I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms

Chapter 296 The Treacherous Map of Yan

Terra Palace.

The golden throne was empty; the emperor stood below the steps.

Since learning what would happen in the future, the emperor's feelings toward the Golden Throne have changed from longing and protection to fear and estrangement.

Once he sits on it, he will face a miserable life that lasts for ten thousand years, sitting like a dried-up corpse, or being manipulated by the four gods of chaos like a puppet on strings.

This time, he will change the fate of the Empire, alter the trajectory of the Primarch and his own life, and reverse the tragedy and despair inflicted by the Chaos Gods.

“Your Majesty.” Macardo approached, leaning on his staff, and bowed slightly behind the Emperor.
"My spies have reported that Magnus has joined forces with Horus. Horus's Expedition 63 has taken in Magnus's guard. They are heading south in the Pamela Sector, their destination the massive Orc space fortress codenamed 'Dog's Tail.' They are expected to arrive there in five days at most."

Macado's gaze unconsciously fell on the desk next to the Emperor, where there was a letter.

Thanks to the characteristics of immortals, although Macardo looks old, his eyesight has not declined much.

He could clearly see the information on the letter; every line of text was breathtaking.

The Void Whale of the Apostolic Age sub-universe appears in the Rebellion Age sub-universe.

The belly of the Void Whale harbors tens of millions of blue-feathered, rotten birds.

Among this junk are many Chaos Ultra Warriors, members of the Blue Bird's corrupted chapters during the Apostate Era.

All indications suggest that Robert Guilliman of the Apostolic Age sub-universe has been corrupted by chaos.

This single word and phrase sent chills down Makado's spine, and he was momentarily stunned.

The emperor turned around, saw the prime minister's stiff face, followed the prime minister's gaze to the letters on the table, and shook his head slightly, saying:
“Macado, don’t be scared by the contents of the letter. With me here, this Void Whale won’t cause any trouble in our sub-universe. In fact, I noticed its existence long before it appeared in our sub-universe.”

Makado snapped out of his reverie and asked thoughtfully:

"Your Majesty, why didn't you kill this Void Whale? If the information in the letter is true, then neither the demon inside the Void Whale nor the corrupted Ultramarines are good news for us."

Macardo was not blaming the Emperor.

From the perspective of governing a country, he believed that it was best not to let such a Void Whale enter the sights of the Legion and the Imperial Army. Otherwise, the Ultra Warriors corrupted by Chaos alone would have a huge impact on Imperial Truth, not to mention other demons.

The emperor smiled calmly, confident of victory, and unhurried.
“Macado, I need an opportunity to shatter Logar’s obsession. This Void Whale must have been brought here by Logar and the Shadow Weaver, Zelfix. I will kill the Void Whale and the demon within it in front of Logar, and show him with my actions that the power he believes in is insignificant before a mortal emperor.”

Makado nodded as if he understood:
"Your Majesty, you are truly farsighted. I believe that Luo Jia will realize your good intentions in the face of the upcoming setbacks and return to the right path."

Makado paused for a moment, then steered the conversation back to the purpose of his trip:

"Your Majesty, Horus and Magnus's secret alliance was not authorized by the War Council. Magnus also failed to report his rescue of Loga to the War Council. I think we can issue Magnus a supplementary order to cover up his overstepping of authority. What do you mean?"

The emperor pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head:
“No, Macado, let Magnus be. He has an incorrigible arrogance and hubris, believing his understanding of the warp is unparalleled. We need to teach him a lesson he’ll regret, to instill in him reverence for the warp and vigilance against chaos. I think this is the perfect opportunity.”

"Yes, Your Majesty, as you wish."

Makado bowed slightly.
“Your Majesty, I must report another matter to you. My spies have discovered that the Palu Orcs are leaving our sight. They have used some kind of anti-submarine device to force my spies back and narrow our field of vision. The Palu Orc garrison on the Comoros is transporting the captured supplies to the undiscovered Webspace. Our countermeasures against them are no longer as comprehensive as before.”

Makado took out a parchment scroll and handed it over with both hands:
"Furthermore, as per your instructions, the Terra Research Institute and Mars have jointly developed an anti-psym device that can replace the Palu Sentinels. This device can both monitor the movements of murderers and issue early warnings, and can also use psymns to repel and kill murderers. With it, we no longer need to hire Palu orcs to guard our Webpath Sanctuary."

