The Stygian Shield? The Maginot Line!

"S~ha"

"Your Highness, please give me some more. It feels so good! If I don't drink any orange juice for even a minute, I feel like ants are crawling all over my body."

"Roll!"

"Second Uncle!"

Mordred regretted it a bit; he should have known better than to make the dosage so strong. To boost morale, he gave Dante three bowls of Fel Energy elixir. Everyone else was fine, but Dante was turned into an idiot by the Fel Energy.

He's glowing green like a light bulb right now, and his crazy appearance doesn't seem like acting at all.

He was forced to extract the Fel Energy from Dante's body in order to slow down the Fel Energy's corruption of the unfortunate boy.

"Damn it, you even called out your Second Uncle just to get a few more sips of soup? There's no soup, but there are two cigars. You can make do with those for now."

And let me remind you, don't you feel incredibly good right now? As if boundless power is surging within you, enough to single-handedly destroy the entire world?"

"That's right! I feel like I've grown little wings, and I'm so happy, I don't want to die."

"..."

Several Rick V, mixed with various dangerous chemicals and Fel Energy powder, were distributed. Even the Lion King took one, savoring the dangerous but highly toxic smoke that could rapidly enhance combat power.

As several plumes of smoke rose, Mordred slipped Dante's Lighter into his pocket, and while using his Mind Network to micromanage his offspring's territory, he instructed them:

"Next, the two of us will head to the front lines. This rear base is yours to handle, so you better watch out."

Seeing this unfortunate fellow puffing away on a cigarette, even blowing smoke rings with Zalasus, the fleshless Necron, Mordred was so angry that he slapped him across the face.

"I'm talking to you. We're going to the front lines soon, and you—no, you two—must protect the home. Don't rush in impulsively."

"I heard it! I heard it!"

Mordred was not at all reassured by these rather perfunctory words, and immediately extracted half of the Fel Energy from Dante's body, his eyes instantly becoming clear:

"Fel Energy is not omnipotent. To gain power, you must pay a price. If you think you Invincible Under Heaven, that's just an illusion."

The price is that you will become more and more like me. If this flaw weren't so obvious, I would have spread Fel Energy throughout the entire empire long ago."

"No, if you really do that, Father will be the first to chop you up," the Lion King commented.

"Who can argue with that? Back then, I even wanted to transform Holy Terra into a giant Chaos Energy Furnace, spreading Chaos Fire throughout the entire empire. If I had done that, the Four Merchants wouldn't be enjoying themselves so much; they would all have perished with me."

"Then why not do it?" Dante was a little confused. Since Fel Energy was so useful, and the only cost was to get closer to Mord, the Primarch seemed pretty good to him.

"Good?"

These words made the Lion King laugh in anger. As time went by, he had recalled most of his memories of Mordred, including the cataclysm. If the Empire had fully embraced Fel Energy, the Empire would have been gone 10,000 years ago.

"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask. It's impolite to keep asking. If this were before, I would have smashed your head off just for saying that."

"Exactly, exactly! What are you implying? Why did you bring this up? Do you have a problem with me? How can you blame me? I didn't want to either!"

"No, I was just asking casually. Why are you in such a hurry, Second Uncle?"

Dante was right; Mordred also realized he had been a bit too sensitive, but fortunately, the news of the fleet's departure eased his embarrassment.

Without further ado, the two Primarchs boarded their aircraft and headed to the front lines for the most brutal space naval battle. Time was running out for them; the Tyranid had already appeared at the Stygian Shield.

The so-called Stygian Shield is an Asteroid Belt located on the edge of the Stygian System, which is divided into the Diamond Shield and the Bastion Ring.

The outermost layer, the Diamond Shield, is a solid ice region formed by a large number of ice crystals. Generally speaking, any spaceship that passes directly through this ice crystal barrier will be frozen solid.

This place is permeated with a faint Warp Power capable of distorting the laws of the Material Universe. Even substances and structures on ships that can maintain low-temperature activity will fail within the Diamond Shield, making it a true icy hell.

Behind the Shield of Spikes lies another barrier— the Bastion Ring —which is the main stronghold of the Baal garrison. These asteroids had long been hollowed out by Imperial miners and then transformed into fortified strongholds, while the surrounding star systems were also designated as dangerous space minefields.

