Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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He pressed a button on the console.

The incineration chamber was instantly filled with incredibly pure, blazing white flames. These flames were no ordinary fire, but rather an energy blaze containing Zhou Qing's powerful spiritual energy and the empire's highest purification technology.

The body of the old Angron rapidly disintegrated in the flames. There was no burning, no explosion; it simply vanished into nothingness, like ice and snow exposed to sunlight, leaving not even the finest dust behind.

All the chaotic marks, the curse of the Butcher's Nail, and the bloodshed and resentment accumulated over thousands of years attached to it were completely purified and annihilated at this moment.

The whole process was quiet and quick.

Even the citizens of the Empire who watched the live broadcast were still in shock as they watched helplessly as the body of a Primarch was destroyed.

Immediately, all eyes turned to the newly born Angron.

The world-devourer Angron of old has vanished; now, the savior and the redeemer have appeared.

Zhou Qing did not continue to appear in the live broadcast. Instead, he chose to hand over the current scene to Angron, wanting the people of the empire to remember the savior who was about to come to their rescue.

Only in this way can Angron better fulfill his mission and save more worlds within the Empire.

Zhou Qing was still the same morally upright person he once was. Now that he had punished the other party, the next step was to help the imperial commander who was about to go and save his fellow human beings.

This live stream will be a perfect opportunity for Angron to redeem himself from this humiliation.

He wanted to bid farewell to the past, lest he be resisted by the Imperial army during his crusade for redemption.

Chapter 165 Don't give up hope, continue to resist steadfastly.

Angron is a man of few words, so he doesn't say anything during the live stream; he simply demonstrates his determination through his actions.

Angron clenched his fists and slammed them against his chest, uttering his promise.

"The Empire did not abandon me; it rescued me from the clutches of evil, and now I will spread this glory and mercy to all."

"To all the people of the Empire who are still suffering from the demonic calamity, I assure you that I will come to save you. Do not give up, do not give up hope!"

"As long as you keep hope, a miracle will happen one day, just like me, who was redeemed after ten thousand years."

"The War Commander's army and the War Commander himself will come to save you. The War Commander will not abandon any citizen of the Empire!"

These two words are not easy to say, but the meaning they represent is heavy.

Angron didn't know how many Imperial worlds his words would resonate with, but for him, as long as more Imperial worlds could hold on and wait for his army of salvation to arrive, that was enough.

After delivering this speech to the entire empire's citizens in the hazy star field, Angron returned to Zhou Qing's laboratory.

This is what Zhou Xin told him before the live stream, because Angron wants to save the world of the Empire, and a mere 2000 soldiers from the World Eater Legion are not enough.

No, these soldiers are no longer soldiers of the World Eater Legion, but soldiers of the Redeemer Legion.

They will come for salvation.

With only 2000 Redeemer Legion soldiers, it was clearly not enough to complete Angron's Great Crusade and atone for his sins; therefore, Angron needed more Space Marines.

Out of his own lofty moral principles, Zhou Qing decided to give Anglong two choices.

After Anglong returned to Zhou Qing, Zhou Qing told him about these two choices.

"Your current army is severely understrength, so I need to expand your army or transfer a batch of troops to you. Now I will present you with two options, and you can choose one."

"My first option is that I can now allow you to recruit from your existing Space Marine forces. As long as the existing Space Marines are willing to follow you to save the people of the Empire, they can become soldiers in your legion."

"The advantage of this is that you can quickly obtain a batch of troops to rescue the people of the empire ahead of time."

"But you need to understand that they are professionally trained Space Marines, not the same Space Marines as your previous Legion."

Therefore, they might not suit your fighting style. You might make some mistakes in commanding them.

Zhou Qing first described the situation of the first option to Anglong and told him what the risks were.

After all, a commander's combat style is also very important to the army.

If the combat style of the troops and the combat style of the commander are completely different, then the result will be less effective.

After hearing Zhou Qing's first choice, Anglong did not rush to express his opinion, but instead continued to listen attentively.

As a Primarch who had participated in the Great Crusade, he knew all too well how terrible the consequences could be when the Legion's fighting style was so different from his own.

Therefore, he wanted to hear what the second option was.

"The second option is for me to use the pluripotent stem cells that can be extracted from your body to rebuild a new batch of your army soldiers."

"These legion soldiers will be recreated using your genetic template as the core, and the benefit of doing so is that these soldiers will have the same fighting style as you after a short period of training."

"You would achieve twice the result with half the effort if you commanded such an army."

"Just like the Primarch Legion during your Great Crusade."

"However, this choice comes at a price, namely, it takes time."

"It takes at least a month of large-scale training to develop a combat-ready Space Marine, followed by another month of familiarization and training. Only after two months can you lead your new legion into battle."

"Now tell me what your choice is?"

"The Redeemer Legion I've set for you is 100 million men. When you set off, I'll replenish it with 100 million Space Marines."

Of course, you also have the right to replenish your own forces while fighting outside, and you can eventually lead a force of over 100 million Space Marines.

"I will provide you with enough skilled sergeants. If you feel you need more new soldiers, you are free to expand your army. I am not one of those useless high lords. You can decide for yourself whether to expand your army."

