Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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Zhou Qing disliked seeing his fellow humans kneeling on the ground, even those like the Cult of Machine God who had transformed him into a half-human, half-machine being.

Upon hearing this, the followers of the Cult of the Machine God immediately stood up as if they had received a sacred decree, without the slightest hesitation.

Because these were the words spoken by Omnisiah himself.

Any objection or opposition that arises after Omnesia has spoken is undoubtedly blasphemy and heresy.

Don't be fooled by their doctrine that they should kneel down; if Onesiah tells them to stand up, then they must stand up.

If anyone dares to kneel before Omnesia, he is blaspheming Omnesia's will.

The Great Sage Philus strained to support his massive mechanical body and stood before Zhou Qing, taking the lead.

"Great Sage Philus, I believe that's your title. You performed very well this time. You held on until my arrival, and you even set off early to explore the world beyond the galaxy. That's excellent!"

“I am very pleased that you did this. You have not lost our human spirit of exploration. Only by forging ahead can a civilization thrive and move forward.”

"As a reward for you, you can now make a request of me, and I will try my best to fulfill it."

Since the great sage has rendered meritorious service, he should naturally be rewarded. Zhou Qing will not be stingy with his knowledge and resume. As long as the other party is willing to ask, and as long as it is something he can do, Zhou Qing will give it to him.

"As for you," Zhou Qing said, turning his gaze to the other members of the Cult of the Machine God.

"I will also give you the rewards you deserve!"

"Humans are not stingy, humans are not stingy, and rewards are given to those who have contributed to humanity."

"Praise be to Omnesia!" The entire Forging Ark erupted in deafening cheers.

The mechanical priests were so excited that their mechanical parts trembled.

Some particularly excited mechanical priests even sprayed their own engine oil all over their bodies; spraying engine oil couldn't even begin to describe their excitement and joy.

Omnisiah has not forgotten them; Omnisiah is even willing to reward them. This is their glory, this is their honor.

Exhilaration filled everyone's hearts, and even the Great Sage Philus, facing Zhou Qing's question and his willingness to grant him one request, already had the answer in his heart.

He said devoutly, "Supreme Omnesia, your humble servant has only one request—please allow me to continue exploring the unknown galaxies and expanding the territory for humanity!"

Zhou Qing nodded approvingly: "Very good. I will bestow upon you the title of 'Great Sage Explorer' and equip you with the most advanced exploration fleet."

"We cannot let you down because of your willingness to explore the outside world. It just so happens that your mechanical forging fleet has also suffered heavy losses, so it's a good opportunity to assign you new warships."

"With the new warships, you can continue to explore the outside world, expand human territory, and find more rare resources!"

Zhou Qing announced the reward for the Great Sage, and after announcing the reward, he turned to the other members of the Cult of the Machine God.

"All personnel participating in this expedition will receive priority access to new mechanical modification technologies. You will be among the first to be upgraded to 'Explorer-level' mechanical bodies."

The modifications these members of the Mechanical God Cult made were truly appalling, so Zhou Qing decided to lend them a hand.

The enthusiastic hymns of praise for binary code resounded once again.

Chapter 259 The Starfish's Past

The War Moon fleet, led by Zhou Qing, anchored in place and began rewarding the members of the Cult of Mechanism. At the same time, the Starfish Fleet also appeared urgently in the subspace.

Although the members of the Starfish Fleet reacted extremely quickly, with most of the fleet immediately entering subspace and beginning their escape, the young Starfish soldiers did not understand the situation during the escape.

Even the most confused one was Commander Nord's adjutant. He really didn't understand why they were running away. It was just a warship the size of a planet, wasn't it?

They've encountered this before.

Aren't those mechanical lifeforms and space undead warships just planet-sized like that?

They've destroyed world engines before; with the size of their pursuit fleet, destroying one shouldn't be a problem. Why are they running?

In particular, they lost so many naval crew members in order to enter the extreme faster-than-light state. Are they just going to throw that loss away for nothing?

Resentment and doubt accumulated in the hearts of the young soldiers and officers of Haixing, and at this moment, Commander Nord also sensed the emotions of the soldiers behind him.

As he led the warship into subspace and escaped, he finally recovered from the fear of the reappearance of humanity.

The starfish, which had been terrified, now regained its composure and calmness. It slowly turned around, revealing a rather dignified expression on its abdomen, looking very serious and methodical.

"You're all wondering why I ordered a retreat, aren't you!?"

Nord spoke first, without needing his adjutant, soldiers, or officers to ask him.

"We just want to know, after paying such a high price, and about to catch up with them and attack them, are we going to back down just because we're afraid of a World Engine!"

"Starfish!" the soldiers and officers roared. They couldn't understand why their soldiers, who hadn't even died on the battlefield with the enemy, would die from faster-than-light travel. Why? They were supposed to retreat when they had already encountered the enemy.

"You want to know why, right?"

"Now that they've appeared here, you should know something about them, because they are human!"

"Human beings are more powerful than anyone can imagine; they are beings you cannot comprehend at present!"

"Planetary-level warships are nothing. Do you think those planetary-level warships are the world's engine?"

I'll tell you, that thing is called the Moon of War!

"Do you know what this means? Do you know what the appearance of the War Month means?"

Do you know what that single-headed eagle symbol means? It represents the most powerful and threatening adversary our great empire and race have ever faced!

"I can tell you this: before we figure out what the other party's situation is, we must draw a clear line between ourselves and them!"

