Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

"Um~ Sorry, Noah. I feel a little dizzy, probably because of overuse of psychic power."

She has always been very skilled at giving things away for free.

Noah hugged Cassia's slender waist, put his hands into the girl's hair, and stroked her cheeks and the wound-like cheeks. Although the girl's skin was soft and white, he could still feel the crack of her cheeks clearly when he stroked it.

But this did not destroy the girl's beauty, but instead added a unique charm to her, making Noah love her.

But while caressing, Noah was also reviewing the action in his mind.

In fact, Noah had anticipated this sneak attack as early as the moment he entered the Heroku Starport. It was not that he had foreseen it, but mainly because he had read the plot.

When the Battle of Macragge broke out, the first place to be captured by the thieves was the starport of Hellux.

When Noah learned that Calgar was going to have a meeting with them at the Heroku Starport, he immediately realized that the thief might take the opportunity to cause trouble. So he specifically asked the battle sisters to disperse at the starport to prevent the thief's sneak attack.

Anyway, he would not have suffered any loss even if Ji Zei did not come. As a result, Ji Zei's chieftain did not disappoint him at all. He foolishly brought Ji Zei to launch a sneak attack, trying to catch all the Extreme Warriors in one fell swoop.

Noah took into account that even if the battle sisters were prepared, they might not be able to discover the lurking chicken thieves, and even specifically asked Cassia for help - Cassia's powerful psychic power allowed her to detect the lurking chicken thieves in advance and warn the battle sisters at the first opportunity.

As Noah expected, it was Cassia who first discovered a chicken thief sneaking into the conference room through the exhaust pipe, which triggered the all-out firefight.

Once they lose the advantage of sneak attack, even if the chicken thieves have claws that can tear apart the Space Marines' power armor, it is difficult for them to break through the dense firepower network of the Space Marines and Battle Sisters due to their high attack and low defense.

When they realize that they can't do anything, the chicken thieves will definitely choose to retreat, and their only escape route is the starport's orbital elevator - the starport can't afford to support so many chicken thieves, so most of them climb up along the orbital elevator.

Since we are going to retreat, we should of course run the same way we came.

After realizing this, Noah immediately took the combat sisters to the cargo hold closest to the orbital elevator, so that they could arrive at the scene just in time for Titus and the thief patriarch to start fighting.

With such careful planning, the results are naturally perfect.

The Ultramarines eliminated the chicken thief, and Noah gained the friendship of the Ultramarines. In one word -

Win-win!

Although there was a suspicion of using the Extreme Warriors as bait, Noah felt that it was harmless. As long as such things were not exposed, everyone would be happy.

Isn't it normal for him to have some little secrets, just like the Ultramarines have their own little secrets?

Chapter 25 Life is the Emperor's Currency

When the Heroku Starport was blocked, the review was also carried out simultaneously. Not only the starport itself, but all government departments including Macragge were working hard to hunt down hidden thieves and infected personnel.

The Astronomican Choir constantly sends Astronomican communications to the surrounding worlds, both to issue threats and request support, and to confirm the status of these galaxies. Once these worlds lose contact, it means that the Zerg may have arrived at the lost world.

By this means, they can also estimate when the Tyranids will arrive in Macragge.

At the same time, the fleet at the starport is also gathering.

This huge fleet is composed of the combined fleet from the Maelstrom, Macragge's defense fleet, and the Ultramarines' battle barges and strike cruisers. There are at least hundreds of main battleships alone, and the escort fleets are countless.

In addition, several supernova-class orbital defense platforms are deployed above Macragge.

This is the first time since the Horus Heresy that such a large fleet has assembled above Macragge!

But this is far from the limit, and more fleets are coming from all over the galaxy. Everything is going on in full swing for the war that is coming and will definitely come.

click!

The door was opened by the members of the Honor Guard guarding the door, and when Noah entered the conference room, four chapter masters were already waiting for him there.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Karga did not exchange too many pleasantries and directly began to introduce the current situation:

"We have established contact with the surrounding worlds. At least 20 worlds in the eastern border have lost contact with us, and the closest one is Sandros."

The holographic image on the conference table showed a star map of the Ultramar sector, which clearly marked the relative positions of Macragge and Sandros.

"When was the last time we heard from them in astropathic communication?" Huron asked.

