As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

It's Keti.

However, she was not alone. Standing opposite her was the Eldar leader who looked very similar to her.

These two people seem to be just looking at each other quietly from a distance, but in fact...

In just a moment, large pieces of spiritual bones under the feet of the elf leader were torn to pieces by the aftermath of the psychic battle.

"Such a powerful psychic power is unbelievable. However, you need to control it a little, otherwise..."

The Eldar leader spoke with both joy and worry.

It is certainly a good thing that one's relatives become stronger, but that power is too violent, like an uncontrolled distortion cannon, which may not only tear the enemy into pieces, but also cause the warp to swallow itself up in the overload.

"Control? That kind of thing isn't difficult to do."

Just as Keti spoke arrogantly, he put his hands around his lower abdomen and slowly descended from the air, landing next to the leader of the elves.

"You can feel it for yourself."

As he continued speaking, Keti stretched out his hands and forcefully interlocked his fingers with the now somewhat exhausted Eldar leader.

Immediately, endless spiritual energy surged.

"Wait...you're there? Can spirits flow through that? No!"

"Hehe, there's still a score to be settled between us. You actually plotted against me. Although I've encountered the master, I can't forgive you!"

"Hmm? Hmm, what's the main... No, I won't mention it, don't mention it again..."

About a dozen Terra hours later, Cti came to the Council of Prophets carrying the unconscious Eldar leader, posing as "the strongest psychic in Samhan."

In this bloodless event known as the Second Skyfire Coup, Cti had already transformed from a prophet to a war wizard after walking out of the parliament, and within a few days took over the command of all conventional forces except the Titans.

There are many speculations about this coup, which is not described in the records of Samhan. Some people believe that Khedira gained command through his own military force... However, considering that this seems too naive for a political struggle, more people's speculation is inclined to the latter:

The Eldar leader who gained leadership of Samhan after the first Skyfire coup needed a "political resource" to prove the correctness of his decision. After all, it was a major event to form an alliance with another race, and if not handled properly it would undoubtedly bring endless troubles... and Cti, the powerful psychic who suddenly appeared, happened to be a good choice.

Not only is she powerful enough, but her power is also violent without any negative effects, which is very attractive to all Eldar factions - especially to those Eldar who have been on the path of warriors for a long time.

So, with the help of the Eldar leader, Cti quickly gained the support of the army, and began to spread the "thoughts" that originated from her through the armed forces.

This kind of "thought" not only imparts Catechu's personal knowledge and experience, but also contains a lot of subtle personal opinions.

For example, if we are talking about tactics, it is very likely that "tactics need to change with the times". In this case, combined with the existing situation, it is easy to further push it to the part of "how to cooperate with humans in combat", and then insert some artistically processed human habits, styles and culture.

Of course, the powerful inertia of thinking cannot be reversed in a short period of time, but this can at least improve the image of humans in the eyes of some elves, and gradually change their view of humans from "vulgar" monkeys to "fairly cute" monkeys.

This example is only part of a large amount of personal stuff. The actual content includes not only the relationship with humans, but also the attitude and method of external negotiations, the view on and use of technology, and many other levels.

The spread of such ideas not only increased Cti's influence and consolidated his position, but also naturally reduced the resistance of the Eldar leaders to various policies.

As for the reality, it is actually pretty close to this speculation, except for a few details that are different.

For example, Cti's relationship with the Eldar leader didn't deteriorate as expected. Her frequent, unceremonious intrusions into the leader's residence were simply due to their close relationship. Similarly, the Eldar leader's occasional trembling legs when standing next to Cti weren't due to Cti's psychic powers being so overwhelming that even the next-highest psychic couldn't withstand their pressure, but simply because...

Oh, it’s not entirely a rumor. After all, this does require strong enough psychic power to be realized.

Chapter 284: Webway Speedboat, You Are a Mature Cruiser, Go Fight the Queen of Glory

Not long after, as the black ship was dragged out of the subspace basically intact, the preparations before departure were finally completed.

It was at this time that Zhang Ge finally informed the spirits of his goal:

Comoros.

For the Eldar, this name is not unfamiliar, and even the route to Comoros can be said to be familiar - although that thing is hidden very deeply, but after so many years, its location is no longer absolutely hidden.

It's not just the Eldar. From humans to orcs, all kinds of fugitives and desperadoes of various races can find ways to go to Comoros, and eventually gather together to form a settlement area the size of a country.

The reason why various forces did not launch a large-scale war against them was not because they could not find them, but simply because there was no need.

Take the Empire for example. This group of abstract bean sprouts who play the art of torture mostly just abduct some slaves. At most, they pose a threat to one or two planets. The total number of human deaths caused may not be as many as the number caused by the Empire itself blowing up a hive planet. Why would they need to invest a large fleet for this?

