From Terra to Terra, the Star Emperor's Holiday

A large number of illegal buildings and inexplicable pipes can be seen everywhere. The strange height differences and slopes also cause various loopholes in the encirclement from time to time. The interconnectedness of the lower nest makes the synths holding detection radars have blood vessels pounding in their brains.

Because they could not directly call on the fleet to blow up the hive city and the planet, the army cluster, which was extremely unaccustomed to hive city street fighting, could only try to demolish useless structures as much as possible to create a favorable combat terrain for themselves.

But even so, there will still be some "surprises" in some overlooked narrow pipes and gaps. If the equipment is not strong enough and the means are not ruthless enough, the army cluster will inevitably suffer losses.

The only good news is that the residents of the human empire's hive cities are more cooperative than expected.

After the Army Cluster's vehicles and troops dispersed the greenskins, the cultists and mutant gangs that were causing trouble everywhere also caused some trouble, but they were unable to break through the Army Cluster's defense line and could only flee back to their lower nests.

Seeing the situation was not good, the Genestealer sect also wanted to escape, but they were more conspicuous. A barrage of bullets covered them, and the sect members suffered heavy casualties in an instant. They could only rely on their familiarity with the terrain and fight guerrilla warfare with the land combat cluster.

The remaining residents of the Lower Nest who survived the disaster spontaneously began to approach the Army Cluster, subtly controlling the distance so that the Army Cluster could support them at any time, but they would not interfere with the Army Cluster's maneuvers and formation changes.

After the army cluster designated a safe zone in the lower nest for these hive residents, although these residents looked panicked and frightened, they still tried their best to maintain order in the face of the army cluster armed to the teeth.

"This nest is really ugly. It's full of filth and it's hard to deal with."

The clearing operation on the ground was progressing slowly. Si Ye lay back in his chair, grimacing as he watched the planetary topography map he had just scanned.

The Lagtomo Hive World has one large hive and three small hives.

However, the three smaller ones could not withstand the attacks of the greenskins, and there were very few survivors. One of them even suffered a large-scale collapse, with the top of the tower piercing the lower nest.

This large nest city was also severely damaged, with its outer walls damaged, its air purification system nearly paralyzed due to overload, some pipes blown up, and the toxic water and waste gas in the circulation system discharged into the bottom nest, making the already harsh environment even worse.

Mastering nanotechnology and using local materials to repair the nest is not a big problem, but looking at the large number of greenskins and mutants who have fled into the bottom nest, it is obvious that even if everything is repaired, it will be quite troublesome to clean up this nest later. Si Ye doesn't want this thing anymore.

"Your Majesty, this is a galaxy map."

The intelligence chief in charge of reconnaissance and surveillance on the bridge presented Si Ye with the newly released galaxy scan map and began to explain the information collected.

"This system has one star, four planets, and two satellites. The planet the fleet is currently docked on is called a hive world. Its strata contain a large amount of high-energy natural gas. There is even an exposed high-energy natural gas lake near the pole, which is the source of its toxic environment."

Great! Fortunately, Si Ye did not send the fleet to use powerful light spears to poke the surface, otherwise this ball would have been turned into a burning purgatory planet.

"This planet's satellite appears to be rich in minerals. There are traces of mining and human settlements on the surface, but, Your Majesty, with all due respect, their mining techniques are... primitive..."

In the Three-Body World, Si Ye lets the starship humans use the ancient mining method to consume their energy and prevent them from causing trouble.

But in 40k, on marginal worlds like Lagtomo, ancient mining is actually the most efficient mining method.

"Of the remaining three planets, apart from a small gaseous planet, the other two are standard stone spheres. Mining the few mineral veins there is difficult, and they appear to be very barren."

"It's really a typical poor and remote place."

Due to population density and environmental factors, hive worlds often find it difficult to be self-sufficient in food and water, and need to import them from other planets or even galaxies.

A shabby place like Lagtomo can only export simple raw ores, and all materials have to be imported. If a subspace storm delays the movement of cargo ships, half of the people in the hive world may starve to death or die of thirst.

"Can planetary transformation be performed now?"

"If we don't transport additional supplies from the Imperial Space Region, it will be very difficult. We may even need to remove the ecological modules on some spacecraft to replenish the biomass."

This was the response from the fleet mainframe, which was responsible for coordinating all the squadron's material combat readiness.

"It's not about transforming it into a normal planet, it's just about creating an atmospheric environment."

Although it may not be nice to say this, the humans in the Human Empire are known for being tough and resilient.

Even though they need to work 18 hours a day, they can still fall in love, start a family, reproduce, and mint new currency for the emperor.

