Warhammer 40K: Return of the Men of Iron
Chapter 637

The Lion's anger

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The distance from Terra in Segmentum Solar to the northwest of Ultima Segmentum is quite far.

However, with the appearance of Psychic Torch all over Warp, the Maelstrom between them has even shrunk several times.

This allows Guilliman and Vulkan to reach the area preset by Iax at extremely fast speeds.

When the two men's ships left Warp Route, the scene reported back on the detection system was truly shocking.

Each Titan Ship has a huge planet-level size.

But when hundreds of Titan Ships gather together at a distance of the size of a Star System, the sight becomes too terrifying.

These Giant Ship are arranged neatly in a three-dimensional space of several light years at a fan-shaped angle.

The huge size is so conspicuous in this 'small environment'.

Terra is located in Solar System, which is only four light-years in diameter, and the number of Planet is even more numerous.

This enclosed area is larger, but it makes people feel crowded even in space.

The icy bows of the Giant Ship ships meet in the depths of the void. The huge muzzles of the Imperium Battleship ships, which are enough to hold down hundreds of Imperium ships, shimmer with cold light under the background radiation of the universe.

Even Guilliman and Vulkan experienced such a scene for the first time.

Hyperspace Candle Snuffer looks like a silver scar similar to Great Rift at close range.

The space twisted and warped at the edge of the giant machine. Then it turned into a series of spatial folds.

Guided by the data from Iax, they quickly found the newly arrived Titan Ship No. 39 outside the fleet.

The huge gate slowly rose, and Internal Starport took it in.

In the conference cabin of No. 39 Titan Ship, the cold Alloy ground glowed with a faint blue light, and the twelve-meter-high holographic Star Map was suspended in the center. Every star was accurate to the latest surveying and mapping data of Imperial Navy.

Leman Russ's palms were pressed on the curved conference table, and the rhythm struck by his knuckles carried the rhythm of Fenris's war drum. His eyes swept over the passive lighting facilities flowing on the wall - which were the exquisite designs of the old Federation.

"Guilliman! Vulkan!"

Wolf King's roar shook the surrounding air. He opened his arms and hugged Vulkan, who was the first to walk in. The wolf head relief on Power Armour's shoulder armor collided with Vulkan's fire emblem, and several Mars were knocked out.

"When we parted ways last time at Mars, you promised to teach me how to forge a war cry with lava!"

Vulkan's laughter was like the roar of a furnace, and he beat Leman Russ on the back.

"After this incident is over, I will take you to Nocturne's forge. But now -"

He turned his head and looked at Guilliman, with a dancing fire in his eyes.

"We have more troublesome things to deal with."

Guilliman's Armour of Fate was shimmering slightly. His fingers crossed the touch interface on the conference table, and Star Map suddenly focused on the artificial Star System's Eight-Pointed Star layout.

"It's not bad news, it's a crazy plan. Men of Iron plans to use hundreds of billions of Xenos's lives as sacrifices to tear Chaos Realm's mouth open in Realspace."

Leman Russ's pupils suddenly shrank, and the shadow seemed to twist into a roaring Fenris Great Wolf under his feet.

"Chaos's throat needs to be torn open with sharp teeth, but using innocent people as bait?"

His voice deepened.

"Although those Orks brats are ugly, at least they dare to face the battle--"

As an emerging Xenos, Leman Russ doesn't even know what T'au is.

"They are Xenos, Leman Russ, T'au and not Orks."

Guilliman interrupted.

"But the problem is not the sacrifice, but the plan for test failure in Men of Iron's calculations. The energy catharsis will affect those Necrons battlefields."

He called up the three-dimensional model of Hyperspace Candle Snuffer, and the metal structure slowly rotated in Holographic Projection.

"I read Cawl's research on Necrons's technology. Ever since the last battle between Men of Iron and Necrons, I have been worried about the threat of Necrons. Their technology is too advanced, and Men of Iron plans to use the power of Chaos to directly hit the opponent hard."

Vulkan suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Guilliman's shoulder, his eyes burning.

