Chapter 694 The Fate of the Foolish

"Battle Moon is coming!"

Vera Nora said with a horrified expression.

Although she had read the original novel of "Beast Wars" and had been exposed to many top-secret intelligences from the front lines, when she witnessed with her own eyes the "new star" that was far bigger, rounder and clearer than the moon emerging from the dark blue hazy night sky. "Moon", I still felt an indescribable shock.

Her common sense in astronomy told her that the scene in front of her showed that either the fighting moon was larger than the moon, or the fighting moon was closer to the earth than the moon.

Fei Yi also stared blankly at the sky.

The half-open mouth looks quite cute.

"Predictable, right?"

Fu Qinghai nodded calmly, turned around and walked back to the secret stronghold hut with the two women beside him. The two women were led by him while walking, while looking back from time to time at the strange bright moon in the sky. The reflection of the sunlight made the ugly abstract face formed by the artificial hills on the moon clearly visible.

And around that big face, there were tiny flashes of stars. After the flashes, meteors began to streak across the hazy deep blue sky. This silent beauty represented a cruel fact - it was destroyed. Orbital facilities fall into flames caused by friction and burning in the atmosphere.

"Bang... click."

Until Fu Qingguan closed the door and locked it.

The scene in the sky disappears in the eyes.

Fu Qinghai Shi Shiran sat down again at the dining table. His relaxed expression also made Vera feel a little relieved. It seemed that she was no longer so tense. She also pulled out the chair and sat down.

"Does the Tribunal know that you are a reincarnator? Or, in other words, does anyone in the empire's senior leadership know about the existence of a reincarnated person?"

Fu Qinghai knocked on the table and asked seriously, bringing the topic back again. It seemed as if the frightening riots that were breaking out in the hive outside, and the orc-fighting moon that suddenly appeared in the sky, were just an insignificant episode.

"The Inquisition does not know about the existence of the Reincarnators. My mother destroyed all documents about the existence of the Reincarnators before she left office. I don't know if other high-level officials in the empire know about it, and I probably don't know. The Inquisition is the institution with the strongest intelligence capabilities. "

Vera shook her head and said.

"To protect you?"

Fu Qinghai looked at her and asked.

Vera nodded silently.

Fu Qinghai couldn't help but smile.

Vera talks about being a "cheap mother", but in fact, what Sid Nora does for this "cheap daughter" is not that simple. Just to protect his daughter, he violated his duty as the Grand Master of the Tribunal and concealed the important fact of the existence of the Reincarnators from the empire.

"It's good not to know that reincarnation exists."

Fu Qinghai leaned back in his chair and nodded:

"It eliminates a variable factor."

For those who know the plot and want to use it for profit, the fewer variables, the better.

Fu Qinghai picked up the character cards spread out on the dining table and looked at the portraits of these twelve people again.

The Council of High Lords, the Supreme Council of Twelve.

He didn't know if it was because GW's screenwriters lacked knowledge, or if there was some hidden secret that they didn't know about. This setting, and the number "twelve" alone, lacked political common sense.

Generally speaking, when it comes to small parliaments that require a show of hands to make key decisions, the number of people participating in the vote will be set to an odd number to avoid a tie vote. For example, the Security Council will have five permanent members. There are nine justices in the Supreme Court of a certain country. Occasionally, the number of people changes to an even number due to additions or other reasons, but it will not be set to an even number from the beginning.

Twelve high lords... This setting has been full of endless wrangling from the beginning. What do you think?

Fu Qinghai curled his lips and shook his head.

Regarding the point made by Vera before:

The Reincarnators may have an impact on Terran politics.

Fu Qinghai thinks this is not true.

Not to mention that the high lords are surrounded by heavy security, and it is not so easy for players to decide life and death. Even if some players are really powerful and can threaten the high lords, the essence of the high lords is that they are elected by various interest groups within the empire. Spokespersons, instead of completely wiping out the entire interest group, just killing one spokesperson will not change the overall situation. At worst, they will just recommend another one - Hess died on the front line, and wouldn't the Imperial Guard immediately elect a new commander-in-chief?

