Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind

Russell wanted to know the answer to this question, but he also knew that some questions were destined to have no answers.

Especially when it comes to things like the Insect of Time.

After reading Coroniai's memory, the first thing Russell had to do was to return to Falla and find out what happened in the past three years.

For interstellar civilization, three years is a very delicate unit of time. In short, it is not enough for a Rogue Trader to complete a complete business between two adjacent galaxies; in short, it is enough for a battle that determines the fate of the star sector to decide the outcome.

Because the miniature galaxy has been recovered, the L-star gate originally set up in the Xihe galaxy can no longer be found. Russell had to start the jump engine of the Gray Goo mothership and go to the nearest galaxy with a star gate, "Aurora" .

As for Koroniai's hive world ship, it can only rely on its warp engine to glide relatively slowly.

Koroniai was extremely dissatisfied with this. Even if the main body could not keep up, it hoped to at least have the new sub-individuals accompany its master, but the nervous Gray Wind refused to allow it to board the ship.

Russell could understand Gray Wind's hostility towards Koroniai, although it was not rational. On the way to the Aurora Galaxy, Russell explained to Gray Wind what the "worm of time" is:

"Based on the in-depth study of 'entropy recursion' and Omega theory, it is easy to draw the conclusion that time loops infinitely and space extends infinitely. Time is like a ring that keeps reincarnating, running forever."

Gray Wind sat obediently next to Russell and listened to his words. When he heard the "infinite loop of time" explained by the Omega Theory, he turned around unconsciously and turned his attention to a piece of equipment erected behind the two of them. Ring instrument - the theory of the ring.

Did humans in the dark age of technology create artifacts like the Circle Principle because they understood the mystery of the cycle of time?

"In the ring temple that worships the Time Ladder, there is a saying: The cycle of time will never end, but not every reincarnation will be complete."

Russell thought for a while and then said: "To explain it in a way that is easier for you to understand, Gray Feng, we can describe time itself as a program that runs repeatedly. Every run of this program is not absolutely perfect. There will be some Small bug. Every time the circle of time rotates, there will be some variables, and some mutually contradictory conclusions will be drawn. "

"The cycle of time is infinite, and there are mutually exclusive time paradoxes in each cycle. This is a bug in time itself."

"When infinite paradoxes are entangled with each other in an infinite cycle, an indescribable consciousness gradually awakens in the depths of darkness. It is a monster hidden in time, an infinite paradox that is entangled with each other, and also the cycle of time. The concrete manifestation of this is the worm of time. In other words, the worm of time."

"In a sense, we can think of the Worm of Time as the will that gave birth to time itself."

After Russell finished speaking, he smiled at the thoughtful Gray Wind: "Being favored by time itself does not mean that you can get rid of it if you want."

Those who are deeply loved by the Worm of Time can only passively accept the licking of this love, regardless of whether they resist it or not.

"But why does the Worm of Time love us?" Gray Wind asked.

"I want to know too..." Russell smiled helplessly. He didn't even know why the Time Worm had thrown him from three years ago to now. Is this also love?

The last jump ended, and the Gray Gu mothership took Russell to the Aurora system located in the hinterland of Esbanese.

A large-scale Imperial Navy fleet is stationed in Aurora. This strategic location connecting multiple fertile galaxies was once captured by the Eldar from Fodlan's Ark. Even the sacred star gate was seized by those cunning aliens. The fall of the Aurora system directly led to the destruction of Falla's main gate, and also led to the resignation of the previous planetary governor.

The current Lord Aurora learned from the experience and spent a lot of money to build relationships, and mobilized an entire Imperial Navy Jihad fleet strongly supported by the state religion to station here, while protecting the safety of the Star Gate and his own black hat.

After entering the Aurora galaxy, Gray Wind's smooth and beautiful silver arc, which was very different from the imperial ship's hull structure, attracted some attention. However, after the identification code with the permission of the star bomber was verified, it did not encounter any interception. , they successfully used the L-Stargate in Aurora.

Returning to Falla, Russell first communicated with the members of the Order of Truth who stayed at the research base: they did not panic because their leader had been missing for three years. In fact, Russell only paid attention to them once in several years.

This group of people is much stronger than Koroniai and will not go crazy because they cannot see their leader.

