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

The sword's tip pointed diagonally downward as his arm naturally drooped. Facing the countless tiny parasites clinging, piling up, and biting each other, the "human form" above was constantly changing and wriggling. He spoke to the people around him:

"Don't rush to open fire yet. Let's see if we can get some information out of this thing."

"You ignorant barbarian, do you want me to behead you?"

Listening to the subtle threats coming from the friction and movement, Zhang Ge looked back, his expression did not change, he just replied:

"Do you have something to ask of me?"

The king did not immediately continue the conversation, but simply waved his hand and asked the attendant beside him to bring him a golden cup... It was after this action that the footsteps of the attendant were heard in the palace, which had originally been filled with only the sounds of conversation and faint elegant music.

While walking, the servant kept his body bent in a humble arc until he presented the golden cup to the king's feet and waited until he took the cup before stepping aside.

However, holding the wine glass in his hand, the king did not drink the scarlet wine in the glass - this series of actions was just one of his ways to put pressure on the other party.

He maintained this posture, stroking the handle of the cup in his hand for a few seconds before continuing in a much calmer tone:

"How do you know that?"

"If they wanted to kill us, they should have done it at the door."

"Yes, brave man. If you can resolve the dilemma I'm facing, I can forgive your previous atrocities and even marry my princess to you."

"Dilemma?"

While talking, Zhang Ge witnessed the human figure "vomiting" out a withered corpse with four arms from his stomach.

I also gradually sorted out some things that were originally somewhat illogical.

"Yes, a dilemma. At such a critical moment, the rebels have risen up, disregarding the overall situation. I need you to deal with them, or even persuade them to temporarily put down their weapons and join me in the fight."

"An enemy?"

"Don't you realize? A monster of unparalleled brutality and thirst is coming. It will devour my kingdom. Even if you don't want to help me, even if you want to escape, then go ahead. I will not abandon my land."

"..."

Zhang Ge exchanged glances with the people around him and further confirmed his guess.

This Genestealer sect is likely a sect that developed self-awareness and broke away from the Zerg.

This speculation had already taken shape when Zhang Ge fought with the thief leader.

As for where to get it? It’s also very simple:

In the previous battle, the patriarch's action pattern was too close to that of a "human".

I will feel angry, afraid, and hesitant.

It is normal for a human to show these things, but for Genestealers, the only purpose of their existence is to better serve the Zerg. For this reason, they behave more like a large group of biological machines rather than living beings with normal emotions.

Moreover, if this sect has really broken away from the Zerg as imagined, then some of the remaining doubts in the fleet's action pattern can be explained.

For example, why squat outside the ice zone? If they were going to die, wouldn't it be better to just drive the boat in?

The answer is:

They weren't going to die, so there was no need to - these Genestealers really did intend to take the ship to fight the Zerg, but their tactical choice was too stupid, just like a knight in the Middle Ages who took the initiative to rush out of the fortress and confront an enemy that far outnumbered him.

With this thought in mind, Zhang Ge continued to probe:

"I can help you convince the rebels, but on one condition: you must transfer this army back to the 'city walls'."

"what?"

The king, who had been calm before, suddenly became angry and smashed the golden cup in his hand.

"Are you going to make me fight the enemy on the ridges of a farmer's field?"

"No, it was a prophet within our ranks who predicted that a larger army was heading this way. If you could withdraw your troops and hold out until they arrive, you would likely be able to reduce casualties."

"Prophet?"

Zhang Ge signaled to Keti with his eyes.

The latter said nothing, but released his spiritual energy and casually created two magnificent scenes in front of the humanoid.

One scene showed countless pieces of armor and weapons piled on the ground, with blood flowing like a river.

The other picture shows two "generals" joining forces, and the army is boundless.

"Hmm... a similar aura to the Bishop. Fine, I believe you, but you only have a short time, for He is near."

Sure enough, this thing doesn't have much brains.

No, it cannot be said that he has no brain. It should be said that his brain is external - yes, that "external" brain is the so-called "bishop", the patriarch who died at the hands of Zhang Ge and his party before.

This is not difficult to see.

Whether it is the simple, pretentious and somewhat foolish political tactics, or the emotions that change as quickly as those of a baby, all of them indicate the limited level of their cognitive ability.

Furthermore, judging by the Genestealers' original organizational structure, the idea of ​​an "external brain" made sense. After all, the core of the sect from the very beginning was the Patriarch. Would the Patriarch willingly cede power to a new "king" after training one? That was unlikely. It was more likely that they would use their intellectual superiority to maintain actual power.

This is not difficult to understand from the fact that the gene stealers lost their organized resistance after the death of the patriarch.

Of course, considering the cunningness of the alien, it cannot be ruled out that such behavior is a disguise it deliberately shows in front of everyone.

However, if there was no possibility of such disguise, why would Zhang Ge play with him?

If he couldn't bring any risk to Zhang Ge, Zhang Ge would have turned him into a complete corpse as soon as he entered the door. How could he have the leisure to talk so much?

Thinking of this, Zhang Ge temporarily stopped his thoughts and responded:

"Okay, then, first you must get the soldiers loyal to you to cease fire so that I can contact the 'rebels' and negotiate peace."

"Haha, I like your style - I allow you to accept the princess first as a reward for you."

As he spoke, the skinny, four-armed corpse that had been spit out earlier suddenly began to twitch.

If you have a sharp eye, you can easily see that these twitches are caused by countless "little things" moving back and forth under the pale skin.

