Chapter 832, Go to the Starfire with Me
"Master Taishi, we couldn't find Siflaig, he ran away."
After hearing the report, the commander of the Spear of the Dragon King, Tai Shichen, turned around and was a little surprised.
Next to him, his fourth captain, Riccardo Lazio, crossed his arms and said, "That traitor ran fast."
The historian waved his hand and said, "It's hard to call him a traitor since he hasn't been tried yet."
"He was summoned but didn't come. What's wrong with calling him a traitor? What's more, he took the initiative to infect the surviving worlds of the Empire with void parasites, which directly led to the deaths of several worlds and billions of people!"
Hearing this, Tai Shichen nodded slightly. "That's not wrong. Communicate the request to the entire territory: In the name of the Dark Side Expedition Command, deprive Sifleg of his status as Inquisitor and issue a red warrant throughout the empire. He is at least guilty of disrespecting military orders. This person must be captured and handed over to a military court for trial. Amberon, you go and do this."
The man called Amberon was the one who came to report that Sipleg had escaped.
He came from the military intelligence department of the Alliance military. He arrived before the main force of the Alliance on the Western Front entered the Forward Space Domain.
His mission was to collect as much military intelligence as possible, contact local forces, and win their support for the alliance before launching a full-scale recovery operation on the Forward Universe. The best thing would be for them not to resist when the Dark Side came on an expedition, but to submit to the Dark Side Control Committee.
Even if there is no large-scale surrender, at least the attitudes and tendencies of many local forces can be clarified. Where there are stubborn oppositions, they must be defeated once and for all; where there are fence-sitters, as long as the opposition is defeated, they will naturally turn over; where there are friendly factions, as long as a little help is given, the pro-alliance forces inside the planet will be able to take over the planet smoothly; which places are seriously affected by chaos or aliens and need full support...
These intelligence information are what we must try to understand as much as possible before the Dark Side Expedition officially reaches the Advanced Space Domain, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of the expedition.
It was also he who realized the problems in Omgeria during the process of collecting intelligence.
On the one hand, he managed to develop some connections among Sipleg's subordinates and persuaded Sipleg to give up his "smart" idea, emphasizing that the Alliance would be here soon and that even if the orcs spilled out, the Alliance's army would immediately stop them. On the other hand, he also quickly reported the situation, hoping that the Alliance's army could arrive as soon as possible to resolve the crisis here.
These two goals, one gain and one loss.
The intelligence he sent back even received the attention of Gu Hang. Under Gu Hang's order, although the Western Front Expeditionary Force was not yet ready, it still sent a troop into the Forward Space Domain to deal with the war in the Ohm and Lia Star Domain.
The commander in charge of this work is none other than Tai Shichen, the Chapter Master of the Spear of the Dragon King.
The entire Spear of the Dragon King set out, along with multiple army groups and alliance fleets, into the Advance Space Domain and arrived at the Moon Watching Star Domain, which is right next to the Omgeria Star Domain.
When the first day of the new year arrived and he found out what was happening in Omgeria, Taishi Chen realized that the war situation here could not be resolved by the troops in his hands.
Whether it was the Zerg or the Orcs, the armies assembled by either side were completely inadequate for his troops to contend with. Now, rashly entering Omgeria and joining in the melee between the two sides would be a suicide act.
But fortunately, the Dark Expeditionary Command, as his superior, did not give him any orders that were particularly difficult for him.
After discussing with his captains, the senior officers of the chapter, and the navy and army generals of the expeditionary force, they reached a consensus - in the area around Omgeria, the current expeditionary force can only take a defensive stance. It is already the best they can do to control the problems within the star field and prevent them from spilling out. There is no possibility of taking the initiative to attack.
If one wants to actively intervene in Omgeria, at least one-third of the total strength of the Western Front Expeditionary Force will be needed to achieve this.
But it is strongly not recommended.
