"When did the Silent King return to the Milky Way Galaxy? How would I know?"
I'm just an Overlord of an ordinary Necron Dynasty. Someone of my status couldn't possibly interact with the Silent King."
"If you want to contact the Silent King, I suggest you directly contact Shadow Hand Mephrit.
As a member of the Triarch Council, I think he should know the Silent King's movements."
Tarason the Immeasurable, the Great Collector, offered his advice to Noah.
Noah asked him about Szarekh's movements, which he certainly wouldn't know. However, the Triarch Council members might know Szarekh's whereabouts.
"You make a good point. Indeed, asking you is useless. I'll go ask Mesophyt instead."
Noah agreed with Trazyn, then chose to leave his laboratory. Trazyn, of course, followed closely behind Noah.
This was out of respect. After all, there were many things in Noah's laboratory that were secrets. His entry into the laboratory was already a result of Noah inviting him.
Now that Noah had left, what would it look like if he stayed there?
The two bid farewell at the Starport.
Trazyn, holding the 600 souls Noah had just given him, went off to find other Necron Dynasties.
Although souls were now openly priced, complete souls were still somewhat precious.
Complete souls could only be supplied in limited quantities by Noah. The Necrons' Infinite Empire was not a small empire.
The number of nobles could be said to be immense. Although everyone could temporarily sustain themselves with soul seeds,
as nobles, they still needed souls to maintain their status.
Although Trazyn's business was no longer as good as before, he still had his profits, as the souls he held did not require waiting; they were available as long as payment was made.
The fact that Trazyn delivered another 600 souls indicated that another six Wild Aeldari would be completely annihilated within the Milky Way Galaxy.
After seeing him off, Noah swiftly made a gesture with his hand, and these six coordinates were sent to the Imperial Navy.
"Have the Redeemer Legion go and destroy these lords."
These six Aeldari coordinates were all along Angron's path of conquest, so it was perfect to have Angron handle this matter.
"Yes, Warmaster!"
The Departmento Munitorum of the Imperial Navy immediately executed Noah's order, transmitting these coordinates to Angron.
Angron's Redeemer Legion quickly dispatched a fleet, bringing Space Marines to deal with the matter.
Since the World 108 War, the Aeldari in most parts of the Milky Way Galaxy have become like rats on the street, hunted by everyone.
But who could they blame? They were the ones who first schemed against Misty Star Field World 108, so they naturally had to pay the price for their choices.
Angron, who was conquering and saving Imperial Worlds in the Hazy Starfield, immediately went to execute the order after receiving Noah's command.
Destroying the Aeldari had now become the top priority of the Imperium of Man.
Once traces of the Aeldari were discovered in the core regions of humanity in the Milky Way Galaxy, no matter which army of the Imperium of Man it was, the first step would be to eliminate the Aeldari.
As for other matters, they could be set aside for later.
This was the status of the Aeldari.
After dealing with the trivial matters of the Aeldari, Noah once again came to the Imperial Palace. He then returned to United Star via the Webway of the Imperial Palace and began preparing to contact the Necrons' Triarch Council.
The Milky Way Galaxy was simply too vast. If he searched aimlessly, it would be difficult to find his desired target. Given this, the Necrons became Zhou Qing's best choice.
This race, which could be called the number one technology in the physical world, was formidable even from Noah's past perspective.
The Necrons were not as simple as they appeared on the surface; they possessed a large amount of black technology.
How could a civilization that could sleep for 60 million years be weak?
This empire was like the Lost Empire of the past. Noah currently dared not imagine how powerful the Necrons' peak period truly was.
If the Necrons had been present before the Terran Dominion's ascension, they might even have become a formidable enemy.
However, fortunately, the Necrons were now their friends. As long as the Necrons did not master their own methods of dealing with souls for a single day, there would be an unbreakable friendship between them and the Necrons.
As Noah began to contact the Triarch Council, preparing to look for star god fragments that could allow humanity to obtain them, Evlynni and other Aeldari personnel had already arrived at Commorragh.
With the Reaper as their trump card, the communication between the Reaper Army and these Dark Aeldari of Commorragh could be said to be very smooth.
In exchange for the Reaper helping them escape the threat of the Aeldari, Commorragh decided to dispatch an Aeldari army.
With the grand premise of being able to escape Slaanesh's threat, the various Kabals within Commorragh united as never before and activated the warships from the Aeldari's peak era.
The Aeldari's Craftworld fleets, their Craftworlds, were essentially quasar warships.
Previously, the human fleet easily destroyed the Aeldari Craftworld fleets, but that was only because those Aeldari Craftworld fleets were all weak Craftworlds.
Truly powerful Aeldari Craftworld fleets were not comparable to the Craftworlds created by those subsequent fragmented Aeldari branches.
Why were they able to retreat unscathed when fighting the Starfish before, and why did the Starfish not continue their combat posture against them?
