Warhammer 40 A New Hope

"Keep your surveillance, and before I plan to formally establish an alliance with these creations of the Old Saints, remain vigilant and ensure the safety of that boy." The Emperor said to Cypher who knelt on one knee. "You should be aware of his importance to the entire human empire."

"Your will, my Lord..."

67. Start again

a few months later

After replenishing its personnel and supplies, the [Unknown Hope] once again embarked on an unknown journey, but this time, it was accompanied by a large number of transport ships and the [Grand Sage of the Mechanicum] - Belisarius Cawl, and his vehicle - the [Iron Ghost] mechanical ark.

In the Terra Palace, there are still those loyal guards, and the emperor's bones still sit on it.

"I still remember the way that kid looked at those books and mechanical headaches under Cawl's half-forced coercion, and the way he anxiously smeared his face with oil while looking at a mechanical one~ Hahaha~" The Emperor's laughter echoed in front of the entire Golden Throne, which meant that he was in a good mood. "How did they describe people like him in their time? Oh, yes, 'student scum'."

"My Lord, you are in a good mood."

"Of course, I'm happy to see that kid having a headache!" said the Emperor. "Are you weird?"

"I dare not, but..."

"He is too naive and his methods are too gentle." The Emperor said. "He needs to understand that there are some things, some bottom lines that cannot be changed..."

"It also needs to know how to deal with human enemies."

"Yes, his mercy and compassion are rare things in this universe, but that doesn't mean these things can be given to everyone."

"The aliens from another world have done unforgivable things. They need to pay the price, even if some of them were forced by the so-called Elders."

"If it weren't for his strong persuasion, I would have made all the aliens there disappear."

"On the other hand... do you really think that his action this time failed?"

In response to the Emperor's question, the kitten still kept his head down.

"Although he occupied Terra in another world after consuming a large amount of manpower, it did affect his subsequent actions. Moreover, as he said, it will take a long time to build Terra and make it capable of feeding back to our human empire..."

"Indeed." The Emperor said. "He is right, and your analysis is also correct."

"But do you still remember that I tried to invade his hometown because of his revealed ability to travel through time?"

"Yes, that was also the beginning of your deal with him, my Lord."

"Then have you ever thought about what the first problem I would face if I really ignored him and chose to invade and occupy their world?"

"yes..."

"There is no Warp." The Emperor interrupted the kitten's thoughts. "The predicament of the human empire was caused by the Warp, but now we cannot leave the Warp."

"And there is no subspace in the world over there, which means that many things here will be affected by it."

"The first thing to be addressed is the issue of ships. You haven't forgotten what divided humanity in the beginning and restricted its development, right?"

"...it's distance and time."

"Yes, before the subspace engine was developed, the long distance caused it to take a lot of time to travel from one planet to another, which to some extent affected the unification of the human empire."

"And if, I am planning to do that (invade Zhang Yi's home universe), then this is also the first problem that needs to be solved, which will limit us."

"But now, a universe with a calmer and safer subspace, do you know what that means?"

"This means that many of our things here can be used directly in that universe after simple adjustments and debugging there, without encountering a series of problems caused by the lack of subspace."

"Yes, in the short term, his action was a failure, but in the longer term, when he discovered and went to that universe, he had succeeded."

"But why, you..."

"So hard on him when he returns?" the Emperor spoke again. "Because it is not enough."

"He has indeed brought enough benefits and given me hope for the empire to rise again, but..."

"It's not enough! Not enough!"

"I need more, more proof, more assurance!"

"So, I will never tell him 'enough' until the agreed time is really over."

"The Human Empire needs more help!"

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Inquisitor Flo Martin and his teacher, also an Inquisitor, Els Astalam, recently received a message from a Guardsman asking them to go to the Golden Throne.

Martin, who had just become an inquisitor, was left outside the door leading to the throne, watching his teacher and a bishop of the [Empire State Church] enter the door.

Martin had never felt that the wait was so long, even though only a few dozen minutes had actually passed.

Then, he saw the somewhat crazy Anglican priest and his teacher, both of whom had an obvious slap mark on their faces...

After that day, the entire state religion of the empire began to stir.

And his teacher told him after they returned that they were going to carry out a secret mission ordered by the Emperor himself.

He (Martin) was told that all this was for the sake of the empire's resurgence.

. . . . . .

Zhang Yi saw that ugly face again.

Yes, once again...

He never expected that one of the judges sent by the Emperor would be the person who had stopped him and questioned him before.

This is embarrassing, isn't it?

Thanks to the Emperor's advance notice (or psychic slap), after the people from the State Religion and the Inquisition boarded the ship, there was no noise as expected...

The state religion priest, Beryl Sammy, started preaching the state religion as soon as he got on board, and repeatedly spoke of its greatness. He even wanted to preach to the lizardmen...

It was also because Master Kua Kuat and his lizardmen had good tempers, otherwise Zhang Yi doubted whether they would be martyred on the spot...

However, judging from what he repeatedly said during his preaching, "The Emperor is not a god," and the slap mark on his face when he first met him, it can be estimated that he had direct contact with the Emperor (in various senses).

As for the Inquisition on the other side... They met with Master Kua Kuaat and his lizardmen warriors right away, talked a lot, and then requested an inspection of the entire ship on the grounds that they had fought against demons in another world.

Soldiers who had fought alongside the Lizardmen, and weapons made in collaboration with the Lizardmen, were also repeatedly inspected to ensure their loyalty and purity.

