Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

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The frontline of the battle against an unknown alien empire.

The transport ship carrying the Flame Lord and the Seventeenth Legion stopped in the system where the command center was deployed. The Seventeenth Legion was sent into the spare strike cruiser, while the original body and the Flame Lord came directly to the Emperor's Dream Inside.

All the Primarchs rushed here, they had just arrived, and were waiting in the bridge while reviewing the information collected by Horus and his sons.

When Qin Mo and the original body entered the bridge, everyone's eyes turned to them.

Perturabo, who was standing in the corner, had a sneer on his face after seeing Lorgar.

He sneered because he refused Lorgar's request for communication and did not inform Lorgar of Ms. Elsa's current situation. This was as revenge for the Seventeenth Legion's previous efforts to snatch credit in the Unification War.

But when he saw the pocket watch hanging on Lorgar's hand, the smile on Perturabo's face disappeared instantly.

"It seems we can kill this enemy early." Horus stood up excitedly to welcome the arrival of the Lord of Flames.

"Yes, soon."

Qin Mo walked towards the tactics table in the center of the bridge. The primarchs who got up made way for them and followed.

With a flick of his finger on the tactical table, the information collected so far is completely displayed on the tactical table.

There is not much information, only about two reconnaissance missions ordered by Horus.

The first time was when the battleship disappeared and reappeared, and all the people on the ship committed suicide.

The second time, it was a reconnaissance operation that sent a large number of death row prisoners into the galaxy where the alien empire was entrenched. Then they lost their minds in a short period of time and all committed suicide.

Qin Mo casually clicked on a voice in the recorded ship log.

"Sacrifice...sacrifice..."

There was just one word that was repeated over and over again.

And when Qin Mo clicked on a voice message of the death row inmates before committing suicide, he found that the word "sacrifice" was still repeated in it.

Very weird.

"Are there any signs of corrupt faith around the borders of the alien empire?" Qin Mo asked Horus.

"There is no sign of corrupt faith. Strange to say, no matter what the hell the alien empire is, the weak human forces around them will definitely be affected to some extent, but no, the human forces surrounding the alien empire only know that there is one You can’t go to Death Land, and you don’t even know there are aliens there,” Horus replied.

"We don't even know the appearance of our enemy." Guilliman said calmly, "We cannot rule out the possibility of human forces in that untouchable land."

"So now you don't even know if the enemy is an alien?" Qin Mo raised his eyebrows, "But you have fought fleet battles with the enemy before."

Horus recalled: "The enemy did not lose even a single ship, and no crew members drifted into the void. In addition, it is impossible to tell what kind of race or civilization it is just from the appearance of the ship, because there is no one on the ship. The structure of culture or belief is pure ship."

Qin Mo thought for a moment after hearing this, and then looked at Magnus: "Have you used psychic means?"

"I have sensed that place." Magnus nodded, "But I can't see clearly what's in there. It may be that the powerful spiritual energy has obscured that place... When I was a child, I always peeked into the research institute in the Himalayas, but the spiritual energy If I can cover that place, I won’t be able to see it. It’s the same feeling as now.”

"Are you sure it was the spiritual energy that blocked it?" Qin Mo asked.

Magnus nodded and shook his head inexplicably: "I'm sure, but not completely sure. The feeling of not being able to see is the same. Whether it's the invisibility on the spiritual level or the invisibility on the material level, I can't put it into perspective." This feeling is categorized.”

Qin Mo became more and more confused and looked at Sanguinius again.

Sanguinius's prophetic powers are very...

"Not a bit prophetic." Sanguinius shook his head.

"Why can't you predict it?" Qin Mo asked, "Elaborate."

"It was like not being able to see something," Sanguinius recalled the feeling. "Pretty much what Magnus said."

After finishing the necessary questions, Qin Mo frowned and thought deeply.

The Primarchs all felt guilty, feeling that they were not fighting well enough.

But Qin Mo didn't think the original bodies should be responsible for this. They did what they could in the face of a strange enemy.

At least Horus blocked any star system around the enemy's location, maximizing his own advantage without setting foot in a place where entering would lead to madness and death.

Qin Mo was very confused, what kind of enemy was he?

Ran Dan? Jingyuan? Assassination?

Qin Mo thought about the powerful enemies that appeared during the Great Expedition. There are many kinds of aliens or powerful human forces that have the ability to create a forbidden area where intruders must die. However, considering the time and progress of the expedition, such enemies are also It shouldn't happen at this time.

However, there is a way to deal with this situation where you will die as soon as you set foot in a galaxy occupied by the enemy.

"Your father worked with Terra's scientific research department to create a protective device that can filter psychic influences." Qin Mo said, "I have added some technologies to filter messy influences on the material level. Even if you The father does not think that the cause of the madness and suicide is physical influence. At least we can try to conduct an investigation first."

After speaking, Qin Mo looked at Horus.

He was letting Horus make strategic decisions.

Just like during the Unification War, Qin Mo will not issue any combat orders when the original bodies are gathered together, and he will not insist on commanding the original bodies, even if the original bodies are willing to obey.

This is also a kind of education in itself.

Face up to your own strengths and weaknesses, and let the right people do the right things.

"Conduct reconnaissance activities first." Horus had the same idea, "Alpha, Omega, this is your task."

Alpha and Omega nodded together.

Although the Alpharius brothers were not raised by Malcador, they learned a lot of knowledge from Malcador when they grew up.

In the recent Great Crusade, the 20th Legion was the only one that did not fight independently under normal circumstances. The war groups under its legion were divided into various war zones, responsible for assisting the brothers of the Gene Father in fighting, collecting intelligence, assassinating important military personnel and other activities.

This means that the 20th Legion is not responsible for the front battlefield and does not get too many military honors.

But the 20th Legion gained more than it lost.

The two brothers left the bridge shoulder to shoulder and walked in unison to make the preparations they should make.

The Emperor withdrew from the current research on completely eliminating the genetic defects of the Astartes, and the device that took a while to make was installed on a small special ship.

The ship carrying the personnel of the 20th Legion left the fleet and entered the dimensional space, rushing to the forbidden area where the enemy was entrenched, where anyone who set foot in would die.