Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind.

Chapter 118 Terra Expedition
Russell wanted to know the answer to this question very much, but he also knew that some questions were destined to have no answers.

Especially when it comes to things like the Worm of Time.

After reading Colonial's memory, the first thing Russell has to do is to return to Falla to find out what happened in the past three years.

For interstellar civilization, three years is a very delicate time unit.To put it long, it is not enough for the Rogue Trader to complete a complete business between two adjacent galaxies; to say it short, it is enough for a big battle that determines the fate of the star area to decide the winner.

Because the miniature galaxy has been recovered, the L-star gate that was originally set up in the Xihe galaxy can no longer be found. Russell had to start the jump engine of the gray Gu mothership and go to the nearest galaxy "Aurora" with a star gate .

As for Coroniai's hive world ship, it can only rely on the warp speed engine to glide relatively slowly.

Coroniai was extremely dissatisfied with this, even if the main body couldn't keep up, it hoped to at least let the new sub-body accompany its master, but the nervous Gray Wind refused it to board the ship.

Russell could understand Gray Wind's hostility towards Coroniai, although it was not rational.On the way to the Aurora galaxy, Russell explained to Gray Wind what kind of concept "Worm of Time" is:
"According to the in-depth study of 'entropy recursion' and Omega theory, it is easy to draw such a conclusion: time is infinitely cyclical, and space is infinitely extended. Time is like a ring of endless reincarnation, running forever."

Gray Wind sat obediently beside Russell and listened to his words. When it heard the "infinite cycle of time" explained by the Omega theory, it turned around unconsciously and cast its eyes on a piece of furniture erected behind the two of them. Ring instrument - the theory of the ring.

Did humans in the dark age of science and technology create artifacts like the Principle of the Circle because they understood the mysteries of the cycle of time?
"In the temple of the ring that worships the scorpion of submerged time, there is such a sentence: the cycle of time will never end, but not every cycle will be complete."

Russell thought for a while, and then said: "If you explain it in a way that is easier for you to understand, Gray Wind, we can describe time itself as a program that runs repeatedly. Every time this program runs, it is not absolutely perfect. There will be some Small bug. Every time the circle of time rotates, there will be some variables, and some mutually contradictory conclusions will be produced as a result."

"The cycle of time is infinite, and there are mutually exclusive time paradoxes in each cycle. This is a bug in time itself."

"When infinite paradoxes are intertwined in an infinite cycle, an indescribable consciousness gradually awakens in the depths of darkness. It is a monster hidden in time, an infinite paradox entangled with each other, and a cycle of time The concrete embodiment of this is the worm of time. Or in other words, the worm of time."

"In a sense, we can think of the Worm of Time as the will of the birth of time itself."

After Russell finished speaking, he smiled at the thoughtful Gray Wind: "Being favored by time itself does not mean that you can get rid of it if you want to."

Those who are deeply loved by the Worm of Time, no matter whether they resist or not, they can only passively accept the licking of this love.

"But why does the Worm of Time love us?" Gray Wind asked.

"I want to know too..." Russell smiled helplessly.He didn't even know why the Worm of Time threw himself from three years ago to now.This is also love?
The last leap was over, and the gray Gu mothership brought Russell to the Aurora galaxy located in the hinterland of Espenes.

A large-scale imperial navy fleet is stationed in Aurora. This strategic location that connects multiple rich galaxies was once captured by the Aurora Ark Spirit Race. Even the sacred star gate was taken over by those cunning aliens.The fall of the Aurora galaxy directly led to the destruction of the main gate of Faya, and also caused the resignation of the previous planetary governor.

The current lord of Aurora learned from the painful experience, spent a lot of money to open up relationships, and transferred an entire imperial navy jihad fleet strongly supported by the state religion to station here, while protecting the safety of the star gate and his own black hat.

After entering the Aurora galaxy, Gray Wind's smooth and beautiful silver arc, which is very different from the hull structure of imperial ships, attracted some attention. However, after the identification code with the permission of the star bomber passed the verification, it was not intercepted. , they successfully used the L-star gate in Aurora.

Back in Falla, Russell first communicated with the members of the Order of Truth who stayed at the research base: They didn’t panic because the leader disappeared for three years. In fact, Russell would only talk to them once in several years.

