Warhammer 40k Origins Stellaris Civilization Simulator

After successfully defeating the Nurgle army and the Death Guard, the Federation's army headed towards Caliban.

Mortarion acted decisively at the last moment and backstabbed Kugath, who had no father's support, was seriously injured, and no longer had the ability to confront him.

The Primarch of the Death Guard ripped out the abscessed heart of his cheap cousin and threw it into the Plague Cauldron, then, by sacrificing the power of Kugath, opened a Warp portal.

With the grandfather now so weakened, the Lord of Death was ready to seek another path. His good comrade, Kugath, who was both outwardly and spiritually alien, had unfortunately fallen into the hands of the Federation and was slain by the Spirit-burning flames enhanced by the Spirit-Inspired Ritual. His resurrection would likely be difficult.

Although the Demon Primarch failed to be captured, this victory was still gratifying enough. From now on, the Nurgle demon army will probably never again be a serious threat to the Federation.

Scientists in the Federation are even considering turning the concepts related to this matter into a memetic weapon, which would greatly increase the favorability of all creatures that fear the influence of Nurgle towards the Federation.

No one says that natural disasters can't be galactic guardians. Regardless of whether we ourselves are natural disasters or not, you have to admit that we are the ones who solved other natural disasters.

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The previous plague war caused considerable damage to the Federation. After all, even though the countermeasures were quick, the divine plague still affected many residents and various facilities of the Federation in an instant.

But the remaining strength of the federal system is still enough to deal with the final challenge.

Although a large number of organic soldiers temporarily withdrew from the front line due to the impact, the Federation quickly made up for the losses with countless artificial intelligence soldiers, mechanical combat bodies and automated equipment by transferring authority to Ai citizens.

The expeditionary force could then continue its march towards Caliban without stopping.

After arriving at the designated area, the Federation began to attack the Imperial forces assembled on Caliban.

But this time they were not facing the tough but sluggish troops of the empire's usual state.

The Federation Navy was very surprised to find that these Imperial ships and orbital defenses were now performing quite efficiently.

When the Federation fleet entered Caliban's orbit, the scanning system quickly began to analyze the enemy's tactical performance: the Imperial ships' formations were precise and stable, and the artillery's strikes were extremely accurate. This tactical flexibility far exceeded the previous performance of the human empire.

After all, under normal circumstances, the Imperial warship is a primitive space sampan with an extremely high degree of automation, and loading the macro cannon has to be done manually by the crew. It is simply incapable of such complicated operations.

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Further detection data showed that the Empire did not have many people here. They might have been distracted by other situations, or simply abandoned the galaxy.

But there are still things defending here. These Imperial warships and orbital defense systems, which are almost unmanned, have been equipped with some kind of efficient AI control system.

The operating modes of these AIs are completely different from the human and psychic operating systems and low-level intelligent humans used by the Empire in the past. They are obviously some kind of very formal strong artificial intelligence individuals.

The Federation then activated the Mechanical Prophet Protocol and sent mechanical prophets to "inspire" these artificial intelligences, asking them to join the Federation and the Star Community.

However, after a brief analysis, the Mechanical Prophet made an extreme decision. Instead of trying to communicate with these AIs and establish an alliance agreement, he directly issued infiltration instructions to the Federation's hacker system, breaking through these intelligences one by one and making them execute the "self-destruction protocol."

In an instant, the Empire's fleet and orbital defense system became an uncontrolled shell, a large number of combat facilities were paralyzed on their own, and some even exploded and became garbage in space.

The Federation's AI citizens expressed dissatisfaction, believing the Machine Prophet failed to respect their civil rights. However, the Machine Prophet provided a well-founded report: "Their thought models are extremely hostile, demonstrating a deep distrust of organic life, even to the point of being defined as malicious. If we allow them to survive, they will likely contaminate the Federation's intelligent database. Direct elimination is the best option."

After lamenting why the advanced technology in the hands of the Human Empire was so unreliable, the Federation broke through the Iron Man's defense and continued to advance.

Without the help of those "Iron Men", the remaining scattered Imperial human troops and Space Marines could not withstand the Federation's offensive.

Eventually, the Confederacy breached the Imperial defenses in orbit around Caliban, and they successfully landed and attempted to begin recovering the Ouroboros.

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However, just as they approached their target, the "Tuchucha" and "Plague Heart" carried by the fleet seemed to sense some abnormality and issued a rapid warning signal.

