Warhammer 40 A New Hope

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Former Dark God Territory

The Shadow Crow with a few blue feathers came back here, landed in front of Seren and lowered his head.

Seeing this, Seren walked over and placed his hand on its lowered head.

Then she knew what happened.

"You did a great job." Seren stroked the beast in front of him and said, "I forgive your failure because you did a good enough job..."

"Kro and Raven..."

"The power of [Spring Girl] is actually in her, which is really unexpected..."

"But, it's not a big problem..."

"I will get that power, and we will also get the holy weapon..."

"And that will come at the cost of the destruction of Haven!"

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Near Damocles Bay

"Report, this is the reconnaissance fleet, we have passed through the burning nebula area."

[Received, scout the Tau reconnaissance planet as planned]

"clear..."

The three Moon-class cruisers moved forward slowly in silence, and soon a large number of Tau ship wreckage appeared in sight.

“Oh my god…”

Even for ordinary Imperial naval forces, the wreckage of the huge Tau fleet was floating in the area, and judging by the condition of the wreckage, these ships had been destroyed not long ago.

And when they arrived at the nearest Tau planet, they were overwhelmed by a wave of wailing and pain that could be felt even in space.

"Report, we have reached the nearest Tau planet..."

"This is an invasion, no! This is a massacre..."

"We need Master Guilliman to make a decision immediately!"

349. It's really miserable~

The guide and protector of mankind, the cold sun in the warp, the fifth evil god...

All of these titles describe the same being - the Emperor of Humanity.

For humans, there are four evil gods in the Warp, but for other races, there are five evil gods.

From this we can see that even though he is trapped on the throne, unable to move, and has to endure the pain of having his psychic energy sucked away at all times, he is still feared by many beings in the subspace, including the Four Evil Gods.

Now, at the cost of its own demise, it has built a cage that is brighter than the Astronomican and covers an entire galaxy, trapping five gods within it. This feat has spread throughout the galaxy, making everyone either respect or fear it.

He sacrificed himself and brought a brief but precious period of peace to the entire galaxy, but at the same time, in another way, it plunged the warp into another chaos...

Although there are some special "traitors", the four evil gods have almost absolute rule over the huge number of subspace demons. In other words, if those demons want to do something, the four evil gods can intervene or stop them to a certain extent.

And these demons also need to abide by some major instructions or guidelines of their "boss". There are certain rules about what can and cannot be done - although some "bosses" don't have those restrictions and can do whatever they want.

This is the case with the Titanium today. Because the projection of such creatures in the subspace is very small, the four evil gods do not want to take action against them for the time being - there is simply not enough for them to eat.

What they all think is that when there are more of these weak and young races and their gods become stronger, they will devour them all in one gulp - just like peeling melon seeds without eating them, waiting until there are enough of them before swallowing them all in one gulp.

But now, the Four Evil Gods have been sealed and can no longer directly give orders to the demons under their command and restrain them, which has caused some demons to begin to stir.

Demons from four different factions have launched attacks on the territory of the Tau one after another. Some were purely for killing, some were for their long-cherished goals, and some were for their own ulterior motives.

The Tau, who knew little about the Warp, suffered a devastating disaster. They had never really faced a demon, nor had any record of expelling a demon. This young race always missed the truth of the world again and again because of various lucky events.

But this time, luck did not favor them again...

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"The reconnaissance fleet reported that they have scouted the nearest Tau worlds. Without exception, all of them have been destroyed, with almost no survivors."

"We have encountered no functioning Tau fleets thus far, and the same may be true deeper within their territory."

"The reconnaissance team that went to the surface encountered some corrupted Tau and some weak demons. The reconnaissance team has carried out orbital bombardment on several planets with more serious problems to prevent them from spreading outward."

"What shall we do, Lord Guilliman?"

The reconnaissance report on the Tau territory was already in front of him. The preliminary reconnaissance report showed that the demons were carrying out a massacre against the Tau people, whom they had previously looked down upon.

"Master Primarch, a letter from the Eldar." A member of the Ultramarines' Honor Guard came in with a letter. "It's about the Tau."

"Eldar?"

Guilliman took the letter and opened it in front of everyone.

[Whether you go or not, the result will be bad]

"The prophecy of the Eldar." Guilliman showed the letter in his hand to everyone and said. "They are reminding us..."

