289: Chapter 290 Been Targeted by the Half-Immortal Wa

"If you hadn't blown things out of proportion this time, I wouldn't even have realized that the tentacles of Chaos had already infiltrated the lower levels of Black Port. That is truly a fatal oversight."

Legend of Lu Shi still kept a cold face:

"I'm afraid the situation is much more serious than you think. You can send your trusted confidants to search the lower levels specifically for a solar symbol with a gear-like notch in the center. That pattern is definitely related to Chaos."

"And." Legend of Lu Shi delivered another blow,

"Your biological brother probably has deep ties with those tech-priests of the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus long ago. The munitions he hoarded privately are most likely used to feed these heretics."

Hearing this intelligence, the governor completely put away the smile on her face and fell into a thoughtful silence.

A moment later, she raised her head: "This intelligence is very valuable. The rest is none of your business; I will handle it cleanly myself."

"As for the agreement between us."

The governor's tone leveled out,

"Regarding your trading rights in this fortress, later, I will have my subordinates send you an official statement stamped with my private seal. With it, in the territory of Black Port, no chambers of commerce or gangs will dare to stab you in the back again."

The business deal was settled.

The governor stood up.

She walked up to Legend of Lu Shi, extended her slender hand, and carelessly stroked the charred hole melted through his Power Armor by a volkite ray.

"This is the first time I've seen this model of Power Armor."

Intense curiosity flickered in the governor's eyes,

"And those plasma weapons in your hands. To be honest, compared to that clean flour, I am now more interested in your weapons and equipment."

Legend of Lu Shi frowned and directly raised his hand to push her wrist away:

"I don't have the final say on this matter; we only handle caravan trading."

The female governor smoothly withdrew her hand, took out a silk handkerchief, and wiped the machine oil off her fingertips:

"I am very interested in the force behind you. If there's a chance in the future, maybe... I can chat with your supreme leader face to face."

The meeting ended quickly.

Holding the top-tier trade permit issued by the Governors Mansion, the three walked straight out of the gates of the Governors Mansion.

Walking on the relatively safe upper-level district streets, Mudslide couldn't help but complain in the channel:

"This old hag is something else, just like a human sprite. She has more tricks up her sleeve than a hornet's nest."

Legend of Lu Shi let out a cold hum:

"Who among those who can secure the position of a planetary governor isn't a seasoned sprite forged through bloodshed? It's just that our Boss is a good person, values integrity, and never engages in these roundabout, deceiving schemes."

Heisi rolled their eyes:

"Fine, fine, fine, Old Lu, stop buttering up here. Even if you praise the Boss here, the developer won't issue you a set of god-tier gear alone in the backend."

"Hehe, just livening up the atmosphere."

Legend of Lu Shi put away the joke, his tone turning serious, "Alright, let's talk about business. Do you guys remember what that group of Dark Adeptus Mechanicus was doing just now in that underground secret room?"

Mudslide recalled for a moment: "They were using some kind of Cogitator array to reverse-calculate the cosmic coordinates of our Spark Alliance's Coastal City."

"Correct." Legend of Lu Shi nodded,

"Do you think this could be a coincidence?"

Mudslide scratched his head:

"Isn't it? The universe is so big, and they happened to target us?"

"This is a game!"

Legend of Lu Shi knocked on his helmet in exasperation,

"In the quest logic of the game, any suddenly appearing abnormal clue is bound to lead to subsequent large-scale plots! The key information that appears before players can absolutely not be a coincidence, understand?"

"Think carefully again, what earth-shattering event did our Boss lead a team to do on the outskirts of Coastal City before? He severed the arm projection of that Wa Banxian with a single slash!"

Legend of Lu Shi guided the two's thoughts,

"Think about the relationship between the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus and Wa Banxian!"

Mudslide's eyes lit up instantly, and he slapped his thigh fiercely:

"Damn! Come to think of it! There is a high probability that our alliance has formed a mortal feud with Wa Banxian. These tech-priests are now following the demigod's orders to come take revenge on us!"

"It's not just revenge; there must be some interest involved."

Legend of Lu Shi turned to look at Heisi,

"Heisi, when you get back to the ship later, immediately find a safe cabin to log off. Go to the official game forum and post a thread, describing in detail our encounter with the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus in Black Port."

"Remember to specifically @ Ming Shen and their legion. They are currently pioneering in the western sector, and it seems they are also in contact with the local Adeptus Mechanicus forces. Tell them to be sure to pay attention to clues in this regard and make preparations in advance."

Heisi nodded solemnly: "Understood, I'll post it as soon as I get back."

Chatting all the way, the three returned to the shuttle berth at the orbital port.

However.

To the surprise of the three.

Beside their dilapidated shuttle, in addition to a few semi-mechanical Servitors carrying out routine maintenance, a tall figure stood quietly.

Mudslide was stunned: "Bean sprouts?"

The three stepped forward.