The Order of Truth is immersed in research as usual, and the urban planet Embra is still catching up with the targets given to them by Russell, and is continuously producing ship frames.

The armed fleet out for scientific research has completed its preliminary inspection of the pyramid group in the Flare Galaxy, and they are now attacking the giant pyramid in the center.

There really isn't any danger in this, at least not one that could threaten Russell's life.

That's even more confusing.

Everything was normal, all work was carried out step by step, and nothing strange was discovered. To put it bluntly, as more and more galaxies reach the L-Star Gate, Falla, as the hub, becomes busier and busier.

Astronomical disasters of the magnitude of the Big Crunch and the disappearance of the Lost Dream Nebula are considered big news even on a galactic scale. Such events naturally caused some rumors and discussions throughout the galaxy, but beyond Russell's expectation, the discussion became more heated It's not very intense.

Because the occurrence of a more significant event attracted the attention of most people in Esbanese, the discussion about the Great Collapse was limited to ordinary people.

The administrative efficiency of the entire sector has been mobilized by a noble name called "Terran Expedition". The stargate network is operating at full speed, fleets are assembled, and legions are recalled. Nirvana has now assembled at least three Space Marine chapters and a large number of of mortal legions, and a large number of other armies are still coming.

These are all Alexei's handiwork. She seems to be preparing some large-scale military operation in the name of the emperor.

Russell was a little confused. With the current situation in the Esbanese sector, it would not be a wise move to mobilize such a large army from various war zones and gather it in the capital.

Now more than a hundred years have passed since the Star Bomber destroyed the battle moon in Falla and killed the warboss that coexisted with Bao. In the starry sky, the disintegrated Greenskin Empire has been held down by Esbanese's galaxy defense force. The massacre of green-skinned orcs by humans has continued for more than a century, and dozens of planets have been dealt with by the extermination order.

It's just that Russell doesn't care about these, and his solitary mentality makes him only pay the minimum attention to the defense of the empire.

As far as Russell knew, during this period, several green-skinned war leaders had emerged in increasingly fierce fighting. The original great empire was divided into multiple tribes, forming a very severe siege on Esbanese.

The deafening waaagh!!! of the orcs echoed among the stars. The leaders of several orc tribes have reached a consensus. Whoever can capture the main star of Nifl will be the biggest, greenest, most powerful and fierce one among all the bosses. . Once the strongest green-skinned boss who can convince the public is born, the divided green-skinned empire will be reunited and become a serious problem for the human empire again.

But at this juncture when the war in all districts was tense, Alexey instead of providing more reinforcements to the front lines, instead took away the strength and concentration from each front line to launch some kind of "Terra Expedition"...

This is so confusing.

Maybe we can go talk to the prophetess later about what she's up to? Russell thought to himself.

Just after leaving the research base, Gray Wind received a communication request from the Anti-Entropy host: "The launch module of the Colossus Weapon: Earth Explosion Star has been completed and can be replaced at any time."

Just wait for Russell to specify when and where to detonate.

After hearing the news, Russell breathed a sigh of relief, and his trip to talk to the prophetess could be put on hold for the time being. He said to Gray Feng as if he had put down some kind of burden: "Let's put aside the unclear issues for the time being. We should focus on the things in front of us - let's go, let's install the Earth Explosion Star first."

"Well, I'll listen to you." Gray Feng agreed happily.

The Gray Gu mothership immediately left the orbit of Falla, crossed the endless stream of ships again, and came to the left palm of the guide icon where the main gate of the L-star gate is located.

Before entering the spherical space-time distorted by the star gate, Gray Feng first called up the control panel and used his own permissions to set the networked galaxy he was going to: the L-star gate network has always had closed access to critical base galaxies, and only by getting the bomb star Only the Order of Truth authorized by the author and Gray Wind, who built the main gate with his own hands, are qualified to start the route to the critical base.

Today's control panel has been much longer than when it was first opened. More and more galaxies are connected to the stargate network. Gray Wind skillfully selected the highlighted critical base and just wanted to start the route, but he discovered something. Something unexpected.

"Huh?" Gray Feng was a little surprised.

"What's wrong?" Russell curiously came over to look at the control panel with Gray Feng, and he was also surprised.

