Warhammer 40 A New Hope

roar--!

The terrified aggregate tried to fight back, but it was too late. When he raised a spiked tentacle to attack Fulgrim, the target was completely petrified before he could reach it, and then turned into a pile of rock fragments.

Fulgrim increased the energy output and accelerated the speed at which the aggregate was petrified, but it had no way to stop it.

A few minutes later, a twisted monster statue stood in front of Fulgrim, and the next moment it shattered and scattered.

The weapon in his hand also issued an alarm sounding low on energy. Although it had been put into use, it was still undergoing further adjustments and improvements.

"This is Fulgrim. I have eliminated the major threats in the space station, but there may still be a small number of small and medium-sized zombies."

[Received. We have occupied this space and are shutting down the automatic defense system.]

[Notify the fleet to enter and prepare for orbital bombardment]

471. Confrontation (IV)

When the space station in orbit around the Dead Space Moon was successfully occupied, the human empire's fleet leapt to the planet shortly afterwards and began targeted orbital strikes.

Just like the blitzkrieg that was once so urgent, the battles during World War II fully demonstrated the importance of air superiority.

In the space age, air supremacy has become space control power. As long as one can control the high altitude orbit of a planet, no matter how many troops or defense facilities there are on the ground, they will not be able to reverse the subsequent defeat.

A ship that can provide high-altitude orbital strikes is a huge threat to ground forces, especially when the ground forces cannot reach the enemy.

In this situation, the idea of ​​Unification× and Divine Seal to retreat and buy more time to wait for support failed. The death rays falling from the sky will turn all those who dare to resist into ashes.

Another beam of light descended from the sky and destroyed another line of defense of the enemy on the ground. Then the only three remaining divine seals emitted a red light, followed by a huge attraction.

"Everyone, stay away from the Divine Seal. They are starting to cause a gathering phenomenon!"

Aggregation phenomenon: when the divine seal determines that a planet or region meets the conditions, it will begin to aggregate - forcibly merging all the creatures on the planet together into a giant corpse-morphing creature like the blood moon.

However, it is not necessary to meet the requirements before the Divine Seal will start to aggregate. In some special circumstances, the Divine Seal will also begin to aggregate to ensure its own safety, just like now.

The ones who initiated the aggregation were all red divine seals that served as replicas, and they might not be able to obtain many 'fusion' materials, and the final product would not be that powerful, but they could not care less now, and if they did not try their best, they would have no chance!

The wandering zombies, the surviving Unified × followers, some ordinary people left in the original colonies, and the Astra Militarum who were too close to escape in time, all these creatures were attracted by this sudden appearance and began to fly towards the center of the three divine seals.

Gradually, a distinct bloody existence appeared in the air, and at the same time, a distinct sense of oppression spread out with the creature that was being formed as the center.

Just like some creatures being hatched, it can be clearly seen that a humanoid being is taking shape within that bloody existence.

[Powerful energy fluctuations detected]

[Confirming the target, locked]

[Lower all isolation panels and supply all energy to the protective shields and orbital bombardment devices]

[Notify the fleet and open fire at the same time! ]

Several obvious spots of light appeared in the air. After a red flash, the three divine seals that were gathering together accelerated their speed and attacked the ship above the orbit with an even more obvious sense of oppression.

However, all their struggles were in vain. The device created by the joint efforts of the Mechanicus and the Necrons to conceal the influence of God effectively isolated the dying struggles of the three divine seals.

Perhaps the large number of Divine Seals led by the black Divine Seal on the planet Tafrantis might have been able to break through the defense of the temporarily installed protective shield, but now, it is impossible to do so with only the three red Divine Seals on the moon.

After the bright light in the sky flickered for a while, several thick beams of light fell from the sky, covering the divine seal that was in the process of gathering and the bloody flesh ball.

A transparent film visible to the naked eye blocks the beams of light falling from the sky, and at the same time slows down the aggregation phenomenon.

