Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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Long-distance hyperspace jumps are definitely not possible; the distance is simply too far.

It has already exceeded the distance that Federation warships can travel.

At the same time, there are no stargate channels nearby for him to use.

Despite facing so many troubles, he was able to traverse the subspace.

The Federation also possesses advanced subspace technology; after all, the Federation directly destroyed those five damned guys in the subspace.

Especially that thing called Yuan Shen.

Once he can determine which star sector he is in and his location in the universe, he can determine how to return to the Federation.

Traveling through subspace is a very quick process.

Although the Federation does not directly cover the entire universe, it is still able to detect most locations and make general plans and directional adjustments thanks to its extremely powerful Sentinel Array cluster.

To determine his exact location in the universe, he would need to seek out the higher-ups of this civilization and obtain the information they possess.

If he can confirm that the other party is also human, he might consider making a deal with them.

After all, once the Federation fleet arrives, these people will inevitably be placed under the Federation's rule, and then they will all be compatriots.

The thought that the other party was human made Zhou Qing sigh deeply; to be honest, he was a little sad.

The other party is a fellow human being; it's wonderful to encounter fellow human beings in the universe.

This is excellent; I have done another great service to the Federation.

But precisely because the other party is a fellow human being, this eliminates the possibility of him directly seizing information by force.

Otherwise, he could have used the mechanical legion inside his small backpack to launch a war against the regime on this planet.

He relied on the Federation's civilian mechanical legion, even though the number of mechanical legions under his command was not large.

However, he also has the ability to defeat an army of the same caliber as the Krieg Death Legion that he had just captured.

The individual weapons of that level of army were completely ineffective against his mechanized legion.

Of course, if the opponent is so powerful that they can even defeat civilian mechanical legions, then he can simply use the resources he has stored to build a military mechanical legion.

After all, his previous job was as a senior researcher in the federal government, so he was familiar with and knowledgeable about some military technologies.

However, since the other party was a fellow human being, he naturally gave up the idea.

When negotiations are possible, we should prioritize them when dealing with our fellow human beings.

Zhou Qing, accompanied by his bodyguard, began running again.

With his genetically modified body, he quickly arrived at the city he had previously found.

The main reason for not using various vehicles is for concealment.

If he runs alone, he can guarantee that no one will be able to spot him.

However, this is not necessarily the case when using a vehicle.

Using a vehicle would still cause some disturbance, and he couldn't yet determine the level of technology the government on this planet possessed.

Even if he can now determine from his knowledge that the other party is very incompetent.

But caution, as a federal researcher, was always ingrained in his very being.

The outer perimeter of the largest imperial hive world on this planet—

To be honest, when Zhou Qing saw this nest city for the second time, he still felt somewhat suffocated.

No, not just somewhat, it was extremely suffocating.

He simply couldn't understand how anyone could call such a place a city.

The nests before us resembled artificial mountains made of steel, concrete, and refined gold, towering into the clouds at heights of tens of kilometers, even penetrating the atmosphere.

From the 3D pattern scanned by the scanner in his hand, he could clearly see that the surface of the nest was covered with dense ant-like protrusions, resembling a metallic honeycomb.

Even though Zhou Qing didn't know exactly what kind of building it was, he still named it Nest City.

As for why he gave it such an outrageous name, it's mainly because the thing looks like a beehive.

There are other factors that influence his feeling that this place doesn't resemble a habitable city.

For example, the nest was shrouded in thick smoke and chemical clouds, making it difficult for sunlight to penetrate, with only sparse sunlight visible at the top of the tower.

The smoke appears as a mixture of grayish-black or orange-red, and it is these two colors of smoke that are mixed together, shrouding the entire hive in a dim hue.

The giant chimneys and cooling towers of the forging plant and power plant are directly exposed on the exterior walls of the buildings. The dark red glow of molten metal and the blue light of electric arcs are faintly visible in the smoke, and the roar of machinery is incessant day and night.

Frankly speaking, Zhou Qing thought this place was completely uninhabitable; it was an illegal and non-compliant building that should be demolished.

Who could possibly survive living in this place? It's an absolute monster!