"At least a month ago."

"In other words, the Zerg Fleet should still be staying on this planet?" asked Saltak, the commander of the Mantis Warriors.

"I think so."

Calgar nodded solemnly and pointed to a blue dot between Macragge and Sandros on the star map. "The only thing standing between us and the Hive Fleet is Plantium!"

The flashing blue dot immediately attracted the attention of several people. Calgar tapped it with his finger and magnified the galaxy represented by the blue dot:

"Plantim had an astropathic communication with us a few hours ago. It can be confirmed that the Hive Fleet has not yet arrived there. This is a garden world with a population of over 120 million. We can't abandon them easily, as that will only provide more biomass for the Tyranids!"

"What are you going to do?" Huron asked bluntly.

"Evacuate the imperial people above and impose an extermination order on this planet!" Calgar stated his plan in a deep voice.

Plantium, a garden world with a long history. As early as the Great Crusade, the beautiful gardens and forests of this world were regarded as a model of genetic technology and a wonder of the empire, and have always been one of the most precious treasures of the entire Ultramar!

If possible, Calgar hoped that the Ultramarines could defend it. But the current situation was obvious. Although their existing fleet was large in scale, it was still slightly inferior to the Hive Fleet of at least tens of thousands mentioned by Noah. Now even whether they could successfully defend Macragge was unknown, and it was even more ridiculous to want to protect Plantim.

The only thing they can do now is to consume as much of their manpower as possible before the Zerg Hive Fleet arrives!

Since the Tyrannosaurus' purpose is to prey, let's leave them with nothing to eat!

After a brief pause, Calgar swiped the hologram with his finger, changing the galaxy map to Macragge:

"In addition to this, we also need to evacuate the local population of Macragge and evacuate them and the residents of Plantim to the Hive World of Ichar IV in the rear."

Ichar IV is less than 300 light years away from Macragge, and the subspace travel time will not exceed two days. If you want to evacuate hundreds of billions of people in the Macragge system in a short period of time, Ichar IV is the best choice.

Noah said solemnly:

"Then these two things must be done at the same time. Even if the Tyranids need to stay in Sandros for a month to digest the biomass there, considering the speed at which they rush from Tyranids to Sandros, it will take no more than two months for them to reach Plantim! Once we implement the extermination order on Plantim, if they cannot find food on Plantim, the Tyranids will definitely head straight for Macragge. In other words, we only have three months at most."

Macragge has a population of only 4 million, and the evacuation of these 4 million people is actually very easy. Only one round of transportation is needed to evacuate them all.

In fact, the evacuation of Macragge is already underway. A large number of cargo ships have been assembled at the starport, and the people of Macragge are gathering in their city, waiting for the order to evacuate.

But the problem is that there is more than one planet in the Macragge system!

There are a total of six colonized planets in the Macragge system. Macragge is the fifth planet in the system. The other five worlds are the Agricultural World, the Hive World, the Death World, the Holy Land World and the Fortress World.

The combined population of these five planets is at least hundreds of billions. Even if all cargo ships are transporting without interruption, it is not an easy task to evacuate everyone in just three months.

Even if we assume that each round trip only takes three days, three months is only enough time for them to carry out 30 transportations, and each time they need to evacuate at least tens of billions of people!

“The time is tight, but we have to do it.”

Calgar's expression was serious. As long as there was still hope, he would never give up the people of Macragge easily.

Foros frowned:

"The situation may be even worse. Don't forget that we still have to identify the aliens, which will take a lot of time!"

"Or we can think differently,"

Huron pointed to the hive planet and said, "We can just abandon the lower level of the hive. It has already been infiltrated by aliens, and the screening work will take too much time. We don't have time to waste.

"Besides that, we can also recruit a large number of mortals to fight. Women and children can be evacuated first, but men cannot. We don't have enough ships to evacuate them, and distributing weapons to them is their only chance to survive."

Calgar was silent for a long time, then nodded with a heavy heart:

"I need to stay in Macragge to command, Plantim..."

"I'll go."

Huron immediately volunteered, "I also want to see how powerful these alien fleets are!"

"I'll go as well."

Noah followed suit and said, "If we want to fight Tyranno head-on, I can provide some intelligence support."

Foros, the captain of the Lamenters, spoke slowly:

"Then I too..."

