Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 822 Space Weapon Makes its Debut
After suffering consecutive defeats on the two main battlefields, the Orcs began to consolidate their power.

They withdrew most of their warships, battle moons, and battle planets to the space region where Greenskin Star was located.

Greenskin is also a planet that can move freely, but as the throne world of the Orc Empire, it does not wander around like other battle planets, but is fixed in a relatively stable area.

A vast number of orc warships protect their sun, which has already caused the orcs immense suffering due to the terrifying weapons humans possess that can directly decay the sun into a supernova.

They are also constantly learning and improving, making up for their shortcomings and weaknesses.

Loshi was suddenly surprised to find that the current situation on the battlefield was somewhat similar to the climax of the Horus Rebellion, when the rebels launched the siege of Terra.

Back then, it was the loyalists who held the solar system to the death. The solar system defenses set up by Roger Dorn cost the rebels a heavy price, and they even had to cheat with warp magic to break through them.

Now, the human expeditionary force is on the offensive, while the Ork are defending the star system.

At this very moment, it's a battle of offense and defense!
The veterans who had experienced the Sun Wars and the Siege of Terra immediately revealed a cryptic smile on their faces.

The wonder of fortune's ever-changing nature lies in this.

A familiar figure followed Rosie. After Adam escaped from Danteok's dimensional space, he followed his creator father closely.

Wherever Rosie goes, Adam goes too, and Adam simply follows, as if this gives him a great sense of satisfaction.

The child that Roxi created himself only stayed by his side for a few years before they had to be separated into two universes.

This was an exceptionally cruel reality for both of them, but relatively speaking, the younger Adam had to endure more pain.

Adam was eager to prove his progress to Rose, so he presented Rose with the beast that had been cut into human stumps and then placed in a static field as proof of his growth.

“I am delighted with your progress. Back then, you were still clueless and just followed Ryan and the others to learn. Now you are capable of dealing with such a powerful beast warlord.”

“I’m proud of you, but I don’t want you to be complacent or even arrogant. You should maintain this momentum and keep working hard.”

Rosie didn't say anything serious; he simply gave Adam instructions in a guiding and instructive tone.

However, for the Iron Man leader, this was more precious than any reward.

As long as I can stay by my father's side and hear his teachings and praise, any price I pay is worth it.

Adam memorized every word and pause that Rosie spoke, using it as a guide to motivate himself.

The Emperor's Wrath, the War Room.

"Similar to the original Solar War, the Ork Orcs have also transformed every planet in the galaxy into a heavily armed fortress."

"Vulcan said in a deep voice, his eyes always involuntarily glancing at Guilliman, while the Limit Lord's face was slightly flushed, he knew what Vulcan was implying.

His late arrival to reinforce Terra is an incident that can never be forgotten.

"Moreover, in terms of overall strength, the Ork Orcs were far larger than our Terra garrison at the time."

"Only a few depleted Space Marine legions are stationed on Terra, along with the heavily damaged Solar Auxiliary Force, the Imperial Navy, and the Machinist Order, which was severely weakened after the Civil War, to assist in the operation."

"The home star system of the green-skinned orcs before us, conservatively estimated, has trillions of orcs."

“Indeed, my lord.” The Black Knight stepped forward and expressed his opinion.

"Back then, I was stationed on the Pluto defense line, serving as a bridgehead in the solar system's defense perimeter, and I bore the brunt of the rebels' pressure."

"Horus did not launch a direct assault because although his strength was greater than that of the Terran defenders, if he expended too much energy, he might not be able to completely conquer Terra, the ultimate target."

"Horus doesn't want to blow Terra into space junk; he wants to take over the Throne World as the place where he will ascend the throne."

"The Alpha Legion has also been infiltrating, harassing, and disrupting our defense systems, trying to create more chaos and give them opportunities to attack."

Guilliman's eyes twitched upon hearing this.

“I know that later, during the Battle of Hydrastar Fortress, my Imperial Fist brother personally killed Alpharis with his chainsaw sword.”

"But our enemies are Orcs, so infiltration and stealth are pointless. We can't possibly hide from them."

"Moreover, infiltration and sabotage are often not very useful against a race that can assemble waste and garbage into working devices and weapons."

"The enemy doesn't need to spend much effort or time to repair what has been damaged."

The Alpha Legion was able to infiltrate the area because of their superior stealth skills and psionic disguise abilities.

In front of the Orcs who are capable of thinking things through, it is extremely difficult not to be seen through.

Those who lack Waaagh energy and cannot resonate with it must be spies sent by humans.

“I understand that infiltration is simply not feasible,” Sigismund admitted.

