Warhammer 40 A New Hope

There are a little more people coming

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The battlecruiser [Unknown Hope] passed through the white portal and appeared near the planet full of space junk in orbit, with Tafrantis within reach.

"Conducting routine scans...wait!"

Just as Zhang Yi and others' ships appeared near the planet Taflantis, a powerful mental shock hit them.

Even though defensive measures had been taken in advance and some important personnel wore [Moonstone] for further protection, the sudden impact still caused the entire ship to shake. Some crew members fell to the ground, holding their heads and wailing in pain.

"I knew this would happen!" Zhang Yi said as he stood firm. "Let the state church choir take action and let these ghosts know that they have messed with the wrong people!"

"If they can't handle it, I'll do it myself!"

Under Zhang Yi's command, a choir composed of members of the state religion that had been prepared long ago began a pious and resolute ceremony in a room filled with incense, candles and parchment scrolls.

In the Warhammer world, there is never a shortage of situations where people have relied on a firm spirit or religious rituals to defeat all sorts of monsters and demons. There are also many examples of people relying on prayer or other things to resist spiritual influences - in short, the Human Empire has a very rich way of dealing with such situations, although they may not always work.

When the ceremony started, the sculptures or pendants symbolizing the Emperor and Zhang Yi emitted a gentle light that gradually covered the entire ship. The spiritual impact brought by the group of divine seals on the surface of the planet was gradually isolated.

This was a situation that the Divine Seal had never encountered in all of its history, because the technology that carbon-based life forms generally possessed did not tend to do too much research on the spirit, which was a somewhat idealistic existence. They also relied on this to destroy one carbon-based civilization after another and turn them into their own will - but this time, the situation was beyond their expectations.

The divine seal's all-powerful mental interference and EMP shock lost their effect. Just like the message they had received before, this being was an existence that knew very well what they were!

As the ceremony of the Ecclesiastic Choir proceeded smoothly, the power emanating from the Emperor enveloped the entire ship, isolating the Divine Seals from trying to control and influence the life forms on the ship. Then the locations of the Divine Seals covered in ice and snow were discovered one by one.

"Except for the black divine seal that needs to be preserved, destroy all other red divine seals that are used as copies. Prepare for the orbital strike!"

The sudden attack of the group of divine seals did catch Zhang Yi and others off guard, but at the same time, they also exposed their own positions. Since they failed to deal with Zhang Yi and others, it was time to switch between offense and defense.

The scorching beam fell from outside the atmosphere, piercing through the thick layer of ice and reaching the red divine seal below, destroying it in a matter of seconds.

As the first red divine seal was destroyed by the orbital strike, the other divine seals simultaneously stopped attacking the battlecruiser "Unknown Hope" in the universe, and restrained their breath, trying to hide themselves to avoid the fate of being destroyed.

However, the previous attacks had already completely exposed the locations of many divine seals to Zhang Yi and others. One after another, beams of scorching light fell, annihilating these existences one by one.

But soon after, the orbital strike stopped, because Zhang Yi and others discovered that the huge blood moon, which was also frozen on the surface of the planet, obscured their attack route, and some divine seals were just underneath it.

On the other hand, several weak energy fluctuations appeared on the surface of the planet, appearing and disappearing from time to time. This affected the accuracy of the orbital strike. If the orbital strike was carried out blindly according to these energy instructions, it would be very likely that the device that froze the entire planet would be destroyed by accident.

This also further confirms Zhang Yi's speculation - the Divine Seal is a non-carbon-based life form with life and self-thinking.

The Blood Moon is actually not a big problem for the Human Empire. Excluding its huge mental attack, it is just a big meatball that can fly around in space. There are many ways to destroy it. After all, the weapons of the Human Empire in the Warhammer world have always been thick and large, and their power will definitely be excessive and not too small.

"These pillars are smarter than I thought." Zhang Yi said, looking at the energy diagram that looked like a pond when it rained. "We need some research data on the divine seal from aliens and the human government in the dead space, so it's not realistic to just throw whirlwind torpedoes."

"We need to get down to the surface of this planet to get the data we need."

"If possible, we also need to reset the alien device that froze the entire star system to destroy the blood moon."

"The Mechanicus has been talking about that device for a long time... They really don't miss any opportunity..."

"The battlecruiser [Unknown Hope] will provide necessary assistance and reconnaissance above the orbit of this planet at any time, but before that, we need to deal with the air mines and space debris near the orbit."

"Space junk is always a problem."

． ． ． A few hours later ． ． ．

The battlecruiser [Unknown Hope] successfully cleared a safe waterway and dropped some automatic troops before the troops landed to confirm the safety of the landing point.

As the flames generated by the friction between the landing capsule and the atmosphere flickered in the air, Tafrantis once again welcomed a new guest after a long period of silence.

But as one of the few remaining living creatures on the planet, both the Divine Seal and the frozen Blood Moon knew that the creatures that landed on the planet this time were no longer the creatures they had encountered before, which they knew nothing about and which they used as food and reproduction machines. They knew them very well.

