Warhammer 40: From the League of Humans to Warhammer

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So for these ordinary people, having enough to eat is enough; how could they possibly have any complaints or dissatisfaction?

Some of the delicious foods were not for commoners; they were for the enjoyment of nobles.

For ordinary people in the Empire, they wouldn't waste even the green-skinned creatures that were edible but not tasty.

And don't assume that just because green farms have green meat, they can afford to eat meat.

More often than not, the empire would simply turn them into corpse starch and distribute it to its people.

Faced with such a huge food supply, Guilliman compromised, thinking he could set up some factories and produce food quietly.

This should be enough to solve part of the food shortage problem on Terra. As for pushing it out, that requires further consideration.

Chapter 76 The Counterattack from Humanity

Zhou Qing has many things to do, such as connecting the network between Terra and his colony.

The troubles facing the human empire at this time were not just a war, nor could they be solved simply by setting up a green farm to provide food.

What he needs is a large-scale backup support.

If the capital of the human empire across the entire universe is in such a state of disrepair, what hope can be placed on other planets?

That wouldn't work, so Zhou Qing could only pin his hopes on his own planet.

During Zhou Qing's absence, food production on the colony went even more frantically.

Currently, one of his colonies can produce 480 units of food, 200 units of energy coins, 200 units of minerals, and 100 units of alloys per month.

This amount of supplies would be insignificant within the Human Federation, but within the Human Empire, it would be an extremely valuable resource.

Besides, and more importantly, there are simply too many cultists and rebels on Terra. Zhou Qing doesn't believe the current Terra garrison is capable of suppressing this rebellion.

He needs more troops.

All he needs to do is connect to his colony and mobilize 2,000 million PDFs, and he can quickly suppress the rebellion.

Therefore, after leaving Guilliman's side, Zhou Qing returned to his office and began to build the network.

A large amount of resources were continuously drawn from Zhou Qing's spatial backpack and injected into the network construction system in front of him. At the same time, some resources stored by the human empire were also continuously sent to Zhou Qing.

The network connecting the Misty Starfield and the capital of the Empire is quite long; even with Zhou Qing's technology and capabilities, it would take a full 60 days to construct it.

Not to mention Zhou Qing building his own network here, when Guilliman arrived at Lionsgate, the appearance of the Primarch further boosted the morale of the Imperial army.

The appearance of mythological figures before them, the appearance of the children of the gods, and their readiness to lead them naturally boosted the morale of the imperial army.

Guilliman's arrival coincided with the triumphant return of Zhou Qing's troops, as the PDFs triumphantly returned to Lionsgate.

When the Chaos's attack was repelled, the arrival of Triumph and the Sons of Vengeance pushed morale to its absolute peak.

Trajan, commander of the Imperial Guard, came before Guilliman.

His gaze toward Guilliman softened.

If it weren't for Guilliman, if he hadn't brought Zhou Qing here, the human empire might have faced a great catastrophe, and they wouldn't know if they could have protected the emperor.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Trajan said nothing in the end, but knelt down on one knee.

The implications of this are self-evident, and Guilliman quickly stepped forward to help him up.

After exchanging views with the commander of the Imperial Guard, Guilliman stood atop the Lionsgate, holding the Eagle Banner, and firmly grasped it in his own hands.

Guilliman always remembered Zhou Qing saying that he was a scientist.

His task now was simple: to command his troops in coordination with the Imperial Guard to crush this demonic army.

In his view, Zhou Qing had left him with enough power; he had seen all of those engineering robots, bodyguard robots, and military robots.

He was well aware of the combat capabilities of these units, so his current task was to crush the demon army.

Guilliman, holding the Eagle Banner, did not utter any inspiring or uplifting words. He simply drew his Imperial Sword from his waist and pointed it toward the Chaos Army!

"Attack!" Trajan, the commander of the Imperial Guard, shouted in unison, and 2000 Imperial Guards stepped forward to become the vanguard of the army.

To their left and right were the Grey Knights and the Silent Sisters' forces. The Grey Knights were performing an anti-demon ritual to weaken the Khorne Demon.

These anti-demon experts were essentially created by the Emperor specifically to deal with demons; they were extremely knowledgeable about how to combat them.

Besides them, Zhou Qing's pdfs had also arrived on the left and right flanks of the Imperial Army, where 2 Planetary Defense Force soldiers stood alongside them.

The Ultramarines and a host of Imperial Space Marines stood with these planetary defense forces.

Judging solely from the canned goods, no one would mistake these PDFs for PDFs; they must be genuine Space Marines.

Since Guilliman promulgated the Codex Astartes, Space Marines have rarely gathered in such large-scale battles.

The number of Space Marines present now has reached over 22,000.

Emperor-class Titans and Warmaster-class Titans stood behind them, ready to launch an attack together.

Although the Old Hundred Regiment and other mortal auxiliary troops did not take up melee weapons and surround these troops, they still raised their weapons, ready to launch an attack together.