"Later, Horus used a large-scale sacrifice to unleash evil warp magic, allowing his army to traverse the long distance between Neptune and Terra, bringing the Soul of Vengeance right under Terra's nose."

"We might try to emulate Horus's tactics. Regardless of whether the Wolf God betrayed us, he was one of the strongest strategists among mankind. This approach is at least better than a direct assault."

Lothie and the Primarchs unanimously agreed with Sigismund's view that having a precedent to learn from was better than starting from scratch.

Moreover, both Guilliman and Vulcan were Primarchs who cherished their offspring greatly, and if given a choice, they would certainly consider how to reduce casualties.

It's better to go slower than to have too many casualties.

"We have tens of thousands of naval warships, and a combat white dwarf star that can serve as the spearhead to breach the orcs' gates."

Sigismund has learned the specifics about the battle against the white dwarf.

The combat white dwarf has an extremely terrifying mass and powerful defensive capabilities due to its super-high density.

It can use the gravitational effect of its own mass to release gravitational storms and create spatial rifts for long-range precision attacks.

The combination of multiple advantages creates an offensive weapon that is almost impossible to counter.

The Son of Dorne almost instinctively put himself in the defensive position, and he had been thinking about how to defend against the white dwarf.

However, Imperial Fist pondered for a long time but could not come up with a feasible solution.

Most defensive measures other than the Void Shield are ineffective against spatial weapons; even the most fortified fortresses cannot withstand the cutting power of spatial rifts.

Unless they can use space weapons to defend against space weapons in the same way, the defenders will inevitably be overwhelmed by continuous attacks from space rifts.

But even the Void Shield, how long can it withstand the heavy blows of the spatial rift without overloading?

The Void Shield, capable of protecting the entire planet, consumes an astronomical amount of energy. Even the Holy Terra's Aegis system only covers the Royal Palace area.

Fortunately, it is humanity that possesses space weapons and the ability to fight white dwarfs; they are the ones on the offensive.

"We can use the combat white dwarf to destroy the outermost defensive line of the orc base first, and then continuously draw the Ork forces away, diverting their attention to the outer battlefield."

"Then we can imitate Horus's feint attack and strike at the heart of the matter, attacking the Orcs' homeworld."

As Sigismund recounted his strategy, his gaze shifted to Danteok.

“We don’t have the help of the warp, but we do have [witchcraft] that allows us to deploy our army directly to the vicinity of the Greenskins, thus attacking the Orks from both sides.”

"However, this tactic requires Danteok's special abilities to work with it. Can you guarantee that you can do it?"

Sigismund called Danteok's power "magic" because, in his view, only psychic magic could hide an entire Astartes army in a dimensional space and then directly transfer it to a specific battlefield when appropriate.

The secret of Danteok possessing the Star God Fragment was something Loxi couldn't spread around; everyone only knew that this commander of the Nirvana Steel Legion possessed extraordinary power.

"Yes, but I can't move too many warships and troops; there's a limit."

Danteok pondered for a few seconds before answering with certainty.

"Eight hundred warships is my limit. If it exceeds this number, I cannot guarantee your safety 100%."

Loshi understood that Danteok meant not that his dimensional space couldn't handle more external objects, but that he couldn't protect these objects from the influence of the dimensional space.

That is, after all, another dimension. If you enter it without protection, you may be eroded by the dimensional space.

"That's enough. This is a deadly dagger thrust into the enemy's heartland. We don't need that many warships and troops."

Guilliman, Vulcan, and many other high-ranking Space Marines quickly devised the final strategy.

First, the battle dwarf will lead the majority of the fleet to attack the orcs' defensive system from the outside, drawing the attention of the main orc force.

Loshi and Danteok then acted alone, relying on their stealth to quickly move to the vicinity of the Greenskins, and then used dimensional space to deploy the strike fleet into the heart of the Orcs.

The key to this plan is dimensional space, since performing a warp jump directly from the Ork stronghold would be suicidal.

The surging waaagh energy can interfere with most things related to the subspace.

……

The Orcs have amassed a large number of troops and warships in their homeland.

They are prepared to drag the human expeditionary force into a quagmire of war.

The orcs hollowed out all the planets in the galaxy and poured all the materials into building the defense system.

Under the command of the tech masters, countless green-skinned boys worked day and night to reinforce the defenses, and many of them even died from exhaustion every day.

The orc commander gathered the battle moons from the nearby cosmos, forming a defensive line composed of battle moons.

If humanity triggers one of them, the other battle moons will immediately react.

