Before the Death Guard under the command of the Demon Primarch, Mortarion, could react, the Scourge, emitting the aura of cold and death, descended from the sky like raindrops, performing a magnificent spectacle of a single person breaking through the atmosphere and performing an orbital airdrop, which had never happened in this universe before.
Yes, you read that right, it is a single-person orbital airborne landing, and there is no protective equipment, landing capsule or landing craft.
Lich King Jaina directly released her frost power, wrapping her subordinates in a layer of crystal clear white ice, which not only successfully offset the high temperature generated by friction with the air during rapid descent, but also produced a violent impact at the moment of landing, causing splash and ultra-low temperature damage to surrounding enemies.
The moment the bombing ended, the Scourge Army descended from the sky and directly cut off and surrounded the enemies on the battlefield for hundreds of kilometers, and then annihilated them on the spot at an unimaginable speed.
They don't even need to rush directly towards those sturdy fortresses and fortresses, let alone charge under dense firepower. They just need to teleport the jars filled with the plague into the enemy's most densely populated area and detonate them.
It won't be long before these enemies, covered in sores, rotten flesh and stench, will suddenly die within a few seconds, and then their corpses will be forcibly pulled up and transformed into part of the army of death.
Compared with Nurgle's biological army, Lich King Jaina's death army is obviously superior.
Not only that!
Under the dual effects of elemental magic and death magic, the broken corpses and incomplete rotten flesh on the battlefield gathered together at a speed visible to the naked eye to form giants several meters high, which could often crush a Chaos Astartes warrior with one foot.
In addition, these Nurgle legions never expected that they would be attacked from above, and were busy clearing out the human empire defenders on the planet. In less than an hour and a half, they completely collapsed.
The number of the Scourge Legion expanded several times more through this efficient killing.
The Death Knights of various appearances also simply upgraded their power mechas and supporting weapons scattered on the battlefield, slightly modified them and put them directly on themselves.
The spellcasting units transformed from psychics and demons directly used small, fast and maneuverable spaceships, and made use of the devices used by the Nurgle army to spread the plague to spread the even more terrifying magical plague in reverse.
Thus, in the eyes of the human empire's defenders, a horrifying scene appeared that they would never forget.
The Nurgle plague, which had originally brought itself to collapse, fell into deathly silence in the face of these unknown and more terrifying new plagues. Billions of zombies and demons that jumped out of the warp fell down in large numbers and turned into corpses. Then the corpses would "come back to life" and join the Undead Scourge to launch a frenzied attack on their previous friendly forces.
The tension and fear of not knowing whether the comrades around you will suddenly become enemies in the next second made even the humans watching the battle feel their scalps tingling.
Because this is completely beyond their understanding and is even more frightening than the large-scale invasion of the Tyranids.
After all, the Zerg simply plunders, devours, and then reproduces and expands continuously.
But what about these undead creatures that suddenly appeared from nowhere?
They have overturned everything related to biological science in terms of physiological structure and form of existence.
Through more than a dozen detection devices including thermal imaging, the only thing humans know is that the flesh and blood of these undead are not active at all, but are driven by some unknown energy.
Some undead have even begun to evolve the terrifying ability to merge with tanks, gunboats, and various vehicles and manipulate them to fight.
Obviously, as the Scourge continues to grow, the projection of the Lich King Jaina in the Warp is becoming more and more powerful, and the undead creatures under her command are beginning to continuously generate new powers.
This is also one of the biggest features of the universe.
In particular, the growing power of death, like a stream of icy black smoke, constantly devours the filth created by Nurgle's invasion of the real universe.
Whenever Jaina completed the massacre and transformation of Nurgle's army on a planet, the plague, corruption and poison that were everywhere on the entire planet would disappear.
Instead, there was a desolation and coldness that could not be described in words.
The priests of the Mechanicus believe that the Scourge is some kind of powerful artificial intelligence technology, while the Astartes warriors believe that it is an infighting among the Chaos Gods of the Warp.
But no matter what, no one would think that this was the Imperial reinforcements from Terra, so the humans not only did not relax their vigilance, but instead paid close attention to the situation on the battlefield.
But what they didn't know was that at the same time as the airborne and ground operations began, another battle had already begun far away in space.
