Chapter 698: A Space Marine who doesn’t want to be an Imperial Regent is not a militant leader
A meteorite belt dozens of light-years away from the solar system. It is pitch black because it is far away from the light of the star system. It is filled with death and desolation. , just like most of the empty no man's land in the universe, dark, cold, and silent.
Suddenly, stars in the meteorite belt lit up like fireflies, breaking the eternal darkness and silence. That was the ion flame bursting out from the nozzle of the battleship's engine. Hundreds of battleships raised their bows and rushed out of the meteorite cover. The real space in front was pulled open like a curtain. Battleships shot into the boiling area like arrows one after another. in the abyss of malice.
Suzheng battleship, captain's room.
Vera Nora sat at her desk.
"Battle Moon also sent diplomatic envoys?"
Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the female judge.
"Yes, three orcs landed on Terra on a small merchant ship, along with a captured Imperial merchant. Vangorich brought them to the council chambers. The orc ambassador demanded that the High Lords Council unconditionally Surrender, the entire meeting..."
Vera paused at this point:
"It can be said to be full of ugliness."
"Did they agree?"
Fu Qinghai's first concern was this issue.
“No, the surrender proposal was firmly refuted.”
Vera shook her head and said.
“Have the orcs started landing or bombing?”
Fu Qinghai asked again immediately.
"Not yet, but..."
Vera frowned slightly when she said this.
“But what?”
“Three days have passed since the orc envoys visited Terra. Some council members are indeed discussing the possibility of surrendering to the orcs in private. The Inquisition is currently Pay close attention.”
Vera said slightly worriedly.
“Oh?”
Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows when he heard this.
“The arrival of the orc ambassadors not only humiliated the Imperial Council, they also showed a new possibility and brought some new thinking, that is... Orcs are not animals or beasts, Orcs are also This kind of civilized society is just a civilization that is different from ours. It may not be shameful for one civilization to surrender to another... Under the pressure of life and death, people are often prone to some very outrageous ideas. "
Vera expressed her personal speculation.
"It's not outrageous."
Fu Qinghai raised the corner of his mouth and shook his head:
"The bottom class took to the streets, and the top class jumped ship. Since ancient times, it has been those vested interest groups that control a large amount of production means. Simply changing the family is just because the orcs are now proposing unconditional surrender, so they are firmly opposed to this. Surrender cannot preserve their current wealth and status. If these greenskins' diplomatic wisdom evolves a little more and proposes a conditional surrender that can preserve the existence of the Imperial Senate and the High Lords Council system, believe it or not, seriously consider it. Will more people surrender than now?"
Vera was slightly startled when she heard this.
“In other words, you are saying that Terra has not fallen yet just because the orcs are not smart enough?”
The female judge frowned and asked.
"Yes, that's true. The orcs finally have diplomacy now, which is gratifying, but obviously they haven't mastered the more subtle art of diplomacy, otherwise this war will be more difficult to fight. After all, they are still a group of people It's just a muscle head."
Fu Qinghai said with a smile.
The Tau Empire knows that they want to develop the Tau Alliance, but the Orcs don't know how to cultivate traitors. The political level of the two is different. Summary: There are major breakthroughs in the wisdom of the green skins, but not many.
Vera looked thoughtful.
My daughter is still too young.
Fu Qinghai thought to himself.
What is civilized or uncivilized is not the point at all.
Because the definition of civilization is inherently very low.
Leaving military affairs aside, in terms of technology, culture, institutions, etc., wasn’t the Song Dynasty a more advanced civilization than Mongolia? Wasn’t the Ming Dynasty a more advanced civilization than the Manchu Qing Dynasty? The Manchu Qing conquered most of China almost relying on the surrendered Ming Dynasty nobles. As long as the Manchu civilization was not so barbaric that it was like an animal eating its hair and drinking its blood, there would be no psychological burden in surrendering.