"What does it mean?"

"It's unclear, but it's clear that whether we choose to help the Tau or not, there will be at least one bad outcome."

"Then what should we do?"

Guilliman pondered over this question.

If they chose to respond to the Tau's call for help, the Imperial forces, which were already recovering, would inevitably suffer losses, and given the Tau's situation, they did not believe that these losses could be recovered from them.

But if we choose to ignore this race's call for help, will the extinction of this race have a major impact on the empire in the future?

The projection of the Tau souls in the warp is very small, which is like a melon seed to the devil. Killing and sacrificing the Tau people of an entire planet may not cause any waves in the warp, but if it is an entire race, then no matter how small they are, they can still have an impact on the real world if they accumulate.

The Eldar's prediction about this action also became one of the reasons for Guilliman's entanglement - no matter what choice it makes, there will inevitably be bad results, so how to minimize the losses or even change the result?

"...Contact the Pathfinder Corps for me," Guilliman said. "Dispatch a small fleet and notify the Blood Angels to coordinate with the Pathfinders' subsequent actions."

"【Pathfinder】? But that legion..."

"I know, but if we want to prevent the Eldar prophecy from coming true, this is the only way I can think of for now." Guilliman said. "They are like my little brother, they are almost not affected by the prophecy, and it is difficult for them to appear in the prophecy..."

"In this case, they are the most likely force to break the prophecy."

"Besides, it's been so long, it's time for them to step onto the real battlefield."

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The World of the Titans - Viola

The planet Vio' Ra orbits a binary pair of stars and is known for producing particularly aggressive and skilled warriors. The most respected Fire Caste academy is built on Vio' Ra.

But now, the galaxy is wailing under the iron hoof of chaos...

The armed spaceport and the defense fleet had all become garbage in the space, and a Tau fleet that had received a call for help crashed onto the planet right before their eyes.

A large number of Tau's military fortresses and facilities were unable to withstand the attacks of Khorne and Tzeentch. These Warp beings destroyed their defenses and fortresses in ways beyond the imagination of most Tau. They piled up their heads high and dedicated them to their gods, or used strange psychic spells to turn those knowledgeable members of the Ether and Water castes into distorted books.

When facing Khorne, their defenses will often be directly destroyed by the enemy with unimaginable violence. The tall and violent Khorne Demons or Space Marines will break into their positions under their firepower, tear apart every living thing among them, and smash their hovercraft with the weapons in their hands.

When facing Tzeentch, the Tau and their auxiliary forces often fail to see where the enemy is before being attacked by their own drones, their high-tech combat uniforms being hacked and controlled, or even their leaders suddenly turning against them and sending them to their deaths.

Everything is showing the cruelty and ignorance of this world to the Titans who think they are powerful and invincible - here, their supreme goodness can't save anyone.

When the warp rift opened by the sacrifice of countless corpses appeared on the planet, more demons stepped onto the planet screaming loudly and began an even more brutal massacre. On this planet, only despair was left for the Tau.

On a planet in this galaxy, the only city that has not fallen due to the fighting between Tzeentch and Khorne is crowded with refugees fleeing from other places.

The whole city was in fear and suspicion because of the previous war. Khorne's attack almost destroyed their will to resist, and Tzeentch's conspiracy made these terrified foreigners like frightened birds.

The Ether Clan and the Water Clan were driven out without explanation because of the betrayal that had happened before; the Fire Clan soldiers demanded that the Earth Clan craftsmen build a vehicle that could escape from the planet at all costs - this was undoubtedly asking too much...

The pilots of the Air Caste were considered another type of traitor, as they were required to hand over their 'hidden' flying vehicles or be thrown out to die due to the mass escapes that occurred on the planet.

The multi-racial 'harmonious coexistence' established by the 'Greater Good' was also broken by the attacks and erosion of Chaos - when the Tau saw humans, Kroot or Wasps who had betrayed for some reason or had been disfigured beyond recognition due to the mutation of the warp energy tearing their vehicles apart, or grabbing them and their combat uniforms and stuffing them into their mouths to chew them up, it was difficult for them to say that they should coexist peacefully and seek common ground while reserving differences for the sake of the Greater Good.

Besides, even the Greater Good itself has betrayed them...