Relying on powerful mass teleportation magic, Lich King Jaina personally led the team to launch a boarding operation against the Nurgle fleet docked near the satellite of this planet.
Countless undead creatures, connected by the portal, rushed into the cabins of space battleships like a tide, and engaged in a brutal fight to the death in the narrow passages. Every second, large amounts of cannon fodder on both sides were wiped out in the fierce battle.
Especially the opponent's flagship, a super-giant ship built in the solar system during the Great Crusade - the Glorious Queen-class battleship. It is like a floating city in space. Its length alone is over 30 kilometers. The densely packed turrets, torpedo tubes, and tentacles, cysts and rotten flesh grown by Nurgle make it look extremely huge and bloated.
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that is three or four hundred meters long is not even as big as the barrel of a main gun in front of this space behemoth.
Therefore, the size of its internal space and its high level of complexity are completely beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Sometimes a boarding battle can last for weeks or even months.
Of course, the boarding combat here is completely different from the Age of Discovery when two wooden sailing ships were brought together and the sailors used ropes and hooks to jump onto the other side's deck for hand-to-hand combat.
And it’s not like they have nothing better to do than to use long-range firepower instead of using this primitive and backward method.
Quite the opposite!
Boarding warfare is a tactic that is inevitably derived after the defense system develops to a certain level.
Apart from anything else, the void shields used by humans themselves can significantly reduce the damage caused by long-range firepower.
During the Horus Heresy, the void shields above the Imperial Palace on Terra withstood the orbital bombardment of the rebel fleet for a long period of time.
As for the war with other races...
It cannot be said that it is completely useless, but it is better than nothing.
The human fleet wants to engage in long-range shooting against the Necrons, who possess the most powerful technology in the physical universe?
I'm afraid he doesn't even know how he died.
The Bloody Hundred Days and the Battle of Amara have proven that these bastards can pin humans to the ground and rub them repeatedly in long-range fire exchanges.
The Orks are just the opposite. They will drive a shabby battleship with the "Power of My Thoughts" and "WAAAGH Force Field" that makes it immune to all long-range attacks right in front of you, and start boarding and raiding you without saying a word.
In the fight against the forces of Chaos, Khorne and Slaanesh can still play a role.
But do you dare to operate the ship's fire control system when facing Tzeentch? Electronic Demons will let you know in a minute what the unreasonable rule power of the Warp Evil God is.
An explosion like the explosion of a gunpowder depot was considered a minor incident. If things went wrong, the guns might have just been turned around and started shelling friendly forces.
Khorne simply has amazing protection against long-range killing weapons, and even the damage caused to it by the super fortress cannons on the walls of Terra is minimal.
The Eldar used Webway teleportation, and before the human fleet could break the solid shield, the entire enemy fleet disappeared.
As for the Tyranids, although the long-range firepower of the space fleet played a certain supporting role, the real decision of victory or defeat was still the meat-grinder-style defensive battle on the ground, where the Tyranids were forced to fight until they felt they were losing money and then they voluntarily retreated.
It is possible that large-scale fleet long-range shooting will only occur when the Human Empire is quelling an internal rebellion, or dealing with the Tau people whose technological level is far inferior to that of humans.
Since the fleet's long-range weapons are so useless, the Empire must of course give full play to its own advantages.
So what is the most powerful advantage of the human empire?
Of course, it is the endless human resources and powerful Astartes Space Marines.
Therefore, boarding warfare naturally came into being.
As early as the Great Crusade, each warship was equipped with special boarding combat troops so that they could break into the enemy ship and carry out decapitation operations when necessary.
However, unlike the boarding operations of the Human Empire which relied on the powerful combat capabilities of the Astartes warriors, the boarding operations of the Lich King Jaina were more bizarre and dangerous.
As a talented wizard, her attainments in the field of teleportation magic can be said to have reached the pinnacle.
In addition, the Helm of Domination can accurately control every undead creature and observe the surrounding situation through their eyes. In theory, Lich King Jaina can lead the elite death knights around her to teleport to every area where the Scourge army arrives on the entire battleship.
This means that enemies who want to use the complex space and terrain inside the warship to block the enemy step by step will often find themselves in the dilemma of being attacked from both sides.