Hysterical roars of unknown origin rang out throughout the colony at this moment, like the struggles of a dying beast.

The transparent film was destroyed after lasting for dozens of seconds. The hot beam flooded the entire area and a huge shock wave spread out.

After a long time, the light beam dissipated and almost half of the colony was destroyed, leaving a huge hole on the ground. Everything in the bombing area was annihilated.

[Orbital bombardment of target area completed, no signs of target activity found]

[Scout ships leaving the fleet to prevent enemy attacks]

[Send ground troops to explore the bombing area]

[Search the interior of the ship in accordance with regulations to prevent possible zombie attacks]

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The operations on the moon have come to a temporary halt. Almost all the Unified × believers and the divine seal located in the [New Horizon Lunar Colony] have been destroyed. The Human Empire, with this colony as the center, has begun to move towards other colonies on the moon.

Through the long-distance communication equipment that was still operational after repair, the Human Empire announced its existence to the human government of this world for the first time, and announced the truth about the Seal of God and what was concealed by the human government of the Dead Space.

This undoubtedly accelerated the defeat of the government forces, which were already gradually heading towards a disadvantage on Earth, and also sparked resistance actions by ordinary people against the government forces and the Unified Forces.

As the war expanded, the troops and ships brought in the beginning were no longer enough, so the expedition fleet made its first replenishment through Zhang Yi's portal, and an imperial navy fleet joined the operation.

Dozens of days later, the Human Empire completely controlled the Titan Space Station and the entire moon, and the advance fleet began to move towards the Earth.

According to the images sent back, the entire Earth is still in a fierce battle, and its strength is divided into three parts:

The one with the most troops, the unity of the faith and the few zombies

The human government of the dead space has a large number of weapons and equipment and fixed facilities.

And the human resistance army that is inferior to the first two in all aspects, but widely distributed, because the truth has been revealed

So far, no trace of the blood moon has been found. Although the signal has been detected, the other party seems to have hidden itself.

Dead Space Humans have experienced several large-scale alien colonizations. Although the number of their colonies is not as large as that of the Human Empire, which covers almost half of the Milky Way, there are still many and they are widely distributed. And because of the large amount of resources obtained from large-scale colonization, there are now a large number of space stations and orbital defense facilities in the Earth's orbit.

The Human Empire can certainly use its advantages in technology and ship size and quality to destroy all orbital defense facilities and military space stations near the Earth, but this is not their goal. It is important to know that rebuilding these facilities requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and the Human Empire is short of people now, so it is best to preserve them if possible.

And even though it has fallen into decline, the human government of the Dead Space still has a lot of ships and troops, not to mention the Unified × side.

So after another discussion, Zhang Yi and others decided to first use a relatively troublesome method, trying to retain as many facilities on Earth as possible, and try to integrate the indigenous forces of the Death Space.

You know, what the Human Empire needs to worry about is never the corrupt Death Space human government, or the Unified × followers who are sold out without knowing it and help others count money, but the unknown number of Blood Moon fleets generated by the Divine Seal.

Once the Blood Moon Fleet reaches the vicinity of the Earth-Moon orbit, even if the Human Empire Fleet can annihilate these foul existences, they will lose all the gains they have already obtained, and their future gains in this world will be greatly reduced.

Except for a small number of Imperial Navy fleets that were there to prevent accidents and conduct surveillance, the rest of the fleets were docked near the Titan Space Station and the Moon Colony to prevent possible raids from the Blood Moon and the Seal of God.

There's still not enough manpower.

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Several modified and strengthened phase ships, whose prototypes came from the world of "Far Planet", successfully bypassed the high-altitude orbital defense facilities by entering the phase space and entered the Earth's atmosphere.

In order to ensure the secrecy of the operation, the largest ship in this fleet is only a phase destroyer, and the rest are phase frigates of the size found in the world view of "Far Planet", as well as several armed phase transporters.