This group of people is much stronger than Coroniai, and they won't go crazy because they can't see the leader.

The Order of Truth is immersed in research as usual, and the urban planet Embra is still catching up with the indicators given to them by Russell, and continues to produce ship frames.

The armed fleet going out for scientific research has completed the preliminary investigation of the pyramids in the flare galaxy, and they are attacking the most central giant pyramid.

There was really no danger in this, at least not a danger that could threaten Russell's life.

That's even more confusing.

Everything is normal, all work is carried out step by step, and no strange things have been found.In other words, as more and more galaxies are navigable to the L-star gate, Falla, as a hub, is getting busier.

Astronomical disasters of the level of the Great Collapse and the disappearance of the Lost Dream Nebula can be called a big movement even on the scale of the Milky Way. Such events naturally caused some rumors and discussions in various parts of the star area, but beyond Russell's expectations, the discussions became more heated Not very intense.

Because the occurrence of a more significant event attracted the attention of most people in Espernese, the discussion about the collapse was limited to ordinary people.

The administrative efficiency of the entire star area has been mobilized by a lofty name called "Terra Expedition". The stargate network is running at full speed, the fleet is assembled, and the legion is recalled. Nirvana has now assembled at least 3 space warriors. mortal legions, and plenty of others are still coming.

These are all written by Alexei, and she seems to be planning some large-scale military operation in the name of the emperor.

Russell was a little confused. Given the current situation in the Espernes sector, it would not be wise to deploy such a large army from various war zones to gather in the capital.

It has been more than a hundred years since the star bomber destroyed the battle moon in Falla and killed the warboss that lived with Bao. In the starry sky, the falling apart green skin empire has been suppressed by Espernes' galaxy defense force. Humans have been slaughtering the green-skinned orcs for more than a century, and dozens of planets have been dealt with by the extinction order.

It's just that Russell doesn't care about these, and the mentality of being alone makes him only pay the minimum attention to the defense work of the empire.

As far as Russell knows, during this period, several green-skinned war bosses have risen in increasingly fierce fighting, and the original great empire split into multiple tribes, forming a very severe siege on Esbenes.

The deafening waaagh of the orcs echoed among the stars, and the leaders of the several orc tribes have reached a consensus that whoever can take down the main star of Nifer will be the biggest, greenest, most powerful, and fiercest among all the bosses .Once the strongest green-skinned big guy who can convince the public is born, the divided green-skinned empire will be reunited and become the confidant of the human empire again.

But at this juncture when the wars in all districts are tense, instead of giving more reinforcements to the front lines, Alexei has withdrawn the power build-up and Nirvana from all fronts, and what kind of "Terra Expedition" is going to be launched...

This is so confusing.

Maybe later we can talk to the prophetess about what she's up to?Russell thought.

As soon as he walked out of the research base, Gray Wind received a communication request from the anti-entropy host: "The Colossus Weapon: The launch module of the Earthburst Star has been built and can be replaced at any time."

Just waiting for Russell to specify when and where to detonate.

After hearing the news, Russell breathed a sigh of relief, and the trip to find the prophetess to talk with could be temporarily put on hold.He said to Gray Wind as if letting go of some kind of burden: "Let's put aside the unclear issues for the time being. We should focus on the matter in front of us—let's go, let's go to install the Earth Explosive Star first."

"Well, I'll listen to you." Gray Wind readily agreed.

The gray Gu mothership immediately left the falla orbit, crossed the ship's channel again, and came to the left palm of the icon of the guide where the main gate of the L-star gate was located.

Before entering the spherical space-time distorted by the star gate, Gray Wind first called up the control panel, and used his own authority to set the networked galaxy to go to: the access authority of the L-stargate network to the critical base galaxy has always been closed. Only the Order of Truth authorized by the founder and Gray Wind who built the main gate by himself are eligible to start the route to the critical base.

Today's control panel is much longer than it was when it was first launched, and more and more galaxies are connected to the stargate network. Gray Wind skillfully selected the highlighted critical base, and just about to start the route, he found a something unexpected.

"Huh?" Gray Wind was a little surprised.