Do not naively believe that there is any so-called peace in the universe; there is only the law of the jungle. It was simply because, although the Aeldari failed in the initial engagement, their subsequent main fleet was still powerful.
Controlling such a large territory in the Milky Way Galaxy, they naturally needed a sufficiently powerful main fleet to suppress it. Even if the Aeldari were in a frenzy at the time, pursuing pleasure, they did not abandon their warship development.
During the Old Empire era, the Aeldari had one of the most powerful fleets called the Golden Craftworld Fleet, the Golden Fleet!
At that time, relying on the suppressive power of the Golden Fleet, the Aeldari easily controlled the airspace throughout the Milky Way Galaxy.
Before the Necrons awakened and before human technology entered its peak in the Dark Age of Technology, the Aeldari were the most powerful force in this Milky Way Galaxy.
However, the Golden Fleet also declined with the appearance of Slaanesh.
Now, although the Craftworld fleets in various Aeldari regions also possessed some warships from the Golden Fleet, the top-tier Craftworld warships of the Golden Fleet were only owned by Commorragh.
It was because Commorragh was in the Webway, escaping Slaanesh's pursuit. The Aeldari's Golden Fleet was hidden within the Webway.
After Yvraine and their discussions concluded, an Aeldari fleet, led by six Golden Craftworld Kherysine-class quasar warships, slowly exited the Webway.
This force, hailed as the Overlord of the Milky Way Galaxy during its vacuum period, demonstrated the true combat power it should possess as a galactic Overlord.
Of course, on the other hand, if Commorragh didn't possess such a powerful fleet, Noah would have long ago razed this place.
Commorragh was located in the most empty region of the Webway. How could this place not attract Noah's attention? It was precisely because Noah detected a large fleet here that he didn't make a move.
When this Aeldari fleet appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy, they would show everyone what a true galactic Overlord-level force was.
Although they were far inferior to the Necrons, they were still an Overlord-level force that had ruled the Milky Way Galaxy for tens of millions of years.
Every race that could become a galactic Overlord always had something hidden up its sleeve.
Commorragh is essentially a trading port, inhabited by various races from across the galaxy, including humans.
Although Noah had issued a final warrant and a galaxy-wide hunt for the Aeldari, the Aeldari in Commorragh, since Noah hadn't dealt with them, were implicitly allowed to exist.
Commorragh, being a massive trading port, naturally possessed a large quantity of resources that were also desperately needed by humans in the real universe.
This represented a huge profit, and humanity naturally wouldn't abandon such a significant opportunity.
However, trade was trade, and ultimately, they were still humans. So, when the human merchant fleet discovered a large Aeldari fleet, glowing gold, appearing near Commorragh, they immediately began preparing to leave Commorragh.
"Captain, are we leaving now? We haven't finished buying our goods. If we leave now, who knows when we'll be able to enter again."
A Vice Captain, busy packing his equipment and preparing to leave, asked the Captain of the Carlo, a Battle cruiser from the Ninth Trade Fleet of the Canossa Merchant Dynasty.
Due to Noah's appearance, the Imperium of Man's warship production capacity greatly increased. Simultaneously, as the Canossa Merchant Dynasty had always been a loyal Merchant Dynasty to the Imperium, they also began to receive warships decommissioned by the Imperial Navy.
For example, the current Carlo Battle cruiser was once a Battleship-class Battle cruiser of the Imperium of Man's Imperial Navy.
As the Imperial Navy began to equip more new models of warships, these older Battle cruisers gradually started to withdraw from Imperial Navy service.
Although Battle cruisers, as large warships, hadn't reached the point of complete retirement, the Canossa Merchant Dynasty happened to be one of the most loyal large Merchant Dynasties of the Imperium.
When the Imperial Navy began to decommission its main warships, they naturally received firsthand news and immediately acquired a batch of Imperial Navy main warships to supplement their own Merchant Dynasty's fleet.
"We can't stay here any longer. Did you see that Aeldari fleet that just left Commorragh? Its scale is astonishingly large!"
If such a fleet were allowed to appear within the galaxy, who knew what they would do? What if they were to attack an Imperial World?
We must transmit this information to the Warmaster for him to handle.
The departure of six World-Forge-class quasar warships left the Captain of this merchant fleet with a deep sense of unease.
Those six warships were different from other Aeldari World-Forges; their sheer size even frightened the Captain.
Moreover, the psychic shield defense on their surface showed surprisingly high data.
If such a thing appeared in the galaxy, would the current Imperium of Man be capable of resisting it?
The Captain of this type of Battle cruiser couldn't help but ask himself such a question in his mind.
Of course, the answer was affirmative; the Captain of this Merchant Dynasty's Battle cruiser gave the answer without even thinking.
They could certainly deal with this Aeldari fleet, as the Imperium of Man possessed a large number of warships, with many main Patrol Fleets patrolling within the Imperium of Man.
