The Bizarre Adventures of the Oil Man, but Starting with Warhammer 32K

Li Ang nodded: "Send the wounded back as soon as possible. I have asked the biological priests to prepare for treatment."

Mercado took the order and asked William to coordinate, while discussing with Leon how the Pilots and their existing weapons and equipment performed on the battlefield.

"Our armored forces are too few in number. Siege tanks are primarily concentrated in the rear, serving as support artillery for highly mobile and heavily armored vehicles. Furthermore, a large number of secondary weapons have been removed from the vehicles. Even with pilot support, we still face the problem of insufficient firepower for infantry support on the battlefield..."

In fact, apart from the lack of some big-kill weapons like the "Death Strike" missiles, Leon's firepower combination is much richer than that of ordinary Astra Militarum. But with sufficient logistics, who would think that their firepower is insufficient?

There's no need to sacrifice human lives to solve problems that can be solved with bullets. This is something many Astra Militarum commanders never learn in their lifetime.

What Leon admired about Mercado was that this commander, who came from the small and absolutely elite Lucifer Black Guard, seemed to understand this principle naturally and was able to command with this as the core.

Compared to those ordinary commanders who have never fought such a rich battle in their lives and who shout "It's so cool" no matter what Le Ang gives them, he can provide Le Ang with sufficient reference opinions on this point.

"I'll focus more on infantry support firepower, but it'll take some time. I plan to work on this simultaneously with standardizing parts and streamlining logistics. Next up will be the pursuit of the fleeing Eldar. We can use it to test some of our ideas..."

Christina, who was still on the communication channel, pursed her lips, realizing that no one seemed to care about her now.

"What should I do next?"

She couldn't help but interject, her voice half a notch higher than usual.

This reminded Li Ang: "What's next? All we need to do is rest and prepare to hunt down the Savage Elf Tribe. I'm going to visit the Savage Elf Tribe's tribes."

"Don't you need me to accompany you?"

“It’s enough to have a professional by your side.”

Leon said this, looking at Armidale, who was leaning against the door. The Chapter Master was waiting for him, bored. It was worth noting that his eyes still had the vertical pupils of a dragon.

"I have to go see if I can catch the tail of that world soul."

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The Thunderhawk gunship's engine roared as it landed outside the tribe, kicking up a cloud of dust.

As soon as the hatch opened, Xie Ri's signature loud voice came over.

"Boss, here! We didn't touch the altar at all, we even wiped off the dust! We also found an Eldar toy that was left here, and we brought it to you, Boss!"

Big toy?

Li Ang watched as Xie Ri and a group of noisy boys came to him carrying a Netherworld Construct. Li Ang took a look at the thing and found that its transmission system had some problems.

The malfunction wasn't serious, but the Ark Eldar were probably in such a hurry to retreat that they couldn't repair this minor malfunction. They simply snatched the Soul Stone and hurriedly took it away.

Leon placed his hand over the Netherworld structure. The power of the Void Dragon surged slightly, entering and exploring the interior.

This "Eldar Dreadnought" which is only slightly larger than an Astartes is mostly made of spirit bone technology that uses psychic energy to conduct. The power of the Void Dragon cannot directly deduce the manufacturing principle, but it also shows Leon its internal structure.

This X-ray scanning effect of technology touched a certain technology in Leon's mind, causing Leon's heart to move slightly.

Come to think of it, didn’t the Eldar in StarCraft also have a shortage of manpower, so they stuffed a bunch of veterans into cans to continue fighting?

Unfortunately, it was not enough. When the Void Dragon could not directly analyze the principle, a Nether Construct was not enough for Leon to display his "creativity".

But this reminded Leon that these Ark Eldar were not just trouble. Besides the Soul Stone, they also had something else valuable.

"Well done."

Li Ang, who had become interested in Bai Douya, praised him and said, "But lead the way first."

Xie Ri walked ahead with his head held high, using a wrench to knock away the young men and terrified Eldar captives who were blocking his way. The hunters who came with Leon spread out and searched everywhere to make sure that no suspicious museum curator had sneaked in.

They finally stopped in front of a semicircular altar.

This altar was carved from luminous white spirit bone, its surface shimmering with a faint blue light. Twelve pillars surrounded a central crystal platform, each engraved with ancient Eldar runes. The formation resembled a circuit of stars orbiting a sun.

