Stars for the good Warhammer.

Chapter 311: No Shivering! (4K)

As the war spread like wildfire and burned the entire galaxy, a temple world called Enda, which was full of churches and preaching halls, in the Cecil star sector near the border of the Hazy Star Region was facing an unprecedented crisis.

After a whole night of fierce fighting, as the light of the stars shone through the stained glass of the church dome onto the square, the ragged people had already spontaneously gathered around the pulpit where the priests usually preached the doctrines of the state religion, surrounding it tightly. However, this time, the people standing on the pulpit were not the high-handed guys who usually stood on top.

Soon, a passionate voice spread through the church's sound system to every corner of the scene, "The blood of our father the dragon has united us! Now we have completed our unification, and the Great Devourer has responded to us! It won't be long before the gods will be able to descend here to allow my brothers and sisters to ascend to heaven equally!" The voice came from an old man in a lavender robe, leaning forward slightly. His wrinkled, smooth, hairless skin made his figure look very strange.

The declaration symbolizing victory caused the crowd to burst into enthusiastic cheers. Some believers who were particularly tall happily waved their four arms hidden in their robes amid the howls of celebration of victory.

These strange creatures are gene stealers. After hundreds of years of lurking, they have now successfully integrated their filthy blood into the bodies of the vast majority of local civilians, and eventually spread to the local military and the top leaders of the state religion responsible for controlling the planet. It is because of this that they were able to gain dominance over this remote planet with a population of 4.7 billion in just one night.

Although sporadic resistance from humans is still going on, it is no longer important with the awakening of the patriarch. It won't be long before the Zerg fleet arrives here. These fanatical believers firmly believe that the Great Devourer will accept each of them equally and kindly, and grant them a better life and help them realize their great mission.

However, just as the gene stealers were still looking up in the hope of the early arrival of their saviors, something strange suddenly happened. It was like a wall covered the sky. In just a few minutes, the originally bright sunlight disappeared, replaced by a giant floating island suspended in the sky that blocked the light of the stars.

As time passed, the giant island suspended in the planet's high-altitude orbit had slowly come to the top of the Anglican Cathedral. Then, under the shocked gaze of the aliens, with Enda's planetary atmosphere as the background, a huge holographic image was fully displayed in the sky. The image showed the scene of a Leviathan hive fleet arriving at an unknown planet.

When they saw the images of the saviors for the first time through the holographic projection, the believers with the blood of Tyranids flowing in their bodies became excited again. But then the picture in the sky changed, and under the gaze of the tens of millions of aliens that had gathered, they saw that the Tyranid war beasts that had descended on the surface of the planet through spores began to massacre the Genestealer believers who had come to greet them without any explanation, and finally pushed the mountains of believers' corpses into the digestion pool.

This scene deeply shocked everyone present. In their minds, the Great Devourer should be the savior who rescued them from the cruel empire! How could he do such a cruel thing?
I don't know how long it was before a voice suddenly broke out from the crowd, "That's a lie!" Led by that voice, more and more people began to join in and shouted at the holographic image that was playing continuously in the sky. The resonance created by tens of millions of common voices even shattered the dome of the church, and the beautiful stained glass shattered into pieces and finally scattered all over the ground like hail.

Inside the Anthem Throne, Otto was calmly examining the angry and twisted faces on the ground beneath his feet. It was obvious that these ugly alien creatures were very dissatisfied with his behavior of revealing the truth, which was obviously for their own good.

At this moment, a main fleet consisting of 27 [Anthem-class Battlecarriers] equipped with hangar modules and 55 [Uzuki-class] arsenal ships equipped with hyperspace engines and transformed from Imperial Moon-class cruisers are staying above Enda together with the Anthem Throne.

Originally the purpose of this fleet was to teach those stubborn members of the state religion a lesson, to return the planet to the control of the alliance and to collect the previously overdue [Giant Structure Tax]. However, after the fleet arrived, they found out that the place had already been occupied by some thieves.

“This planet has lost its value.”

Otto's tone was very calm, and while speaking, he glanced at Clara from the corner of his eye while sitting in the mechanical throne. The latter obviously understood his thoughts quickly, and then the main fleet gathered above Enda deployed into battle formation, ready to abandon the planet.

At this moment, a slightly anxious voice suddenly came from under the throne, "But there are clearly our compatriots up there!" The speaker was the young woman named Farin, an anthropologist from the Golden Age [Earth Federation]. To be honest, Otto had wanted to complain about this name more than once. As a Stellaris player, he couldn't help but want to shout it out in his heart every time he heard it.

——Only those who join the Renlian are real men.

"Lord Otto! Please reconsider this."

The woman named Farin looked up at Otto, obviously wanting to plead for the Imperials who were still resisting on the ground. But before she could finish her words, the satellite-sized, prismatic spaceship in the fleet had already arrived over the North Pole of Enda. Under the gaze of everyone, its shell quickly opened and finally hung above the planet Enda like an exquisite scepter.

As the crimson energy slowly gathered in the center of the scepter, the main fleet that had been prepared had begun to suppress the anti-aircraft firepower points scanned from the ground. Feeling anxious, Farin wanted to say something else, but the next moment, along with the light bursting out among the stars, the energy torrent was like an extremely sharp spear, which pierced through the planet's hard mantle and reached the fragile core in an instant.

