Chapter 471 Blasphemy Against Terra

In the Far Eastern Star Territory, a large number of federal elites who met the screening conditions abandoned their original bodies and moved into the miniature galaxy.

In the Sun Star Territory, the orders from the Golden Throne were sent to all parts of the empire by Guilliman's messengers.

The Indomitus Expedition fleet was recalled during the expedition, and the Space Marine chapters, Astra Militarum regiments, and naval fleets stationed in various places received unified orders, ordering them to abandon their original stations and enter the stargate network, gathering in the solar system to defend Terra.

All human planets in the galaxy are actively preparing for war. Even alien races such as the Eldar and Necrons cannot ignore this threat of annihilation, and the strings of war are stretched to the limit.

But what no one expected was that the first war against the swarm did not break out at the critical base defense line in the Far East Star Territory, nor outside the space barrier of the Solar System Defense Force, nor even in Ultramar.

The first war against the swarm broke out on Terra itself.

In the deep bottom of the hive city, in the dark underground pits, in the sewage pipes filled with deadly poisonous mist, the genestealer's sharp arthropods clung to the adamantine foundation of the Terran hive city and crawled upward.

The insects' sharp mouthparts gnawed at the people on Terra, gorging on food on the ancient home planet of mankind, mating and reproducing crazily in the dark corners. The trillions of Emperor's people on Terra were their endless prey. Endless logistical supplies.

Humans are really a very versatile resource for war. When gene stealers are hungry, they use human flesh and blood to fill their stomachs. When their troops are reduced, they use human bodies to reproduce their offspring. Even hybrids blended with insect blood can fight against the Great Devourer. His faith can also resist the Emperor's light to a certain extent...

Food, seedbed, a flesh-and-blood bulwark against the Emperor, humans had many uses.

The light of the Star Torch made it impossible for the Genestealers to contact the Hive Mind, and they had to fight alone. Fortunately, the population on Terra was large enough and dense enough to even the Emperor himself.

"Damn it! What's going on? Why are there bugs on Terra?"

Guilliman hammered the desk in anger, hammering the solid plastic steel tabletop until it was full of cracks:

"How did the Genestealers infiltrate the capital of the Human Empire? Are the people in the Solar System Defense Force and the Low-Earth Orbit Supervision Department all blind? Deaf? Or is there no Emperor in your hearts at all?!"

This crime is too big... No one can bear the crime of blaspheming the Emperor, but at the same time, no one can say why the genestealers can enter Terra.

Guilliman had no choice but to urgently mobilize troops in the already dire situation, and ordered the Inquisition to mobilize inquisitors experienced in fighting aliens, and together with the Death Watch troops, they broke into the depths of Terra's hive and eliminated the genestealers. threats.

The Inquisitors who responded to the Regent's order were all veterans of the Order of the Aliens and had more than a hundred years of experience in fighting aliens. The Deathwatch Astartes who accompanied them were elite troops fighting against the alien race. This was already required by the Empire of Man. The most effective weapon you can use to fight bugs.

This time, they fight on Terra.

But as time passed, one killing team after another broke into the hive city, but no battle report was returned. The armored troops of the Inquisitor and the Astartes fell into the hive city, just like water droplets falling into the ocean. Nothing.

It was not until half a month later that a few surviving Astartes of the Death Watch struggled to survive from the hive, dragging their bruised bodies, and brought back an even more desperate news:

"They're everywhere..."

"The bottom layer of the hive city of Terra has been completely corroded. The blood of the insects and the people of the bottom hive are intertwined, and they are indistinguishable from each other. Their blood ties have stretched for hundreds or even thousands of generations. It is a towering tree with lush branches. The giant tree's huge roots are deeply embedded in Terra's flesh and blood, making it difficult to remove. "

"There is only one way to completely eliminate the threat of gene stealers."

The scarred Death Watch did not say the solution, but Guilliman already understood what he was going to say:

--Use Exterminator on Terra.

"The genetic contamination of insects has actually penetrated into Terra's bone marrow?" Guilliman still couldn't believe this desperate fact:

"Kaul has specifically studied the genetic infection process of Tyranids. To reach the level of genetic contamination you mentioned, the gene stealers must have lurked in Terra's secrets for at least a thousand years, slowly developing and expanding. Only bloodline can reach such a level, but doesn’t this mean..."

As early as thousands of years ago, gene stealers began to invade Terra? How do they do it?

"Are the checkpoints and review mechanisms of the Solar System Defense Force just decorations? In thousands of years, not even a bug has been found?!" Guilliman was furious: "Or... someone deliberately put the bug in ?”

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the palace, and even the servo skull became strangely silent.

This is a heinous crime against the Ninety-nine Clan...

Even Guilliman felt that his suspicions were a bit unreasonable. Yes, after all, this is Terra, the home planet of mankind, the heart of the Empire, and the most heavily defended place in the galaxy. He wanted to give the aliens easy access on Terra. door, how high should that person’s position be? Will the Imperial Guard turn a blind eye?

Guilliman rarely made mistakes in politics, but this time, Guilliman was wrong.

The gene stealers on Terra were brought in by the Custodes—not even brought in, but artificially released to Terra by the Custodes’ initiative to capture the gene stealers.

In a place where Guilliman could not see, a group of guards represented by Alexander had already knelt in front of the Golden Throne, taking off all their armor and asking for punishment naked.

——In order to hone their killing skills, the guards would put fierce aliens such as the Eldar and Tyranids into the Terra Palace and then hunt them down as a daily training item. Demons and vampires were also frequent visitors on the guards' killing list.

Generally speaking, the guards' skills were superb and impeccable. All the aliens put into the palace would be hunted down one by one without exception.

But a thousand years was too long, and the area of ​​the palace was too large (the area of ​​the palace accounted for about 100% of the entire Eurasian continent). Over time, omissions were inevitable.

Perhaps in a bloody game, a gene stealer escaped from the pursuit of the guards and mixed into the crowd of Terra. Perhaps it did not escape successfully at all, but found ways to leave its bloodline before death.

Regardless of the possibility, Terra was desecrated due to the negligence of the Imperial Guards.

The ancient home planet of mankind has become a breeding ground for the Zerg, and the people of the Emperor have become food and breeding tools for the Tyranids. The Imperial Guards who caused this situation are even more to blame for their death, and they wish they could commit suicide collectively in front of the Golden Throne.

If the Emperor had not stopped them, there would be thousands of tall corpses in golden armor in the palace now.