Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Afterwards, after a chaotic discussion among the top management of [Tachyon Technology], they accepted the invitation (threat), and Guilliman and his descendants were allowed to enter the home planet of [Tachyon Technology].

During this meeting, Guilliman introduced the existence of the Human Empire to the top leaders of Tachyon Technology, showing them the increasingly powerful Imperial army and the infinite world.

Afterwards, Guilliman expressed his desire to peacefully take over Tachyon Technology in order to preserve various technological creations, population and infrastructure to the greatest extent possible and to reduce unnecessary casualties.

A huge empire from another world, this is indeed shocking. What the Human Empire has shown has surpassed the Domain Empire they once belonged to (that is, the Territory of Man/infinite worlds are indeed like this).

It is still unknown whether the Domain Empire still exists or whether it has split into countless forces like here in Perseus due to the collapse of the star gate, but the Human Empire is thriving.

Some people were shaken by this, especially since the conditions offered by Guilliman were quite good, such as allowing them to restart the research on the AI ​​core under control.

However, there are still some people who do not want to have another person above them - I am the boss now, why should I go to your place and kneel down to be the second in command?

However, when Guilliman showed them another picture, those who had such thoughts all broke out in cold sweat.

The picture shows the Raven Guard chapters slaughtering all the troops and high-ranking officials on Andrada, the home planet of the Sindarin Power.

Just like an old-fashioned horror movie, when the lights went out and on, the guards who were originally there turned into corpses on the ground, and several giants who came from nowhere stood under the lights and disappeared after the next flash of the lights.

The soldiers, seized by fear, fired indiscriminately around them. The flames from the laser beams and bullets escaping from the muzzles kept flickering in the darkness, but they went out soon, disappearing along with the soldiers' panicked breathing.

"I hope you understand that the reason I am negotiating with you here is not because we cannot bear to kill ordinary people or we do not have enough manpower. I just want to keep some things and give you some respect." Guilliman said as he switched the screen to the Word Bearers who were conducting a comprehensive cleanup of the entire Ludite home planet. "We need manpower and we also need technology, but that does not mean we have to get these things from here."

"The human empire does not need unbridled and crazy beliefs, nor does it need arrogant planetary governors without any self-awareness."

A missile dropped from the sky, reducing an entire Luddite fortress to ashes. In the sky, a large amount of ship debris streaked across the sky like rain.

“I hope you can make the right decision.”

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NieR World, the desert where Emil's clone is located

A large number of creepy-looking round heads emerged from the sand, and a violent sandstorm arose, blocking the area. Then, amid roars and curses, beams of magic elements shot out, instantly submerging the members of the Mechanicus in front of them.

The hidden boss of the NieR world, the magic weapon of the old times, the reason why mechanical life forms have evolved to their current state, and Emil (the clone) who has lost his memory.

"Captain, we have confirmed that the signals from the oil guys have disappeared." The Iron Hands Space Marine, who was watching the entire process of the sandstorm from a distance, reported to the captain of the squad. "In addition, we have discovered the movement of controllable Emil individuals."

"Keep watching. We don't need to deal with it for now." The Space Marine captain responded. "Prepare to bring the next batch of Mechanicus here, and clean up the traces around."

"We can still handle a lot of people here."

527. Emile

The Offensive and Victory class battleship battle groups with heavier armor were at the front, followed by the Exemplar class laser battleships and the Star, Mora and Vulture class aircraft carriers. The battlefield was filled with densely packed ships.

The Imperial fleet, which had already deployed its battle line, began long-range bombardment, with huge macrocannon shells, beams from the light spear array, and a small number of nova cannons attacking them.

The shield of the armored battleship at the front was immediately overloaded, and the armor was penetrated. This round of shelling alone destroyed several battleships.

However, due to the small number of guarding troops, the Empire's defensive fleet failed to intercept the enemy fleet outside their attack range. Relying on the short-term acceleration provided by the [Flame Drive], after losing more than half of their troops, they successfully entered the range of most of their artillery.

The next second, a large amount of live artillery fire hit the Imperial Defense Fleet. The blue protective shield lit up and was covered by the flames of the explosion.

A barrage of missiles flew towards the Imperial ships amidst the artillery fire. Point defense shot down most of them, but due to the large number of the enemy's fleet, many missiles were not intercepted and exploded on the shields or armor plates.

The Imperial fleet has an absolute advantage in ship size and firepower, but the enemy has too many ships, and this time there are also some larger ships in the enemy's fleet.

The [Invincible] class dreadnought, this [Overlord] super battleship that was close to the Imperial cruiser, came in front of an Imperial destroyer under the cover of many ships. The instantaneous burst of firepower severely damaged its target, creating a gap in the Empire's defense line.

