Warhammer 40 A New Hope

They regarded some insignificant victories as the dawn of victory, but they did not know that the seeds of destruction had been quietly sown.

The all-embracing, merciful Father of Nurgle, he accepts all that exists.

Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not.

380. The Fall of Titanium (Part )

"We've been busy for so long, but there are only so few people." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the rescue statistics. "Md, less than 10,000 people..."

"If all else fails, we can just go and rob people from Jianqi."

"Your behavior is no less than looking for clean water in a ditch."

"You think I don't know..."

The distrust of the T'au people themselves, coupled with a series of tricks done by Tzeentch before, made Zhang Yi and his team's rescue operation very difficult.

Some people did not believe what they said, while others directly attacked them, which forced Zhang Yi and his team to use coercive means to take people away at times.

This has greatly slowed down their progress and also left a root of trouble in the future to a certain extent, but there is nothing we can do about it...

"Hmm? Team Chameleon found a living Fire Clan captain in the heart of the Tau?"

"Okay, I'll open the door and take a look."

. . . . . .

This is one of the many Chameleon teams sent by the Lizardmen to the heartland of the Tau people, with the purpose of confirming the current situation of the Tau people and possible Chaos offensives.

The Nurgle zombies they encountered had, to a certain extent, proved the invasion of Chaos, and had quietly come to the vicinity of the capital, which the Tau believed was safe. In order to further confirm Chaos' intentions, they needed to learn more from the Fire Caste captain.

Now the survivor has been treated and woke up when Zhang Yi and his team arrived.

After taking some time to figure out the current situation and calm down, the Titanium team captain named Harom immediately told Zhang Yi and others about his experience.

"There is something wrong with that batch of food. We must warn the Ether Clan immediately, otherwise..."

"It's too late." The leader of the Chameleon Squad interrupted him. "Two days have passed..."

"We tried to stop it, but you didn't believe us and we failed."

"Your capital has fallen. Nurgle has taken over."

An expression of disbelief instantly filled his face. As he had said before, the Tau people, who had never truly come into contact with the cruel side of the galaxy, could not imagine that their heavily defended capital would fall in such a short time.

"The plague, and the spread of zombies and demons, has filled the city."

"How is it possible?! We have already concentrated all the elite troops in the capital as much as possible. How could it be so easy..."

At this point, Harom suddenly realized that if everyone in a city turned into a traitor, then it seemed not impossible that there were a few traitors in the capital.

"So are the administrators who distribute the food..."

At this moment, Harom felt firsthand the pervasive nature of Chaos - even the smallest virus had the potential to destroy an entire kingdom, and this statement was very applicable to the current situation.

Those ordinary Tau people who were classified as the lower class have now become the fuse for the fall of this planet.

"Listen, now is not the time to be depressed. What we need now is to save as many of your people as possible. If you can help us..."

"I'm going to the capital." Haroum interrupted Zhang Yi and said, "I'm going to confirm something!"

"If it works, it can help you! And it can help us!"

"You want us to help you?"

"Yes, I can't do it alone. If I can get your help..."

"What if it fails?"

This time, it was Zhang Yi's turn to interrupt Harom. Just as Zhang Yi said, what if it fails?

"You will die or become part of Nurgle's army. Even if we don't get surrounded by zombies, we will still waste a lot of time and be known by Nurgle's army." Zhang Yi said. "This risk is too great."

"But as long as you succeed, your goal can be achieved..."

"Even without you, we can still achieve our goal, it's just a little more troublesome." Zhang Yi interrupted him again and said, "If you can't give us something more convincing, we can't help you..."

"We are not here to help you."

Just like Zhang Yi said, they did not come to rescue the Titanium. They helped them only to prevent the birth of a secondary evil god of the subspace. You know, if it were not for the Lizardmen's proposal, the Human Empire originally planned to take these alien races to other worlds and deal with them uniformly.

"I..." Harom couldn't find any reason to ask Zhang Yi and others to help him, and he really couldn't guarantee that his plan would succeed.

