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Chapter 241 Terra Climate Change Event

November 12, 761 - M41
Throne World - Terra - Office of the Minister of the Interior

Terra, also known as Sacred Terra, was called Earth in ancient times. It was the home of humankind, the resting place of emperors, and the most sacred and respected place in the empire.

As the capital of the Empire, Terra is also home to the main headquarters of many important Imperial organizations, including the Central Government, the Interior Ministry, and the Military Ministry, as well as the four secret orders outside the state church within the Battle Sisters hierarchy.

After a busy day, the Minister of the Interior finally escaped from the complicated internal meetings and returned to his office to begin approving documents that had already been screened by the Ministry of the Interior but still required his decision-making.

pat~
The external nodes that assist in neural thinking begin to vibrate, waking the body's owner according to the preset time.

The energizing drug, formulated by Terra's best biotechnologists, was injected into the brain, forcibly waking the dazed brain before it could even savor the taste of awakening.

How long ago was your last sleep?
With the Imperial Guards by his side, he was able to get a short rest during his journey.

Click~
As the office doors opened, the Minister of the Interior, with a heavy heart, slowly moved from the Throne of the Thinker into the radiant hall.

Numbness. The ambition to control the empire had long been numbed by the endless documents. The Minister of the Interior felt like a corpse bound to a life support vessel, unable to do anything but think.

Upon glancing up, he was greeted by a mountain of documents, but the Minister of the Interior decisively ignored them and went to his desk to begin processing the stack of documents that was visibly fewer and newer than the other piles of papers.

This is a top priority in the world of Thrones.

wow~
As he picked up the papers, a silent old servant promptly served him a prepared drink and, taking advantage of this private time, began to examine and adjust the Minister of the Interior's physical condition, as well as adjust the temperature of the entire hall to the most comfortable level.

Terra's weather has gotten hotter lately.

During his standby period, he also witnessed several mushroom clouds rising over Terra Wilderness.

The man before him was the sixth Minister of the Interior to whom he served.

The Minister of the Interior raised his hand and picked up the pen.

The accompanying Imperial Guards had begun reviewing other documents, hoping to find the information he was looking for.

The Minister of the Interior did not show any anger at losing power.

Anyway, he can't finish it all.

These imperial guards, while conducting reviews, also assist the Ministry of the Interior in signing non-sensitive documents, thus relieving some of the administrative pressure on the Ministry from other star sectors.

It is said that before the six Grand Secretaries, they were able to find time to handle affairs outside the Throne World, and even communicate with the four Primarchs in the Extreme Starfield.

However, as criticisms of Terra came from the Primarchs, the entire Terra, led by the Imperial Guard, entered a state of self-censorship.

At first, everyone was optimistic about it.

The Throne World, where they grew up, is the headquarters of many important departments of the Empire. If there were any problems, they would have known long ago. How could you Primarchs of unknown origin, who may have never even set foot on Terra, understand Terra better than they do?
But who knew that the more they investigated, the more problems they found, and the bigger they became.

Genetic mutations were identified as a threat of aliens.

The secret society was traced back to Alpharex.

The investigation revealed it to be a demonic invasion, stemming from heretical beliefs.

The scope of the impact and the magnitude of the consequences are unprecedented.

In addition, due to the various high-yield weapons being detonated on Terra's surface either by Heretic Xenomorphs or to eliminate Heretic Xenomorphs, Terra's average temperature rose by about 5°C over the course of ten years.

They haven't finished killing them yet.

Affairs in the Throne World began to escalate exponentially, as Terra had fallen into a serious chain of suspicion, with no one knowing whether their family members were trustworthy, or even whether they themselves were trustworthy.

In ten years, the Minister of the Interior has changed six times, which is unprecedented in the history of the empire.

And they weren't even the most outrageous. The neighboring Inquisition had gone through thirteen Supreme Inquisitors in a row, especially the Holy Hammer Order, which was responsible for the demonic threat and suffered heavy casualties.

Yes, the devil.

With the bombs that Terra had not yet planted detonated prematurely, the gods of the High Heavens were certainly unwilling to let their long-term plan fail so easily. Demons with Khorne as their main component also came into the view of the entire Empire's high command and a large number of lower-level civil servants.

As a Grey Knight tasked with purging demons, no matter how obsessed he is, he couldn't possibly kill all the nobles and officials in the Throne World, right?
Is the empire still functioning?

So after symbolically swearing an oath of secrecy and vowing never to leave Terra for all eternity, these civil servants continued doing what they were supposed to do at the Ministry of the Interior.

But this also sowed the seeds of future trouble.

Because of the immense pressure exerted by the Imperial departments over the past millennia, coupled with the discovery of divine powers beyond the Emperor, heretical issues are now emerging one after another within each department.

The Grey Knights and the Inquisition's Holy Hammer Order no longer need to roam the entire galaxy; they have plenty of work to do right here on Terra.

wow~
When he picked up the first document, he couldn't help but frown in pain.

