Hammer 40k: Far East Storm

"There is also a feudal world and a barbaric world. How can there be a feudal world?"

"The so-called feudal world refers to a world where the technological level exceeds or has just reached the black powder age, and has a relatively extensive cultural and political organization. Most of the humans in these worlds are descendants of the colonists of the ancient golden age. The legendary A subspace storm that swept across the entire galaxy cut off contact between the colonists. Most of their descendants gradually degenerated in the natural environment. Over a long period of time, their cultures degraded in different ways. Some returned to the feudal era, while others back to the Bronze Age, or the Stone Age.”

Li nodded: "That's it."

"The technological level of the wild world is even more backward, often going back to before the Black Powder Age, and even back to before the Iron Age and the Stone Age. Master, you have one feudal world and two wild worlds. These three worlds are in In the Eridanus Galaxy; the foundry world, the civilized world and the agricultural world are in the Reach Galaxy; and in the Winter Snow Galaxy are the nine death worlds."

Li took the document from the steward's hand. Three galaxies, including the foundry world, the agricultural world, and the civilized world, the Zhiyuan galaxy, were also the foundation of Li's stay in the Far East. There were only a few indigenous people living in the Middle Ages, and almost no one paid attention to the Eridanus Galaxy, which was left to destroy itself, and the Winter Solstice Galaxy, which was a world of death and completely unsuitable for human survival. Li compared the star map and carefully matched the planets with the planets on the star map one by one. Finally, he turned to the Dongxue Galaxy. The entire galaxy here was uninhabited. It would be a good idea to send the people from the Tribunal somewhere. I don’t know if the woman is willing. Even if she doesn't want to, there's nothing she can do. After all, the Inquisition has great power. If she forces herself to settle on a certain territory of her own, she's not sure what she can do.

Li shook his head and pushed these troublesome things out of his mind. Don't worry about the future things later. Take care of the present first. "Okay, I have a general understanding of these situations. I will go to these planets when I have time." Yes, I will free up my captain’s cabin now. In a few days, some distinguished guests may come to the ship and let them stay in my captain’s cabin.”

"Master, may I know what kind of distinguished guest you are? That way I can be prepared."

"No special preparation is required, just be simple," Li sighed and said, "It is a female judge, but since they are people who came out of the trial court, their gender should have no meaning to them." After all, madmen are not Male and female.

Williamson trembled obviously. Even people who have lived outside the borders of the empire have heard of the name of the Tribunal. But then, the housekeeper quickly returned to normal. Williamson bowed and replied: "Then the room Is it okay to change the decoration to something simple and comfortable, and add a statue of the God Emperor?"

"You're very thoughtful, just do it."

The butler understood, so he bowed and took two steps back, then turned around and left to do what Li just ordered.

Li picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then naturally began to review recent experiences and examine his own gains and losses. This is Li's good habit. Every once in a while, he will make a summary of his recent life and work and reflect on himself.

Nearly two months have passed since the last time Roland was drunk and said those treacherous words while drunk. The day after Roland said those words, he set off for the trip at Li's urging. He traveled to Mars, where he underwent advanced transformation surgery.

A month later, the Knights Templar's ship, the Silver Wing, was finally refitted, and Roland's operating room was naturally moved to the ship. The ship's captain, sailors, navigator and other personnel also arrived at their positions one after another.

Three weeks later, the Li family's voyage ship arrived at the Lion's Gate Spaceport. Immediately, the pale-haired old butler Williamson submitted the corresponding documents to the Imperial House of Nobles on behalf of the current head of the Li family, and then the internal documents were mutually confirmed. With confirmation, Li's genes were compared with those of previous family heads, corresponding documents were filed, and some unnecessary, ancient and dull procedures were performed. Fortunately, the House of Nobles handled matters fairly quickly, and the procedures were completed in less than half a day. From then on, Li automatically became the contemporary head of the Li family.

This was already a week ago.

Li originally wanted to wait until the two ships were ready and then set off directly, far away from the center of the empire. Whether it was Roland's drunken words or Li's own observations, he became even more disgusted with the current earth and its political power. Li really couldn't like this kind of regime. After all, Li used to live in a relatively relaxed world. In that world, generally speaking, you would not commit a crime. But from an overall perspective, the flower-growing empire in the previous life was a very relaxed environment compared to the current human empire.

But Li's idea is a crime. Although this is just a thought deep in Li's heart, he has not said it to anyone, let alone put it into practice, but this is also a real crime. "Thoughts" crime". If we look at it from the perspective of the Tribunal, Li is already a confirmed thought criminal. As Roland said, you can temporarily hide the crimes in your thoughts, but you cannot hide them forever. The things in your thoughts will eventually show up, and they will always find them.

