Prism."

"This magnificent device was crafted by us of the Morpheliet Dynasty. Its original purpose was to extract stellar energy." The Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa said.

Upon hearing this, the Blood Angels Legion Commander Dante nodded. Indeed, in the Nether Star System, there truly is such a strange ancient device.

When the Imperial colonization fleet first arrived in the Nether Star System, they discovered this mysterious technological facility on the planet Tartaros, closest to the system's twin star system.

Later, people noticed the facility could transmit the stellar radiation energy it collected to other locations via some method—it is a very ancient stellar energy extraction device.

After studying it, the Adeptus Mechanicus personnel designed an energy transmission system compatible with the Grand Prism's power, successfully transmitting the twin stars' endless energy to various planets in the system.

Imperial researchers had once speculated about this advanced technological artifact, but now it appears the history of the Grand Prism...

... is far older than their theories suggested—it is actually part of the interstellar energy factory designed by the Space Undead Morpheliet Dynasty.

"When my dynasty collectively fell into slumber, I received the order from the dynasty's god-emperor to come here, tasked with guarding this stellar device." Zharatussa said.

The Space Undead call it Starfire. At the time, the Overlord responsible for guarding this facility, Zharatussa, also bore the epithet Fire Keeper.

When the Tyranid Zerg swarm invaded the Nether Star System, it also activated the Tomb World's alarm system, causing the undead on Pertita to awaken from their slumber.

Upon awakening, the Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa immediately sent out a distress pulse signal into the universe.

He hoped that any responding Space Undead dynasty would launch a rescue operation here.

But now, no undead dynasty has replied to this distress signal, so he can only turn his gaze toward these humans.

"I roughly guess your plan, Overlord Zharatussa, Your Excellency. You intend to use the Grand Prism to absorb stellar energy, then use that energy to incinerate these bugs, correct?" The Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priest asked.

If terrifying stellar energy could be extracted, it would indeed be easy to deal with these bugs. Though highly evolved, possessing strong physiques and terrifying melee capabilities, even having psychic shadow abilities...

... they cannot withstand stellar energy reaching several thousand, even tens of thousands of degrees. Stellar energy could easily annihilate them all.

"If it were that simple, that would be wonderful." Overlord Zharatussa sighed and said.

If that were true, he would have no need to meet them—he could simply activate this special Space Undead device, the Grand Prism.

But the problem is, this Grand Prism device is merely a part of the Starfire apparatus, and moreover, 60 million years have passed, leaving it damaged by time.

It fundamentally cannot extract the power of the two stars within the system to fire stellar rays and eradicate these Zerg.

"This device is far too ancient, and only a fragment remains, so it cannot effectively extract sufficient stellar energy to deal with these Zerg."

"Therefore, we can only adopt another method: extract a little stellar energy, then detonate a super gas giant within the star system."

"Let the gas giant undergo a violent explosion, blowing these bugs to smithereens." The Space Undead Overlord Zharatussa revealed his plan.

Destroying this gas giant will also affect the ecology of some nearby planets, rendering them unsuitable for ordinary life.

Then he can justifiably reclaim his original land, drive these humans out completely, and no longer care about his territory.

Upon hearing this, the Blood Angels Legion Commander Dante's eyes lit up. "This plan, this plan—it's excellent! Because I originally intended to abandon the Nether Star System anyway! Blasting whatever doesn't matter! More importantly, destroying this place would also eliminate those Orks—a gas giant undergoing violent explosion."

"Those green-skinned Orks' warworld couldn't withstand it either—they'd be blown to fragments alongside the bugs." (End of Chapter)