Chapter 164 Orpheus’ strange behavior
Like the Purification Crusade, the Abyss Crusade was a protracted war, and Said decided to normalize it.
Destruction is always easier than construction, not to mention the barren Eye of Terror. Although the Chaos Evil God can continue to increase the number of demons in the world, it can never keep up with the speed of destruction.
If one is destroyed today and two tomorrow, the demon world of the Eye of Terror will continue to be reduced. One day it will all be purified and the Black Legion will lose its foothold.
Therefore, after the seventh Black Crusade ended, Said sent a moon-class cruiser formation into the Eye of Terror every three to five days.
With the superposition of subspace engines and conventional engines, the Moon-class cruiser explodes at a speed far beyond normal, reaches the target star system in an instant, and launches a cyclone torpedo.
The four gods had no time to react, and the demon world was purified. By the time they took action, moved the planet, set off a subspace storm, and attacked the fleet, they were already dead.
Said gave this piecemeal approach a vivid name: "cold gun and cold gun campaign."
Through this hand, in the days that followed, Said purified a large number of demon worlds, but none of them was found in the demon forging world.
Purifying the Forge World and destroying the industrial capabilities of the Black Legion is the primary purpose of the Abyss Expedition. Although purifying the Demon World is equally important, the price/performance ratio is never as good as that of the Demon Forge World.
But despite this, the evil god still couldn't bear it, so he launched a counterattack.
In the Extreme Star Territory, an agricultural world suffered from widespread drought due to the solar cycle. The farmers prayed to the Emperor, but there was no response.
The stationed Ministry of Interior puppet decided: "The Stellar Al Qaeda spacecraft will collect ice crystals to meet the planet's water needs, and at the same time reduce the tithe tax!"
A series of measures have alleviated the drought and solved the demand for drinking water. However, drinking water alone and agricultural irrigation are still severe.
Although the Ministry of Interior has reduced the 10% tax, civilians have to find ways to eat by themselves. The stock will last for a few years at most, and then famine will spread across the planet.
There is nothing the Ministry of Interior can do about this. The agricultural world is responsible for the food supply of a dozen nearby worlds. It's good that other worlds don't ask you for food, let alone provide support.
Whether it is water sources or food, they all belong to the internal affairs of the planet. The Ministry of Interior has gone beyond the scope of its duties to solve the problem of water sources, and it is impossible to provide food.
So, in panic, people began to place their trust in the gods and pray to the emperor, but when they received no response, their faith pointed elsewhere.
Gradually, a being named Yufu came into people's sight. Under the organization of caring people, a sect was formed and gradually grew.
This phenomenon was quickly noticed by spies from all sides, including Inquisition agents, Prince spies, etc. Just as the Inquisition was assessing the threat, Said knew the true face of Father Rain.
Nurgle’s great demon—Logetis-Rainfather!
If nothing unexpected happens, there will be a plague rain on this planet for seven days and seven nights, causing floods and epidemics. People's bodies will mutate, and they will be tortured for six days, return to normal on the seventh day, and then tortured for another six days...
Finally, one month later, everyone on the planet will swell and explode, and the planet will become the planet Nurgle.
Said resolutely did not allow this to happen. He immediately ordered the Tribunal to severely suppress the sect, quickly wipe out the sect, and convene the Internal Affairs Committee, saying:
"Everyone, I plan to give the Temple the function of a World Bank to help develop the world in trouble and provide them with loans to tide them over!"
Guilliman agreed: "I think it is okay. In fact, the current development model is loans, but they are loans in the name of the Ministry of Interior. The planetary governor does not have this power."
Vulgan suggested: “We must strengthen supervision to ensure that loans are properly implemented and used to benefit the people instead of being misappropriated by corrupt elements!”
Said nodded: "Vulkan is right. The reason why the people turn to chaos is simply because they can't survive. Loans are to help the people survive! Loan assistance must be implemented!"
But Sanguinius has doubts: "We are experiencing deflation now, can the currency production capacity keep up? If the demand for loans increases, the currency gap will continue to increase!"
Machado smiled and said: "The currency production capacity is never satisfied. Once it is satisfied, it means inflation. The bigger the gap is, the bigger it is. Compared with preventing chaos, it is not worth mentioning."
As a result, the Home Affairs Committee unanimously agreed to provide loan assistance to the world with development difficulties, and at the same time, the intelligence agencies kept a close eye on the flow of loans to avoid being misappropriated by corrupt elements as much as possible.
The agricultural world received a loan and immediately purchased water sources like the Rogue Traders, and hired merchant fleets to collect ice crystals, obtain irrigation water sources, and resume agriculture.
At this point, Nurgle's conspiracy was ruined, and the Chaos Gods were causing trouble elsewhere, but under the influence of the Inquisition and the intelligence networks of all parties, they all went bankrupt.
The fundamental reason why it can't turn over is that the purification expedition wiped away thousands of years of accumulation of evil gods in the material world.
This means that when the evil god wants to cause trouble, he can only temporarily develop followers and build an organization from scratch. This is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive, and can easily be discovered by spies and attract siege by the Inquisition.
Thanks to the loan, medicine developed rapidly in a certain urban world and eliminated all natural diseases. This move angered Nurgle, and he immediately went on a personal conquest in an attempt to destroy the planet.
However, the loving father ran into the forbidden demon territory of the Blackstone Fortress. Three legions launched an encirclement and suppression campaign against the Nurgle Demon Army, and easily defeated the Nurgle Demon Army.
After this battle, Nurgle's vitality was severely damaged and he was no longer able to launch a conquest.
Eliminating natural diseases is an amazing medical miracle. Although the empire already has a panacea that can cure all diseases, due to the inability to use artificial intelligence technology, the production cost is extremely high and it cannot be popularized in the empire.
Moreover, the panacea can only cure diseases, but cannot prevent them, and it cannot purify the dirty environment. Therefore, the empire is still unable to achieve universal health and has no impact on Nurgle.
Eliminating natural diseases is not only medical technology, but also a whole set of social systems such as social organizations, medical systems, and medical security.
If the experience can be generalized, the incidence of disease will be greatly reduced, and with the panacea, the disease will be eliminated to a large extent.
Because of this, Nurgle was so panicked and angry that he personally led the demonic army to conquer.
However, he failed, and Nurgle's power continued to weaken.
After the Abyss Expedition became normal, the number of evil gods' fires in various places increased. However, due to the purification expedition and the empire's rapid response, the ideal results were not achieved.
The evil god can only place his sights on Abaddon, but Abaddon's recent performance has been really disappointing.
During this time, Abaddon used the Forge World and the Demon Womb to quickly restore his troops and plan a new expedition.
The power of the Empire suffocated him, leaving Abaddon feeling unable to do anything.
At this time, he met his former comrade-in-arms during the Great Crusade, Drekas, who was also the son of Horus.
At this time, Drekas also gathered 20,000 Chaos Space Marines under his command, a fleet transformed from merchant ships, known as the Sons of the Eye warband.
They had been working as pirates in the Maelstrom earlier, but recently, with the outbreak of the Prince's Legion, their living space has been gradually reduced, and they had to switch to fight in the Eye of Terror.
Not long after he arrived, he set his sights on Abaddon's forge world and proposed to launch a dark crusade together with Abaddon.
Drekas said: "Abaddon, quickly make your warband loyal to me. If I allow you, you will continue to lead your army!"
Abaddon said coldly: "Who gave you the courage to talk to me like this! Just with your 20,000 soldiers?"
Abaddon has the territory of several planets, hundreds of billions of mortal slaves, the allegiance of the Forge World and the Dark Mechanicus, and his overall strength far exceeds that of the rogue Sons of the Eye warband!
Dracas also knew this, so he proposed a contest:
"Abaddon, I have been unhappy with you for a long time during the Legion period. We are all the same. Why does the Warmaster like you so much! Do you dare to fight me like a man!"
Abaddon was blessed by the Four Gods and could challenge the top three in the galaxy in single combat. Drekas was nothing, so he readily agreed.
However, the result was unexpected. Abaddon was unable to defeat Drekas. The two sides ended in a draw, and the blessings of the four gods seemed to disappear without a trace.
At this time, a message appeared in the minds of the two of them: "Brothers fight against the wall to resist foreign aggression together! Use military merit to determine who is superior!"
The two understood that this was the will of the Four Gods, allowing them to stop their disputes and use the empire's heads to decide the outcome.
This also means that Chaos is not satisfied with Abaddon's performance. Instead of collapse, the Empire of the Golden Sun is flourishing, with some signs of revival.
Before achieving enough battle achievements, the Four Gods will take back Abaddon's blessing. If the battle achievements fall behind Drekas, the Four Gods' championship will be handed over to others.
Abaddon was angry in his heart, but he had no choice. Only with the blessings of the Four Gods, his one-on-one ability was the strongest in the galaxy, otherwise he would just be a more powerful can.
So he said: "Come on an expedition with me and use the heads of the empire to determine the winner. What do you think?"
Drekas also knew what the Chaos Gods meant, and said quickly: "No problem, in fact, Abaddon, if you have no idea about the expedition, I have some information!"
Abaddon was stunned and asked hurriedly: "What information?"
Drekas pointed at the Orpheus sector and said with a ferocious smile: "The prophecies of the gods told me that a war is about to break out here, a war involving the power of the empire!"
Abaddon was stunned, and instantly thought of launching a backstab when the main force of the empire was involved...
At this time, Said knew nothing of Abaddon's plot and was planning a new expedition.