It is because of their small size and ability to phase shift that they are able to successfully and safely land on the surface of the Dead Space world.

A Contempt II Type Dreadnought of the Emperor's Children, four tactical squads from different chapters, thousands of Astra Militarum troops, and two Imperial Primarchs were all the troops for this mission.

Their mission is to find and control the black divine seal that landed on the planet Yukata, and try to use it to make the entire planet, by replicating the red that came from it, all dormant, to prevent possible aggregation phenomena.

In addition, they also need to integrate the forces on Earth as much as possible to control the Earth in this world. As has been said repeatedly before, the Human Empire is now short of manpower.

O'Neill will be stationed aboard the Unknown Hope and will deliver a devastating blow to any blood moon that appears.

The expedition has just begun...

472. Battle for the Divine Seal (I)

The Black Seal of God, located on the Yucatan Peninsula, landed on Earth long before the birth of mankind.

At that time, the Earth was still a barren planet with little life, so the Black Divine Seal interfered and accelerated the evolution of living things, and promoted humans, a species that he believed had great potential.

Although the Divine Seals are not carbon-based creatures, they need carbon-based creatures with advanced technology and intelligence to reproduce for them. Therefore, when they land on some planets with life but no civilization, they will try to give birth to civilization themselves to achieve their goals.

Ever since humans unearthed the Black Seal from the Yucatan Peninsula, triggering the first zombie disaster and subsequently establishing the Unified ×, the Seal has always been the center of human discussion and struggle.

The increasingly depleted energy and the increasingly expanding interstellar territory have made the human government, the Unified ×, and even ordinary people who are unaware of the situation, all flock to the Divine Seal's ability to provide unlimited energy.

And this is what the Divine Seal wants to see. Even though they have caused disasters more than once, these stupid carbon-based creatures still refuse to give up on them. Later, whether the Black Divine Seal waits until the time is right to trigger the aggregation phenomenon and create a new blood moon, or serves as a coordinate to attract the Blood Moon Fleet to feast on it, it will be another victory for them.

Today, through previous actions, the human government forces still firmly control the Yucatan Peninsula, where the black divine seal is placed. However, neither the Unification Church’s troops nor the suddenly rising human resistance have ever stopped attacking and probing the Yucatan Peninsula.

The previous plan of taking it step by step, then packaging the Divine Seal as a harmless energy source for large-scale use, can no longer be implemented. Now the only way is to suppress all discordant voices through force, and then consider the use of the Divine Seal.

The various forces in the Yucatan Peninsula region, who were fighting fiercely, did not notice that a new force had landed nearby and was about to join the fight for the black divine seal.

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At night, a dead space government outpost

This was originally an outpost of the government army, but soon after the battle on the Liukata Peninsula broke out, the military ordered the garrison to be evacuated and all troops retreated to the rear.

After that, the people of Unified × occupied this place as their stronghold in the area.

But now, the entire outpost is caught in a massacre...

First, the patrol teams in the surrounding area lost contact one after another, and then several fixed outposts outside the outpost lost contact.

The power supply of the outpost was cut off and the entire outpost was plunged into darkness. Only then did the top leaders of the Unified× here realize that something was wrong and immediately ordered the troops to withdraw for defense.

However, the only response he got was the noisy sound of electricity in the communicator.

No response, no light, not even a scream...

The entire outpost seemed to be swallowed up by the night at this moment. It was silent and terrifyingly quiet.

All the outpost defenders have lost contact, which makes the Unified× high-level officials here feel terrified.

He immediately asked everyone around him to pick up weapons, gather around him, and then blocked all entrances and exits with various objects.

The red emergency light was flashing, but the limited light could not dispel the fear in his heart. The surroundings were too quiet, and apart from the breathing of his subordinates around him, he could hardly hear any sound.