At the same time, they also possessed World-class quasar warships.
Most importantly, the maintenance costs of quasar warships could not be sustained by a single planet.
The Spirit Lords could activate these warships, but that didn't mean they could keep them in continuous operation.
The Aeldari's defeat was inevitable in the end, but a force of this scale was simply too large.
Even if the Imperium of Man could resolve the losses incurred in this incident, it was definitely something the Imperium did not wish to endure.
"Our Canossa Merchant Dynasty has always been the most loyal Merchant Dynasty to the Imperium. Since such an event has occurred, we must return and report to the Imperium, even if it means incurring some economic losses, without hesitation."
"This is one of the secrets why our Merchant Dynasty has endured to this day and remains one of the most powerful Merchant Dynasties in the Imperium.
We must ensure absolute loyalty to the Imperium, and the Imperium will naturally not treat us unfairly."
Loyalty was never just empty words; it had to be demonstrated through actual actions. Therefore, after the Captain finished speaking, the Vice Captain said nothing more.
Since his position was that of a Vice Captain of a Battleship-class Battle cruiser, his status within the entire Merchant Dynasty would naturally not be insignificant.
He was considered a pillar of the Dynasty, so he understood how his Dynasty had developed to its current state.
"I understand, Captain. I'll go and urge them to discard unnecessary items here and prepare to return to the Imperium."
The Vice Captain left to carry out the order, while the Captain stood in the bridge, gazing at the direction where the Aeldari fleet had already departed, speechless for a long time.
It wasn't his first time in Commorragh; he frequently came to Commorragh to purchase various goods, as this place gathered the largest trade in the galaxy.
It was quite common for merchant fleets to come here to buy and procure, and the people here were also very wealthy, allowing them to make a substantial profit by selling goods here.
But even in all his years as a merchant, he had never seen Commorragh dispatch such a large-scale fleet.
Those Kabals didn't possess such large warships. What exactly had happened?
What would be the impact on the Imperium?
The merchant fleet quickly loaded its cargo, discarding the more difficult-to-load items on the spot. Soon, the fleet set sail and left the Webway.
Because this fleet belonged to a Merchant Dynasty, they held a certain status here. Therefore, when they returned to the Imperium's New District Government, news immediately reached Noah.
"The Aeldari dispatched a large fleet, sailing out of Commorragh through the Webway?"
Noah looked at the message before him, somewhat silent.
This message contained more than just that single sentence; it also included images of those Aeldari warships.
After all, for a Battle cruiser, taking a picture was not an issue.
With Noah's vision, even without seeing the scale of these Aeldari warships firsthand, just by looking at their appearance, he already knew that these were not the old, dilapidated vessels of the Aeldari from before.
"The technological level of these Aeldari warships seems to have improved significantly. No, that's not right.
These should be their warships from the Aeldari Overlord era."
Noah recognized them at a glance, but precisely because he recognized them, Noah was currently experiencing a headache.
He rubbed his temples irritably.
"This is outrageous, I don't know why.
Lately, all sorts of strange things have been popping up. First, the Starfish, and now the Aeldari in Commorragh are also becoming restless."
"Indeed, when one is unlucky, misfortunes come one after another. This ancient saying truly doesn't deceive me. Why didn't the Imperium of Man encounter such troublesome things before?"
Noah, whose brain was throbbing from these successive events, couldn't help but complain.
Regarding the massive deployment of Aeldari forces from the Commorragh region, Noah issued the following directive.
"The Imperial Navy is to be on high alert. Should Aeldari be discovered anywhere within the Imperium's borders, report immediately to the Imperial Central Command!"
This was all Noah could do; humanity possessed only one moon of war, making it naturally difficult to counter the Aeldari's quasar-class battleships.
If these fellows were truly targeting the Imperium of Man, then Noah's only recourse was to mobilize the main fleet forces, and then conveniently bring the Necrons along to annihilate the Aeldari.
Since the Milky Way Galaxy was the Necrons' home, their strength here was considerable, and they also had access to certain forbidden weapons.
Noah was not worried about waging war within the Milky Way Galaxy.
His only concern was the soul resources he would have to pay after fighting alongside the Necrons.
While it seemed like merely giving souls, every soul actually represented a resource, and every resource equated to wealth.
The Imperium of Man was not yet wealthy enough to treat wealth as disposable. In fact, due to large-scale engineering projects, the construction of the moon of war, and the consumption by the Imperial Navy...
...and, most importantly, the Astra Militarum fighting across the galaxy also required significant resources.
Noah naturally had to cherish every resource he could acquire.
The situation on the human side was stirred up by the Aeldari's deployment of a massive fleet, prompting Noah to alert humanity to monitor the Aeldari's movements. Fortunately, the Aeldari fleet had not yet appeared in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Relying on the advanced webway system left behind by the Old Ones, the Aeldari successfully brought their battleships directly to the Starfish race's capital.