"However, if you're still doing the eleven-draw strategy from the Great Expedition era now, don't blame me for being impolite."

Zhou Qing presented Anglong with two options, waiting for Anglong to make his own choice.

Faced with these two choices, Angron chose the latter without much hesitation.

"I choose the second one!" Angron grew up in the world of duelists. Although the saying "a good workman must first sharpen his tools" doesn't exist there, there is a similar saying.

Angron was well aware of how important a legion that matched his strength was to him, and he didn't care about the extra two months it would take.

Knowing just how important the legion that matched him was to him, he knew he could make up for the lost time in the subsequent battles.

It is guaranteed that leading an army with a command style that aligns with one's own expertise will ultimately save the empire far more than hastily setting out with an army.

"A wise choice, that's the choice a wise commander would make. If you had chosen to lead the troops directly into battle, that would have made me somewhat dissatisfied, and made me feel that I had misjudged you."

The choice that Anglong made was exactly what Zhou Qing wanted him to make at this moment. After all, although he was not a military strategist, he understood this principle as a scientist.

"Next, you can continue to hone your combat skills and military command abilities. Someone will teach you how to command battles, since your educational background is too poor and you need to study hard."

Come back to me in two months. I'll start training your legion soldiers now.

"In addition, you can go to the fleet commander to learn more about the warships you will be taking with you next."

"I will equip you with newer and better warships to enhance your efficiency during the expedition. After all, time is life, and every minute you arrive earlier could save countless citizens of the Empire."

You can go now. See you in two months.

Anglong bowed deeply to Zhou Qing, without saying a word, but the gratitude in his eyes spoke volumes.

He understood that Zhou Qing had planned a path for him that would truly lead to redemption and maximize his abilities.

Two months is not a long time for him, who has waited for thousands of years to be freed.

He turned and left the laboratory. Now he needed to strengthen himself, as he hoped to save more worlds within the Empire and better atone for his sins.

At the same time, he is compassionate and can understand the grief of others.

This is his subspace essence; he should have been the one within the original body most capable of understanding the feelings of others.

Chapter 166 One After Another, the Spirit Race Makes its Appearance

Humanity has been making increasingly large-scale moves lately, especially since even the opening of the Great Rift has not led to the decline of the human empire. This situation has naturally attracted the attention of the Eldar.

The Eldar were the galactic overlords before humanity, and they once created a glorious civilization, although this civilization was born after both sides were exhausted in the war between the Necromancers and the Stargods.

However, this cannot deny the past glory of the Eldar, because while they were indulging in pleasure, they actually created the powerful evil god Slaanesh.

The fact that a race could create a powerful warp entity for the sake of pleasure speaks volumes about the civilization's past strength.

Eldar, also known as Aida, nicknamed Sprout.

This race is one of the oldest in the galaxy, and at its peak, their territory spanned almost the entire galaxy.

The Eldar not only possess advanced technology, but are also born psionic beings. They consider themselves the rulers of the galaxy and look down upon all others.

Zhou Qing's first encounter with the Spirit Lord was through Guilliman.

Because of the remarks made by the Spirit Clan, Zhou Qing had no goodwill towards them.

These foolish beings dared to say they wanted to kill a fellow human being in front of him; such behavior was undoubtedly a contempt for Zhou Qing.

Evelynn was, after all, one of the leaders of the Death Army. The fact that Zhou Qing threw her out directly was undoubtedly a sign that he had broken ties with the Death Army.

As the former overlords of the galaxy, how could the Spirit Race possibly accept being humiliated by Zhou Qing like this? Their revenge was inevitable.

To these Eldar, the lives of other races are utterly insignificant. If sacrificing the entire Imperial system and billions of human lives could save a small group of lords, they would gladly do so.

The Eldar only care about their own fate and future. All their cooperative attitudes are never for the purpose of mutual benefit, but are always biased towards themselves.

Every conflict and war in which the Eldar have engaged has been carefully planned by prophets and war shamans, and the purpose of these wars is often based on the interpretation of the threads of destiny.

The Eldar will create a massive butterfly effect by manipulating key moments of destiny that mortals cannot comprehend, thereby rewriting the entire grand picture for a considerable period of time in the future.

Just before that, their attempt to curry favor with the Human Empire and use it to achieve their own goals was directly thwarted by Zhou Qing.

They had hoped to form a cooperative relationship with Guilliman, but none of this came to fruition because Guilliman was rescued by Zhou Qing, while they, the aliens, were thrown out of Altera like trash by Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing's powerful spiritual energy and individual qualities made him incomparable to ordinary spirit race members.

There is no one in the entire real universe who can rival him.

However, this does not mean that the Eldar will give up their goals, especially the Death Army, a force that aims to bring the Eldar back to their former glory.

In the new prophecy, they saw a colossal, unspeakable warship that used its powerful attacks to directly destroy star systems one after another.

Humanity razed star systems to the ground, until the last Eldar fell at their hands.

The entire Eldar race, the entire Eldar race, everything was destroyed by that demon named Zhou Qing.

He left no spark for the Eldar, not even for those Eldar who managed to escape the Milky Way and appear in other star systems.

He utterly destroyed the entire Eldar race's power across the entire universe.

This is the result of prophecies made by the prophets from various factions within their Eldar race.