Orcs will indeed use humans as one of their food reserve options. Humans are edible to them but not particularly delicious. Eating humans is indeed uncivilized, but compared to the Shang Dynasty and the Maya who loved human sacrifices , Orcs eat other intelligent races based on more pragmatic needs - they are busy fighting wars and have no time to feast on mushrooms.
“Don’t worry, what you are worried about will not happen.”
Fu Qinghai looked at Vera and said with relief:
“You also heard what the Spirit Tribe woman said , they have extinguished the restlessness in the subspace, and the Imperial Fist fleet is speeding up. There is no time for these insects to consider surrender. I will launch an attack once the Imperial Fist arrives."
That spirit. Tribe women...
Vera secretly rolled her eyes.
You speak so vividly. I see that you and that Eldar woman are very familiar with each other. Fortunately, I am a reincarnation. If other judges in the Tribunal see it, it is better to say less. You must be sentenced to a felony charge of adultery with an alien.
"By the way, you just said that the high lords were full of ugliness when facing the orc ambassador. Did you see it with your own eyes at the meeting?"
Fu Qinghai suddenly thought of another question.
“No, I am not qualified to attend the meeting.”
Vera shook her head and said:
“But I bribed a low-level councilman. He is a chronicler. One of his eyeballs has been replaced by a cybernetic body and can shoot videos. Through his perspective, I watched three scenes. The entire negotiation process after the orc envoy arrived at the parliament hall. "
"So this video is in your hands now?"
Fu Qinghai had an idea and asked.
“What, what do you want to use this video for?”
Vera asked with some confusion:
"Share the authority of the Imperial Council and the high lords? But this will not help maintain the stability of the situation. The beasts are threatening the current situation, and now is not the time to overthrow them."< br>
"It might be useful...I'm not sure."
Fu Qinghai thought for a moment and said:
"Give me the video first."
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Vera Nora was straightforward. She didn't drag her feet or take the opportunity to negotiate terms. She directly took out a data storage module from her clothes and handed it to Fu Qinghai.
“You finally have some effect.”
Fu Qinghai took over the data storage module and said happily.
“What do you mean? I’m useless?”
When Vera heard this, her brows stood up in anger:
"Didn't I tell you all this information about Terra? Wouldn't it take you some time to fully understand it on your own? Besides, my personal strength is not weak, okay? I'm Yi Psilon-class psyker! ”
Ypsilon-class psyker?
Fu Qinghai was too lazy to continue attacking Vera.
Psychics whose psychic talent is Ypsilon level are not even eligible to be selected into the first phase of the think tank unit in my war group.
"Go back quickly."
Fu Qinghai waved his hand and urged Vera to leave:
"Tell me if there is anything wrong with Vera."
After saying that, he used the portal gun to open a circle of light.
Vera turned around angrily and stepped into the circle of light and walked away.
……
After crossing the blue light circle, Vera instantly returned from the captain's room of the Suzheng to the original abandoned area of the hive city. The female judge picked up the tattered robe on the stone steps next to her, unfolded it and wrapped it skillfully around herself, tightened the hood ties, and left in a hurry.
The blue aperture behind him shrinks and disappears.
Exposing smooth and flat walls.
Vera blended into the crowd and zigzagged up the stairs, arriving in front of a helicopter guarded by the hive's bailiffs. She was allowed to enter after showing the inquisitor's rosette. The carriage rose all the way to the parking platform at the top of the nest city, where a Skyhawk-class shuttle quietly parked in the center of the platform.
Vera sat in the cockpit of the shuttle, untied the hooded robe and threw it aside, and skillfully started the Warhammer 40K version of the luxury air car. The red shuttle rose from the tarmac, turned around and roared towards the south.
The howling wind and sparse clouds and fog quickly passed by the driving glass hatch, but Vera had no intention of admiring the scenery around her. She was thinking about what Qingshan said along the way. Although she didn't want to admit it on the surface, she realized in her heart that the man in that position, the Chapter Master of the Astartes Chapter, saw things that were indeed different from hers.
“Am I naive?”
Vera whispered to herself.
Although Qingshan didn’t say it clearly.
But she knew that was what the guy meant.
