Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Squeak--!

The wails of pain echoed throughout the desert, and the raging winds and flames gradually subsided.

"I'm out of weapons! Who has extra melee weapons?!"

"We don't play close combat~" a [Pathfinder] Space Marine responded. "Hold on tight, don't fall~"

"Easy for you to say!"

The big horned rat was shaking its huge rat head frantically at this time, trying to throw Wu Mo and his weapon off.

But Wu Mo stabbed very deep, which made it a little difficult for it to accomplish this action.

The large-scale spell that did not distinguish between friend and foe just now had burned all the huge number of ratmen to ashes. Those [Star Guardians] that were blocked were finally able to join the battle against the giant horned rats.

"For the Ancient Sage!"

The light halberd of the Star Guardian pierced into the body of the giant horned rat, cutting its fur and tearing its flesh. The Pathfinders once again attacked the target with the weapons in their hands.

The Pathfinders' extremely high supernatural resistance caught the Horned Rat off guard. Originally, these two spells combined could have burned an entire city to death, but for the Pathfinders, it was still not enough.

If Zhang Yi himself came, he would probably be safe and sound, standing in the wind and flames and arguing with the giant horned rat...

Several [Star Guards] and a team of [Pathfinder] Space Marines successfully held back the Horned Rat and inflicted considerable damage on it.

The nearby Lizardman troops and a small dwarf prospecting force that received the signal and rushed over via the airship they built arrived soon after. The dwarf gods and several magic toad priests severely damaged the already seriously injured giant horned rat and captured it alive.

This also means that the last scourge of the medieval world has come to an end.

By the way, until these two reinforcements arrived, Wu Mo was still looking at Big Horned Rat's face...

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When a [Lord of Change] fell in front of the defense line of the Lizardmen and the Cathay Alliance and gradually turned into ashes, the Tzeentch troops that attempted to raid the subspace rift in the original Chaos Wasteland were all annihilated.

Just as expected at the beginning, it was almost impossible for this small number of demon troops to successfully break through the coalition's defense line when the [Great Vortex] was still there or even strengthened.

In addition, they had to allocate troops to intercept Titus and others, which undoubtedly further weakened their already small troops.

Although at the last moment, the "Lord of Change" who led this Tzeentch army released an unknown spell, which almost tore apart the already unstable reality barriers in this area on a large scale, with the joint efforts of several magic toad priests and the dragon son Yuanbo, they still managed to stop its attempt and expel it.

Titus and others also reunited with the defense forces shortly afterwards and learned the result.

At the same time, news came that the troops in the desert area had successfully inflicted heavy damage and captured the Horned Rat alive. All the problems caused by the arrival of the Changeling seemed to have been completely resolved at this time.

However, both Lord Kroka, who received the news, and Titus's team, who personally participated in the battle and won, felt something was wrong when they arrived - it was too easy. Based on their understanding of Tzeentch, they could not fail like this.

However, not long after, Kroka, together with several magic toad priests and several ancient gods of order, conducted an exploration of the entire subspace and confirmed this.

Soul Forge is gone

440. Execution of the Evil God

As the red portal closed, in Tzeentch's territory [Crystal Maze], an area with a completely different color from the surrounding area appeared there somewhat abruptly.

"I got it~" The illusory figure of the changeling floated nearby. "It took a while, but I succeeded~"

"You just talk, but it takes a lot of effort to transfer such a big thing here." The Door to All Worlds said. "I'm going to take a nap."

"From what I know of the forging methods and manufacturing methods, there are different ones." The Supreme Seraph said as he looked at the huge Soul Furnace in front of him. "A god sacrificed himself to seal my Lord..."

"Then in order to unlock the seal, a god must be sacrificed or..."

“Who should be involved?”

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Medieval World

The severely injured Horned Rat is being guarded by five magic toad priests led by Master Mazdamuddi. The Lizardmen and a group of order gods are trying to get information about Tzeentch's plan from this evil god.

However, the result was unexpected and had been expected - the horned rat knew nothing.

A ratman remnant who was deceived and bewitched by the changeling rang the magic bell that existed for unknown reasons and was originally used to summon the Horned Rat to the mortal world during the "Double Moon Comet" incident. He forcibly dragged the hiding Horned Rat into the mortal world, exposing it to the eyes of the Lizardmen and the gods of order who were watching covetously.

The seal constructed by the Lizardmen constantly eroded the will and body of the Horned Rat. At the same time, the rune magic from the dwarven gods also weakened it, causing it irreparable wounds.

"I don't know! I know nothing!" the Horned Rat screamed. "This has nothing to do with me! This has nothing to do with me!"

Under repeated interrogation by many parties, the Big Horned Rat still said these words. It can be basically confirmed that this unfortunate big rat is just a victim of Tzeentch's plan.

The Big Horned Rat now has completely lost the demeanor of a god. It is just like a real rat, curled up in a ball and trembling inside the seal.

