Warhammer 40 A New Hope

There was nothing wrong with Zhang Yi's preliminary investigation, or it was just like most planets far away from the center of the empire - the top people and the bottom people had completely two different lifestyles.

"So far, we have not found any large-scale corruption or Chaos-believing groups in the Upper City... They are just playing tricks."

The remaining two planetary governors and nobles vied with each other to try to please Zhang Yi, and said that they would definitely support the empire's actions - but it was just words, you couldn't expect them to really give any effective help.

"Boss, should we continue to check the lower city area?" Kerr asked Zhang Yi.

"I can guess what's down there without checking."

"So... check or not check?"

"Let's check a few key ones. A comprehensive investigation is impossible."

"clear."

Chapter Master Kerr took his leave temporarily and prepared to go to the lower city for an inventory. Five imperial guards and Constantine stood behind Zhang Yi like exquisite sculptures.

"...I hope...never mind..."

"The biggest surprise is that we can fight against Tzeentch..."

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Keir II system, one of the inhabited planets

The residence of an imperial noble in the upper city

The troops brought by Zhang Yi cleared out all those who might have an impact on the operation from top to bottom. Those nobles or other people who had embezzled money together with the pig governor who had been turned into "corpse starch" had been dealt with one by one.

This action made the remaining, and not very clean, imperial nobles feel panic...

This time, they escaped for various reasons, but what about the next time? Will the primarch of the empire settle the score later? Will he use this reason to deprive them of their wealth and titles?

Also, I heard that a powerful and chaotic force appeared in a nearby galaxy. Will they attack us? Will the Emperor help them and help this interest? Will their own industry be burned down? Will they be left with nothing?

Those loyal men also began to feel uneasy. They were not afraid of death and were willing to sacrifice everything for the empire, but what about my family? I sacrificed everything for the empire and my family. If I could not win even if I sacrificed everything, and the empire would be destroyed, then what should I do?

Fear was spreading among those nobles whose hands were more or less unclean, and among those who had received the news through various channels and were pessimistic about it.

Various discordant voices and thoughts spread among the nobles, and anxiety and fear began to spread.

This is normal, and also... very abnormal...

And in the lower city area and even lower down, where all kinds of weird things are happening, the conspiracy is slowly unfolding...

. . . . . .

"Is there really such a place?" A skinny young child said to the man in front of him who was covered in a cloak. "A place with fresh air, clean water, and endless food?"

"Yes, but... not in this world..."

"In another world, the great Emperor's son brings hope..."

"New technology, new world, new hope..."

"Some people have already gone there, to a world without oppression and hunger, where people don't have to worry about food and clothing..."

"Then why doesn't the Emperor allow us to go to that world?"

"There are many reasons, child. There are many reasons."

"Find him, and you, all of you, will have a chance to go to that perfect world..."

"He is kind, and he will help you, just like he has helped the Empire and so many people..."

"He will bring hope, light and a future to everyone..."

"Then that person must be the Emperor's angel, right?"

"Oh, yes, of course." the man responded. "Of course he is an angel..."

"He is a true angel to all of us..."

"Angel~"

. . . . . .

"The plan is going on smoothly~"

"Will this work? Based on previous experience, the followers of the Corpse will simply burn the entire planet to the ground. Those people don't care what happens to these people!"

"It will work. This is a plan from our Lord~"

"He is hope. He is the hope of everyone, including us~"

"He won't deal with the problems here in a crude and simplistic way like those people from the Inquisition..."

"This goes against his philosophy..."

"Wait, wait patiently..."

"It's almost time to start~"

303. Prelude (Part )

Keir I

The followers of Chaos disappeared one after another in darkness and fear, and his companions could only find a large pool of blood at the place where those people last appeared, or their mutilated corpses somewhere.

Fear spreads among the traitors, but...

boom! boom! boom!

The leader suddenly pulled out a large-caliber automatic rifle, shot those who had wavered one by one, and then stuffed the muzzle of the gun into his own mouth.

brush--!

A Midnight Lord Space Marine suddenly appeared, swung out with the lightning claw in his hand, cut off the man's gun-holding arm, and lifted him up.

"You can't die like this before I get the answer for the Gene Father!" said the Space Marine. "Tell me! Your plan! What exactly does Archaon want to do?!"

"...Hope..." Even though he was caught by a Space Marine, the Chaos follower with the Chaos eight-pointed star carved on his face showed no fear. "Your hope is also our hope..."

"It's your weakness too!"

Sensing something was wrong, the [Midnight Lord] Space Marine immediately threw the enemy in his hand away, and the next moment an explosion of fire accompanied by a huge explosion sound appeared.

"...I am Maxim..."

"I have something important to report to the Gene Father..."

. . . . . .

"Go, go, go! This is no longer an enemy we can deal with! Go quickly!"

"Report to the Primarch what happened here! Quickly!"

A squad of [Abusers] Space Marines that had penetrated deep into the local occupied area were now fleeing desperately, as if there was something behind them that they were unable to resist and was chasing them.

Swarms of Harpies chased them in the air, and as the Space Marines opened fire, the enemies fell like rain.

"Let them go~ Let them spread the news~"

"Oh~ my dear little one, please come to me quickly~"

"I will bring you what you want~"

(I wanted to write something more lustful, but for the sake of review, I'll stop here)

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Keir II

The speed of checking the lower city area was very slow. Even though it was stated that only a few key places needed to be checked, it still took a lot of time.

