Emperor's Daughter of the Red Sands

Chapter 135 The conflict at the end

For Jonson, there is never a contradiction between eradicating threats and exploiting threats.

Even though he will deal with all potential threats with extreme means as soon as possible, it does not mean that he will not assess the situation, especially when considering major decisions.

Originally, in his eyes, the Battle of Colchis was only about dealing with the Iron Man problem. Even if he attacked another Astartes Legion and killed a Primarch for this purpose, it would only be a sacrifice. 'It's just the value.

The reputation of the First Legion and the trust of the Empire are important, but they cannot be sacrificed for this.

Especially after Elaine explained to herself that 'the Word Bearers will become the driving force of the great rebellion in the future', Jonson had one more reason to destroy Colchis.

And that's exactly the problem - if Colchis and the Word Bearers are destroyed now, then the problem Elaine mentioned will be nakedly exposed to the empire, and no back-ups and preparations can be made. .

This is the 'bad' thing about the Word Bearers' destruction at this moment.

Knowing the crisis, facing the crisis, handling the crisis, and properly weighing the heavy scale in the heart are almost as instinctive as breathing for this beast from Caliban.

However, when a storm was about to sweep across the galaxy, he was unable to predict the development of things in advance because he had erased some trivial matters in advance...

This is something Zhuang Sen cannot tolerate.

If the Word Bearers were to be spared at this time, and the compatriot in front of him who was suspected of having precognitive abilities was allowed to guide Luojia to the front line against Chaos, then there would be room for relaxation in this matter.

Numerous thoughts like stars were flashing in Zhuangson's mind, and the balance that used to weigh everything ruthlessly was slowly tilting towards the Word Bearers without realizing it.

Zhuang Sen's beast-like eyes also slowly narrowed, carefully observing Elaine's faint smile.

Besides…

"I seem to understand your nature very well, don't you?"

Elaine smiled and spoke Zhuang Sen's heart.

Obviously, the understanding she showed was not just the level of understanding of the 'Lord of the First Legion', but a deep contact, listening, and witnessing of everything in the past of the 'Children of the Forest'.

This is why Jonson instinctively believed that the 'Great Rebellion' described in her words would happen.

All her words were aimed at Ryan El'Jonson's conspiracy.

"Easy, my brother. Everyone has secrets..."

"You have your secrets, I have mine, and Luojia...he also has his secrets."

"So, it is not in anyone's interest for Luojia to die at this time, and those iron men... are probably not as 'dangerous' as you think."

"After all, they are essentially just a group of [living corpses]."

Elaine spoke lightly and transmitted a lot of data analyzed from the Iron Man core to Zhuang Sen.

It records in detail the history of this Iron Man ruins in the age of dark technology, as well as data that is very similar to the Iron Man zombies on Colchis.

"...It seems that you have solved the [Matrix]."

After quickly reading the information, Zhuangson instantly realized that Elaine seemed to have come into contact with the thinking engines of those iron men and dismantled its core original parts.

"Logically speaking... subspace life should not have the concept of 'death'. If I guess correctly, its consciousness should have left this planet."

"...So, you connected an Iron Man original with psychic contamination into the data center?"

"No. It is being parsed and processed on the LAN."

Although he received an expected reply, Zhuang Sen immediately listed the home planet of Son of the Mountains as a [target].

"..." "Zhuang Sen, calm down. Don't tell me that you are planning to issue an extermination order to my home planet."

Ignoring Elaine's increasingly ugly face, Zhuang Sen closed the communication without saying a word.

However, the Colchis matter should have come to an end.

Although Zhuangson maintained a cold attitude from beginning to end, he had already canceled his decision to destroy Colchis in his heart.

But... Nuceria was also put on the alert list.

If an omnic crisis occurred there, Jonson would not hesitate to launch a cyclone torpedo.

……

"Mom, what's going on now...?"

Kahn was a little confused about Jonson's sudden end to the call.

From his perspective, the exchange between the two Primarchs was too obscure and weird for an Astartes like himself to listen to.

And later on, even the words 'Destroy Nuceria' came out...

"It should be fine."

Elaine shook her head slightly, seemingly not surprised by the sudden end of the call.

"But, what exactly is the extermination order...?"

Obviously, Kahn cared more about the 'extermination order' mentioned in their exchange.

"...Well, I hope Nuceria won't have any big trouble in the future."

Recalling Zhuang Sen's cautious attitude, Elaine couldn't help but sigh.

After finally persuading this extreme brother to come back, he accidentally got his own home planet involved.

Maybe, this is 'those who play with fate will eventually be played with by fate'.

After taking a look at the Dark Angel fleet that was gradually lifting its alert status on the star map, Elaine allowed herself to forget Jonson's 'I've got my eye on you' look in her eyes for the time being.

After all, if things get better, thank God.

Communicating with Primarchs with different personalities has never been an easy task.

Before that, she had used various means to persuade Luo Jia to come back from the critical point before the rebellion. If she suddenly couldn't think about it after being stimulated by Zhuang Sen, then all her previous actions would be in vain. drift.

In fact, before the conversation ended, Elaine didn't know whether she could make this cautious brother change his mind.

As long as they are normal people, I am afraid they will not be like Zhuang Sen, who would change their current thoughts because of his unfounded 'big rebellion'.

...Although Jonson's idea of ​​​​destroying Colchis is not something that a normal person can think of.

If it were another normal Primarch, I am afraid that the 'Great Rebellion' and 'Chaos' mentioned by Elaine would be simply ignored as crazy words like Conrad's, and would not try to imagine any of them. Possible and threatening.

Only Zhuang Sen would value the weight of every threat so much and carefully piece together favorable conditions for himself from a lot of information.

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　I went to the hospital for acupuncture for a while, and I felt that my face had indeed improved a lot...it just hurt a lot!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)