When six Golden Fleet Craftworlds appeared over the Starfish race's capital, even the Starfish race themselves were terrified.
Nord personally led his side's moon of war to meet them.
Since the Aeldari had directly activated six Craftworlds, Nord was also forced to activate all of his quasar-class battleships, leading to a direct confrontation between the two fleets over the Starfish race's capital.
On the Starfish race's flagship, the largest star-class battleship, the Sessarsal, several Starfish Immortals gathered.
Strand, the Starfish race's highest ruler, gazed sternly at the Aeldari fleet group that had appeared before him.
These Aeldari actually still possessed fleets from their peak era, even deploying fleet groups comparable to star-class battleships. What a terrifying sight!
Perhaps they had pushed the Aeldari too far?
The Starfish race had survived in the star sea until now precisely because they were able to assess the situation, hadn't they?
To be honest, during the previous war with humanity, if the Terran Dominion's reaction had not been so swift...
...they had just destroyed the human colony world Europa, and the enemy immediately rushed over and obliterated their capital.
This forced the Starfish race to relocate their capital; otherwise, the situation would never have deteriorated to this extent.
Had humanity displayed such powerful combat strength earlier, they would have immediately sought reconciliation, instead of being completely wiped out in the end.
Now that the Starfish race saw the Aeldari displaying the combat strength expected of an interstellar civilization, they were quick to change their stance.
"The Sarthal Empire cannot continue to wage war against these Aeldari at this time. We must seek reconciliation first."
"The threat posed by humanity far outweighs the threat posed by these long-ears. Open our communication channel and prepare to communicate with them."
"Ask them what their demands are. If they are acceptable, then we will sign a peace treaty with them."
Strand ultimately spoke words that were highly humiliating to his nation, but for the Starfish race at this moment, the stronger the Aeldari ally showed their power, the less likely they were to break ties with them.
In the vast star sea, there was no such thing as national humiliation; there was only prioritizing self-interest.
Since the Aeldari had demonstrated their value, the Starfish race felt it necessary to negotiate properly with these Spirit Lords.
Although Nord had some objections to what his superior said, he ultimately did not stop him, choosing instead to acquiesce.
A communication from the Starfish race was quickly sent, directed straight to the Aeldari ship.
The Aeldari—
The Aeldari, the most magnificent flagship of the Aeldari Golden Fleet era, was a star-class battleship.
From a certain perspective, this battleship also represented the Aeldari's capability when they were the Overlord of the Milky Way Galaxy.
After all, if they didn't even have star-class battleships, how could they have withstood the Necrons' attacks, and even claimed the position of Overlord of the Milky Way Galaxy after the Necrons fell into slumber?
Yvraine, who was currently aboard the Aeldari ship, felt utterly vindicated upon seeing the communication from the Starfish race.
"These Starfish race truly bully the weak and fear the strong to the extreme. We only showed a little bit of capability, and now their attitude has improved significantly."
The fact that the Starfish race was still willing to send communication at this time was enough to prove that they were already wary; otherwise, they should have commenced hostilities immediately.
The Aeldari were actually a relatively difficult race to deal with because they inherited the webway system from the Old Ones era, and that system was frankly too formidable.
It was similar to how the golden throne suppressed a Webway beneath the Emperor.
Although that Webway was built by the Emperor himself, the Aeldari's Webway coincidentally had paths leading to Terra.
If that Webway had not suffered any accident, it would mean the Aeldari could even launch a surprise attack directly on the Imperium of Man's capital, Holy Terra!
Of course, even now the Aeldari could still achieve this, which was why Evlynni initially proposed assassinating Noah; she possessed this capability.
The armies of many nations would guard the frontiers against external enemies, but the Aeldari could cleverly bypass the enemy's legions entirely.
The Webway and the Warp jump system could be said to be two fundamentally different things.
The Warp system was still predictable for civilizations that also mastered Warp navigation technology.
But the Webway could not be monitored even by Noah, let alone other civilizations.
Of course, this did not mean the Ark Aeldari had lost all their weaknesses; if the Ark Aeldari were a traditional interstellar civilization, they would still have vulnerabilities.
Although the Starfish race and Noah could not directly lock onto the Aeldari's webway system to strike the enemy, allowing the Aeldari to launch sudden, unpredictable attacks...
...the spatial jump technology of the Starfish race and Noah was similarly something the Aeldari could not currently contend with.
However, due to the outbreak of the galactic war and humanity's order to hunt down the Aeldari, all Aeldari worlds other than Commorragh within the Webway had become useless.
Large numbers of Wild Aeldari, anyone with any capability, had already abandoned their planets and transitioned into Ark Aeldari, attempting to escape or join certain Ark Aeldari groups.
Besides that, not to mention the Wild Aeldari, the Ark Aeldari's worlds *were* Craftworlds... The Aeldari were not difficult to deal with.
The Craftworlds of ordinary Ark Aeldari were not as powerful as their Golden Fleet, but the difficulty lay in the sheer size of the universe, making them truly hard to find.
Now, the Aeldari were like a civilization without weaknesses, wandering the Milky Way Galaxy and the universe with their entire families in tow.
If you fight them, it is not that you cannot win, but the most annoying thing is the trouble they cause. After all, both humanity and the Starfish race have their own worlds, whereas these Aeldari are like untouchables, annoying like insects.
As long as your strike does not hit the critical point—directly killing the Spirit Lord—the Spirit Lord will repeatedly resist.
Yvraine was 100% certain that the Starfish race absolutely did not want to provoke entities like the Aeldari. The Aeldari had nothing left, but the Starfish race had 400,000 worlds.
Colonies meant powerful national strength, but they also meant powerful constraints. Yvraine was extremely pleased.
Just as she laughed proudly, the leader of a Cabal within Commorragh urged Yvraine.
"Since the other side has sent a communication request, then communicate with them.
We are here to support you, not to fight. The energy and material consumption of the Golden Fleet is simply too great; Commorragh cannot sustain it for long."
The Starfish race possessed 400,000 worlds, yet they still couldn't support their quasar-class battleships in combat, let alone the Aeldari... Why do you think they were unwilling to use their Golden Fleet? Isn't it because they cannot afford the cost?
The words of the Cabal Overlord interrupted Yvraine's current moment of pride, forcing her to focus.
That's right, their Aeldari were ultimately no longer in their prime.
Even if they still possessed the warships of the Golden Fleet, what did it matter? With the Aeldari's current foundation, how many operations could this fleet sustain?
If this were any other Ark Aeldari, this matter would be completely out of the question.
Only the Cabals of Commorragh possessed vast resources, and since Commorragh was the central region of the Webway, a trade port, otherwise even Commorragh could not afford to utilize this Golden Fleet.
Mobilizing this group of warships meant continuously burning through various materials and energy... Realizing the urgency of her situation and the limited strength of the Aeldari, Yvraine quickly focused.
She connected the communication link with the Starfish, and the two parties held a friendly and cordial meeting.
At the end of the talks, the Starfish chose to grant some refuge to their new allies.
Although the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy was not as vast as the Milky Way Galaxy, it was not so small as to contain only 400,000 worlds.
Although the Starfish occupied the most vital star systems in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy.
Just as the Imperium of Man, despite having millions of worlds, had not brought the entire Milky Way Galaxy under its rule, merely being the Milky Way Overlord proved this point.
The Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy still had a large number of unowned star systems; otherwise, Noah should have immediately clashed with the Starfish race the moment he entered.
In the final talks, the Starfish race agreed to grant 300 contiguous, unowned star systems within the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy as Aeldari territory, and these systems would be used to settle the Wild Aeldari.
As a major condition for signing this trade agreement, the Sarthal Empire demanded:
If Human fleets appeared in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, the Aeldari fleets would also be obligated to come and support them, fighting side-by-side.
It was obvious that this fleet was not a group of warships that Yvraine could command.
They were warships from the Aeldari Golden Age and belonged to Commorragh.
The Reaper Army actually had no authority to command this fleet, but this did not mean Yvraine could not agree to the Starfish race's request.
This fleet had indeed appeared behind her.
As long as she didn't speak up and the Cabals didn't reveal it.
How would the Starfish race know that this fleet was not the fleet belonging to the Aeldari Reaper Army?
Of course, the Starfish race would not know this; they assumed Yvraine was the leader of the Aeldari, and thus the agreement was signed.
Naturally, the Starfish race were not naive individuals; they signed this agreement and trusted Yvraine primarily because of those 300 unowned star systems.
The Starfish race were ultimately a conventional interstellar civilization, and their strength was mainly concentrated on their colony worlds.
Although they didn't know where the Aeldari had managed to procure this Golden Fleet, it might have been a legacy from the former Aeldari Empire, which was understandable.
Given the Aeldari's history spanning tens of millions of years, anything they possessed was understandable.
Compared to the Aeldari, the civilization of the Starfish Empire was merely a junior.
If even such a junior possessed some foundation, how much more so the Aeldari, the veteran who was once the Milky Way Overlord?
Considering the Aeldari fleet, and based on the thinking of a conventional interstellar civilization, the Starfish race chose to directly gift 300 star systems to the Aeldari and let them develop them.
Within these 300 star systems, there were over 900 worlds that could be terraformed into colony worlds!
The Starfish race did not believe that the Aeldari Reaper Army would abandon 900 worlds, especially if they had no other hidden cards left.
This was a form of binding.
They simply did not believe that any interstellar civilization would embrace a nomadic life.
It was possible for nomadic civilizations to adopt a wandering lifestyle, dragging their fleets everywhere.
