Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Into the fires of battle, unto the anvil of war!"

276. Plague Prevention and Control (I)

The scorching promethium flame ignited the zombies in front of it, turning them into ashes.

The muzzles of the explosive and heavy explosive shells have turned red hot, and they have not stopped firing since they started.

Buzz－－!

The high-speed rotating chainsaw sword has begun to jam. The long-term high-load operation and the flesh and broken bones hanging in it have begun to affect the operation of the weapon.

Boom--!

A huge toad-like [Nurgle Beast] appeared in front of the many fighting Space Marines, and immediately used its twisting and slimy tentacles to tie up a [Salamander] Space Marine and stuffed him into its mouth.

The nearby Space Marines immediately concentrated their fire, but the opponent's bloated and huge body allowed him to withstand the intensive firepower in a short period of time, and he looked at another Space Marine.

The fanged tongue popped out like a cannonball, aiming straight at one of the Space Marines, and the target could no longer dodge!

At this moment, an exploding flame emerged from his body, a strange wailing sound came from the mouth of the [Nurgle Beast], and its tongue also shot out and missed.

Only half of the melted Salamander Space Marine helmet fell to the feet of his brother - this was the last struggle of the warrior who was swallowed by the Nurgle beast.

"...It's not time to grieve yet." Picking up the helmet on the ground, the Space Marine said firmly. "The battle is not over yet!"

The flag with the emblem of the Salamanders Chapter was still standing, and the remaining Space Marines stood apart, like a wall, blocking the rescued mortals.

The fragile mortals behind them could only watch as the powerful Imperial Angels fell one after another in order to protect themselves.

They were so fragile that they couldn't help at all. The aura of the Nurgle plague made them, mortals without any protective equipment, unable to even face these twisted and terrifying monsters.

They could only pray, pray for these powerful angels, and pray that the Emperor would protect them.

For six hours the enemy never stopped attacking, and their ammunition was running low...

Endless zombies, Nurgle beasts, Nurgle chaos spawn...

The green and rotten wave, like despair, has no end in sight.

Another group of enemies is coming towards them, more enemies, endless enemies...

[Sizzle~Sizzle~]

The Salamanders who were ready to fight to the death suddenly heard the sound of electricity coming from the communication device, followed by a voice.

[Watch out, Son of the Fire Dragon]

Everyone looked up and saw fireballs falling from the sky like rain and smashing directly into Nurgle's large army.

Since ancient times, there has been one thing that has always been effective in dealing with infection and plague: fire.

For the zombies and various creatures mutated by Nurgle's plague, this is undoubtedly equivalent to the end of the world. Huge fireballs keep falling and turning those corrupt things into ashes.

Soon after, the flames burning on the ground suddenly began to rotate at high speed, and huge fire tornadoes rose from the ground and continued to attack Nurgle's large army.

A huge fire tornado moved around the only safe city and formed a wall of fire to protect it.

[This is the battlecruiser [Unknown Hope], we are right above you]

[Please report the situation, sons of the fire dragon]

. . . . . .

Inside the city of Sisimi

"Stop them! Stop them! Stop these scaly monsters!"

Bang bang bang bang－－!

Ding ding ding ding--!

The only remaining PDF (Planetary Defense Force) in the city was shooting frantically at the creatures in front of them, but the small-caliber weapons in their hands were not enough to injure these tall, scaly creatures wearing power armor.

The defense line formed by several people was breached, and the PDFs fled in all directions. One of them was a little slow, so he was grabbed by a large scaly hand and lifted up.

roar--!

Almost touching his face, the unfortunate PDF could clearly see dozens of sharp teeth at this close distance.

However, the other party did not eat him as he imagined, but threw him behind him to the Salamander Space Marines who followed them.

"I don't eat people." The [Masslayer (a melee infantry unit transformed from a sacred giant lizard)] wearing power armor and power fists said to the Space Marines behind him. "I am not barbaric."

"..." The Salamander Space Marine following him remained silent and did not respond to the words of the alien ally in front of him.

Although these powerful alien allies are guaranteed by the now living saint, the Nameless One, and the new Primarch, long-standing prejudices are not so easily changed.