As the supreme commander of the 4th Plague Company among the seven companies of the Death Guard Legion, the "Mind Eater" is a high-level demon from the Warp.
At this moment, he was standing in the command room of the bridge, watching his once invincible army being beaten back through the electronic displays that had been corroded by filthy flesh and blood but were still working properly, his face full of shock and disbelief.
This guy simply couldn't believe that the plague power bestowed upon him by the great and benevolent father Nurgle was wiped out by a group of undead exuding the breath of death. It had no effect at all from beginning to end.
Even more terrifying was the fact that thousands of Chaos Astartes Legions and demons summoned from the Warp were dying in large numbers, and then being pulled up by the enemy to join the vast army of the dead.
Especially the elusive Jaina, who made the Mind Eater feel the aura of the Warp that was almost the same as or even more powerful than the demon primarch, Mortarion.
Just as the high-level demon was hesitating about how to respond, a biting chill suddenly spread throughout the bridge.
The next second...
He turned around suddenly and saw that the Lich King Jaina had opened a portal at some point and led her death knights to jump over half of the battleship and kill her way in.
Over forty Chaos Astartes warriors reacted immediately, pulling out their chainsaw swords covered in pus and rotten flesh and trying to stop these dangerous enemies.
Others even pulled the trigger frantically, wanting to shoot the biological bomb carrying plague and disease into the body of the white-haired woman in front of them.
Unfortunately, all these attacks were in vain.
The armor made of Saronite blocked all attacks effortlessly, and even the chain mail that was worn on the inside like a tights was not damaged at all.
On the contrary, many of the chainsaw swords were broken due to this collision.
"My Frostmourne is hungry!"
With a terrifying blue light flashing in her eyes, Jaina raised the artifact and unleashed the terrifying power of the rune sword.
moment!
An invisible energy field spread out from her center.
In just a few seconds, the coldness that transcended the flesh swept through the souls of everyone present, freezing them one by one in place.
Warp energy? The Mind Eater instantly felt something was wrong and tried desperately to break free from control, but in the end it was useless, even praying to his master, the benevolent father Nurgle, was of no avail.
The only thing he could do was to watch the Lich King Jaina wield Frostmourne, killing all the Chaos Astartes, demons, and plague wizards in the entire bridge, and then tearing apart their souls and transforming them into undead without any life characteristics.
After all the remaining Nurgle forces in the entire bridge were slaughtered and transformed, Jaina walked gracefully to the demon, used the sharp tip of her sword to pry open the opponent's pockmarked skin and the rotting and smelly body from the inside, pursed her lips and said meaningfully: "What should I transform you into? A spreader of the Scourge? Or fully tap your talent in the Warp to become a lich?"
"You...what the hell are you?"
The Heart Eater slowly lowered his head through his soul control neck that had been frozen to the point of being unable to move, and stared at the armored human woman standing in front of him.
When the two were close to each other, he could even clearly feel the other's death projection in the warp, which was completely opposite to the vitality of Nurgle.
How terrible! How blasphemous! Such a cold death without a cycle is simply a naked provocation and insult to the loving father! If he could move, this Nurgle demon would definitely pounce on him without hesitation and try to strangle him.
But unfortunately, the Lich King Jaina is too powerful, so powerful that only the demon primarch, Mortarion, is qualified to fight her.
"My name is Jaina Proudmoore, but I prefer to be called the Lich King. As you can see, I now represent the purest form of death."
As the last word came out of his mouth, Frostmourne instantly pierced through the heart of this high-level demon.
A large amount of yellow-green viscous liquid like bile splashed everywhere and was directly frozen into disgusting turbid ice flowers in mid-air.
"No!!!!!!!"
Feeling that his soul was being torn apart by a terrifying force, the Mind Eater suddenly let out a shrill scream.
Because all those who surrender to the Chaos God, whether they are demons or other races, their souls are deeply bound to the subspace.
This means that when Frostmourne begins to devour souls, they will be under the double pull of the rune sword and the evil god of the warp at the same time.
Unless the evil god is willing to expend more of his own power, or simply descends into an incarnation like Khorne, it will be possible to take away the souls of his believers intact.