But a veteran civilization like the Aeldari wouldn't stoop to such a thing, would they?
Since it was unlikely for a veteran civilization to do this, they could rest assured.
With 900 worlds tying the Aeldari down, they would surely dispatch fleets to support them when facing a Human attack.
Strand and Nord firmly believed this.
The moment the agreement was signed, both the Aeldari and the Starfish revealed satisfied smiles; they were both extremely pleased with the terms.
The Starfish extended its tentacles and shook hands with the Aeldari representative.
The Starfish were satisfied that they had gained a reasonably capable ally to fight the Humans alongside.
The Aeldari were satisfied that they had successfully fooled the Starfish and acquired a large number of worlds from them.
Furthermore, they had secured various other trade agreements, allowing them to quickly develop their colonies.
The Wild Aeldari among the Aeldari could once again gain their own planets and develop them.
At the same time, even if they faced war, with the Starfish bearing the brunt of the fighting, they could immediately board their Arks and flee once the Humans arrived.
The legacy of the Old Ones.
The webway system was most intact in the Milky Way Galaxy, the star system where Humans resided.
However, some of the Old Ones' Webway extensions reached other parts of the universe.
Although it couldn't be used to travel everywhere like in the Milky Way, it was still usable for the sole purpose of escaping.
While the Starfish and Humans were locked in a major war, the Aeldari could completely seize this opportunity to pack up and evacuate all their people from the colonies once again.
Regardless, the Starfish was a powerful civilization; surely such a powerful civilization could hold out against the Humans for at least several years?
They might even be able to dispatch their own fleets to raid the Starfish worlds, seize a large amount of resources, and continue their escape.
Yvraine simply refused to believe that Humans harbored such immense hatred that they would pursue them across the entire universe.
The Aeldari would never perish; they were the former Milky Way Overlord, and they would never be defeated easily by Humans. The Aeldari would persevere until the last moment.
It could be said that the representatives from both sides harbored ulterior motives, but it had to be admitted that they were both smiling now.
Both sides were celebrating finding a suitable teammate.
The moment the agreement was finalized, the Aeldari Golden Fleet departed immediately.
They truly couldn't afford to burn resources anymore; they needed to quickly dock the fleet.
The Starfish race did not suspect the Aeldari's actions, as such large-scale warships indeed consumed a lot of resources when operating externally; even the Starfish could barely afford it, and the Aeldari should be similar.
Therefore, even watching the Aeldari warships re-enter the Webway and immediately leave, the Starfish race did not suspect that the Reaper Army was not actually the owner of this fleet.
This truly allowed one to say that both sides had a bright future.
When Commorragh's Overlord fleet returned to Commorragh, Noah immediately received a reply.
"Warmaster, we monitored Commorragh's Overlord fleet returning to their station; the Eldar Golden Fleet disappeared again after returning to Commorragh, seemingly re-stored by those Eldar."
The Assassinorum promptly delivered this intelligence to Noah, and upon seeing it, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He was almost caught in a trap; if the Eldar were truly going to clash with humanity across the galaxy, then his star-burst device could not be deployed to Starfish.
Currently, humanity has the fewest quasar-class battleships, and dealing with these two civilizations is quite strenuous; the star-burst device would be best used against the Eldar first.
However, as the Eldar once again withdrew their battleships, Noah keenly realized a problem.
Humanity is indeed the only civilization among the few that possesses only one quasar-class battleship, but humanity also has another advantage.
Based on existing data, among the Spirit Lord, Starfish, and human civilizations, it seems only humanity can keep its quasar-class battleships continuously in service!
This means that the Eldar and Starfish fleet strengths only appear powerful at this moment, but in reality, their naval power is like a castle in the air.
It can only be used during their race's most critical moments.
Unlike humanity, whose moon of war can be activated at any time.
Humanity indeed has the weakest battleship strength currently, but in a normal state, only humanity can use quasar-class battleships without restraint.
"No, even if those guys cannot effectively use their quasar-class battleships, the number of my moons of war cannot remain so few; I must build another one!"
Originally, after the moon of war appeared, the Imperium of Man's navy had already become a galactic Overlord-level force, but Noah once again felt a sense of urgency.
He had to build another moon of war for the Imperium of Man to increase the number of quasar-class battleships and avoid being at a disadvantage in subsequent confrontations.
Noah slowly rose from his seat and walked towards the administrative hall of the Imperial Palace.
To build another moon of war would require vast resources, and relying on the current Hazy Starfield World 108 is unreliable.
Because the Hazy Starfield World 108 is currently undergoing reconstruction.
Under such circumstances, he must rely on the Imperium of Man's resources for production and manufacturing.
If one were to ask who best understood the Imperium of Man's current resource reserves, it would undoubtedly be Guilliman.
Five minutes later, inside the Department of the Interior Hall of the Imperial Palace—
"Guilliman, I need your help!" Noah had just entered the Department of the Interior hall when he immediately called out to Guilliman.
