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The Great Expedition's combat forces were planned into two main offensive forces, with Huang Feng and Neos each leading one, heading in the north and south of the Milky Way respectively, to simultaneously advance the great cause of recovering and unifying the entire star sea.

Makado remained in Terra to oversee the overall situation, coordinating all logistical support, industrial operations, material transfers, the care of the wounded, and administrative matters, ensuring that the two expeditionary forces had no worries about their rear.

Huang Feng designated a Creator-class battleship as his personal flagship. This was the pinnacle of the Golden Age's standard capital ships, equipped with multiple fusion main guns capable of firing nova fusion shells. The firepower of a single ship could overwhelm the entire main fleet of the Eldar Ark World. The later Great Expedition Primarch's exclusive flagship, the Glory Queen-class battleship, was entirely based on the STC template of this warship. However, the Imperial's mass-produced version significantly downgraded the autonomous AI, advanced warp engine, and multi-layered void shield technologies. The ship's size and overall firepower were reduced by more than 30%, far below the original Creator-class's combat potential.

In addition to the flagship main force, Huang Feng also organized several special exploration fleets, each with 5,000 space warriors, supplemented by a large number of Mechanicus monks and technical sages.

She set the core mission for the special fleet: to act as the vanguard of the expedition and explore ahead of time. Once the world of the Necropolis in space is discovered, after the main fleet has cleared the surface threats and completed the recapture and take over of the planet, they should immediately carry out in-depth excavation and exploration of the entire area. The core objective is to analyze the complete manufacturing process of the Battle Black Rock Fortress.

If the excavation process could lead to the discovery of the Endless One, Tarasin, Huang Feng was certain that this undead lord possessed mature Blackstone anti-subspace core technology, which was the key technology she had been dreaming of. She established a strict rule: no undead tomb world discovered within human territory would be overlooked; all must be completely explored, dismantled, and replicated using the relevant Blackstone technology.

A series of battle orders were issued, officially commencing the grand expedition across the galaxy. Two massive fleets, one in the south and one in the north, simultaneously departed from the solar system's starports, heading separately to various parts of the galaxy to reclaim the scattered human colonies one by one. The vast majority of the old human worlds, upon seeing the flags of the Terra expeditionary fleet, readily surrendered, making the reconquest process smooth and simple, with almost no bloodshed.

However, once they encounter a planet occupied by Xenomorphs, the approach is ruthless: all Xenomorphs are wiped out without exception, leaving no survivors. The fleet first locks onto all Xenomorph settlements on the planet and launches a full-scale orbital salvo bombardment; after the artillery fire is suppressed, landing forces are deployed via pinpoint psionic teleportation to directly occupy all strongholds, underground workshops, and ruins on the planet suspected of containing special Xenomorph technology.

The Nineteenth Legion's Dark Raven Guard was reorganized and split up by Huang Feng, with each infiltration and reconnaissance team consisting of 100 men. These teams were dispersed to each planet to be explored, conducting reconnaissance of the entire area's terrain, garrison, resources, and remnant sites, and transmitting complete intelligence back to the main fleet in real time. Based on the intelligence received, the rear would match the corresponding combat formations and precisely deploy the fleet to complete the recapture, clearing, and takeover operations, greatly reducing unnecessary losses.

Huang Feng also transformed the core planet of each star sector into a fortress planet, with a forging planet always next to it. The two planets governed the entire star sector.

"Hmm, have you found Horus? Do you want me to come with you?" "Sure." Huang Feng handed over the remaining battle to his deputy, the Imperial Guard.

Back then, when Neos was cultivating twenty Primarch embryos in his underground laboratory on Terra, before the cultivation was completed, the four Chaos Gods joined forces to unleash a violent warp storm. The fierce void turbulence broke through the laboratory's psionic protection, and all twenty Primarch life support pods were torn apart and scattered to every corner of the galaxy.

The life support pod of the Sixteenth Primarch eventually crashed in Xornia, just light-years from Terra. This abandoned mining hive planet had long since exhausted its resources, and its surface and deep underground were filled with deadly radiation. Various underground gangs had been fighting, plundering, and betraying each other for years, making the entire planet a wasteland inferno filled with violence and bloodshed.

The infant Primal was unexpectedly picked up by Cajeton, the most powerful gang leader in the area, and named Nagui, meaning "the nameless one." Nagui grew up amidst endless underground battles, plunder, and betrayal. His superhuman strength and top-notch intelligence allowed him to sweep aside his enemies and become the strongest warrior in the entire underground gang.

Meanwhile, the Mechanicus forces, ordered by Neos to search for the Primarch's whereabouts, scanned a large area of ​​the near-Terra region for residual psionic signals from the life support pods. They tracked the signals all the way to Xornia and began excavating the wreckage left behind when the Primarch pods crashed.

While out exploring, Naguib ran into a group of tech priests who were also there for an expedition, and a conflict immediately broke out. He fought ruthlessly, killing one of the tech priests on the spot, seizing his mechanical weapon, and quickly fleeing back to his underground gang's hideout.

When his adoptive father, Cajeton, learned of this, he sternly rebuked him for his reckless and impulsive actions, resolutely refusing to be bestowed with the "name of slaughter," representing adulthood and power, according to the local traditions of Xornia. He knew that the Cult of Mechanics would not let this go easily, and a large-scale retaliation would soon follow.

As expected, a large number of religious protectors and excavating machinery troops dug directly down from the surface, breaking through the rock layers of the underground gang's fortress. The continuous caves collapsed and buried the passages, and the vast majority of the lower-level gang members were buried in the rubble and ruins, and the gang was on the verge of destruction.

Desperate, Kajeton ordered Naguyi to end his own life, for only in this way could he escape his nameless status and gain a killing title that belonged only to him.

The moment Nagui killed his adoptive father with his own hands, the seal that Neos had planted deep within his genes was completely broken.

A torrent of memories, long buried for countless years, surged into his mind, and he finally learned his true origins—the offspring of Neos, the Lord of Humanity, and the destiny to unify the galaxy. Simultaneously, his body underwent a tremendous transformation and surge, awakening all of his Primarch's unique extraordinary physical strength, innate psychic talent, and a vast amount of DAOT ancient technological knowledge.

He completely abandoned the code name "Naguyi," which represented humility and obscurity, and named himself Horus.

When the group of mechanical priests broke through the core of the ruins and rushed into the depths of the cave, they found the Primarch fully awakened and with his body fully formed. Horus stepped forward, frankly revealing his identity and awaiting Neos's summons.

The news quickly traveled across the stars to Huang Feng's expedition fleet. Neos sent a message summoning her back to Terra to see the Primarch who was the first to be found.

Huang Feng turned to the imperial guard accompanying him and asked, "Has Lord Neos already returned to Terra ahead of schedule?"

The guard bowed and replied, "Yes, sir, you have already returned to Terra and are waiting."

Huang Feng sighed softly, "Very well, Horus... let's go back to Terra and take a look."