On the easternmost side of the Extreme Field, somewhere on the edge of the Empire's borders, a massive ship is parked in the orbit of a planet.

This is a Titan Giant, a Titan named "Eagle".

And it is also the flagship of the 39th Legion of the Imperial Space Marines.

"Lord Karni, support from the Sun Star Expeditionary Fleet has arrived."

In the ship's command center, a member of the Legion's think tank reported to Karni, the lord of the Thirty-ninth Legion, the news he had just received.

Right now, the Zerg army is constantly approaching, and they are like a boulder pressing down on their hearts, making the Imperial warriors stationed in this galaxy almost out of breath.

The arrival of support is an exciting event for everyone in the galaxy at this time.

As the leader of the legion, Karni was still worried after hearing the news.

He stood in front of the stereoscopic image presented by the ship's probe, looked at the various information presented on it, and asked the Space Marines beside him.

"Smith, how many troops has the Empire sent?"

"A whole new Astarte Legion, and three sector-level naval fleets, Lord Karni."

"And both the Astarte Legion and those fleets have at least a thousand or more capital ships of the latest type."

Smith, who was standing next to Carney, told his commander the news in an excited tone that would make anyone happy.

The Empire sent so many troops to support.

Even if all the military forces in this galaxy were gathered, I am afraid that they would only be able to match the strength of the troops that rushed to support them in general.

In other words, after this support force arrived, the strength of the entire galaxy could be said to have nearly doubled in an instant. And the growth of the overall strength of the galaxy and the enhancement of the galaxy's defense power brought by it are even more incalculable.

But.......

"Not enough...... Karni shook his head after hearing the words of the think tank, and said with a sad face, "It's still not enough......"

Smith heard Carney's sigh and saw Karney's still-frowning brow.

Seeing his commander's expression, the joy that the arrival of support brought to Smith was much less than that at this time.

"Not enough? What's not enough, sir? ”

When his face was also stained with a hint of solemnity, Smith raised his doubts to Karney.

What's not enough?

Of course, there are not enough troops!

As a think tank within the Legion, Smith was responsible for documenting the Legion's great deeds and maintaining the Legion's repository of ancient knowledge. And this knowledge comes from those hard-fought battles and wars that spread across the galaxy.

He's not stupid. For the war, he knew him as well as his own brother.

Therefore, when he asked a question, he already had an answer in his heart.

But he couldn't believe this fact. He hoped to hear a negative answer from the mouth of his own regimental commander.

However, his hopes were dashed.

Hearing Smith's words, Carney turned his gaze away from the stereoscopic projection in front of him, and glanced at Smith beside him.

Karney didn't say anything, but Smith already knew everything.

His brow began to furrow like that of Karni, and there was a tremor in his serious tone.

"Strength... Is it really that disparity? ”

Karney didn't even give Smith a look this time, because he knew that he couldn't give Smith what he wanted.

His mind seemed to be completely absorbed by the stereoscopic projection in front of him, and looking at the stereoscopic projection in front of him, Karni thought about how to arrange the newly arrived Imperial support.

He knew what Smith wanted.

This question is not bad, and the previous question is not good. What Smith really wanted was an attitude of his, an attitude of full confidence in the war.

Smith wants to see a new glow of confidence in Carney's face. Just like he had done before when he led the legions to conquer and conquer all the battles in the galaxy.

It is even possible that Smith's hope is simply to hear from Karni, the master of the legion who has a unique view of war, that "humanity will be victorious".

But Karney couldn't do it. Because he was not sure about the next war at all.

As the leader of the Legion, Karni knew more than Smith, both for the Empire and for the Zerg. And the more he learned, the more his mind became aware of the dangers that humanity was about to face.

In the past days, in addition to studying tactics and arming, Karni prayed daily to the emperor and the Son.

And every time he prayed, like Smith at this time, he longed for the emperor to tell him that humanity would eventually win.

Carney understood Smith's feelings, but he couldn't make a false promise to Smith.

In Karni's view, the empire was facing a war that was bound to be lost.

This kind of thinking is not uncommon within the Empire, and in fact, it is shared by the vast majority of the Empire's top brassips.

The birth of the Great Rift, the coma of the regent Sivir, the arrival of the Zerg, one bad thing after another that was enough to shake the empire happened. People can't help but feel that such a powerful empire is about to take pills.

Of course, this feeling is only partially present in the upper echelons of the Empire, and for the vast majority of the Empire's citizens and soldiers who do not know the details, the Empire is still stable and thriving.

Except for the people of the empire who were in dire straits in the hazy star fields, the Great Rift was just one more spectacle in the starry sky for the other star fields. And Sivir fell into a coma, which only a very small number of the Empire's top brass knew.

Although the invasion of the Zerg has put the entire empire on guard, ordinary soldiers still do not have a very clear understanding of this galaxy-level danger.

As a result, the whole empire is now actually somewhat divided in thought.

An atmosphere of despair crept up at the top of the Empire, and there were some people who, like Smith, had some knowledge of the current state of the Empire, but still believed that the Empire would survive this crisis in the face of a series of past glories and achievements.

The ordinary classes of the Empire, on the other hand, are unwarrantedly blindly optimistic about the future of the Empire.

