Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

…

the other side.

Inside the Tau transport ship.

Xin Ning, the ambassador of the Water Clan, walked quickly along the corridor to the bridge, surrounded by the guards of the Fire Clan.

Along the way, many crew members saluted and greeted the friendly Water Clan diplomat, and Xin Ning returned the same greeting, but her response was much more hasty and perfunctory than before.

"For the Greater Good."

"For the Greater Good."

"For the Greater Good."

Xinning is like an emotionless machine for spreading the belief in the Greater Good. She responds expressionlessly to every crew member who pays respect to her with this common greeting from the Tau tribe.

When he quickly entered the bridge, the Fire Caste guards stood directly outside the bridge door to guard the only entrance and exit.

The entire transport ship also quickly left the Tyrone star port and quickly sailed towards the outside of the Tyrone star sector.

The ZFR horizon acceleration engine invented by the Earth clan, which is good at manufacturing in the Tau civilization, can only provide the ability to sail close to the speed of light, but fortunately, Xin Ning does not want to return directly to the home planet of the Tau Empire. If it only goes to the colonies, this engine is completely sufficient. .

"Ambassador, human ships are ready to come for escort." The captain, who was born in the Feng clan, walked quickly and reported to Xinninghui.

"Don't let them come." Xin Ning shook her head.

The captain of the Feng clan was about to turn around and reject the communication from the Tailong naval patrol formation, but at this time, the nearby patrolling naval formation had been taken out of the patrol sequence to perform escort missions.

It was a small cruiser formation.

Three cruisers, twelve frigates, plus seven gunboats that shined in the Comoros annihilation battle.

This cruiser formation approached from a distance like a blur of pixels, and gradually turned into a clear ship shape when it got nearby.

Ambassador Xin Ning looked out of the porthole of the ship. The small logo of the Beisi Galaxy Shipping Group on the gunboat was just below the star logo of the Tyrone star sector and the navy's sword logo.

This signifies that the gunboat was built by a company, and the Tyrone Navy procured this type of ship.

The cruiser formation deployed the super-light force field.

The tractor beam carried by the cruiser controlled the Tau transport ship, and then the transport ship and the patrol fleet sailed forward at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

Everything in the stars turned into blurry reflections. The fleet crashed straight towards the star port and the stars in the galaxy, but did not touch them. It passed through them and passed through all the obstacles along the way.

But even with such a fast and convenient super-light voyage, it is not possible to reach the destination immediately in the blink of an eye.

"Ambassador." The captain gently patted Xin Ning, who was looking at the scene outside the porthole, and then tilted his head slightly towards the ship's communication station behind.

Xinning immediately turned around and saw the image projected on the communication platform.

The face of an ether is shown above.

"For the sake of the higher good." Xinning bowed respectfully to Etai.

The ether showed no expression or expression, sitting on his seat, playing with a string of gemstone bracelets in his hands.

Then, the ether who directly managed Water Clan diplomats like Xin Ning slowly spoke.

"It seems that you left very decisively."

"I feel relieved to see you alive."

Hearing Ether's words, Xin Ning felt relieved, because Ether's communication could be sent to the ship, which meant that the ship was close to the edge of the Tau Empire's colonial area.

But this is not actually a communication based on physical technology.

Govisa's eyes beside Xinning were covered with a layer of psychic light. There was also Govisa using psychic powers in the corner of the room where Ether on the other end of the communication was.

"Why did you order me to leave quickly?" Xinning asked.

He did not receive any information other than an order to evacuate.

"You ask knowingly." Yi Tai frowned slightly.

Xin Ning nodded. The reason he could think of was that the results of the Ether meeting to discuss black ore-related matters were not very good, and there was a possibility of war. However, he asked knowingly because he wanted to know clearly the outcome of the meeting and the discussion process.

Aether obviously also knew what this subordinate was thinking.

Considering Xinning's status, role, and significance, as well as its position in the relationship established between the Tau Empire and humanity, Aether finally made a secret decision.

"The result of the discussion at the meeting was that we will build mining mines on black ore and mine ore to sell to humans."

Aether said it directly.

"But the last time our compromise made the Supreme Ether dissatisfied, he thought we compromised too much, and this time we must learn a lesson. If we are going to compromise because of the gap in force, we should at least get enough compensation from humans."

"We will create a sense of crisis in exchange for gaming chips."

"Mobilizing the fleet to strengthen the defense of the colonial area, mining black ore, and temporarily closing communication channels are all means of negotiation."

Having said this, Aether took a deep breath and mentioned another matter that he really felt had status and weight.

"That bastard from the Viola family came to the colony not by chance, but as a result of a series of complex games. He came here for other reasons..."

Upon hearing about the bastard of the Viola family, Xin Ning immediately realized that the person Aether was talking about was Commander Vision.

Vision is an anomaly among the Tau. He is not very willing to accept the command of the Ethers. He establishes his own colony. Although no one has ever dared to say so, many people realize that his behavior is a bit separatist.

Yuan Yuan will not accept the order "You go to the colonial area", but the ethers have many ways to let him go wherever he wants, which is nothing more than various exchanges of interests and game restraints.

Some things cannot be solved by force.

No matter what method the ethers used, vision came anyway, and this was the result.

"The water here is a bit deep." Xin Ning pulled a nearby chair over and sat down slowly and heavily, supporting her painful head with her hands.

When he told him how deep the water was here, Aether realized that there was no need to continue explaining to this smart subordinate.

Xin Ning has realized that she is in a battle between Vision and the ethers. Someone wants to use a series of things about the black ore to do something to Vision, whether it is to give a warning or to kill someone with a knife.

Xin Ning even began to speculate, wondering whether this matter about the black ore from the beginning to the present was just to serve a conspiracy against Yuan Yuan.

"The territory of our civilization is expanding, and our compatriots have spread across hundreds of planets."

"But underneath this veneer of prosperity is a crisis for our entire species, a crisis that could be a massive civil war, tearing apart the cooperative relationships between the various clans."

"And the beginning of this crisis may be that a commander from the Viola family feels that the guidance of the ethers is not irresistible. For this matter, we shoulder a huge mission and responsibility."

Aether said as he stood up and walked to the communication device, staring at Xinning.

“It’s all for the Greater Good.”

After saying this, the communication was terminated.

"For the Greater Good."

Xin Ning murmured and stood up, her eyes became firm, and she turned to look at the captain of the Feng Clan.

"Throw this into space, it's useless."

A string of extremely delicate gold necklaces was placed on the captain's hand by Xin Ning.