But at this moment, the light of the soul stone flickered, and the runes were dim, as if gasping in pain.

Leon measured the entire altar, but found nothing.

"Mirabereas, can you tell the state of this thing?"

"Isn't it obvious? She's in pain."

"Suffering? Because the Eldar were completely defeated?"

"Perhaps, but the more important thing is that you brought the orcs to this planet."

Li Ang glanced at Xie Ri, who was standing beside him with a bewildered look on his face. "What do you mean?"

"You should know that the greenskins are a half-plant, half-organic race, right? They can reproduce the next generation solely through spores."

Leon didn't understand what was wrong with this, so Mirabelles started telling stories from the past.

"This strong transmissibility was deliberately designed by the ancient saints."

"I know, it's for the sake of rapid expansion."

Leon admired the ancient saints' ingenuity in genetic and psychic design, which was a field he had not been able to explore until now.

But the Black Dragon gave an answer that he did not expect.

“No, it’s to restore the ecology.”

“Restoring the ecology…?”

Leon glanced at Xie Ri again, and even lengthened his gaze to look at the group of green-skinned guys who were throwing a bunch of waste at the Eldar captives.

Their rough behavior made it impossible for Leon to equate this race with civilized behavior such as "protecting the ecology."

Chapter 266: Soul of the World/Unknown Necromancer: Hey, can we reconcile?

"During the War in Heaven, the Necrons, the C'tan's henchmen, routinely used weapons of mass destruction, scorching the land wherever they went. Any ecosystem was completely destroyed, making life impossible. The Old Ones were enraged and heartbroken by this, so they created the Greenskins from fungi."

Li Ang felt as if he understood something: "Only these fungi can take root in an environment where no life can exist?"

"Yes, they will use their spores to repair the destroyed ecology."

"So these greenskins are actually... environmentalists?"

"In their own way. The Old Ones were certainly successful, but this strong restorative ability turned into a strong invasiveness to those normal ecosystems. Any environment infected by the spores without external interference would eventually be assimilated by these spores and become part of their fungal kingdom."

The black dragon glanced at Leon and said, "I wonder if you considered this issue when you recruited these greenskins as your subordinates?"

Li Ang ignored his sarcasm and asked, "Could it be that even the Ancient Saints can't solve the problem of the greenskin ecological invasion?"

"Of course they could, but they don't have the time. If they win, they certainly have the time to deal with these problems, but they lose, and these greenskins are just like the mess they left behind, with a patch here and there."

As the only mirror of civilization in the Warhammer universe, the only problem with the Old Ones is that they are too creative and curious.

When they were creating and using psychic powers, they probably never imagined how the things they left behind would add fuel to this cesspool in the future.

Many of the things they did had good intentions, but were unfortunately ruined by the subspace and the seeds they left behind.

Li Ang suddenly asked: "Is there someone nicknamed the Environmental Protection Girl in Gusheng?"

"……what?"

The Black Dragon was obviously stunned for a moment.

"Nothing."

Li Ang shrugged. "I just think they're a little too environmentally friendly."

Mirabereas didn't bother to answer this inexplicable question and continued to explain, "Now, the World Soul considers the Greenskins a greater threat than humans. Your steel at least won't pollute the spirit veins, but the Ork spores will subvert the entire planet's environment and oppress the World Soul itself. When the Ork Waaaagh energy spreads across the globe, that will be the time of her demise."

"She has no self-defense mechanism?"

"There was one, but you beat him away."

Li Ang was stunned, then he realized that the black dragon was talking about the elves.

The Eldar seemed to have mastered the method of cultivating new World Souls, but the World Soul of this planet was not an Eldar creation. Like Mirabelles, she was born naturally, or was inspired by the Old Ones.

But unlike Mirabereas, who cultivated his own dragon species, this World Soul chose to cooperate with the Eldar.

Normally, she and the Eldar have a mutually beneficial relationship. She provides the Eldar with resources and spiritual protection, and can even build a psychic network within the planet, allowing the Savage Eldar to safely use psychic energy from the psychic circulation within the planet, without being spied on by the Supreme Heaven.

In return, the Eldar help her eliminate the scourge that threatens the environment, maintain the conditions for the existence of the World Soul, and make her stronger.

But now it was different, the Eldar had been driven away. Facing the greenskins, the World Soul was helpless, the only thing she could do was tremble in fear at the "rape" of the spores.