How did Wangorich do it? The Grand Master of the Assassin Court not only killed most of the high lords, but also replaced these high lords with people loyal to him, or simply a Callidus assassin pretending to be a high lord to continue to rule. Only in this way can Make the whole council do your bidding.

So just killing people is useless.

So if you change your thinking again.

Is it okay to kill Wangorich directly?

Objectively speaking, killing the Grand Master of the Assassin Court himself may indeed significantly change the plot, or even completely change the direction of the plot and the final outcome. But Fu Qinghai carefully analyzed the feasibility and felt that the operability was not particularly high - are there any demons and monsters in the six key assassin temples?

You say that you are highly skilled in martial arts, and the Potion Berserker Iverson Assassin can attack Space Marines head-on; you say that you sneak in quietly, and the Callidus Assassin can be called the Mystique of Warhammer 40K; you say that you secretly poison, Wangorich I am a Weninum Assassin poison master; you say your magic is boundless, but the Culisas Assassin can make you unable to use all your magic...

An assassination operation is likely to be discovered by the Venus assassin in the planning stage, and then the Iverson assassin and the Vindicare assassin jointly come to deal with it in the preparation stage.

Therefore, in summary, the impact of reincarnations needs to be considered, but there is no need to specifically consider the impact of reincarnations. Unless they are as powerful as Qingshan Khan, the impact they can have is very limited. The chess game of Beast Wars is a big one. If you don't place enough chips, you will not be qualified to play on the card table if you just engage in petty theft and petty fighting.

The possibility of the plot being changed by players is not very high.

The real effect of Vera's words was to wake up Fu Qinghai.

It made him realize that a group of dying people also had value.

In fact, this was not the first time he had done something like this: during the Steel Ring War, Fu Qinghai discovered the fact that the ruling sage of the Mechanicus had inadvertently leaked information to the Dark Mechanicus. He used this as a handle. He blackmailed the Dominion Sage several times and obtained a batch of free sword-tail interceptor aircraft, which later became the main force of the battle group's air superiority fighters.

It is difficult for other players to significantly change the plot...

Fu Qinghai thought silently:

But I can do it, and I will!

Just replace a group of incompetent high lords? His previous plan was still too conservative. We can no longer continue to pursue the strategy of hiding on the border, biding our time and farming quietly. It is time for the name of Qingshan Khan to appear on the historical stage of Warhammer 40K. Throughout the history of the human empire, there is no moment like Beast War. Give Fu Qinghai, a space warrior, the opportunity to completely control the High Lords Council.

Even if it's just to take control for a while.

It's enough for him to get endless benefits.

Fu Qinghai thought of the key point.

He couldn't help but licked his lips.

He got a little excited.

Vera looked at the man in front of her who was thinking with his chin upright. His eyes kept changing, as if he had come to some kind of conclusion or made some kind of determination. After waiting for a long time, she still couldn't restrain her inner curiosity and asked. road:

"Hey, I've told you everything I know. Then you can share some of your information with me."

Fu Qinghai raised his head and glanced at her:

"What do you want to know?"

"You wouldn't come in two."

Vera's eyes also shone with excitement:

"Your war group is here too, right?"

Vera felt like she had told the truth. She had not experienced the Second Battle of the Iron Ring, so she was looking forward to it. She wanted to see what the Invincible Chapter described by the cheap mother looked like, and how it was different from other Astartes Chapters. Can you withstand the menacing beast?

My battle group...has become smaller.

Fu Qinghai smiled when he heard this.

That's my legion!

Do you know what they call me?

The Primarch is gone, I am the Legion Commander!

Although he was thinking this, Fu Qinghai did not pretend to be useless with Vera. If a few things are not kept secret, there will be consequences. Although the female judge should be trustworthy at present, sharing information in both directions does not make any sense to her.

"What can you do if you know?"

Fu Qinghai put her off with a casual word.

After saying that, he pushed aside the dining table and stood up and walked towards the door.

Upon seeing this, Feiyi immediately stood up and followed.