Even though the human empire can easily lose tens or hundreds of billions of people in a war, it is still in a state of population expansion.

Therefore, Si Ye did not think it was really necessary to build a Gaia for the human race in the empire. If it was built, the residents of the hive cities would probably not dare to live there.

On the contrary, as long as the planet has a stable atmosphere and is equipped with the Star Empire's recycling technology, the urbanized planet will have a higher carrying capacity and a better environment than the hive city. At that time, the hive city can be abandoned.

"If we're just covering the atmosphere, then we have more than enough supplies now. What you mean is..."

"Have the troops on the hive world slow down their clearing efforts, limit management and control of the hive's residents, and count the population."

Si Ye pointed to the two stone balls in the star map. Although they were dead planets, judging from the surface area, each of them was much larger than the hive world.

"Transform these two planets, cover them with atmosphere, build temporary settlements, and then move the population there. Then, we can use brute force to eliminate the aliens and hidden dangers on this hive world."

"I understand. The engineering ship will depart immediately."

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Chapter 306 Supreme Representative: Will

The greenskins retreated, and equipment paralyzed by the battle throughout the hive began to be repaired urgently. As the commander of PDF, Will finally contacted the planetary government of the hive world, and then he was at a loss.

Thanks to the planetary governor Griffin's cowardice.

In the previous battle, except for the front-line officers, most government officials and high tower noble families were semi-forced to gather at the top of the tower, and then were wiped out in a "suicide" attack by the green-skinned aliens.

Now in the entire Lagtomo hive world, the only people who have enough prestige to coordinate the hive affairs are a priest of the state religion, a guild leader, and Will, the commander of the planetary defense force.

That's right, as a mid-level commander, Will, after the top leaders of the planetary government were wiped out by the "greenskins", reluctantly became the highest representative of the local military power. In a sense, Will, who controls the military power, even has more say than the guild leaders and state priests who have no real power.

In fact, there should have been a political commissar from the Astra Militarum, but that person was responsible for the PDF training of several worlds in the entire sub-sector. According to the time calculation, Will would see him again in 15 years.

Will had no choice but to start trying to contact two other colleagues who had enough prestige. The Hive World was in a mess right now, and he felt he needed to find someone to discuss things with.

But the priest of the state religion was busy comforting the frightened people. As a devout priest of the God-Emperor, he had no intention of getting involved in the power struggle within the hive city, so he rejected Will's invitation to attend the meeting.

The guild leaders were somewhat interested in the hive city that was in a power vacuum, but unfortunately, with the power of the noble families wiped out, the guild leaders only had the power of the grassroots gangs in the hands of the big guilds. They didn't know how to compete for power with Will, who controlled 50 planetary defense forces.

After all, even if the planetary defense force was in a state of disarray due to the inhumanity of the former planetary governor Griffin, at least everyone could be equipped with a laser gun or an automatic gun, which was far beyond the reach of the weapons made of garbage and scrap parts in the hands of the lower-level gangs.

So, in this confused state, Will not only failed to meet his colleagues, but instead became the full representative of the Lagtomo hive world. In a daze, he returned to the edge of the upper nest, looking for the wandering merchant subordinate with whom he had communicated before.

"Hmm? You're just in time. Are the people responsible for these air circulation ducts still alive? Bring them to see me."

Not all Imperial Guards participated in the battle. The complex environment of the hive city made it difficult for these bloodless and tearless killing machines to suppress their emotions, especially after the outer wall of the hive city was damaged and a large amount of toxic air rushed into the hive city, overloading the hive city's air circulation system.

An Imperial Guard who had met Will once before was directing several autonomous machines to scan the equipment lines of the hive city. He and his team had to connect the fleet's freshly made air filtration equipment to the hive city's circulation system and use a shield generator to block the breach in the outer wall of the upper hive before the hive city's air turned into a poisonous gas that could kill people with just three breaths.

"And is your highest representative ready? Although you haven't been given a set time, it would be a sin to keep the great... Lord Si Ye waiting."

"Uh... My Lord, I will have the Air Guild members brought to you... As for the Supreme Representative..."

Will is just a middle-level military officer. When his parents were alive, they were just ordinary workers in the Xiachao Factory. He has achieved his current status entirely through hard work.

The highest-ranking official he had ever met was the stern sub-sector political commissar, but they had only met once and had never communicated at all. So he had no idea how to approach the Rogue Trader, who was even higher in status than the planetary governor, or how to satisfy him.

But now that the situation was like this, Will didn't dare to hesitate or be negligent. He could only dust off the dust on his body and hide the hem of his coat that was wet with the alien's blood behind him, trying to make his attire look as decent as possible.