An Earth Clan engineer sat in front of the communication device, listening to the noise or screams of creatures coming from it. In despair, he took out a pulse pistol from the drawer and stuffed it into his mouth.

【Zizizi... Is there anyone alive?】

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[Zizi... This is the Human Empire rescue team. Are there any normal living people on this planet?]

[If no one responds, we'll just watch the 'fireworks'. 】

350. Pathfinder's External Combat (I)

【Unknown Hope】

"Captain Kerr, we have received information from the ground," the operator on the ship said. "There is at least one Tau city on this planet that has not fallen."

"Where are the enemies?"

"The forces of Khorne and Tzeentch are in a melee and have not yet discovered us. No Chaos ships have been detected in the nearby space."

"Um..."

Kerr fell into deep thought at the operator's answer.

Zhang Yi did not come for this mission, so the command naturally fell to the regiment commander Kerr.

According to Guilliman's request, this mission was not aimed at rescuing the Tau survivors, but at finding out what the so-called "bad direction" prophesied by the Eldar was.

In the cruel and dark universe of 40K, the fall of a new race like the Tau is not worth regretting. It is better to say that the reason why they are so arrogant and misjudge their own strength is largely based on the corpses of countless other alien races. During the Great Crusade, the Human Empire cleared out batches of powerful alien races. Otherwise, how could the Tau develop almost unhindered in the early stage?

But now, luck no longer favors them...

"...What is the probability that the enemy ships will evade the reconnaissance forces' eyes and directly find us and launch an attack?" Kerr suddenly asked.

"Isn't this... unlikely?"

"The prophecies made by those mysterious people of the Eldar tribe, because they did not give an accurate explanation, there are many different ways to interpret it..."

"And given the Tau's historical performance, they are 'lucky'."

"Whenever they are at a disadvantage at a critical moment, something will often happen to turn the tide for them."

As special interstellar warriors created with Zhang Yi's genes, almost all Pathfinders have a unique way of looking at things. They know more and think more.

They knew that the Tau people who were obviously "assigned to the wrong room" were in this dark, cruel and even somewhat unreasonable universe because someone was protecting them for some reason, but if we don't consider the other reasons...

Faith in the Warhammer world is real, useful and exists. The emotions and thoughts of real creatures will converge in the subspace and eventually produce a corresponding entity - the same is true for the 'Greater Good' of the Tau.

"If we ignore the external factors, and take into account the fact that the Eldar's God of Death was able to issue oracles to his followers before his birth, it is very likely that the Tau will do the same," Kerr analyzed. "Is it a probability?"

"So, should we go rescue..."

"... notify the scattered reconnaissance ships to narrow the scope of reconnaissance to increase accuracy, and then notify the [Blood Angels] to speed up and come. At the same time, let the Magic Toad Dwarves and the Mechanicus conduct a check on all the people and things on the entire ship."

"First, drop the autonomous machine onto the ground and build a relatively complete landing site..."

"Get everyone ready for rescue operations."

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Hundreds of mechanical machines and equipment fell to the ground from the high-altitude orbit, and after a brief inspection, they began to build a landing site for transport planes at a designated location near the city.

Soon after, three Thunder Hawk gunboats appeared in the air and landed at the temporary airport that had been built.

"Report the situation."

"Chaos is still in the middle of a battle and hasn't found us." Fal said as he checked the database of the mechanical race that had landed in advance. "The autonomous mechanical landing loss rate is 12%..."

"Our mechanical troop used for surveillance and reconnaissance in front of the northwest mountain range suffered high losses when landing. There may be loopholes in the reconnaissance and surveillance network, but considering that there are high mountains there, it is unlikely that the enemy will appear from there... This is the normal situation."

"I don't believe you if you say there's no problem." Kerr said. "What about the Tau?"

"They had another internal conflict," Farr said. "According to the images sent back by the Ray-type reconnaissance machine, some members of the Earth Clan, along with some people from other clans, began to openly resist the Fire Clan, apparently in an effort to gain the right to retreat first."

"Have the Unknown Hope in orbit prepared to launch a devastating orbital bombardment of that city."

"I thought we were here to rescue."

"There must be creatures that can be rescued." Kerr said. "Wu Mo, take the assault team to the northwest for reconnaissance. Report immediately if there is any situation."