The Navigator District, a giant island floating on the surface of Terra, is the sanctuary of the Navigator family, which has been invaded by heretics.

Alpharex, along with disguised mortal agents, injected an unstable toxin into the genes of several Navigator families, contaminating their genetic makeup.

The infected became highly unstable psionicists, their third eye often directly connected to the most dangerous areas of the Sea of ​​Souls. The invasion ultimately ended in an Imperial victory, aided by the Space Wolves who provided security for the Belisarius Navigator family, but also resulted in extremely heavy casualties.

During the cleanup operation carried out by the arriving Grey Knights, a large number of contaminated navigators were executed.

The Belisarius family, a family of navigators, made a pact with the Wolf King Lemanrus as early as the Great Crusade. They provided navigators for the Space Wolves, while the Wolf Pack provided them with security services and fought wars that the Wolf Pack deemed necessary.

The agreement has been well fulfilled by both parties, and as a result, the Belisarius family remains one of the most powerful navigator families in the empire.

Following the War of the Beasts, the Imperial Guard passed the Terra Defense Act, which prohibited Space Marines from stationing troops on Terra. Due to the agreement, Space Wolf became the only Space Marine allowed to set foot on Terra's surface.

Of course, the Grand Marshal of the Royal Guard has now changed his mind. After all, given the current dire situation in Terra, even the Royal Guard needs to seek help from all sides.

The Imperial Fists are now stationed in what was once their monastery, operating as a rapid reaction force, and Chapter Masters are also able to participate in the Highlord Council for a better understanding of the situation in the Throne World.

"Hey~"

Sipping the beverage that tasted most delicious in his memory, the Minister of the Interior, who was beginning to allocate resources for the restoration of the Navigator Zone, couldn't help but let out a dry sigh.

The changes in the Throne World over the past decade have been more intense than those of the previous ten thousand years, second only to the Beast Wars in terms of their suddenness.

Hey~
A request for a meeting was made displeased by the Minister of the Interior, who was already numb from the tedious political affairs.

He did not recall having such a meeting scheduled.

"This is a meeting signed by the 692nd Minister of the Interior, von der Leyen, my lord. The members you are meeting with are Valerian, the captain of the Imperial Guard Shield Company, and Itu Hammertalion, the representative of the Ministry of State Affairs for the Dawn Wings."

The old servant, who had been waiting quietly, spoke up.

Oh, that was about his six previous relationships.

The Minister of the Interior immediately returned to his numb state and said:

"Invite them in."

The remote meetings between the Primarch and the Highlord Council had always impressed him.

In just three short years, the replanning of the political environment of Otlamar, the development and deployment plan of the Great Vortex, the centralized development plan of the Bar Star System as a sacred world, and the development strategy of the former site of the Tau Empire - now the Joint Exchange Zone of the Extreme Star Region were completed.

Based on this, then-Minister of the Interior Ursula von der Leyen issued a ten-year development report, with specific matters handled by the commander of the Imperial Guard and Itu Hammettalia, who was part of the Terra delegation at the time.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Less than a year later, von der Leyen died suddenly on duty while dealing with a series of problems that were breaking out in Terra.

Raising his hand and looking at his skin, which was already swollen from the overdose of medication, the Minister of the Interior felt that he was about to die.

"By the Emperor—"

Accompanied by the Imperial Guard, Hammertalion, having overcome numerous obstacles, finally met the Minister of the Interior, who was the same age as him.

Looking at Hammertalion, who was still much the same as he had been ten years ago, the Minister of the Interior felt a rare surge of jealousy.

He tugged at his stiff face and said:

"No need for pleasantries, let's get straight to the report."

"Yes, my lord."

Hammertalion quickly pushed a cart full of heavy documents, and with the help of the Guardsman Valerian, carried them to the Minister of the Interior.

This is an appendix. Subsequent documents will need to be reviewed by all parties before being compiled, entered into a booklet, and then submitted.

"My dear Itu"

He couldn't help but sigh.

"?"

"Can you describe it verbally?"

In despair, he picked up his pen, signed another document containing a pre-written proposal, and began to speak:

"I will look into the specifics later."

"Of course, sir."

Hammertalion looked at the documents and instantly understood the other party's predicament.

Unfortunately, compared to the High Lords who could occasionally attend family meetings after the end of the Apostolic Age, they had only experienced endless suffering in the years since the 'Rebirth of the Primarch'.

Terra alone is already a problem, and we also need to investigate the eight important subspace pathway nodes connecting Terra to the Solar System, and then expand outwards further.

In the memories of the transmigrators, apart from Wallas, the node planet closest to Terra, the remaining seven all fell at the speed of light during Abaddon's thirteenth Black Expedition, and deployed a large number of corrupted Blackstone creations. It can only be said that, like Terra, the problem existed very early on.

It can't be dealt with completely, it can't be dealt with at all.

(End of this chapter)