Chapter 698: A Space Marine who does not want to be the Regent of the Empire is not a militant leade

Chapter 698: A Space Marine who does not want to be the Regent of the Empire is not a militant leade

A meteorite belt dozens of light-years away from the solar system is pitch black due to being far away from the star system. It is filled with death and desolation, just like most of the empty no-man's land in the universe, dark, cold, and silent.

Suddenly, stars in the meteorite belt lit up like fireflies, breaking the eternal darkness and silence. That was the ion flame bursting out from the nozzle of the battleship's engine. Hundreds of battleships raised their bows and rushed out of the meteorite cover. The real space in front was pulled open like a curtain. Battleships shot into the boiling area like arrows one after another. in the abyss of malice.

Battleship Suzheng, captain's room.

Vera Nora sat at her desk.

"Battle Moon also sent diplomatic envoys?"

Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the female judge.

"Yes, three orcs landed on Terra on a small merchant ship, and there was also a captured imperial merchant. Wangorich took them to the council hall. The orc ambassador demanded the unconditional surrender of the High Lords Council. The entire meeting scene... …”

Vera paused for a moment when she said this:

"It can be said to be full of ugliness."

"Did they agree?"

Fu Qinghai's first concern is this issue.

"No, the offer of surrender is firmly rejected."

Vera shook her head and said.

"Have the Orks started landing or bombing?"

Fu Qinghai asked again immediately.

"Not yet, but..."

Vera frowned slightly when she said this.

"But what?"

"It has been three days since the orc envoys visited Terra. Some members of Congress are indeed privately discussing the possibility of surrendering to the orcs. The Inquisition is paying close attention."

Vera said slightly worriedly.

"oh?"

Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

"The arrival of the orc ambassadors not only humiliated the Imperial Council, they also showed a new possibility and brought some new thinking, that is... the orcs are not animals or beasts, the Orcs are also a civilized society, but It is a civilization that is different from ours. It may not be shameful for one civilization to surrender to another... Under the pressure of life and death, people are often prone to some very outrageous ideas. "

Vera expressed her personal speculation.

"Not outrageous."

Fu Qinghai raised his lips and shook his head:

"The bottom class takes to the streets, and the top class jumps off the ship. Since ancient times, it has been those vested interest groups that control a large amount of production means that can easily and simply change their families. Just because the orcs are now proposing unconditional surrender, they are firmly opposed to it. Surrendering in this way cannot save people. Their existing wealth and status. If these greenskins' diplomatic wisdom evolves a little more and proposes a conditional surrender that can preserve the existence of the Imperial Senate and the High Lords Council system, believe it or not, those who seriously consider surrender will. Much more than now?"

Vera was slightly startled when she heard this.

"In other words, you mean that Terra has not fallen yet just because the orcs are not smart enough?"

The female judge frowned and asked.

"Yes, that's true. The orcs finally have diplomacy now, which is gratifying, but obviously they haven't mastered the more subtle art of diplomacy, otherwise this war will be more difficult to fight. After all, they are just a group of muscle heads."

Fu Qinghai smiled calmly.

The Tau Empire knew that they wanted to develop the Tau Alliance, but the Orcs didn't know how to cultivate traitors. The political level of the two was different. In summary: There were major breakthroughs in the wisdom of the green skins, but not many.

Vera looked thoughtful.

My daughter is still too young.

Fu Qinghai thought to himself.

What is civilized or uncivilized is not the point at all.

Because the definition of civilization is inherently very low.

Putting aside the military, in terms of technology, culture, institutions, etc., wasn’t the Song Dynasty a more advanced civilization than the Mongols? Wasn’t the Ming Dynasty a more advanced civilization than the Manchu Qing Dynasty? The Manchu Qing conquered most of China almost relying on the surrendered Ming Dynasty nobles. As long as the Manchu civilization was not so barbaric that it was like an animal eating its hair and drinking its blood, there would be no psychological burden in surrendering.