Once these Ork war fortresses are fully deployed, they will be an absolute nightmare for any enemy intending to attack.

As time passed, tens of thousands of human warships gradually arrived at the outer edge of the Orc star system.

Even the Ork were amazed by the sheer number of humans; if humans were to launch a massive military campaign, they would be no less formidable than the Greenskins.

But so what?
If humanity wants to destroy them, it must throw its military forces into the death meat grinder to be consumed.

Every Ork is ready to return to Mao's side; war and death are necessities of life for them.

To die a glorious death in a great battle is an honor for the Orcs.

However, to the Orcs' surprise, the humans did not send out those warships to launch a strong attack.

The Orcs have become accustomed to the humans' tactics: first, use warships for long-range attacks, then use light spears, macro cannons, and torpedoes to inflict tons of damage, before closing in and deploying Space Marines for boarding attacks, quickly dismantling the enemy from within.

Especially when in a disadvantageous situation, boarding is a tried-and-tested tactic for humans, to the point that the Ork have now formed specialized boarding units to counter human tactics.

But now, things have changed.

At the forefront of the human ranks was a white celestial body that was rotating at an extremely high speed.

As this celestial body rotates, it continuously emits a cold, pale light. Its diameter is approximately 12,000 kilometers, and the surface temperature generally exceeds 10,000 degrees Celsius.

The Orcs' detectors have issued a sharp, piercing danger alarm.

Most Orks don't understand what's so terrifying about white dwarfs; their barren minds can't comprehend things they can't directly observe.

Even the Orcs aren't omnipotent; they can only contemplate things they already know, and cannot imagine things that don't exist.

Only the clever young technicians and master technicians understood just how terrifying the mass and density of the celestial body before them was; once a white dwarf started to rage, it would unleash devastating destructive power.

If this white dwarf collides with their battle planet, then it will be them that are shattered.

Humans didn't give the Orcs much time to react.

"Loshi finally completed the main functional construction of this combat white dwarf under our urging."

"He told us that we couldn't create a combat white dwarf by hand, but I know he's always too cautious. If we just put a little pressure on him, he can always surprise us."

Guilliman was quite pleased with himself; his relationship with Rose mostly consisted of him begging her for help. Despite Rose's constant complaints, she almost always got her way.

Guilliman also tasted the benefits; losing face was nothing compared to the tangible advantages.

"Now, let's test what this so-called space weapon is really like."

Guilliman then ordered the battle white dwarf to begin creating spatial rifts.

On this extremely dense celestial body, a portion of its internal space was hollowed out by Rosie's psychic power.

A massive dimensional engine is generating a roar, not only maintaining the stability of the white dwarf's internal space, but also enveloping the entire planet in a special force field.

The warship commanders, selected from the best of the human fleet, were placed inside the combat white dwarf.

They received urgent orders from the Primarch, requiring them to familiarize themselves with the celestial fortress as quickly as possible and to bring it into full combat capability.

These commanders were experts in most forms of space naval warfare, and each of them had personally commanded their warships to defeat the enemy with fewer troops.

However, piloting the combat white dwarf was a first for them, and no one knew whether this behemoth could perform as described.

"Generate spatial fissures."

"Target locked."

"Release the spatial rift, may the Emperor bless us."

The commanders inside the combat white dwarf silently recited the command, cleared their minds of all distractions, and decisively pressed the button on the weapon system.

The dimensional engine released a powerful force field, controlling the white dwarf's terrifying gravity to concentrate within a narrow spatial area.

Gravity can bend space, and supermassive gravitational bodies like black holes can create a singularity in space, constantly devouring all matter, energy, and information.

While white dwarfs may not have the mass to reach that level, they can still create space rifts under suitable conditions.

The physical universe began to crumble and break apart under the immense gravitational pull, and then a pitch-black line appeared before humanity's eyes.

Its presence is extremely faint, looking like a black line drawn by an ignorant child with an oil paintbrush.

This black line is a spatial rift, an error caused by the disorder of the rules of the real universe.

Spatial rifts are a flaw in terms of the integrity of the universe, so even if left unattended, they will gradually be eliminated by the self-healing power of space.

The black line moved faster than the speed of light, and in an instant, it struck a battle moon that was blocking the planet's path.

On that battle moon, a hideous orc face flashed conspicuously, and the massive defensive fortress stretched out in the shape of fangs—just as the Ork orcs had imagined the majestic form of Gogo.

Orc totems are not merely decorations; for the Orcs, a race capable of harnessing power through thought, their totems serve as a medium that resonates with the waaagh energy of all orcs.