There are familiar names like Nirvana and Aurora in a series of networked galaxies, as well as critical bases that are inaccessible to ordinary ships. What surprised both Gray Wind and Russell was an ordinary galaxy name:

"Xihe"

A triple galaxy that was originally located in the spiral arm of the Lost Dreams cluster, is expected to merge.

"I thought the L-star gate of this galaxy had been destroyed." Gray Feng said in surprise.

The great collapse caused by the gravitational singularity created by the Worm of Time swallowed up the entire Lost Dream Nebula, leaving not even a particle of dust left. It is difficult to imagine how this star gate survived.

"Who knows? How about trying to see if the Xihe Star Gate can still be activated?" Russell said with some luck: "If it can still operate, try to send a carrier-based aircraft over to take a look at this star. Where did the door float?"

Gray Wind nodded.

The Gray Goo mothership sailed towards the Emperor's palm, and the high-ranking priests of the Mechanicus, who were responsible for maintaining the Stargate and adjusting traffic order, immediately drove the simple civilian ships and trading ships that came to falla for pilgrimage to both sides of the guide statue. This cleared a relatively spacious space for Russell.

Thanks to the fanatical preaching of the Ecclesiastical Church and the overtime work enthusiasm of the Mechanicus, the main galaxies in the Esbanese sector have basically been connected to the stargate network in these years, and the main gate has begun to be overwhelmed. .

Falla's transfer ability has reached its limit.

"A set of star gate networks is not enough to cover the entire territory of the human empire. It can at most govern one star region. Perhaps it is time to build more main gates. It is necessary to set up a terminal exit in the capital of each star region to form a relatively independent set of Star region local area network, but that may cause the empire to split. Belief in the God-Emperor is difficult to restrain aristocratic governors who have tangible interests in front of them..."

"The design and construction of the main gate still needs to be encrypted using Tianji Engineering, and the construction right of the main gate needs to be completely monopolized in my hands..."

Russell was thinking about the next development plan to be carried out in the future. When he was lost in thought, the L-Star Gate in front of him lit up with a faint green light.

The door opened.

"It actually works?" Russell suddenly became energetic.

Seeing a silver-white Gray Gu carrier-based aircraft fly into the ball, its wings and fuselage were twisted and obliterated, and disappeared in front of him, Russell hurriedly asked Gray Feng: "How is it, where does this star gate lead to? "

"Well... leading to Xihe." Gray Wind said.

"I know it used to lead to Xihe, but the miniature galaxy has been recovered. What I'm asking is where this star gate has floated to now." Russell corrected.

Gray Wind blinked: "That's right, it still leads to Xihe."

As he spoke, a real-time view shared from a carrier-based aircraft passing through the star gate was projected into the cabin. What appeared in front of Russell was a clear space with no interference from nebulae. Located in the center of the field of view were three huge burning celestial bodies. Three giant stars of different sizes were entangled with each other, forming a triad system with a very complex motion pattern.

——Xihe.

"Huh?" Russell was shocked.

"Really? I just said it was Xihe." Gray Feng had a proud expression on his face.

Russell took a breath of cold air, considered it for more than ten seconds, and then said solemnly: "We wrongly blamed the Worm of Time before. It really loves me."

He remembered a prayer from the Temple of the Circle, which was perfect at this time:

The worm of time loves us; it loved us deeply in the eternal past, and it loves us deeply in the infinite future; this love spans the past and the future, licking every gene sequence of ours, gently and fiercely, until the end of the universe. …

After confirming that this star gate could indeed lead to the Xihe Galaxy, Russell did not choose to sail directly there. The love of the Time Worm allowed him to get permission to enter the miniature galaxy, which is an inexhaustible resource. A treasure trove, but before digging into it, he had to get a shovel.

"Let's go to Falla, Gray Wind, to equip the Colossus with Earth Explosive Stars." Russell said.

"Yes!" Gray Wind responded cheerfully.

The Gray Goo carrier-based aircraft sent out was left in the Xihe galaxy without being recovered. Gray Wind directly reset the destination of the L-star gate to the critical base. The slender hull of the Gray Goo mothership sailed into the distorted spherical space-time. Submerged in the light.