"Foros."

Huron interrupted him, "The evacuation of the refugees requires someone to escort them, and I think only you can handle this duty."

Foros was slightly startled, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was right and nodded in agreement:

"it is good."

Their plan to evacuate the refugees may not be smooth sailing. They may encounter pirates or even dark elves along the way. If they are unlucky, it is possible that they will run into orcs.

For Foros, this was indeed a responsibility he could not refuse.

Chapter 26 You stand on the bridge and watch the scenery, while the people watching the scenery stand on the building and watch you

Plantim.

A paradise world covered by blue ocean and green land against the dark background of the universe.

Unlike most agricultural worlds that are filled with fertilizer fumes and exist only as huge farms, Paradise World is one of the few worlds among the millions of planets in the Empire that has not been industrialized and has completely preserved its outstanding natural beauty. It is famous for its unparalleled beauty and mostly undeveloped natural scenery.

Most of the Imperial nobility, from high lords to planetary governors or planetary nobles, inquisitors, and priests of the State Church, would choose to spend their later years on a garden world - provided they could live to old age.

Therefore, Space Marines will not be included among those on vacation, because they have no time to rest and will not live to retire.

Others who suffered similar fates included Astra Militarum officers and Ministry of the Interior officials. Most Astra Militarum officers died on battlefields thousands or even tens of thousands of light years away from home, while Ministry of the Interior officials often died of overwork before retirement, just like the twelve high lords who were in charge of all government affairs of the empire.

Even in the tens of thousands of years of the empire's history, very few of the empire's loyal servants have lived to see retirement.

The clear and pure stream can reflect the lush branches and leaves on the land, as well as the silver-haired girl standing by the pool, obsessed with the beautiful scenery. Cassia carefully took off her shoes and socks, sat on the grass on the shore, and gently moved her slender white feet in the cool lake water.

It seemed that the water was a little cold, and her delicate toes were slightly pursed, with the arch of her foot forming a graceful curve.

Although Cassia, as a navigator, has many mutations on her body, her feet are still as perfect as works of art.

The breeze blew the girl's silver hair and brushed her cheeks. The cool and itchy contact made the girl raise her chin slightly comfortably, and her eyes curved like crescent moons.

The beautiful scenery is just like the ancient poem:

White hair floats on the green water, and jade feet paddling the clear waves.

"Beautiful, so beautiful."

Noah was standing on the grass not far away, looking at the girl who was enjoying her rare leisure time with a doting look. He did not disturb her because this would be her last time to experience the beauty of this planet.

"Don't you want to go play together for a while?" Noah asked.

"Indulgence will only make people lazy!" Sister Ajetta continued to preach the doctrine in a strict manner. Her slightly furrowed brows made people clearly aware of her attitude. She was actually very dissatisfied with Noah's doting on Cassia.

Although Cassia is indeed indispensable to them as a navigator, she is still a mutant and a psyker. The more such people are, the more strict control they need to be in order to prevent them from being taken advantage of by Chaos.

"Ajetta, relaxing doesn't mean indulging yourself."

Nono whispered, "Om Messiah taught us that proper rest helps prolong the life of the gears."

Ajetta did not argue with her, but sternly warned her:

"Noah, you must always remember: the closer you are to desire, the further the Emperor is from you!"

Noah's eyes twitched slightly. Why did this warning sound so familiar?

Noah didn't want to admit that he had indeed had sexual thoughts, so he chose to change the subject:

"Nono, how long will it take to complete the population evacuation?"

"If you want to evacuate the entire population of this planet, it will take at least a week."

"A week?"

Noah murmured softly, this was probably the last time they could stay on this planet.

To tell the truth.

Noah felt very sorry for the destruction of Plantium.

Within the Empire, Garden Worlds are extremely rare, almost comparable to Forge Worlds in terms of rarity.

And Plantim is the best among them.

This planet is home to a large number of sanatoriums, private estates and other facilities for relaxing the body and mind. It is one of the most ideal holiday resorts in the entire empire. Most of the powerful people in the Ultramar sector and even the Ultramar sector will choose to vacation here.

So in a sense, the Garden World actually possesses extremely high political resources.

Even if we put aside these political resources, the destruction of a planet alone is enough to make him feel regretful.

But he also understood that this was a necessary sacrifice.