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No matter how prosperous the former pirate king was in the past, after being severely hit by the empire many times, his strength is obviously not as good as before. At least he no longer has the strength to send a large fleet to launch attacks on the military.

Therefore, after sailing for several days and jumping through different spaces many times, the Imperial Fleet finally successfully arrived at the outskirts of the Maelstrom, the Empire's outpost defense point, the planet Jihana 4.

This is a planet with a strange appearance. This planet rotates around at least 11 stars in an S-shaped orbit with the precision of a skater. It has been impacted and affected by various energies and turned into an elongated spindle.

It is a solid planet. The erosion of hundreds of millions of years of stellar winds has made the internal core of this planet extremely hard. The Imperial Army once called this planet a "fruit core in space."

There are many black holes in the maelstrom. These black holes attract each other and connect to form a huge black hole area. From a certain perspective, the edge of the maelstrom is the so-called black hole horizon of this black hole area. Theoretically, no energy can escape from the large vortex.

If it escapes in the vortex, it will act like a huge vortex, sucking in all the nearby cosmic energy until there is nothing left to suck in.

Even the Jihana galaxy is a group of stars that was pulled away from the surrounding star world by this black hole area. Even now, these stars are still slowly entering the maelstrom at a slow but determined speed.

About 3.2 billion years later, these star groups will fall into the maelstrom one after another and become nutrients for those black holes.

Earlier than in ancient times, humans believed that this maelstrom was the so-called final hell, and believed that all planets in the entire galaxy would eventually be swallowed up by this maelstrom.

However, when humans broke through the space limitations and could sail through different spaces, people discovered that the so-called black hole horizon was not completely irreversible. There was also a quite vast space inside the maelstrom, and in this space, there were also a large number of

Stars and planets are scattered throughout it.

More importantly, the large whirlpool naturally has the weight to open up different spaces.

If the background of the universe is described as a velvet carpet, stars of all sizes are countless embellishments on the carpet. Their weight will press the carpet into pits of different sizes. The heavier the star, the larger the pits. The weight of the large whirlpool

It is impossible to calculate at all, and the pit it can create in the background of the universe is huge and deep, even exceeding the limit that the background of the universe can bear. Therefore, a hole is torn in the velvet carpet here, and behind this gap is a different space.

location.

Through the gap in different spaces opened by the maelstrom, humans can travel to other galaxies at a very low cost and in less time, instead of using the laws of navigation to use energy from space warships to open an unstable and costly gap in different spaces.

Therefore, the planets around the maelstrom have naturally become natural harbors for space navigation.

Searching for a planet that is good enough to settle among the stars once cost humans a lot of time. However, human technology in the ancient century (around 20,000 to 25,000 AD) was in an explosive period, and it was not like the current human technology.

It was incomplete. At that time, humans found this planet in the Jihana system and successfully colonized it.

In ancient times, humans once transformed the entire planet Jihana 4 into a huge airport. It was extremely prosperous until one day ten thousand years later, a powerful storm from another dimension swept through the human world and destroyed a large number of galaxies.

, and cut off connections with other galaxies. The giant computer that stored human technology was also destroyed, causing humans to lose most of their technology. The airport on Jihana 4 was also destroyed, and humans on the planet were struggling.

It was not until a thousand years after the emperor fell into sleep that the imperial side once again made contact with the descendants of the colonies still living on this planet through an unexpected voyage, and finally turned this planet into a bridgehead and forward defense for humans to monitor the maelstrom.

base.

There are a large number of intelligent races on this planet and hundreds of nearby planets of similar size. In addition to humans, there are also many subhumans and alien races.

These alien races have been coexisting with humans for more than tens of thousands of years. Although this is only 14 revolutions of the planet, it is enough to affect most alien races' impression of humans. They are not as hostile to humans as the orcs and zerg.

On the contrary, these alien races have always maintained enough goodwill towards humans who can travel through space and roam in the vast sea of ​​​​stars. This goodwill makes them willing to cooperate with humans in many cases, and even join the human army when necessary.

Take on the work of defending our home together.

After Blackheart escaped into the maelstrom, life was not easy, otherwise he would not have frequently rushed out of the maelstrom to harass the empire. However, no matter how he harassed, Jihana 4 was always an obstacle that he could not get around, as long as he

Without breaking through the human defense circle in the Jihana Galaxy, the Pirate King would not be able to break into the hinterland of the human world and cause greater damage.