Therefore, they must be eliminated!

463. Ground Operations

Reconnaissance drones hovered in the air, taking in everything on the ground from the air.

But not long after, the drones issued a low temperature alarm and were forced to return to the landing point.

"A special position that can penetrate ordinary armor and not very thick rock layers or other things, and directly cool down the inside of the object." Zhang Yi analyzed after looking at the preliminary data he had collected. "This also explains why the protagonist in the game, who is wearing armor that can run around in a vacuum, needs to add some kind of anti-cold module to move freely after arriving on this planet."

"It also explains why the blood moon, which can float around in the universe, is frozen."

"Except for very few pieces of equipment, all will be affected, but it shouldn't be difficult to protect them."

"Divide into two groups. One group will go to find the existing human strongholds. The other group will stay in the landing zone and equip the automatic machines with equipment to resist low temperatures so that they can operate normally."

"Maintain contact with the ships in orbit, keep them alert."

"Everyone else, follow me."

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In order to completely control the blood moon on the planet Tavratis, the huge alien machine forced the space released by the divine seal, which was called "death space" by humans, to be concentrated at one point to prevent aggregation, which also froze the entire planet.

It is also because of this that the climate of the entire planet of Taflantis is extremely harsh, with blizzards occurring all year round. The frozen ground also has a few native creatures that have been mutated due to the influence of the divine seal.

Of course, the most dangerous thing is the interference from the divine seals. Even if that unidentified alien device has concentrated almost all the 'death space' of the divine seals at one point to prevent it from spreading, the numerous divine seals on this planet can still exert some influence to affect and control the few remaining creatures on this planet.

At this time, Zhang Yi was led by Isaacs and was rushing to the nearest former Death Space Human Government Expedition Outpost which had not completely stopped operating.

Along the way, you can also see some frozen colonists, zombies that suddenly come to life, and vehicles that cannot be started.

Once upon a time, the alien ruins on this planet attracted the dead space human government colonists, who invested a lot of manpower and material resources in this planet, but now all of this has once again disappeared with the wind and snow.

Finally, after a period of trekking, Zhang Yi and others arrived at the nearest human outpost that was still in operation.

"The generators here are still running. I'll need to take a moment to restart the computers here so I can find out where the larger colonies are."

After installing a cryogenic protection module on his armor, Isaac got to work, inspecting the outpost generator, adjusting the circuits, and restarting the computer.

After successfully starting up the outpost's computer, Isaac obtained some information from it. The content was not much different from what Zhang Yi had told him before. A large number of colonists and troops were sent here to study the alien ruins on this planet, but in the end they were buried here along with the secrets of this planet.

Suddenly, the roar of monsters was heard near the outpost, and a large number of zombies called Abandoned, which were transformed from the corpses of former colonists, appeared nearby.

These zombies, who barely maintained their human form and held metal axes or manuscripts in their hands, were quickly attacked by the flames of the escort troops after they appeared, turning them into black ashes.

But more mutants were pouring into this outpost, and at the same time, news came from the landing area that it was besieged by zombies.

"Isaac, we have to leave here before the enemy blocks the road." Zhang Yi shouted to Isaac who was still copying data in the outpost. "All living creatures on this planet are heading in our direction!"

"Wait a minute...Okay! Let's go!"

Isaac, who had completed the copy of the data, ran out of the room and headed towards the defense line of the previously confirmed larger human colony nearby, followed closely by Zhang Yi and others.

The route is not easy to travel. The map shows that Zhang Yi and others need to cross at least one high mountain to reach the target area. They will definitely encounter a lot of obstacles and interceptions by mutants along the way.

After traveling for a distance, the corpse-morphed form of Taflantis native creatures, called snow monsters, which were transformed by the influence of the divine seal, climbed directly up the steep rock wall and blocked Zhang Yi and others.

In the original plot, this kind of corpse with a thick shell and a certain degree of self-awareness is very difficult to deal with. Isaac, who has no heavy weapons, needs several twists and turns to neutralize this creature, but now...

Before the corpse-morphed snow monster could even let out a roar, it seemed as if it was grabbed by a big hand. Its exoskeleton made a creaking sound, and then he was squeezed into a ball.

The smelly blood sprayed onto the cold ground and turned solid in an instant. The corpse was squeezed into a ball and fell to the ground. Two [Pathfinder] Space Marines stepped forward and completely annihilated it with high-powered Gauss weapons.

"Keep going. There should be a lift nearby. We can go down to the ground from there."

The team continued to move forward and soon arrived at the lift platform that Isaac mentioned, but at the same time there was also a large number of zombies gathered there.

"I knew it." Zhang Yi said, looking at the huge number of zombies in front of him. "Isaac, you go first. We will meet you after we deal with these monsters."

Isaac didn't think too much about Zhang Yi's words and headed towards the lift platform from another path.