As for the various branches of the Eldar, who logically had the most reason to take action... in fact, they were not as interested in them as the outsiders imagined. Even the leaders of the various Eldar had diplomatic agreements with the Dark Eldar and took the initiative to avoid large-scale conflicts with them.

After all, the Dark Eldar only try to please Slaanesh to avoid soul-sucking, and they haven't really thrown themselves into Chaos. Since they haven't thrown themselves into Chaos, the Eldar naturally have no interest in clearing their own house. The art of torture, in a sense, is still orthodox to the ancient Eldar, and it's not a big deduction for other Eldar. At most, it just deducts some points from their impression.

"State your reasons."

Of course, although going to Comoros is not a big deal, according to convention, interrogation is inevitable.

Fortunately, after the two coups, Samhan's middle and senior leaders were replaced on a large scale. Most of the new elves tended to be pragmatic and were trying not to fill every communication with foreign races with all kinds of incomprehensible riddles and twists and turns. That's why Zhang Ge is now spared the torture of communicating with the elves before.

"Capture the leader there alive and tear off his head to use as an ornament."

After all, the reason of "I just wasn't happy with their behavior, so I planned to do something reckless on the way" couldn't be said directly, so Zhang Ge made up a more conservative reason.

However, several prophets clearly disagreed with this reason. They looked at each other, and the Eldar continued:

"no..."

"Cough cough."

Cati was nonchalantly using her psychic power to play with the long sword she had just found in the warehouse... Although she had always behaved like this since she started to get involved in Samhan politics, it was obvious that the threat today was stronger than before.

"...The words of the decision are meaningless, I agree."

To what extent can the parliament still play its role? The prophets present must be well aware of this, but what about those prophets who are not so "well aware"?

He had already committed suicide because he was hit by eight darts.

Hmm? With Kti's style, you didn't really think a coup would be completely bloodless.

So, after unanimous agreement, the huge body of the Samhan Ark slowly turned around, and together with a number of accompanying ships surrounding it, it re-entered the webway.

During that period of sailing where the sun and moon were invisible, Zhang Ge did not rest. He first enthusiastically took Perveti to beat up all the surviving tribal bishops, war officials, and war wizards on the Ark World - well, you could also understand it as a "challenge" - to confirm his guess:

Unless the Dark Eldar have individual combat power far exceeding that of the Ark Eldar, there is no way they could have snatched Zhang Ge away before Perveti could react.

This action even left a psychological trauma on many Eldar. After all, they could be said to be the strongest group of Eldar besides the Phoenix Lord, the Supreme Prophet and the incarnation of God. It would have been fine if they were killed in seconds one by one, but they were all killed in one second when they attacked together?

Many of them even went to petition Cate with tears in their eyes, asking her to take action to deal with that arrogant human... As for the response?

If I can’t beat Perveti, how can I beat you?

This action even indirectly strengthened Citi's influence.

After all, for most people, they can only see that these two people are "100 points", and can only see that they can deal with every challenger, but they can't tell the specific differences between them. Add to that the self-bias of the races, as long as there is no actual fight, of course there are many more Eldar who prefer Cti to win than those who prefer Perveti.

This bias will naturally turn into support... making the bishops and war officials of each tribe a little unhappy, after all, they are the stepping stones of Cte.

While continuing to petition, they were being beaten. No, I mean, while practicing Taoism, they were also obviously much more ruthless in training their apprentices.

If I can’t beat Keti, how can I beat you?

And amidst the various disturbances that Zhang Ge unconsciously stirred up, various signs of approaching Comoros gradually began to emerge.

First, some spies from the Dark Eldar began to appear gradually in various places in the Ark... The spies were also quite helpless. Usually, they were highlighted by a burst of psychic energy as soon as they boarded the Ark, and then they saw that the dignified Si Zhan actually came in person with a large group of elite soldiers to capture people in anger.

Run, you really can't outrun them. Samhan's specialty is mobile combat, and he is no less capable than the Dark Eldar at high speeds.

This ultimately led to the first confrontation between the Dark Eldar and Samhan.

Because before arriving in Comoros, the spies captured on the Ark were enough to fill an entire room, and among them were some high-ranking children who had nothing better to do and were looking for excitement and "challenging difficulties". In the end, several conspiracy groups involved had to find a few representatives to redeem the people.

Of course, with Zhang Ge's interference, the final outcome of this matter can be imagined.

All the delegates received was a series of heads tied together with their hair.

This naturally aroused the wrath of the conspiracy group... But when they angrily left Comoros in a fleet composed mainly of various types of cruisers, intending to ask for an explanation from their fellow Ark people, what greeted them were not the equally sophisticated and fragile Eldar warships.