Orcs will indeed use humans as one of their food reserve options. Humans are edible to them but not particularly delicious. Eating humans is indeed uncivilized, but compared to the Shang Dynasty and the Maya who loved human sacrifices , Orcs eat other intelligent races based on more pragmatic needs - they are busy fighting wars and have no time to feast on mushrooms.

"Don't worry, what you're worried about won't happen."

Fu Qinghai looked at Vera and comforted:

"You also heard what the Eldar woman said. They have calmed down the restlessness in the subspace. The Imperial Fist fleet is speeding up. There is no time for these insects to consider whether to surrender. Once the Imperial Fist arrives, I will initiate attack."

That Eldar woman...

Vera secretly rolled her eyes.

You speak so vividly, I see that you and the Eldar woman are very familiar with each other. Fortunately, I am a reincarnation. If other judges of the Tribunal see it, I will give you a private sentence even if I don't say it. A serious crime involving aliens.

"By the way, you just said that the high lords behaved uglyly when facing the orc ambassador. Did you see it with your own eyes at the meeting?"

Fu Qinghai suddenly thought of another question.

"No, I am not qualified to attend the meeting."

Vera shook her head and said:

"But I bribed a low-level congressman. He is a chronicler. One of his eyeballs has been replaced with a cybernetic body and can record videos. Through his perspective, I watched the entire negotiation process of the three orc envoys after they arrived in the parliament hall."

"So this video is in your hands now?"

Fu Qinghai had an idea and tried to explore.

"What, what do you want to use this video for?"

Vera asked with some confusion:

"Shaking the authority of the Imperial Council and the high lords? But this will not help maintain the stability of the situation. The beasts are threatening us now, and now is not the time to overthrow them."

"It might be useful...I'm not sure."

Fu Qinghai thought for a moment and then said:

"Give me the video first."

Vera Nora was straightforward. She didn't drag her feet or take the opportunity to negotiate terms. She directly took out a data storage module from her clothes and handed it to Fu Qinghai.

"You finally have some effect."

Fu Qinghai took over the data storage module and said happily.

"What do you mean? I'm useless?"

When Vera heard this, her brows stood up in anger:

"Didn't I tell you all this information about Terra? Wouldn't it take you some time to fully understand it on your own? Besides, my personal strength is not weak, okay? I'm Yi Psilon-level psyker!"

An Ypsilon-class psyker?

Fu Qinghai was too lazy to continue attacking Vera.

Psykers whose psychic talent is Ypsilon level are not even eligible to be selected into the first phase of the think tank unit in my war group.

"Go back quickly."

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and urged Vera to leave:

“Tell me if anything happens to Terra.”

After saying that, use the portal gun to open a circle of light.

Vera angrily turned around and stepped into the circle of light and walked away.

…

After crossing the blue light circle, Vera instantly returned from the captain's room of the Suzheng to the original abandoned area of ​​the hive city. The female judge picked up the tattered robe on the stone steps next to her, unfolded it and wrapped it skillfully around herself, tightened the hood ties, and left in a hurry.

The blue circle of light behind him shrinks and disappears.

Exposing walls that are smooth and flat.

Vera blended into the crowd and walked up the stairs until she came to a helicopter guarded by the hive city's bailiffs. After showing the inquisitor's rosette, she was allowed to enter. The elevator car went all the way up to the hive city. On the parking platform at the top, a Skyhawk-class shuttle was parked quietly in the center of the platform.

Vera sat in the cockpit of the shuttle, untied the hood and robe and threw it aside, and skillfully started the Warhammer 40K version of the luxury air car. The red shuttle rose from the tarmac, turned around and roared towards the south.

The howling wind and sparse clouds and fog quickly passed by the driving glass hatch, but Vera had no intention of admiring the scenery around her. She was thinking about what Qingshan said along the way. Although she didn't want to admit it on the surface, she realized in her heart that the man in that position, the Chapter Master of the Astartes Chapter, saw things that were indeed different from hers.

"Am I naive?"

Vera whispered to herself.

Although Qingshan didn't say it explicitly.