The emperor looked through the design drawings and experimental data on the scroll.

Macardo, leaning on his staff, waited for the other person to finish reading the contents of the parchment before continuing:

"Your Majesty, my suggestion is to first equip the ships with anti-psychic devices to eliminate the murderers beneath the Golden Throne, then dismiss the Palu Orcs and use the ships equipped with anti-psychic devices to protect the sanctuary. In this way, we can establish a base in the Web of the Empire that is completely under our control."

"I approve of your plan. We'll proceed as you suggested." The Emperor handed back the parchment scroll and instructed:
"The process of installing the anti-phantom device must be kept secret. Don't let Mars Forging General Calbo Hal know about it. After I've dealt with the Primarch, I'll deal with Calbo Hal and the soon-to-be-born Belisarius Caul."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Marcado discussed some details of the plan with the Emperor before taking his leave.

Silence fell around the golden throne.

The emperor stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes flashing with psychic energy.

His gaze pierced through dimensions and landed on the Void Whale.

As he watched, the Void Whale was heading south in the Pamela Sector, its destination closely matching that of Expedition 63.

The emperor smiled slightly.

He couldn't wait to kill the Void Whale and change Loja's mind.

...

...

The High Gothic poem that the Chaos Limit Warrior recited before his death lingered in Li Nuo's mind.

He wasn't brainwashed by the poem; he simply felt it contained a deeper meaning, as if it were hinting at some kind of plan by the blue-feathered bird.

However, considering that the Blue-feathered Bird always liked to create mystery and play with truth and falsehood, Li Nuo did not allow himself to immerse himself in this High Gothic poem for too long, lest his will be swayed by the Blue-feathered Bird.

For Li Nuo, there are only two things he needs to do right now.

One task is to build the Paru Empire, and the other is to stockpile sealing yeast.

The construction of the Paru Empire requires subspace biological materials.

There aren't many Void Whales, so finding the next one in a short time is quite difficult.

Li Nuo simply shifted his focus to other network graveyards, using the Heart of Fire to crush the graveyard demons and significantly shorten the process of defeating them.

In addition, the combination of Heart of Fire and Dimension Pocket created more opportunities for the Paru Empire to transport resources.

Li Nuo dispatched a reconnaissance team into the real universe, specifically to search for resource-rich planets that had not been discovered by the human empire.

Once one is found, mark it; once the moving work is ready, the moving will begin immediately.

Ocean planet, I want it.

A mineral-rich planet, we need one.

Planets full of rare earth elements and precious metals are also desirable.

In any case, anything that is beneficial to the development of the Palu Empire should be moved into the Netway first.

It's not too late to consider our explanation once the human empire discovers us.

The work of developing the network graveyard to obtain subspace creature materials, as well as catching subspace creatures by fishing, is also underway.

After five days of busy work, while in space and commanding the battle at the graveyard, Li Nuo received a striking archived briefing.

[Archived: Big Black Teeth.]

[Briefing: Blacktooth is leading a fleet of green-skinned pirates, lurking in the southern Pamela Sector, closely monitoring the movements of the "Dog Tail" megalithic space fortress.]

[Just now, the pirate fleet's navigator spotted Expedition 63 in warp space. It's estimated that Expedition 63 will arrive at "Dog's Tail" in about half an hour.]

Horus is finally going to face Lorga.

Li Nuo didn't want to get involved in the Primarch's affairs, but it seemed a pity to miss such a historically significant event.

He thought for a moment, then turned to the beast and said:
"I'm going to keep an eye on Big Black Tooth; I'll leave this place to you."

“Okay, boss.” Beast nodded, and Paidi next to him nodded as well.

After five days of investigation, Li Nuo confirmed that Paidi was not a spy for Chaos and then recruited the space necromancer into his ranks.

Paidi, as a time technician, has mastered a very unique time manipulation technique.

When he wants to use this technique, he only needs to charge the staff to release an energy ball.

The flow of time inside the sphere can be adjusted by Paddy, either accelerating or slowing it down.

The largest sphere can cover an area of ​​hundreds of square meters, while the smallest is comparable to a ping-pong ball.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this kind of time manipulation technology has great potential.

