92: Chapter 92 The Journey of the Great Expedition

On the way back, the system suddenly gave a notification. System Task: Reveal the entire process of the Great Crusade to the players. Reward: Complete a gene-modification surgery. Task duration: 48 hours.

"Old Chen! You have no idea how uncomfortable that iron box was."

"Oh, spare me. I thought you looked pretty majestic; others wouldn't even get such an opportunity."

In a bar, Li Pu and Chen Mo were clinking glasses and chatting idly.

At that moment, both their phones rang simultaneously with a notification about an anti-war game promotional event. The two opened the notification, which redirected to the game's webpage. The originally solemn image of Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade had been replaced with an image of the Emperor, back turned to the crowd, pointing his sword toward the stars. In the center of the screen were three large characters: "Great Crusade!"

Upon seeing these words, Li Pu spat out the half-sip of alcohol he had just taken with a "pfft" sound, spraying it all over Chen Mo's face. Seeing this, Li Pu hurriedly grabbed some tissues to wipe the area he had sprayed.

"Old Li, it's not that I want to lecture you, but we're adults. Adults should be composed. Look at you, day in and day out..."

Chen Mo lectured Li Pu while opening the notification. Unexpectedly, after he saw the message, he spat out the alcohol in his mouth just like Li Pu had. However, Li Pu was clearly prepared and dodged the spraying alcohol.

Li Pu, while dodging, didn't forget to say in a sarcastic tone, "Right, right, right, Old Chen, we are adults. Adults should be composed."

Chen Mo felt his face burning with embarrassment. He had just finished saying adults should be composed, and then he immediately pulled such a stunt himself. He had almost completely lost face.

Neither of them wanted to waste time on this little interlude, or perhaps they didn't want to be too awkward, so they quickly moved past the topic.

They clicked on the CG animation on the homepage. First, a series of introductions appeared.

After the Thunder Warriors—no! To be precise, after the Unification War, the Emperor began the second phase of his plan. In later ages, it had many mythologized names, such as the Holy Great Crusade, the Emperor's Great Crusade, and the Stellar Restoration Crusade. However, its most widespread name was simply "Great Crusade!"

To this end, the Emperor created 21 Primarchs and 20 Space Marine Legions. Although during this period, due to the betrayal of Eldar, the 21 Primarchs were scattered across the galaxy by Warp Storms.

"The Mother of Primarchs really cares for her children!"

"Indeed, she would rather they face unknown survival environments, risking starvation or being killed, just to secure their freedom. I'm so moved."

But the Emperor did not stop because of this; he used the genetic material of the 21 Primarchs to create 20 Space Marine Legions and began the journey to conquer the stars.

"So there were 20 Astartes Legions."

"But they were later divided into Chapters. Why was that? It wouldn't be because of that rebellion, would it?"

The Emperor first reclaimed the Moon, but during the reclamation of the Moon, the Emperor obtained an artifact that would have a significant impact on later ages: the "Primarch's Cradle."

In the image, the Emperor was seen holding the "Primarch's Cradle" in one hand, looking ambitiously at the vast, boundless universe. But before that, he had to possess more sturdy ships and powerful cannons to support the horrific consumption of the Great Crusade.

That was the Cult Mechanicus. It is rumored that while Mars was still in the Age of Strife, the Emperor began to create the Cult Mechanicus and prepared for everything that would follow.