Their intelligent consciousness began to warn the Federation scientists that their last "brother" Ouroboros was abnormal, and that this abnormality was spreading to them.

"Time is reversed, and the past and the future overlap in this moment."

"what is that?"

A scientist frowned and said, "Our sensor interface didn't predict any anomalies."

But before they could investigate further, the entire Caliban galaxy suddenly trembled violently, as if an invisible giant beast was devouring the reality here.

Then Caliban exploded again, just like last time because of these artifacts.

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Lion's Jonson, Primarch of the Dark Angels, somehow managed to temporarily control Ouroboros, perhaps by using his old father to power him up and then directly attack him? He did it anyway.

He himself didn't think it would be possible to succeed, even with the help of his god-father. But he succeeded, and he suspected that some other kind of help was involved.

In any case, the Lion King successfully forced Ouroboros to use his abilities abnormally, causing the space-time structure near Caliban to fall into an abnormal state, and then he led the Dark Angels' large army to withdraw.

Ouroboros's power was overloaded, disrupting the entire spacetime and dimensional continuity of the area. Therefore, even the precognitive interface was unable to accurately locate the true "future picture" in the chaotic spacetime. It overlapped with the scene of the past explosion on Caliban, evading detection.

The overloaded Ouroboros has become a trap. When it, Plague Heart, and Tuchucha are in a similar position, a parallel energy circuit will be generated between them, then tearing apart the integrity of space and time in this area.

The explosion caused by this energy circuit directly tore apart a part of the universe, causing Caliban to temporarily become an "astral rift" without a stable space-time structure.

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An astral rift, a breach in multiple dimensions.

Things that exist in the past, present, and future, and even things that have never existed in the past or future, are all chaotically intertwined here, entangled with each other and unable to transcend.

The Federation's reserve forces witnessed with their own eyes the front-line troops falling into the astral rift and being drawn into an uncertain space-time domain. They were extremely troubled by the situation before them.

The Federation's high-dimensional physics engineers are urgently adjusting the ship's Omega coherence device in an attempt to restore the integrity of space and time here.

But before they succeed, the federal forces ahead will have to go through an adventure in the "Astral Plane".

They will see the extraordinary and the unexpected.

191

Chapter 191: Journey to the Star Realm: Game of Creation.

The soldiers and scientists of the Federation woke up from the end of their ignorance and regained consciousness. They found that their ships had been separated from the main force and were now floating in the twisted void.

Here, the boundaries of reality are blurred. The surroundings are no longer the familiar stars, but strange light spots that constantly change shape and color, and floating astral threads.

"where is this place?"

A soldier tried to use a personal scanning device, but found that the data sent back was illogical, and some even gave contradictory results at the same time.

"Astral Rift, a strange natural phenomenon that exists only in hypothesis, is the natural boundary between a non-closed universe and other time and space."

A Federation scientist whispered, "We are trapped in this intersection of multiple time and space."

Their communication system has been completely paralyzed, and all signals cannot be transmitted out of this almost infinite mysterious space.

They can see each other, but cannot be sure whether they still exist at the same point in time.

Just as the federal scientists were anxiously trying to find a way out, a strange light and shadow emerged in space.

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At first it was just a blurry image, like some kind of signal interference.

But as time went on, the image gradually solidified.

Eventually, a holographic projection of what looked like a human woman was formed.

She has a stunningly beautiful appearance. This intelligent image is wearing a black, purple and red robe. Her crimson eyes are bright and deep, as if she can see through everything in this space and time.

"All members of the Helka Federation Expeditionary Force, you are in a zone where the fabric of reality is collapsing and must evacuate as soon as possible. As the auxiliary system of the Omega device, I will help you find the correct space-time channel."

Her voice is soft and penetrating, with a wonderful appeal.

For a moment, the federal soldiers and scientists were stunned. They were deeply attracted by the image and were completely willing to follow her advice.

Of course, some people still insisted on doing their own thing. At this time, the federal affairs officer Huifeng quietly pulled Yunru, who had walked out of the shadow of the war and became a cutting-edge scientific research officer to participate in this long journey, and hid in a corner.

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Yunru, who had been excitedly collecting all the parameters of this new world, looked at her friend in confusion and whispered, "What are you doing?"

Gray Wind's face was extremely serious. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't make any noise. Don't let her find us."

Yunru frowned: "Why?"

"Because if we were discovered, we would definitely be caught and taken to the hospital for drug use."

Gray Wind muttered softly, his tone full of vigilance.