With just such a force, they could only gain a foothold in Omgeria, turning the fight between the two into a three-way melee. For humans, if they could not quickly and thoroughly quell the alien disaster in the star field, it would be meaningless to rashly participate in the melee, and they would only be giving away their lives in vain.
For now, it is best to gather more than 70% of the Western Expeditionary Force and prepare for war, rush into the Ohmgeria star field, and deal a fatal blow to the green-skinned orcs and the worm swarm. The queen worm and the orc chieftain must be killed, which is the key to the success of the battle. After completing this task, we must quickly plow the fields and clear the holes, quickly annihilate the aliens in the star field, and suppress their numbers as soon as possible.
For the green-skinned orcs, it is necessary to avoid internal strife among the orcs to produce a great chief.
As for the Zerg, it is necessary to prevent the Zerg from having new tentacle fleets arrive and take over the original forces. Currently, there are too many Zergs gathering in Omgeria, and there is too much food. Before eating this place, for the Zerg hive mind network, on the one hand, they will think that this place is a great challenge, but also that there is plenty of food. With these two combined, the Zerg is likely to send more and larger tentacle fleets to continuously attack this place.
That means it is possible for a 'void black hole' to form in Ohmgeria.
The solution to the void black hole is to create a dead zone as quickly as possible so that the Zerg cannot find food, and they will naturally stop coming; even if they come again, they will face hungry Zerg after a long voyage. Void Zerg are easiest to deal with when they are hungry.
They are not 'beasts' in the ordinary sense. They will never be satisfied. Even when they are full, their desires will not decrease, and they will not stop. They will only explode in greater numbers and wreak havoc in more places.
Before the expeditionary force completes its full preparations for war, the most important thing they should do now is to watch the Zerg and the Orcs fighting from the sidelines.
Although the crease may allow both of them to grow stronger in a spiral manner during the brutal fight, since this has become a reality, humans have missed the possibility of solving the problem at the best time. No matter how unwilling they are, they can only watch helplessly from the sidelines.
Of course, they are not doing nothing and just watching.
There are eleven star tunnels from the Ohm and Lilia star field to the outside world. It is the job of humans to seal these star tunnels and let the two fight each other inside to prevent them from overflowing.
In fact, this has become a very real threat.
Whether it's the greenskins or the Zerg, if I can't beat them, can I beat you?
They all have ample motivation to expand outward.
The Zerg can obtain more biomass replenishment by destroying the human world whose resistance is much weaker than that of the orcs, and in turn invest it in the war against the orcs.
Orcs can also plunder human technology to transform it into their own war machines. At the same time, they can also "grow mushrooms" on the occupied planets to give birth to more green-skinned guys.
This isn't even a worry anymore; it's a fact.
The eleven exits leading to the outside world from the Ohmgeria star field have all been disturbed to varying degrees.
"We must block these eleven exits." Tai Shichen said at the military meeting, "We must build them into an unbreakable line of defense!"
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Saying is one thing, doing is another.
The number of allied troops that followed Taishichen and his regiment was still too small.
Although they were all elite troops with extraordinary combat power, the eleven star tunnels and eleven exits almost circled the Ohmjilia star field. It would take three or four months for the warships to make a circle. It was entirely dependent on the alliance's army, and the troops were divided to guard it, so there would definitely be leaks everywhere and it would be broken by someone's attack.
What to do if you don’t have enough troops?
On this basis, it is necessary to mobilize the local forces of the surrounding star fields.
The situation in the Forward Universe was slightly different from that in the Dark Side Expedition. This was probably because the Forward Universe was farther away from the Scarlet Scar, so there was some isolation here, but the severity was acceptable.
Many imperial powers, in the process of exploring outward, spontaneously formed small alliances. A dozen or even dozens of worlds gathered together to form a power.
Navigation and communication are still difficult, but the island is not completely isolated.
And around the Ohmgeria star field, the most important world is called the Furnace of Steel Flame.
This is a Forge World controlled by the orthodox Martian sect.
A meeting was held in the dome meeting hall of the Steel Flame Furnace Forge World.