The next moment, an unusually haggard face appeared before Noah.
What kind of appearance was that? What kind of appearance was that?
Guilliman's various physical conditions and indicators were actually quite good, but the only drawback was the fatigue caused by administrative duties.
The sight of a normal person's face appearing lifeless was so discordant; Noah was startled again by the sight of Guilliman.
"What's wrong, Guilliman? How did you get like this? You can't have anything happen to you; the entire Imperium of Man still needs you to shoulder the burden."
Noah stretched out his hand, shook Guilliman, and quickly took out a large amount of equipment from his small spatial backpack to perform a full scan on Guilliman.
Only after the scan was complete did Noah breathe a sigh of relief.
"Oh, it's nothing serious; you almost scared me to death. You're just mentally exhausted, right? This is easy to solve."
Noah said this while pulling out a small syringe from his spatial backpack.
This syringe was made of neutron star material and could easily pierce a Primarch's skin to administer an intravenous drip.
Noah gently pricked the needle into Guilliman's body and injected him with a tube of dark blue liquid.
The next second, Guilliman, who had originally looked ashen and felt his spirit was about to give out, was forced to show an excited, smiling expression.
"Hmm, that's right. You've really worked hard, Guilliman. How about this, I'll leave 600 doses of this medicine here for you. When you're tired, just give yourself an injection."
"Don't underestimate this; this is a Scientist-exclusive refreshing and invigorating shot. Just a small injection can sweep away all mental fatigue. As a Scientist who studies knowledge, this is a must-have."
Noah wasn't just talking; he genuinely took out 600 syringes directly from his small spatial backpack and placed them in front of Guilliman.
Seeing this, Guilliman could no longer hold back... "I don't want it, no, no, no!" o(╥﹏╥)o
Uncontrollable tears streamed from the Primarch's eyes.
"Oh, you finally spoke, Guilliman. How do you feel? Are you okay?"
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my medicine? It shouldn't be; I even use this myself. It can clear all fatigue. You shouldn't be uncomfortable, right?"
Watching tears of regret stream down Guilliman's face, Noah checked the injection he held, ensuring there was no problem with the medicine he had injected, then looked up and asked Guilliman.
As a Scientist, he didn't understand why, after injecting this mental fatigue-removing medicine into Guilliman, he instead shed tears.
This was completely illogical; this medicine didn't have the ability to make people cry.
"No, it's not like that."
"What I want isn't a medicine to restore energy. Isn't there something, something that can help me share the galactic administrative duties?"
Knowing that merely putting on an act might lead Noah to misunderstand him, Guilliman finally gave up on continuing his pretense at this moment.
He couldn't keep pretending to be tired. What if Noah took out other medicines to energize him again?
This wasn't what he wanted; he wanted Noah to find a way to quickly deal with galactic administrative affairs.
Preferably, he could give him some sentient ai. Haven't sentient ai been popularized?
With the help of these things, wouldn't the speed of handling galactic administrative affairs be greatly increased!
This was why Guilliman had shown such a spiritless, lifeless appearance in front of Noah.
He simply wanted to put on such an act to elicit Noah's pity and then have him actively solve this problem.
He had not expected Noah to directly pull out an energy-restoring medicine and inject it into him.
"Oh, I see. You feel that the current governmental affairs are simply too tiring, so you need me to find you a few assistants, is that it?"
After quite a struggle, Noah finally understood why Guilliman had such an expression.
"Then you should have said so earlier! Don't put on such a half-dead appearance."
Noah stepped forward and helped Guilliman sit upright again.
"However, what I need to tell you is that even if I provide you with enough administrative assistants to help you handle these matters, the affairs of the galaxy won't actually lessen much; it will only make you slightly more efficient."
"The galaxy is developing rapidly, and development breeds corruption and all sorts of other issues. Some people will look at the paper data and simply ignore these problems."
"Therefore, Guilliman, I must tell you that even if I give you a complete administrative system and leadership team, the things you have to do won't decrease significantly."
"The amount of documents you need to review every day will still be massive, because now is the beginning of the undertaking, and he cannot delegate his authority."
"Should any accident occur, the speed of humanity's rise will be severely compromised."
Although he now understood Guilliman's intention, Noah still spoke to him very seriously.
"It's fine, it's fine. I know everything you're saying, but having a complete administrative team is better than operating the way I am now. The ordinary high lord are truly unable to help me."
How could Guilliman not know what Noah was talking about? But none of that was the issue.
Although the amount of work to be processed wouldn't actually decrease much, the quality of the matters being handled would be completely different.
The workload would be the same, but the quality of the various administrative affairs he handled would skyrocket, and at the same time, it was also time for the High Lords Council to undergo a wave of reform.
"Since you've put it that way, I will transfer a batch of Department of the Interior Officials to you."
