Warhammer: Expedition to the Multiverse from 30k

In fact, the mission of these warships is not to kill the enemy. They are just stones sent by Ryan Johnson to test the power of the enemy's trump cards.

"Then let the galaxy burn, and see my power, Lion's Jonson."

"I look forward to the moment when you surrender to me."

Horus watched with blurry eyes as the dazzling scarlet beam completed its charging process, and looked at the Blackstone Fortress in front of him that was doing its utmost to cause destruction. Even those Primarchs who originally looked down on the alien creations could not help but hold their breath.

Mortarion looked at the Black Stone Fortress with a troubled look, which exuded endless pressure. It was an ugly psychic weapon, and it was made by abominable aliens.

But its power... is indeed strong enough.

The Death Guard needs it.

The torrent of energy released by the Black Stone Fortress directly illuminated this dark galaxy, and even the brightness of the stars was less than one tenth of it.

Beside Horus, Ahriman, the chief sorcerer of the Thousand Sons, was calming the raging psychic energy in his body. A flexible arc of electricity danced on his fingertips as he looked at the Space Wolves prisoners who had become prisoners in front of him with amusement.

Under the reflection of the dazzling red light, Horus urged his heavy armor and gently extended the Claw of Horus.

The deadly weapon slowly penetrated the body of the leading Space Wolf. The tough skin, the black shell underneath, and even the flesh and blood tissue and reinforced ceramic bones were all vulnerable to this Chaos artifact.

The captured Wolf Lord spat a mouthful of corrosive saliva onto Horus's power claws and let out a mocking laugh.

Horus slowly lifted up the prisoner in front of him with his sharp claws, and then slowly activated the decomposition position.

In an instant, the Space Wolf's heart was torn apart, its bones were shattered, and the superhuman body was torn into pieces bit by bit by the claws of Horus.

Horus asked in a voice so gentle that it was almost cruel: "As stubborn and weak as your useless Primarch. I have sincerely invited him to stand by my side time and time again, but he still remains loyal to the false emperor."

"I don't care about your insignificant resistance. Your father is just like you. He fell in front of me, weak and powerless. Then my claws pierced into his chest bit by bit, crushing his heart."

"What you did cannot alleviate the shame of being captured alive, nor can it wash away the blood debt of killing thousands of your brothers, nor can it change the tragic defeat of the Sixth Legion."

The Space Wolves warrior used up his last bit of strength to spit at Horus, but the Warmaster did not dodge, just let the insulting saliva slide down the skin of his face.

The Wolf Lord wanted to say something else, but Horus did not give him the chance. The sharp edge of Horus' claws completely tore his heart, lungs and spine. The Warmaster's palms closed slightly, and the Space Wolf's head exploded like a rotten tomato.

Horus threw the sticky liquid mixed with brain matter and blood to the ground with disgust, and then he killed the Space Wolves prisoners like lightning, declaring his power and authority with the blood of the loyalists.

Ahriman felt extremely happy as he watched these Space Wolves being killed one by one.

"Horus has done what he should have done," Ahriman thought to himself, "but I can see that the gods are eroding his will. Even the Primarch cannot resist the corruption of Chaos."

"His soul has been torn apart by the warp. How sad, how sad."

The Thousand Sons' research and attainments in the Warp far surpass those of their battle-brothers in other legions, and Ahriman is the best among them.

Outside the warship, the vortex cannon released by the Blackrock Fortress finally arrived in front of the bait fleet released by Ryan.

The psychic rays and the battleship's void shields intertwined and collided with each other. These subspace forces from different sources distorted each other, gradually intensifying the cosmic space in this area into a state that was difficult for humans to distinguish.

The extremely terrifying energy is being tried to be transferred by the Void Shield. The Void Shield defense line formed by dozens of battleships can safely withstand even the fire bombing of the Queen of Glory-class battleships.

However, after only two seconds, the void shield generators in those warships could no longer support such a huge energy overload. The engines instantly crashed, the circuits burned and collapsed, and the mortal crew members and Mechanicus priests who drove and operated them wailed as they were torn to pieces by the psychic storm.

Starting with the first closest battleship, the void shield defense line collapsed like a broken mirror, and then the energy shield on the hull was evaporated.

Nothing can stop the deadly psychic rays of the Blackstone Fortress. After breaking through the void shield and energy shield, the energy estimate detected by Ryan's flagship scanning array is still an astronomical figure.

