Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 196 Where did you come from?

Gao Yi, who had temporarily left this section of the network, ordered the Spear of Adun to continue its exploration.

As the Spear of Adun advanced, Gao Yi lost track of how far he had already covered.

The concept of space is altered within the network.

Along the way, we saw some Eldar cities that had been completely reduced to ruins, and even encountered legions of demons. The erosion of the Webway gave these demons the opportunity to enter, showing that the Webway was not as safe as we thought.

To prevent the Protoss from entering the Chaos God's field of vision, Gao Yi had the Spear of Adun redirected to another network path.

Just as Gao Yi was preparing to end his exploration of the online world because he was delving deeper and the online world was becoming increasingly complex.

Karax's voice rang out.

"Archbishop! A massive net-like gate has appeared ahead!"

Sure enough, a net gate, large enough to easily allow the Spear of Adun to pass through, appeared before everyone's eyes.

"Lord? Should we try to cross this gate?"

After thinking for a moment, Gao Yi also wanted to experience firsthand just how amazing the online world was.

The main point is just this: since we're already here...

"Let's release a detector first! Who knows what's behind this network portal? It would be interesting if we walked straight into the Eye of Fear!"

Gao Yi knew that the network also connected to many old women's worlds. These were the first colonized worlds when the spirit race rose to power, and they were once incredibly prosperous, with countless spirits living in these worlds.

Because these worlds once had a large Eldar population, they were among the first to perish when the Eldar messed around and created the Slaanesh.

The psionic energy that surged forth when Slaanesh was born swallowed all the Old Women's Worlds into the Warp, transforming them into unique beings existing between reality and the Warp.

Gao Yi has no desire to fight a planet filled with demons right now.

Within the activated network, a Protoss probe was also released.

Gao Yi watched as the detector passed through the network channel, and he also paid close attention to the data sent back by the detector.

Once the detector is destroyed or an anomaly is detected, Gao Yi will immediately close the network portal in front of him to prevent potential enemies from crossing the network.

"Lord! Everything is normal. This portal to the network has been established in the void! The detectors have not detected any anomalies in the surrounding area!"

Kairax's words relieved Gao Yi.

The opening of the network gate eliminated the spatial barrier, allowing the detectors to successfully transmit data and images back.

After ensuring safety, Gao Yi began to command the Spear of Adun to pass through the net tunnel.

The Spear of Adun has returned to the real universe.

"Kaelax, can the Spear of Adun link to the psionic matrix established by the crystal tower on the Star Pioneer?"

"Yes, but it's very faint. This means the distance between the two is extremely far!"

"Try using the psionic matrix to send a communication to the Star Pioneer. We need to confirm our location."

Gao Yi waited for a reply, but more than an hour passed before the Spear of Adun received a response from the Star Pioneer.

It is important to know that the existence of quantum communication means that communication between neighboring galaxies has a delay of only a few seconds.

With relay stations established throughout the entire Kronus expansion area, the longest communication delay is only a little over a minute.

The fact that the Protoss's more advanced communication technology has such a long delay is still quite outrageous, even if it's because they don't have a Pylon as a relay station.

"Holy crap. Where did I end up all of a sudden? Karax, record the current coordinates and try to explore the vicinity."

As the Spear of Adun departed from the gates of the Webpath, the psionic detection instruments on it began to operate at full capacity.

The energy of the Solar Matrix propelled the Spear of Adun forward at an extremely high speed.

Soon, the probe detected the presence of several planets.

Just as Gao Yi was still debating whether to go up and check, Kairax's urgent voice reached his ears.

"Lord! A large fleet has been detected heading towards our location at sub-light speed."

"A fleet? Karax has the Spear of Adun ready to warp at any moment!"

Gao Yi planned to determine his current location from the warships, and warp would allow the Spear of Adun to instantly leave the battlefield upon contact. Almost immediately, the enemy warships appeared on the holographic projection in front of Gao Yi.

Looking at the display, this fleet actually has as many as twenty ships. A fleet of this size would be considered enormous in any star system.

The opposing flagship was more than 20 kilometers away.

Gao Yi spotted the other party, and the other party also spotted the Spear of Adun.

As the distance closed further, the appearance of the enemy warship was also displayed on the holographic projection.

Blue ramming horns, golden laurel wreath...

"Holy crap, the Radiance of Macragge?"

No other warship would be decorated in such a style, it's you! Space Roman!

Then, a weathered face appeared on the holographic screen in front of Gao Yi, with white hair and a red prosthetic eye replacing his right eye.

The Radiance of Macurag has sent a message.

Gao Yi recognized the other person immediately upon seeing their appearance.

"ICU War God Calgar? Good heavens, he's fought his way from the far side of the galaxy to the far east? Is this Macurag? This has crossed countless star systems and star sectors!"

Having just completed Ultramarines 2 before arriving at Warhammer, how could Gao Yi possibly mistake the other party's appearance?

The speed of the net channel is really outrageous. It has only been an hour since the net channel started moving.

Even with continuous warp jumps and cooldown time, a warp engine probably wouldn't be this fast, right?

"Aliens! This is Macurag! This is not a place for you!"

Calgar's voice was filled with extreme anger. He was furious that a massive alien warship had suddenly appeared in the core area of ​​the Ultramarines. What was the difference between this and starting a war?

When he learned of the enormous size of the Spear of Adun, he immediately gathered most of the existing forces to prepare for battle.

They even deployed the Glory Queen-class warship, Macurag.

Gao Yi did not reply to Calga. He was currently on an alien warship, and he was the only human that could be found on the entire warship.

No matter what you say, they won't believe you. Even bringing up your status as a living saint probably won't work. They might even think they've been kidnapped by aliens.

Even if it were Gao Yi himself, he wouldn't trust the other party under these circumstances.

To avoid conflict, Gao Yi immediately ordered Kairax to warp back to the entrance of the network.

Just as Calgar was preparing to order the Ultramarines to attack.

The Spear of Adun suddenly disappeared from the Ultramarines Bird Gadget in the next second.

"Lord Calgarh! The alien warship has vanished!! The oracle can no longer detect its presence!"

The priest beside him reported to Calga.

This surprised even Calga, who was ready to use his power to blast the intruder with his car.

"They suddenly disappeared?! Could it be the Eldar?! Order the fleet to search this star system; perhaps there's a Web portal we haven't discovered yet!"

In Calgar's eyes, only the Eldar who could use the Web could suddenly disappear, but the Spear of Adun was very different from the Eldar's warships.

It is not recorded in any of the empire's records.

Gao Yi, who had returned to the entrance of the network channel, reactivated the network channel and entered it.

"I never expected to be able to go straight to Macragge. Guilliman is still lying in the stasis field. I wonder if my ability can purify the warp poison that Fugen left in Guilliman's body. If so, Guilliman's resurrection may not require the power of the Eldar's Death God."

"Our shared Armor of Fate can pull him back from the brink of death!"

Gao Yi pondered to himself, based on the clown's prophecy, it was hard to guarantee that the Eldar might change their approach to Guilliman.

After all, saving Guilliman was merely in the Eldar's current interests. Once humans become a greater threat to the Eldar than Chaos, the Eldar will soon turn their attention to humans.

The coordinates of Macurag have been recorded. If we find Kaul, we might be able to come here with him and lend a hand to our regent.

(End of this chapter)