Instead, it was a Queen of Glory-class dreadnought that had come from the corner of the Webway at an unimaginable speed.

ps: Today is the third update, 6/7, and the additional updates should be completed by the end of May.

Chapter 285: Zhang Ge, the Good Man Who Helped the Dark Eldar Return to the Embrace of Their God

The speed of the dreadnought was so fast that for a moment, they were so shocked that they didn't even notice the several accompanying ships traveling at the same speed around it.

It’s not that they can’t go that fast...the problem is, it’s a dreadnought that’s nearly 30 kilometers long.

We can reach that speed because our fleet is composed entirely of ships specially designed for maneuverability. We even have only three cruisers. How can your few big and black human warships go so fast?

No, is there such a possibility:

Firepower, defense, mobility.

Among these three options, they gave up firepower in exchange for improved defense and mobility?

If that's the case, then there's nothing good about it...

Just as they were thinking this, the Dark Elf Conspiracy saw a volley of light spears launched from the enemy fleet and hit them right in front of them.

Why is there no circumvention?

Because the speed of the light spear is the speed of light.

In normal combat, if we do not rely on special means such as subspace, psychic power, and pre-installed equipment, the upper limit of the speed of information transmission is the speed of light.

Therefore, with the protection of the webway and the laws of the real universe not changing much, and no preparations to start delivering goods directly, the ships of the various conspiracy groups did not start to sound the alarm until the light spear hit their faces, let alone evade.

Of course, there is also luck in this misfortune.

Since most of the Eldar ships do not have shields due to their maneuverability, they can only rely on armor and structure to withstand attacks... It would be fine if the strength of their materials was like that of Necromancer ships, but the key is that the defensive performance of wraithbone is not much stronger than ceramite steel.

Therefore, ships that were directly hit died quickly and did not have to endure subsequent torture.

The high-energy lasers fired by the Spirit of Vengeance split the cruisers of the various conspiracy groups in half in just an instant. In the straight incision, the terrifying glare produced by the high-temperature melting of the cut surface flashed, accompanied by the continuous explosion of various components.

So clean and neat that it seemed as if they were not three huge ships, but just a few pieces of butter in the path of the hot-melt cutter.

"Turn on the projection!"

"Transfer the weapon system's energy to the engine!"

"..."

Amidst the messages filled with panic and roars, small ships were torn apart by the passing beams of light every minute and every second. From the Black Ship to the Dreadnought, the lines of various light spears wove together this hell filled with high temperature.

The surviving Dark Eldar were sweating profusely in the grand fireworks of destruction that bloomed again and again.

After firing a round of torpedoes in order to clear the cargo, the remaining ships made the decision to escape with an efficiency ten times higher than when they came, without even planning to avenge their dead "brothers".

What a joke, they are just a small-to-medium-sized conspiracy group that can't even produce a battleship, and all their battleships were destroyed in the first encounter. They were forced to continue fighting the enemy with their remaining troops?

The word "rushing to be the first" is used when the strong are bullying the weak. Faced with a situation where they are almost certain to die, they will not use the so-called sense of honor to restrain themselves to fight for that glimmer of chance of victory.

"Damn it, who brought this information? That *Dark Eldar expletive* is a *expletive* monkey dreadnought. How come *expletive* can't even *expletive* tell the difference between an Eldar worldship and a monkey's broken sampan?"

This is the only surviving leader of the conspiracy.

Since he had a lot of "close contact" with humans when he was out plundering slaves, he had a relatively deeper understanding of this race... And because of this, the moment he saw a Queen of Glory ship coming out from the opposite side, he realized that things were not good, and he decisively chose to abandon the ship, and fled the fleet via shuttle with a small group of followers.

However, surviving didn't make him feel much better.

He and his conspiracy group were like chess players who were planning to play a good game of chess with their Eldar opponents. However, when the game was about to start, what they saw was not the Eldar chess player, but a strong human man in full armor who walked in from the door, sat down and said at the same time: "Let's not play chess, let's smash each other with the chessboard, and whoever survives will win."

Even if you survive by escaping from the chessboard early, can you still feel good?

Frustrated and angry, he swung the long knife in his hand and chopped several of his followers into pieces.

"A bunch of barbaric bastards, actually attacked by surprise, otherwise..."

Otherwise what?

It seems that there is nothing we can do.

Even if we go back to that time and fight a fair battle, do you think you can defeat the dreadnought with just a few cruisers and a bunch of small boats?

Even a fully prepared battleship might not be able to withstand the volley of light spears from that thing, and the void shield is thicker than the putty accumulated by Nurgle believers. What's more, there are far more weapons than just light spears. Another attack will not change the result except that they can survive for a few more seconds.

knock knock knock.

A dull knock on the door.

"Who? ...Hmm?"

The leader of the conspiracy group, distracted by his gloomy mood, didn't realize anything was wrong for a moment: