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But the Space Marines—it's impossible to just let these killing machines retire and return to life in the human Empire, is it?
Therefore, Guilliman decided to gather a large number of Smurfs and launch a new expedition into the depths of the Webpath—the Webpath Expedition!
This was a lonely and long expedition, and from the moment they set off, every member of the Ultra Warriors' sub-groups, sub-groups, sub-groups, and so on, was prepared.
During their long journey through the network, they would no longer be able to contact the Star Speakers of the Human Empire, nor would they be able to obtain supplies.
Whatever they encounter in the future on this online platform, they will have to face it themselves.
Throughout this long and uncertain voyage, he remained steadfast in his belief that the Emperor would be by his side, working with him to accomplish this seemingly impossible mission.
And today, he saw it.
He saw it; right before their eyes, there was something shimmering with golden light...
"What is that? Navigator, I see a golden centaur ahead!"
"Navigation room received, navigator is following, the creature is guiding us to—"
The Ultra Warrior could almost feel his adrenaline surging.
They are about to reach the destination they have been searching for all their lives!
And he was prepared to fight for it.
boom!
"What...what did you do?"
In the bewildered eyes of the demons in the brass fortress, they saw a blue figure appear on the plain burning with blood and fire.
"For Ottaramar! For Guilliman!"
"For the Emperor!!!"
Chapter 282 The Era of Apostasy
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Lies, fraud, and scams.
These schemes were played out repeatedly on Holy Terra, the land where humans first set foot.
No one can escape endless suspicion and betrayal.
But amidst all the changes, there is always one being who sits atop all the scheming and intrigue, manipulating the pieces called fate.
Although he rallied everyone's hopes in the battle for unification, he used himself as a starting point to sever people's ingrained worship of the corrupt past and to mend the anger of their sworn enemies.
In order to unify the land, he created powerful Thunder Warriors and used their strength to sweep away the land ravaged by warlords and technological barbarians, freeing every human who had once been enslaved.
He has successfully defeated two dark beings from the warp, and they were the two most powerful ones.
Now all he has to face is those who can no longer cause much trouble—those guys who only hide in the shadows and plot sabotage.
Just as the war of unification was advancing steadily toward victory, a giant web woven from lies and trickery was unfurled over the heads of humankind.
His influence is ever-present, even among his own subordinates, clowns and jesters are always emerging.
"But we will completely purify all this treachery!"
He believed that even the most cunning bureaucrats and opportunists would have to contribute to his cause of unification.
Once unification is achieved, all of Tzeentch's corruption can be completely eradicated. With a sufficiently transparent administrative system and a population that becomes more discerning under the guidance of imperial truth, Tzeentch's schemes will no longer be able to deceive anyone.
They will definitely win.
He firmly believed this.
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"The problems from Nurgle Garden and Brass Fortress have all been resolved..."
Just as the human expedition fleet was traversing the now-calmed warp and returning to Holy Terra, Kasgar once again experienced this illusion floating in his mind.
Not long ago, the combined chanting of humans, Eldar, orcs, and the space necromancers who had inexplicably entered the battlefield, amplified by the Hymn Engine, shattered all of Khorne's plots, leaving only the Black Legion warships and the Omen Ark hastily retreating from the battlefield.
After the Khorne's army disappeared, the orcs and space undead, due to the vast difference in strength, sailed away in their ships, leaving only the human fleet, whose ships were severely damaged and whose crews were extremely scarce, unable to catch up.
Having just experienced an apocalyptic-level super war, the human united fleet should not start another large-scale chaotic operation.
Thus, only the human fleet and the Eldar fleet remained, staring at each other in bewilderment after the war.
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Diplomatic progress between humans and Eldar has not been very smooth.
The two sides have too many entanglements. Even though the Ark Eldar claims to be relatively friendly, they still have a deep-seated blood feud with humanity.
In the remaining days, while the human expeditionary fleet was being repaired in the Foundry of Angron, diplomatic negotiations between humans and Eldar were in full swing.
Diplomacy—a business that the human empires haven't engaged in for over ten thousand years—after all, since the Great Crusade, their main policy and strategy when facing unfamiliar alien or human pocket empires has always been conquest by force.
While there are Primarchs like the Fugrim who use diplomacy to launch expeditions, forty millennia later, the diplomatic service has become almost completely ineffective after losing contact with other human remnants, let alone diplomacy with the Xenomorphs.
Even for those Xenomorphs who chose to surrender to the human empire during the Great Crusade... all the records of Xenomorph-affiliated nations have now been destroyed by the Inquisition. As for those Xenomorphs who once served the human empire... unfortunately, none of them had the chance to escape the fate of being thoroughly wiped out after the Great Rebellion.
Their existence has been completely erased from historical records over the past forty thousand years, and no one knows what ultimately happened to these poor creatures.
All people know now is that aliens must die!
Even if the other party also has the Centaur Gold Ring... that won't do!
"It's impossible to reach a deal with the aliens! We've already witnessed the Eldar's duplicity; we absolutely cannot trust them!"
"That's right! Who knows if they'll betray us at any moment? The Spirit Race can't be trusted at all!"
"What! You mean Guilliman is already with an alien witch named Evelynn?"
The last one was shouted out by the Lion King almost in a roar.
Clearly, there is virtually no one on the human empire's side willing to negotiate and make peace with the Eldar.
However, the Eldar offered humanity a condition they couldn't refuse—
Network technology.
They need the protection of Sun Lord Kasgar, and to purify all aboard the Iyndon Ark with his psionic flames.
Including those Soulstones already stuffed into the Netherworld constructs—provided the new Phoenix King can unleash his usual psionic flames, freeing everyone on the Iyndon Ark from the Dark Prince's curse and returning their souls from their Soulstone state to the real world.
Therefore, they are willing to exchange some of their small-scale network technology for it.
There are already few Eldar arks left in the world, and after being attacked by the Zerg hive fleet, the Iyndon Ark, with more dead than alive, is clearly heading towards its inevitable end.
If Kasgar can reverse this situation and exchange the prosperity of the Arkworld for diplomatic and friendly cooperation between humans and Eldar to jointly fight against the Chaos, it would be profitable for both sides.
Netway!
That's the internet!
Although Evelyn had mentioned this condition to Guilliman before, it was only a private conversation, and Guilliman did not believe that Evelyn was serious about using the Internet, such a crucial technology, for the exchange.
But when the Eldar representative pointed out the network node planets on the map that connected the Golden Throne directly to the various star systems,
what does this mean?
If the Eldar keep their word, it means that from now on, they will no longer need to rely on complex information transmission to connect the four star systems, transmit star languages, collect tithes, and handle written information.
This means that the Empire's current administrative bureaucracy will be greatly optimized—it will be virtually impossible to experience delays of hundreds of years as in the past, and the Imperial Navy or the Astronautical Army will not be a step too late!
Today, both Astartes and Imperial bureaucrats can communicate and exchange information quickly through network nodes.
The time it takes to transmit information will leap from the usual years to the days!
This is a technology that emperors ten thousand years ago dreamed of possessing!
If we could get our hands on it... that would be a breakthrough on a historical level! Just being alive would make us living saints!
(Although it may be inappropriate to say this, the living saint is actually a dead saint.)
Although the Eldar said that the network they provided was limited to only a few small nodes...
But no matter how small the internet channel is, it's still the internet channel!
Even if the nodes beneath the Golden Throne are unusable, isn't there still the Moon's node network?!
But... could such good conditions be a trap?
Faced with such a great temptation, many human leaders maintained some restraint and did not rush up to hug and kiss the alien.
What if this is a despicable trap set for them by the Eldar? How should they deal with it?
"Even if you still have doubts about our conditions... we can consider providing some other technical support in exchange for temporarily having some souls resurrected by having their curses lifted by psionic flames."
Are there other technologies?!
"For example... subspace protective force field technology."
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Finally, after a pleasant and satisfactory negotiation, the Pointy-Eared Demi-Human Ark Empire successfully re-established contact with the Human Empire—this once-lost human cousin had finally found its way home once more.
What kind of alien?
All I saw were my pointed-eared human brethren, separated for countless years, who now generously help us and impart vital technologies.
Where are there any aliens left?
did not see it.
And so, with the help of the Mechanicus members of Angron and the friendly cooperation between the Eldar, Kasgar and Fugrim led their expeditionary fleet on their journey back to Holy Terra.
As for Primarch Angron himself... he expressed his gratitude for the Casca's assistance—without their help, Angron would now be a puppet behemoth of the Blood God, fighting for Him everywhere.
However, he also did not want to go back with Casca and the others.
Although he knew that his imperial father and the Casca wanted to improve the current human empire, the millions of human worlds that were currently impoverished and plagued by problems only fueled Angron's fury.
"If you really want to keep the world from war, then don't try to take me back."
"Let me rest here for a while. I have seen too much pain and injustice. I am tired."
Casca chose to respect his opinion.
In the end, apart from the Lion King, who had led his Dark Angels into the phantom of the dense forest bushes and disappeared again before the negotiations were completed, the remaining Kasgar, Fugrim, and Mortalian embarked on their return journey together.
Fortunately, their return journey was very peaceful this time, without any unexpected complications.
Looking at the brand-new protective devices on the warships sailing in the warp, Kasgar felt a sense of relief.
After acquiring the new force field protection device, their stability and safety in subspace have seen a qualitative leap.
One can imagine why the Eldar have always looked down on humanity's warp defense technology—even though the Geller Field is considered the most advanced by many, it is indeed as weak as a plastic bag under the Eldar's warp shield, and can be punctured with a single poke.
It is said that such a solid protective force field was an ancient relic that the Eldar had already discarded during the Imperial era...
Although the network technology is still in the other party's hands, the subspace force field used to demonstrate sincerity has indeed been of great help.
Of course, this could also be because the concentration of that centaur gold ring or something similar was too high.
In conclusion, after battling both the Ulanor Orc Empire and the Khorne Legion, the human expeditionary fleet led by Sun Lord Kasgar and Imperial Warmaster Fugrim has finally returned home.
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The first thing they did upon returning was, of course, to send their expeditionary fleet to Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn for repairs.
After the previous battles, the once extremely luxurious human expeditionary fleet became dilapidated, and even seven or eight out of ten of the original fleet members were gone.
But the results they achieved were unimaginable to any human high lord or regent in the past ten thousand years—not only were the orc aliens entrenched in Ulanor completely wiped out, but only a small number managed to escape.
They even joined forces with the Red Sand Republic, which had previously separated from the warp, and there they successfully intercepted the warp creatures—the Khorne demons!
Although the specifics of how the counter-terrorism operation was carried out...
This information has been classified as top secret and is under strict control. Anyone who dares to leak this secret will be put on trial by the court—Bang!
However, from this day forward, there will be no more rampaging Khorne's army within the human empire, and all the people of the human empire will no longer have to worry about being attacked again by the warp creatures of Khorne and Nurgle.
Also arriving in the solar system was a delegation maintaining contact with the Eldar – according to the agreement, they would establish an embassy near Holy Terra to handle related matters.
Of course, the mere fact of maintaining diplomatic relations with the aliens was enough to provoke strong opposition from all factions in Holy Terra, especially the Custodian Army.
How could we allow such vile aliens to set foot on the sacred land of Terra!
This is utterly blasphemous to the emperor!