"Quiet!" Liu Zhipeng slapped the wall, and the entire thing collapsed with a thunderous crash, frightening the Aeldari into instant silence.
"I know you look down on humans. You think they're short-lived, stupid, and have no artistic talent." Liu Zhipeng crouched, bringing his enormous metal head close to them and making the pressure almost unbearable.
"But you have to admit, they're really good at breeding."
"And they're really good at taking a beating."
Liu Zhipeng counted on his fingers. "Right now, in the Milky Way Galaxy, humans are the only ones who can clash head-on with Orks, wrestle with Tyranids, and slug it out with Chaos for ten thousand years without going extinct. We need meat shields... I mean, we need allies."
He stood and delivered his closing remarks.
"We'll use the technology of the Blackstone Fortress-I know this stuff; I know how to use them as giant defibrillators-to close the Eye of Terror. But that will take enormous resources and cannon fodder... I mean, troops."
"The Aeldari will provide technology and special forces, and the humans will provide logistics and frontline armies."
"That's my 'Galactic Cleanup' plan."
"Who's in favor? Who's against?"
Liu Zhipeng slammed the greatsword End of Lament into the ground with a sharp clang.
The Aeldari looked at the greatsword, still blazing with golden divine fire, then at the army of Spirit Warriors drifting around them, obedient to his every word.
"Well..." Mavis swallowed. "Since this is our lord's divine decree... the plan must be extraordinarily wise."
"Good." Liu Zhipeng nodded in satisfaction.
"Now, meeting adjourned! Get to work!"
After the meeting, all of Biel-Tan began operating like a precision war machine.
Countless high-speed courier ships passed through the Webway, heading for every corner of the Milky Way Galaxy. Meanwhile, Liu Zhipeng began assembling his Royal