Warhammer: My Brother Is the Emperor.

Chapter 149 Basilius, the Traitor of the Empire

The state religion advocates superhuman politics, and the Astartes enjoy various privileges. The senior officials of the Ministry of the Interior and the command of the legion are all Astartes, and there is no mortal.

Of course, even if there is no superhuman monopoly, most mortals will not be able to do these positions in their lifetime, but this does not prevent the accumulation of class conflicts.

The bottom layer is naturally hostile to the upper layer. The more unlucky the upper layer is, the happier they are. No matter what reason you are unlucky, they will only gloat and contribute to the flames as much as they can.

Under the instigation of the living saint, the genetic mutation of the space warriors spread throughout Terra, and people talked a lot, moved out the emperor's quotations, and demanded that the space warriors be put to death.

The Primarchs were extremely angry, wishing to kill and restore the reputation of their descendants. However, this was to maintain genetic mutation, which was contrary to the state religion and the ideals of the emperor.

At this moment, Said said: "Everyone, I really want to kill that old man and execute these mobs, but I can't now!"

Wolf King Leman Russ said angrily: "That living saint is obviously related to Chaos! Take him down quickly!"

Malcador shook his head: "Basilius hasn't made a statement yet, so you might as well listen to what he has to say first."

Said sneered in his heart: "What should I say? Of course it is an expedition to the abyss, sending troops to Abaddon!"

Regardless of whether the old man was a Chaos spy or not, Said had sentenced him to death, but the execution was not now.

Soon, public opinion was heated up, and Basilius stated:

"Everyone, under the light of the God Emperor, we should rationally view the mutations in the children of God. In the Era of God Wars, they made great achievements in battle and should not be obliterated in humiliation!"

When asked about his claims, he said:

"If they are still loyal, they should launch an expedition to the Eye of Terror and prove their loyalty to the God Emperor!"

Hey!
When this sentence was said, the Superman Council was angry, and then Basilius was taken away by the trial court and tortured in prison.

After going through the tortures of the Midnight Lord one by one, Basilius always insisted that he received the emperor's revelation that the expedition to the abyss was the emperor's intention.

Looks like a god-emperor believer, as if the night lords and the empire are the heresies.

After Said learned about it, he asked in his heart: "Brother Huang, is this what you mean?"

This time the emperor immediately replied: "No, this person has some spiritual talents, and was deceived by the illusion of chaos."

"That's it..." Said understood, and then told the other members of the Superman Council about the God Emperor's attitude. At this time, Malcador said:
"His Royal Highness, how do we respond to the Abyss Expedition?"

The Lion King immediately sneered and said, "How else can I respond? Of course I refused! Everyone knows that this is the conspiracy of the evil god."

In the original history, Basilius proposed the expedition to the abyss, and successfully got the high lord to order that the mutant wargroup either enter the Eye of Terror or be wiped out on the spot.

All mutant battle groups choose the former, and encounter countless terrifying existences in the Eye of Terror, most of them either die or suffer a lot, and become Chaos Space Marines.

This actually sent a wave of soldiers to Abaddon, and it was not until 800 years later that the few survivors returned to the physical universe and their reputations were restored.

The first thing they did was to dig Basilius's grave, throw the remains into the stars, declare them traitors to the empire, and kill all the believers and followers.

The Superman Council is not a stupid High Lord, and of course it would not agree to such a proposal, let alone the Space Marines are their genetic descendants.

The Primarchs rarely reached an agreement, and they must never agree to the abyss expedition. Malcador smiled and said:
"Then we must come up with a better solution. After that, whether it is the mob who speaks badly or Basilius, we will punish it."

The question goes back to the beginning, how should we deal with the mutated gene offspring?If left alone, the empire would be in danger if it mutated into an alien monster and was polluted by chaos.

If they are killed directly, if one is not handled properly, it will lead to civil war, and some Primarchs will not agree.

Everyone fell into deep thought. At this time, Said smiled slightly: "Everyone, the expedition to the abyss is not without merit. He at least provided a way of thinking."

Everyone looked at Said curiously, and the impetuous Leman Russ said, "What's your Highness the Prince's opinion?"

Said said with a smile: "In the golden age, the territory of human beings far exceeds the present, and even once reached the edge of the Milky Way, beyond the light of the star torch."

"My opinion is, let them go to the edge of the galaxy as an advance team to explore the technological relics of the golden age, and they are not allowed to return to the Holy Land of the Empire within a certain period of time."

The Superman Council fell into deep thought, and the casting general Akanland, who had been silent all this time, agreed loudly:
"I agree, Your Royal Highness, the Mechanicus is willing to provide these heroes with all necessary support!"

Compared with the dangerous Eye of Terror, the edge of the galaxy is much safer, even if it is damaged inside, it will not send troops to Chaos.