"Where are you going?"

Vera asked looking at his back.

"Go to the place where we first met."

Fu Qinghai said without looking back.

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Terra, the Royal Palace, the Hall of Glory.

The entire Hall of Glory was in chaos visible to the naked eye.

Because the battle moon came so suddenly and unprepared, the high lords did not even have time to blame each other. Until now, they were still busy confirming the news with their subordinates and followers and confirming the authenticity of the news.

However, the authenticity is unmistakable. Any previous and current attempts to block the news or keep it secret have been in vain. The moon is in the sky, you can see it when you raise your head, you can see it at night and you can see it during the day.

Visible to tens of billions of people on the surface of Terra.

"Where are the Lansong people? Why haven't they come yet?"

Udo, the Commander-in-Chief of the Empire, Lord Guilliman, asked, looking at the empty seat of the High Lord Admiral.

"As far as I know, Admiral Lanson returned to the naval fleet in orbit an hour ago, my lord."

A follower next to him replied in a low voice.

"What does he want to do? Why didn't he attend the meeting? Even if he didn't come, there wasn't even a holographic projection?"

Udo spat out a series of questions again.

But there was no one around who could answer.

The entire Hall of Glory was in a mess.

Followers kept coming in and out to report news.

"There are riots happening in Tashkent Hive and Jericho Hive? Should this kind of thing be discussed in the Hall of Glory? Where is the arbitrator of the Ministry of Justice? Let Zeke handle it! The twelve supreme people of the empire need to discuss it More important things."

The confusing information made Wu Duoji impatient. With a wave of his hand, he instructed the Legal Department to handle the matter.

"We are severely understaffed."

Minister of Justice Zeke had a pair of tired eyes full of red bloodshot eyes and big bags under his eyes. His entourage was coming and going around him. He put his hands on the edge of the conference table and said in a hoarse voice:

"We are in urgent need of support, Lucifer's Black Guards, the Forbidden Army, any force will do, otherwise we will lose control of these hive cities. I am not alarmist!"

"The Lucifer Black Guards need to guard the palace area and protect the high lords here. They cannot be sent to the distant Tashkent Hive and Jericho Hive to suppress the riots."

Williot, the newly appointed commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, shook his head and refused. The Luciferian Black Guard is the only Imperial Guard regiment stationed in Holy Terra.

"The Forbidden Army will also not step out of the palace."

Interior Minister Ekas also shook his head and said:

"This is our agreement with them."

The high lords took stock of all the imperial troops stationed in Terra, and were suddenly surprised to find that the heart of the human empire suddenly had no usable troops.

"Originally, we still had a company of Space Marines available for deployment. The Imperial Fists were stationed in the Sunwall Company of the Imperial Palace. Unfortunately, Lanson proposed to send it to the Adamantua sector not long ago, and everyone here voted in favor. ticket."

Navigator Ambassador Gibran reminded lightly.

The high lords were silent for a while after hearing this.

"Then we just sit back and watch..."

Zeke hadn't finished his urgent words yet.

A female voice suddenly interrupted the conversation:

"The Fire Bee Legion also has several Titans stationed in Terra and Skhalax City, as well as some knight mechas from the Fire Bee Legion's vassal knight family and the Taranis family knights."

The city of Skhalax is a permanent enclave of the Adeptus Mechanicus in Holy Terra. A portion of the Titan Legion, the Knight Family and the Skitarii are stationed there to guard it.

"Are you serious, Wynander?"

The Minister of the Interior looked at the tribunal representative in shock:

"Send the Titan Legion? We want to suppress the riots of unruly people, not to completely raze the two hives to the ground."

"I'm not sending the Titan Legion."

Weinand sat calmly in his seat, glanced coldly at all the high lords in front of him, and said:

"I want to remind everyone here that in addition to the Imperial Navy and the Imperial Guard, the Adeptus Mechanicus is also a part of the Human Empire! Mars not only has an army on Terra, but also has an army in the solar system, fleets, soldiers, war machines... …The Orcs’ battle moon is right above our heads.”

