Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

In the two-and-a-half-month war between humans and undead, nearly 44 billion empire residents have returned to the Sea of ​​Souls.

44 billion, not 4.4 million. This number was normal for the Zero-3 Universe a hundred years ago. After all, in the eyes of the Zero-3 Empire, mortals were just a resource that could be consumed at will.

But human life is not worthless, it is the currency of the empire.

The Zero Three Empire's star field war could easily result in losses of hundreds of billions, or even trillions.

However, although the residents of the human empire in the main universe also belong to currency, each one is pricey.

As Universe 03, which was included in the territory of the main universe earlier, after a hundred years of improvement and the promotion and popularization of Human Truth, the residents no longer regard the Primarch and the Astartes as demigods and angels, let alone the Emperor. Be a god.

And the local residents of Universe 03 have been upgraded in all aspects.

D-1999, who had previously fought in another space, was indeed too short for an Astartes, but D-1999 could not be said to be ordinary in the entire empire.

What you need to know is that after D-1999 returned from hell, his body data were 210cm and 150kg. Just looking at these, no one would think that D-1999 was not a macho man.

Even the auxiliary troops of the legion battalion are usually around 2.2 or 2.3 meters tall without wearing power armor.

However, among the residents of the empire, especially the male residents of the main universe, the average height is already 184cm, and the average weight is also 92kg.

The average height and weight of female residents are 177cm and 66kg.

Highly developed nanotechnology, as well as a reasonable and rich diet, allow naturally conceived children to receive optimal nutrition, and their physical fitness far exceeds the average human level at the end of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.

As for lifespan?

Without any reconstructive surgery or prosthetic surgery, one can theoretically live to be around 800 years old.

However, even the official officials of the empire are unable to calculate the upper limit of the life span of the current residents of the empire. Because there are no diseases, the empire has not had a resident die of natural causes for 120 consecutive years.

Of course, residents of other universes that have just been incorporated into the Empire's territory will still die of old age and illness before they receive the planting of nanorobots and enjoy the Empire's medical technology.

These are enough to show that there is a qualitative difference between the Zero Three Empire and the Main Universe Empire, that is...

rich.

It's not that the Zero Three Empire didn't want to, but that the Zero Three Empire was tortured so badly by the aliens and chaos that it didn't even have a chance to breathe.

But these are not the main differences between the residents of the empire and the former Zero Three Empire, or with human civilizations in other universes. What really makes the human empire stand out, and what aliens and chaos cannot understand is -

Plenty of martial virtue! ——

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Dim light in the evening.

Ta! Ta! The crisp gunshot sound unique to the pulse rifle.

Whoosh! Whoosh! There is also the sound of the Necronomicon Gauss when it is charging and launching.

The streets were filled with noisy gunshots and cannon fire, as well as muzzle sparks and green beams of light flashing between the giant buildings on both sides.

All these indicate that the battle between humans and the undead here is quite fierce.

However, it was not the Imperial Army or the Battalion Auxiliary Army who were fighting against the Necron Warriors, but Imperial civilians in different costumes.

Among them were an old man wearing a floral vest and shorts, who looked like he was out to relax and get ready to warm up at a wine bar, and a female white-collar worker from the company who had just gotten off work and was wearing a slim formal suit.

And civilians are armed with semi-automatic pulse rifles, using the separation wall in the green belt or ground vehicles as bunkers to shoot at the slow-moving metal zombies.

Damn it! You disturbed my mood! Go to hell!

I haven't fed the child yet! Ahhh!! Damn it!!

There were not only the sounds of gunfire in the streets, but also the angry roars of civilians.

Bang! Bang!

The moment the 10mm-caliber shellless pulse bullet hits the Necromancer, a micro-explosion occurs, and extremely fast and extremely small steel balls burst outward.

Dang! Dang!

The steel balls collided and impacted violently between the metal bodies.

A single shellless pulse bullet has minimal impact on the Necromancer, but if it withstands hundreds or thousands of bullets, it will eventually end up as cannon fodder.

You must know that the coalition government before the establishment of the Human Empire had fully legalized semi-automatic weapons, and there were countless types of ammunition.