She knew in her heart the cruelty and horror of the Warhammer 40K universe, but she still decided to take root in this universe for long-term development. The reason is also very simple. In other reincarnation worlds, there is no such a powerful Inquisition Master as Sid Nora. Come and pave your own way. But sometimes, she couldn't completely look at it from the perspective of a reincarnated bystander.
The Skyhawk-class shuttle began to slow down and descend.
The wind and snow sliced across the icy cockpit cover.
Vera arrived at the Tribunal headquarters located under the ice cap of Antarctica. The shuttle landed steadily on the apron. Vera jumped out of the cabin wrapped in a scarf. As soon as she reached the entrance of the underground fortress, she noticed something Something wasn't right - there wasn't any blood or signs of a firefight, but something wasn't right.
She saw some clues from the guard's expression.
But she was cautious and did not ask rashly. She walked silently to her small office at the Tribunal headquarters. After closing the door, she began to ask her acolytes:
"What happened while I was away? Jaeger? "
Acolyte Jaeger is a bald middle-aged man.
"There has been a coup at the Tribunal headquarters, Lord Vera."
He bowed nervously:
"The Grand Master of the Inquisition, Viritus, together with other Grand Inquisitors, deposed Venand. I heard that she was originally going to be executed, but the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court came forward to save her."
Vera. After hearing this, he frowned.
“Who is the current representative of the Tribunal?”
Vera asked a question that she knew she was asking.
"Lord Viritus personally takes charge."
Acolyte Jaeger replied.
The High Lords Council has a new person.
Vera felt that it was necessary to report this information to Qingshan, although she did not know what Qingshan’s plan was.
So she turned around and walked out of the office again, walking quickly through the dark and narrow steel passage of the underground fortress.
"Lord Veritus, stand at attention and salute!"
A sudden shout sounded from the front.
Vera had just turned a corner when she met an old man wearing Ignatus-type power armor leading a group of fully armed Storm Troopers.
"Ve... Lord Veritus."
Vera reacted and quickly lowered her head and saluted.
The old man turned his head and glanced at Vera. He did not recognize the young female judge in front of him. He just nodded expressionlessly, then turned back and continued walking forward.
Vera looked up at his leaving back.
Veritus looks extremely old, but after putting on the power armor and the red cape, he looks very tall.
"It's unimaginable..."
The female judge squinted her eyes slightly and muttered to herself.
In the entire Inquisition, and even in the entire Terra, Vera may be the only one who knows the true identity of Veritus.
"Veritus" is just a pseudonym.
His real name is Keryl Hindman.
Yes, that is Kyril Hindman, the chief preacher of the Luna Wolf 63 expedition fleet during the Great Crusade, and one of the founders of the Holy Tribunal.
It is hard to imagine that this man has lived for more than a thousand years. The original novel does not explain why he can span a timeline of more than a thousand years and jump directly from the "Horus Heresy" series of novels to " Beast Wars" series of novels. Life extension surgery can at most allow a mortal to live for a few hundred more years. Moreover, those dignitaries who have used life extension surgery are almost completely soaked in life support devices in the later stages of their lives. Kyril Hindman can still walk around wearing power armor. Go...
Vera suspects that he is an immortal.
Only in this way can it be explained.
Kylell Hindman has been changing his identity and using pseudonyms for thousands of years, in order to secretly ensure that the Holy Tribunal, the most powerful spy agency and supervisory agency in the human empire, was the master of the Seal of Horses. The special institution created under Cardo's instruction will not deviate from his expected development direction.
Now, he thinks Wienand has strayed.
So he replaced Wienand and did it himself.
What Fu Qinghai doesn’t know is that with the political legacy left by Sid Nora and Vera Nora’s own personal abilities, she can take a further step in the Inquisition and obtain a higher position. status rather than relegating oneself to one opinion Judge Xi, but she knew that during the major plot event "Beast War", the great mentors of the Tribunal were changed. People with status had to choose sides, and people with no status could sit on the fence and wait and see. If they were in a high position , it is inevitable not to be implicated.