The next second after it pierced the South Pole, this ancient planet with billions of people and billions of years of existence collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Hot magma began to surge to the surface, and the surging energy tore through the star with astonishing efficiency, like a glass marble that was hit hard, shattering into tens of millions of scattered asteroids in the blink of an eye.

What is certain is that almost no creature can survive in this situation, and the culprit for such a tragedy is the new toy that Otto recently obtained, a [Colossus] equipped with the [Earth-shattering Star] module, a super battleship that can wipe out a planet in the blink of an eye. It is thanks to the help of the Colossus that even though the genetic corruption on Enda has completely gotten out of control, at least it can now contribute enough ore to the alliance.

Everything happened so quickly, as if the destruction of a planet was just a very common thing. Seeing this, the woman named Farin finally became quiet again, stroking the red reflection of the planet on the window of the throne hall and muttering to herself with a sad look on her face.

"This is definitely not the world he expected." As a human survivor who lived in the good old days and had strong idealism, even though she had learned a lot through the Alliance's database, to this day this woman named Farin still couldn't understand why the galaxy had become so cruel compared to the past.

"Ms. Farin, our master promised you that one day in the future he would be able to help you meet the man named Neos, but please don't forget that you have to obey the arrangements of the alliance before that."

The woman did not make any response to Clara's reminder. Her depressed look made Otto very sure that there was no room for her in the human empire today. Fortunately, her knowledge could be of some help in the construction of the alliance. This was one of the reasons why he chose to keep this woman who was suspected to be related to the Emperor's past by his side.

[Destroyed hostile planet: Gained 100 deterrence]

[Current natural disaster level: a thorn in the side]

[Current Deterrence: 2024]

[Effect: Unlock the design drawings of the deterrence-class destroyer and the design drawings of the dark matter compressor. 】

[When the deterrence reaches 5000 points, the stage can be upgraded to Xinghai Tianpu. 】

Otto was in a very good mood as he looked at the new content that popped up on the panel. He thought that collecting deterrence points would be an extremely long process, but the result was much faster than he thought. After all, an important way to obtain deterrence points was to start a war, which was the most common thing in the Warhammer universe.

Up to now, he has sent many ground troops to the Vigilance Star, which has long been a mess. Thanks to the selfless dedication of the local hardworking greenskins and thieves, that place has now become an important deterrent point production site. If possible, he really hopes that the place can remain in chaos. Unfortunately, due to the inexplicable contraction of Chaos forces in recent times, victory seems to have become a foregone conclusion.

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About an hour later, after granting Clara command of the scene, Otto, escorted by several Hymn Knights, arrived at the command center of the magnificent building at his feet.

After pushing open the door of an office with the word "Governor" on it in the corner of the hall, inside the bright and spacious room with crystal chandeliers, the girl with long gray hair, wearing a snow-white navy uniform, looked down at a pile of documents on the table with a rather conflicted expression.

The smart and capable girl in front of him was none other than Huifeng. Due to the full operation of the military industry and the continuous supply of raw materials from the empire, the increasingly powerful Alliance no longer needed her to show up too often on the front battlefield. Therefore, with the rapid expansion of the Alliance's influence, the increasingly heavy government work inside and outside the territory naturally fell on her. Facts have proved that she is indeed a good manager.

Looking at the other person's distressed look, it was the first time that Otto saw such an expression on the other person's face. Seeing this, he first dismissed the two knights behind him, and then came to the girl with a relaxed look.

"Did you run into any trouble?"

Hearing this, Huifeng first sighed helplessly, then without saying a word, she opened her arms and hugged Otto who was standing beside her tightly and buried her cheek in the other's belly. She continued like this quietly for a long time. According to the other party, she was using this method to relax herself.

As a nanomechanical structure, Grey Wind obviously would not feel tired due to the continuous clerical work. It was just that the overly repetitive and boring work would make her feel bored, just like every hard-working worker living in the 21st century. In fact, Grey Wind was an unexpectedly lazy person in private. Therefore, in order to prevent her from getting upset, Otto would come over from time to time to care about the girl in his arms.

Stroking the girl in front of him gently as if he were soothing a small animal, Otto raised a document on the table with his other hand. It was a proposal report from the [Chorus Society] formed by the chorus girls.

In this document of several thousand words, the existing private life in the alliance, including the private life in the bar and most of the entertainment activities centered on desire, are listed in detail. In the author's impassioned speech, these behaviors are portrayed as a scourge that will lead to serious consequences. In the corresponding punishment measures, the document even directly states: [Castration is recommended]

I have to say that this is really too extreme. In fact, since the first batch of alliance members were parachuted into the alliance's management, similar situations have occurred almost every day. After all, the ideological gap between the two sides is too huge. In the eyes of a small number of hymn girls, the Imperials are like a group of uncivilized beasts. It will probably take some time to truly complete reforms at the government level.

In addition, several other documents placed on the table brought the latest news about armaments and the progress of the construction of the [giant dock]. There was too much information that needed to be prioritized. Just as Otto was still anxious about the alliance's next move, a small voice suddenly came from his arms.

"When this is all over, will you have a real wedding with me?"

Otto lowered his head when he heard the voice. His beautiful eyes, like gemstones, were staring at him motionlessly.
It's like trying to draw out a person's soul.
(End of this chapter)