The arrival of the Lizardmen and the Toad Priests greatly helped the troops on the planet. Everyone saw the rain of fire from the sky destroying a large number of Nurgle troops, and then the fire tornado that rose from the ground created the wall of fire that is still burning now, protecting the city.

But, just like the man in this city who locked refugees and Space Marines out of the city in order to stay alive, the human heart is the most difficult to understand.

Fortunately, Zhang Yi is here. The weight of a Primarch is still very important. At this stage, there have been no major conflicts between the Lizardmen and the Space Marines.

While the attack in the city was going on, the "disinfection" operation for the survivors was also going on outside the city (not with flamethrowers).

I will eradicate all poison and all harm (Nightingale Pledge)

[Resurrection Fraught Hades]

Nightingale, who saved countless lives in the war and was known as the "Lady of the Lantern", and Asclepius, who was known as the "God of Medicine" in ancient Greece and even developed the "Elixir of Immortality", now possessed two medical nuns and cleaned up the ordinary survivors.

Both of their deeds are related to medical treatment, and their Noble Phantasms are professionally matched to the treatment and elimination of the Nurgle virus that may exist in the survivors.

But this is also the case when Nurgle himself is not paying attention to the situation here - even Nurgle, the father known for his "philanthropy", cannot keep an eye on every one of his believers at all times.

If this planet is being watched by Nurgle, then the Noble Phantasms of the two Heroic Spirits will be of little use - the gap is too big and the magnitude is not enough.

"Hmm... I suddenly realized that there are also some pretty nuns in the Empire..." (Zhang Yi)

Two hours after Zhang Yi's reinforcements arrived at the planet Xisimi, the Space Marines and Lizardmen troops broke through the defense line of the planetary governor and brought the fat man who was hiding in his room and was so scared that he was shitting and pissing all over the place to Zhang Yi.

"I, I, I was wrong. I lost my mind for a moment. I, I, I regret it! Yes! I regret it!" Governor Xiximi was pressed to the ground with snot and tears. "You can do anything! You can do anything! Let me go and let me live!"

"..."

Looking at the planetary governor who kept begging for mercy, everyone thought he was just another scumbag in the empire - no matter what their reasons were before, their betrayal could not be ignored.

Just like what happened to [Regent] Guilliman before - some people did not embrace the evil god, but still did some cruel things. There will always be such people.

However, Zhang Yi, who has also met many such people, has a different opinion.

The portal was opened by Zhang Yi, and the Kwa-Kwat Magic Toad, which was recovering its mental strength, appeared in front of everyone.

"What is it, ally?" asked Kwa-Kwat.

"Please check this person to see if he has any traces of the four evil gods."

"It's very simple..."

Fluctuations of psychic energy appeared on the short fingers of the Kwa Kwat Magic Toad Priest. Governor Xisimi, who was being targeted, could clearly feel that something was examining him from the inside out.

"Well... you guessed right..." After a long while, Priest Kwa-Kwat said, "He was indeed influenced by Tzeentch..."

"!"

Everyone present was surprised, including Governor Xiximi.

"Tzeentch? Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Governor Xixime became even more panicked. "I have never come into contact with any cultists or anything like that, and neither have my subordinates..."

"You are indeed not bewitched." Master Kwa-Kwat said. "I saw a movie about you humans. What was it called..."

"In the way that they did it in Now You See Me, you were just being guided."

"Being guided, living desperately..."

There is a scene in the movie "Now You See Me" as told by Kwak Kwak, where the four protagonists, in order to get the target person to go to Las Vegas, repeatedly contacted the target by way of "chance encounters", repeatedly and naturally mentioned Las Vegas to him, and finally successfully guided him there.

The situation here is the same. Governor Xiximei has not been bewitched and corrupted by the power of Tzeentch. He is still loyal to the Empire, but... He is also loyal to the idea of ​​"survival" that has been mentioned to him repeatedly.

"It seems that Tzeentch's 'blue soft-bodied creature' had planned the layout much earlier than expected..."

"It's a miracle that he didn't surrender to Nurgle in order to survive." Zhang Yi said. "However, this also proves his loyalty to the Emperor in some ways."

"Yes! Yes! I am loyal to the Emperor! I did not fall into Chaos, I atone, I..."