Finally, the leader of the two judges who had done all this came to Zhang Yi.

The leading judge, Astalam, exchanged opinions and views with Zhang Yi in the most peaceful tone possible and explained his mission.

Afterwards, Astalaam handed the issue of dealing with aliens to his student Martin, asking him to write a new plan for the management and handling of aliens based on the known situations, and asked him to reach a consensus with Zhang Yi.

Perhaps they thought their thinking was rigid and not suitable for this task, or perhaps they wanted to train their students, or perhaps they simply knew it was not an easy task and threw this difficult problem to their students.

Anyway, until now, the two of them have not been able to talk properly...

"Kill half of the aliens to limit their numbers, perform physical castration, vassal death squads, occupy the mother planet..."

"Can't you be less violent..." Zhang Yi covered his face as he looked at the plan that even a mustache guy would call cruel. "I don't believe you didn't put your personal emotions into this..."

Martin remained silent, and Zhang Yi was also very troubled by this.

There is no doubt that his plan is fine in the Warhammer 40K world, and it is even very correct.

But considering the education Zhang Yi received, this plan is simply cruel. Even the life of a little mustache boy is not as bad as yours!

"This is not a solution." Zhang Yi had a headache, and then he looked at Judge Martin in front of him and pushed a chair to him. "Sit down and have a good talk... This is not a solution either."

In response to Zhang Yi's words, Martin did not sit down.

This gave Zhang Yi an even bigger headache.

"Okay, I'll stand up and speak too!" Zhang Yi stood up and said, "If someone says that the judge doesn't give face to the emperor and makes the emperor stand and talk to me, I won't be responsible."

Hearing this, Martin sat down obediently.

"That's right, why are you so stubborn?" Seeing Martin sitting down, Zhang Yi also sat down. "This alien problem is impossible to get through, right? I've said it several times..."

"I'm going to be direct and tell you what my bottom line is. What is the minimum price you want those aliens who have persecuted humans to pay?"

"..."

Inquisitor Martin did not answer immediately. After all, according to what he had learned, only dead aliens were good aliens. The current situation was obviously a bit beyond his scope...

"I seriously suspect that your master gave this matter to you because he couldn't weigh this point..." Zhang Yi said. "Don't treat them as aliens, treat them as human beings who have committed serious crimes..."

"As far as I know, in the timeline without our help (Chimera Squad), most of those aliens were very willing to atone for the mistakes they had made. They also got along well with humans at that time..."

"If you really can't find any help, go ask your teacher, the Anglican priests and bishops..."

"What I need is a plan that both parties can accept, and at the same time our reasons can stand up and make sense..."

"I know the Empire's usual style, but in other worlds, please do not bring your original world's practices here..."

"In other worlds, we have better options. There is no need to fight to the death."

"understand?"

Martin remained silent. Seeing this, Zhang Yi continued.

"In your opinion, I am a [Living Saint] or [Emperor's Chosen One], right? Is this also the reason why you listen to my advice?"

"I hope you will listen to my advice and respect me for more than just this." Zhang Yi said. "I am on a pirate ship, but since I can't get off, I will try to do the best I can."

"I want to try to change the current plight of the empire."

"I'll do it!"

After saying these words, Zhang Yi looked at the judge in front of him, trying to see some changes in expression on his face.

However, he didn't show any expression... It was embarrassing.

Snapped!

Zhang Yi slapped himself in the face to prevent others from seeing his embarrassed expression.

"Ignore what I said...just go and do your thing..."

Even after Martin left the room, Zhang Yi was still shocked. After a long time, he turned his head and looked at the imperial guards behind him.

"...are you laughing?"

"．．．．．．." The imperial guards remained silent.

68. Mercy

XCOM World

The huge ship once again appeared over the planet which had just regained peace, causing some unrest.

A large number of Astra Militarum and Imperial members then descended to the surface of the planet, which undoubtedly made the rebels nervous.

The news brought by the imperial officials who came down with a large number of soldiers made them feel a little relieved - everything Zhang Yi promised was still valid, but...

A few more details...

But this is not what Zhang Yi needs to worry about. After all, everything that can be said has been said over and over again, and the bottom line has been drawn very clearly. The rest can be left to the professionals.

After all, this is not a game like "Civilization" or "Cities: Skylines", the actual management is very, very complicated.

Zhang Yi decided not to get involved in this mess...

What he needs to solve now is to prepare for the next action.

. . . . . .

The color high-definition projector brought by Zhang Yi from their world was playing a Warhammer 40K animation from Zhang Yi's world.

A five-man Chaos Terminator squad under Abaddon broke into the Necrons' territory and was stopped when they were about to destroy a [Cryptologist].

The Cryptid claims to know the location of an Eldar artifact, one that allows anyone to traverse the Webway at will.

When Abaddon learned of this news, he sent the Terminator team that received the news to search for the artifact.

The Necromancer had not lied to them, there really was such a place, and they had indeed detected unknown energy fluctuations.

At the same time, a Dark Eldar ship also docked nearby, but...

There is no sign of life...

The arrogant Chaos Terminators entered the location of the artifact, and after experiencing a series of strange things and battles, they saw the Eldar artifact.

Just as the leading Chaos Terminator was about to take the artifact, they suddenly discovered that it was all just a trap...

[The way out of the maze is not to enter in the first place]