Otherwise, there is a high probability that you will be torn in half alive.
Half of them will be taken away by the evil god, and the other half will be completely devoured by the power of death, becoming undead creatures with only broken souls.
But unfortunately, in Nurgle's mind, the Mind Eater was obviously far from being strong enough for him to take action personally, so after a brief struggle, his soul was instantly split into two halves.
Half of it disappeared in the violent disturbance of the subspace, and the other half was transformed on the spot into a hideous and terrifying undead monster holding a huge bone sickle, like the god of death.
"Not bad! Much better than I expected."
Jaina's proud face showed a satisfied expression, and then she ordered all the undead in the bridge without turning back: "In the name of the Lich King! I order all resistance forces on this battleship to be wiped out immediately, and all living things to be killed."
In a flash!
All these newly transformed high-level undead directly pulled down the originally closed hatches and rushed out to launch a sneak attack from behind on the Nurgle army that was still resisting.
It wasn't long before the entire fleet was completely destroyed in such continuous boarding operations.
Since the warships distorted by Nurgle had long since changed from pure technological creations to half-flesh and blood living bodies, Jaina unceremoniously converted the living part into undead in order to better control the warships. At the same time, she opened a portal and ordered the undead creatures on the ground that had completed their goals to return to the warships and lead the new Scourge towards the next target.
Her goal is simple: to chase Nurgle along the outer planets of Ultramar.
Nurgle attacked the human empire's colonial satellites, spreading plagues that infected tens of billions and hundreds of billions of civilians. The Scourge strengthened itself by killing these half-dead zombies.
However, what the Lich King Jaina did not know was that after she destroyed the 4th Company of the Death Guard Legion and its fleet, her actions had attracted the attention of the demon primarch, Mortarion.
After all, the entire Death Guard Corps only had seven companies after it defected to the forces of Chaos.
Moreover, the 4th Company is the absolute main force whose combat effectiveness is second only to the 1st Company. This can be seen from the fact that they own a Queen of Glory-class battleship.
You should know that this kind of warship was usually used as the flagship of each Primarch and his Astartes Legion during the Great Crusade.
One of them was the Endurance, piloted by Mortarion himself.
But now, this powerful army was easily and quickly completely annihilated on an unknown marginal planet.
You know, even if Robert Guilliman himself led the main force of the Imperial Navy, it would probably be impossible to achieve such a terrifyingly brilliant record in such a short period of time.
"What happened?"
Mortarion sat on the rotten and decayed throne of the "Endurance" with a puzzled expression on his face.
Now he is no longer the descendant of the human emperor, but has embraced the essence of the subspace. Not only has huge moth-like wings grown behind him, but his whole body exudes deadly green poison gas. Even his originally shiny power armor is rusted, and his entire face is rotten beyond recognition, and you can vaguely see the bones under the rotten flesh.
It could no longer be described as disfigured; it simply looked like a rotten corpse that had been buried underground for at least several months.
Any normal person with mental and psychological health would never allow himself to become like this, no matter what benefits and power Nurgle promised.
But Mortarion clearly didn't care at all.
Mortarion believed that this change was a blessing, proof that he was the closest thing to his father, the embodiment of Death.