After hearing Zhang Yi's words, Governor Xisimi seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and kept talking, hoping to survive.

But Zhang Yi's next words completely cut off his fantasy.

"Inquisitor, please handle this as usual."

"At your service, Your Excellency the Living Saint."

"No! You can't! I still..."

boom!

277. Plague Prevention and Control (Part )

Whirlwind torpedoes dropped from the sky, destroying the planet that had been contaminated by the Nurgle plague, along with the guilty Imperial nobles on it.

The flames spread from the point of the explosion and gradually swept across the entire planet, purifying everything.

The current state of the empire does not allow them to spend a lot of manpower, material resources and time to slowly clean up the plague problem on this not-so-important planet, and they also have to bear the possibility that it may happen again in the future.

The combination of various factors meant that this planet had no choice but to be destroyed - the order to issue the [Extinction Order] was issued by Zhang Yi.

"．．．．．．．" Looking at the planet that turned into scorched earth because of his orders, Zhang Yi fell into silence, watching the flames on the planet spread.

"Don't worry, Your Excellency [Nameless]," said the Inquisitor who followed Zhang Yi. "You made the right choice. The Empire doesn't have the energy to deal with the problems on this worthless planet."

"Those sinners do not need mercy. They need to pay the price for their betrayal of the empire."

"．．．．．．." Zhang Yi remained silent, and the expression on his face looked a little awkward.

Having been in the Warhammer world for so long, he can be said to have basically gotten used to the various fucked-up settings and ways of dealing with problems in this world.

And his silence was not because of the [Extermination Order] - there were no normal living people on that planet - he was just thinking about what to eat tonight...

It's quite embarrassing, isn't it?

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Nurgle's large army and the living planet are approaching the Ultramarines' sphere of influence - Macragge. The vanguard has already made contact with the combined fleet and started fighting.

The front line where Nurgle is located has the most defensive forces. At least hundreds of Astra Militarum regiments, four or five founding groups of Space Marines, and a large number of Inquisition and Ecclesiarchy troops have been deployed in the defense line of this area.

But at the same time, the enemies they need to face are also the most difficult.

According to known intelligence, all the planets that Nurgle's troops passed through have been engulfed by the plague, and all life on them has become part of Nurgle's army.

Moreover, the huge size of Nurgle's army has created a large area of ​​green plague surrounding it.

According to Zhang Yi, this is equivalent to some boss battles in the game, where everyone is debuffed the entire time as soon as they enter the field.

"There are still problems with Archaon and Tzeentch to deal with..." Zhang Yi, who returned to the Hope, covered his face with his hands and felt a headache. "My head hurts..."

"The Doctor has one more attack from his Noble Phantasm, the Emperor (Small) has two more attacks, and the Thinker has three chances..."

Zhang Yi carefully recalled the cards in his hand, and then looked at the possible cards of the enemy that had been observed - not balanced at all.

"Your Excellency, [Nameless]." At this time, a servant came to Zhang Yi, gave him the [Sky Eagle Salute], and then said, "The latest news from the front-line reconnaissance troops..."

"A small number of Necron forces have joined the battle."

. . . . . .

A small Imperial Navy fleet was exchanging fire with a larger Nurgle fleet not far away. Macrocannons and light spears were firing back and forth. At the same time, countless mosquitoes affected by Nurgle's divine power were buzzing around several Nurgle cruisers.

"Keep your distance from the enemy! Reinforcements are coming soon!" the captain of the scout fleet ordered. "Maintain the frequency of attack, don't..."

"Sir! The [august] shows that a new unidentified ship has appeared outside the battlefield!"

"what?"

At this moment, a dark green Necron battlecruiser - [Scythe Reaper] suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and then several small Necron ships appeared around it.

Ziz--sizzle!

A green circle of electricity exploded near a Nurgle cruiser, and then various systems of the ship were paralyzed, followed by several bright green [lightning arcs] attacking.

In the silent universe, the Nurgle ship exploded into a brilliant firework. The sudden appearance of the Necron fleet threw the originally orderly Nurgle fleet into chaos.

[Calling the normal human fleet, this is the fleet of Hadirak, the overlord of the [Nihilak Dynasty]]