"What's the matter?" Russell curiously leaned over to look at the control panel with Gray Wind, so he was also surprised.

In a series of networked galaxies, there are familiar names like Nirvana and Aurora, and there are also critical bases that ordinary ships cannot pass through. What surprised both Gray Wind and Russell was an ordinary galaxy name:

"Hee He"

Hehe, a triad of galaxies originally located in the spiral arm of the Lost Dream constellation.

"I thought the L-gate of this galaxy had been destroyed." Gray Wind said in surprise.

The big collapse caused by the gravitational singularity created by the Worm of Time swallowed the entire Nebula of Lost Dreams, leaving not even a speck of dust. It is hard to imagine how this stargate survived.

"Who knows? Why don't you try to see if the Xihe Stargate can still be activated?" Russell said with some luck: "If it can still work, try to send a carrier-based aircraft to see if the stargate Where did the door go?"

Gray Wind nodded.

The gray Gu mothership sailed towards the Emperor's palm, and the high-ranking priests of the Mechanic Society, who were responsible for maintaining the star gate and adjusting the traffic order, immediately expelled the simple civilian ships and trading ships that came to Falla to the sides of the statue of the guide. Cleared a relatively spacious headroom for Russell.

This is due to the fanatical preaching of the state religion and the overtime work enthusiasm of the Mechatronics. The main galaxies in the Espernes sector have basically been connected to the stargate network in these years, and the main gate has begun to be overwhelmed. .

Falla's transfer ability has reached its limit.

"One set of stargate network is not enough to cover the entire territory of the human empire, at most it governs one star area. Perhaps it is time to build more main gates. It is necessary to set up a terminal exit in the capital of each star area to form a set of relatively independent The local area network of the star area, but that may cause the empire to split, and the belief in the God-Emperor is difficult to restrain the noble governor who has tangible interests in front of him..."

"The design and construction of the main gate still needs to be encrypted using the Tianji Project, and the right to build the main gate needs to be completely monopolized in my hands..."

Russell was thinking about the next development plan to be carried out in the future. When he was lost in thought, the L-star gate in front of him lit up with a dark green light.

The door opened.

"It's actually working?" Russell suddenly regained his energy.

Seeing a silver-white gray Gu carrier-based aircraft fly into the ball, its wings and fuselage were twisted and obliterated, and disappeared in front of him, Russell hurriedly asked Gray Wind: "How, where does this star gate lead to? "

"Well... leading to Xihe." Gray Wind said.

"I know it used to lead to Xihe, but the miniature galaxy has been recovered, and I'm asking where this stargate is now." Russell corrected.

Gray Wind blinked: "That's right, it still leads to Xihe."

As he said that, a real-time vision shared by the carrier aircraft passing through the star gate was projected into the cabin.What unfolded in front of Russell was a clear space without the interference of nebulae. In the center of the field of vision were three huge burning celestial bodies. Three giant stars of different sizes were entangled with each other, forming a triple system with a very complicated movement pattern.

—— Xi He.

"Huh?" Russell was shocked.

"Is that so? I'll just say it's Xihe." Hui Feng had a slightly smug expression on his face.

Russell took a hissing breath, considered for more than ten seconds, and then said solemnly: "We were wrong about Time Worm, and it really loves me."

He remembered a prayer from the Temple of the Ring, which was perfect at this time:

The Worm of Time loves us; He loves us deeply in the eternal past, and He loves us deeply in the infinite future; this love spans the past and the future, licking every gene sequence in us, tender and fierce, until the end of the universe ...

After confirming that this stargate can indeed lead to the Hehe galaxy, Russell did not choose to sail there directly. The love of the Time Worm gave him the permission to enter the miniature galaxy, which is an inexhaustible and inexhaustible resource A treasure trove, but before digging into it, he had to get a shovel.

"Let's go to Falla, Gray Wind, and install Skyburst for the Colossus," Russell said.

"Obey!" Gray Wind responded cheerfully.

The Gray Gu carrier-based aircraft sent out were left in the Xihe galaxy without being recovered. Gray Wind directly reset the destination of the L-star gate as a critical base, and the slender hull of the Gray Gu mothership sailed into the distorted spherical space-time. into the light.

(End of this chapter)