Warhammer begins in 2026

The aftermath of the Terran unification wars, Ursh (Ural Plain, East European Plain)

Ursh is undoubtedly the strongest psychic separatist regime on Terra, its entire territory permeated by natural, permanent psychic storms. Its ruler, Karagan, is a top-tier psychic tyrant born from Terra. He possesses complete ancient methods of soul extraction, commands a vast number of psychic-modified demonic minions, and has deployed chain-reaction psychic shock fields throughout the skies. Previously, three neighboring mortal barbarian coalitions rashly invaded, but the moment their armies stepped onto the plains' borders, their entire ranks instantly suffered a mental breakdown, tearing each other apart and slaughtering one another, utterly annihilated without even engaging in battle.

During the direct assault, Neos did not employ large-scale destructive psychic energy, relying solely on his physical psychic energy to engage Karagan head-on. Organized Thunder Warriors, braving the psychic turbulence capable of tearing mortal souls apart, relied on their innate psychic resistance to ignore the area-wide psychic impact, piercing through layers of demonic servant defenses, and directly penetrating the core of the psychic matrix beneath Ursh, paralyzing the energy supply of the area-wide storm.

On the main battlefield, Neos and Karagan engaged in a half-hour-long psychic energy clash. The psychic shockwaves tore apart the surface of the East European Plain, creating hundreds of bottomless ravines. In the end, Neos exhausted the opponent's psychic energy reserves before he was able to get close enough to kill this psychic tyrant and completely eradicate the chaotic psychic energy pollution that had plagued the entire continent for centuries.

Huang Feng stood with his arms crossed on the floating observation platform at the back, observing the whole thing with a cold eye. Only after the smoke cleared did he walk to Neos' side, his tone blunt and helpless: "With your spiritual energy foundation, you could have easily killed him with a single slap using an annihilation spiritual energy. Why drag it out for half an hour?"

In terms of individual combat ability, Huang Feng's current methods of psionic assassination and Eagle Flag assault are quite good. She secretly assessed that even without the support of any legion, she could pierce through Karagan with a single shot using an Eagle Flag and psionic piercing, without needing to engage in prolonged combat.

Neos did not explain in public. While others were cleaning up the battlefield, he sent a private message to Su Jinyu through the void, his tone languid: "I've been in seclusion in the Primarch Laboratory for too long, and my mind has been constantly tense. I'm taking advantage of this battle to stretch my body and loosen my muscles."

Huang Feng heard the entire transmission through the Eagle Flag psionic link. His lips twitched, and he was speechless. In the end, he only uttered two words: "Fine."

During the brief respite, Huang Feng confronted the current resource shortage head-on, solemnly analyzing the situation to Neos: "I have a massive amount of Golden Age basic STC templates sealed away, but Terra's surface mineral, energy, and industrial capacity have long been exhausted. Local resources are completely insufficient to support the expansion needs of the Space Marines, the Imperial Guard, and the Terminator Legion. Our current elite forces are extremely scarce. The most urgent task is to quickly take over Mars, take control of its entire orbital forging capacity, and fill the military equipment gap."

She turned to the battle report adjutant: "Who is the next target?"

Ethnarchy (Southern Europe, Caucasus region)

This human dynasty, entrenched in Southern Europe and the Caucasus Mountains, does not follow the path of psionic energy, but specializes in genetic modification and all-encompassing defense. Its entire territory is covered by multi-layered vacuum energy shields, with shield generators buried 300 meters underground in the Caucasus Mountains, completely impervious to external artillery fire and psionic attacks. The dynasty's main force consists of Ur-Hasis genetically modified warriors, their bodies enhanced to rival the original Thunder Warriors, possessing a shallow layer of biological armor on their skin, making them extremely resistant to ammunition. The thousand-strong advance reconnaissance force previously dispatched by Huang Feng, having exhausted all weapons, could not even leave a scratch on the shield's surface.

After reviewing the casualty report, Huang Feng immediately finalized the infiltration tactic and requested additional troops from Neos: "Give me 200 Imperial Guards, plus the 18th Legion, which has just undergone Eagle Flag Imprinting. I'll handle it."

Upon arriving at the Caucasus front, the ground was still shrouded in a pale blue energy shield. Visible to the naked eye, the soldiers of the Eighteenth Legion stood in neat rows, motionless outside the shield, seemingly preparing for a frontal assault. Huang Feng publicly retrieved the exclusive eagle flag of the Nineteenth Legion (the predecessor of the Dark Raven Guards) and activated the [Light and Shadow Manipulation] domain. This eagle flag combined the abilities of illusion distortion, mental confusion, and all-area optical concealment.

The next second, all the soldiers of the 18th Legion on the surface were transformed into illusory figures of light and shadow, appearing to be three times more numerous and drawing the attention of the dynasty's garrison. Meanwhile, Huang Feng, leading 200 Imperial Guards and 20,000 selected soldiers from the 19th Legion, had already concealed themselves through the rifts in the light and shadow, silently infiltrating into the underground rock passages.