Unfortunately, due to amnesia, Paidi only knew how to use the technology, but not how to replicate it.

There was no other way, so Li Nuo could only keep him by his side and study his time-manipulation techniques and staff whenever he had free time.

With a thought, Li Nuo switched to Big Black Fang.

The green-skinned pirate fleet is hiding in space debris near "Dog Tail".

The area is filled with low, hill-like debris, comparable in scale to the asteroid belt.

The Ulano salvage ships coming and going, lacking anti-submarine capabilities, failed to detect the Black Tooth fleet in its stealthy state.

"Boss, I found an unpainted battleship in Expedition 63." The navigator presented the scene he saw on the holographic screen.

The battleship he mentioned was an Oberon-class battleship, known as an "all-around ship," typically used by legion companies and Imperial legion headquarters.

It's quite rare to see an Oberon-class aircraft without any paint like this.

Li Nuo leaned against the railing of the command platform, carefully examining the ship, but couldn't discern its origins.

"Keep a close eye on this ship. I have a feeling that a big shot from the Shrimp Empire will appear on board."

"hold head high."

Half an hour later.

In the void 3000 kilometers away from "Dog Tail", a subspace exit opened.

Expedition Team 63 departed from the subspace.

This fleet is enormous in size, with no fewer than 50 battleships alone, and its overall strength is equivalent to two or three expeditions without Primarchs to prove their existence.

The battle between Shadowmoon Wolf and Ulanno began immediately after Expedition 63 entered the real universe.

The heavy assault ship formation took the lead and rushed to the vicinity of "Dog Tail" to carry out the demolition before Ulano could react.

The thermal cluster bombs rained down, and a huge hole filled with billowing smoke immediately appeared on the "dog's tail" shell.

The Ulanor orcs assumed that the shrimp would break into the fortress from here, and a large number of green-skinned ships converged on it.

But at that moment, Expedition 63 suddenly unleashed a powerful weapon:
Nova Cannon!
This cannon was installed on the only Apocalypse-class battleship in Expedition 63. Its full name is the Riza-type Nova Gun, which was manufactured by the Nova Gun STC.

It is nearly 800 meters long and has a diameter of about 200 meters.

In terms of barrel length, it is inferior to the long-range heavy artillery.

In terms of barrel caliber, it is inferior to that of a conventional broadside gun.

However, the shells it fires are not ordinary chemical explosives, but plasma macro-bombs, which can create plasma storms with a diameter of thousands of kilometers and disrupt gravity parameters, crushing opponents with chaotic gravity waves.

At the very moment the green-skinned ships converged on the hole, the Nova Cannon erupted, and bright blue shells cut into the battlefield at near-light speed.

"Bang! Boom—Rumble—Rumble—"

In an instant, the blue shockwave spread to a place thousands of kilometers away, and the huge plasma sphere enveloped the green-skinned ship at the scene. The spatial entities near the "dog's tail" were obviously pushed outward a distance by the shockwave.

As the light of the plasma fireball faded, the hole on the surface of the "dog's tail" had expanded to a diameter of one hundred kilometers, and the ships around it had long since turned into charred wreckage.

In the first round of competition, Expedition Team No. 63 won decisively.

But is this really the case?
Li Nuo pressed his hand on the force field sword at his waist and shook his head slightly.

It's not that simple.

According to Big Black Fang's observations over this period, the Word Bearers, Sons of the Emperor, and Devourer fleets at "Dog Tail" have long been lurking in a nearby asteroid belt, following the Greenskin fleet of Beast King Ulgr.

The troops left behind to intercept Expedition 63 were merely a ragtag force of Urgralais, their purpose being to lure Horus into a trap.

Once Horus leads his men into the "dog's tail," Urg and the Space Marines who have joined the fray will make their official appearance.

Surely Horus wouldn't miss such an obvious trap?
In the holographic image, Expedition 63 cruises at high speed, heading towards "Dog Tail" while using macro cannons and light spears to destroy the remaining green-skinned ships.

The unpainted Opalon-class battleship entered the hole faster than Expedition 63.

It plunged headfirst into the hole before Horus's flagship, "Vengeful Spirit," was next.