As long as you are willing to invest a lot of money in this area, you can find all kinds of weapons and ammunition, as well as special customizations, etc. For example, the white-collar woman used a pink competition-style pulse rifle.

Coupled with everyone's martial culture, the imperial official, as the largest arms dealer, can be said to have made a lot of money.

However, the losses on the civilian side were equally heavy.

Walls and vehicles used as bunkers will gradually disintegrate after being hit by Gaussian beams. Once the bunkers are lost, civilians without the protection of power armor and energy shields will also end up dying on contact.

Even so, the vast majority of the civilians left on this street did not show timidity. Almost all of them had a look of I will die if I die and I will take one of them with me even if I die. They were not afraid at all.

In fact, the reason for such a mentality is very simple. Being influenced by words such as kill the aliens and kill the monsters for a long time, one will naturally have strong martial ethics and not be afraid of death.

After death, the soul returns to the sea of ​​souls, and after waiting for a period of time, it will be reincarnated back to the physical universe. These are all scientifically based and are clearly stated in the 9th edition of Human Truth.

Coupled with the existence of the Human Emperor, the soul is not afraid of the influence of Chaos.

No past life memory or identity?

Although the empire is a feudal system, the welfare of the empire is simply too good to be imagined. .

So gradually, death and reincarnation are like deleting your account and playing again.

However, in order to prevent the residents of the empire from dying for the sake of death or creating a new account when you are tired, the empire's laws are quite strict on suicide.

Once through big data review, it turns out that the resident is just trying to figure out what the Sea of ​​Souls will look like after death, or what new face will be reborn after death, then don't blame the empire for being ruthless.

At this time, the Imperial Supervisory Department will take action and use psykers who are specifically responsible for this matter to directly bind specific souls that have gone to the Sea of ​​Souls, imprison them as appropriate, and also imprint their souls.

When this particular soul is finally released and reincarnated, a special birthmark will appear on the left temple.

People with special birthmarks cannot take up official positions in the empire, nor can they join the imperial army, let alone the legion battalion.

When the empire does this, it is blatantly discriminating. Political correctness does not exist in the imperial social system.

Faced with the results of such treatment, naturally no one dared to take chances.

Even though he has abundant martial virtue, he cannot resist the seemingly endless army of undead.

Ouch!!!

Suddenly, a Sangheili (elite) wearing pajamas and a nightcap burst through the glass with a roar unique to their clan, jumped from the third floor, and rushed into a neighborhood full of undead warriors.

Buzz-~! Buzz-~!

The elite, who was holding the sword hilt in his left and right hands, shook his hands fiercely, released two energy blades that emitted light red light, and began to slaughter one-sidedly among the undead warriors.

The destructive power of the extremely high-temperature sword blade is not comparable to that of shellless pulse bullets. Coupled with the elite's dexterity and brute force, the metal body can be chopped off and cut with ease.

Buzz! Bah! Buzz!

After a whirlwind of red light, the ground was covered with metal limbs, heads, and upper and lower bodies that had been cut in half.

It seems that in the face of slow and uncoordinated undead warriors, it is unwise to engage in long-range confrontation with them. Only close combat can steadily earn positive results.

Ouch! Ouch!

For the empire! For the glory!

And during this period, there were also many elites wearing their own casual and formal clothes who went into battle.

Immediately afterwards, there was another transport boat painted mainly in black with white accents. It flashed red and blue lights and sailed over the street. Then it made a sharp turn and crossed the front line of the civilian defense line.

The hatch opens.

A group of twenty-four special teams wearing black-painted power armor and whose standard weapons were laser guns immediately jumped out of the cabin.

This is Team 14. They have arrived at the target neighborhood and are ready to assist our civilians.

Spread out, use a counterattack formation to move forward, don't forget your training content!

The moment they landed, this group of special teams dispersed into groups of three or three, and the whole group was placed in a pin formation in the middle of the street, and then launched a counterattack against the Gaussian rays.

Buzz! Buzz!

Click! !

However, the energy shield provided by the Sheriff TPS power armor will collapse directly after being exposed to one or two Gauss rays.