The Furnace of Steel Flame is only four astral jumps away from Exit 7, and is also the world that suffers the most from the greenskins.
A greenskin fleet that is "taking advantage of the situation" has approached the Steel Furnace, and the threat is imminent.
Twenty-seven holographic flags slowly rotated above the circular conference table. The mechanical eye of Wang Kerong, the forging general of the Steel Flame Furnace, swept across the representatives present. The gold ribbons of the planetary governors collided with the bone medals of the mercenary leaders, and the data board inlaid with gems of the wandering merchants competed with the reliquary on the chest of the state bishop for the illumination beam.
He sighed slightly in his heart.
Unity?
As a place so close to Omgeria, he certainly hopes to unite. As the leader of the Forge World, he was also a person of considerable prestige in the surrounding star fields before the Great Cataclysm. He has tried many times to unite people and change the situation.
But it never worked.
He could only watch the situation deteriorate day by day until that bastard Siflag jumped out.
But who can be blamed?
He had supported Siepleger's actions.
Although he had been warned that Siephaleg's idea was just a temporary solution, he still allowed it. He thought that if no one else could do anything, letting Siephaleg try was better than doing nothing.
As a result... the guy stepped on the accelerator hard in the car which was not far from the abyss, so that the Steel Flame Furnace was also dragged into the abyss.
He admitted that he had made some mistakes and trusted that bastard. He wanted to catch that fraudulent judge and tear him into pieces.
But before that, he had to protect his Forge World.
The arrival of the alliance gave him new hope.
Back then, he had also received the so-called "Letter to Fellow Citizens in Disaster", and to be honest, he was dismissive of it, thinking it was just the wild talk of a tyrant. But now, he was eager for the alliance to come quickly.
However, after learning that the number of troops led by Taishichen was only "that small", he was somewhat disappointed.
But it's not bad, at least I can hold it, right? If I can't hold all eleven exits, I can hold my own exit seven tightly, that's fine.
But Tai Shichen actually wants to unite the many forces in the surrounding star fields?
This is a bit far-fetched!
If we can unite, what is the point of Sipleg?
Wang Kerong felt annoyed when he saw those people with ulterior motives at the conference hall.
He said nothing, letting the noise fill the meeting room, mentally thinking about how he was going to talk to Tai Shichen later.
After the idea of unity and building an unyielding line of defense failed, he had to think of some conditions to make the so-called unyielding line of defense a reality at Exit 7 first.
Somewhere else?
Let them die!
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the heavy sound of power armor stepping into the venue.
Looking up, he saw the majestic Chapter Master, dressed in Terminator power armor, walking into the venue.
Tai Shichen did not walk towards the main podium in the center, but walked straight through the crowd. The magnetic buckle of his power boots stepped on the prayer to the God of All Machines engraved on the floor, creating tiny sparks.
"Three days ago, the Orks occupied three agricultural worlds in the Eagle sector." His voice was modulated by the voice changer in his throat, with the unique metallic resonance of Space Marines. "The orbital defense platforms of those planets should have lasted for three months, but the Ork's garbage fleet smashed the void shield generator - you should have received the images sent by the refugee ship."
A holographic projection unfolded in the center of the round table: the orbital elevator melted by acid fell to the surface like a dying python, spore bombs bloomed dark green mushroom clouds in densely populated areas, and groups of orcs were howling with excitement as they dismembered the golden statue of a planetary governor. The image finally froze on the scene where the garbage fleet set sail again, and it was unknown who the next target would be.
A ruling bishop under Wang Kerong said: "According to the calculation of the Steel Flame Furnace, the current defense system can only support two Terran moons at most."
"That's the result of your lack of unity!" Tai Shichen knocked his knuckles on the adamantine table, knocking over a wandering merchant's wine glass. "If you activate all the furnace arrays and let Komer release their restricted Holy Energy Crystal mining rights..."
"Impossible!" The roar of the Anglican Bishop shook the holy candles. "Those machines will defile the soil of the Holy Land!"
When the Chapter Master turned around, the wind pressure from his cloak extinguished all the candles. In the darkness, only his eyepiece flashed red light, staring fiercely at the bishop of the Komer Shrine World: "This is the authorization from the High Lord, and it is also the order issued by me, as the Emperor's Angel of Death. Before leaving, I communicated with the Glittering Inquisition, and they believe that those who refuse this order are heretics."
When the lights came back on, people discovered that the hem of the bishop's robe was covered with ice crystals.
Tai Shichen had already walked behind the Casting General, and gently placed his power claws on his shoulder armor: "Sage Wang Kerong, what do you think of this matter?"
The sound of metal friction came from the throat of the Casting General: "If we can provide the Steel Flame Furnace with sufficient Holy Energy Crystals, we can improve Exit 7..."
"Not just Exit 7, but the entire Indomitable Line."
Wang Kerong was silent.
How much will that cost?
Just as he was considering whether to temporarily agree to it, get through the current difficulties first, and then slowly deal with the subsequent matters, he suddenly saw Tai Shichen's finger drawing an arc on the holographic map:
"Plus the exclusive mining rights for this route for the next twenty years."
The marked system happened to be the traditional territory of a certain merchant family, which triggered a burst of muffled curses.
Wang Kerong stopped talking too.
He had been eyeing those places for decades, but the merchant families were not easy to deal with.
Mercenary Queen Tristan suddenly spoke up: "My girls need live ammunition supplies! The laser guns in the world now can't penetrate the Zerg shells at all, and can't guarantee the killing of the greenskins!"
"The Steel Flame Furnace's warehouse has high-energy crystals and Purgatory heavy laser guns. If that doesn't work, the Alliance Army's logistics warehouse has better equipment." Tai Shichen pulled up the list of supplies, "Exchange the greenskin leader's head, one head for one container."
"Deal!" The female mercenary leader licked the notch on the axe blade, "But I need to inspect the goods first."
The alliance's staff brought in documents and delivered them to everyone's desk.
Looking at the terms, the quarrel started again.
Even though the overall situation has been decided, everyone seems to feel that they have room for discussion on the details.
But at this moment, the Chapter Master suddenly threw something into the air. It was a greenskin head soaked in preservative fluid, with fragments of the emblem of the Westflag Inquisition remaining on its fangs. The power claws crushed it amid the screams of the crowd, and the splashing liquid burned the force field barrier with hissing white smoke.
"This idiot thinks he is saving humanity." Tai Shichen shook off the residue on his hands, "Now the entire ecosystem of the Charon region is contaminated by parasitic spores. Do you think the mutant vines will devour the slums first, or your private estates?"
The holographic projection switched to a real-time strategic map, with the purple of the Zerg and the green of the Orks slowly encroaching on the borders of the star region. The Chapter Master activated the holographic transmitters buried under each seat, suddenly placing the attendees in the burning streets of the hive city. The virtual ork war roar shocked several civilian representatives to the ground, and a planetary governor even took out a self-defense laser pistol.
"The Unyielding Line requires three hundred missile platforms and forty-seven rapid response fleets." Taishi Chen's voice penetrated the virtual artillery fire. "The Steel Flame Furnace will be responsible for the orbital defense network, Ms. Tristan's mercenary group will clear the remaining enemies, and the State Church will be responsible for pacifying the people - as for the cost..."
He paused deliberately, watching the merchant representatives subconsciously covering their money bags: "How about using the smuggling fleets hidden in the shadows of the satellite to pay off the debt?"
When the last electronic agreement was completed, the forge world outside the dome had entered darkness. Tai Shichen took off his helmet, revealing the scar that ran from his brow to his jaw - a souvenir left by the Chaos Lord three years ago. This deliberately displayed moment of vulnerability made the representatives who were ready to bargain collectively speechless.
"At this point, do you still think you're safe behind the high walls?" He stroked the crack on the table that was split by the axe, "Now... who is willing to go to Xinghuo with me?"
(End of this chapter)
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