Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 249 Cleaning Code

Guilliman knew about the special nature of the High Fortitude battleship, as well as the power of the Star Pioneer and the Spear of Adun.

However, he also understood the command level of the ordinary mortals in Gao Yi's fleet.

These two warships were not powerful enough to change the course of the war.

In his eyes, Gao Yi was amazing, but he was only a half-baked expert in this kind of fleet battle.

Gao Yi's unit was indeed very good at boarding, but in the end, the outcome was still determined by the warships themselves.

No matter how many troops you switch sides with, once the warship is destroyed, everyone inside will face certain death.

The Black Legion is a legion-level entity, and as the leader of the legion, he certainly knows what an Astartes of a legion is like, not to mention the large number of Chaos traitors and demons.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone on to write the holy book.

Just as Guilliman was about to continue persuading Gao Yi to go to the surface of Cardia.

The enemy has already pressed forward impatiently.

The solar rays from the Spear of Adun directly drew back the curtain on this fleet battle.

The dazzling light emitted by the sun's rays momentarily overshadowed the light of the stars that were originally in the galaxy.

Both sides had reasons not to lose, and cannons, light spears, torpedoes, and all sorts of void fighters took off from the dock.

One after another, boarding torpedoes, torpedoes, and assault boats slammed into the warships of both sides.

Under Guilliman's command, the fleet gradually began to gain the upper hand.

The Rangers, Protoss, Zerg, and Ultramarines' boarding maneuvers overwhelmed the Chaos Fleet for a time.

However, the seemingly advantageous situation did not make people feel relaxed.

The loyalists also suffered considerable losses.

The interior of a corrupted warship is fraught with unexpected dangers, and boarding itself is an extremely risky act. When the crazed traitors realize that there is no way to save the warship, they may even detonate the engine or ammunition magazine inside the warship, turning the entire warship into a graveyard for the boarding force.

Zerg can be used as consumables, and Protoss can warp back directly, but Rangers and Ultramarines cannot do the same with their Astartes.

Looking at the current battle situation, Guilliman still couldn't find anything special about Gao Yi, which made him just as he was about to remind Gao Yi to let his troops play a greater role on the ground battlefield.

Gao Yi, however, took action, his face beaming with a triumphant expression.

"Lord! We have successfully captured the bridge! The priest has deciphered the frequency of the enemy's sonic communication array and sent it back to Sage Pavia!"

"Well done! You and your regiment will receive the honor you deserve! Now, retreat as quickly as possible!"

Upon receiving the news, Gao Yi also came to Pavian and Kaur's side.

"Did Pavian receive the frequency of the messages?"

"Received, Lord! I'm connecting it to the quantum communication system! Just one more minute of calibration, and I can ensure all of Chaos's warships receive our signal!"

"Karl! How's the code coming along?"

"Preparations are complete! This code will spread from their sonic array system throughout the entire warship!"

With proofreading complete, Kaur began importing the code.

"You've always been the mechanical creations that invaded the Empire through chaotic and useless code. I wonder if you ever imagined that you would one day be invaded in return?"

Gao Yi's divine power began to surge again and flow into the device in front of him, while his purifying power also began to attach itself to the code.

Just like how the entire Blackrock Fortress was once purified.

However, Gao Yi's intention was not to use this ability to seize control of the Chaos Warship.

Even after Gao Yi acquired this ability, he was still different from Vashtor.

The manifestation and effects of divine power are directly related to subspace projection.

This means that when Gao Yi uses this ability, unlike the Chaos Waste Code created by Vashtor, it doesn't possess the ability to corrode machine souls or control them with demons. The cost of imbuing it with Gao Yi's divine power is purification.

This code is almost useless in battles against non-chaotic forces, and even seems somewhat ineffective. If it were a space necromancer, it could be completely ignored.

However, it's different if the other party is chaos.

The Chaos Warship itself was created through the erosion of subspace energy and a special desecration process.

The enhancement of warp magic allowed these chaotic warships to exceed their combat capabilities, and the demons attached to the warships enslaved all the machine spirits within them, keeping them in a perpetual state of frenzy.

Some warships even operate normally only because of the enhancements provided by subspace, which defy the laws of physics.

It's easy to imagine what would happen if the code imbued with Gao Yi's purification power were to infiltrate these warships.

Even if these Chaos warships cannot be controlled and destroyed, removing the warp buffs applied to them will cause their combat power to drop sharply.

Chaos can cause problems controlling warships, and some warships may even come to a complete standstill.

Some of the warships originally belonged to the Empire; they were captured and brought back to the Warp, where they were modified by traitors and ended up in their current form.

The more powerful the warship, the stronger its mechanical spirit and the more independent its own thoughts.

Machine spirits also have loyalty and disloyalty, and some warships have served the empire for thousands of years.

If it weren't for being possessed and suppressed by the demon, Chaos would never have been able to properly control these warships; the machine spirit would always be in a state of displeasure.

"Broadcast directly to the sonic arrays of all Chaos warships via quantum communication!"

"As you wish!"

When Kaul pressed the start button in front of him.

A piercing noise suddenly rang out within the sound array system of the Chaos Battleship.

And the cleanup code has also begun its own intrusion.

In the past, it was always the mechanical creations of Chaos that invaded the Empire, and they never expected that the Empire would launch a counter-invasion, so they did not take any precautions in this regard.

Guilliman stared in disbelief at the changes before him.

Under Gao Yi's manipulation, the massive blasphemy symbols representing different evil gods on the Chaos Warship began to dim. The power of purification seemed to be vying for control of the warship with the warp magic of Chaos. In this conflict, the shield arrays and engine systems of many Chaos Warships also began to weaken.

Meanwhile, on a Chaos Raider-class battleship named "Blasphemy" belonging to the Chaos faction.

It was originally the Holy Throne, which had served in the Calissis sector for thousands of years. After its naval fleet was defeated, it forcibly jumped into the warp, but failed to return to the real universe.

Ultimately, it was captured and modified by the Chaos traitors.

The loyal machine spirits were forced to serve these traitors.

Now, inside this warship, the traitorous crew members are desperately trying to regain control of the ship, but the loyal machine spirits within the ship have regained their sanity under the effect of Gao Yi's purification code.

He refused to serve these traitors and even began to overload all the facilities inside.

"Sir! Something has invaded this warship. The warship's original machine spirit has been awakened."

"How can this be!!"

The Chaos traitor who controlled the warship looked at the bridge before him; the proliferating flesh was actually falling off, and the power of the gods was disappearing.

With violent shaking, a massive explosion occurred on the engine deck of the Blasphemer.

The massive battleship lost power and floated in the void.

Meanwhile, the warship's external defenses began to actively bombard its armor.

The effects of the cleansing code even spread to Abaddon's flagship, the Vengeful Spirit.

Seeing the scene before him, Guilliman was momentarily speechless. Gao Yi's presence here was even more valuable than he had imagined.
(End of this chapter)