Some even had their shields shattered when they withstood the second ray attack, but the rays were still not neutralized and successfully hit the power armor, and then...

ah…!!

As the members of the special team screamed in pain, their power armor and bodies were scattered and disintegrated, turning into a pile of light green residue.

Counterattack blocked.

There is no way, if you pull the perspective upward... pull up...

From an altitude of several thousand meters, you can see the colonial urban area with a large number of huge buildings, filled with smoke and fire caused by explosions.

There are also a large number of toothless disks or scorpion-shaped undead aircraft flying through the sky. This shows that the human side has lost air supremacy. It also directly means that the Imperial Navy responsible for garrisoning the colony cannot withstand the offensive of the undead tomb.

In fact, this colony is called Morning Star and is located in the space within the cantilever of Orion. It is not in the Trapper star zone where the offensive is the most fierce.

Due to its proximity to the political and economic core of Universe 03, that is, the solar system, the total population of Venus is as high as 30 billion.

At the same time, this also shows that the number of Imperial Army, Navy and Krieg stationed on Morning Star is 2 to 3 times that of other colonies, with a total number of approximately 40 million.

More than 100 ships of all levels are deployed in low-Earth orbit and the star system of Venus, and there are even four 20-kilometer Dreadnought-class aircraft carriers.

Moreover, this is also the recruitment home planet of the 16th Battalion of the Dark Angels. Although it is not as rich as the rich colonies in the Extreme Sector, it is definitely considered wealthy for Universe 03.

After the outbreak of the Human-Necromancer War, Rogge dispatched six companies of Astartes reserves and temporarily deployed them on the Morning Star. The defensive strength alone should be enough, not to mention that the Morning Star was not affected by the war.

However, what I didn't expect was that an incalculable number of undead tombs suddenly appeared in Morning Star, and the scale of these tombs was very large...

There are flying pyramids all over the sky.

Facing the seemingly endless wave of metal, only the fleet directly under the 16th Battalion withstood the offensive. However, it was unable to hold on alone, causing the human side to lose most of its air superiority and ownership of low-Earth orbit in just two hours. .

Moreover, before the undead tomb was unearthed, Venus had already lost the ability to communicate with the outside world, and the situation was even more serious than that of Charon Tower.

Obviously, the undead tomb buried deep in the surface of Morning Star is most likely the dynasty of an overlord, a dynasty that is much more powerful than Sarcos Iser.

Therefore, in the face of the metal wave, Daystar's local strength alone is simply not enough.

This is why only civilians and police officers came to fight in the previous block, because the military and battalion headquarters had no time to take care of them.

However, the person sitting behind the scenes at this stage is Rogge. As the original body who can see the entire galaxy, he will naturally know about the sudden change of the morning star, and support must be on the way.

The neighborhood at this time...

Ouch! Guys, work harder!!

Ouch! Die! Die!

Seeing that the special team could not withstand the frontal attack, a group of elites accelerated and increased their speed and strength in the area where the undead warriors gathered, in an attempt to relieve the pressure on the special team.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Boom! Boom!

At this moment, a dense blast of plasma cannons streaked across the street, directly taking away the undead warriors who were suppressing the special team's fire.

However, the source of these plasma cannons is empty.

It turned out to be a few iron-blooded clansmen wearing hunting armor, equipped with shoulder cannons, wrist knives and telescopic spears. They used optical camouflage to wander between low buildings and trees, guerrilla and support.

Elites and Iron-bloods are also humans in the human empire, but they have nothing special. They can buy their usual versions of weapons and armor, but they are prohibited from buying weapons and armor from the human side. The same goes for the human side.

As for the most useless people among the crowd, they are probably the handsome Vaelins with slender ears.

Because they are the best at psychic powers, they are completely restrained by the undead side.

Boom, boom!

However, to the despair of everyone present, as the ground shook violently, several three-legged scorpions equipped with super-phase blades broke into the block and launched an attack on the elites at the forefront.

But what everyone didn't know was that there was a meteor shower in the dark sky...

It was the violent friction when the airborne capsule broke through the atmosphere, and the fire produced pierced the night sky.