With this advantageous terrain, any enemy wishing to breach the defenses could only bypass the Diamond Shield and be Bastion Ring to enter the Tartarus Sector before finally reaching the heart of the Empire.

As for bypassing the Tartarus Sector, it's impossible. Looking around the Tartarus Sector, all you see is a desolate, deserted wasteland. This godforsaken place was the Ancient Battlefield between the Human Federation and the Aeldari Empire, and going back 65 million years, it was also a corner of the War in Heaven.

Even the corresponding Sea of Souls is a desolate, shattered crater.

Because the Tartarus Sector is so important, even the inhuman High Lords Council fully supports the Blood Angels, and even turns a blind eye to their violations of the Codex Astartes, which can be considered as doing something humane.

Over the centuries, the Stygian Shield has repelled cunning Aeldari raiders, blasphemous Chaos traitors, and even terrifying hordes of Orks.

In short, the Imperial soldiers stationed in the Stygian System firmly believed that no matter what kind of enemy they were, they would be able to withstand the sturdy shield before them.

According to the previously agreed tactics, the garrison Bastion Ring was the first line of defense, while the Imperial Navy stationed at the Diamond Shield served as the reserve force.

If the ring encounters the enemy, the Imperial Navy and the defending forces will be positioned to encircle it from both sides. As for your question about what to do if the Diamond Shield is attacked?

That's impossible. The bugs aren't stupid. Even if they were brain-dead, the Imperial Navy isn't just sitting around doing nothing. Do you think they'd let the bugs raid our base?

What's more, the Blood Angels and Dark Angels, two powerful groups, are now fighting together, and two Primarchs have come to help. If this defense line is breached, we'll Live Broadcast ourselves eating shit while doing a handstand.

In this day and age, the symbolic meaning of the Primarch is boundless. With Mordred and Zhuang Sen's arrival, the morale of all the soldiers in the Bastion Ring has been boosted.

Since Chapter Master Dante needed to guard the rear, the First Chapter Captain, the comrades' good brother, and the brothers' good brother, among a group of Blood Angels, Karlann intelligence-type hero who most resembled the Ultramarines, became the front-line commander.

His adjutant was even more important, Mephisto, who, along with Ezekiel and Dignis, was known as one of the three great Librarian of the empire.

Unlike the two Chief Librarian were proficient in Psychic Power and prophetic Psychic Power, Mephisto was a rather pure person, so pure that he seemed inhuman.

With the arrival of the two Primarchs, Karlann handed over command of the fleet to the Lion King without hesitation. After all, just like Zhuang Sen's infamous reputation, his formidable command ability was among the best of all the Primarch.

As for Mordred, he didn't slack off this time either. Although he wasn't known for his command abilities, it was because he was usually lazy. With Goff, the Legion Commander, around, he only needed to switch sides.

But that doesn't mean he can't. Relying on his 312 offspring who act as human walkie-talkies for micromanagement, he is confident in unifying all the fortress firepower points in the Bastion Ring.

Let alone moving the machine gun position 5 meters to the left, even moving it by 5 centimeters is possible.

The fortress cannons were warmed up and ready to fire, the warships' Macro Cannon were loaded and positioned, and the two Gloriana Class Ships were positioned at the forefront. Everyone was waiting for the endless swarm of deadly insects. Their mission was to withstand the first wave of the Swarm's attack and let these flesh-and-blood Xenos die under the artillery fire.

But as time ticked by, three whole hours passed, and the damned Tyran still hadn't appeared, and there was no sign of life in the surrounding airspace.

But soon the big ones arrived; the Tyranid Swarm finally appeared within the Bird Servant Array, though not in front of the Bastion Ring.

Instead, it stubbornly drilled a hole through the shield, relying on its powerful adaptive evolutionary ability and mass.

"Damn it, what were those Imperial Navy doing? Why didn't they give us a warning?"

Zhuang Sen was slightly on the defensive, but still within control. He immediately had Mordred, acting as a human walkie-talkie, send a message ordering a strategic retreat for the troops. He was instructed not to go up and risk their lives, but to investigate whether those who went over there were indeed the main force of the Swarm.

Who is the Chapter left behind over there?

"Reporting to the Warmaster, it is the Sons of Baal!"