In fact, under the impact of various energies, the energy chao in the maelstrom is extremely violent, and there is no trace at all. In a few seconds, an energy storm so huge that it can destroy the entire solar system can take shape and sweep hundreds of thousands of people in an instant.

kilometers, so within the maelstrom, Blackheart could only survive.

Because of this, he was particularly eager to find a place to settle in the space outside the maelstrom. Planet Jihana 4 was his best and only choice.

In other directions of the maelstrom, there is a large "energy barren" area, which is repeatedly hit by the energy storms overflowing from the maelstrom all the year round. It has long become a real vacuum with no planets, no stars, no energy, and even no time.

In the space area, only in the direction of the Jihana Galaxy, due to the resistance of a group of stars composed of multiple stars, does it form an "energy plain" sufficient for human survival.

No matter how much gains his interstellar warriors achieved in other directions, it was only a small-scale harassment and did nothing to improve Blackhart's situation. As for occupying Jihana 4 and nearby planets, Blackhart

Only with special abilities can one truly survive from desperate situations.

However, the planet Jihana 4, where the entire planet had been transformed into a giant airport, obviously would not allow him to do so.

Even if we don’t talk about the laser heavy artillery defense stations that can be seen everywhere on this planet, even the descendants of colonists and alien intelligent life forms cannot match the strength of remnants like Blackhart due to their long-term survival in a violent energy environment. Even pirates

The same goes for the King's large number of Space Marines.

The military proposed setting up a recruitment station on Jihana 4 as early as a thousand years ago to recruit those tyrannical soldiers to join the Imperial Guard or even the Space War Soldiers. However, this suggestion was strangely rejected by His Majesty the Emperor.

The highest terminal rejected it on the grounds that the time had not come yet.

This large-scale military voyage ended on Jihana 4. All 45 warships sailed into various airport interfaces on Jihana planet one after another to receive comprehensive inspections and repairs in the coming period.

In fact, if the natural environment of Jihana 4 were not too harsh, and it would enter the "star trail" between two stars every 30 days, causing a surge of energy, the military would actually like to transform Jihana into a

A large docking and maintenance base for military warships.

After all, most of the machinery here has not been affected by the Horus Heresy and retains a large amount of science and technology from ancient times. In addition to being unable to build warships above battleships, its repair capabilities have not been weakened. It can also be used for the Emperor-class battleships of the Imperial Navy.

to a complete overhaul.

Zhang Yi only realized when the mothership he was on felt a huge collision that the first destination of this assessment seemed to have arrived.

He threw aside the various training gadgets in his hand. From now on, he will not need them in the next few days. His best companion now is the Imperial Guard standard issued in his hand.

Laser gun.

Well, in fact, his best partners are his hands, whether it is the earth back then or the Warhammer world now.

While other teammates in the team were still curiously watching the outside world through the portholes, Zhang Yi had quickly armed himself. When the Imperial Guard's standard armor was worn on him a few days ago, he was still a little uncomfortable, but after this period

After wearing training, he has become more accustomed to these armors than other candidates in the team.

Now he looks more or less like an Imperial Guard soldier.

The squad leader sitting in the officer's cabin looked at the holographic image, nodded slightly with satisfaction, looked up at the political commissar who was already ready to go, and asked: "Are you leaving now?"

"Don't worry, there must be all candidates on the bridge now. We have arrived at the destination. There is no rush at this moment. At this time, it is better to get ready first."

The political commissar, who had a red pupil in his left eye and a blue pupil in his right eye, had a very deep voice. He put on the windproof goggles on his helmet, picked up the short assault laser rifle on the weapon rack, checked the energy block inside, opened the door and left.

go out.

While the other team members were still busy observing the scene outside the porthole, whispering to each other, and ignoring the sound of the cabin door behind them, Zhang Yi had already discovered the political commissar walking out of the officer's cabin.

Zhang Yi stood up immediately, and just as he was about to speak, his voice was blocked by the cold look from the political commissar.

The political commissar signaled Zhang Yi, the only one in the team who was ready and able to join the battle at all times, to shut up. Then he stood coldly in the middle of the team cabin, not saying a word, but quietly looking at the electronic watch in his hand.

15 seconds passed, and 3 female psychics among the remaining 6 members noticed something abnormal. They were extremely sensitive to sudden changes in the surrounding environment, so they could feel the changes in the aura brought about by the appearance of the political commissar.
Chapter completed!