Chapter 239: Thoughts on the "Eternal Life" And the Battle that Cannot Be Lost.

An unexpected reunion surprised Calvin, and he began to face the concept of "eternal life in the cloud" that Constantine had been working hard for and practicing.

This concept was now vividly interpreted by Constantine in front of Calvin.

He felt something in his heart and couldn't help but have some unprecedented deep thinking about the relationship between his soul and this universe.

As early as the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood, human beings' imagination of immortality had been engraved in the instinct of every life along with the instinct of racial continuation.

And Calvin, as a special existence in the soul, had already experienced reincarnation with the help of the Emperor, the Lord of Humanity in this universe.

He had no interest in exploring this direction before, because the biggest regret in his life had been satisfied by the Emperor;

Now he wants to explore this unknown field, and naturally, because of his expectation for the fate of the human race, he has more desire for power.

There must always be some changes. If you don't change yourself, you won't be able to achieve that unattainable ideal;

If you don't change yourself, you can only struggle in endless wars and watch the dark fate of mankind coming...

He said this to himself in the late night on the eve of the war.

The concept of "immortals" is not new to the Empire. Even the Emperor himself and the Fire Dragon Lord Vorkan, who is also a Primarch, are clearly identified as "immortals" in the internal documents of the Empire.

For the purpose of understanding the history of the Empire, Calvin has read a lot of resumes of the Emperor and the legendary heroes around the Emperor in the early days of the Empire in the library deep underground in Titan.

Their existence is so special that they can be reborn again after experiencing complete death;

And the manifestation of this power in physical recovery is not surprising under the Empire's genetic technology;

How they anchor their souls at a certain moment so that they can recover after the physical form is destroyed is the problem that Calvin is concerned about.

Perhaps they are as special as Calvin and are also outsiders at the soul level?

For a moment, Calvin thought so, but then he denied it.

Although he has not experienced the complete destruction of his physical form, he has had a vague premonition since he completed the unification of himself on the timeline:

Ordinary physical destruction may not be as threatening to him as he imagined. Even if the power here is as strong as the shattering of a star, it can only destroy his body.

As for the essence of his soul, it is far beyond the influence of this power.

But this is not enough, far from enough.

In Calvin's eyes, only his own transcendence, under the threat of the Chaos Gods, has too little impact on the fate of the entire human race.

The transcendence of the individual seems so powerless and useless to the darkness facing the entire race.

The Emperor must have the same feeling.

Otherwise, there would be no research on the ancient saints' heritage, let alone the grand plan for the overall upgrading of the human race to become a psychic race.

But how to change it?

When the problem shifts to specific implementation, this is another level of problem.

Calvin looked at the city in his soul and remained silent for a long time;

In the past missions and battles with various warp demons, Calvin had collected too many souls.

And it was the existence of these souls that made him think differently about the nature of the soul when he took a break.

And after the Grey Knights who died in the battle appeared in his soul, he had a vague direction for the future.

The appearance of Constantine was not just a surprise of reunion given to him by fate;

He was more like a bronze bell. When Calvin was gradually drowned in the mundane war, he once again used the sound of his existence to ring Calvin's thoughts about the future.

Calvin's current work focus is of course still in the war in Orpheus.

But after experiencing this unexpected reunion, when he returned to Terra after finishing the war here, he had more questions and expectations about the destined reunion with the Emperor.

The bell of war was finally rang unstoppably.

When the heavy crossbow of Orpheus completed the final charge under Calvin's guidance.

The battle against the orcs in the Hassan Sector finally began.

Imperial calendar 755.M39, coordinates Storm Sector-Orpheus Sector-Orpheus Sector/Hassan Sector.

Half a year after Galvin returned to Orpheus.

This grand battle, which only involved more than 20 million troops from the Empire, more than 5,000 Astartes, and even the Titan Legion, finally began a year after involving billions of people in the entire Storm Sector.

The war plan did not cause much dispute among the senior generals of the command.

In view of the narrow and long geographical environment and industrial layout of the Hassan Sector, all the senior officials involved in this war understood that this was a hard battle with no shortcuts.

Many fortress worlds that were easily lost due to centuries of defense deterioration have now become natural barriers marked with scarlet symbols on the battle progress chart.

As for the orcs on the other side of the war, Calvin led the technical staff from the Alien Inquisition to conduct a thorough scientific education for all the participating generals.

We must win the battle in one fell swoop!

In this battle, the first battle must be the decisive battle!

In the eyes of the Inquisition, the orcs are a race purely for the purpose of war, and their immeasurable reproduction rate has been repeatedly emphasized;

And once the war is delayed, as time goes on:

On the imperial side, it is a minor matter that the military is tired and the soldiers are exhausted;

After a long delay, the opponent resurrected and regained its combat power;

This is what Calvin and others are most worried about!

Hicks - Palmer - Bowen - Worster - Priestley...

A long and narrow offensive route map was repeatedly marked on the holographic main screen of the command hall by Calvin during the meeting on the eve of the war.

These first four galaxies are already the best attack paths found by the empire after countless deductions and reverse deductions;

Only if the distance between these planets is not too far can we maintain an acceptable logistical supply line for the empire's subsequent battles under the first wave of thunderous strikes from the empire regardless of the cost.

As for the ultimate goal of this battle, the galaxy called Priestley is exactly stuck in the center of the Hassan sector.

As a not-rich star region, it was chosen as the capital, and it had extremely clear strategic significance in the eyes of Calvin and others.

Whether from south to north or from north to south.

Calvin repeatedly measured the galaxies in the two directions closest to it, and the distances between them were hundreds of thousands of astronomical units.

This is a place in Calvin's past life that is geopolitically similar to Australia.

Whether the two sides of the war are starting from Asia or the Americas, this will be a battleground for military strategists!

The strategic significance brought by its huge galaxy-level territory will make the entire fleet assembly and logistics support range of any party that loses it retreat thousands of kilometers! (In this case, that means hundreds of thousands of astronomical units.)

what does that mean? This means that once this place is lost, the loser's strategic deterrence and control range will be completely pushed away from the center of the star area, and the balance of victory and defeat will tilt sharply towards the person who owns this place!

This is only the literal spatial value of the land. The agricultural output brought by its huge territory brings self-sustainability, which is enough to support the garrison army with most of the food supplies;

The industrial world under its jurisdiction can also complete the local manufacturing of most small arms with the support of local minerals;

Even some of the heavy equipment and facilities needed for the maintenance of the Grand Fleet can be completed locally after Orps delivers the core components!

A strategic treasure worth a thousand dollars! It's a pity that it's in the hands of the enemy now...

Calvin stood motionless looking at the label of this galaxy for five whole days and nights;

In the eyes of him and other senior officials of Orps:

Whether or not they can maintain momentum after the first battle begins and capture this place before the orcs have time to react will determine the outcome of most of the entire war.

This is the meaning of the first and decisive battle... It is also the battle that he and the entire Orps cannot afford to lose...

Second update, post first and then change. Please vote!