Seeing this, Li Nuo could only wish Horus good luck.

The navigator, who had been observing the warp, suddenly said:

"Boss, I found a really, really big whale in the warp!"

"Huh? A whale?" Li Nuo stared intently, then his eyes widened.

It's that Void Whale that smuggled itself over from the Apostate Era!

How did it end up here?!
Before Li Nuo could figure out what was going on, the navigation kid shouted again:
"Boss, something's wrong with Terra's Star Torch! Holy crap, it's blinding me!"

The navigator boy painfully closed his eyes, tears streaming uncontrollably from the corners of his eyes, making the amniotic fluid in the tank murky.

In the holographic image, the light of the star torch became brighter than ever before, almost completely covering the ever-changing subspace background.

The void whale that was traversing the warp was swept by the light, and hundreds or even thousands of scorch marks appeared on its body.

The Void Whale opened its massive jaws, letting out a silent cry of pain, and was forced to leave the warp.

A subspace exit opened near the "dog's tail," and the Void Whale, mouth agape in panic, crashed straight into the hole in the "dog's tail."

The scene was like a Void Whale trying to plug a hole with its mouth.

and many more!

wrong!

The Void Whale is plugging the hole with its mouth!
During flight, it adjusts its flight angle by expelling air and shaking its body, so that its mouth can just cover the hole perfectly, leaving no gaps.

"boom!"

The Void Whale collided with "Dog Tail," its serrated teeth embedding into the ground, and its hard upper and lower jaws squeezing the green-skinned buildings on the surface of "Dog Tail," sending a large number of fragments flying into the void.

What was swallowed whole by the Void Whale was not only a hole with a diameter of hundreds of kilometers, but also half of Expedition Team No. 63.

Especially the unpainted Opalon-class battleships and the HMS Vengeance.

Li Nuo could see very clearly that the two ships failed to evacuate from "Wolf's Tail" in time.

They are about to face the massive demon army of tens of millions within the Void Whale!

Good heavens, so this is the real trump card from the Chaos faction! Ulgrik and those Space Marines who defected to the Chaos were just their trump cards.

The Imperial ships that had narrowly escaped the Void Whale's maw were stunned, seemingly unable to recover from the shock brought by the Void Whale.

A full half minute passed before they regrouped and launched a fierce attack on the Void Whale's mouth.

"Boss, the search engine found a lot of junk inside that whale. The junk is rushing into the 'dog's tail' and fighting with the pointy-nosed kid inside."

While typing on the keyboard, Dongdong reported the situation.

"Okay, I understand. Let's not move, just watch the show in peace."

Li Nuo ordered the fleet to remain silent, then asked the navigator:

"Has anything changed in the subspace?"

The navigator timidly opened its eyes to observe the subspace, afraid of being blinded by the light of the star torches.

But to his surprise, the light of the star torch had disappeared:
"Boss! Look at the holographic image! Something is blocking the light of the Star Torch! Wow, that looks like the blue-feathered bird's psionic energy!"

The holographic screen refreshed, and a bright blue light burst forth, illuminating the faces of the group of boys with a bluish glow.

The blue light appeared very abruptly, and the mental impact it caused was far beyond what the Empire's Star Speakers and Navigators could withstand.

At best, their heads will explode and they will die on the spot; at worst, they will be corrupted by the blue-feathered bird's psionic energy and turned into chaotic evil objects such as chaotic eggs.

Sure enough, the moment the blue light appeared, Fleet 63 descended into chaos, with dozens of strong, garbled signals appearing inside the ships.

Meanwhile, a dramatic change occurred at the Void Whale's location.

Suddenly, the Void Whale violently twisted its body, its jaw muscles bulged high, and its two rows of teeth snapped shut.

"Bang!"

The abyss's gaping maw suddenly closed, and the Void Whale swallowed the waste and soil from the "dog's tail."

It emitted a blue light, and its figure rapidly transformed from solid to ethereal, disappearing into the subspace before anyone could react.

After the Void Whale disappeared, the blue light that filled the warp also dissipated.

The light of the Star Torch returned to its peak, but there was no trace of the Void Whale in the warp.

Li Nuo took a deep breath and finally realized what was going on.

At that moment, he finally understood what the blue-feathered bird was doing!

(End of this chapter)