Since Guilliman was aware of these issues, Noah naturally wouldn't be stingy with his Department of the Interior Officials.
Although even World 108 did not yet have enough Department of the Interior Officials for its development, from a certain perspective, the growth of the Imperium of Man was more important.
The Imperial Palace represented millions of worlds belonging to the Imperium of Man.
The exchange between the two concluded perfectly. After resolving the issue of the Department of the Interior Officials, Guilliman stood up again and stretched.
"This potion is really useful. I feel full of energy now. Brother Zhou, tell me, is there something you need me to do this time that you came to find me?"
It was impossible for Noah to come to the Department of the Interior of the Imperium of Man without reason; his arrival definitely meant business.
Guilliman was not naive enough to think that Noah came to the Department of the Interior simply to pay him a visit.
A visit?
What decent person visits someone by going to their workplace? Isn't that pure nonsense? Noah must have come for something important.
"I need resources to reconstruct a moon of war."
Since Guilliman had asked, Noah naturally didn't beat around the bush; instead, he immediately produced the list of materials he required.
Because the materials Noah requested were massive every time, Guilliman and Noah designed a specialized currency system for tracking the overall value and quantity of materials spent on the Imperial Army.
Of course, rather than calling it a currency system, it was more accurate to say it was just a designation for material quantity.
Currency itself held no inherent meaning within the Imperium; both Noah and Guilliman dealt solely in materials.
Eternal Coin—
The reason the Eternal Coin was called the Eternal Coin was that it represented massive quantities of materials.
Its quantity was not excessive because this currency was fundamentally not a conventional unit of value, but rather a currency defined by the division of the Imperium of Man's material quantity. Each coin represented a certain quantity of overall materials.
This currency was planned jointly by Guilliman and Noah before the Misty Star Field World 108 was damaged.
They collectively organized the total material income during the peak period of the Misty Star Field World 108 and the Imperium's developing period.
All the Imperium's income in that year was divided by them and allocated as ten thousand Eternal Coins.
This total production value even included the Misty Star Field World 108, excluding only Noah's core 28 worlds.
But this alone was enough to show the immense value represented by the currency system planned by Noah and Guilliman.
One Eternal Coin was roughly equivalent to the total material output value that 200 to 400 regular Imperial worlds could produce in a year.
However, the production value required to manufacture a moon of war was extremely high.
Noah's various material lists added up, indicating that one moon of war would consume approximately 600 Eternal Coins.
?????
Guilliman looked at the list of materials in front of him and the terrifying consumption of 600 Eternal Coins at the end, speechless for a moment.
Of course, the most painful part was not just the construction cost of 600 Eternal Coins, but the fact that the moon of war required 30 Eternal Coins annually for maintenance fees.
Rebuilding another moon of war, plus the previous moon of war, meant the Imperium would need to spend approximately 60 Eternal Coins annually as fixed, allocated expenditure for the moons of war.
The atmosphere immediately fell silent.
After a long while, Guilliman finally spoke.
"Is the construction of this moon of war absolutely necessary?"
"Absolutely necessary. Otherwise, we cannot guarantee the security of our territory." Noah naturally knew what Guilliman meant.
He certainly knew that the Imperium of Man was not wealthy right now, but in terms of cutting-edge Imperial Navy strength, the Imperium of Man was at a disadvantage among the various stellar races.
If they could not manufacture more moons of war, these quasar-class battleships, then the upcoming war against the Starfish or the war against the Eldar could only be fought by sacrificing lives.
If they truly had to sacrifice lives, humanity's losses might not be any less than the cost of building one moon of war.
"But..."
"It's not that I don't want to approve this money for you, but the Imperium's current situation is really not good, you know. After the war in the Misty Star Field World 108, the Imperium's income was drastically reduced."
"Originally, much of the Imperium's income relied on the Misty Star Field World 108, but now that those 108 worlds have been destroyed by the Lords, the Imperium's fiscal income this year is only 9,164 Eternal Coins."
"Of this income, 164 Eternal Coins worth of materials must be allocated and invested in the reconstruction efforts of the Misty Star Field World 108."
"2,000 Eternal Coins need to be allocated as the Imperium's administrative expenditure..."
"2,000 Eternal Coins need to be allocated as material and operational expenditure for the Imperial Navy."
"1,500 Eternal Coins need to be allocated as material expenditure for the Astra Militarum."
"674 Eternal Coins need to be allocated as expenditure for the astartes forces."
"Another 1,000 Eternal Coins must be used as expenditure for various units during periods when the Imperium encounters war."
"Furthermore, 600 Eternal Coins must be used for the Imperium's maintenance expenditure on the stargate and Webway systems."
"The Imperium Nihilus also requires an expenditure of approximately 993..."
"We are only left with 260 Eternal Coins worth of materials, and this still needs to be used to deal with other potential accidents. We truly have no money left."