Warhammer, but Emperor's Chosen

A bright white ray lit up in the sky, completely vaporizing a Thunderhawk.

Huron's eye twitched. Is it necessary?

He feels sad for the Chaos traitors, how great a hatred must this be?

These traitors couldn’t get away much even if they wanted to, and Huron soon stopped caring.

The question now is, will their expedition end here, or will they continue deeper into the Maelstrom?

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"continue!"

Foros said without hesitation, "We must completely destroy them!"

"The question now is not whether we want to, but whether we can!"

Huron said in a deep voice, "If they escape into the depths of the whirlpool, it will be extremely disadvantageous for us to pursue them rashly!"

The Maelstrom region lies between the dense stellar belts of the Milky Way's spiral arms and the deadly turbulence of the Maelstrom itself. Large areas of the region are dark void, with groups of celestial bodies scattered unevenly and widely in this starless fjord.

Deadly and unpredictable phenomena such as ion reefs, void zones, and wandering singularities also frequently plague the universe.

And in the depths of the Maelstrom, the power from the Warp is also exerting a malicious influence on the real universe. Its chaotic and strange ebbs and flows bring danger and uncertainty to the Warp travel through this place.

They are still just on the outskirts of the vortex, so there is no need to worry too much.

But the world deep in the Maelstrom is probably not much different from the demon world of the Eye of Terror.

Sarthak remained silent. In fact, he also felt that it was not worth it.

Their original target this time was only the Reborn War Gang and the Titan Legion, but by some strange coincidence they managed to achieve their goal in one fell swoop.

There weren't many Chaos Space Marines who managed to escape, so they are not to be feared at all.

If we rashly go deeper with such a small number of people, we will probably suffer casualties due to the deadly turbulence of the subspace.

If the losses are greater than the gains, then it would be a bit of a loss.

Sarthak groaned:

"Frost, I think what Huron said makes some sense."

Foros frowned, he could understand their concerns.

The treacherous turbulence of the Warp was indeed dangerous, but were they simply going to leave those Chaos Space Marines alone?

Huron saw that Foros was struggling, so he asked:

"Noah, what's your suggestion?"

Noah thought for a moment and said slowly:

"My advice is also not to go any further."

"Why?" asked Foros.

Noah put it succinctly:

"Abyss Expedition."

Hearing this, the expressions of the three of them changed.

In 321.M37, Saint Barius, who was later confirmed to be a Chaos traitor, sentenced thirty Space Marine Chapters to choose between Death and Crusade in the Eye of Terror. All the Chapters chose the latter.

Because they all considered themselves loyal and hoped to prove their loyalty through the expedition.

However, among these 30 chapters, only the Piercing Sword remained loyal and successfully returned to the real universe.

Of the remaining 29 chapters, two were completely wiped out, two were missing, and the remaining 24 all degenerated into Chaos warbands, sending a large wave of soldiers to Chaos!

Although the Maelstrom is not as dangerous as the Eye of Terror, there must be a large number of corrupted demon worlds in its depths.

If they rashly ventured into the depths of the Maelstrom, it would likely lead to the same outcome as the expedition into the Abyss—

A large number of Space Marines have rebelled!

If such a thing really happened, then this expedition would become an indelible stain on the three chapters.

They had finally wiped out most of the warbands, but if their own battle-brothers fell into Chaos traitors as a result, wouldn't their expedition be in vain?

Noah continued:

"There aren't many left anyway, so it doesn't really matter whether we destroy them or not. As long as the Maelstrom remains, the threat will never truly disappear. There will always be Eldar pirates and Ork Empires attacking the Imperium, and there will always be new Chaos warbands arriving in the Maelstrom.

"Even if there are still Chaos traitors remaining in the depths of the Maelstrom, as long as we guard the path that Darth Vader must pass through, they will not dare to rashly attack the Imperial world in the Maelstrom Universe. So, let's keep them."

There were not many Chaos Space Marines who had the chance to escape on Thunderhawks, and several of them were shot up by ignorant children for fun. Only those who ran away first were lucky enough to escape back into space.

But how many of these people are left?

Foros was silent.

Though he believed in his battle-brothers, the corruption of Chaos often proved to be invincible.

They have already achieved enough results, so there is no need to take risks.

Chapter 166 Huron: My father is going to die of filial piety because of me!

Triton System, Forge World Triton.

The Punishment Fleet, which had just concluded an eight-year expedition that cleansed more than 8 worlds, slowly entered the planet's orbit and, under the guidance of the tower, headed for the port of the space dock to dock.

The orbital defense system of the forge world has been partially restored, and the huge space dock and naval assembly plant are floating in the planet's static orbit. Unlike the dead silence a few years ago, the naval assembly plant is now producing day and night.

Almost every day, large numbers of transport ships travel back and forth to the space dock, transporting large amounts of precious minerals from mining worlds in other galaxies to Triton to meet the growing production needs of the forging world.