They are also people who know the plot.
Fu Qinghai chose to pursue greater interests.
But Vera can only choose to protect herself wisely.
“Why can’t women become Space Marines?”
Vera withdrew her gaze and continued towards the exit.
As I walked, I suddenly thought more and more angrily:
“This is not fair!”
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The Imperial Fist fleet entered the sun at the fastest speed After the star zone, the battleship group briefly left the subspace, returned to the real universe to reorganize their formation and then maintained a steady sailing speed, preparing to make a slight adjustment and then start the jump again without stopping.
During this period, the Imperial Fist fleet encountered a large number of merchant ships fleeing the solar system. Shipping between the Sun Sector and the Throne World had been completely cut off. Many spaceships suspended their journey to Terra and lurked around the system to watch the development of the situation. .
Through these merchant ships, the Imperial Fists gained more details about Terra: The Battle Moon arrived on Terra without resistance, effortlessly destroying the throne world's orbital defenses. The navy was largely absent, and when the Peasant Crusaders were summoned, the small Imperial Navy stalled and millions of Imperial citizens were massacred. To make matters worse, the Martian battleships were anchored in the port and the Mechanicum's troops gathered, but no action was taken.
The messages sent by the Imperial Fists fleet to Terra and Mars were lost, and no reply was received.
Kurland was furious.
He vented like crazy in the training cage.
"High lord, high lord, high lord..."
Even chopped off two training axes.
Until a Chapter servant interrupted him:
"My lord, we have received an astrological message."
"Is it from Terra?"
< br>Kulland raised his head and asked.
The Chapter Servant's answer was unexpected:
"No, from the White Scars Chapter."
...
"We have new reinforcements?"
Kurland harbored suspicions of apprehension and hope.
He hurried to the astrology room of the Abomination.
The Black Templar's Astropath Director played a video to him. A bust of a black-haired Space Marine appeared in the camera. What was puzzling was that his black and gold power armor did not belong to Kuran. The white scar in Germany's impression.
The first words spoken by this space warrior.
Kurand almost couldn’t hold his breath:
“Hello, Commander of Kurand’s Army.”
The Space Marine in the image smiled and said.
Kurland looked a little surprised.
"I know you are surprised now. Time is tight. Let me make a long story short. My fleet and I will be waiting for you in the solar system. The coordinates are the gates of Hades near Pluto."
The Space Marine in the image continued:
"We will discuss it in detail there."
After saying that, the screen flickered and disappeared.
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Solar system, Pluto, the gate to Hades.
This remnant of the dark technological age can directly reach the interior of the galaxy through two stargate spaceships without stopping at the Mandeville Point outside the galaxy.
One after another, the White Scar fleet emerged from the huge ancient star gate and formed a team outside the star gate. The seven hunting fleets slowly formed an attack formation.
Battleship Suzheng, conference room.
“What are you waiting for, Qingshan?”
The leader of the Destroyer Chapter asked impatiently:
“The soldiers are so fast, why haven’t you ordered an attack yet? "
"We already have experience in conquering a battle moon, but for this battle moon above Terra, we will not fight alone. We will wait for the arrival of the combined fleet of the Imperial Fists and its sub-groups. , and the troops of the Mechanicum."
Fu Qinghai explained to the other chapter leaders.
"Imperial Fist?"
The leader of the Berserkers Chapter was confused:
"Didn't you say that they have been destroyed by the group?"
"Indeed, they have the last Space Marine left, which is almost equivalent to being wiped out by the regiment. But this warrior initiated a protocol called the 'Final Wall', calling all the sub-regions of the Imperial Fists to assemble and march together to Terra marches on.”
Fu Qinghai briefly introduced the situation.
The chapter leaders looked at each other.
This "ultimate high wall" agreement.
Why does it sound so similar...
"Yes, it seems that we, the descendants of the Great Khan, are not the only ones who miss the legion era. The same is true for the descendants of Rogal Dorn, and other founders. Whether the Chapter has similar secret pacts is unknown, but it is certain that the only Space Marines heading towards Terra are the Imperial Fists and their sub-chapters.”
