Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

"I promised them."

Qin Mo took the initiative to speak.

"I promised my followers that I would avenge the victims."

"I promised this after a bloody battle seven years ago."

"After returning from Saturn, my people have been planning the next revenge. The satellites in the golden Earth orbit are constantly searching for the doghouse of that bastard named Merson 24 hours a day."

"I told you this before in the cabin."

After hearing these words, the emperor just nodded.

But Malcador's words echoed directly in the Emperor's ears.

What Malcador said that night.

So the Emperor felt that he had to say something, so he spoke: "Revenge is not our goal, the unity of mankind is. I know you may say that this is not my hatred. I stand and speak without pain, but I have faced Same choice as you.”

"More than once."

"Should we put our hatred aside to gain the enemy's obedience, his subordinates, and the resources he possesses, or should we fight a war that might not have been fought for the sake of revenge?"

The emperor wanted Qin Mo to understand this truth.

Now the process of subduing the Eagle Kingdom and the Dragon Kingdom is in progress. The most critical step has been completed, and now the final step is just around the corner.

Killing one of their leaders at this time will undoubtedly cause suspicion and worry among the other leaders, even if the other leaders may also have a deep hatred for the killed leader.

Even if the attitudes of other leaders are not considered, if Merson dies, Merson's people will rise up to resist, and they will feel that if they surrender, they will end up like Merson.

Then came the unnecessary war, and the remaining humans on Terra continued to fight within themselves.

It’s better to be patient and put the overall situation first.

The emperor wanted to speak out these truths, but he held back for a long time and could only say three sentences.

"I understand what you want to say." Qin Mo turned to look at the emperor, "It's not that I haven't considered it. It is true that Merson's cronies may resist us after his death, but how many people under his rule are the same as him? Are all his cronies willing to die for him?"

"I just need a clean and tidy place to live, a meal that doesn't look like feed, and a little possibility of living a stable life in the future."

"The people in Merson's territory will surrender, and those few people are not enemies we need to worry about at all."

Qin Mo had already planned this in his mind.

The Emperor also thought about it carefully, but he still did not think that killing Merson was a good idea: "Merson is an ant. As you said, he is an ant to us. But we cannot set this precedent. , Unless he is so crazy that he cannot communicate normally, unless his belief is evil in the subspace, we cannot set this precedent and let people who may join us in the future hesitate because of Merson."

As he spoke, the Emperor opened his arms as if to embrace the entire Terra: "The unification of Terra is only the first step, just like this is the first step now. There are more worlds waiting to be saved. We cannot Too much time is wasted on Terra. If any enemy wants to surrender and is not intolerable, then they should be accepted. It doesn't matter whether they will rebel later, because there will always be a reasonable way to kill them."

Speed, efficiency, this is what the Emperor puts first.

This pursuit greatly influenced the strategic approach of the Great Crusade after the Unification War.

This is why many planets during the Great Crusade, even the planets where the Primarchs landed, became even worse after being taken over by the Imperium, because speed and efficiency were paramount, and the Imperium did not carefully manage any conquered world.

All conflicts can be compromised and can be left to be resolved until the end of the Great Crusade and after humanity has completely emerged from the crisis.

Qin Mo understood this, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with the emperor's idea.

He also knew very well that the reason why he was able to carefully manage his territory and people was simply because he had special abilities that were extremely beneficial on the physical level, just like the Emperor's special abilities on the spiritual level.

Management problems can be solved by master intelligence separated from material power, instead of having to rely on humans with limited energy due to fear of AI that will indeed be affected by evil.

Qin Mo knew this very well. After thinking about it, he felt that if he were the emperor, he could only do it according to the emperor's ideas. There was no way around it. Characteristics were more important than anything else. Without a diamond, you couldn't get the porcelain job, just like Without psychic powers, he cannot perfectly solve things that require the use of psychic powers.

This is the truth. Qin Mo understands it very well, but when some things happen to him...

"Merson must die." Qin Mo said after thinking for a long time.

"I'm not saying he can't die." The emperor shook his head, "We just need to wait, we just need to be tactful."

"I can't go back to the fortress and tell people that the plan to kill Merson is aborted, and we will have to fight alongside him in the future," Qin Mo said.

"You retain your sensibility. You care too much about what unimportant people think. This is your weakness!" The emperor took a step forward and pointed at Qin Mo.

Qin Mo looked back at the fortress: "People without fear are not human in your eyes. What are they without a trace of emotion?"

The Emperor was asked.

After a moment of silence, he whispered: "This is the reason why I can safely cooperate with you, but sometimes it is really a headache."

"That's it." Qin Mo turned around and jumped towards the mobile fortress.