But she knew that was what the guy meant.

She knew in her heart the cruelty and terror of the Warhammer 40K universe, but she still decided to take root in this universe for long-term development. The reason is also very simple. In other reincarnation worlds, there is no such a powerful Inquisition Master as Sid Nora. Come and pave your own way. But sometimes, she couldn't completely look at it from the perspective of a reincarnated bystander.

The Skyhawk-class shuttle began to slow down and descend.

The wind and snow sliced ​​across the icy cockpit cover.

Vera arrived at the Tribunal headquarters under the ice cap of Antarctica. The shuttle landed steadily on the apron. Vera jumped out of the cabin wrapped in a scarf. As soon as she reached the entrance of the underground fortress, she noticed something was wrong - there was nothing here. There were traces of blood or a firefight, but something just wasn't right.

She saw some clues from the guard's expression.

However, she was cautious and did not ask rashly. She walked silently to her small office at the Tribunal headquarters. After closing the door, she began to ask her acolyte:

"What happened while I was gone, Jaeger?"

Acolyte Jaeger is a balding middle-aged man.

"There has been a coup at the Inquisition headquarters, Lady Vera."

He bowed nervously and said:

"The Grand Master of the Inquisition, Viritus, together with other Grand Inquisitors, deposed Venand. I heard that she was originally going to be executed, but the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court came forward to save her."

Vera frowned after hearing this.

"Then who is the current representative of the Inquisition?"

Vera asked a knowing question.

"Lord Viritus will take charge personally."

Acolyte Jaeger replied.

There is a new person in the Council of High Lords.

Vera felt that it was necessary to report this information to Qingshan, although she didn't know what Qingshan's plan was.

So she turned around and walked out of the office, walking quickly through the dark and narrow steel passages of the underground fortress.

"Lord Viritus, stand at attention and salute!"

A sudden shout sounded from the front.

Vera had just turned a corner when she met an old man wearing Ignatus-type power armor leading a group of fully armed Storm Troopers.

"V...Lord Veritus."

Vera reacted and quickly bowed her head and saluted.

The old man turned his head and glanced at Vera. He did not recognize the young female judge in front of him. He just nodded expressionlessly, then turned back and continued walking forward.

Vera looked up at his leaving back.

Veritus looks extremely old, but after putting on the power armor and the red cape, he looks very tall.

"It's unimaginable..."

The female judge squinted her eyes slightly and muttered to herself.

In the entire Inquisition, and even in the entire Terra, Vera may be the only one who knows the true identity of Veritus.

"Veritus" is just a pseudonym.

His real name is Keryl Hindman.

That's right, that's Kyril Hindman, the chief preacher of the Luna Wolf 63 Expedition Fleet during the Great Crusade, and one of the founders of the Holy Inquisition.

It is hard to imagine that this man has lived for more than a thousand years. There is no explanation in the original novel as to why he can cross the timeline of more than a thousand years and jump directly from the "Horus Heresy" series of novels to the "Beast Wars" series of novels. Life extension surgery can at most allow a mortal to live for a few hundred more years. Moreover, those dignitaries who have used life extension surgery are almost completely soaked in life support devices in the later stages of their lives. Kyril Hindman can still walk around wearing power armor. Go...

Vera suspects he is an immortal.

Only in this way can it be explained.

Kyril Hindman has been changing his identity and using pseudonyms for thousands of years, in order to secretly ensure that the Holy Tribunal, the most powerful spy agency and supervisory agency in the human empire, was founded by him under the instruction of Mark Master Malcador. A special institution that will not deviate from its expected development direction.

Now, he thinks Wienander has strayed.

So he replaced Wienander and came on his own.

What Fu Qinghai didn't know was that with the political legacy left by Sid Nora and Vera Nora's own personal abilities, she could take a further step forward in the Tribunal and gain a higher status instead of relegating herself to a single person. She is a trainee judge, but she knows that during the major plot event "Beast War", the great mentors of the Tribunal changed. Those with status had to choose sides, and those with no status could sit on the fence and watch. If she was in a high position , it is inevitable not to be implicated.