Fu Qinghai nodded and said calmly.
“We don’t have to wait for them, Qingshan.”
The resurrected Storm Lord’s Chapter Master Targukin leaned forward, lowered his voice and said seriously:
“We have proven that we are fully capable of conquering a combat moon on our own. Liang's ability, why should we share this honor with other Space Marines? Moreover, there is the Mechanicus. You said it yourself. You said that Mars' position may have big problems. Haven't you already doubted them? ?”
“Take a long-term view”
Fu Qinghai knocked on the table and said:
“First of all, if we fight jointly with the Imperial Fist fleet, we can reduce to a certain extent the casualties we have to endure when breaking through the gravity weapons of the battle moon. Compared with those ethereal Vain glory and title, I care more about the lives of my warriors. The fact is that we are the first space warriors to return to Holy Terra, and no one can erase this."
Fu Qinghai paused and continued:
"Secondly, there are big problems with Mars' position. This is not my inference, but an established fact. Everyone has seen it, and Meishen's The army is still hesitating at the port! However, it is precisely because Mars has big problems that we need them to send troops to participate in the battle."
Mandu Latu's eyes flashed when he heard this. .
"I know, you want to take advantage of Mars to send its main force, ambush a company and forcefully land on Mars, and force the foundry commander to reiterate his loyalty to the empire!"
Mandu Latu said immediately his speculation.
However, Fu Qinghai shook his head and said:
"At this point in time, I have no intention of provoking a civil war. This will not be of any benefit to mankind. The Foundry Commander will have more professional people coming forward. to deal with it before he makes any substantive act of rebellion. , there is no need for us to dirty our hands. The accusation of 'Star Marines starting a civil war again' does not sound good at all. The people of the Throne World are already sensitive enough."
White Scar Chief Storm Seer Baoshu Lige. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Fu Qinghai, thoughtfully.
Baoshu Lige suddenly realized keenly that Qingshan's thinking mode was completely different from that of other chapter leaders.
He was already thinking about fame.
He began to cherish feathers.
He is changing from a pure soldier to a politician.
What does he want to do?
"I emphasize again, take a long-term view."
Fu Qinghai looked around at everyone and said seriously:
"Do you think this battle moon over Terra is the last battle? It was destroyed Is it all over if we don't completely solve the source of this green tide, the endless battle moons and the endless Waaag? h will still appear frequently throughout the empire. Therefore, we need Mars, we need the army and power of the Mekhan believers, and we need to preserve our strength for the final and biggest decisive battle with the orcs!"
“I understand, Qingshan.”
Mandu Ratu nodded solemnly and said:
"We fully support your decision."
"Don't rush to express your position."
Fu Qinghai raised his hand to suppress the other chapter leaders who were about to raise their hands to second, and added One post:
“I know that group of politicians very well. Once the battle is over, the High Lords will definitely be very unhappy with the fact that the Space Marines are united again. Man, I can imagine that they will want to split us up. They will contact you in private and give you different orders. Here, I want everyone here to assure me that before I order the disbandment of the legion, As the first and only representative of the Fifth Legion, I am still fully responsible for all negotiations and dialogues with Terra."
Fu Qinghai's tone was extremely serious.
"Bang!"
Talgukin dropped his helmet on the table.
The leader of the Storm Lords Chapter pointed at Fu Qinghai and laughed:
"You saved my life, do you still need to guarantee this kind of thing? You are the leader of the army, It’s whatever you say, I’m too lazy to deal with those bureaucrats.”
After Targukin underwent decapitation and reattachment surgery, he vaguely developed into a fan of Qingshan Khan. Trend, Fu Qinghai ignored him and looked at the other chapter leaders.
The chapter leaders did not speak, but the firm and trusting eyes they looked at Fu Qinghai said everything.
“Okay, very good.”
Fu Qinghai also nodded heavily.
He turned to look at Qing Ming standing behind him:
"Contact Terra and formally notify them that we are here.".........