"I beg you." Haroum begged helplessly. "Give me a chance, I can save more people..."

"You can't guarantee that." Having been in the Warhammer world for so long, Zhang Yi has long been accustomed to such things happening before his eyes. "I can't let my people take risks just because of your words."

"Then I will go by myself!" Haroum was a little angry after praying in vain. He stood up and walked towards his badly damaged combat suit. "I will save my people by myself, by myself..."

Seeing this, Zhang Yi didn't say anything. He opened the portal and returned to the area where his main force was, leaving him alone to struggle in vain.

"Your equipment is broken." After Zhang Yi left, the chameleon leader said to Haroum. "You can't use it."

"Are you mocking me?!"

"We can help you a little bit," said the leader of the Chameleon Team. "Although, not much..."

"There's no hope here. The Demonic Toad Priest will help you."

"Not for you, but to resist chaos."

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T'au, the capital of the T'au people

Just as the Chameleon reconnaissance troops said, this once prosperous and indestructible city has now fallen to the virus of Nurgle.

Not only the creatures that ate the contaminated food, but also some autonomous machines were infected and controlled by the virus soon after, becoming part of the Nurgle horde.

Sparse gunfire could still be heard in the city, but they were very rare. The Nurgle virus quickly infected the entire city at a speed that this young race could not understand.

Several chameleon teams arrived at the outskirts of the city and began to quietly clean up the zombies or other mutated creatures wandering outside.

After the cleanup was almost complete, a pair of dragons set up explosives on the outskirts of the city and detonated them a few minutes later.

The huge explosion and flames successfully attracted the attention of other infected creatures and Nurgle believers in the city, and a large number of mixed zombie forces began to rush towards the direction of the explosion.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Harom entered the city from another direction with the weapons removed from his combat uniform.

His target was the armory in the capital, the place most likely to still be safe and the location most likely to still have resistance forces.

Seeing Harom successfully enter the city, the Chameleon Squad began to retreat, leaving only one team to continue observing.

Zhang Yi naturally knew all this, but as he said before, he couldn't help him just based on Harom's words or a possibility.

But if this possibility has a high enough probability, then he is not unable to help. Simply put, he won't release the eagle until he sees the rabbit.

"Considering the authority of the Sub-Space Evil God who has not yet been fully born, there is a high probability that the people he brings back will be contaminated." Zhang Yi said. "If he can really succeed..."

"That means all his efforts, even if they succeed, may be in vain?" The leader of the Pathfinders said to Zhang Yi. "I can already imagine him crying until he's hoarse."

"Welcome to the Novice Village~ Unfortunately, the outside is a high-end game and all the bosses are there~" Zhang Yi shrugged. "Where have Mortarion and his descendants reached?"

"The news of the fall of their capital should not have spread completely yet. The Tau frontline should have just found that they could not receive orders from the headquarters at this stage." Kerr said. "It is estimated that in a few days, their position will be completely defeated..."

"The Tau's communication method should have been fully understood, right?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Help them~"

381. The Fall of Titanium (Part )

Tau Capital

Having lived here for a long time and being familiar with the entire city, Harom took a more remote path to avoid the wandering zombies and headed towards his destination.

Along the way, from time to time, you can see twisted and strange plants that look like flowers, and their roots. The power of Nurgle has taken root here like plants.

When Harom was about to reach his destination, he saw from afar the flower bud-like existence standing in the center of the city, surrounded by a large number of demons, zombies and giant mosquitoes.

"We have never really understood this world." Haroum muttered to himself. "We have always just been sitting in a well and looking at the world..."

. . . . . .

armory

On the piles of corpses, raging flames turned these revived blasphemous beings into ashes, ensuring that they could no longer be used by Nurgle.

Just as Harom had expected, the armory in the capital had not fallen yet, but the situation was not optimistic.

Most of the food in the city was contaminated, and the incident happened suddenly. They did not collect enough weapons and supplies. The only reason they could hold on until now was because these Nurgle troops did not want to pay attention to them - they had more important things to do.

The flower that was gradually growing and about to bloom in the center of the city attracted almost all the zombies and Nurgle believers to gather there, which made the few survivors in the city feel very uncomfortable.

Going around the burning fire, Harom found his living compatriots in the armory as he wished, but the other party didn't want to hear anything he said.

"Captain Harom, get a combat uniform immediately and join the queue!" The Titanium commander in front of him gave the order to Harom.

"Wait, Commander, I have important intelligence to report to you."

"Nothing is more important than taking back the capital right now. Follow your orders, Harom!"

"But this matter is very important. I must report it to you immediately." For the first time in so many years, Haroum argued with his superior. "We can't win this war at all."

"Are you questioning me? Captain Haroum? Here, I have the highest rank!" said the Tau trainee commander. "Impossible victory? This is our planet! Our capital! We must take it back at all costs!"

"But we still don't know who the enemy we are facing is!" Haroum said loudly. "The capital has fallen, and our troops are also being defeated..."

"Our entire territory is engulfed in flames. Our troops are simply not equipped to handle a war of this magnitude. Until now, we have only barely understood some of the enemy's tactics..."

"We have always been frogs in a well, and our vision is correct."

"You are shaking the morale of the troops!"

"I'm just stating the reality!"

The quarrel between Harom and the trainee commander attracted the attention of the surrounding Tau people. It was extremely rare for a low-class person to quarrel with a high-class superior in their society.

"Your behavior betrays the Greater Good!"

"Under the circumstances, the Greater Good cannot protect us! Nor can it help us win this war!"

"I now suspect that you are contaminated!" said the trainee commander. "Someone! Lock him up!"

In response to the trainee commander's order, Harom took the lead and hit him in the face with the butt of his rifle, knocking him to the ground.

"Now everyone, follow my command!" Haroum shouted to the people around him, contrary to the normal behavior of the Tau people. "Does anyone else have any objections?"

Under the current circumstances, most people don't want to continue fighting. The existence of Nurgle demons, zombies and believers has almost worn out their fighting spirit. What's more, they haven't had a good meal for a long time since there was a problem with the food.

Therefore, they did not have much affection or sense of belonging to the trainee commander knocked down by Harom. After all, the Ether Clan, the former supreme ruler, had almost disappeared. As long as the rank was higher than theirs, they would listen to whoever they wanted. Moreover, Harom said that he would wait until they left here.

After confirming that no one had any objections, Harom ordered everyone to collect everything they could take away and prepare to leave. At the same time, he also had to find a way to send a message to Zhang Yi and the others to see if they could help them leave the city - it would be difficult for them to leave here intact on their own.

They need help.

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A team of Tau wearing stealth suits bypassed a giant beast that looked like countless Tau corpses, and passed by it while maintaining stealth.

Their current location is already very close to the outskirts of the city, but even so, they cannot lose their minds.

Only a few hours had passed since Palom took over command, and in just these few hours, the creatures roaming in the city had once again undergone tremendous changes.

There are more mutated creatures and the number of demons has also increased. Not only ordinary Nurglings, but also Plaguebearers, Rot Flies and Nurgling Beasts have appeared in the city. The roots of the twisted and corrupt flower have also spread further outward, and the ominous aura has further strengthened.

This stealth team successfully arrived outside the city and began to look for the Chameleon Squad mentioned by Harom.

"It is possible that there are creatures that can turn invisible without using any equipment..."

Before the Tau soldier could finish his words, the air around him twisted and a chameleon appeared before them.

"Hiss~ Hot-blooded, did he succeed?"

Only then did the team members truly understand what Harom said. They did not understand this world at all.

"Yes... yes." The Tau soldier responded. "Many are still alive, and we need help."

"The Kwa-Kwat sacrifice is ready."

As he spoke, several pieces of flaming red space junk appeared in the air and fell precisely towards the city.

Almost instantly, the demons in the city were mobilized, and various attacks flew towards the falling space debris.