The fierce eyes of the Gogo Totem released a scorching green light, which, condensed from pure Waaagh energy, formed an energy shield on the surface of the battle moon, resisting the attack from the human white dwarf.

"Our Gao Ge's gaze is invincible!"

"Don't even think about breaking through our defenses so easily! We'll show the humans what we're made of!"

The mastermind on the battle moon roared inwardly. He saw the energy shield condensed in the sky seem to ripple before disappearing without a trace.

"That's it? That's it?" The orc Techba laughed so hard he clutched his stomach. The human's attack, all bark and no bite, was so ridiculous that it made Ork laugh his head off.

Seeing this, Guilliman was not in a hurry.

He never expected that a space weapon could destroy the Battle Moon's defenses in one strike; such an idea was simply unrealistic.

"Second launch space rift".

Guilliman's eyes were fixed on the screen, and then he issued a second command.

Inside the battle white dwarf, the commanders, who were also under immense psychological pressure, took a deep breath and pressed the attack button again.

"Energy module supply is normal, reactor load power is 23%."

"Regenerate a spatial rift, target Ork Battle Moon."

The energy source of the battle white dwarf is none other than this extreme celestial body that continuously releases high-temperature radiation.

By drawing energy and matter from the white dwarf, this celestial fortress is able to maintain its operation continuously.

Even when necessary, it can extract a brief burst of power by burning the mass of a planet.

Loshi was also monitoring the operation of the battle white dwarf, constantly analyzing the smallest data changes in his mind to ensure that the war fortress would not fail at a critical moment.

The battle white dwarf once again emitted the eerie light of a spatial rift, and upon its birth, it arrived at the surface of the orcs' battle moon at faster-than-light speed.

The spatial rift struck the energy shield once more, but this time, the previously sturdy shield was torn in two right before everyone's eyes.

The shields formed by the Orcs using Waaagh energy are indeed very strong.

However, compared to the human's void shield, this energy shield may be more effective in resisting low-speed attacks and psionic attacks, but its capacity is weaker.

The Void Shield is not strictly a shield, but an energy field with a deflection effect that can directly transfer attack energy exceeding the speed limit to the subspace.

The only way to break the Void Shield is to overload its power reactor or reduce the initial velocity to pass directly through its coverage area.

Once the Void Shield collapses, it can quickly rise again if the energy supply is restored.

Once the Ork's waaagh energy shield exceeds its limit, it immediately collapses and is destroyed, and it is extremely difficult to repair it again in a short period of time.

The torn-up battle moon shield consumed some of the spatial rift's energy, but the spatial rift, which hadn't completely dissipated, directly entered the scrap metal armor on the surface of the Gogo totem and disappeared from human observation.

The Orcs were completely baffled, having no idea what the humans were doing.

Only the orc technicians and master technicians vaguely sensed from their ancient genetic memories that the black line released by the humans was an extremely powerful attack method.

Nothing unusual happened on the surface of the moon during the battle; there were no explosions, no burning, no cataclysmic shockwaves, and no deadly radiation.

Until an Orc curiously pointed his finger at the area through which the spatial rift passed, an extremely fine crack appeared on the smooth metal surface of the Battle Moon.

The crack rapidly spread across the surface of the Battle Moon. The Ork stared in disbelief as the crack suddenly began to widen in the next second, and then the Battle Moon's metal armor and crust began to separate.

The earth shook violently, and some of the higher mountains and orc buildings collapsed and crumbled in the sudden earthquake. Rolling rocks fell from the heights, smashing the stunned Orks into a bloody pulp.

"So this finger of mine is this powerful..." The orc only had time to think this before he was slammed under the giant rock with a thud, and only green blood flowed out.

The intensity of the earthquake has exceeded the limits of measurement, as even the planet itself has begun to break apart under its force.

The battle moon is like an orange that has been sliced ​​open with a sharp knife. Its outer skin is easily peeled away, while the flesh inside begins to move under the influence of its own gravity.

The orcs' moon's internal geological structure has been destroyed, and no one can stop this massive earthquake that will sweep across the entire planet before a new pressure balance is established.

Countless Orks fell directly into the cracks in the earth, disappearing without a trace amidst the compressed rock layers and collapsing mountains, as if they had never existed.

The numerous orc anti-aircraft guns, fortified strongholds, production facilities, and engines that propelled the moon's movement on the surface of the battle moon were all destroyed in the collapse disaster.

"Battle Moon is finished."

"They destroyed the orc war fortress that had been a huge headache for us, with just two spatial rift strikes."

On the command bridge of the Imperial Wrath, Guilliman, Vulcan, Loshi, and a host of other high-ranking Astartes commanders witnessed firsthand the devastation of space weapons.

