[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor":3,"chapter-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-123":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: Starting as a Planetary Governor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1680893,2147,"Chapter 123: The Hive Fleet’s Arrival?","warhammer-starting-as-a-planetary-governor-chapter-123",123,"\u003Cp>As the Genestealers dispersed from the Patriarch's remains, all that was left on the ground was a skeletal husk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its flesh had been devoured down to the last morsel by its offspring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden confirmed that the Patriarch was utterly dead, its representative light extinguished from the Hive Network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant he could now fully take control of the Hive Network, commanding millions of Genestealer offspring and billions of cultist followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle had been a monumental success, a windfall of power that bolstered Eden's strength significantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as he prepared to further manipulate the Hive Network, an unforeseen event occurred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, millions of Genestealers in the vicinity froze, lifting their heads as one to stare at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the underhive, every Genestealer mirrored this behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an instinctual reaction embedded in their very genetic code, heralding the arrival of a being they were born to serve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden felt it too—a terrifying presence that made his body tremble involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His psychic senses screamed in warning, urging him to avoid any attempts to probe the Warp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he understood immediately what this meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Fleet had arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least, it had entered the star system containing Urth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tyranids were guided by the Hive Mind, a consciousness so vast and overwhelming that it left an imprint on the Warp itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This manifestation of the Hive Mind took the form of an oppressive shadow, a force so immense that it could drive psykers or even Chaos entities mad, causing them to perish on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden sensed the Hive Fleet's encroaching presence, its shadow smothering all Warp activity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warp travel and communication had become impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant even fleeing to the Warp was no longer an option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Mind's influence was like a galactic bug in the system—an incomprehensible and unstoppable force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the fleet approaching Urth was merely an offshoot of the Tyranid main force, a mere tendril of its incomprehensible might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the full might of the Hive Fleet, Eden couldn't imagine how the Imperium could survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even this tendril was far beyond what Urth could resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no hope of defeating it, no possibility of escape or aid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden was filled with a profound sense of despair but quickly rallied himself to act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instructed the Little Sun to fully replace the Patriarch and seize control of the Hive Network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once in control, Eden immediately deactivated the psychic beacon that had attracted the Hive Fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then directed all his energy to sever the communication channels, effectively isolating the Hive Network into a closed system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By cutting off these channels, he prevented any possibility of the Hive Fleet re-establishing control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process of severing the connection drained nearly all the energy Eden had painstakingly accumulated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was a necessary cost—if he survived this ordeal, he would have gained an invaluable psychic Hive Network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a network was far beyond anything he could have constructed on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With these preparations complete, Eden turned his gaze skyward, bracing himself for what was to come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could do now was pray.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pray that the Hive Fleet would lose interest and move on after finding the beacon extinguished and the Hive Network inaccessible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Depths of Space\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The void shimmered as the Hive Fleet emerged from its faster-than-light travel, arriving at the edge of the Urth system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Encased within a dense cloud of defensive spores, the Hive Ship's tendrils swayed in the vacuum of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around it floated countless bio-ships, forming the core of the fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This colossal living spacecraft was not only a command node for the Hive Mind but also a vast biofactory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its chitinous exoskeleton and leathery hide shielded it from the harshness of both the Warp and the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Hive Ship reached a new world, it would unleash billions of Tyranid organisms, engineered on the spot to adapt to the planet's environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These nightmares would consume everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for now, the Hive Fleet, reliant on conventional propulsion, drifted toward Urth, its arrival still years away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the Hive Ship halted, as though encountering an unforeseen obstacle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within its pulsating, organic interior, vessels of blood and tissue throbbed rhythmically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swarming its labyrinthine corridors were Genestealers, Tyranid bioforms, and horrors even more dreadful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the ship's heart, the Synapse Creature—a grotesque being with its body fused to a network of blood vessels—scrutinized its surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This creature served as the fleet's psychic command relay, coordinating the Hive Mind's will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But something was amiss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By now, the Synapse Creature should have seamlessly integrated with the Vanguard Hive Network.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, the psychic beacon guiding them had abruptly gone dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even stranger, the Hive Network itself was now unreachable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is this anomaly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Synapse Creature attempted to reconnect, reaching out along the old channels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only response it received was a garbled message:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is not in service. Please try again later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time, the Synapse Creature was genuinely confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing in its genetic memory offered guidance for this unprecedented situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they proceed with the invasion, despite losing contact with the network?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The planet had become an unknown entity, potentially teeming with life—or perhaps a trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it pondered, another psychic signal flared in the Warp—a new and more enticing beacon from another system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This signal was far stronger than the one Urth had emitted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Synapse Creature interpreted it as a grander feast awaiting the Hive Fleet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it chose the safer path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Marking Urth in its memory, it redirected the Hive Fleet toward the newly discovered system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Void\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hive Fleet altered its course, following its bio-ship harbingers to the next feast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Narwhal Ships, specialized in creating gravitic warp corridors, locked onto the gravity well of the new system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As space twisted and folded, the fleet entered faster-than-light travel once more, vanishing into the depths of the void.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eden exhaled deeply, wiping the sweat from his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, it's gone...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he remained unaware that the Hive Fleet's sudden appearance had already set off a chain reaction of events across the entire sector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Check Out My Patreon For +20 Extra Chapters On All My Fanfics!! 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