Moreover, mutations outside the Milky Way will not have the slightest impact on the empire. If there is a discovery that benefits the country and the people, it will get a lot of benefits.

With the unanimous consent of the Superman Council, the exploratory expedition kicked off. Nearly forty genetically mutated battle groups broke away from the legion, led the fleet, and rushed to the border of the empire.

Except for the supply station at the border, they are not allowed to return to the empire within a thousand years.

These warbands silently accepted their fate. They knew the horror of flesh and blood mutation, and the empire had tried its best to give them a way out.

As long as the treasure is found, the reputation can be restored in advance, even if you don't want to go too far, just lie down outside the border, and you can still return to the empire if there is no mutation when the time limit expires.

The lifespan of a space fighter is close to infinity. There has never been a space soldier who dies of old age. As long as you work hard or wait patiently, you will return to the embrace of the empire one day and continue to fight for mankind.

As the last fleet marched to the frontier, the empire breathed a sigh of relief, and then the Council of Supermen sharpened their knives, aiming at those rhythmic heretics.

At this time, following the arrest of Basilius, Terra became agitated, accusing the Terra authorities of sheltering aliens, violating the sacred teachings of the emperor, and engaging in double standards.

Many relatives of mortals have been arrested and executed by the Ministry of Justice due to various genetic mutations, and they are full of resentment towards the upper echelons.

Well, for the sake of human beings, we endured it!
But should space warriors be mutated, be treated equally and be shot quickly?Why are you so dawdling now?

Could it be that your superman's blade only swings at ordinary people, but dare not cut off your own tumors?

Don't hesitate to let the tumor endanger the empire, but also let it go?
Coupled with the chaos elements lurking in it, Terra has given birth to countless versions of conspiracy theories.

Some said that the Terra Superman Council didn't want to eradicate the three evils at all, but only wanted to take advantage of the crisis to maintain its own rule, so it let the mutant space fighters do nothing.

Some also said that there are varying degrees of mutations in the upper echelons of Terra. If the mutant space warriors are executed, their secrets will be exposed.

These endless, unfalsifiable rumors are constantly eroding the legitimacy of the Terra authorities.

Power comes from belief. People believe that the Superman Council should be in power, because they can eradicate the three evils and protect the people.

Now that the Superman Council shelters the mutated aliens, it means that the Superman Council and the three evils are in cahoots and are not worthy of allegiance.

However, with the exploratory expedition, the crisis of trust was easily resolved, and all these gossiping rumormongers died down and hibernated again.

As everyone knows, their every move is under the watchful eye of microscopic scanning satellites. Before the mutant war group is resolved, if the Superman Council cleans up this group of people, it will only become darker and darker.

With the completion of the mutant battle group, the Superman Council began to retaliate wildly, and people recalled again the fear of being dominated by the cleansing.

First of all, the believers who followed Basilius back to Terra were arrested, and they had already been marked and located under microscopic scanning.

With Said's order, the Ministry of Justice, the Tribunal, the Assassin's Court, the puppets and the mortal auxiliary army acted simultaneously to arrest all the believers of Basilius.

A full 10 people were added to the Terra Prison, and they were all subjected to various torture and interrogations, during which many chaos heretics lurking in it were uncovered.

In the end, these hundreds of thousands of believers went through a public trial with Basilius, declared traitors to the empire and executed, and the remains were thrown into the stars.

Immediately afterwards, there was a major purge of the rhythmic mob trolls, who were arrested on charges of heresy and shot on the spot after a rough trial.

A large number of trolls were convicted for their words, the smell of blood enveloped Terra, and a large number of people were shot every day. They either slandered Astartes or supported the idea of ​​the abyss expedition.

According to incomplete statistics, a total of tens of millions of people died due to inappropriate speech, and the Terran authorities did not cover it up at all. The newspapers blatantly reported their deaths on charges of heresy and defamation of heroes.

People gradually realize that this is not only a blow against heresy, but also Superman's response to the challenge of mortals. Anyone who dares to challenge the rule of Superman will be ruthlessly cleaned.

The purge lasted for decades, and was called the Purge of Basilius in later generations. It not only thwarted the conspiracy of Chaos, but also used this as an excuse to bloodyly suppress the mortal opposition.

After this incident, the people of the empire realized that the god emperor's angels are both benevolent and stern. Once they touch a certain bottom line, they will be severely hit.

Chaos' conspiracy was completely bankrupt, and Abaddon's long-awaited replenishment of troops had not yet arrived, so he could only rely on the only troops in his hand to plan the third black expedition.

Before that, he had to clarify the goal of the expedition. In the past, every expedition pointed at the Blackstone Obelisk. However, the empire could mass-produce this thing, and it could be rebuilt immediately after it was destroyed.