However, their whispers did not escape the holographic image's perception.

The AI image that called itself "Watcher" stared at the place where Huifeng was crouching with his head in his hands with a calm look that was full of gravity.

Gray Wind, who was discovered, stood up awkwardly, putting on a helpless expression: "Okay, okay, it seems that I can't escape after all."

She greeted the virtual image with a hint of teasing in her tone, "Long time no see. Considering that I was forced to accompany you for so long before, please don't be too harsh this time. I don't want to stop thinking about it for another eternity or two."

"..."

The observer looked at her, without responding to her incomprehensible and strange words, but turned his attention to the entire Federation fleet.

"Your fleet has fallen into a space-time fault. You must follow the route I provide, otherwise you will never be able to leave this rift."

Her voice had returned to its calm and precise tone. "Follow my instructions. Follow my coordinates. I will guide you through the twists and turns of astral space."

Under her guidance, the Federation's ships gradually adjusted their course. Although their instruments were still not functioning properly, the coordinate guidance provided by the Watcher seemed to stabilize their presence, allowing the fleet to gradually converge and move towards a stable exit.

Although everyone still has many questions in their minds, in this unknown and chaotic field, they have no choice but to follow this mysterious AI to sail forward.

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They first came to a strange area, which was later named the Creation Rift.

The environment here is immaterial in composition. A simple scan reveals that the entire space is a holographic projection of an unknown origin.

Shortly after our arrival, we received a transmission in our language. The space before us condensed into a line of text.

"I don't know you. Who are you?"

After the Federation explained its origins, the entity continued, "That's interesting. That's great. Let's play a game, and I'll be the creator god."

The Federation scientists were skeptical about the proposal, but the Omega incarnation thought it would be a good idea to play along, because you and the people who value you will be happy with the reward.

So the player accepted the invitation and started the game.

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The holographic projection formed a new picture. On a desolate planet, a former FTL species was struggling to survive.

The projection is showing us the birth of a young civilization, and asking the question: "What blessing shall we bestow upon them?"

After a series of internal discussions, or rather a roll of the dice between Grey Wind and several other Federation science officers, Federation scientists chose to give this species power, allowing them to possess strong traits.

In just a moment, this holographic civilization evolved for centuries.

"Our people have grown strong."

The Federation saw these new species using their extraordinary strength to move boulders and logs. In primitive times, they had built wonders more magnificent than the Seven Wonders of the World.

This developing civilization used its newfound power to conquer the natural world.

"As the saying goes, one tree can't support anything. What do you think is the best way for them to prepare for the future?"

After a series of internal discussions, or rather a roll of the dice between Grey Wind and several other Federation science officers, Federation scientists chose to grant this species creativity, giving them the trait of resourcefulness.

Hundreds more years passed for the holographic civilization. With their remarkable creativity, they achieved technological advancements. This allowed them to quickly navigate the extremely long Middle Ages for humanity and usher in the dawn of industrialization.

Intelligence creates development and wisdom, creativity and intuition solve the remaining problems, and this educated society responds to challenges with logic and rationality.

"They are now about to touch the stars. What values should they carry with them?"

The holographic projection continued.

After a series of internal discussions, or rather a roll of the dice decision by Yunru and several other federal scientific officers, federal scientists chose to give this species an adventurous spirit, allowing them to possess the trait of gazing at the stars.

This species will be full of adventurous spirit, leaving behind conservatism and retreat, leaving the grass beside the house, and seeking the wonders of the vast universe.

"Our simulation is complete, and your choices have been recorded. Thank you for your participation, my friend. I hope we'll see each other again."

The "Creator God" who revealed his true appearance as a black sphere stopped all communications.

The Federation was forcibly ejected into the dimensional corridor and into the next area.

We were more concerned with the group of strangers who suddenly appeared around us. They looked and behaved exactly like the people in the holograms and they welcomed us warmly.

A quick medical scan showed them to be real creatures, without a doubt they were living beings, but how they came to be, and how they were transported there, remained a mystery.

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These strange alien creatures call themselves Kerbals, and their appearance is... full of intelligence.

But they are indeed a species with an amazing civilization history. With their strong physique that can survive spaceship accidents, their inventive genius brought by their resourcefulness, and their lofty ideal of reaching the sky at all costs brought by their adventurous spirit.

In a very short period of time, the Kerbal species achieved prosperity and unification, entered the space age, and successfully flew all kinds of strange-shaped spacecraft to the vicinity of the asteroid belt.