Just as the dreadnought was about to break through this line of defense and head straight for the stargate beyond it, another Imperial destroyer rushed over at full speed and rammed into its hull.

Then, the boarding began.

Just like the expressions on the enemy's faces when they were fighting the Knights Templar, the crew was extremely shocked by the unique space combat method from the 40K world, but they still needed to send people to deal with the enemies who boarded the ship.

The attack on this gap was suppressed, and the battle situation fell into a stalemate again. The Imperial fleet with heavy artillery and powerful armor and shields was not so easy to break through, and the Allied forces had far more ships than the Imperial fleet here, making it difficult for them to launch an effective counterattack.

At this moment, an Imperial cruiser was suddenly destroyed by a burst of intensive artillery fire, and a huge green battleship... or space station, slowly appeared on the front line.

【cathedral】

This modular giant ship, which is almost as big as a space station (in fact, the Luddite Church does use it as a space station), is one of the few ships in the world that can confront some of the Empire's ships head-on. In this case, the only Overlord-class Battlecruiser stationed here stood in front of it and launched a charge towards the enemy.

In a classic reappearance, the refined golden ram instantly destroyed the Cathedral's already flimsy front modular components, forcing it to stop completely, followed by a large number of landing ships and torpedoes being launched.

The main fleet of the coalition forces was blocked outside the star gate by the imperial defenders. Although the number of ships of the coalition forces was several times that of the enemy, they were unable to break through.

Just as another trump card was revealed and then blocked by the Empire, the signal of enemy ships suddenly appeared behind the Imperial fleet.

Sizzle—boom!

Along with the appearance of several laser beams, the operating stargate was destroyed, and a half-exited Imperial frigate was split into two. Near the destroyed stargate, a small fleet composed entirely of phase battleships appeared.

[The Human Empire's star gate has been destroyed! The enemy's support has been cut off! ]

This exciting news spread among the coalition forces, and the morale of the coalition fleet was significantly boosted.

However, the coalition command soon discovered something was wrong. Because the star gate that was being protected was destroyed, the Imperial fleet stationed there did not panic as expected. They remained orderly and resisted the attack of the coalition fleet.

This was not right. After eavesdropping on the internal communications of the human fleet, some commanders discovered that they were not mentioning any information about the destruction of the star gate, but were arranging defense and attack normally, as if the star gate that was destroyed was not their own.

However, the coalition fleet that traveled to Prism Port was not aware that the home planet of their own force was now under attack by another human fleet. The galaxy, which had almost no effective defense fleet, quickly lost control of the universe and began a brutal ground battle.

In addition, the dormant star gates on their home planets or nearby galaxies are now starting to operate again under the operation of mechanical arks.

The Human Empire never said from the beginning to the end that they could only open that one star gate, nor did they say that they only had that one way to quickly reach the central star field. Everything was just their speculation.

At this time, a spot of light appeared near the destroyed star gate, and then expanded, until it was clearly visible to the Phase Fleet even though it was still quite a distance away. Then a ship as big as a continent sailed out of it.

[Hope]

Even the commander of the Allied fleet who was fighting the Imperial garrison fleet here from a long distance could see the giant ship slowly emerging, as well as the phase fleets that were destroyed even after entering the phase space.

At this moment, the giant ship had completely appeared in this world, with its bow pointed towards the battle zone.

[Begin transition]

Whoosh—boom!

Just like a huge truck rushing into the crowd, the "Hope" that instantly rushed into the battlefield ended its short-distance jump. A large number of coalition ships were directly destroyed. For most of the coalition ships, the "Hope" was like a giant and was within reach.

[The battle here has just begun, My Friend~]

～～～～～～～One Week After the War～～～～～～

[Disconnected]

"2B-san, it's ready now."

Following 9S's voice, 2B, who was lying on the metal recliner, opened her eyes and sat up.

"Without changing Sister Wei's program, I have adjusted some of your systems. It should be able to better resist possible intrusions." 9S said. "You can move around a little bit."

"...9S, are you hiding from me?"

"Huh?" 2B's sudden question made 9S stunned, and he turned away awkwardly. "No, no way..."

[Statistics: The frequency of 2B and 9S's meetings and cooperation in the past three days has dropped by 25%] The repaired 2B's auxiliary machine said at this time.

"That... that's because I haven't had anything to do recently."

[Speculation: This situation may be related to the "future" that 9S saw a few days ago]

"I..."

"Did anything bad happen to our original future?"

"2B-san..."