They are also people who know the plot.

Fu Qinghai chose to pursue greater interests.

But Vera could only choose to protect herself wisely.

"Why can't women be Space Marines?"

Vera withdrew her gaze and continued towards the exit.

As I walked, I suddenly thought more and more angrily:

"That's not fair!"

…………

After the Imperial Fist fleet entered the Sun Sector at the fastest speed, the battleship group briefly left the subspace, returned to the real universe to reorganize its formation, and then maintained a steady sailing speed, preparing to make a slight adjustment and then start the jump again without stopping.

During this period, the Imperial Fist fleet encountered a large number of merchant ships fleeing the solar system. Shipping between the Sun Sector and the Throne World had been completely cut off. Many spaceships suspended their journey to Terra and lurked around the system to watch the development of the situation.

Through these merchant ships, the Imperial Fists gained more details about Terra: The Battle Moon arrived on Terra without resistance, effortlessly destroying the throne world's orbital defenses. The navy was largely absent, and when the Peasant Crusaders were summoned, the small Imperial Navy stalled and millions of Imperial citizens were massacred. To make matters worse, the Martian battleships were anchored in the port and the Mechanicum's troops gathered, but no action was taken.

Messages sent by the Imperial Fists fleet to Terra and Mars were met with silence and no reply was received.

Kurland was furious.

He vented like crazy in the training cage.

"High lord, high lord, high lord..."

Even chopped off two training axes.

Until a warband servant interrupted him:

"Sir, I received the star language message."

"Tyra's?"

Kurland raised his head and asked.

The battle group servant’s answer was unexpected:

"No, from the White Scars Chapter."

…

"We have new reinforcements?"

Kurland harbored trepidation and hopeful speculations.

He hurried to the astrology room of the Abomination.

The Black Templar's Astropath Director played a video to him. A bust of a black-haired Space Marine appeared in the camera. What was puzzling was that his black and gold power armor did not belong to the white scar in Kurander's impression. .

The Space Marine spoke the first words.

This made Kurland almost stop tensing up:

"Hello, Commander Kurland."

The Space Marine in the image smiled and said.

Kurland looked a little surprised.

"I know you are surprised now. Time is running out. Let me make a long story short. My fleet and I will be waiting for you in the solar system. The coordinates are the gate of Hades near Pluto."

The Space Marine in the video continued:

"We'll talk at length there."

After saying that, the screen flickered and disappeared.

…………

Solar System, Pluto, Gate to Hades.

This remnant of the dark technological age can directly reach the interior of the galaxy through two stargate spaceships without stopping at the Mandeville Point outside the galaxy.

One after another, the White Scar fleet emerged from the huge ancient star gate and formed a team outside the star gate. The seven hunting fleets slowly formed an attack formation.

Battleship Suzheng, conference room.

"What are you waiting for, Qingshan?"

The Destroyer Chapter Master couldn't wait to ask:

"Speed ​​is of the essence, why don't you order an attack?"

"We already have experience in conquering a battle moon, but for this battle moon over Terra, we won't fight alone. We will wait for the arrival of the combined fleet of the Imperial Fists and its sub-groups, as well as the troops of the Mechanicus."

Fu Qinghai explained to the other chapter masters.

"Imperial Fists?"

The Berserker Chapter Master asked in confusion:

"Didn't you say they were wiped out?"

"Indeed, they have only one Space Marine left, which is almost equivalent to being wiped out. But this warrior initiated a protocol called the 'Final High Wall', summoning all the sub-groups of the Imperial Fists to assemble and march towards Terra together."

Fu Qinghai briefly introduced the situation.

The chapter masters looked at each other.

This "Final High Wall" protocol.

Why does it sound so similar...

"Yes, it seems that we, the descendants of the Khan, are not the only ones who miss the Legion era. The descendants of Rogal Dorn are also like this. We don't know whether other founding chapters have similar secret agreements, but at present, we can be sure that the only Space Marines rushing to Terra are the Imperial Fists and their daughters."