"Boss, won't it be okay if we just let him go alone?" Kerr, the leader of the Pathfinder Space Marines, asked Zhang Yi. "Although you told us that this is a bait sent by the Aggregate, the secondary ruler of the Necromorphs on this planet, but..."

"Before, he could kill his way around this planet with just some light weapons and engineering equipment." Zhang Yi responded. "Now he has a lot of military weapons to fight against various zombies..."

"If this fails, there's nothing I can do."

"If he fails, will it be because you stole his star status?"

"Which protagonist would start in the Warhammer world?"

"...you?"

"Roll rough!"

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After leaving Zhang Yi and others' team, Isaac's journey was unusually smooth.

Perhaps because all the zombies that could arrive quickly nearby went to intercept Zhang Yi and his team, Isaac encountered almost no enemies along the way.

That's right, so Isaac quickly came to an elevator, reconnected the power, started it, and began to descend.

Not far away, one can see the more obvious explosion flames and green beams and electric currents emitted by various Gauss weapons. The sounds of grenade launchers and explosions can also be heard from time to time.

In fact, up to now, Isaac still does not completely believe Zhang Yi and the others. In his opinion, the divine seal is a complete disaster, and he wants to destroy these things at all costs.

But on the other hand, Zhang Yi did not completely tell Isaac the truth. They also concealed some information and only mentioned that the divine seal was very magical, which attracted countless races to copy them. Countless races also perished because of them, and they were one of them, but they knew more.

There are a huge number of divine seals on Taflantis. This is the purpose of their coming to this planet, for these divine seals and also for the information here.

You did the right thing

The faint voice rang in Isaac's ears again, and at the same time, the illusion of his deceased girlfriend flashed before his eyes.

[Find the divine seal, find it, and then destroy it...]

Boom--!

Of course the mountain roared, the earth began to shake, and a large number of rocks rolled down.

The elevator Isaac was on was also affected and began to shake violently. After confirming that he was not far from the ground, he decisively jumped off the elevator. With the help of the armor's jet suspension ability and the unloading force through rolling, he landed safely on the ground.

When he looked up again at the mountain he had climbed, he found that the location where the lift platform had originally been located had suffered a large-scale collapse. The entire platform had fallen down and was then covered with rocks and ice and snow.

Seeing this scene, Isaac looked at his communication device in silence for a while, and then he did not choose to report to the ship or the troops at the landing point, but continued to rush towards the target location.

Shortly after he left, a pile of stacked rocks was lifted up, and Zhang Yi and several Pathfinder Space Marines walked out of it.

"He really doesn't care about us?"

"In some ways, this is the right choice. After all, according to his understanding, it is unlikely to survive in this situation, and..."

"Isn't this part of your plan too?"

"I just feel that he doesn't seem to be like this in the game."

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the pile of rocks behind Zhang Yi and others, and then a living corpse-shaped snow monster crawled out from it and roared at Zhang Yi and others.

In response, Zhang Yi simply turned his head and looked at him with his left eye which was glowing red. At the same time, a thunder-like sound rang in his small head.

【roll! 】

boom!

The huge body of the corpse-morphed snow monster covered with thick shell suddenly exploded the next moment, and then crimson flames ignited from each part of its body, burning every part of it to ashes.

"I detected a huge heat source. Our target, the one that rules this planet, or at least this area, should be chasing Isaac." The sudden death of the corpse-shaped snow monster behind him did not attract the attention of many team members. The war captain reported to Zhang Yi based on the test results of the instrument in his hand. "Also, the ships in orbit sent news not long ago that they were attacked by some ships of the Unification Church."

"They won't be able to provide us with orbital strikes for some time."

"This is also part of the plan, after all..."

"We are probably the only one in the long history of the Divine Seal that makes this race feel terrified and troubled~"

464. Attack from the Divine Seal

Titan Space Station

"Yes, all the communications and protests from the human government of this world suddenly disappeared during this period, shortly after His Majesty left."

"Based on the existing intelligence, we can infer that either the Unification Church has taken action in advance, or the Blood Moon has reached the vicinity of the Earth in this world through some unknown means."

"We have no way to observe the situation on Earth right now. It will take some time. The Mechanicus are setting up long-range detection equipment. At the same time, we don't have any extra ships to go to the Earth in this world to confirm the situation."

"The Moonstone we have is far from enough, and some large, commander-level zombies can easily break through the mental protection of the Moonstone, not to mention the Blood Moon and the unlimited large-scale Divine Seal."

"At this stage, we can only abandon the Earth in this world until follow-up troops, equipment, or research results emerge."

"This is your majesty's plan, that's all."

After completing the situation report, the Astra Militarum leader hung up the communication and began to deal with the various pending matters at this stage.

"Reconnaissance fleet reports... Hmm? A ship has lost contact?"

"It was a frigate. We lost contact with it at a distance of about thirty AU from the space station. There has been no news since then."

"...Messenger!"