Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 160 Small Internet Path Entrance
The Night Guardians are very powerful, but they still have the physical structure of ordinary humans, and they will still die if a single vital organ is damaged.

Their combat power may not be weaker than Astartes, but their survivability is still limited by the physical structure of ordinary humans when facing enemies much stronger than themselves.

It's not the theft itself that's scary, but the thief's eye on you. Gao Yi didn't want to be constantly on guard against the assassinations of these clowns, whose assassinations had caused numerous casualties to the dynasty's guards.

There's no reason why a blood feud shouldn't be avenged.

There are many troupes to which clowns belong, each with its own style and purpose. A troupe usually consists of only a few or a dozen people, but this time the attackers have brought at least most of the clowns from that troupe.

Gao Yi needs to find a way to stop them here.

Malfi, having just experienced war, once again declared martial law.

Soldiers were stationed in the streets and alleys.

These clowns couldn't have appeared here for no reason; the most likely explanation is that Malfi is also hiding a small entrance to the network.

Regarding the location of the Webway, Gao Yi had no doubt that it could appear anywhere. After all, there was a Webway gate on the moon, which was so close to Terra. If the plot required it, Gao Yi wouldn't be surprised if another entrance appeared on Terra besides the one opened by the Emperor.

Gao Yi changed into his own equipment. After all, his physical body could not compare with the sturdy metal. If he had had armor and weapons before, Gao Yi would not have been in such a sorry state.

But who would wear armor 24 hours a day without taking it off? Gao Yi didn't want to become like Tychus, completely bound inside his combat suit.

Although the armor has a complete life support system, the fact that he has to eat, drink, and relieve himself inside the combat suit is clearly unacceptable to Gao Yi.

The search for this group of clowns continued for several days, but still yielded no results.

The divination magic of ordinary human psionicists is like that of a child in front of this group of psionic beings.

Kerrigan was furious when she learned that Gao Yi had been attacked.

Since the last time it ended, her body, like Gao Yi's, still had a large amount of undigested spiritual energy remaining in it. With the infusion of this spiritual energy, Kerrigan, who originally looked only 10 years old, now looked like she was fourteen or fifteen years old.

The undigested psionic energy allowed Kerrigan to unleash even stronger psionic power than she would under normal circumstances.

During this period, all the residents of the Nest City who could see the sky would look up at the sky from time to time.

A miniature sphere, constantly emitting golden light, hovered in the sky.

Kerrigan, now transformed into the Queen of Blades, is controlling the Zerg swarm.

Witnessing this incredible scene and the continuous emergence of the God Emperor's power, the square where the God Emperor's statue stood was filled with believers who, led by priests, prayed continuously to the sphere.

Using this excess psionic energy, Kerrigan temporarily hatched a large number of Overlords.

Rangers and Night Watchers are searching the city.

Meanwhile, on the desolate surface of the planet, a large number of Overlords, floating as nodes in the Zerg network, are weaving a tight and complex monitoring network in Malfurion.

The Queen Insects continuously released their insectoid psionic energy, probing every inch of the wasteland in an attempt to find the whereabouts of these clowns.

Meanwhile, the Flying Bugs were released into the wasteland to explore canyons, pits, forests, and other lands that might be safe from the Overlord's surveillance.

"Prophet Lemir, did you see the strange phenomenon in the sky? That is the power of the Corpse King."

“That is not human. It is a creature we do not know, and it may also be the new performer mentioned by the great God of Laughter.”

Lemir murmured, feeling a sense of fear from the psionic energy Kerrigan was displaying.

At this moment, the group of clowns were slowly moving along in a hovercraft called the Void Weavers.

The anti-gravity force makes its movement almost silent.

A unique stealth technology allowed these Weavers to evade detection.

Lemi looked up at the sky, and the ferocious-looking Earth King Insects made him frown. His powerful psionic level allowed him to clearly sense that they were also covered by a special psionic network, and any mistake they made could be detected.

Meanwhile, swarms of springtails were approaching them from afar.

Every now and then, swarms of roaring dragons flew overhead. Lemir called out to the clown who was about to launch an attack prematurely and ordered him to shut down the Weaver's engine. Lemir was confident in their stealth technology; these strange creatures were simply on patrol.

Sure enough, the springtails brushed past them.

"The unknown aliens bear some resemblance to the Tyranids? Are they some kind of variant?"

"Impossible. That all-consuming will would not cooperate with the Corpse Emperor, much less serve Him."

"Prophet Lemir, what should we do now? Should we stay here and look for an opportunity to kill that human?"

“Under these circumstances, assassination is no longer possible. We need to return to the Web Path as soon as possible and unite with the forces of the Dark Eldar and the Ark Eldar. With their assistance, we will eventually have a chance.”

Even the most fanatical of the Dark Eldar would heed his advice.

The God of Laughter seems to be putting his idea of ​​not putting all his eggs in one basket into practice.

While guiding the troupe to kill Gao Yi, they still sent out other clowns to assist humanity in preparing for their next operation against Kadia.

The search for the clown remains unresolved.

Just when Gao Yi thought the group of clowns had left Malfi, the Ohmu that filled the air finally sensed the unusual psionic reaction.

When large numbers of Zerg and Rangers arrived at the location where the psionic reaction had occurred, they were transported by ships.

All that remained were the corpses of springtails scattered on the ground, and the overlords hovering nearby were also shot down.

The small net trail entrance in the nearby canyon has been closed.

"Father, they killed the Zerg monitoring nearby before the swarm could react, but it seems they took some of the Zerg corpses with them."

"If the other party doesn't destroy it and wants to attempt research, if I enter the network, I might have a chance to sense the existence of this corpse."

Hearing this, Gao Yi understood that the independence of the network path and the subspace and physical universe had at least yielded some results.

However, Gao Yi was helpless as he stood in front of the gate to the net.

The structure made of spirit bones has a distinct Eldar alien style.

The human empire has discovered quite a few entrances, some large and some small, with the larger ones floating in the void large enough to allow warships to pass through.

The small ones are like the entrance in front of Gao Yi, only large enough for small vehicles to pass through.

However, no matter how much the empire researched, it could not find a way to open it. Even the God Emperor spent a lot of money and only managed to open up a small distance in the network channel.

Although the current Webpath contains everything—demons, orcs, aliens, and even a burly man racing his offspring within it—it remains the most valuable legacy the Eldar inherited from the Old Ones.

It is also the foundation upon which the Spirit Race depends for its survival.

"Try to destroy it! If that doesn't work, completely seal it off. Order a thorough search of all planets within the dynasty's territory to prevent any hidden network entrances from existing!"
Send a message to the expanded area to raise the alert level!

Gao Yi believed that since the clown had already attacked him, their actions were definitely not limited to this; they might even incite other spirit races to attack the dynasty's territory.

Besides Chaos... now there's another enemy.

Gao Yi currently has no means to counter the network, so this is the only thing he can do. However, the defense network established by the members of the dynasty is already perfect, so even in the event of a large-scale conflict, Gao Yi is not worried. What he fears most is an attack from the shadows.

"It's a pity we couldn't stop that prophet, otherwise we might have been able to unlock the Protoss!"

Gao Yi secretly regretted it, but he now had a clear direction for unlocking the Star Spirits.

Meanwhile, Lemir and his clowns have also begun to follow the net in different directions.

Lemir himself went to Comoros to confront the Dark Eldar, while the other members of the Jester went to different Arkworlds of the Ark Eldar to carry out their own plans.

(End of this chapter)