Not to mention that Li has traveled through time and space. He is not an ordinary person in this world. Once this secret is discovered, he will definitely be burned alive as a devil or a heretic.

Although he was dissatisfied, he was powerless to fight. Besides, Li was not a passionate young man. No matter which world, there were too many unfair things. Many people just turned a blind eye to many things. It was not worth fighting with the whole world for the justice in their hearts.

Since he could not provoke them, he could only hide.

So it was better to go far away. The Far East was good. After all, even the powerful Tribunal could hardly cover such a vast Far East, not to mention the areas outside the star light that the emperor's will could not reach.

But he did not expect that the people of the Tribunal would ask him to go with him. This was simply a bolt from the blue. He could not refuse and had to provide the best service for the dead woman.

This was simply a disaster.

Li rubbed his temple. He did not have too many thoughts now. He just simply hoped that his life would be easier in the future.

Suddenly, a terrifying image woke Eldrad Uslan from a beautiful dream. The breeze with psychic energy blew from the distant east of the galaxy, bringing ominous messages.

This is actually nothing. As the leader of the "Ursiwa" clan, a legendary prophet, the president of the Prophet Council, and the best prophet in the entire Eldar, Eldrad can always see those ominous messages from various signs. In the cold universe, the road full of thorns and dangers is the norm, and the occasional calm is just an occasional rest on the road.

It's just a pity for that beautiful dream.

Strictly speaking, it's not a dream. Eldrad is a legendary prophet. His path is full of terrible storms. He walks on the most dangerous and strange path of the prophet. Once lost, he will be deeply trapped in the path and cannot extricate himself.

Therefore, all prophets walking on the path of the prophet will strictly control their spirits. Dreaming is a dangerous condition for the prophet. It means that the spirit is out of control at a certain time. For the prophets, the uncontrolled spirit represents a terrible disaster. Therefore, all the Eldar who embark on the path of the prophet must first learn to control their thoughts, and then they will no longer dream.

Eldrad fell into a deep meditation not long ago, and then a fragment of ancient memory flowed into his consciousness. It was a beautiful memory left in the depths of the Ark, which told the greatness of the Eldar.

At that time, the gods had not yet fallen. The Eldar, as the descendants of the gods in the mortal world, ruled most of the Milky Way. The world at that time was a symbol of peace and beauty. Every place was a utopia, everyone was self-satisfied, and culture flourished everywhere.

At that time, they were so powerful that the Eldar people could turn the sea into mulberry fields just by relying on their dreams. The sky would also change color because of their mood. The desolate planets were transformed like a fairyland paradise because of their will. Even the stars would flicker with their will. Yes, the stars are like light bulbs, turning on and off, lighting up and extinguishing. The little sun of mankind is nothing to the Eldar.

Eldrad almost smelled the sweetness of the wine in the air and the laughter of the intoxicated girl. All this was so wonderful.

Then, suddenly, these wonderful memories were interrupted by a sudden nightmare. A huge two-headed eagle showed its claws to the distant east, and the sword of Khaine was cut off by the red moon. Tears of blood flowed from the eagle's eyes. Then the sweetness of the wine was covered by the smell of gunpowder, and the girl's laughter turned into the cry of the warrior. The wine jar fell to the ground and broke. What spilled out was not the wine, but red blood.

Then he saw a purple mark hidden in the darkness, a figure composed of a purple full moon and two purple crescent moons, the mark of the eternal enemy of all the Eldar, that is the mark of Slaanesh.

It was a clear omen. There would be a battlefield in the Far East. The huge two-headed eagle represented the human empire, and the sword of Cain cut off by the red moon was the mark of the Alaitok clan. They were also called the clan with eagle eyes. As for the blood flowing in the eagle eyes, whether it was the blood of the two-headed eagle of humans or the blood of the sharp eagle eyes of the Eldar, it was unknown. Anyway, there would be a contest between the two. The bloodshed would not be limited to one side, and Slaanesh should have done a lot in it.

Should I say something? Or exert influence? This idea just came up and was abandoned by Eldrad.

Be cautious and don't reveal yourself too early, Eldrad told himself, Chaos is so cunning, it hides in the dark and is difficult to detect. The deeds have not been fully revealed, and more patience is needed.

This time there may be a chance to catch its tail.

But it is not worth spending too much attention on that side.

Because there are more important things that need his attention. Compared with the hidden conspiracy in the Far East, the turmoil in the Eye of Chaos is more worrying. Abaddon's army has begun to build a large number of new warships, and the unusual movements of the Black Army are worrying. The evil god is brewing a new war. Through the layers of fog of time, Eldrad can see the black threat lurking in the distant time.