“需要我率领一支连队前往事发星球附近调查一下吗？”
一名混沌死亡守卫站出来向自己的原体之父询问道。
莫塔里安轻轻摇了摇头：“不，不需要。
因为这股力量神出鬼没，从来不在任何一个行星上停留太久，而是打完之后迅速便会销声匿迹。
更何况我已经得到确切的消息，我的好兄弟罗伯特·基里曼已经离开泰拉，可能正在赶往奥特拉玛。
他才是我们这次行动的主要目标。
对了，大不净者库加斯最近在忙什么？”
死亡守卫不加思索的回答道：“听说他正在密谋摧毁医院星球艾克斯，但究竟要怎么做却并未对外透露。”
“艾克斯？”
听到这个名字，莫塔里安眼神中透漏出赤裸裸毫不掩饰的厌恶。
因为在这场漫长的拉锯战中，这个专门为治愈瘟疫感染和各种疾病的星球，在他的眼里简直就是眼中钉、肉中刺，其存在本身就是对慈父纳垢的亵渎和侮辱。
如果不是该星球在大后方自己鞭长莫及，恐怕早就攻入其中把整个行星表面用瘟疫淋一遍，让人类帝国为自己的傲慢与自大付出代价。
“没错，就是艾克斯。大不净者为了实现这个目标，据说已经筹划了很长一段时间。他看起来似乎很有把握。”
死亡守卫一股脑把自己知道的全部说了出来。
尽管他们都是纳垢麾下的大将，可相互之间却并没有同属关系，偶尔还会为了赢得慈父更多的宠爱而争斗。
所以莫塔里安、泰法斯、库加斯这三个家伙虽然都在围绕着奥特拉玛搞事情，但每个人都有着自己的想法和小算盘，非但不会相互支援，偶尔搞不好还会扯一下对方的后腿。
其中莫塔里安和泰法斯的关系最为复杂，后者即是前者的养父，同时也是导致前者堕落的元凶。
通常情况下，只要有泰法斯存在的地方，莫塔里安一般都会远远的躲开。
这也是为什么奥特拉玛五百世界的守军面对如此强敌还能够坚持到现在的主要原因之一。
听到手下的报告，莫塔里安咧开嘴轻蔑的笑了，用一种近乎嘲弄的语气说道：“那就让我们拭目以待，看看这个大不净者究竟能搞出怎样的动静吧。希望最后的结果不要让慈父纳垢失望才好。”
……
与此同时，远在另外一个遥远星区。
由于帝国摄政罗伯特·基里曼所率领的舰队已然按照计划平安抵达原定的作战区域。
作为一个成熟稳重的政治家兼军团指挥官，他深知兵贵神速的重要性，因此压根没有这里的敌人任何喘息之际，直接开始有条不紊的下达作战命令。
没过一会儿功夫，庞大的舰队便开始分散开，对正片区域超过两百个恒星系展开全方位的打击。
数以万计的阿斯塔特战士、机仆、坦克、装甲载具、骑士机甲、泰坦机甲等被源源不断派遣到地面。
那些妄图占领这个重要航道点的家伙，不管是异形、虫族、兽人、钛族，还是来自亚空间恐虐、奸奇和色孽的混沌势力，都品尝到了来自人类帝国的铁拳。
尤其是左思提供的超级强化版魔能机甲，其性能完全超越了泰坦机甲，一旦突入敌人集群之中立刻便会开启无双模式。
光是两只大脚就能将成千上万的目标踩呈肉酱。
而从搭在武器中射出的亚空间能量闪电、火焰、热熔射线、解离射线更是如同一张死亡之网，会把一切妄图靠近的倒霉蛋快速高效的解决掉。
才短短不到一个小时左右，二十台魔能机甲的杀敌数量就达到了一个恐怖的天文数字。
在这些超巨型的魔法机械所过之处，到处都是骇人的尸山血海。
最重要的是与容易损坏的泰坦机甲不同，魔能机甲这玩意不仅有恒定的力场防护罩，而且其内部结构简单耐操，激战了那么久愣是没有一台趴窝或出现问题的。
“真是优秀的战争兵器，不是吗？”
帝国摄政看着从前线实时传递回来的战斗画面忍不住感叹了一句。
“是啊！如果能拥有一千台乃至五百台这样的神之机械，整个银河都将在我们的面前颤抖。”
旁边另外一名参谋兼指挥官也跟着点头附和。
要知道在帝国历史上的很多战役中，往往一百台泰坦机甲就已经能够起到决定胜负的关键作用。
很多时候，只需要几台泰坦机甲配合一个阿斯塔特连队，就能把一颗星球上的异形文明连根拔起，由此可见这些大家伙的威力。
听到手下的发言，罗伯特·基里曼忍不住用半开玩笑的口吻调侃道：“一千台？五百台？你实在是太过于贪心了。
要知道这些强大的战争机器可不是我们自己打造的。
而是一位来历神秘但却十分友好的盟友提供的。
虽然我不太清楚具体的产量如何，但肯定不会太高。
相比之下，反倒是那些能够强化灵能的单人机甲，可以给我们的阿斯塔特战团提供更多战术选择。”