This was incredible, and then the Blackstone Fortress turned its position and cut the decoy warships into pieces as if wielding a giant laser sword.

"Kill the false emperor!" Countless Chaos rebels cheered, surprised by the terrifying power of Blackstone Fortress.

The still-powerful psychic vortex cannon slammed into an asteroid in the Beta Garmon system. The scarlet rays tore through the solidified and cooled rock layers on the surface, directly heating its celestial core, and then drilled out from the other end.

The asteroid was cut in half by the attack from the Blackstone Fortress. The psychic explosion completely tore apart its stellar structure, turning it into cold dust and debris in the universe.

Ryan stood on his command bridge, and dozens of battleships used their lives to test the true strength of the opponent's cards.

The Blackstone Fortress stopped after firing a shot, as if it was gathering energy again and calming the energy vortex that had reached its peak.

"Continue the fight. Disperse the Thundercloud-class planetary battleships and surround the rebels from different directions."

Ryan showed no fear or hesitation. He continued to control the deployment of troops on the battlefield like an emotionless war machine.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, there is no room for retreat or avoidance. Ryan knows that it is either you die or I die. The enemy's weapons are indeed terrible, but they still have the weakness of needing to cool down and accumulate power.

To do this, he could only trust that his own celestial warships could defeat the enemy fleet and win a true victory for the Emperor.

Chapter 483: Void War (Please subscribe)

"The enemy's psychic vortex cannon is truly destructive. Even the main guns of our Celestial-class battleships cannot reach this level of power."

"Is this an ancient creation of the aliens? No wonder Horus placed his bet on it."

On the command platform of the new Caliban, Ryan glanced at the latest data that had just been released.

Those battleships that were released to explore the way were not sacrificed in vain. Before being destroyed, they had collected the lethality parameters of the Blackrock Fortress's main weapons with the greatest efficiency.

Without their sacrifice, Ryan might have needed to test the waters with the battleship.

The duration of the battleship's void shield support, the energy level consumed when the energy shield is overloaded in a short period of time, the damage to the battleship's wreckage, and the endurance of the battleship's crew are all precious data, and are intelligence gained at the cost of human lives.

"According to calculations, the void shields of our Thundercloud-class planetary battleships cannot block attacks of this level. After the void shields collapse, our battleships can only withstand three times the damage from the Blackstone Fortress's main guns."

"Attention: Three attacks is the limit for the complete destruction of this ship."

Captain Stannis reported that the captain, who had lost his emotions, had almost merged with the machine soul. He could feel the machine soul of this epic ship was rising with a desire for war.

It was a weapon specially built for war, and this was the first time since its creation that it encountered an enemy that it might not be able to defeat.

Compared with the previous boring wars, the new Caliban is eager to challenge the larger Black Stone Fortress ahead.

Like two of the most ferocious beasts sensing that the other had invaded their territory, both the New Caliban and the Blackstone Fortress focused all their attention on the enemy.

"Three times? That's more than enough." Ryan nodded. The enemy's main gun needed time to buffer the overload. Moreover, considering the maneuverability of the New Caliban, it was still unknown whether the enemy could hit it.

"Order the troops to equip the void torpedoes."

"The light spear array opens fire at full speed, forcing the enemy to evade."

"After breaking through the enemy's void shield, use the battleship's main weapon, the Star Destroyer Cannon, to attack."

In the void naval battle, due to the existence of the void shield, it is difficult for both sides to directly attack the other side's warship.

In this case, unless you use means such as boarding to directly cross the protection of the void shield and directly destroy the enemy's interior, you can only use long-range attacks to continuously consume the energy of the void shield, causing it to overload and collapse.

In an instant, the dense weapon arrays of the three Thundercloud-class planetary battleships released tens of thousands of void torpedoes. Under the correction and guidance of the intelligent computer, they locked onto all the evasive trajectories of the Blackstone Fortress and would hit a part of it no matter what.

Even just one of these powerful void torpedoes could sink a ten-kilometer-class naval battleship. With a wave of Ryan Johnson's hand, tens of thousands of them were fired directly.

If they were former imperial warships, even the Queen of Glory would not have this level of saturation fire bombing, but these new warships originated from Mustafar and were designed by Roche.

What Roche advocates most is the ultimate output firepower. Even if a torpedo can save the life of a mortal crew member, he will choose the latter without hesitation.

For a civilization that has mastered the productivity of artificial intelligence, all it needs are materials, energy and time. There is no need for any complicated human intervention, and war materials will be continuously delivered from the production line to the front line.