The drastically transformed Lizardmen troops and the Pathfinder Space Marines who used their magic to beat it hard have left a psychological trauma on this evil god, so that now the Horned Rat basically no longer resists.

After repeated confirmation, Master Kroka handed the Horned Rat over to the dwarves for disposal. One of the dwarven gods personally escorted this evil god, who had caused the deaths of a large number of dwarves, to the ruins of the original [Skaven Magic City] and beheaded it together with a large number of Skaven who had been captured before.

An evil god was beheaded with a single blow from an artifact inlaid with various dwarven runes, amidst the gazes of either reverence or despair from countless ratmen. His dirty fur and flesh turned to ashes the moment his head fell, leaving only his ugly head.

The desperate and frightened voices of the ratmen were heard afterwards, while the dwarves cheered.

On the site of the Skaven City, a dwarven city chosen by the dwarven god will soon appear, and the head of the Horned Rat will be hung at the highest point of the city to symbolize the settlement of the greatest hatred between the dwarves and the ratmen.

On the other hand, the disappearance of the Soul Furnace also brought insecurity to the Lizardmen and the Human Empire. As a place that could imprison the bear god Ersun and extract his divine power to allow others to become gods without being found by other gods, and as a special area that could also create a large number of Soul Grinders, the Soul Furnace was undoubtedly an extremely special place.

And now, this place has completely disappeared into the subspace of the medieval world. This is not good news.

It is clear that Tzeentch is plotting another grand conspiracy, but neither the Human Empire nor the Lizardmen can know what they are trying to do at this stage.

This is very bad...

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He threw a punch with his right hand, which was dodged; he bent his arm and attacked with his elbow, which was deflected; he retracted his hand, which was caught, and then he was thrown over his shoulder.

boom!

Yang was thrown to the ground by Zhang Yi with a loud noise.

"If that's all you have, it'll be hard to fight against those upper-rank demons."

"Ah~~"

After annihilating the two demons of the Upper Six, Zhang Yi took out the blue Higanbana cultivated by the Mechanicus and officially contacted the Demon Slayer Corps and others.

Zhang Yi's existence is just like that of Yoriichi Tsugakure a hundred years ago. The result of the Demon King Muzan encountering him is most likely to be that he kills his subordinates, collects his blood, and then finds a place to hide for hundreds of years.

Although it has been said repeatedly that with the Empire's capabilities, it would not be a problem to catch this most embarrassing BOSS, but the Empire is really short of manpower at this stage.

Then just stick to the original plot.

The original plot is that after the swordsmith film, Nezuko, who was able to walk freely in the sunlight, was discovered, which led to Muzan Kibutsuji, who had always been low-key, to go directly to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters, and then began the last part of Demon Slayer - the defeat of the final BOSS.

The appearance of Zhang Yi and others undoubtedly accelerated this process. For this reason, Zhang Yi also went to the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to meet with many [Pillars] and the lord who was said to have a certain blood relationship with Muzan Kibutsuji and was seriously ill.

The discussion went smoothly. Zhang Yi handed the blue red spider lily and the method to open the pattern to these people - and then beat up several pillars.

This incident was caused by the fact that the Wind Pillar, who had a bad temper, was a little annoyed by Zhang Yi's dismissive attitude towards demons - the Demon Slayer Corps has not been able to kill the Demon King for so long, and you, a stranger who suddenly appeared, dare to say that you can exterminate demons?

Although in Zhang Yi's opinion, the ghosts that have been plaguing the world for a long time are really not a threat, the people in the Demon Slayer Corps don't know that.

Zhang Yi also knew that he needed to demonstrate his strength to convince these people. Otherwise, why would others believe that he could achieve a goal that had not been accomplished after so many years and with the sacrifices of so many people?

The Wind Pillar who raised the doubt naturally became the candidate for the test. After Zhang Yi dodged his attacks several times, the mark symbolizing Khorne lit up, and a giant sword appeared in Zhang Yi's hand.

The next second, a stronger wind blew.

Yes, in full view of everyone, Zhang Yi used a big sword to perform a more mature and sharp sword technique called [Breath of the Wind].

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Yi invited other [Pillars] to fight against him, and after a brief fight, they all used the other's breathing method - including Tanjiro's [Sun Breathing].

Compared to the shocked crowd, Zhang Yi was much calmer. In his own words:

"(Pointing to his arm) I won't, but he will."

To put it simply, breathing techniques are a way to temporarily improve one's physical fitness and break through physical limitations by changing the way one breathes. And based on known information, this enhancement cannot break through human limits - no matter how hard you try, you can only reach the limits that people in this world can reach.

Khorne, the god of violence, is also the god of war. Everything that can help him to better kill and fight is within his power. It is not difficult for him to learn the breathing method and the corresponding sword skills - it can even be said that he does not need to learn the breathing method at all. Zhang Yi's physique has surpassed everyone in this world.

"You're cheating, uncle." Yang said while lying on the ground, looking at Zhang Yi. "Your existence is a complete dimensionality reduction attack on that world."