Legend of Lu Shi looked at the Long Island sniper rifle in the other's hand, nodding slightly in greeting:

"Thank you for covering us outside the warehouse just now."

That Aeldari Ranger slung her sniper rifle behind her back.

She shook her head, her tone still ethereal and calm:

"No need to thank me. It was the merciful Isha who secretly guided and helped you."

"Alright, monkeys."

The Aeldari Ranger glanced at the boarding gate, her tone unquestionable,

"My prophecy has not yet ended. Now, I need to sail with your merchant ship for a period of time."

The three were a bit slow to react.

Mudslide muttered quietly in the channel:

"What's going on here? Turns out after finishing a hidden quest, the system even throws in a high-level combat NPC for free?"

Legend of Lu Shi thought about it.

The ship was lacking combat power, and a 100% accurate Aeldari sniper was offering herself up; it would be foolish not to take her.

"Welcome aboard." Legend of Lu Shi extended his hand, "How should we address you?"

The Aeldari Ranger did not shake hands.

She only slightly lifted her chin and calmly spat out a name:

"Cadelia."

...

Meanwhile.

In the supreme command room deep underground in the Shelter at the distant Spark Alliance headquarters,

Lin Li, who was lurking in front of the screen, refreshed the player internal forum.

When he saw the pinned long post just published by [ Heisi ], he instantly perked up.

"Good, good, good."

Looking at the description in the post about the solar symbol with a gear-like notch in the center and the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus, Lin Li hooked the corner of his mouth into a cold sneer,

"Wa Banxian, you really are targeting me?"

As a transmigrator well-versed in Warhammer settings, he knew very well the weight of this name.

Vashtorr.

That was the Undivided Chaos demigod who officially debuted only in the late stages of warhammer 40,000.

He wielded the evil domains of invention, creation, technological corruption, and soul-forging.

With the full opening of the Great Rift, Vashtorr gradually stepped onto the front stage, becoming the core object of faith and mastermind behind the entire Dark Adeptus Mechanicus.

It could be said that the Dark Adeptus Mechanicus's move to reverse-calculate coordinates in Black Port was undoubtedly doing evil targeting the Shelter.

And Wa Banxian indeed had sufficient motivation.

After all, not long ago, Lin Li had personally severed an arm of His that descended into the material universe, making this demigod lose all face.

Moreover, He seemed to have taken a fancy to something in the Shelter.

Lin Li stood up and walked to the huge holographic star map projection.

Today in the Ghoul Stars, the situation was becoming increasingly worse.

Massive Warp rifts had been torn open at both the southernmost and northernmost ends.

The south was slightly better; after all, it was still separated by a long distance from the core control area of the Shelter.

But the north was different!

Chaos's main fleet had already fought its way near Black Port.

Once the throat choke point of Black Port fell, the northern defense line of the Empire would completely collapse.

By then, the entire southern region and the sphere of influence of the Spark Alliance would also be completely exposed to the spearhead of Chaos.

The principle of the lips being gone and the teeth feeling cold was just like that.

"No."

The protagonist rubbed his chin, pacing back and forth in Room One,

"We must deploy our own armed forces in Black Port in advance and push the defense line outward."

The newly established Astra Militarum player corps needed to head to Black Port to support as soon as possible.

At the same time, those Astartes players who joined the Carcharodons Chapter had also received news in the internal group chat saying that the Chapter's upper management was preparing to detach a portion of the companies to reinforce Black Port.

But this was far from enough.

The protagonist looked coldly at the blue light spots representing the Imperial Navy on the star map.

The Imperial command tier had long since rotted through; except for pure killing machines like the Carcharodons Chapter that could still be trusted, those corrupt Imperial Navy and low-combat-effectiveness Astra Militarum were simply unreliable.

At critical moments, they still had to rely on players to sacrifice their lives.

But now, a most fatal strategic bottleneck lay before the protagonist.

"How should we project the main force over there?"

Looking at the Shelter's current fleet establishment, the protagonist frowned deeply.

Although the Shelter's industrial capacity was exploding and army equipment was piling up like mountains, it uniquely lacked heavy voidships capable of large-scale cross-system jumps.

Without ships, those armed-to-the-teeth players could only stare blankly at home, completely unable to project their massive military force to the distant Black Port frontlines.

"This is a very serious problem!"

Because players pioneering had driven away all ocean-going voidships, there were currently almost no voidships in the Alliance capable of transporting large numbers of troops. Although they were being built nonstop, it still took time.

Yet the situation in Black Port was becoming increasingly turbulent.

"In this lousy universe, having no ships is equivalent to having no legs."

Wanting to project armed players to the Black Port frontline without voidships was simply sheer fantasy.

But how could interstellar-era warships be so easy to build?

It takes a century to build a navy.

This ancient saying was magnified countless times in this universe; even with the addition of the World Forger and Matter Constructor, every step still required a massive amount of time.

"There's no other way."