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

Everyone was naturally happy that Bal had not fallen, and the army rushed to rescue it, but even if it had fallen, there were enough troops to ensure its safe evacuation.

However, it is obvious that this cautious approach is exactly the opposite of what Zhang Ge wants.

He simply replied calmly:

"I can wait, but Baal can't, and neither can the Empire. We are already in danger and cannot lose any more."

"..."

The weeper who spoke first exchanged glances with the other three company commanders who approached.

Although their expressions could not be seen through the helmets, their next actions clearly showed their attitudes:

"We will live up to the blood of Sanguinius."

There is no other etiquette - this is what Zhang Ge has repeatedly emphasized, otherwise it would be too abstract for a group of Space Marines to kneel down to him at every turn - this sentence itself surpasses all etiquette.

However, Zhang Ge just nodded in response, and there was no big ripple in his heart.

There are only a hundred or so Primaris Space Marines. Even if they all fight to the death, how long can they delay their own death?

Amidst all kinds of thoughts, the military parade soon came to an end.

This place was later called "Zhangge Square". The 400,000 soldiers representing the area showed amazing organization and completed the review without any accidents.

What frightened other Comorian forces the most was not the heavy armored troops in the early stage, but the infantry troops that continued for a long time afterwards. At the beginning, there were a few elite troops in this group of infantry marching in step as a symbol of ceremony, but soon after, the roar caused by the subsequent troops running past and the dust raised by their footsteps replaced all audible sounds.

You have to know that there were hundreds of thousands of people, and the team was a long and wide dragon with no end in sight. Any problem in any part would lead to an extremely serious chain reaction, and most of the troops being reviewed were just newly recruited soldiers... Obviously, this is impossible under normal circumstances. The difficulty of getting a group of new recruits to have such a high level of organization is not something that can be solved by normal training.

This was possible because Endymion, as the organizer, took a small shortcut and used some technical means of the Peace Order.

Of course, he would not let the soldiers stay until other forces found out about his trickery, but instead let them board their assigned ships directly after the review - this also happened to be in line with Zhang Ge's intention. He led a group of officers and the like, and also left the scene directly via a transport aircraft after the review of the troops, leaving Comoros with only a little shock of martial virtue.

Chapter 308: Leaping over the Webway and Arriving at the Underworld

When Zhang Ge arrived at the bridge of the Spirit of Vengeance on the Valkyrie, he also received a report that the fleet had completed its preparations - the report was directly transmitted to the terminal on the captain's throne and displayed in electronic form.

While reading, he quickly noticed something unusual in the report:

The fleet's ship designations seem a bit too long. What's going on?

Well... Although the Eldar Ark will stay in Comoros, in order to ensure Zhang Ge's safety, they decided to withdraw some ships from the accompanying fleet for coordinated operations, including a battlecruiser and more than a dozen cruisers and below.

This is expected, but what about those extra ships besides these?

Zhang Ge looked at the unfamiliar ship names in the report and flipped back a few pages with some doubts.

The Emperor-class battleship "Radiant Sun" was obtained by exchanging the wreckage of the Dying Sun with the Fallen Moon Cabal, the latter being the mortal enemy of the former.

The ship was produced in the 28th Millennium and was captured during the chaos of the Heresy. However, due to the lack of cooperation from the Machine Spirit and the excessive number of crew members required, it was left idle by the Dark Eldar. Now, after being handed over to the fleet, it has returned to normal use.

Is there anything else? See the prompt for permissions... But for Zhang Ge, it doesn't matter what permissions he has or doesn't have.

Information on the next page:

There is currently a shortage of 85 crew members, and 70% of the cabins have not been cleaned.

Okay, okay, if it can be turned on it is considered “normal use”, right? I like it.

Seeing this, Zhang Ge's heart finally settled down a little, and in the process of flipping over, he quickly read the information of the remaining ships - the extra ships included two cruisers and three frigates, all of which were obtained by Endymion from various forces in Comoros using various resources.

However, despite their large numbers, these ships all have serious crew shortages without exception, and over tens of thousands or even thousands of years, a large number of indescribable monsters have accumulated in their hulls. The so-called normal use is limited to being able to barely start them.

Zhang Ge thought about it and felt that it was not surprising that this situation occurred. It would be strange if there was no problem.