“尊贵的摄政，相比起这些常规武器，我倒是对那门刚刚安装在旗舰上的歼星炮更感兴趣。
要知道帝国现如今要是想摧毁一颗星球，使用激光武器的话大概需要很长一段时间才能烧穿地心。
而这门炮却号称可以在五秒钟之内让一颗星球灰飞烟灭。
说实话，我对此是报以强烈的怀疑。
如果不在实战中测试一下的话，恐怕没有多少人会相信它的威力。”
另外一名女性军官望着窗外那晶莹剔透的结晶炮管提议道。
她的这番话瞬间激起了周围所有人的好奇心，纷纷请愿要让新的主炮露一手给大家开开眼。
还有的家伙连试炮对象都找好了，那是一颗被欧克兽人所占领的荒凉星球。
众所周知，战锤世界的欧克兽人是整个多元宇宙所有兽人中最逆天的存在。
他们是一种介于动物和植物之间的东西，被古圣创造出来用于对抗太空死灵和星神的生物兵器，通过孢子进行繁殖。
任何兽人只要毛发和皮屑掉落进土壤中，那么用不了多久这些种子就会开始生根发芽，像蘑菇一样从地里站出来变成一颗颗蛋，而兽人就是从蛋里孵化出来的。
这也就意味着，即便你把一颗星球上所有的兽人都赶尽杀绝，也无法把他们掉落在土壤中的孢子清理干净。
用不了多久，该星球上又会冒出一批新的兽人，周而复始无穷无尽。
更要命的是，兽人虽然能够通过吃东西来补充营养维持生命，但如果没有吃的也可以像植物一样进行光合作用。
无论土地有多么贫瘠、生存环境有多么恶劣，甚至是完全没有食物可以吃，也绝对不会影响他们的繁殖速度。
甚至可以说除了泰伦虫族之外，即便是银河霸主人类也无法与兽人在繁衍速度方面相提并论。
除此之外，身为生物武器的兽人基因中还自带完整的科技模板。
只要与对手打上几仗，其科技水平能在几个星期内直接从石器时代进化到热武器时代，大名鼎鼎的“俺寻思之力”更是能以完全不科学的方式创造出让其他种族叹为观止的各种东西。
从小到拿在手里使用的枪械，到宛如拼积木堆砌而成仿佛随时会散架的太空战舰，甭管你能想到的还是不能想到的，兽人统统都能给你造出来。
所以如果一颗星球上出现了兽人，那通常情况下只有两个选择。
一个是在这颗星球上常驻一支规模相当的军队，只要发现有大量兽人活动的迹象就立刻果断出击予以剿灭，再出现再剿灭，周而复始让兽人始终无法形成太大的规模。
另外一个则是直接干脆撤离，尽可能躲得远远的，不要陷入跟兽人没完没了的战争。
当年钛族在最初向外扩张的时候就曾经遇到过欧克兽人，愣是被差一点打到自闭兼怀疑人生。
从某种程度上来说，兽人其实和泰伦虫族才是绝配。
后者根本不需要去征服和吞噬更多星球上的生物，只需要在自己占领的地方养殖兽人就可以了。
这对组合一个能吃一个能生，简直完美互补。
所以在人类帝国的高层眼中，没有什么比用一颗盘踞着大量兽人的星球来测试歼星炮更合适的。
看着周围那一双双满怀期待的眼睛，向来十分会迎合别人想法的罗伯特·基里曼立刻顺水推舟的笑着说道：“既然你们都想试试，那就让主炮开始充能吧。我也希望见识一下这种能瞬间摧毁一颗星球的武器究竟有多么震撼人心。”
伴随着命令从帝国摄政口中发出，整个旗舰上的所有人都开始变得忙碌起来。
尤其是主炮手，迅速开始校准方位，瞄准在探测器上锁定的那颗行星，额头上甚至因为紧张冒出了大量的汗珠。
He had heard of the power of the star destroyer long ago, so he couldn't imagine how serious the consequences would be if one parameter went wrong and hit other planets or friendly forces.
After checking and correcting it ten times, the main gunner stood up and saluted to indicate that his work was completed.
Robert Guilliman nodded slightly and ordered in a leisurely tone: "Fire!"
"Main gun fire!"