"And where are the armies of Mars?"

The representative of the Wei Tribunal asked sternly:

"Where is the Foundry Commander?"

The high lords looked at each other in shock. Because the news of the Battle Moon's arrival over Terra was so sudden, they did not notice that the Martian Forge Commander did not attend the meeting.

Of course, this is also related to the special transcendent status of Mars. The Foundry Commander conducts his own research behind closed doors most of the time, and rarely participates in the voting of the Imperial Senate and the Council of High Lords. Even if he does vote, he appears through communication links and holographic projections, rather than being present in person.

"Now is not the time for finger-pointing."

Udo sighed and said:

"Take the initiative to contact Mars and continue to contact Lanson. Also, notify all armies of the empire, the nine founding battle groups, the five star fleets, any, I mean any force with interstellar navigation capabilities, and ask them to rush to Terra immediately. "

"Is it too late?"

Anwa, the abbot of Xingyuting, whispered.

"So what if it's too late."

Sak, the abbot of Xingjuting, lamented:

"Do we have any other options?"

"No!"

Just when the high lords were close to reaching a consensus, a shout suddenly sounded from the end of the conference table. Everyone turned to look, and saw a woman wearing a gorgeous Gothic corset dress with beautifully braided spiral buns standing up suddenly, clenching her hands into fists and saying:

"It's too late, stop deceiving yourself and stop comforting yourself. Everyone here knows very well that it's too late to ask for help now! We have no way of counting on those troops far away, but we can save ourselves!"

Spokesperson of the Merchant Fleet, Tur Yuskina.

As the representative of all Rogue Traders on Terra, Yuskina and her family have vast wealth that far exceeds that of everyone here. The combined effect of rejuvenation surgery and life extension surgery has made this hundreds of years old woman still young and beautiful. With this time The high-spirited posture and unswerving tone show the adventurous spirit and high-spiritedness unique to the Rogue Trader.

"How do you want to save yourself?"

Udo asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Look at that satellite."

Yuskina raised her fingers to the sky:

"How big is it? Even if every inch of the ground on that satellite is filled with greenskins, how many orcs can it accommodate? And what about Terra? This is the birthplace of mankind. We have a population of tens of billions. Every day we have Orcs on the satellite can be drowned by human spitting! Why should we be afraid of them?"

The high lords were slightly stunned after hearing this.

Yuskina continued to explain her plan.

It’s more of an instigation than a plan:

"We can launch a holy war. We have no troops, but we have faith! The faith of the God-Emperor is our most powerful weapon, organizing and arming our most devout and loyal people. The navy is no longer reliable, but the Rogue Traders are still there With a fleet! We can gather all the merchant ships stranded on Terra and transport the jihadist troops to land on the Orc armed satellite. The unparalleled faith and overwhelming numbers will be enough to overwhelm them! The green-skinned aliens will eventually know that Holy Terra is inviolable and they will win. It will definitely belong to the human empire!”

After saying that, Yuskina turned her head and stared at the Pope of the State Church, Meslin, who was sitting diagonally opposite her.

"I need the cooperation of the imperial state religion."

Yuskina finally said.

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Terra, the Eternal City hive slums.

Fu Qinghai was wearing a hood and a big cloak, with Fei Yi and Vera similarly dressed following behind him. He walked hurriedly through the dirty, narrow streets of the hive city. Occasionally he looked up and saw that weird big face. Still hanging high in the sky, looking at all humans on the surface with malice.

"Battle Moon or no action?"

Fu Qinghai asked as he walked.

"Yes, except for destroying the Damocles Airport and its surrounding ancillary facilities when it first appeared, the Battle Moon has not made any moves so far. It has not bombed the surface or dropped landing troops. I don't know what these greenskins are thinking."

Vera nodded and said.

"Psychological tactics."