As for the Forge World of the Mechanicus, every round of weapon ammunition and every piece of weapon equipment requires the use of inefficient mortal slaves and industrial robot servants.

Therefore, for the imperial army, there is a very strange situation: weapons and equipment are even more valuable than the lives of soldiers.

Batches of mortal auxiliary troops were recruited to the battlefield. The weapons in their hands and the armor they wore were most likely recycled from the soldiers who had just died in battle.

Facing the void torpedoes dropped by the loyalists, the commander of the Sons of Horus who was controlling the Blackstone Fortress immediately ordered with a serious face that the void shield be raised to the maximum extent.

They have very limited time to operate the Blackstone Fortress. This void fortress, which is as large as a planet, was originally designed for the Eldar. It is very difficult for humans to tap into some of its potential functions.

A layer of lavender void shield emerged from the surface of the Blackstone Fortress, and the priests of the Dark Mechanicus noticed the difference between this alien defensive weapon and the human void shield.

"Oh, God of All Machines, this 'Void Shield' is undoubtedly more advanced than ours. Its energy conversion efficiency is at least two levels higher than ours." Some black engine oil guys exclaimed.

Blackstone Fortress is a huge treasure trove, and there are too many things that have not been excavated.

The Eldar's void shields were identical in principle to human's, both utilizing the warp to deflect enemy attacks, but human's were... crude in comparison.

Under the control of the main intelligent computer, tens of thousands of densely packed torpedoes probed the weak points of the Black Stone Fortress from all directions. The intelligent computer also analyzed through exhaustive attempts to find out which blasting method would be most effective.

In the battleship's holographic projection, Ryan, Sanguinius and others saw that many torpedoes seemed to have missed their target and exploded one after another before they got close to the Blackrock Fortress.

With the assistance of the intelligent brain, Ryan felt that commanding a war of this level was not so tiring. Everything related to physical calculations and predictions could be handed over to the intelligent brain for calculation.

After all, no matter how powerful the human brain is, it cannot exceed the computing power of artificial intelligence.

Under the attack of tens of thousands of void torpedoes, the void shield barrier of Blackrock Fortress began to fluctuate violently, like a screen that was constantly ravaged, with many cracks and gaps appearing.

Then, extremely quickly, the cracks began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye. Only a few void torpedoes broke through the void shield defense and rushed to the vicinity of the Blackrock Fortress.

This number may be only about one percent of the total fired, which means that the enemy's lethality is reduced by 99%.

"Close-in defense guns! Close-in defense guns! Let our missiles destroy those things!" the Sons of Horus roared. No one wanted to be hit by a torpedo, which posed the greatest threat to a warship.

Then, just as the priests of the Dark Mechanicus were about to operate the weapon systems they had moved to the Blackstone Fortress, the Blackstone Fortress beneath them suddenly became active.

Yes, there was no need for them to do anything. The Blackrock Fortress seemed to have sensed the threat and acted instinctively.

Dozens of dazzling psychic beams shot out from some protrusions on the surface of the Blackstone Fortress, and the rebels didn't even expect that these were hidden defense systems.

The psychic beam accurately destroyed the approaching void torpedoes. Except for the aftermath of the explosion slightly touching the main body of the Blackstone Fortress, the concentrated fire of tens of thousands of torpedoes by the Empire had no effect at all.

"All weapons arrays continue to fire, and let the New Caliban and Angel's Tears contain the Black Stone Fortress."

"The Sky Eagle leads the Glorious Queens to block the enemy's Glorious Queen formation. This will be a protracted battle."

Ryan Johnson gave the order. He had already tested the enemy's strength. There was no doubt that this would be a long war for both sides.

The iron wall-like defense of the Black Stone Fortress could not be easily conquered even by a Thundercloud-class planetary battleship, and the opponent's attack would also have difficulty directly hitting the giant celestial ship that was moving at high speed.

These two most powerful beasts will fight each other until one of them reveals its weakness.

The Lion saw traces of Word Bearers and World Eaters ships, including the Triumvirate that had escaped from Roboute Guilliman's pursuit.

They had already asked about the power of the Empire's new warships, so did the Blackstone Fortress give them courage?

Then let them try again.

Chapter 484 Battleship Showdown (Please Subscribe)

"That Black Stone Fortress should be the creation of the Eldar."

"It's very old and very powerful. If we have more intelligence support, we may be able to gain a greater advantage."