"But what about Corax's omen? He said Emperor wants us to participate."

These words fell like a heavy hammer, and the air in the conference room instantly solidified.

"Corax?"

"Drip!"

The mechanical synthesized sound of Iax sounded in the cabin without warning.

"Unannounced Warp jump detected, target identified as 'Unyielding Truth', Dark Angels Chapter flagship."

Guilliman's fingers tapped a rapid rhythm on the table.

"Lion El'Jonson? How could he-"

"Abnormal Psychic Power response identified."

Iax's voice rarely freezes for 0.3 seconds.

"Abnormal login biometrics completed, identity confirmed: Lion El'Jonson·Zhuang Sen, Ke Voss·Corax"

Lion El'Jonson, who was standing in the passage, looked at the Caliban forest disappearing behind him with a strange expression, while Corax patted Lion El'Jonson on the shoulder.

"It seems that my guidance is very effective. This is your power Lion El'Jonson."

The Alloy door to the conference cabin opened with a bang, and the cold circulating wind blew in Psychic Power's obscure aura.

Lion El'Jonson·Zhuang Sen temporarily suppressed his doubts about himself.

Striding into the conference room, the dark green Power Armour decorated with golden lions and the emblem inlaid on the shoulder armor glowed coldly.

Behind him, Corax's figure condensed like a shadow, with a faint dark shadow seeping out from the cracks in the jet black armor. It was the black shadow that Guilliman had seen in Terra.

"Lion El'Jonson!"

Vulkan stood up and looked through Lion El'Jonson towards the black shadow.

"And Corax --"

Lion El'Jonson raised his hand to stop him, his eyes sweeping across the Dionysian Spear that Leman Russ carried with him like a blade.

"Russ."

He turned to Guilliman, his eyes filled with questions.

"What kind of plan does Men of Iron have, and why do these dangerous Abominable Intelligence expand like this?"

"Guilliman! Did you see those Giant Ship?! Even First Legion can't do anything with such a quantity!"

However, Guilliman has not spoken yet.

The image of Star Map that had been floating on the conference table changed.

Iax's voice echoed in the conference room.

"Men of Iron has not contaminated any Imperium resources and strictly followed the agreement."

"I don't need lies to fool the weak."

"Based on the protocol, this machine can show you some information you don't know."

As the cold voice fell, a huge battlefield was displayed in front of all Primarch.

Everyone frowned when the piece of flesh and blood of astonishing size came out.

Especially when I saw that the unit of the size mark above was light years, I was in disbelief.

"What is this? A piece of meat?"

Jaghatai was the first to ask.

Iax adjusted the screen to enlarge it. Countless Tyranids creatures Hatchery Pool were attached to it, and they were large enough to directly hatch Hive Ship.

"This is Kraken Hive, the real insect nest body."

"This machine has uploaded battle reports of the battle with Kraken Hive. They once appeared on the eastern border of Imperium Ultima Segmentum."

"And now they are three light years away from the southeast corner of Eastern Fringe and still moving away."

Iax explained while showing the latest surveillance footage.

A large piece of the huge insect nest was missing, as if it had been cut by something.

"This machine expelled Kraken Hive Body and extracted the necessary substances from it to solve the problem of sparse numbers and weak combat effectiveness."

The screen shows the scene of Star Eater, Tyranid Mineral Cutter and Kraken Hive fighting.

When scaled down, it looks like some weird mechanical parasites are eating a piece of flesh, which is uncomfortable.

However, the insect nest finally escaped the entanglement of Men of Iron's strange fleet and plunged into deep space.

"Why have I never received a detailed report of this war?"

Guilliman looked at Holographic Projection from Iax with some confusion.

"Because the combat area is outside the territory of Imperium, in the deep ravines of the river system. Men of Iron did follow the agreement and became an ally of Imperium, and assisted Imperium in maintaining its existence, but Men of Iron is not a servant or subordinate of Imperium. The relationship between us has always been cooperation rather than dominance. There is no need for Men of Iron to report action information that does not involve Imperium to you."

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