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Unknown planet - sky

"Whoosh!" Several transport planes flew from the spaceship in space towards the ground...

In the dimly lit cabin, soldiers were organizing their weapons, while a political commissar stood silently to the side.

“I can’t believe the commander would send us on a collection mission,” a soldier broke the silence in the cockpit.

"Get ready, this planet is at war with aliens." A female officer of the Astral Army checked her weapons.

"..." "..." Inside the cabin, the soldiers were exchanging various ideas about the mission to collect planetary taxes.

The flight formation traversed the atmosphere from space and ascended into the sky. Below the clouds, various violent explosions could be heard.

"Hey, who did you mess with to be sent on this damn mission?" At this moment, the female soldier looked at the political commissar who had been silent all along.

“We have our own sins…” The man’s first words revealed his old political commissar status.

"Whoosh—" Several orc fighter jets flew in formation, and not far away, a human air force formation also flew over...

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Planetary Ground - Human Military Camp

"Whoosh~~" Under the encirclement and interception of the orc air force, the human air force lads almost wiped out their own forces before finally covering the arrival of what they believed to be a group of transport planes delivering supplies to the base.

“We’ve been waiting for you.” An officer and his adjutant approached the squad.

"It would be better if those gun emplacements could provide cover," the female soldier said, looking at the unresponsive group of gun emplacements.

“We ran out of ammunition a few days ago. Now we only have some light and heavy weapons and a few power supplies left, barely enough to defend against those bastards' dive bombing raids,” the officer replied.

"Now, thanks to the Emperor's grace, you are here. We can reclaim this planet." The officer walked towards the transport plane, but upon entering the cabin, he found it empty.

"This...this...I don't understand?" Looking at the empty cabin, the officer looked at the female soldier.

“This is your mission, Sergeant Piah,” the political commissar said.

“…” Pia didn’t speak, but simply took out the data panel from his body and let the officer look at it himself.

"..." The officer remained silent as he looked at the task requirements on the data panel.

“This isn’t a supply mission; we’re here to collect tithes,” Pia said.

"From now on, all the ammunition here will be allocated to us and loaded onto these ships."

"This..." The officer tried to say something, but his words were already somewhat incoherent.

“That’s true,” Pia responded.

“No! I cannot allow you to do this!” the officer exclaimed, while a Kashezin soldier beside him raised his weapon at him…

"Bang!" A strange sound suddenly rang out in the sky, followed by the sound of a communication device outside the cabin.

"Attention, this is the Hope Grail. An entire Imperial fleet has arrived... It's the Queen of Glory!" came the pilot's shocked voice over the communicator.

"Imperial fleet?" Many people were surprised, and many subconsciously looked up at the sky, where a fleet of more than a hundred ships had just arrived, belonging to the Empire.

Although the ship's paint job appears to be silver-gray.

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Imperial Fleet - Glory Queen-class Super Battleship

"Ah~ This planet is at war with the Greenskins, or rather, it's been invaded by the Greenskins." After looking at the report sent back by the reconnaissance robot, Xing glanced at it and tossed it to the tall, quiet golden can beside him.

"Under these circumstances, the garrison is almost out of ammunition. That Luna-class cruiser over there isn't here to deliver ammunition, but to collect some kind of tithe. The Empire's approach is seriously problematic."

"..." The golden can did not respond.

"Are all the Imperial Guards under that guy's command so taciturn?" Xing glanced at the Imperial Guards.

“You have too many Astartes among your troops; these chapters, who value honor and brotherhood, could betray you at any time,” the Imperial Guard finally spoke.

“Don’t compare my men to your Emperor’s bunch of useless canned goods. They’ll only be loyal to me,” Xing replied.

"..." The Imperial Guards did not respond.

"Captain, begin dropping the canned goods. Those greens think they have a large population, so drop all the Space Marines and Kriegs." Star turned to the captain who was waiting in the side and gave the order.

"Yes, my lord." The captain began issuing various commands.

“In their eyes, I am their only god, or rather, without me, they would not exist.” Xing looked at the Imperial Guards beside him again.

“Those Astartes who could rebel at any moment were also created by the Emperor, but they still have the potential to betray the Emperor,” the Guard said.

"Come, receive my power." Xing did not answer, but instead thrust a wisp of her divine power into the Imperial Guard's body without further ado.

"This is..." The Imperial Guard sensed a divine power within them that was different from the Emperor's but also possessed a divine quality, and expressed their confusion.

"I'll show you what a true god, transcending this universe, really is," Xing replied with a smile.

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On the planet's surface, ten transport planes and numerous unidentified objects resembling fighter jets emerged from space, along with orcish air forces soaring into the sky...

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..." White streaks streaked across the sky, shooting down all the orc fighter jets that were intercepting them...

"Whoosh!" The transport fleet arrived at the base. Five transport planes opened their doors, and the tall Space Marines quickly stepped out and ran rapidly outside the base in a certain formation.

Five more transport ships opened, and an Astartes led several Astragalus soldiers to the squad that was collecting ammunition.

“Mortals, we have requisitioned these munitions, including yours.” Astartes approached Pia.

"Waaaaahg... Uh~" Several orcs suddenly appeared and attacked, only to be quickly dealt with by several other Astartes...

“But sir, this is a task assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs,” Pia replied, forcing a smile as he performed the Eagle Salute.

“This is an order from the Imperial Guard, representing the Emperor’s personal command.” Astartes took out a parchment and a data tablet and handed them to Pia.

"Come and move the ammunition after you've finished looking at it," Astartes said, glancing at the officer beside him.

"Take some men and unload the ammunition," Astartes said, then left with his men.

"Phew~" Watching the Astartes monks leave, Pia breathed a sigh of relief. After putting away the parchment and data tablet, he called on his squad to help carry the ammunition.

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High-altitude planetary orbit - Glory Queen-class super battleship

"This Ministry of Internal Affairs is really good at causing trouble. When will we be able to completely replace this damn Ministry of Internal Affairs? It's too inefficient." Xing sighed as he looked at the mission of the Kashejin transmitted back by the ground reconnaissance robot.