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Chapter 349: Grabbing Territory

The information brought by Vallis made Chen Xi think deeply.

After careful consideration, he decided to convene the Supreme Military Council of the Expeditionary Force immediately.

In the heavily guarded operations conference room, a holographic projector displays a strategic situation map of the star sector.

Chen Xi surveyed the commanders present and said in a deep voice, "According to reliable intelligence, the Space Necromancers possess a strategic weapon capable of destroying the entire star sector, with destructive power far exceeding any of our previous estimates."

The two lord generals of the Imperial Navy and the Star Force exchanged a knowing glance.

For them, this was just another routine operations meeting.

After all, in the Imperial Army's combat system, no matter how powerful the enemy is, the Navy is always responsible for maintaining the front line, while the Star Forces are destined to suffer heavy casualties.

If the war goes well, they can live and receive medals; if the situation deteriorates, they will either wait for reinforcements from Astartes or prepare to sacrifice themselves for the Emperor.

As for such unconventional weapons, they have always been a concern for Space Marines.

All eyes in the conference room turned to the three representatives of the Astartes Chapter.

Facing the gazes of everyone, Loken broke the silence first: "Commander, can you provide more specific information about this weapon? How does it operate? Where is it deployed? What is its activation status?"

Chen Xi pulled up a set of encrypted data and displayed it in the holographic projection: "It has been confirmed to be a fragment of the Star God. As I informed you all before, this time we have obtained conclusive evidence."

He showed her the detailed intelligence he had obtained from Valis, some of which were details that even a seasoned Thor player like himself was unaware of.

It is worth mentioning that although Valis showed rare goodwill towards humans, it was clearly inappropriate to have an Eldar appear at a high-level military meeting of the Empire.

Chen Xi adopted a compromise—fully adopting her intelligence, but not inviting her to the meeting in person.

This not only conformed to imperial tradition, but also avoided potential political disputes.

(The Elven girl's legs are longer than my life!)
Upon seeing the information about the Star God fragments presented by Chen Xi, Loken's face turned ashen, his brows furrowing into a deep frown.

Sigismund, sitting next to him, suddenly sat up straight, his voice rising an octave involuntarily: "This thing is terrifyingly powerful! Even your psionic titan might not be able to handle it, Commander. How are we going to deal with it?"

This question weighed heavily on everyone's minds like a boulder.

The power of the Star God Fragment has been described in sufficient detail in the intelligence reports—this transcendent existence that defies common sense can easily tear apart a planet's crust and turn the entire planet into a sea of ​​fire.

Through the information before them, they all gained a more intuitive understanding of this super entity.

“Make sure it isn’t released before it is.” Chen Xi’s voice was calm to the point of being cold; the answer was both unexpected and logical.

A collective gasp filled the meeting room, which quickly turned into a collective realization.

The Star God Fragment is indeed so powerful that it inspires despair. Even the space undead that imprison it cannot guarantee that they can put it back in its cage once the monster is released.

In fact, an astonishing number of Stargod fragments exist in the galaxy that are outside the control of the Necromancers. Besides the most famous Martian Dragon, one Stargod fragment even became the governor of a human planet.

These fragments of the Star Gods escaped from the control of the Necromancers of Space, so the wise thing to do is to never let them see the light of day again.

But this means that the Imperial army must not only completely crush the space undead, but also ensure that this world-destroying weapon is not activated.

Ventanus couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly, his face full of worry: "Does this mean we need to intervene in the war between the Necromancers and Orcs? To be frank, this is like playing with fire for the Empire."

“Yes, it’s like snatching chestnuts from the fire, the most dangerous kind.” Chen Xi tapped his fingertip on the holographic sand table, and the 3D image of Kiev immediately magnified: “One wrong move and it could trigger a volcanic eruption.”

At this point, Chen Xi paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the conference room.

The holographic projection switched to a real-time battle scene—the living metal legion of the Necromancers was fighting the Orc war machines on the surface of Kiev, with thousands of combat units turning into scrap metal every second.

“But we have no choice!” His voice suddenly became firm and powerful: “If the war is allowed to continue, the Necrons of Space will eventually use this superweapon to end it.”

Chen Xi slammed his fist heavily on the table, making a dull metallic clang.

The conference room fell into a deathly silence.

Chen Xi's sharp gaze slowly swept across everyone's face until everyone was stunned by the resolute fire burning in his eyes.

He stared at everyone present and said in an almost icy voice, "According to reliable intelligence, once the space necromancer releases this weapon, there is a high probability that it will go out of control and completely devour the space necromancer and orcs."

After devouring the orcs and space necromancers, it will become incredibly powerful, powerful enough to incinerate an entire star sector!

We have no choice! We must find this weapon before it is released and prevent it from being released!

These words silenced the entire conference room once again.

Everyone looked at each other, and saw hesitation, doubt, and worry in each other's eyes.

But in the end, everyone could only give one answer: "For the Emperor!"
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The entire Rostov sub-sector was once again operating at high speed, with massive amounts of war resources and troops being mobilized, and warships and transport ships shuttling back and forth on the shipping lanes.

The empire's army was like a highly efficient war machine, already oiled, its engines ignited, and all its gears lubricated, rapidly taking off. Anything that stood in its way would be crushed by this terrifying war machine.

Everyone was convinced of this, because this time, their attack included not only the Imperial Navy and the Astral Army, but also organized units of the Astartes and Titan Legions!
Even the knightly families formed a massive array, charging into battle alongside the Titan Legion and the Imperial Army.

However, this rumbling war machine did not directly crush the Empire's enemies, but instead spread out like a net throughout the Rostov sub-sector, occupying planets that were not controlled by the space necromancers.

Even if there are planets controlled by space necromancers in a star system, as long as other planets have not been occupied, they will not hesitate to drop airdrop pods and begin to occupy and build them.

They were putting on an act as if they were taking advantage of the deadly battle between the Necromancers and Orcs in space to quickly seize territory.

(End of this chapter)