Fu Qinghai said without hesitation:

"Perhaps humans are still unwilling to admit it, but the Orcs are now using psychological tactics to defeat others without fighting. Even if they lose orbital air supremacy, they have experienced the baptism of the Siege of Terra. There are many fortresses and fortresses on the surface of Terra. The underground fortifications are still enough to make the orc landing troops drink a pot. In the past, the green skins would not consider these losses and only wanted to fight, but now they want to create huge pressure and force humans to be unable to bear it and eventually collapse. , so that they can occupy the capital of the human empire without spending a single soldier."

"agree."

Vera agreed.

The three of them spiraled up the stairs protruding from the edge of the tower, passed through the arch, and entered the crowded streets bustling with people. Several servo skulls floated over the heads of the crowd, and blue holographic projections were projected in the eye sockets:

A woman with a black captain's cloak inlaid with gold on her shoulders was standing on a high platform waving her arms and giving an impassioned speech. Beside her stood a white man wearing a dark blue velvet robe and a triple gem crown. Fat old man.

"Merchant Fleet Spokesperson Yuskina."

Vera Nora glanced at it and whispered:

"And the Ecclesiastical Pope Meslin."

"Zizi...we must unite!"

Servo skull jaw synchronizes sounds:

"Unite and destroy the aliens. Take up your weapons and stand firm in your faith, the orcs are vulnerable. The God-Emperor will protect us, and his most devoted servants are at my side. Now, join the Crusaders, and we will Complete the assembly at Lions Gate Airport, and then completely erase the blasphemous moon!"

"You heard me."

Vera turned to look at Fu Qinghai:

“They called on the people to rally and ascend to the Battle Moon.”

"The act of committing suicide."

Fu Qinghai said expressionlessly.

Over the Hive World of Endin, more than 8,000 space warriors from seven chapters landed on the Battle Moon. They were at a stalemate as they advanced deeper into the moon, and were almost pushed back by the Orcs. It is simply a dream to gather a group of ordinary people and try to occupy the Battle Moon now.

"I know it's an act of committing suicide, but don't you care?"

Vera asked eagerly, even stopping because of this:

"I'm just a trainee judge, but you have the ability to stop them, your battle group, your fleet..."

Fu Qinghai turned around and looked at Vera:

"But why should I stop them?"

"Millions of people will die..."

"Your wording is not precise enough."

Fu Qinghai interrupted her ruthlessly:

"You have to add the attributive - millions of people who are ignorant, blind, fanatical, and have such low cognitive levels that they really believe that faith can replace the macro cannon, light spear, and torpedo to defeat the orcs, will die as a result. Merchant marine leaders and What the Holy Father is doing now is essentially a kind of screening, filtering out the idiots in the crowd and then sending them to die.”

In Fu Qinghai's view, the peasant crusade organized by Yuskina is in some ways very similar to the cultists in the movie "Abandoning Three Evils", which are foolish, fanatical and unrepentant.

"So the life of the ignorant is no longer life?"

Vera looked up at Fu Qinghai and asked in a low voice:

“Do stupid people deserve to be exploited by their rulers?”

"The lives of foolish people are also lives."

Fu Qinghai also looked down at Vera and said:

"But their lives are not worth the high price I have to pay! Do you know how much resources it takes to cultivate a brand new alien space warrior? Do everything possible to obtain gene seeds, select qualified candidates, transform, train, equip weapons, and carry Tools and power armor... My soldiers can be sacrificed at any time, but they will not die for a group of stupid people!"

"Maybe they're not all stupid people."

Vera is still trying to defend:

"Perhaps some of them knew that going to the moon would mean death, but their loyalty and courage prevented them from sitting still and waiting to die."

"You are right, maybe there is such a person."

Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked into the distance.

The Peasant Crusade organized by the merchant marine leaders is very similar to the Warhammer Boxers of the 32K era. You can't deny that it has a certain amount of positive thoughts such as loyalty to the emperor, patriotism and national salvation, but it is mostly feudal superstition and ignorance.

"So when everything is over, I will liquidate one by one, liquidate those who initiated this jihad, and those who acquiesced in this jihad, and give an explanation to these people who are destined to die on the battle moon. This is the only thing I can do. "

After Fu Qinghai finished speaking, he turned around and continued walking forward.

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