The Purification Expedition eliminated the three evils in the territory, and the Abyss Expedition suppressed the Chaos Legion. All parts of the empire became calm. Although sporadic rebellions and wars continued, each war zone and the Inquisition were able to digest it on their own, without Said having to worry about it.
Said set his sights on the Pacific Star Territory, a target he had ignored before: the Tau Empire!
After the Battle of New Hope, the Tau and Eldar retreated, and the Empire consolidated control of the system and established a Fortress System.
The Juba Khan Legion will use this as a springboard to lead the garrison and mobile legions to launch an expedition to the Tau Empire.
Between New Hope and the Tau Empire, there is a long vacuum zone, called the Despair Universe. The Despair Universe is located on the edge of the Star Torch, and few people have crossed it for many years.
Because of this, the Tau Empire has been surviving on the edge of the Star Torch to this day.
But with the formation of the Juba Khan Expeditionary Legion, the good days of the Tau Empire came to an end.
Soon, Kuasaro Khan led the Mobile Legion to the New Hope Galaxy and joined the Juba Khan Legion. Both of them were from the White Scar Legion, and they had a deep relationship with each other and cooperated well.
After resting, and with an order from Said, the expedition against the Tau Empire began.
Historically, this expedition was called the Damocles Expedition, named after the Damocles Isolation Zone surrounding the Tau Empire.
According to this naming method, the expedition at this time was called the Expedition of Despair. However, Said felt that this name was not good, so he waved his hand and insisted on calling it the Damocles Expedition.
Said hopes that whether this expedition succeeds or fails, it will become the Sword of Damocles for the Tau Empire!
The expeditionary force sets out in great force. After three months of sailing, it will arrive at the home world of the Tau Empire and launch an attack.
Said is full of expectations, allowing these innocent little Baga to experience the cruelty of the universe.
But soon, his attention was attracted by another thing. According to reports from various parties, a series of abnormalities occurred in Orps.
Since the discovery of the Necron Tomb, Orps has been regarded as a special area. The Empire has restricted immigration here. Instead, it has carried out extensive construction work and built various fortresses and military ports.
Ever since the Superman Council learned of the existence of the Necron, they all knew that a war would break out in Orps in the future. While blocking news of the Necron, they also strengthened the military construction of the sector.
In addition to restricting immigration and building various fortresses and military ports, the most intuitive point is to maintain three garrison regiments all year round.
Except for the garrison, all the other planets with human beings have soldiers. Almost every household has a laser gun, and every village has a sharpshooter.
This is also the only star region in the empire where there are more soldiers than civilians. After learning about the power of the Necron, the Superman Council was nervous.
This is a civilization as hard as the ancient saints. Once it awakens, it will become an invincible and powerful enemy of the human empire.
In addition to Orpheus, various Necron strongholds have also been focused on, and any disturbance will lead to intense discussions.
Recently, the Ministry of Interior reported that a colonial fleet with a total of 16 million people disappeared while approaching the agricultural world of Trolac. Afterwards, the Imperial Navy launched a search, but found nothing.
The Inquisition later reported that a sect called the Cult of the Stars had arisen in the Orpheus sector, insisting that the state religion was false and that superior beings slumbered.
Upon awakening, superior beings grant immortality to their followers and brutal death to their enemies.
The Star Cult tried to control various ancient ruins and held cannibalistic rituals, but was quickly eliminated by the Inquisition.
Sanguinius specifically found Said and said, "Your Highness, I saw a vague prophecy that Orpheus will experience a catastrophe!"
"The sleeping Necron may be awakening, and the Empire needs to concentrate its efforts to deal with it."
Said then raised the alert level in Orps, and the garrison entered level one alert.
Subsequently, the puppets on the agricultural world of Tlaloc suddenly lost contact with the main body. The garrison army received a distress signal and quickly sent a fleet to rescue.
When they arrived, they found that there was no one on it. The news immediately attracted Said's attention, and he quickly sent out a scientific research ship to scan, but found nothing.
The people above all want to disappear in an instant, the sweet potatoes in the pot are still hot, the children are halfway through their homework, and the faucets in the house are still on.
Said's vigilance reached another level, and he couldn't help but worry that the Menak Dynasty would awaken early, so he immediately convened a superhuman meeting to report the newly discovered situation.
Guilliman said on behalf of the Internal Affairs Council: "Your Highness, I think we must be cautious. If the Menak Dynasty awakens, Orps will become a battlefield!"
"In addition, I propose to issue an extermination order against Mandrake and the remaining Necron worlds to prevent the possibility of awakening!"
The Home Council advocated destruction with cyclone torpedoes before the Necron awakened.
However, this proposal was opposed by the Science and Technology Development Committee...
The dynasty of the undead has awakened~Chaos is stirring up trouble~With the addition of the Tau, Greenskins, and Eldar, the protagonists of the Galaxy Chicken Game are here~