"No one will listen to your complaints on the battlefield." Zhang Yi stretched out his hand, pulled Yang up from the ground, and said, "The existence of Muzan Kibutsuji is almost a dimensionality reduction attack on most humans in that world. Do you think others will let you go just because you say it's unfair?"

"Similarly, the Necrons, who have the highest level of physical proficiency in the Warhammer world, will not abandon their own martial arts just because the human empire says it's unfair."

“They’ve done this before.”

Yang was pulled up by Zhang Yi. After experiencing the previous mission of hunting the upper-rank ones, the RWBY team all had problems to varying degrees.

Black was fine, as she was once a member of the White Fang, she could understand the cruelty of war; Ruby and Weiss fell into a certain degree of self-doubt, they could not accept what they were about to face - the extermination of emotional beings one after another, because they stood on the opposite side of humanity.

The current situation is not so bad. After all, ghosts eat people, and most of them will not have any mercy on humans. There will be no problem in exterminating them.

However, if they were human beings fighting against each other because of different beliefs or stupid orders from different leaders, Ruby and the others would probably find it even more unacceptable - because right and wrong belong to the leader, and those soldiers who follow orders may not even know why they go to the battlefield and die there.

"Are you okay?" Zhang Yi asked Yang. "You look a little too normal."

"I'm fine~" Yang said with a smile. "I...well, I have something to do."

"But we're as serious as Ruby and Weiss, I just... have some doubts."

"Is there really no better way?"

"...You know that before I came here, Warhammer had the one-kill-all approach to this situation, right?" Zhang Yi said. "Although that was also my attitude at the beginning."

"But, in fact, happy endings mostly only exist in stories."

"A man-eating monster cries and says that he can only survive by eating people. He asks you not to kill him and let him continue to eat people. What would you do? Let him eat more people? Having emotions is never a reason to be forgiven, nor is it a reason for them to hurt others."

"Besides, even between people, unnecessary disputes and even killings may occur because there is no wrong choice, let alone between different races?"

"Let me show you a 'ridiculous scene' of the world."

"In some ways, it's really funny."

441. Farce under the Ice and the Tyranid Invasion

Thick clouds blocked the sunlight, heavy snow fell from the sky, the ocean was frozen, and the tone of the entire world turned into a cold white.

"Minus 40 degrees." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the screen in front of him. "It should be around here."

"What the hell is this place?!" Even though he had put on thick clothes in advance, Yang was still shivering with his arms crossed. The temperature in this world was lower than any other place he had been to, ridiculously low.

"Give me your hand."

Shivering with cold, Yang stretched out his mechanical arm.

"...another one."

He changed his hand and held the hand that Zhang Yi extended to him. A warm current immediately appeared, dispelling the coldness for Yang.

"gone."

In the heavy snow, the two began to move forward, and during this time Zhang Yi also explained to her the situation of this world.

"Frostpunk" is also called "The Age of Troublemakers" by Zhang Yi.

The characteristic of this world is that the global temperature drops sharply due to the dimming of the sun, and the climate of the entire planet becomes extremely cold.

Human civilization, which was still in the steam age, built a black technology called the steam tower to continue civilization. The location of the tower was near the North Pole (because there were many coal mines there).

However, the process was not smooth. There were many unexpected events during the construction. Many people did not believe the scientists' predictions, which resulted in only three steam towers being completed and usable. The others were either not built well or had various problems.

Moreover, even in the areas of the three steam engines that were built with great difficulty, problems continued to arise.

Between staying alive and working short hours, people choose the latter, and all kinds of facilities must be provided. If one of the indulgences in eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking is missing, people will be unhappy. If they are unhappy too much, they will send the ruler out for a "walk".

Originally, Zhang Yi thought that these were only situations that happened in games, but when he actually took a look at this world, he found that it was really so outrageous.

Although not as exaggerated as in the game, this group of people really have a lot of trouble - between life and freedom, there are really people who would choose to 'die freely' rather than suffer for a while and then live a good life.

At this time, Zhang Yi held Yang's hand and came to old London which was covered with snow. The originally huge city was now empty.

A city covered by a blizzard, an abandoned city, without a steam tower, it is completely unsuitable for human life.

But even so, the 'London Gang', a small group dissatisfied with the current rule of 'New London', still returned here by appeal or deception, bringing some people who were blinded by their words.

The reality was completely different from what one had imagined. Without the steam tower, it was difficult for those who returned. Those who followed the "London Gang" back also found out that they had been cheated.

But now it is impossible to go back, the weather is getting colder, and after hanging the scammers, the deceived people can only pay for their own ignorance.

Although it is hard work in "New London", the labor has visible results. After collecting coal and wood, the never-extinguished steam tower allows you to sleep warmly in your tent or house. After collecting food, you can eat steaming hot food.

But in "Old London", everything people do may be in vain. The wood and coal collected with great difficulty either cannot be ignited at all, or cannot provide much heat even if ignited. People can only fall asleep in the cold and sleep forever.