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Chapter 250 The Grand Plan and Reinforcements
Ahriman proposed a plan, a plan that Chen Xi found a bit unsettling the moment she heard it—in fact, it was so outrageous that Chen Xi momentarily doubted whether she had misheard.

Together with the three Supreme Wizards, he unleashed a psionic spell that would tear a warp rift in the Crown of the Necromancers and summon a massive army of Chaos Demons.

Yes, you heard right, it's the Chaos Demons, those twisted, insane, and uncontrollable warp entities.

Yes, that's Ahriman's plan: to use the summoned Chaos Demons to attack the Necromancers in space, thus buying time for the expeditionary force to receive more reinforcements.

Simply put, it's about letting demons and the undead consume each other, while humans reap the benefits—at least in theory.

After listening, Chen Xi remained silent for a few seconds with a subtle expression.

This plan does indeed possess a certain eerie feasibility, after all, space necromancers are extremely averse to warp contamination, and chaos demons would never let go of any real-world cosmic node that could wreak havoc.

But the question is... is this thing really controllable?

Once the subspace rift is torn open, who knows what the consequences will be?
If the entire galaxy is dragged into the chaotic storm, the expeditionary force will be unable to provide reinforcements; a catastrophe will destroy everything.

Not to mention, the Empire's official stance is zero tolerance for chaos; even "temporary cooperation" is considered heresy.

"This plan is somewhat blasphemous and tinged with heresy." If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor had vouched for Ahriman's loyalty, Chen Xi would have really handed it over to Sister Silent to handle.

This plan sounds incredibly implausible.

Putting aside the question of whether those four things in the warp would interfere and cause Chen Xi to make a big mess of things if this plan were actually carried out, just the thought of how to clean up the mess after attracting the Chaos Demons is a headache in itself.

Of course, given Chen Xi's understanding of space necromancy, doing this would most likely be ineffective—and might even backfire.

The Necromancers are not like other aliens. As a powerful technological civilization that once fought against the Ancients in the War of Heaven, they possess the means to counter any supernatural threat.

These cold, metallic skeletons possess cutting-edge technology capable of completely suppressing psionic and warp powers.

After all, the Ancient Saints were an eternal race capable of cultivating the net in warp space, and their psychic abilities were almost unparalleled.

The Necromancers of space not only waged war against them, but also ultimately destroyed the Ancient Ones—if it weren't for specialized technology against psionic energy, they would probably have been crushed into dust by the Ancient Ones' psionic torrents long ago.

Not to mention the Black Stone technology of the Space Necromancer, which is itself a super technology that can suppress psionic energy and even shut down the Eye of Fear.

Those mysterious black obelisks can not only absorb psionic fluctuations, but also directly interfere with the boundary between reality and the warp.

In a sense, Blackrock technology could even close the Great Rift that will unfold in the future—after all, after the War of Heaven, the Necromancers of the galaxy used this technology to forcibly seal off the warp contamination of the entire galaxy.

Therefore, while Ahriman's plan may seem feasible, the risks far outweigh the benefits.

Once the Necromancer activates the Black Stone technology, not only will the summoned demons be instantly suppressed, but the caster himself might also suffer a backlash.

At that point, it won't be a matter of "delaying time" anymore; the expeditionary force may have to face the dual threat of both the undead and the out-of-control warp rifts.

However, after careful consideration, Chen Xi frowned and said to Aliman, "Listen, I have no additional support for you, only you and those three supreme wizards."

"Remember my conditions: no sacrifices of any kind, no prayers to those damned chaotic things, and the direction of the ritual must be completely random, without any definite direction." He stared intently into Ahriman's eyes: "Can you meet these conditions?"

“Of course, Commander! I assure you, the same mistake will not be made this time.” Ahriman gave Chen Xi an ancient 30k-era salute, then turned and left with the three silent Supreme Wizards.

Watching their retreating figures, Chen Xi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. He turned to the other three company commanders, his tone filled with obvious worry: "Keep a close eye on him!"

While I don't doubt his loyalty, you all know that warp and psionic energy—anything involving those things is bound to cause trouble.

“Don’t worry, Commander.” Sigismund nodded calmly. “We will be monitoring his every move 24 hours a day.”

Seeing Sigismund's resolute face, Chen Xi breathed a slight sigh of relief. He patted the old sage's shoulder armor: "I'll leave this to you! You guys discuss the defense deployment, I need to personally make a trip to the sector capital."

Thinking of the star sector capital, Chen Xi couldn't help but sigh again, saying helplessly, "Hopefully, we can coax some reinforcements out of those bureaucrats."

“Leave it to us,” Loken interjected, his tone as relaxed as if discussing a drill. “Although it’s not the real thing that’s coming, this level of warfare… isn’t quite at a point where we find it troublesome.”
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After handing over command of the expeditionary force to four 30k strongmen, Chen Xi, accompanied by a team of fully armed combat nuns as escorts, boarded the Inquisition's black ship and headed to the capital of the Mariupol Sector.

He had a dual mission on this trip: on the one hand, to give a detailed report on the battle situation of this expedition to the star sector leadership, and on the other hand, to request reinforcements.

The expeditionary force's current strength, under the command of four 30k elite soldiers, may be barely sufficient, but if it wants to continue advancing the front line, it will need to send in more reinforcements.

Chen Xi knew very well that facing an awakened undead dynasty, his existing strength was far from enough.

However, without a military force of the scale of the Badab War, it would be futile to completely resolve the issue of this undead dynasty.

Without enough Astartes warriors as the backbone, even if the Ministry of Military Affairs really brought in tens of millions of Astral Army soldiers for Chen Xi, they would only become cannon fodder on the battlefield.

Faced with the Necromancer's rebirth protocol and Gauss weapons, the sacrifice of ordinary soldiers is often meaningless.

However, Chen Xi did have a solution for the problem of Astartes reinforcements.

Chen Xi was confident that he could bring in a lot of reinforcements from the Holy Blood Angels side.

Although the Battle of Baal is fast approaching, there is still a buffer period of more than twenty years.

Moreover, Chen Xi doesn't need much; one or two companies of Saint Gilles' offspring would be enough.

Given the influence of the Rostov Holy Blessing Wine, Chen Xi believed that Dante would still be willing to send some reinforcements.

On the other hand, Chen Xi planned to borrow some manpower from the old guys in the Fist of the Empire.

He stroked his chin thoughtfully, toying with an exquisite container in his hand, inside which lay a perfectly preserved genetic seed.

"A complete Imperial Fist gene seed from the 30k era," Chen Xi muttered to himself. "I wonder if I can use this to persuade the Imperial Fist to send reinforcements?"

(End of this chapter)