Veronica's analysis left Soshyan silent, but he soon discovered one of the key issues.
"The divine fire is strong... what to do? Same as lighting the Asuryan shrine? Lighting the Vaal shrine?"
"I'm afraid this won't work. The Asuryan Shrine can be rekindled because of your power, but the power of Vaal was annihilated long ago in the Great Fall. The method that the Vaal priests are studying is to use the sacrificed power like summoning the incarnation of Kane.
The method is to sacrifice a believer who is powerful enough to summon the Vaal incarnation, and use the Vaal avatar to replace the divine fire to control the Blessing of Vaal."
Soshyan frowned.
"It's not good... You know, the royal court's law has banned living sacrifices. If we, as the highest level, openly violate the law, then the people may..."
"I know~ I didn't say why I want to do this. There is another way, which is to ask the Balasonilash tribe to help."
"The Bala Nilash tribe? Oh, I remembered. Is there anything to say about this race?"
“When the Vaal craftsmen were sorting out Vaal’s Anvil of Wrath (the second black stone fortress), they accidentally discovered a text chamber, which contained many ancient imperial books and materials. One of them recorded that the God of Craftsman was creating a powerful weapon.
At the time of 'Evil Star', I got help from the surviving servants of the Ancient One, and also had the image of the Barathonilash tribe."
"It turns out to be like this. That means that this race knows the structure of Vaal's Blessing very well. Well...yes, with their help, it may be possible to completely activate the powerful war fortress, but they don't need to use some ancient artifact to make it.
Exchange?"
"Yes, the royal court has also collected some heritage from the ancient empire over the years."
"Those things..."
Soshyan recalled that Doral had indeed reported to him the situation of the 'Phoenix Treasure House', and there were many things in it that he just listened to and didn't pay much attention to.
"...It's very precious, isn't it?"
"Some are just cultural relics, or things that don't have much practical significance. I mainly use part of them as meeting gifts, so that they can at least meet you. I think with your ability, you can definitely convince them!"
"Ha, madam, you are a bit too optimistic. How do you know that those servants of the ancient saints can be persuaded without having any contact with them? But who are you going to let do this?"
"I plan to let Lord Ayres take charge of this matter."
"Iris... that's okay. His personality is relatively gentle, and he has enough experience as a Phoenix Lord. By the way, I plan to deal with this bastard Sarpedon. Now he is living a rough life in the Screaming Vortex.
Xiaoyao, if he is allowed to grow up, he may threaten the rear in the future, and I am worried that they will merge with the Third Army."
"The Screaming Whirlpool, that place is very dangerous. The echoes of the Great Fall still remain in it."
"Yes, so I don't plan to use Ada's power, and the Legion now has to deal with Tyranids."
Veronica blinked her jewel-clear eyes and raised her hand to caress Soshyan's cheek.
"Now that I think about it, it's so strange that I am actually lying in the arms of an Imperial Chapter Master Astartes and a ruler of the Skinner Dynasty. Is it really okay for you to absorb the power of the Skinner?"
Soshyan shook his head helplessly.
"I don't know either. This is the elusive fate... If it weren't for you, maybe I wouldn't know who I am."
"You, who else can you be? You are the father of the child!"
Soshyan said nothing, just hugged his wife tightly.
After accompanying Veronica to handle government affairs for two days, Soshyan met with Old Walker and talked about Tyron.
"Well, these flesh-and-blood demons from outside the system are really troublesome."
The old furnace man was smoking expensive tobacco and rolling the ring on his hand, with a very serious expression on his wrinkled face.
"Flesh Demon, a very unique title."
Soshyan was keenly aware of the hidden information in Old Walker's words.
"Have the Hearthborn come into contact with Tyranid before?"
"Yes, and no, most of the Hearthborn only regard Tyran as a legend, but there is a story recorded in the ancient clan archives. When the ancient business alliance disintegrated, a clan chose to leave their homeland of the Galaxy. They
They settled on the edge of the distant galaxy and developed a prosperous small country. But one day, this country suddenly disappeared. In the end, only a few dozen survivors returned to the center of the galaxy, and their rock-hard minds were almost
I collapsed and could only keep repeating the rumors of the flesh-and-blood demon that devoured everything."
"I see...ah, I finally understand why in the empire's records, the space dwarves...the Hearthborn were marked as being devoured by the Tyranids. It turns out it was this group. Now their number has exceeded
There are more and more coming, and they are a threat to the entire galaxy. However, they have a way of interfering with the navigation of Imperial ships. I heard that the Hearthborn have ships that can move relatively quickly without relying on the warp."
Old Walker stroked his white beard and nodded.
"Indeed, the galactic environment is complex, and not every place is suitable for subspace navigation. Therefore, in order to ensure smooth routes, various business alliances have developed corresponding technologies."
"The trade between the Royal Court and the furnace descendants has become increasingly prosperous over the years. I think both parties have a mutually beneficial relationship. Can you come forward and help me rent some warships?"
"So, how many do you want?"
"To destroy that Tyranid structure, we need a lot of troops and fleets, because the Tyranid fleet will definitely defend to the death. I don't know much about the strength of the Hearthborn fleet, so..."
Old Walker did not respond directly, but after taking two puffs of cigarette, he called over an Ironborn wearing an apron. The other person held a device that looked like a round steering wheel with a screen in the middle.
"Take a look."
Soshyan looked at the thing and saw an arc of light flashing across the edge of the disk, and then a stack of projections of lists emerged.
Hearthborn's armed ships are divided into four types.
The first type is the armed merchant ship, which is also the most commonly used ship in the furnace trade. Its tonnage is between the empire's frigates and light cruisers. Its firepower is relatively weak but it has a large enough cabin and fast speed. It is also often used as a transport ship.
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The second type is the resource mining ship. This is a very unique type of ship. The Deep Rock Clan often uses this type of ship. The size of this type of ship varies greatly, ranging from destroyers to battleships. Their functions
They collect all kinds of resources in the void, so their designs are very unique. For example, the smallest one has three drill bits on the head, which can directly crush asteroids, and then suck the fragments into the hull through the suction ports protruding from both sides.
After a series of automated sorting, the worthless rock fragments are thrown out of the ship, leaving only unprocessed ore inside the ship. Those super-large dredging ships will be equipped with a powerful but short-range crushing cannon, which can directly attack
The planet carried out crazy bombing, blasting out a large crater nearly 10,000 meters deep, and then sent out engineering machinery and personnel to collect it. The characteristics of this type of ship are that it is strong and durable, but the weapons are basically not equipped for naval battles. They are semi-civilian ships. Of course
It can also be used as an assault ship if it has to fight.
Obviously, the first two are not what Soshyan would consider.