Zhou Qing originally planned to go directly into the Nest City to gather intelligence.

However, he found that he couldn't seem to find the entrance to the city.

Moreover, the various colors of industrial exhaust fumes made him not even want to go inside.

Every time he stood before this city, he felt it was something that absolutely had to be demolished.

He wished he could bring out a battleship and fire a shot at this nest to completely destroy it.

In his view, this thing was simply an anti-human entity; it violated the Human Federation Code and had to be destroyed immediately.

Last time, he was so busy finding the materials he needed that he didn't pay any attention to just how inhumane this thing was.

But he can't do that.

However, he needs to enter the city to obtain some information.

Moreover, based solely on the scans, it was discovered that this chaotic city actually houses a population of over 60 billion.

He cannot do this for any of the reasons.

He couldn't be sure if those people were aliens or humans. What if they were humans?

We can't just kill our fellow human beings, can we?

With a population of over 60 billion, this is far more than the total population of a single planet in the Federation.

He can't just kill all the humans on a planet.

After mentally preparing himself by looking at the smoky city ahead, Zhou Qing stepped into the city, which resembled a wasteland, once again.

To be honest, he rarely encounters such a dilapidated place, so he should consider it an opportunity to broaden his horizons.

Chapter 10 The Local Gang's Counterattack

Zhou Qing, accompanied by his mechanical bodyguards, slowly entered the lower nest.

The environment here still struck Zhou Qing as appalling.

He really wanted to destroy this city, a city that shouldn't exist no matter how you look at it; he was completely anti-human.

And what's even more terrifying is that humans actually live in this city!

Such behavior is nothing short of a provocation against the entire Federation. If he ultimately determines that this local government is not a human-led government, then he will be the one to unleash the Federation's fury.

As a former scientific researcher, his civilian army is fully capable of destroying the army on this planet.

If the rulers of this place are not human, then the Federation's civilian legions will unleash their fury here and raze this place to the ground.

If necessary, it can even pull out the warships stored in its small space and unleash a beam of light to completely flatten this piece of trash.

Zhou Qing walked slowly through the lower nest.

He saw far too many outrageous things along the way.

He kept taking out a soul detector from his pocket to check whether the people around him were human. The results of the tests surprised him greatly.

These people are all human, but what surprised him was why humans would live such a miserable life.

Besides, he might know why the genes of the people in this place have become so peculiar.

He seemed to understand why these people's genes were so difficult to connect with those of humans.

It's no wonder their genes mutated with such a living environment; it's truly remarkable that they've managed to maintain their human form.

Zhou Qing strolled leisurely through the lower nest like this.

He wasn't in a hurry to go to the middle nest; he wanted to collect some things he needed from the lower nest to increase his supplies.

Although he really couldn't stand looking at this incredible city anymore.

He now desperately hopes that he can destroy the entire city.

In order to successfully destroy the city after confirming that the ruler here is not human.

He needs resources; he needs to gather more resources to strengthen his Federation Mechanical Legion.

Of course, this is not because he lacks resources, but simply because he is making preparations for both possibilities.

Anyway, he can never have too many resources now that he's not in the Federation; he'll collect as many as he can.

Over the next four days, a terrifying rumor spread through the lower nest.

They were all discussing how an extraordinary person seemed to have entered the lower nest, collecting all sorts of high-value junk like a ghost.

No one has ever seen what that person looks like, but the garbage collectors who come down to the nest all know that a very scary person has come down to the nest.

However, this is just the opinion of ordinary scavengers, but for the gangsters who operate in the underworld, it's a different story.

Zhou Qing's actions directly cut off their main source of income.

Because Zhou Qing collected everything they considered valuable.

In particular, the gangs in the street and area that Zhou Qing was collecting information on.

As everyone knows, in order to survive in Xiachao, scavenging is an unavoidable necessity.

Waste is a resource.

After Zhou Qing had taken almost all the high-value resources into his own hands, these gangsters began to get restless.

"No! This can't go on. What is that ghost trying to do? He's trying to cut off our Qatari gang's livelihood!"

“If we let him continue like this, we’ll lose all our income. He’s collected everything of value these past few days!”