These endless supplies of minerals will be put into the smelting line of the metal smelting plant. The high-purity metals smelted from them will be further processed and eventually become the bolters and power armor in the hands of the Space Marines, and even space fleets!

In the main control center of the Navy Assembly Plant, Nono placed his hand on the huge Thinker and whispered after a long while:

"According to the current progress, we can launch one Yue-class cruiser and two frigates every year."

Noah asked, “What if the shipyard is running at full capacity?”

Nono replied: "According to the records of the Thinker, at the highest efficiency, at least one battleship, twenty cruisers and a larger number of frigates can be launched every year."

Noah frowned slightly:

"It's so inefficient!"

Huron had a subtle expression, and he was actually about to say it was not bad.

Because the Forge World is too big and they have too few people.

Mars is the largest forging world in the empire, with a population of 20 billion and countless robot servants.

Triton's production level is second only to Mars, but its population is only a few million, most of whom are PDFs of the Tyrant Legion, and the only ones who are actually engaged in production are the more than one million centaurs brought by Noah.

One million Centaurs are only one twenty-thousandth of the number on Mars, so it's already a blessing to be able to make the Forge World move.

And with one cruiser a year, there would be a battle fleet in sixty years!

What more bike do you want?

Huron coughed dryly:

"There's nothing we can do. We don't have enough manpower, unless you can immigrate more centaurs here."

Noah shook his head. There were not enough centaurs in Rome because the Zaku production line also required a large number of centaurs.

“Then emigrate.”

Frost began, "As long as we provide adequate treatment for the immigrant population from other hive worlds, the civilians will not object."

"I'm afraid it's no use,"

Huron shook his head. "We are not short of people, we are short of talent. There are 2 million servitors in this world who can perform simple maintenance work, but those civilians know nothing about factory operation. How different are they from servitors? Even if they immigrate here, what use will they have?"

"They can learn," said Foros.

“It takes too long.”

Huron said bluntly, "Armanius and his men have been studying on Mars for thirty years, and they only have a partial understanding of the operation of the Forge World. Do you expect those civilians to have the same lifespan as the Space Marines?"

"actually."

Nuonuo suddenly said, "We can produce it ourselves."

Seeing that everyone else was looking over, Nono said again:

"Triton has a complete cloning factory. As long as the factory is put into operation, it can produce at least tens of millions of clones every year. These people can develop from embryos to teenagers in a few months, and can be instilled with decades of knowledge before leaving the incubator."

Foros hesitated and asked:

"Is it reliable?"

Nono said calmly:

"Mars has almost no natural reproductive population."

There are 20 billion people on Mars, and the vast majority of them came out of mechanical test tubes.

If you want to know whether it is reliable, you have to first ask the Mars Forging General and those great sages where they came from.

Noah asked calmly:

“When can production start?”

Nono said:

"It will take at least half a year. I need to recode the production program of the Thinker."

Huron said in a deep voice:

"Then go for it! Great Sage Nono, we will fully support you!"

Sarthak also nodded silently.

After hearing this, Foros could not refute it.

In fact, he was not particularly opposed, he just had some concerns and worries.

But he knew that this was necessary. Only when there were more clones could the Forge World move.

It would be a waste if a gold mountain is left undeveloped!

In fact, Noah had planned to do this a long time ago.

This is how things were handled on the Forge World of the Coronus Expansion, where the cloning factories operated day and night.

The reason why Triton has been delayed until now is because the situation here is more complicated.

And even though it’s said to be half a year, it actually doesn’t take that long at all.

The programs are all written in advance, you just need to overwrite them.

If it weren't for ensuring the loyalty of the clones, even this step wouldn't be necessary, and the original programs and codes of the forging world could be used directly.

What is most important is the raw materials. In order to allow the cloning factory to start operation smoothly, the minerals transported by the original transport ships must be changed into other raw materials. After all, minerals alone cannot produce clones.

Of course, Huron and his companions would not stay in the Forge World during this period. Although the threats in the Maelstrom region had been mostly quelled, star messages from other star regions still continued to come in, and they had to deal with them personally.

Noah did not stay here either. After Nono finished overwriting the factory program, the fleet was ready to set off. Anyway, the remaining things were not complicated. As long as he appeased the machine spirit, the rest would be almost automatic.

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Badab, the House of Thorns.

When Huron heard that Noah was leaving, he was surprised:

"So urgent?"

Noah took a sip of wine:

"I can't just leave the Dynasty alone. I have to go back. But before I leave, I have one more thing to ask of you."

Noah took out a data storage device from his arms and handed it to Huron. Under the latter's suspicious gaze, he slowly spoke:

"It contains the detailed coordinates of 300 worlds and subspace routes. I think you should be able to use it."

Huron's eye twitched. Another 300?