Fu Qinghai nodded and said calmly.

"We don't have to wait for them, Qingshan."

The resurrected Storm Lord's Chapter Master Targukin leaned forward and said in a low voice:

"We have proved that we are fully capable of conquering a battle moon alone. Why should we share this honor with other Space Marines? Besides, there is the Mechanicus. You said it yourself. You said that there may be a big problem with Mars' position. Haven't you been suspicious of them for a long time?"

"We should look at the long term."

Fu Qinghai knocked on the table and said:

"First of all, if we fight together with the Imperial Fists fleet, we can reduce the breakthrough of the battle moon to a certain extent. Compared with those ethereal and empty honors and titles, I care more about the lives of my warriors than the casualties that had to be endured when using the bright gravity weapons. The fact is that we are the first Space Marines to return to Holy Terra, and no one can erase this. "

Fu Qinghai paused and continued:

"Secondly, there are big problems with Mars' position. This is not my inference, but an established fact. Everyone has seen that the Mecha God's army is still hesitating in the port! However, it is precisely because Mars has big problems that we need them to send troops to participate in the battle. "

Mandulatu's eyes flashed when he heard this.

"I know, you want to take advantage of Mars sending its main force, ambush a company and forcefully land on Mars, and force the Forge Commander to reaffirm his loyalty to the Empire! "

Mandulatu immediately stated his speculation.

However, Fu Qinghai shook his head and said:

"At this point in time, I have no intention of provoking a civil war. This will not benefit humanity in any way. The Forge Commander will have more professional people to deal with it. Before he makes any substantive rebellious moves, there is no need for us to dirty our hands. The accusation that 'Space Marines have started a civil war again' is not pleasant at all. People in the Throne World are already sensitive enough."

Bao Shulige, the chief storm prophet of the White Scars, narrowed his eyes and stared at Fu Qinghai, thinking deeply.

Bao Shulige suddenly realized that Qingshan's thinking mode was completely different from that of other war group leaders.

He was already considering his reputation.

He began to cherish his feathers.

He was transforming from a pure soldier to a politician.

What did he want to do?

"I emphasize again, take a long-term view."

Fu Qinghai looked around at everyone and said seriously:

"Do you think that this battle moon over Terra is the last battle? Will everything be over if it is destroyed? If we don't completely solve the source of this green tide, the endless battle moons and endless Waaagh will continue to appear frequently throughout the empire. Therefore, we need Mars, we need the army and power of the Mekhanite believers, and we need to preserve our strength and keep it for the final and biggest battle with the orcs!"

"I understand, Qingshan."

Mandulatu nodded solemnly and said:

"We fully support Your decision."

"Don't rush to express your opinion."

Fu Qinghai raised his hand to suppress the other chapter leaders who were about to raise their hands to second the motion, and added:

"I know those politicians very well. Once the battle is over, the high lords will be very dissatisfied with the fact that the Space Marines have united again. I can imagine that they will want to split us up. They will contact you privately and give you different orders. Here, I want everyone present to assure me that before I order the disbandment of the legion, I will still be the first and only representative of the Fifth Legion, and I will be fully responsible for all negotiations and dialogues with Terra."

Fu Qinghai's tone was extremely serious.

"Pah!"

Targukin put his helmet on the table.

The Storm Lords Chapter Captain pointed at Fu Qinghai and laughed:

"You saved my life, do I need a guarantee for this? You are the legion commander, whatever you say is the truth, I am too lazy to deal with those bureaucrats."

After Targukin received the decapitation surgery, he had a tendency to become a fanboy of Qingshan Khan. Fu Qinghai ignored him and looked at other chapter captains.

The captains did not speak, but the firm and trusting look they gave Fu Qinghai said it all.

"Okay, very good."

Fu Qinghai nodded heavily.

He turned and looked at Qingming standing behind him:

"Contact Terra and officially inform them that we are here."

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