They were praying, praying to the divine seal they believed in, praying to those "gods" who had been forgotten and abandoned, and praying to all beings that might bless them.

Although there are many crazy believers in the Unified × who are willing to give their hearts and souls (physically) for the Divine Seal, most of the grassroots believers just want a spiritual support or a chance to get a better life.

At this moment, the flashing red emergency light went out, and the entire room fell into darkness. Everyone here began to breathe rapidly.

"ah--!"

Bang bang bang－－!

It started with a scream, followed by several rounds of gunfire, and then the only room with some sound fell into silence.

[This is the Raven Guard, the outpost has been cleared]

． ． ． A few dozen minutes later...

One after another, human corpses with the uniform "×" mark were dragged out from the outpost and thrown into a large dug pit. As the last corpse was dragged out and thrown in, the Astra Militarum soldiers armed with promethium flamethrowers set the pile of corpses on fire to prevent them from being used by the Divine Seal later.

Relying on the Raven Guard Space Marines' superb stealth and assassination skills, they killed all the Unification Church members before the Unified ×-controlled outpost sent a message, allowing the follow-up troops to occupy the place without any hindrance.

But for Zhang Yi and his team's overall operation, this is just the beginning. They now need to determine the location of the black divine seal in order to proceed with the next action.

"Based on the practical cases of fighting against the God Seal in Tafrantis and the Moon Colony, we must find the black God Seal as quickly as possible and install a suppression device on it to put it into a dormant state." Zhang Yi said. "Otherwise, the stimulated God Seal may cause aggregation, which will be troublesome."

"But it's not easy. The only information we have about Terra in this world is what you provided," Fugen said. "Right now, everyone in Terra is fighting over that divine seal. It would be difficult for us to start from scratch and slowly collect information, and we may not have that much time."

"It shouldn't be a problem to find the approximate location of the Divine Seal, but what we need is the specific location. I now have reason to suspect that the Black Divine Seals have already exchanged our intelligence with each other."

"That is to say, if we are exposed, it is very likely to stimulate the black divine seal on this planet, causing it to begin to aggregate directly..."

“That’s when the trouble starts.”

Having said this, Zhang Yi and Fugen fell into silence.

"Anyway, send out the reconnaissance troops and the servo skull first. I at least need to know the surrounding terrain and the current battle situation. As for how to confirm the exact location of the divine seal..."

"Actually, there is a solution." Zhang Yi suddenly said. "Is Isaac still in the team?"

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In Zhang Yi's team, Isaac is the only one who is relatively familiar with the Dead Space Earth, which is why he is brought along on this mission.

Although Isaac went to work in outer space directly after completing his studies, he did not know much about the Black Seal on the Yucatan Peninsula. However, as far as Zhang Yi knew, his mother was a devout and somewhat crazy believer in the Unification Movement, and she had spent a lot of money to buy a high-level position in the Unification Movement - this made Isaac's student life very difficult, and he began to hate the Unification Movement because of this.

A position that can be bought with money is generally not a position with real power, but this is also a breakthrough. Even if Isaac's mother does not know the location of the divine seal, she may know who knows it.

After spending some time persuading Isaac (Isaac only hated the cheating Tongyi×, and still had great respect for his mother), Zhang Yi obtained her photo and used his ability to bring her directly to him.

The Mechanicus took some time to obtain from her mind all the information she knew about the Unification while ensuring that she was intact.

As luck would have it, this information just happened to contain the information Zhang Yi and his team wanted: because the war broke out, some Unificationists who were not originally part of the action team were promoted not long ago on the grounds of carrying out a "sacred mission" and were transferred to the vicinity of the Yucatan Peninsula.

Several of these people happened to be people she knew, and if nothing unexpected happened, they should have just arrived in this area not long ago and had not had time to be assigned a task.

"I'll contact the Necrons and see if I can get a few 'Heart-Locking Beetles'."

"If we're lucky, we'll be able to get going soon."