Soon, the twitching four-armed human figure suddenly stiffened again, then suddenly stood up and approached Zhang Ge step by step.

Zhang Ge, who had originally wanted to contact Endymion, hurriedly said one more thing to him:

"No, let's keep this for now."

Chapter 317: What is the king’s true identity?

After the previous incident, Zhang Ge decided to leave the cabin first and then conduct the sound array communication to avoid any more trouble.

However, just after leaving the entrance and before the communication started, Amelia said:

"Cooperating with that alien? That's too dangerous."

"Which is more dangerous, one alien or half a fleet? Moreover, there are countless bugs before us. If we can use this half fleet in the subsequent battle, how many people can be saved?"

What's rare is that Amelia was not convinced by this sentence, but continued to remind:

"But these could be their disguises. What if they turn against us during combat?"

In response, Zhang Ge just smiled and replied:

"As long as we take the other half of the fleet back to the rear, we'll have more time. It's up to us to decide what to do with the aliens on the ship. Do we really have to continue watching them pilot the Imperial ships after that?"

That's right, even if this thing is really not a disguise, even if it really abides by the agreement with Zhang Ge and withdraws to the defense line with the fleet, Zhang Ge does not intend to let it go.

This is another reason why Zhang Ge is willing to cooperate with him - even if he really keeps his promise, Zhang Ge will be able to get more opportunities to board the ship later.

Time is too short now. After killing him, at most one or two more ships can be added. But if he "takes away" the other half of the fleet, there will be enough time for him to clear them one by one.

So, don’t just focus your eyes on the small river in front of you, but also look at the ocean in the distance.

Zhang Ge felt satisfied with his own wisdom once again.

Well, however, let’s put aside the praise for myself for now, there are more important things right now.

After confirming that no one else raised any objections, Zhang Ge made a sound array communication to Endymion.

Almost the moment he called, the communication request was accepted.

"How many remaining naval forces have been contacted?"

Zhang Ge didn't say "Go and contact the remaining navy now", but directly asked how many people had been contacted... These necessary things are like opening your mouth before eating, and no one needs to be specifically reminded by him to do them.

"About half. The other half are either still fighting for the enemy's ships, or their communication equipment is damaged and we are unable to communicate with them."

"Tell them the following and ask them to temporarily cease fire:"

After saying this, Zhang Ge paused, roughly thought about the wording in his mind, and then "artistically" recounted the communication he had just had with the alien.

Of course, Endymion couldn't hide this, but the reason why he said this even though he couldn't hide it was because he wanted to express Zhang Ge's attitude towards it.

In other words, it is better not to tell the truth to the other remnants of the navy like I did, otherwise the probability of persuading them to cease fire is too small.

After Zhang Ge finished speaking, even with Endymion's receptive ability, he remained silent for several seconds before replying:

"I understand."

Soon, outside, as the ships controlled by the Genestealers took the lead in ceasefire, the Imperial ships also gradually stopped shooting - even those ships that failed to establish contact did not take many radical measures under such abnormal circumstances.

For a while, except for the increasing number of hive bio-ships that continued to approach, the outside world almost returned to calm.

However, Zhang Ge and his group were not the only ones who noticed this situation.

When he turned around and was about to tell the humanoid about the situation, he saw its body slowly standing up from the throne.

With every step it moves, a large number of parasites are thrown off, either scattered, crushed into mucus on the ground, or reattached to its body.

Moreover, the already pervasive sound of joint friction became even louder as it went from static to dynamic.

Unlike his followers who were already on guard, Zhang Ge did not show any attacking gesture for the time being. He just signaled someone to move the officer lying near the entrance away.

Well, it stopped.

It was pretty much the same as what Zhang Ge thought.

Most likely, this guy wanted to show the easy-going nature of a "king" and play some tricks like being courteous to others.

Serve it up quickly and don't waste my time.

"Brave man, you have passed my test... To be honest, I am the true princess... Let us enter into a marriage and have children together."

"?"

no?

What are you talking about?

Zhang Ge seemed to hear a hint of shyness in its voice, and his mind was confused for a moment.

And after turning back, he wished he had not turned back.

That short sentence caused more psychological damage to him than all the previous battles on this ship.

Amelia next to him cast a cryptic look:

"Even this risk is worth taking?"

Wait, that's right.

If this group of gene stealers needs to become an "independent" tribe, then what they need is of course a "queen" or a "queen of insects" rather than a so-called king. The real king should be... the patriarch?

Wait a moment.

In that case, wouldn't it mean that I killed the patriarch first and then the cow?

His brain was working rapidly as Zhang Ge tried to understand the situation.

Test...test...the so-called test is actually to select a combiner?

In other words, the political tactics that seemed simple and stupid before were actually just a disguise.

It uses the simplest yet most effective misleading and lies to cover up its true purpose - using clumsy political means to induce, misleading the test of continuing future generations into a political test, so that those who participate in the test may respond to and cover up political issues, but will most likely not pay attention to aspects related to "sexual attraction", thus exposing the most real part.

Is it really genius?

Zhang Ge, who suddenly realized this, was slightly shocked and felt a little uncomfortable.

You use your intelligence in this kind of thing, but what if you use your talent in this area to command those gene stealers?

"Princess?"

"Yes, my hero, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

I saw its arms, which were clinging to countless wriggling insect bodies, move towards its chest, and countless hardened and stuck tiny body parts were peeled off, hanging down, and finally falling to the ground.