Five Earth days later, a huge fleet composed of thirteen ships left the Lion's Gate Spaceport and slowly sailed toward the depths of the universe. Except for the "Silver Wings" and "Black Wings" belonging to Li, "Rose" two ships, three of the remaining eleven ships are commercial transport cargo ships leased by the Sisters, and the remaining six ships are all huge white warships with fleur-de-lis logos.

This is the ship of those lunatics of the Sisters.

"Power up the Silver Wings and let it follow us. Pull up the anchor and set sail." Li sat on the bridge of the Black Rose and gave the order. Then the two ships left the berth and followed the fleet.

The Sisters' reputation spread throughout the galaxy, so no one dared compete with these ships for space even in the crowded solar system shipping lanes. Even though it was depressing to travel with these crazy women, thanks to the Sisters, the journey was extremely smooth.

The fleet set off from the Lion's Gate, slowly accelerated, and headed out of the solar system along the route within the galaxy. The next step will not be taken until the fleet is far away from Pluto and completely out of the solar system. This process will Take a full week.

When far away from the solar system, the fleet will turn to the nearest weak point in space, where the fleet will start the alien space engine. Under the guidance of the navigator, the fleet will jump from the normal universe to the alien space through the weak point in space. From then on, the fleet will sail in the alien space for one to two weeks, and then the fleet will jump out of the alien space and return to the normal universe. At this time, the fleet will be outside the galaxy thousands of light years away. According to If necessary, the fleet may stop for a while in the airport of a certain system and replenish supplies, and then continue sailing to the destination.

This is a standard long-distance jump. Captains generally call it a guided voyage, which means that the navigator leads the fleet on a long-distance voyage under the guidance of the star moment. To reach remote areas in the Far East, three or four such interdimensional jumps are required.

Such a voyage will undoubtedly take a lot of time, but compared with the long light years behind us, such a small amount of time is nothing. Moreover, most of the time spent on the voyage is spent in the process of the ship slowly accelerating out of the galaxy, and the ship slowly decelerating into the galaxy. The real journey to another space only takes up half of the entire voyage. But this is indeed a helpless matter. It is impossible for the ship to jump within the galaxy. Doing so is tantamount to committing suicide. Planets, stars, and various interferences will make the calculation of the route an impossible task. In this case, wandering and alien space will be the best ending. It is more likely that the ship has not jumped into it yet. In the different space, it will be torn into pieces by unstable space points.

Shortly after setting off, the Black Rose was connected to the Silver Wing through the external slot, just like a small boat next to the huge ship. The two ships are connected by a temporary tunnel. Under normal circumstances, Li stays on his Black Rose. This former expedition ship is now an out-and-out "travel cruise ship". Not only does it have delicious food on board , a bathroom with hot water spraying, and a large study room, so even in the universe, Li's quality of life has not diminished at all.

Li spent most of the time talking with the great steward Williamson. While learning about the planets that belonged to him through the old steward's mouth, he also needed to learn how to become an excellent interstellar governor. The results of the study are very exciting. The Interstellar Archon is a position with a very high degree of freedom. Every year, the Interstellar Archon only needs to pay a part of the tax to the Empire. This is what the Empire needs them to do. As for how these interstellar governors govern their planets, the empire will not interfere at all.

The Interstellar Archon can become the most brutal king, letting his people live in dire straits; he can also become a benevolent manager, letting his people live a happy and comfortable life; he can even turn all his people into Slaves are sold for sale. In short, the interstellar consul is the absolute authority on the planet. He can do whatever he wants, as long as he can continue to provide taxes to the empire.

Such huge power suddenly came to him, even Li couldn't help but feel dizzy. After drinking a cup of green tea and calming down his mood, he sincerely sighed: "This is really an enviable aristocratic class. To think that I would become one of them.”

"The fact is more than that," Williamson further explained: "Our hometown is outside the actual control of the empire. The country has always only symbolically levied the lowest tax burden on the family, so compared to the nobles within the empire, Speaking of which, the Li family can be considered very wealthy."

"Well, since we are far away from the empire, we should have such a small discount. If there is really no benefit at all, who would be willing to come to such a remote place? Then again, how much family wealth can I control now?"

Williamson lowered his head and whispered a number.

"What?" Li was shocked for a moment by this number, but he quickly woke up from his shock. Then he jumped up and shouted angrily: "With just this little bit, you still think that the Li family can be counted as ten." Are you rich? What can you do with this little money? It’s not even enough to buy a house on earth!”