Huang Feng divided the teams into squads with a ratio of one to one hundred: each Imperial Guard led one hundred soldiers from the 19th Legion, with clear division of labor. The Imperial Guards were responsible for containing the underground guards and cracking the security system, while the Legion soldiers were responsible for destroying the shield lines and dismantling the energy core. The underground guards didn't even sense the intruders' presence. It wasn't until all the shield energy indicator lights went out and the outer barrier collapsed that the surface guards belatedly realized what was happening.

There were zero casualties in the frontal assault. After the battle, the underground armory was filled with high-density adamantium alloy, neural communication circuits, and Terminator power armor skeleton blanks. Huang Feng roughly counted that this batch of raw materials was enough to mass-produce 5,000 standard Terminator power armors, which would then have the capability for short-range, fixed-point psionic teleportation for assaults, eliminating the need for risky underground infiltration.

Based on the experience gained in this battle, Huang Feng readjusted the 19th Army Corps' overall tactical positioning: relying on the Eagle Flag, all personnel were assigned fixed 100-man infiltration squads. The operational process was standardized as follows: Eagle Flag used its position to mark enemy strongholds across the entire area → squads infiltrated and paralyzed defensive facilities → Terminator squads teleported to designated locations to finish off the enemy. This tactic could directly avoid frontal artillery fire, reduce assault casualties by at least 70%, and was suitable for assaulting all fortresses, mountains, and underground fortifications.

Saragorn Enclave (Iberian Peninsula)

The Zaragone enclave on the Iberian Peninsula is Terra's largest illegal private psionic laboratory. While outwardly presenting surrender documents and releasing prisoners of war to express their willingness to submit, they secretly construct incubation chambers deep underground, mass-capturing civilians and prisoners of war for live psionic breeding. They periodically sacrifice failed mutated psionic individuals to lesser chaotic psionic entities to maintain the laboratory's psionic operation.

Upon learning the truth about the human sacrifice, Neos was unusually enraged. Without waiting for Huang Feng's arrival, he directly dispatched the Eighth Legion (the predecessor of the Midnight Lords) to launch a solo expedition. The Eighth Legion breached all the outer defenses of the enclave overnight. To prevent the spread of psionic pollution, they directly injected thermal weapons and crustal explosives, completely razing the entire laboratory area on the Iberian Peninsula to the ground. All breeding pods, sacrifice altars, and experimental data were incinerated.

When Huang Feng arrived with his logistics team, the entire area was nothing but charred rubble, devoid of any living creatures, and even the underground psionic pollution had been completely purified. Huang Feng scratched the back of his head, looking at the ruins, and completely abandoned the idea of ​​conducting an on-site inspection: "Everything's been cleaned up, so let's leave it at that. There's nothing to add."

Terrawatt Clan (Underground Forging City-State of the Urals)

The Terravat clan, residing beneath the Urals, is the last remaining power in Terra that has fully inherited the forging techniques of the Golden Age. They control the deep underground magma forging production line and the rare metal refining process, STC. The clan's leadership, fully aware of the disparity in strength between the two sides and foreseeing the inevitable demise of the Ursh and the Human Dynasty, offered no resistance and directly sent envoys to deliver a letter of surrender.

The two sides quickly reached a deal: Neos handed over three pages of the lost ancient STC forging blueprints, filling the clan's technological gap; the Terravat clan was incorporated into the unified Terran government, permanently opening all underground forging capacity and taking full responsibility for the military production of the Censorate, Space Marines, and starship parts, subsequently becoming the unified government's primary core military supply base. The entire merger was achieved without bloodshed or conflict.

Panpacific Empire (East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Rim)

After eliminating all inland separatist forces, Terra's most powerful enemy has emerged—the Pan-Pacific Empire. This is the strongest secular power in terms of comprehensive national strength and technological level since the Terra Cataclysm, relying solely on its hardcore industrial and military might without any psionic or chaotic enhancements.

The Imperium possesses a complete trans-Pacific orbital defense network, deploying nearly a hundred orbital shaped laser turrets and stockpiling thousands of terrain-rewriting atomic missiles, making its blockade capabilities unparalleled on Terra. Unlike any previous enemy, the Trans-Pacific Imperium has no defensive weaknesses, internal conflicts, or psionic deficiencies; a direct assault would inevitably result in massive non-combat casualties for Thunder Marines and Space Marines.

Huang Feng reviewed the complete military intelligence, his smile fading. He then issued a rest order to the legion commanders: "All personnel shall suspend external campaigns and enter a period of combat readiness. Simultaneously mobilize the Terravat clan to expedite the mass production of airdrop pods and orbital jamming devices. A comprehensive non-frontal assault tactic must be developed to minimize troop losses."