When the unreal veil of reality and the sea of souls was torn open by a massive rift in the lilac, the Whisperer's flagship, the Law of Loyalty, sailed out of Mandeville Point, and on a subspace voyage that lasted several months of Terra, they left the hazy star field and arrived at the Taiping Star Field, located in the northern part of the galaxy, where they chose to start their pilgrimage.

Colchis.

Even after many years, Loga still recognizes it as his home planet, his swaddling clothes, the place of enlightenment on which he once lived, the sacred land where the light of faith is re-sown into the starry sky.

"It hasn't changed at all."

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar huge planet in front of her through the side of the ship, Luo Jia sighed.

"Is this Colchis? It's much bigger than I thought it would be. ”

Elaine's voice came from Loga's side.

Obviously, compared to Nukeria, this huge planet is a big one.

In this regard, Luo Jia nodded slightly.

The deep homesickness in his eyes was self-evident.

"I have conquered countless worlds on my expeditions, and I have seen countless worlds greater and richer than it, whether it is Holy Terra or Kur... But none of them carry as much weight in my heart as Colchis—"

"No matter where I am, Colches will always be my hometown."

Luo Jia sighed.

The vast fleet of the Whisperers slowly sailed over the planet, casting shadows on this ancient world that still obscured the sky but was no longer the grandeur of its former majesty.

In fact, due to the Holy Codex, the fleet of the Bearers was split and reorganized early, and now the fleet of the Bearers has left the subspace, and they have all been pushed by Luo Jia to shine everywhere in the galaxy with his own hands, leaving only a few sub-regiments to continue to serve as escorts with the Whisperers' mother group, such as large warbands such as the Sawtooth Sun.

As the Law of Loyalty slowly docked in one of the few usable starports in the world, Colchis's full picture was finally re-presented in Loga's eyes.

How long have you been away from this land?

How long has it been since I've been back to this original place?

In the long war and conquest, Luo Jia can no longer remember clearly, he has never liked to burn those worlds with the flames of war like a killing general, Luo Jia has always just wanted to share the glory of reason and faith with those lost worlds.

Loga has never changed, and neither has Colchis.

So, Loga set this world as the starting point of her new pilgrimage.

Just as it was decades ago when it left this ancient world and embarked on a grand expedition to the stars, this massive planet, two or three times larger than Terra, the home planet of humanity, still retains its ancient and dilapidated appearance.

Tracked, its surface is filled with unforgiving mountains and russet desert plains, as well as meandering and rugged rare rivers. It symbolizes that in this dry and ancient land, the ancestors of human beings once cultivated this land, and gradually turned into various large settlements.

Over the course of several generations, civilization spread across barren lands, with the vast majority of cities located close to resource-rich coasts. Each city was connected to the other through thriving air trade and sea transport, which was the basis of their survival – a world in which few people would be foolish enough to traverse deserts that stretched almost half the world, barren and dry were synonymous with deserts, a forbidden area of death from which no indigenous life could escape.

Looking at the scene in front of her, Luo Jia thought of the past, the six years of war, the arrival of the emperor... There were so many memorable things that flashed through the genogen's mind at this moment.

"My lord, we can go."

"The Stormbird is ready."

After the Law of Loyalty had completely docked in Starport, Astarte, the Bearer, made his way to Loga and Elaine.

"It seems that the time to see the scenery is coming to an end."

Glancing at Loga's emotional expression, Elaine picked up the heavy original of the Holy Text, preparing to follow these Astartes out of Starport.

Lorga didn't say much, just closed his unfinished tome and took the power scepter that Ferus Manus had given him—the Light of Enlightenment.

On this pilgrimage, there are bound to be countless dangerous moments around you.

……

Unlike other emerging imperial worlds, Colchis doesn't have a huge orbital weapon platform, and there isn't even a Mechanicus forged world on a satellite.

As the parent planet of the genetic protogen, Loga didn't think it would use such a massive space-based weapon defense system.

In other words, these are also some of the obsessions that Luo Jia shows.

He didn't want any war to touch this ancient and quiet land, and in Lorga's eyes, only the 'Six Years' War, which conquered all of Colchis, was qualified to spread the smoke of gunpowder on its land, and anything else that dared to touch the home planet of the original genome would invite the heaviest revenge and destruction from the Whisperers.

And because of Loga's confined-behind and exclusive attitude towards Colchis, during the Great Expedition, Colchis also refused to provide food and fuel for the various fleets of the Great Expedition.

Its original intention was that Luo Jia didn't want to involve the war in the world under his control, but in fact, due to the few stable Mandeville points in the Taiping Star Domain, this selfishness from Luo Jia was also one of the reasons why the progress of the Great Expedition in the direction of the Taiping Star Field was far less than that of the Great Expedition in the direction of the Extreme Star Field.

This is part of the reason why the emperor shows anger at the bearers.

The former Seventeenth Legion, under the influence of Loga's will, was nothing more than a group of missionaries armed with firearms - this was intolerable for the Emperor, who needed only warriors and generals to conquer the enemy in the stars.

Therefore, the city of perfection was destroyed by the hands of the Bearers in his wrath, and the burning of Kuhl seemed to foreshadow the fate of the world of Colchis, which was deeply affected by Loga's weak will, if it did not make radical changes in time like Loga himself.

As the Storm Bird, the symbol of the original car, slowly drove into the atmosphere, several large but ancient cities appeared on the horizon, their shadows as old and decaying as the dark red and dim sun of Colchis.

"Looks like you're not a fan of industrialization, my brother."

Elaine said.

She was examining the level of industrialization of several cities in Colches on a data board, and it was clear that the planet was a little too 'old' compared to the sprawling casting worlds on Nukeria's moons.

"Uh..."

Loga's gaze wandered, trying not to look directly at the sister who was 'watching' her.

In this regard, Luo Jia's mood is like a storm bird that keeps shaking with the turbulence of the air current.

- I don't know what to say, but I have mixed feelings.

After all, these 'backwards' are their own 'masterpieces'.

To this day, Colchis still retains its archaic and dilapidated appearance, with advanced industrialization and aid from the Empire being rejected by Lorgar, and the entire planet is left with only the remnants of the long-forgotten Dark Ages.

These ancient ruins show that a mechanically driven empire once ruled Colches, and while there is little evidence of its destruction, the boundless darkness that spanned the entire Age of Strife could indeed tear any world apart, as evidenced by the seeds of religion that sprouted from Colches' corpse after reason was shattered.

And the legacy of this already completely lost kingdom is evident even in orbit, where the floating hulk ships are locked in orbit, and the pale green light of the fallout wafting in them symbolizes that it is not safe, and perhaps it will take thousands of years for that horrific lethality to completely fade away under the power of time—the wreckage of a sprawling interstellar shipyard, no doubt.

As a genoplasm home planet completely poisoned by religion, Colches seems to be a world focused on looking inward, even backwards, and under the deliberate influence of Loga, it refuses to purge the sky of the wreckage of the dark ages of technology and resists all imperial edicts to build new orbital space stations.

The planet's only concession is to allow the Mechanics of Mars to approach the tranquil behemoths, allowing the Technocrats to plunder whatever they want, whether it's the long-lost STC or some unknown dark technology, as one of the Empire's Two-Headed Eagles, the Mechanica's thirst needs to be taken seriously, even by the genetic protogen.

Of course, this comes at the cost of a steady stream of materials and cutting-edge living technology, and the home planet of each genoplasm actually enjoys the power of special tax exemptions, and beneath the barren and backward surface of Colches lies a rich accumulation that can support the blossoming of religion and reason.

It enjoyed the benefits of imperial life and culture, although its owners were reluctant to provide supplies for the emperor's wars.

Loga's influence on the planet is almost ubiquitous, in fact, although the lives of the people are extremely prosperous and happy, in fact, the transportation on Colchis is not developed, and the limited transportation is very basic to prevent the economic development and desire of each city, until they are all shaped into the utopia in Loga's mind, the kingdom of heaven on earth.

It seems to be resisting the war economy of the Great Expedition.

Of course, in the not-too-distant future, it will no longer be able to resist.

Because under Elaine's watch, Loga must make certain 'changes' in order to report his attitude of 'getting serious about the Great Expedition' to the Emperor.

……

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Monday is so busy!

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