However, although there are great differences in thinking between the whole empire, in action, the whole empire is surprisingly consistent.

Whether it is those high-ranking Empire leaders who believe that humanity will be defeated, or those Empire citizens who have strong faith in the Empire, they are still dedicating their strength to the Empire as usual under the leadership of the Emperor.

This is not that the emperor's leadership is very clever, but that in today's human race, a concept, a culture, or a spirit has long been established by Sivir.

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

The dream of humanity to stand on top of the galaxy has made the people of the empire continue to forge ahead, and the bright future that Sivir has sketched for mankind is worth striving for.

The people and soldiers who were loyal to the empire and had a strong faith in the emperor did not put everything in the empire and the emperor.

Although these people have blind faith in the Emperor and the Empire, they also know that praying to the Emperor and asking the Empire for help is not the solution to all problems, and their own efforts are equally important.

The power of the individual, though insignificant, is an indispensable and important part of the whole.

If a person is merely passively waiting for salvation, then the emperor will not lend a helping hand to him. The emperor wants to redeem those who believe in him and work for salvation.

Therefore, when the Empire announced that the Zerg invasion was imminent, these Imperial people, under the leadership of the Planetary Governor and the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs, worked hard for the Empire and themselves.

And those high-level leaders who are pessimistic or even hopeless about the future of the empire have not chosen to give up on themselves, slack off their work, and corrupt themselves during this time.

On the contrary, they are working harder than ever.

These Imperial officials, despite a series of recent events, are not optimistic about the future prospects of the Empire. But their loyalty to the empire never wavered.

The officials in the Ministry of the Interior rushed to offer the emperor all kinds of advice and proposals, hoping that the empire would be able to gallop on the road of development in the next precious time.

The generals and commanders, on the other hand, were actively deployed in their own defensive areas, preparing for a war with almost no hope of victory.

True courage is not fearlessness, but perseverance despite fear!

Humanity may be destroyed, but it can never be defeated.

These high-ranking officials are not as ignorant as ordinary Imperial subjects, and they are fully aware of the crisis that the Empire is currently facing, but even in the face of such a desperate situation, they have never chosen to give up.

"Smith, go and contact the Admirals and Captain Astarte who have come to support, we need a meeting."

Smith, who was worried about the future of humanity, heard Karney's order in his ear, and he looked up and met Karney's eyes.

At this point, Karney finally took his eyes off the stereoscopic projection again, and he frowned and ordered Smith.

At this time, Smith suddenly found that the Karney in front of him did not seem to be much different from what he remembered.

Although Karni's eyes are no longer as confident as before, the indomitable will and the courage to declare war against difficulties still exist in his heart.

"The admirals and field marshals of the system's fleet have likewise extended invitations to them. We are running out of time and must discuss the final plan as soon as possible. ”

"Yes!"

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Soon, in a conference room on the "Eagle", many legion high-ranking officials and some high-ranking generals of the legion's mortal auxiliary army answered the call and waited for the arrival of the legion commander Karni in the conference hall.

Beside them, each dressed in a different livery armor, were the senior generals of other units and legions invited by Karni.

It had been less than a Terra since Karney gave Smith's order. In such a short time, it was naturally impossible for these officers to arrive in time.

Therefore, they appear in this chamber in the form of holographic projections.

But with the help of the Empire's advanced holographic technology, they are not much different from being there in person. The fighters with amazing eyesight were even able to see the pores on the holographic projections.

If it weren't for the deliberately virtual sense of holographic projection, it would be difficult for even the most sensitive Space Marines to tell the difference between a holographic projection and a real person.

With the help of holographic technology, the military leaders of the empire in this galaxy gathered in the entire Great Council Hall.

They spoke to each other in muffled voices, but all of them turned inexorably to the coming moment and the impossible task ahead.

And when Karni walked into the chamber with his Guard of Honor, everyone stopped to listen, and not a single voice continued to talk.

Karni walked through the conference hall wearing his power armor as the Guard of Honor scattered around him. They walked to their seats at the table and stood behind their assigned positions, while the rest went to the stations around the hall.

Those who passed by Karni could clearly see the medals and honors on his power armor, and it was hard to imagine how many dangerous battles Karni had gone through to get so much glory.

When Karni sat in his seat, the silk fluttering from the flags in the hall, and all eyes were on him, and he also looked at the allies in the hall with his own eyes.

"I'm Karni!" His words echoed through the quiet halls, "Commander of the Thirty-ninth Imperial Legion 'Eagle of Destruction'! ”

"The Tyranid is coming!" Karney's eyes swept over the warriors.

"You will look up to the sky and look for the stars, but you will not see them. The Tyranid swarm will block out their light. ”

"You'll be amazed at the number of creatures they're going to land on the world, and you'll suspect that it never ends."

"You should talk to psykers and think tanks, and they will tell you about the darkness and pain that those who watch the subspace endure."

"You're going to see it all and you're going to believe we can't win."

"But I promise that no matter how slim the hope of victory is, I will lead you to fight as hard as you can, and I will lead you to fight until the last moment!"

Karni's voice grew high, and the desire to fight beat strongly in the hearts of the warriors in the hall.

"In the name of the Emperor and the Holy Son, I swear that it will be so!"