This is Comoros, and the area controlled by Zhang Ge is still a slum area. Where can Endymion find so many professional crew members who can operate human warships? It is true that he is very capable in logistics, but that doesn't mean he can create something out of nothing.

Of course, it was fortunate that this was the case, otherwise if the fleet had suddenly doubled in size, Zhang Ge would have been really upset for a while.

In the following time, Zhang Ge read some other information.

This also includes Endymion's tricky method - it is not a preliminary preparation such as chip implantation that can definitely not be concealed from other forces.

He placed the Skitarii at the head of each row, then before the parade, temporarily distributed pupil filters similar to cosmetic contact lenses to each participating infantryman. Finally, the Skitarii fired invisible lasers for their own ranks, ensuring that everyone had a reference point invisible to outsiders for alignment.

In order to ensure that others could not see, any foreign guests invited to the meeting were asked not to bring any electronic devices, and even any foreign guests with eye implants or modifications were not invited... If Zhang Ge remembered correctly, when being inspected, most of the aliens thought it was a requirement for security, and they cooperated very well in order to show that they were not hostile.

While browsing, a voice suddenly sounded in my ears:

"Father, the other ships have been prepared and are ready to depart."

Currently, there is only one person in the army who can call father. Zhang Ge shifted his gaze to the side... I'm awesome, right?

Penelope was seen in a maid outfit, looking solemn as if she didn't know what was going on.

"Let's go, and stop joking around like that."

Zhang Ge raised his hand, and the latter bent down and let him knock on his head.

"The Master always strikes a balance. If I call him 'Master' directly, he'll be uncomfortable. But if I call him 'Father' first, then he'll be willing to listen to me calling him Master."

"Where did you see this sentence?"

"The books you distributed in the shantytowns have become must-reads for everyone."

Does that really seem to be the case? But wasn't that document given to Amelia as a reference for thought transformation? When was it actually printed?

Zhang Ge gradually felt that while he was causing trouble and having friendly exchanges in various places in Comoros, he seemed to have missed a lot of things happening in the army.

This is also why leaving one's position without permission is a taboo for those in power.

Overdecentralization, abuse of trust, abandonment of duties, lack of checks and balances, and self-debasement...

however.

I mean, how could there be a problem with this?

Soon, these were put aside and as Zhang Ge's order was issued, the fleet consisting of more than 20 ships began to accelerate together.

After taking a slight detour and completing the gravitational slingshot acceleration with the help of several main urban areas of Comoros, the fleet soon headed straight for the webway exit at the top of Comoros.

According to intelligence from both the Dark Eldar and the Ark Eldar, this exit is directly connected to the Hades System, allowing them to bypass external time disturbances. Of course, this also means that if they are "unlucky", they might rush into the already fallen Hades System, and the Zerg Fleet stationed there would be able to strangle this small fleet in just a few rounds.

This is not an exaggeration. The number of insects is really too large. Even their biological ships can form a spectacular sight of covering the sky and the sun when they arrive at a planet. Although Zhang Ge's small fleet is very capable, its number is really too small. If they really confront it head-on, they may be directly overwhelmed.

Of course, in Zhang Ge's words, this is just a small risk that "must be taken" and it cannot stop its momentum of progress at all.

Soon, after passing through the cleared channel, the fleet entered the network channel and left Comoros behind, and began to accelerate at full speed.

Although this time it couldn't be as fast as before due to the delay of several conventional ships and Eldar ships, it was still Webway navigation after all. Even if it was a little slower, it was still much more efficient than Warp navigation.

Soon, after a voyage that was unimaginably shorter than normal, the fleet had crossed the vast distance of the dark side.

The exit to the Hades Galaxy is right in front of us.

This finally made Zhang Ge, who had been idle for a long time, excited again.

Rarely, he reappeared on the bridge.

And witnessed the moment of crossing the Webway Gate with his own eyes.

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Chapter 309: The Ice Crystal Shield of the Hades Galaxy and the Impending Destruction of the Imperial Navy

The moment the ship passed through the webway gate, countless streams of light filled the space outside the ship, as if they were suddenly placed inside a star or a ray burst.

At the same time, not only that, these lights are also rushing into any visible range of people, from optical lenses to floor-to-ceiling windows. The colorful rays are madly penetrating these transparent objects and embellishing the scenes behind them with extreme splendor.

But these visual effects are short-lived and they soon disappear.

Instead, there is the cold scene of the real universe.

