Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 239 Thoughts on "Eternal Life", and the most unbearable battle.

An unexpected reunion surprised Calvin, and he couldn't help but face up to the concept of "immortality in the cloud" that Constantine has been working hard for and practicing.

This concept is now vividly interpreted before Calvin by Constantine.

Under the emotion of feeling in his heart, he couldn't help thinking about the relationship between his soul and the universe in an unprecedented way.

The imagination of human beings about immortality has been engraved in the instinct of every life together with the instinct of race continuation as early as the age of drinking blood.

And Calvin, as a special existence in the soul, has already experienced reincarnation and rebirth with the help of the Emperor, the Lord of Humanity in this universe.

In the past, he was not interested in exploring this direction because the biggest regret in his life had been satisfied by the Emperor;

And now he wants to explore this unknown field, and naturally because of his expectations for the fate of the human race, he has more desire for power.

There is always something to change, if you don't change yourself, you won't be able to complete the unattainable ideal;
If you don't change yourself, you can only struggle in endless wars to no avail, watching the dark fate of mankind come...

In the middle of the night on the eve of the war, he said to himself.

The concept of "eternal living" is nothing new to the empire. Even the emperor himself and Vulcan, the dragon lord who is also the gene primarch, are clearly identified as the existence of "eternal living" in the internal data of the empire.

For the purpose of understanding the history of the empire, in the library deep underground on Titan, Calvin also read the resumes of the emperor and the legendary heroes who surrounded the emperor in the early days of the empire.

Their existence is so special that they can be reborn again after experiencing complete death;

And the manifestation of this kind of power in terms of physical recovery is not surprising under the genetic technology of the empire;
How they anchor their souls at a certain moment so that they can recover after their physical form is destroyed is what Calvin cares about.

Perhaps they were as special as Calvin, outsiders on the level of the soul?

There was a moment when Calvin thought this way, but he was immediately denied by himself.

Although he has not experienced that kind of complete destruction of physical form today, since he completed the self-unification on the timeline, he has a vague premonition about himself:

Ordinary physical destruction may not pose the threat he imagined. Even if the power here is as strong as the shattering of stars, it can only destroy his physical body.

As for the essence of his soul, it is far from being able to be influenced by this kind of power.

But that's not enough, far from enough.

In Calvin's eyes, only his own aloofness, under the threat of the Chaos Gods, has too little influence on the destiny of the entire human race.

The transcendence of the individual seems so powerless against the darkness opposite the entire race and does not help the overall situation.

The Emperor must have felt the same way.

Otherwise, there would be no research on the heritage of the ancient saints at all, and there would be no grand plan for the overall upgrade of the human race to become a spiritual race.

How can it be changed?
This is another level of problem when the problem moves to specific implementation.

Calvin looked at the city in his soul, without speaking for a long time;
Calvin has collected too many souls in past missions in which he has battled various warp daemons.

And it is the existence of these souls that allows him to think differently about the nature of souls when he rests occasionally.

And after those gray knights who died in battle appeared in his soul, he even had a vague direction for the future.

The appearance of Constantine was not just a surprise that fate gave him a reunion;

He is even more like a bronze bell. When Calvin was gradually overwhelmed by the mundane war, he once again used the voice of his own existence to ring Calvin's thinking about the future.

The focus of Calvin's current work is of course still in the Orpheus war.

But after this unexpected reunion, when he returned to Terra after the war here, he had more doubts and expectations about the fateful reunion with the Emperor.

The bell of war was still ringing unstoppably after all.

After the heavy crossbow of Orpheus completed its final charge under the guidance of Calvin.

The battle against the orcs in the Hassan sector has finally begun.

Imperial Calendar 755.M39, coordinates Storm Starfield-Orpheus Festival Area-Orpheus Star Area/Hassan Star Area.

Half a year has passed since Calvin returned to Orpheus.

This grand battle involving more than 2000 million troops from the Empire alone, more than 5000 Astartes, and even the appearance of the Titan Legion, finally started a year after involving billions of people in the entire Storm Star Field.

The plan of war did not cause much controversy among the high command.

In view of the long and narrow geographical environment and industrial layout of the Hassan star region, all high-level officials involved in this war understand that this is a bitter battle with no shortcuts.

Many fortress worlds that were easily lost due to centuries of defense corruption have now become natural moats marked with scarlet symbols on the battle schedule.

As for the orcs on the other side of the war, the technicians from the Tribunal of Aliens led by Calvin gave a thorough science popularization to all the generals participating in the war.

It must be done in one battle!
In this battle, the first battle must be the decisive battle!
In the eyes of the trial court, the orcs, a race born purely for the purpose of war, have been repeatedly emphasized on their incalculable reproduction speed;
And once the war is delayed, the protracted time:

It is not a trivial matter for the military fatigue and exhaustion of the soldiers in the empire;
After a long delay, the opponent revived and regained combat power;
This is what Calvin and others are most worried about!

Hicks--Palmer--Bowen--Wurster--Pristley...

In the meeting on the eve of the war, Calvin repeatedly marked a long and narrow offensive route map on the holographic main screen in the command hall.

These first four galaxies are already the best attack path found by the empire after countless deduction and reverse deduction;
Only when the distance between these planets is not too far away can an acceptable logistics supply line be maintained for the empire's subsequent battles under the first wave of thunderous blows from the empire regardless of cost.

As for the ultimate goal of this battle, the galaxy called Priestley is just right in the center of the Hassan sector.

It was chosen as the capital as a not-so-rich star region, and it had very clear strategic significance in the eyes of Calvin and others.

Whether it is from south to north or from north to south.

Calvin repeatedly measured the galaxies in the two directions closest to it, and the distance between them is hundreds of thousands of astronomical units.

This is a geopolitically similar Australia in Calvin's previous life.

Whether the two sides of the war start from Asia or America, this place will be a battleground for military strategists!

The strategic significance brought by its huge galaxy-level territory will make any large fleet assembly and logistical support of any party that loses it retreat back thousands of kilometers in great strides! (In this case, that means hundreds of thousands of AU.)
what does that mean?This means that once this place is lost, the strategic deterrence and control range of the loser will be completely pushed away from the center of the star area, and the balance of victory and defeat will be sharply tilted towards the person who owns this place!

This is only the space value in the literal sense of the land. The agricultural output brought by its huge territory brings self-sustaining ability, which is more than enough to support the garrison army with most of the food supplies;

The industrial world under its jurisdiction can also complete the local manufacturing of most light weapons with the support of local minerals;
Even some of the heavy equipment and facilities required for the maintenance of the large fleet can complete the maintenance of the large fleet locally after Orpheus delivers the core components!
A strategic treasure that is priceless!It's a pity that it is now in the hands of the enemy...

Calvin stared at the label of this galaxy, standing still for 5 days and nights;
In the eyes of him and other high-ranking Orpheus legions:

Whether or not the orcs can win this place after the first battle begins will determine the outcome of most of the entire war.

This is the meaning of the first battle and the decisive battle... It is also the most unbearable battle between him and the entire Orpheus...

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