"Otherwise, if they discover that we are their enemy, then we will face a war that you young people have never imagined."

Commander Nord spoke his words to all the starfish, who were all completely bewildered after hearing their commander's words.

They couldn't understand what the commander was saying. Their starfish race had built this vast empire here, and they had never encountered any enemies. Even those space undead could not defeat them easily.

They were proud, their journey had been smooth sailing, and they had now conquered the entire Large Magellanic Cloud—an achievement beyond measure. They never even considered anyone a worthy opponent.

Seeing the puzzled looks on the faces of the young starfish, Commander Nord knew very well that these guys had not experienced the war against the stars and therefore could not understand what humanity meant.

"You are all young people, you were born in this universe, so you don't know what the word 'human' really means. It means killing!"

"Think carefully about when I told you this. When was our Cesar Empire at its most glorious? Wasn't it when we were waging a full-scale war against these humans across the stars?"

"That was the most glorious time of our entire empire. We challenged humanity, who were the dominant force in the Star Council. We were the vanguard of the resistance against humanity."

When Commander Nord spoke of their role as the vanguard of the resistance against humanity, a hint of pride appeared on his face.

What immense pride! They were the first to raise the banner of resistance against humanity. They fired the first shot of resistance!!!

"The commander is starting to talk about these old stories again," Commander Nord said with immense pride, but the young starfish around him could only offer helpless complaints.

They had heard the commander's description of what he meant by the most glorious moment countless times.

Every time, the commander would say this: they were waging war against a race called humans, fighting in the sea of ​​stars.

What's so glorious about this?

If Commander Nord hadn't been an immortal being, one of the founders of the entire empire and race, they would have complained about every time he brought it up.

The starfish were very dissatisfied, as their commander had started reminiscing about the past again, and just then Nord continued.

“I know what you mean. You’re all getting impatient because I’ve told you this so many times, right? Well then, I’ll tell you something I haven’t said before.”

"In this war, our Cesar Empire is glorious, but I must also tell you that in this war, our empire has paid a price we never imagined."

The human attack came far too quickly; their counterattack exceeded everyone's expectations.

"In the first year of the war, we had a slight advantage, but after the second year began, humanity's counterattack began, and by the tenth year, we were almost powerless to resist. Humanity had destroyed thousands of our star systems!"

"Our Cethsar Empire had 1679 major core colonies at the time, but by the tenth year, we had lost all but 179 under the attack of that demonic human naval admiral."

"That war ended in defeat, and we are ultimately facing defeat!"

As soon as he finished speaking, tears streamed down Nord's face. His sorrow was palpable, but the young starfish around him could not understand.

It's just a mere 1679 worlds. Their entire empire now boasts a staggering 40 worlds. This is nothing compared to what they have to offer!

Chapter 260 The Spirit Race Visits the Starfish Empire

The young starfish had no idea what the core colony meant.

That was almost equivalent to the terrifying production capacity and industrial capabilities of 1 planets today.

Each core planet is vital to the entire Starfish Empire, yet that terrifying Human Federation Navy Admiral, with his warships, is destroying their last hope one by one.

Humanity's top-tier warship, the Eternal Tower, swept away all the warships that stood in its way. No warship from any nation could withstand humanity's top-tier quasar warship.

It was destroyed almost effortlessly.

In the final years of the war, it was a nightmare. Nord was exhausted by the thought of the war he had participated in and had no desire to fight again.

"You wouldn't understand. How could someone who hasn't experienced war, someone who hasn't experienced that level of interstellar warfare, possibly comprehend the power of the human legions? Their power is undeniable and irresistible."

After uttering those words, Commander Nord shut his starfish-like mouth and never spoke another word.

The young starfish, seeing their commander's dejected appearance after his initial confidence, exchanged glances and fell silent.

Who has ever seen their immortal commander make such an expression?

Perhaps it's because they truly couldn't comprehend the impact of that war on their entire empire; they were just young people who hadn't experienced that war firsthand.

The starfish fleet began its rapid return journey, while at the same time, the starfish's capital planet received an unexpected "guest."

Since the Eldar launched the Great War in the 108 Worlds of the Misty Starfield against humanity, they have been living a life of being hunted by humans. Under the constant pursuit of the human legions, the Eldar people's lives are extremely difficult.

Large numbers of Eldar escaped the galaxy using the network infrastructure left behind by the ancient saints, heading towards the outer reaches of the galaxy.

Evelyn and others, among the remaining survivors of the Death Army, also ran towards the outer reaches of the galaxy.

Thanks to the network infrastructure left behind by the ancient saints, these members of the Eldar Death Army successfully escaped the galaxy and arrived at the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite system of the galaxy.

As the former rulers of the galaxy, the Eldar were well aware of the powerful Empire of Sethsal in the Large Magellanic Cloud!

The people of this empire are all starfish-shaped. In the eyes of the Eldar, the people of this empire were almost meaningless to communicate with because, although they possessed cutting-edge technology, they were simply too ugly.

They were even uglier than human monkeys, so the Eldar didn't bother with any interaction with this empire, but they did have some battles.

The Eldar were somewhat aware of the power of the Starfish's warships, having clashed with this empire at their peak.

The Starfish's powerful warships easily destroyed one of the Eldar's top-tier warship fleets at the time.

The two sides ceased hostilities after the naval battle, and the Sea Star Empire had no intention of expanding beyond the Large Magellanic Cloud.

The Spirit Lord also had no intention of leaving the galaxy.