Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 233 Farmers understand farmers best
Gao Yi attempted to unleash the divine power within the mechanical authority, and the desecrated machines that had been destroyed around him were returning to their original forms.

The chaotic corruption is slowly disappearing from above.

For a moment, everyone stared blankly at Gao Yi.

The members of the Mechanicus who were fighting were all murmuring praises of Om Messiah.

“Guilliman, Caul, I think we should leave here first. Staying here might not be a good decision.”

Gao Yi pointed to the sky, and Blackrock Fortress began to grow larger and larger in everyone's eyes.

Countless fragments fell like meteors, and ground fire tried its best to destroy and shatter them, but a large number of Blackrock Fortress fragments still crashed heavily onto the surface of Macragge like meteors with long trails of flame.

It's alright if the debris hits an uninhabited area, but even small pieces of debris falling into densely populated areas can cause damage akin to a natural disaster due to their increased speed.

The battle in the void did not end with Vashtor's death.

The Blackrock Fortress, resembling a planet, still retains a large number of cannons, posing a great threat to any warship that approaches. The Ultramarines' fleets continue to break through the blockades and unleash their firepower on the Blackrock Fortress, with some fleets even ramming into it in an attempt to stop it.

Once Blackrock Fortress is completely on Macragge's side, there will truly be no chance left.

While exploding planets wouldn't work, most life on Macragge would perish from secondary disasters and shockwaves. In such circumstances, mortals would be no different from Astartes or Primarchs, something no individual could withstand.

The safest option Gao Yi could think of right now was to escape Macurag with Guilliman and the others.

However, this also means abandoning the Ultramarines' homeworld and all the mortals on it.

“Impossible! We will never give up Macragge!” Sicarius said resolutely.

The Primarch had finally awakened, but his own offspring failed to protect the homeworld he had built with his own hands—this was an insult to the Ultramarines.

Looking at the group of Extreme Warriors who didn't want to leave, Gao Yi knew that it was almost impossible to persuade them to give up their home planet.

Almost every chapter would fight to the last to protect its homeworld, let alone the original chapter.

Even after their home planet was destroyed, they would still use its remains to build fortresses, such as the Dark Angel's megalith, which shows how obsessed they were with their home planet.

"Wait...maybe I have a way!" Gao Yi's words drew the attention of all the Extreme Warriors present.

He hadn't considered this possibility before acquiring Vashtor's power, but now he felt it might be worth a try.

Blackrock Fortress, an ancient creation not made by humans, also contains beings similar to machine spirits. These "machine spirits" even have a history of helping the Empire prevent and attack the Chaos within it.

The Black Rock Fortress that Abaddon gave to Huron was attempted to be controlled by Abaddon through demonic possession. Although he failed, he did drive the "machine spirit" inside insane.

Gao Yi felt he could use his purifying power to restore the "machine soul" inside the Blackrock Fortress to normal and free it from the control of chaos!
If the conventional method of applying the mark of purity were used, it would take forever. However, by plundering Vashtor's power, Gao Yi also gained the ability to replicate its power into his code and possess abilities similar to the Magic Steel Neural Plexus. This can be considered as appropriating the power that Vashtor had been researching since its inception.

This also gave Gao Yi the ability to actually utilize mechanical and technological authority.

Gao Yi himself wouldn't be able to write such complex binary code.

But Caul is capable! Can the entire empire find anyone better at this than him?
"Karl, if you were asked to write a piece of code right now that could hack into the Blackrock Fortress system, how long would it take you?"

"The entire Blackrock Fortress?"

"Perhaps not a whole ship, but at least fifty percent must be invaded! Only then will my plan be feasible."

"At least half a Terran time! In order to deal with the possibility of the Chaos Code invading my large warships, I once wrote a large-scale hunting program for countermeasures, and the cost is still stored in the storage of this body. I only need to modify the cost of one hunt to the cost of invasion spread, which should achieve the effect you mentioned."

However, we must first reach the control core of Blackrock Fortress, otherwise the fortress's built-in systems will block my intrusion program!

Kaur's words made Gao Yi even more certain of the feasibility of his idea.

The only two things they need to do now are buy time for Kaul and get Gao Yi to Blackrock Fortress so that he can immediately use his newly acquired power. The former is the most difficult.

"Guilliman, we may need you to join the fight next."

"This is my home planet, and protecting it is my duty. If I succeed, my descendants and I will remember this kindness!"

The moment Guilliman awoke, Chaos's initial plan had already failed. But since things had come to this point, if they couldn't kill Guilliman and Gao Yi, destroying Macragge would still be considered a partial achievement of their strategic objectives.

Tzeentch could have easily ordered Vaingar and the remaining Chaos fleet to retreat, but he didn't.

He needs these people to give their lives to accomplish His goals.

A Gorgon arrived directly at their location, and the transport ship, carrying Gao Yi and others, as well as the Night Guard and all the warriors of the Ultramarines 2nd Company, headed towards the battlefield in the void at top speed.

The tactical warp directly bypassed the Chaos Ship's blockade and brought them to a location close to Blackrock Fortress.

The group went directly into the airdrop pod and plunged into Blackrock Fortress.

At this moment, Karax led all the phase engineers to maximize the power of the Spear of Adun, and Kerrigan also abandoned the now-incapable Omen Ark and joined the Zerg in the breakthrough of Blackrock Fortress.

"Kaelax! Can you hear me?"

“I understand perfectly, Lord Gao Yi!”

"If things continue as they are, how long will it take for Blackrock Fortress to enter Macragge's gravitational pull?"

"Fifteen minutes! Fifteen minutes at most! Lord, the solar rays can cut through the hull of Blackrock Fortress, but it's too big. The remaining part can still cause devastating damage to the planet."

"Only fifteen minutes?" Gao Yi wasn't sure if they would make it in time.

"Lord! Another fleet!! Another fleet has broken through the warp and entered the battlefield! The powerful warp reaction indicates it's the Chaos fleet!!" Karax suddenly exclaimed urgently.

Although this Chaos fleet that entered the battlefield did not have Blackrock Fortress, its regular fleet was larger than Vaingar's current fleet.

But what happened next was something he hadn't expected.
This Chaos fleet that entered the battlefield actually began attacking the Chaos fleets that were fighting against the Empire.

"Have these Chaos gone mad? They've started killing each other?!" Gao Yi was completely baffled.

The Chaos Fleet that entered the battlefield was the main force of the Red Pirates led by Huron.

The moment Guilliman awoke, Huron, whose gene seed also originated from Guilliman, also experienced a mysterious connection.

He originally intended to seize Blackrock Fortress after Vyngar succeeded or failed, but he did not expect that Vyngar would completely become a slave to the Chaos Gods and would use Blackrock Fortress to destroy Makurag.

Huron didn't care about the destruction of a planet, but he knew the cost of doing so.

The Ultramarines don't care whether Vaingar obeyed the orders of the evil god; they only believe that Vaingar is one of the Red Pirates.

Once Macragge is destroyed, the Red Pirates will have an irreconcilable blood feud with the Ultramarines.

The Ultramarines will destroy the Red Pirates at any cost, the Chaos Gods will benefit, and he'll be the scapegoat? He won't take the blame.

Moreover, Huron wanted the decaying empire destroyed, but not the complete engulfment of humanity by chaos.

While Macragge is important, its spiritual significance outweighs its practical value. Even if Macragge is destroyed, the Ultra Warriors still have 499 worlds to live.

If they ignore the Astartes Codex and start massing troops without regard to cost, Huron will definitely be in big trouble.

(End of this chapter)