"Villains just talk too much."
Alex expressionlessly retracted the Holy Judgement Blade.
Seeing Fulgrim expelled, Guilliman's lips curved into a smile.
He knew Fulgrim's temper well; he was probably fuming with rage right now.
"The Guide's temperament is truly a model for us!"
Guilliman decided to learn from Alex.
If something can make others unhappy, don't let it make yourself unhappy.
When Fulgrim's avatar appeared, it caused panic among the populace,
but as Alex cut him down with a single sword, everything returned to peace.
In fact, the cheers grew louder, and praises for Alex rose one after another.
Alex could see his faith points balance soaring as if on steroids.
The celebration was grand, with various Human Empire forces participating.
Although there was the minor interlude with Fulgrim,
overall, it was still very perfect.
The people's depression and despair were swept away,
replaced by confidence and hope.
They firmly believed that with Guilliman's return,
humanity would surely drive out the powerful enemy and restore its former glory.
After the celebration, relevant videos and photos were sent by Cortana to the official website forum.
Seeing the many Players who followed the Guide to Macragge able to participate in the grand ceremony and appear on camera,
not only were the cloud Players envious,
but the Players remaining on Planet Atoma were also extremely envious.
Dora is the Lord of Myriad Machines: "I regret it. Why did no one tell me I could experience the plot during the parade?"
Don't Be a Dog, Declare War: "I just got the eighth batch of internal test slots, boo hoo, and I missed it like this."
Peerless Lion Flying Head Punch: "I haven't even gone online yet, and you guys are playing so big?"
MC Epic: "Angry, shivering, when will teleportation be available?"
MC Myth: "Build ships, must build ships. I will never allow myself to miss any plot in the future."
Second Empire Warmaster: "Why so excited? It's just a plot event! Young people need to relax."
Dora is the Lord of Myriad Machines: "You're not excited?? Then why aren't you wearing a helmet and still using hair wax, you damn show-off."
"When you return to Atoma, you'll be directly executed by a light spear for at least twenty minutes."
Qi Tingzhang: "That's not right, Warmaster, aren't you only a freshman? How are you calling others young people??"
Second Empire Warmaster: "Elders don't have an age limit, do you understand??"
Colonel Datch: "I recognize every Chinese character, but with your combination, I don't recognize it at all."
"What the hell is 'elders don't have an age limit'??"
Peach Baby is the Handsomest: "Gritting teeth.jpg"
Pinocchio vs. Snow White: "Kill them, kill them all.jpg"
Guilliman is the Only Sun: "Guilliman has revived, and I still don't have an internal test slot. This world is truly too cold, I can't feel any love."
Meng Jiao: "@Guilliman is the Only Sun, love needs to be 'made' to be felt. Why don't you buy an Orks style and pray daily."
"Meng Jiao has been muted for 1 hour."
Guilliman is the Only Sun: "@Meng Jiao, serves you right, always driving."
"..."
Alex, who was lurking, muted Meng Jiao,
then took the opportunity to check the number of reservations on the official website.
The current number of reservations had exceeded one million,
with many English IDs among them.
It seemed that after the last official reply from GW,
Warhammer OL had also broken through, attracting many international friends.
At that time, they would all be treated as beasts of burden.
"Conscription efficiency greatly improved, and the number of beasts of burden reached a new high."
Alex was somewhat relieved.
Next, he had to urge the Players to level up and strive to improve their combat power!
"It's just that with the expanded territory, communication is inefficient, and Players are difficult to manage."
Thinking of this, Alex's face showed distress.
He was on Macragge, and he was completely in the dark about the situation on Planet Atoma.
Cortana could only barely grasp the development there by collecting intelligence from the forum.
If the Fourth Catastrophe was allowed to run wild, the galaxy would 100% be lost.
These guys would definitely be darker than the Dark Mechanicum!!
Each of them would transform into Horus, shouting,
"If you cannot save humanity, then let me..."
The more Alex thought about it, the more his head hurt.
This mess truly made one feel powerless.
The speed of light was like a snail's pace on a galactic scale,
and information transfer often took decades.
Astropathic communication was also unstable and easily tampered with.
The only hope left was Cortana.
He would ask her later to see if she could create clones like the Tyranids.
At that time, one clone on Atoma and one on Macragge.
Alex reached out and closed the chat group and the Warhammer OL official website interface.
A golden light screen suddenly appeared,
giving him a new task.
[Task: Construct a New Lighthouse
The Great Rift expands, half of the Human Empire's territory is plunged into darkness, Warp Storms are frequent, and the Astronomican is no longer stable. The Human Empire needs new means to Guide ships through Warp travel.
Sotha retains navigation beacons from an ancient race that once possessed faster-than-light travel. Please acquire it and have Cortana analyze it to obtain its technology;
Reward: Large amount of Faith Points, activation of Faster-Than-Light Fixed-Point Teleportation Version 1.0,
(After constructing the lighthouse, individual teleportation between Player lighthouses will be possible)
(Cortana can use the lighthouse and psychic power to communicate regardless of space and distance)
]
"It's truly like getting a pillow when you're sleepy."
Alex could not hide the excitement on his face.
Just now, he was still thinking about how to solve the problem of faster-than-light communication with Players,
unexpectedly, the Emperor had already prepared a solution.
No more words, just do as told.
He would find time to go to Sotha to get the lighthouse.
"The mission reward is Version 1.0? That means there's also a Version 2.0."
"Version 1.0 allows individual Player teleportation, so Version 2.0 must allow group teleportation, and Version 3.0 would allow fleet teleportation."
Alex looked at the task and smiled.