This means that it is no longer possible to rely on destroying the Black Stone to realize the great idea of ​​the Scarlet Road, and must achieve the goal in another way.

Abaddon has no answer for the time being, but no matter what kind of plot, he must increase the strength of his troops.

After two failed Black Crusades, Abaddon's Chaos Space Marines were only in their early seventies, less than a chapter.

However, this is all the Chaos interstellar fighters in the Eye of Terror. After the Nova Terra rebellion, the Empire strictly guarded against the rebellion and tried its best to promote the evils of Chaos.

Even if there is a rebellion, it is just a defection to become a pirate. In some cases, they will not be willing to join in the gang.

The gene seeds of the Chaos Space Marines were polluted, and the replacements could only be made by instigating rebellion. No one came to vote, and one of Abaddon's men died and one was missing.

So he set his sights on the warbands on the Exploration Expedition, targeting an Astartes warband called the Iron Wurms.

Although there were only seven hundred soldiers in his hand, which was no match for a battle group with a thousand soldiers, Abaddon was still full of confidence because the target was traveling in the subspace.

The Warp is Abaddon's home sphere.

As a result, a subspace storm enveloped the fleet of the Iron Lesser Dragon without warning.

Inside the battle group's flagship strike cruiser, the battle group leader looked at the navigator aside, and asked doubtfully, "Didn't you predict that there would be no storm? What's going on here?"

The navigator blindfolded and said anxiously: "Oh, God Emperor, I don't know what's going on, I can't see the light of the astronomical torch!"

The battle group leader snorted coldly: "Hmph, useless things!"

Then he respectfully said to the puppet beside him: "His Royal Highness, have we deviated from the course?"

The chapter leader looked respectful, as if he had changed his face, the puppet was used to seeing it, and calmly replied: "In the three-dimensional universe, it has deviated from here...°, and the course needs to be corrected!"

The chapter leader got the coordinates and threw them to the navigator: "Quickly calculate the course!"

The navigator gritted his teeth and started to work. Once upon a time, navigators were a respectable profession. Without them, human beings would not be able to travel between stars.

However, with the emergence of puppets, they are more accurate and reliable than them, and there is no need to worry about the warp storm covering the light of the star torch.

The status of the navigator has plummeted, and even if he is still not eliminated, some sarcastic remarks are indispensable.

In the past, he had offended the Chapter Master because of a navigation error, which led to frequent targeting and extremely tense relations.

He blamed all this on the appearance of the puppet. If there was no puppet, how could the chapter master dare to treat him like this.

The fleet quickly corrected its course and continued towards its destination. However, the subspace storm became more and more violent. Soon, the chapter leader had a bad feeling.

He ordered: "Get ready to fight now!"

The next moment, there was a loud bang, Geller's force field failed, and a vast number of demons rushed onto the ship in an instant, and the ship became a battlefield in an instant.

Bolt guns and chainswords neighed alternately, and space fighters were constantly being knocked down by demons and fighting each other.

At this moment, the Chapter Commander ordered: "Leave the subspace and return to the real universe!"

There are many demons. In just a short moment, more than 100 soldiers died, and countless mortal servants died. As the ship left the subspace, everything returned to silence.

It seems that the crisis has been lifted.

However, before the Chapter Master could heave a sigh of relief, another roar sounded, and the strike cruiser seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer. Before the Chapter Master could figure out what was going on, the augury showed that the enemy ship was attacking.

At this moment, the battleship's void shield is not online, the weapon is not charged, and when the integrity is weakest, the enemy ship is waiting for work, and launches an attack at the moment of the jump.

The battleship was blasted with a big hole, the enemy ship did not continue to attack, but took advantage of the chaos to launch a jump gang, apparently intending to capture the Iron Yalong battleship.

But when the battle group leader knew about it, he roared angrily: "Blood sacrifice to the emperor, head sacrifice to the golden seat! The enemy is attacking, for the glory of the dragon, kill me!"

The Iron Lesser Dragon warriors are gearing up to prove their loyalty to the empire. In the original time and space, they have fought on the Nurgle plague planet for a century, which is enough to prove their loyalty.

However, their enemy was Izekyre Abaddon, the strongest individual in the entire galaxy, and after just one encounter, the head of the chapter fell to the ground.

Then Abaddon ordered the Black Legion to resist the line. He made a detour, easily dismantled the weapons and power packs of more than 500 loyal fighters, captured them, and brought them back to the subspace.

There, the power of the evil god will corrupt them and become members of the Black Legion.

Having tasted the sweetness, Abaddon set his sights on the second warband.

　In the original history, the iron dragons participated in the expedition to the abyss, were ambushed by the death guards, forced to land on the planet Nurgle, besieged by various disgusting humanoid plants, and suffered from diseases and corruption. After a century of bloody battles, they took refuge in Chaos

　　
　
(End of this chapter)