With an almost roaring sound, a button flashing a blinding red light was pressed directly.
The next second...
Everyone saw that the crystal-clear gun barrel outside began to emit white light that was a thousand or ten thousand times brighter than the sun, so bright that people could not open their eyes.
Immediately afterwards, a beam of white light that illuminated the surrounding dark universe shot straight towards the location of the target planet.
Just one strike! The huge planetary core was pierced on the spot, and then a huge amount of energy was instantly released in an explosive manner, tearing the planet into pieces. The subspace storm formed by the aftermath swallowed up everything around it.
The Orcs who were building spaceships on the planet ascended into space collectively on the spot.
Such terrifying power made not only the officers on the flagship but even the Imperial Regent Robert Guilliman stand up from his chair, his eyes revealing unconcealable shock and disbelief.
Because of such a violent release of subspace energy, even if it hit a Primarch like him, there is a high probability that he would die on the spot.
Moreover, this kind of subspace energy cannot be resisted by the void shield at all.
If there were a dozen or twenty super battleships equipped with such main guns, Robert Guilliman would be able to launch another Great Crusade and make the entire galaxy submit to the Empire's fleet.
Even those Warp demons and Primarchs who defected to the Chaos Gods would suffer the consequences.
"God Emperor! This... this is truly an unimaginable power!"
The female officer who had previously proposed testing the main gun flushed with excitement and spoke incoherently.
Another officer nearby nodded in agreement: "Yes, now we have another trump card in our hands. If we encounter a planet with a large number of enemies next time, completely destroying the entire planet and the enemies together becomes an option."
"I think it's better to use this kind of weapon less. After all, there are not many planets suitable for human habitation in this universe. Destroying one means one less. Once we get used to using it to solve all problems, the consequences will be absolutely catastrophic."
Another staff officer offered a different view.
After all, human technology has not yet developed to the point where it can create planets or even stars. Protecting every habitable planet is actually protecting the future development of the empire.
Just as everyone was arguing about the star destroyer cannon, an astropath suddenly walked in from outside, went straight to the Imperial Regent and whispered a few words.
moment!
Robert Guilliman's expression became extremely serious, and he asked in a low voice: "Are you sure this information is correct? Is there something wrong with your understanding?"
"Yes, I am quite sure of it. Because I was not the only one who received this signal. All three astropaths gave the same interpretation."
The astropath, who had a bald head and whose eyes were obviously blind and replaced by electronic eyes, answered in the affirmative without hesitation.
Since the essence of astropathic communication is to encrypt the information to be transmitted, then project it into the subspace for broadcast, and then have the receiver intercept it and decrypt and understand it in his own way, errors often occur and the meaning of the interpretation is even completely opposite to the original one.
In addition, some broadcast information may be intercepted by evil cult wizards and priests of chaos forces.
Anyway, the astropath, a living information transmission tool, has many problems and defects. Unless there is no other way, no one would be willing to use it.
"A mysterious woman emitting a chilling chill? Specializing in attacks against Nurgle's legions? Refusing to engage with the emissaries we sent?"
Robert Guilliman muttered to himself as he quickly activated his super brain to think about the possible conspiracy behind the whole thing.
Needless to say, the news sent by the Astropath was nothing but the recent actions of Lich King Jaina and her Scourge.
"Your Excellency the Regent, is this bad news?"
Celestine, the "living saint," asked in an uncertain tone.
If there was anyone in the Imperium who supported the Primarch wholeheartedly, it was her.
After all, as a great demon under the command of the God-Emperor, Robert Guilliman is the undoubted Son of God in Celestine's eyes, and the only one chosen by the God-Emperor to save mankind and the empire.
“No, it’s not bad news.
On the contrary, it is good news.
The armies of Nurgle surrounding Ultramar were recently slaughtered by an unknown creature that resembled a human woman.
Some chapters suspect that she may be a living saint blessed by her father, just like you.
If it's convenient, I hope you can take someone to investigate a little.
But be careful not to irritate the other person even if it's not the case.
After all, she saved quite a few people from the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar."
As he spoke these words, Robert Guilliman's tone was serious and solemn.
Because he knew very well that the empire needed allies the most right now, especially allies who had expressed enough goodwill...