The future looks promising.
The Webway project failed, and after sitting on the Golden Throne for ten thousand years,
the Emperor launched a backup plan.
It seemed he intended to bypass the Webway and the Warp to achieve spatial jumps.
Just like in Mass Effect, point-to-point teleportation.
If it could be achieved, the Human Empire's military capabilities would increase exponentially.
After all, what used to drag down the Empire the most was inefficient communication and the uncertainty of the Warp.
By then, it would be a single signal arrow, and thousands of ships would gather.
They would surely make the Tyranids kneel and beg for mercy, kneel and beg for mercy.
...
A few days after the celebration ended, Woldaes and his companions set off for the Calixis Planet.
According to the message from there, Lucius had revived with the help of a book cataloger.
The Grey Knights' library had always preserved information about Lucius.
Woldaes naturally knew that Lucius would revive on the person who killed him.
The problem was that this time, the God Chosen Warmaster who killed Lucius did not die.
Instead, an ordinary person who had nothing to do with Lucius's death died.
This matter was too strange and needed to be investigated thoroughly.
Woldaes and his companions were very fast.
Upon arriving at the Calixis Planet, they immediately began their investigation.
The Grey Knights had great authority.
The various departments on the planet dared not obstruct them.
They allowed them to view their databases and archives.
Woldaes and his companions quickly figured out the whole story.
"He was possessed just by looking at a book that recorded the Lucius incident?"
Woldaes frowned.
When the God Chosen Warmaster first arrived at Macragge,
he boasted everywhere about his achievement of killing Lucius, but no one had an accident?
Why was this guy possessed just by reading the story??
"Is it possible that the God Chosen are inherently blessed by the Lord of Myriad Machines, which blocks Lucius's resurrection mechanism?"
"That's why those who listened to the God Chosen's bragging were fine."
"As for this book cataloger who died from looking at the anecdote, he was not within the God Chosen's blocking chain."
"So, as soon as he established even a slight connection with Lucius, he was immediately used as a sacrifice for resurrection."
A Grey Knights colleague's explanation made Woldaes feel it made some sense.
"That is to say, the greatest role of the God Chosen is actually to block the pollution of humanity by the Warp Gods."
The other Grey Knights colleagues looked at each other.
If that were the case, they would have to bring those 'live treasures' with them when carrying out missions in the future.
Let them perform some key tasks to block the pollution and expansion of Chaos.
"Don't tell anyone about this yet."
Woldaes looked at his companion.
"I need to do some experiments. If this conjecture is confirmed, I will notify the other Grand Masters and invite them to discuss this matter together."
The other Grey Knights nodded.
...
Planet Atoma,
Tirien Hive City's Cathedral.
It was bustling with people.
The eighth batch of Players who entered the game, just like the previous Players,
looked at the vivid world in front of them, rubbed their eyes repeatedly, and cheered loudly.
Some even knelt before the Lord of Myriad Machines' statue, shouting that it was the omnissiah's great power that allowed them to play such a game.
"Is it really virtual reality?"
"It's too strong, damn it, look at this girl, wow, her skin is as delicate as real."
Slap!!
"Pervert!"
"Even the feeling of being hit is so real, I love it, I love it."
"Hey, hey, why are you still arresting me? Ah, no, does the game even have a crime of indecency?"
A Player who took liberties was dragged out by the guards.
"This guy is really looking for death."
"Why is there no logout button?"
...
The cathedral was bustling with noisy chatter.
Several old Players, however, were used to it and found nothing strange.
Every batch of Players was like this.
After all, the official videos were visible but intangible, not as shocking.
Only after truly logging into Warhammer OL could one feel the shock brought by that 100% realistic sensation.
Cortana's projection, left on the Planet Atoma in advance, appeared.
"Welcome to hell."
After guiding the Players through the storyline as per the process, the projection disappeared.
"That's it? No beginner's gift pack?"
"No interface, no gift pack, just abandon us like this??"
"Where's the cash shop? I want to buy a Holy Judgement Blade, 999+ damage in one hit,"
...
Various Warbands entered the scene and started recruiting people.
The Guide went to Macragge and participated in the great event of the Primarch's revival.
Many Players speculated that in the next update,
the official would allow Players to purchase vehicles such as warships and barges, starting interstellar exploration and conquest.
They needed to recruit more people and stick together to gain an advantage in future interstellar exploration.
"Over here, over here, the Dora Guild is recruiting! Are there any talents in science and engineering??"
"Are you interested in becoming an Astartes?"
"Flesh is weak, mechanical ascension, brothers, let's embrace glorious evolution."
...
In the Spire District of Tirien Hive City.
Feng, Hyderak, Casca, and other high-ranking officials observed the God Chosen through drones.
They arranged for people via communication to assign tasks to these new God Chosen,
such as training, challenges, or transporting goods to other Hive City.
These were all things the Guide had instructed them to do before he left.
After the Warbands recruited people and arranged for the remaining God Chosen, the high-ranking officials finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"I wonder when the Guide will return!! The Colin Family's rebellion is getting more and more severe, and more than half of the Calixis Sector's territory has been seized by them."
Feng's tone was filled with worry.
The Colin Family's operations were too powerful, and their influence was intricate.
They had hidden too well before the rebellion; some families that were clearly their allies disguised themselves as hostile factions, fooling everyone.
After the rebellion, the Sector government discovered that Colin Family members were everywhere.
They couldn't catch all the traitors, and various intelligence leaked out.
The loyalists retreated steadily, losing a lot of territory.
If this continued, the Calixis Sector would become a possession of the Colin Family.