Then he bravely said to the Imperial Guards, "My lord, the planetary government has been completely destroyed in the previous alien attack. I am now the highest representative of the entire hive world!"

"Oh? Then wait a moment, I'll report."

This result was not surprising to the Imperial Guards. After all, Si Ye and the mainframe AI were loudly conspiring on how to play 'bowling' without using a secret line.

The land combat group on standby in the transport ship was betting on whether their emperor could directly wipe out the nobles and officials on the planet below. Now it seems that the armored forces have won.

Will had no psychic powers and didn't understand what psychic communication was. Seeing the Imperial Guards opening their mouths but not saying anything, he could only try to straighten his back to avoid offending anyone he couldn't afford to offend.

"Name, and can you control all the defense forces?"

The projection appeared through the projector on the Imperial Guard. Si Ye looked at the officer in front of him who was in a disheveled state but had a resolute expression.

"Greetings, honorable Rogue Trader! My name is Will."

Folding hands, a standard Imperial Sky Eagle salute.

Will's expression was tense, but fortunately Si Ye was wearing a military uniform instead of some formal attire or aristocratic clothing that Will couldn't understand, which eased his nervousness a little.

"I can command the 50 people in the Lagtomo main nest planetary defense force."

"That's right. Then I'll give my first order. The breach in the Lower Nest's outer wall is too large. Take your men and go to the Lower Nest and bring all the surviving residents there to the Upper Nest."

Since the decision was made to raze the entire hive world to completely eliminate it, Si Ye was too lazy to bother repairing the big hole in the nest that was smashed by the green warship.

Bring all the residents to the upper nest and rely on external supplies for a period of time. Then move them all to the modified stone ball.

"I'll send you an extra batch of food and medical supplies. Please help me manage those residents and make sure there's no chaos. Can you do that?"

This should actually be the job of law enforcement officers, but for a remote area like Ragtomo, the power to maintain local government laws is in the hands of the apex nobles. However, now that the apex nobles are gone, it seems reasonable for the planetary defense force to take on this responsibility.

"Connect... connect to the upper nest, those..."

The upper nest is usually inhabited by grassroots bureaucrats of the hive government, factory executives, and some people related to aristocratic families. Allowing workers and civilians from the lower nest to pour in will definitely cause dissatisfaction among these people. Will subconsciously hesitated.

"Anyone who opposes will be killed. I have the final say on this planet now. Follow my orders."

"Yes!"

Although it was just a virtual projection, the description of mountains of corpses and seas of blood in Si Ye's words still made Will, a brave officer, feel suffocated, and he quickly saluted to show his obedience.

"Supplies for you and your troops will be delivered immediately. Gather the wounded from the previous battle and we will provide them with medical care."

Si Ye's projection dissipated, and the Imperial Guards added some details to Will.

"The safety zone of the Lower Nest has been cleared. You don't have to worry about a surprise attack, but you need to manage the residents well. There are signs of trouble..."

The Imperial Guard pointed at the laser pistol on Will's waist, the meaning was self-evident.

Will had done things like suppressing riots before, but he had a new boss and was a little confused about the situation. The Imperial Guards' instructions made him feel a lot more at ease.

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Chapter 307 Fishing Law Enforcement

"Prepare more autonomous robots. Have you finished extracting the genetic sequence characteristics of the Genestealers? This thing spreads quickly. Before relocating the residents of these hives, we need to conduct six, no... twelve rounds of physical examinations on them to eliminate any hidden dangers."

In the human empire, all kinds of things often appear in a hive city. Genestealers and Nurgle zombies will emerge from the bottom nest, the lower nest is easily influenced by various cults, and all kinds of degenerates will emerge from the upper nest and the top of the tower because of pleasure. It can only be said that everything is thriving and vibrant.

Si Ye naturally wanted to eliminate all these weird things, so the plan of conducting several rounds of physical examinations and reviews of the existing residents of the hive was naturally put on the agenda.

"Your order has been recorded. The army group conducting the cleanup operation on the ground has sent back a message that requires your attention."

"Let me handle it? The greenskin warboss has been dealt with, what else could they possibly run into? Could there still be Necrons beneath this rotten ball?"

There are tens of millions of planets in the Milky Way, and half of them are the graves of the Necrons.

There are more or less Necrons' tombs underground in many colonies and important core planets of the Human Empire. From time to time, some skeletons with green light will emerge and engage in a melee with humans or alien races that disturb their sleep.

When Si Ye ordered the fleet to scan the planet, he also focused on the interior of the planet. However, he did not see any traces of Necrons tombs underground at that time. However, it did not rule out the possibility that the Necrons had some means to avoid the scanning of the Star Sea Empire.