Roche showed little surprise; in his calculations, these were all inevitable events.

Everything in the world can lie, except for mathematics and calculation.

Guilliman, on the other hand, was filled with shock and ecstasy. He kept patting Vulcan's back with his right hand, which made the Lord of Fire Dragons both amused and exasperated.

Guilliman's power was nothing to him, and Vulcan was too embarrassed to spoil his brother's fun, so he could only silently endure it.

"Space is the sharpest weapon; even the strongest defenses will be torn apart in the face of spatial rifts."

"Perhaps I can draw inspiration from this and forge a weapon with spatial rifts as its blade."

The Lord of Fire Dragons was always thinking about how to forge more powerful weapons. Under the shock of spatial weapons, many wonderful ideas also emerged in his mind.

"Even the combat moon can only withstand two spatial rifts, so other warships, even the Thundercloud-class planetary warships, probably won't be able to withstand more than a few."

"The Void Shield can generate a semi-transparent bubble around the warship. It is this bubble that diverts the attack to the warp. The Void Shield is more effective against spatial rifts, but it consumes a huge amount of energy every time it withstands an attack."

The atmosphere on the command bridge immediately became joyful.

"Our space weapons are indeed very powerful, but we need more real data to test their stability and sustained output capability."

"Pass on my order to continue launching space weapon strikes against the Ork's defenses and destroy their key defensive targets."

At Guilliman's command, the battle white dwarf transformed into a giant turret, continuously gathering its own gravity to disrupt the surrounding spatial structure and release spatial rifts.

This extreme celestial body doesn't have many attack methods. Apart from the simplest and most brutal impact, it uses its own super gravity to distort objects.

Now that space weapons have been added as a primary means of output, its attack methods have instantly become more flexible and varied.

Good news for humans is bad news for the Ork.

Perhaps during the War of Heaven, the Kork orcs, who possessed a complete technology tree bestowed upon them by the Old Ones, also had the ability to use and defend against spatial weapons.

However, the Orcs, who are constantly degenerating, have long lost the ability to defend against this attack that is closer to the essence of the rules.

The Orks only saw their battle moon destroyed by a bizarre human attack in a short time; they did not have enough time or resources to understand the true nature of the situation.

Under these circumstances, the morale of the Ork was severely damaged. Although there was no sign of them cowering or fleeing, their fighting spirit was far from what it had been at the beginning.

The battle moon was directly destroyed by two black lines, which was not waaagh at all, and there was absolutely no fun in the war.

But the Ork warlords didn't have time to think about all that.

They all received orders from their superiors to hold their ground and keep the despicable humans out of the galaxy.

Their leader, Kork, is on Greenskin Star. This orc emperor holds irreplaceable significance for the entire orc empire of the Ghoul Stars.

As long as the orc emperor is alive, their empire will not be destroyed or collapse.

But if the Kork orcs are dead, then who among them would be qualified to unite all the orcs again?
Even Bloodhowl Zak, the most powerful and prestigious of Kirk's subordinates, did not have enough power to subdue the other beast warlords.

"Everyone, hold them off! We absolutely cannot let those shrimps break through our defenses."

“I don’t believe they can use those black line weapons indefinitely. Moreover, our tech master discovered that the white dwarf needs a period of preparation before it can be activated. We can use this time difference to destroy the white dwarf.”

"Let's send all our battle planets together! Even if we have to crash into it, we'll smash that damned white dwarf to pieces!"

The fighting moon, which was forming a defensive line within the galaxy, can no longer maintain its passive defensive posture.

Together with other green-skinned warships, they surged toward the battle white dwarf like an interstellar green tide.

The Orcs have discovered a weakness in human space weapons: spatial rifts can only move along the straight lines of the rift, while space naval warfare is a three-dimensional war, and insufficiently dense spatial rifts can only attack a small portion of the targets.

This means that as long as they remain dispersed, they can still use their numerical advantage to resist humans.

The orcs' big move naturally did not escape the surveillance of countless human warship scanning arrays, which happened exactly to coincide with the human's strategic deployment.

Countless Orcs began to surge toward the edge of the galaxy to resist the fierce onslaught of humanity.

This is exactly the result that humans need. If the orcs gather a large number of troops on the front line, then the rear will definitely fall into a relatively empty state.

The absence of cover behind gave humans the opportunity to raid their base.

When Loshi and Danteok sneak to the vicinity of Greenskin and release those eight hundred Imperial warships, the orcs will discover that humanity's true killing move has never been the seemingly unstoppable White Dwarf.

(End of this chapter)