Black, bright blue, cool white.

The light from the binary stars was already extremely dim, but it was still enough to illuminate the countless ice crystals surrounding the fleet.

Everyone who knew anything about the Hades Galaxy instantly recognized what it was.

Diamond Shield.

This is one of the two outer asteroid belts of Hades, which is filled with a large number of ice crystals of "unknown origin" and a strange subspace phenomenon. It serves as an unbreakable line of defense and has resisted countless invasions from foreign enemies. Most ships that attempt to pass through the Diamond Shield will be directly frozen into one of the countless ice crystals floating in it due to the subspace anomaly.

It was at this moment that a question was answered:

How does a massive Webway Gate hide itself in the heavily fortified Hades Galaxy, which serves as the gate to Baal?

That's right, this webway gate is hidden directly inside the Diamond Shield. With the help of powerful psychic technology, it has resisted the erosion of the subspace within it. It has even almost become a part of it over countless millions of years, so it has been able to avoid various subsequent human investigations.

Of course, there was no time to marvel at this ingenious alien technology. Due to this design, the fleet plunged directly into the Diamond Shield after exiting the Webway Gate, and soon had to face the same embarrassing situation as the "invaders":

The temperature began to drop sharply.

Ignoring the ship's hull that was supposed to be able to isolate the harshest space environment, the low temperature was gradually invading the interior of all ships except the Spirit of Vengeance, the Dreadnought, the Black Ship and the four Moon-class ships.

Even the Eldar ships were not immune. Their wraithbone shells were enough to withstand some warp phenomena, but they were still too fragile compared to a galaxy-level wonder... In fact, in the past, many Eldar invasion ships were buried inside the Diamond Shield.

But soon, under Zhang Ge's command, the fleet solved the problem in an unexpected and most simple and brutal way.

He ordered the four unaffected ships to aim their light spear arrays at the other ships and adjusted their power based on the cooling values ​​transmitted from the target ships.

Then, suddenly launch.

More than twenty thin beams of light penetrated countless ice crystals, transmitting energy to other ships like stars projecting heat, so that their cooling was quickly neutralized by warming.

For a normal warship, adjusting the power of its lances in real time to avoid burning its own allies to death is an extremely difficult task, but for the captain of Zhang Ge's ship...

I can’t say that I put a lot of thought into it, but at least I can say that it came easily.

After solving the cooling problem, the ships were finally able to shift their attention to further observing the surrounding environment.

Ice crystals, ice crystals and ice crystals.

This is very wrong.

It was too quiet. In the empty universe, it seemed as if there was nothing else except countless ice crystals.

Logically speaking, even with the interference of the Tyranids' warp shadows, at least the second asteroid belt defense line, the Fortress Ring, which is not far from the Diamond Shield, can still be contacted, not to mention other Imperial Navy ships that will be deployed everywhere in the defensive battle?

Just when Zhang Ge was trying to analyze the current situation, Keti's communication came.

She is not in the Spirit of Vengeance at the moment, but on the Dauntless - according to her own statement, the wraithbone on the Dauntless can serve as a powerful psychic amplifier, making its already powerful psychic power even more exaggerated.

"Something is happening."

However, even with her so-called "exaggerated" psychic power, it was not difficult to detect her trembling when she said this to Zhang Ge.

"Something?"

"It is something... something as vast and unimaginable as the universe itself, filled with endless hunger and desire."

"Wait, what does being active mean?"

"That's it. It's moving towards this galaxy, carrying with it a hunger to devour."

and many more.

Does this mean the current timeline is before the official start of the Battle of Hades? I came so early? No wonder I couldn't find anything.

Zhang Ge scratched his head.

Well, although it is still a little worse than crashing directly into the swarm of insects, it is at least not bad news. At least it means that he can play the whole game.

"Let's speed up the fleet first. Once we're out of the Diamond Shield, we'll see if there's anything new."

This was Zhang Ge's direct message to the Spirit of Vengeance.

Other captains should not learn this approach.

Because the machine soul of the Spirit of Vengeance can process and process this "command" which is similar to a conversation, and eventually transform it into different professional terms and transmit them to different command nodes, and then drive the entire fleet through the command chain with it as the core.

But ordinary machine souls can't do that.

They would only make the captain's voice echo awkwardly in the captain's room.

Therefore, it is better for a normal captain to use specialized terms to convey orders to the crew.

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