But to put it another way, does he now hold the mutant extermination order that can destroy the soul of the world?

The things left behind by the ancient saints are always powerful in inexplicable ways.

"In that case, I would like to go even further and completely destroy this World Soul. Without the protection of the World Soul, the Eldar will no longer have the capital to fight us on this planet."

Li Ang said, observing the black dragon's expression: "As we are both the souls of the world, you should have no objection, right?"

The black dragon shook his head.

Although they were all called World Souls, the World Souls born from different ecosystems were different. The differences between them were greater than the differences between humans before and after the Dark Tech Age, so naturally they didn't harbor any sympathy or grief for one another.

But he shook his head not only to express that he had no opinion, but also to deny Leon's idea of ​​destroying the soul of the world.

"I advise you not to. A world soul can play a much greater role than you think."

Li Ang became interested: "For example?"

"The simplest thing is that she can partially isolate herself from the prying eyes of the warp."

Li Ang suddenly realized that this seemed to be the truth.

Why can the Savage Eldar avoid having their souls taken away by Slaanesh by living on a planet with a World Soul? Why can Mirabreas transform the people of the Second Legion into his chosen ones?

The role that the World Soul could play in this mysterious aspect of psychic energy was indeed beyond his imagination. But after thinking it over again and again, Leon could only shake his head regretfully.

"Even if the greenskins are moved out, this is the forge world I planned for. I won't change my plans for the sake of a world soul."

The forging world he envisioned should be more scientific than Mars in terms of both architecture and production line proportions. But that didn't mean there was room for an ecosystem here.

The World Soul relied on ecology for its existence, and forging a world would inevitably destroy the environment on a massive scale. The World Soul's demands were in irreconcilable conflict with his own ideas. He didn't think the World Soul would cooperate with someone who could eventually kill her.

Mirabellas, himself the World Soul, understood everything: "It's okay. As long as you leave behind a little self-sustaining ecological cycle, the World Soul can exist. It will only become extremely weak, but it won't completely disappear."

Li Ang felt that this was no different from killing her directly: "Will she agree to this?"

"At least it's better than dying right away, isn't it?"

Li Ang thought it made sense: "Can you communicate with the world soul here?"

"I can try."

Miraberias's spiritual energy spread across the altar. However, as soon as his consciousness touched the World Soul, he was violently repelled by a surge of rage.

Leon couldn't understand all these twists and turns, but he could see that the entire altar was glowing with a dangerous red light.

"Why do I feel that she is quite hostile?"

The black dragon withdrew its psychic energy, its eyes cold. "She was assimilated by the Eldar. She accepted so many Eldar souls that even her essence began to shift towards those pointy-eared creatures."

How could a dignified World Soul allow the Eldar to usurp its power, even becoming their appendage? How ridiculous!

"So what now?"

"Force her."

Mirabereas's answer was clear and concise, "Since she has chosen to side with the Eldar, there's no need to be polite."

"Good idea, the question is how to force it?"

In response to Li Ang's question, Heilong just spread his hands and acted like a boss who didn't care.

"She's already somewhat weakened. With my strength, I can forcibly pull her out, but it won't make much sense. I can also destroy the altar and continue to weaken her overall strength and the strength of those Eldar. But as long as this planet still exists, it will be impossible to kill her completely. So, why not ask for those magical technologies in your mind?"

The implication is that he has no choice and is only responsible for providing advice.

If I have the relevant technology, do I need to ask you?

Li Ang felt a little headache.

He can use technology from other worlds, but it is not fabricated out of thin air. At least it must have a certain foundation in Warhammer before it can be applied in Warhammer.

Other universes don't have such mysterious things as subspace. What can he use to force the soul of a world to submit?

Leon tried to walk towards the center of the altar, but the Soul of the World immediately resisted, and the vortex of psychic energy twisted and deformed, trying to tear the invader to pieces.

However, the strange spiritual power could not defeat Leon's physique, and all the spiritual energy vortices disappeared into thin air the moment they touched Leon.

The Soul of the World revealed an expression of shock, while a certain onlooker hiding in the dark also had his eyes shining.

Only Leon was unaware. After arriving at the center, he checked the circuits of the entire altar and tried to search for the corresponding technology in his mind, but found nothing.

The power of the Void Dragon did not give him any additional reaction.