2B with a pair of blue eyes looked at 9S in front of him, making him a little overwhelmed. Outside the room, Zhang Yi and several pathfinders were conducting another "eavesdropping".

"Kiss it, kiss it--"

"Come on, come on--"

"You two should get married soon, I have packed the money for the gift."

"Be careful with the door, it can't bear the weight of the three of you." Kerr said speechlessly as he looked at his Primarch and his brothers.

[Are you just not going to take care of it? ] (Nozomi AI/Xiao Wei)

"He's my father, how can I control him?"

At this time, A2, who had completed further repairs and renovations and was wearing YoRHa combat uniform, walked over and looked at the three people who were prying open the door.

"Why don't you just go in?"

As he spoke, before Zhang Yi and the others could react, A2 pushed open the door, and the two Space Marines and Zhang Yi fell to the ground.

"Huh?" 2B and 9S turned their heads to look at the two [Pathfinders] stacked on top of each other, and Zhang Yi who was pressed at the bottom.

"I...you...you did a great job (thumbs up)"

"You're being too discriminatory, Boss."

"...Do you want us to call her mom now?"

"You two shut up."

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Neil World

These artificial humans who are loyal to humans are the primary target of Zhang Yi and his team, but there are still some other things in this world that are worth obtaining.

Such as unknown alien technology, and the technology used by humans in this world to combine magic elements to create various weapons and equipment.

Although the magic element that caused the extinction of human beings is becoming less and less, and the various weapons developed for this purpose have been submerged in a long period of time, there is an exception - Emil.

However, due to the fierce battle before and the previous actions of the Iron Hands Space Marines, the attitude of the only friendly Emile nearby towards them was a bit...

As I have said repeatedly before, in the eyes of most of the world, the Imperium of Man is definitely not a good guy, especially after Emile witnessed how the Iron Hands Space Marines dealt with disobedient members of the Mechanicus.

On the other hand, because they repeatedly provoked those out-of-control emirs, the situation of the emirs in that area was not very stable. Although this situation was taken into consideration when implementing the plan, it now seems that the sensitivity of the target is somewhat beyond expectations.

Because the Iron Hands Chapter wants to stay in this world for a long time, it is unrealistic to leave the somewhat out-of-control Emil alone. Even if they can use environmental modification equipment to reshape the environment of the planet after they have caused devastating damage to the entire Earth, the various technological creations hidden under the ruins will definitely be affected.

It just so happened that the group of Mechanicus members who were unwilling to accept the Empire's reforms had already become suspicious of the exploration mission here, and Zhang Yi needed to use practical actions to prove that there was "no problem" here.

"So, Ferrus, I'm just cleaning up your kids' butts~" Zhang Yi muttered as he returned to the hidden fortress again. "The number of people on this mission can't be too large, and the presence of the Space Marines should not be exposed, so only..."

Zhang Yi turned around and looked at A2, 2B and 9S who were following him.

"Well...you'll need some special weapons."

. . . . . .

Due to the crash of the [Fortress] space station, the [Human Parliament] on the moon also disappeared, and the mechanical life forms controlled by N2 fell into another round of "failures".

Having lost its target as the 'enemy', N2, which represented the original mission of the mechanical life form, fell into chaos. As a result of the subsequent split, N2, whose mission goal was to 'protect the enemy', now controls almost all the mechanical life forms, but her condition is not good either.

'Protect the enemy' so that they do not become extinct, thereby ensuring that there are enemies to eliminate, but the current situation is that the enemies cannot be found.

It's not that there is not a single one to be found, but it is true that the number of androids has been reduced to a very dangerous level, and more and more androids are disappearing from N2's surveillance.

This caused N2 to become somewhat confused, and her confusion directly led to a large number of mechanical life forms being disconnected or shut down.

It is also for this reason that after Zhang Yi took A2, 2B and 9S out of the base, there were very few mechanical life forms seen in the entire area. Even if they were encountered, they either stayed in place motionless or wandered around aimlessly alone.

"As we know, almost all the mechanical life forms in this area have problems." 9S said, looking at the medium-sized mechanical life form that was banging its head against the wall not far away. "The androids and the mechanical life forms are enemies of each other, but they can't leave each other... How ironic..."

"If you have time to sigh there, why don't you come and help me find the way." Zhang Yi said, looking at the light screen in front of him. "The previous battle completely changed the structure of this area, and I can't find the original way..."

"Excuse me, I'm going to scan the surroundings now to determine a new route."

9S walked up to Zhang Yi and began to build a new terrain map of the vicinity, while 2B and A2 watched them from behind.

2B looked at 9S, and A2 looked at Zhang Yi.

[Hint: It is not clear whether humans will accept it...]

"Shut up." (×2)