But these have little to do with Zhang Yi. Now he is having his breakfast under the protection of the Imperial Guards, and after that he is going to exchange information with Vulkan and Ryan.

"I'm beginning to miss soy milk, fried dough sticks and rice noodles..." Zhang Yi said, looking at the toast, fried eggs and bacon in front of him. "Let's go to Xiaodangjia for a meal when we have time..."

"Hopefully it won't be too long..."

At this time, the imperial guards who had been silent suddenly stood around Zhang Yi, and at the same time, an obvious subspace wave came through.

"Is this... a subspace communication? Or a broadcast?"

The subspace message that spread almost infinitely was received and analyzed by astropaths or corresponding equipment in the surrounding galaxies. Surprisingly, there was nothing wrong with this message from an unknown source.

No curse, no corruption, no temptation

There are only facts...

The Chaos army was approaching in large numbers, the thousands of Imperial soldiers who died in battle and whose bodies were mutilated, the hideous and terrifying demons...

The huge Titan was destroyed; the wreckage of countless ships fell from the sky; the Astra Militarum troops that were charging forward in the last second turned into corpses on the ground or even parts of demons in the next second.

The loyal soldiers of the Empire fought bravely and fearlessly, but the enemy was endless... Their resistance only delayed the enemy's attack.

This is a war that is doomed to fail.

Then, the scene changed and a person appeared on the screen, and behind him was a white portal.

Blue sky, blue lake, golden wheat fields...

All 40k people can imagine the unimaginable beautiful scenery and rich resources, which are now displayed in front of everyone, and most importantly - there is hope.

More importantly, there will be no intrusion from the subspace, and humans don’t need to worry about the various things in the subspace, and they can live and work in peace.

"Oh my god..." Zhang Yi, who also saw the message, began to have a headache. "There's a reason why so many people say that Jianqi must be dealt with first..."

"This warp communication is worse than Nurgle's splattering of shit."

The Keir Galaxy immediately fell into abnormal chaos - yes, 'abnormal' chaos.

You must know that in order to resist the temptation of the evil gods from the Warp, the Empire did nothing else but to spread the Emperor's truth (although the Emperor did not want them to do so).

The consequence of this is that, unless there are major accidents, even the lowest class of people will tend to believe in the Emperor - of course, no one knows how much they can believe in him.

Although it is impossible to make everyone willing to give everything for the empire, or even voluntarily be made into a servo skull, it is still okay to have people say "The Emperor is supreme" or "The Emperor bless you" from time to time.

But now, this subspace communication from an unknown source has caused confusion among these believers.

Constantine first ordered the accompanying imperial guards to immediately take control of the building where Zhang Yi was and prohibit anyone from entering.

Soon after, many representatives of the imperial nobles and even themselves came, hoping to meet with Zhang Yi, but they were all blocked outside by the imperial guards.

They all came to swear their loyalty. These people kept repeating their loyalty to the empire and hoped to get a promise - a promise of safety for themselves and their families, and even hoped for a chance to go to another world.

Then, the rebellion began - other nobles started the war for various reasons in order to survive, to go to a new world, or simply to take advantage of the situation.

Unexpectedly, ordinary people in the lower city and even the lower city suddenly began to attack the upper city at this time, spontaneously resisting the rebellious troops.

But they are not undemanding and completely voluntary - they want a better life.

They hope to have enough food and warm clothes, they hope their children can live like ordinary people, they hope... to live like a human being.

"They were all guided." Zhang Yi said. "The two affected governors we found were probably just test subjects..."

“It’s true that influencing people in high positions can maximize your impact, but influencing more ordinary people can do the same, and even more!”

As I have said before, this kind of guidance does not come from the instigation of evil gods, it is just a guidance, just like showing people the way - I have pointed out the way, but it is up to you whether you walk on it or not.

Tzeentch magnified a certain emotion or desire of the target: wanting the family to prosper, wanting to live well, wanting to... live like a human being.

These are normal emotions, not the excessive, out-of-control emotions of the evil god.

And this is exactly what Tzeentch wants - when everything and everyone is right, then one of them becomes wrong.

"We must implement the [Extermination Order] on this planet!" Inquisitor Els Astalam said to Zhang Yi. "These people have been bewitched! They have become the running dogs of the evil god!"

"They didn't, they just...wanted to survive..."

Zhang Yi felt helpless. All this was done by Jianqi, but they were not corrupted. They just expressed what they had always wanted.

But Zhang Yi also knew that it was impossible for him to allow everyone to go to other worlds, and the emperor would not allow it.

Perhaps most were normal and loyal, but not all - Tzeentch could not pass up this opportunity.

However, he also knew what the consequences would be if he really told these things. The loyalty of loyal people being "betrayed", rejected, or even trampled upon could undoubtedly lead to extremely bad consequences - Luo Jia was an example, and Zhang Yi naturally wanted to prevent this from happening as much as possible.

"Damn Jianqi!" Zhang Yi slammed the table and cursed. "He has already planned it!"

The same situation occurred with Ryan and Vulkan, and at almost the same time, Corax and Curze in the Keir II system also lost contact.

Jianqi's plan was unfolding before Zhang Yi and others.