At the forefront of them were the engineering robots left behind by Zhou Qing, which were undoubtedly the most powerful force in this battle.

Aside from the bodyguard robots and military combat robots left behind by Zhou Qing, they were the most powerful.

Any engineering robot could easily lift an Emperor-class Titan with one hand and throw it away; such powerful physical attacks would be the most powerful ally in destroying the Khorne Demon.

This is a powerful force.

Even during the Great Crusade, it wouldn't have been easy for the Human Empire to assemble such an army, because these machine combat units were beyond the capabilities of the Human Empire to manufacture.

"Start the war!" As Guilliman's sword fell, the first to fire were the Emperor-class Titans and the Warmaster-class Titans.

These most powerful beings on land were the first to unleash their fury upon the demons.

Even though the Khorne demons deny the existence of guns and cannons according to their laws.

However, their immense power still cost them dearly.

Once these units opened fire, the mechanical legion charged once again at the Chaos Demons.

A bloody massacre was about to erupt. No one was a match for these mechanical legions. Any demon that dared to stand in their way would be easily crushed and reduced to dust in the warp.

The Psionic Legion did not participate in this attack; they were conducting anti-demonic rituals with the Grey Knights to weaken the warp demons' fighting power.

The counterattack from the human empire began at Lionsgate and spread throughout Terra.

Terra, the sacred capital of humanity, is once again engulfed in war after such a long time. This war is burning across the entire city of Terra.

All cultists, all cunning individuals, and everything that has any influence or threat to the human empire will be wiped out in this war.

Guilliman wants to take this opportunity to cleanse the entire Terra.

Chapter 77: A network tunnel was built leading to the hazy star field.

Zhou Qing's judgment was correct; there were too many demons and too many cultists.

Although the human army currently completely outclasses these demons in terms of quality, Terra is a planet.

This human capital has a population of more than trillions, and now that they have become cultists, they have become the most troublesome problem for the human empire.

This is the capital of the human empire, where even weapons of mass destruction cannot be mobilized.

Therefore, they could only mobilize troops to reclaim territory inch by inch, and the war became a protracted conflict, as the human empire's army was insufficient.

Until the Star Torch is reignited, external reinforcements are obtained, and the demons are stopped from emerging, the Imperial army on Terra will still need to wage constant counterinsurgency wars.

For Guilliman, the only good news was that he had successfully built the factory Zhou Qing had told him about on the 7th day and had successfully started producing green-skinned food.

A green factory was under the close guard of the Imperial Guard.

The Greenskins are blasphemous creatures, closely related to Chaos, so this matter must never be known to anyone; it is a secret of the Empire.

Because the Human Empire had now truly explained the benefits of green-skinned food, the Imperial Guard had no intention of destroying the factory.

He brought so much food that the benefits far outweighed the risks.

As a result, the factory was preserved by the Imperial Guard and strictly guarded, with no one allowed to enter the Green Factory except for the machine servants.

A steady stream of food was produced in the green factories and then processed through a series of steps to be supplied to the people of the empire.

Although most of it is egg white paste, a small portion of the green-skinned meat was preserved and made into green-skinned canned food, which tastes far better than ant-cow canned food.

This allowed the people at the bottom of Terra to have a taste of life.

The human empire is in a truly tragic situation. How outrageous it is that an interstellar civilization would allow its own people to go hungry.

Their lives had become so impoverished that Zhou Qing could hardly imagine, yet it was that one bite of meat that made these people devout once again.

The corruption of chaos began to lose its powerful effect, and the armies of cultists and the number of demons also began to decrease significantly.

While this cannot compare to the Emperor's rekindling of the Star Torch, it is certainly good news.

Although Terra has not been completely reclaimed by the human empire, the threat of Chaos is indeed being gradually eliminated.

All we need to do is wait for the star to be relit, and then everything will settle down.

That's what Guilliman was thinking, and he was also mentally prepared, understanding that the Terra issue couldn't be resolved in a short time.

He's prepared to play here for several months, or even more than a year.

He persisted until his father rekindled the torch.

However, things took a turn for the better in the third month.

By the beginning of the third month, Zhou Qing had finally completed the network project.

A passage led directly to the colony he had previously been on.

Thanks to the powerful communication technology among the stars, Zhou Qing was still able to keep track of developments here even though he wasn't on his own planet.

Having already acquired two colonies, he now commands a massive army.

The number of Pdfs has increased dramatically. After Zhou Qing expressed his need for troops to clear out the Terra rebels, the forces on the planet were expanded once again.

When the network was opened, the combined planetary defense forces on his two planets had reached 4,800 million.

After deducting the 2,000 million planetary defense troops that needed to be left behind as a defensive force, Zhou Qing successfully mobilized 2,800 million space warriors.

Of course, this is what the Empire calls these planetary defense forces; Zhou Qing still refers to them as PDFs.

Meanwhile, the number of Titan machines supporting these 2,800 million PDFs in combat also reached 8000.