“……？”

Even Johnson is inevitably confused by the term 'great rebellion'.

Although he expected that Elaine might mention some secrets about the Bearers, or the secrets about the Iron Men to stop himself from destroying Colchis.

But the Great Rebellion...?

Johnson didn't quite understand.

However, he was not unaware of the apparent meaning of the term: large-scale insurgency.

On the contrary, Johnson was well aware of the meaning of such a word, and was on guard against all the sectors in the Human Empire that could rebel.

Especially in Killiman's Otlama Five Hundred World, even Johnson would be in some trouble if the ambitious Lord of the Ultramarines wanted to start a rebellion.

"That's right, that's what you think."

"In short, in the not-too-distant future, the human empire will face a crisis of rebellion of the greatest proportions."

"The destruction of the Perfect City of the Whisperers, and the fall of Luojia into confusion, are the keys to this 'chapter', the prelude to the opening of Pandora's box-"

Elaine looked at Johnson with a grin, watching the lion's gaze gradually change from dazed to defensive and then to cautious.

Since the so-called 'future-seeking' trick can't completely fool this shrewd lion, it is better to keep it open from the beginning.

What's more, she also likes to see her original brothers show their majesty and arrogance that are not in line with the past, and show their own nature.

"And I pressed it down so that we could better prepare for the crisis."

"It's just—" Elaine said, shifting her gaze to the two fleets on the star map that were facing each other. Its stability is not very good, of course, thanks to the 'credit' of some people. ”

"Of course, I don't mean to blame you. Actually, it's the way you react – it makes me feel right, and it symbolizes that the future as I know it is somehow 'corrective' or 'inevitable'..."

"You've seen the 'enemies' who pushed for the rebellion, you've seen it in the maelstrom."

Before Elaine could finish speaking, Johnson abruptly interrupted her speech.

Elaine looked at Johnson in a little surprise, but only saw unprecedented firmness in his dark green eyes, which intertwined wildness and reason.

It was as if there was some kind of instinct that was guiding him to ask about himself.

“…… It seems that I don't need to explain the 'source' of this information. ”

Elaine sighed, and it was clear that Johnson's extraordinary beast instinct was able to pinpoint the nodes that connected everything from a lot of complicated information.

The Emperor's hatred of religious beliefs, the erosion of subspace energy in the fading maelstrom, the psionic and iron man of Colchis, and the things that the Empire of Truth has to contend with.

When all of this is linked together, combined with the Chaos Pollution that Johnson himself had seen in the Caliban jungles, it is easy to expose the true enemy of the Human Empire—Chaos.

Whether it's the Great Rebellion mentioned by Elaine or the unique position of the Bearers in the Human Empire, they can easily be combined in the face of such an indescribable and strange enemy.

However, this level of information processing speed is also natural for the genetic prototype.

It's just that...

"I don't think Luojia is qualified to start a big rebellion."

"His legion has been split up... But exterminating them all is not a problem. ”

Faced with the dangerous topic provoked by Elaine, Johnson gave his opinion indifferently.

While there was no mention of the possibility that the Astarte Legion would be in danger from then on, or that the Emperor's trust in the First Legion might be diminished, none of that was in Johnson's mind.

His loyalty to the Empire has always been so evident and he never questions what he does.

In Johnson's view, even if the human empire is in danger right now, it has not reached the point where it will collapse internally—unless the emperor hands over the Astarte legion to another person, who happens to be corrupted by the forces of chaos and has a high prestige, it will lead to the kind of massive rebellion that Elaine calls coming.

Obviously, this possibility is almost too small to be counted.

It's not entirely impossible, it's just that the conditions are too harsh – so that a cautious being like Johnson finds them too difficult to achieve.

However, Johnson did not disbelieve that the Legion would mutiny.

For this point, he did think and speculate whether the Astarte Legion would betray the Human Empire in the future, and secretly marked the logistics world and home planet of the major legions, so as to extinguish these dangerous fires in time at a critical point in the future.

In the eyes of the Lion of the Caliban, the gears of history are not immutable dead things, but huge storms that can trigger a crisis spiral at any time and at any time—any small opportunity is enough to turn into a terrible crisis that can devastate several star sectors and even star fields.

What is the specific performance... It is probably that Johnson has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against the Thirteenth Legion.

As for the Bearers...

Although he did not look down on Luojia, Johnson did not believe that the rebellion of the Bearers would have such a great impact on the Human Empire that it would lead to a great rebellion on a terrible scale.

Moreover, the rebellion of the Bearer alone would never match Elaine's great secret.

"Don't deny it so absolutely, my brother. Luojia's legions could not start a terrible rebellion, but his legions could bring one of the most terrible weapons to the Empire - faith. ”

"This is what our father hated and longed to eradicate... And you also mentioned the things behind it, which are the enemies of the human empire. ”

Hearing this, Johnson's gaze immediately turned to full of anticipation.

He longed for the other party to give the corresponding possibility, so as to deal with Colches and Luojia in time now.

And Elaine naturally knew what Johnson was thinking, and the next words did not fulfill his wishes:

"For now... Those enemies can't easily infiltrate the real universe with their minions. And I have cut off many of the enemy's minions and tentacles in advance, and transformed the weapon [Whisperer] that they prepared for the Human Empire into a weapon against themselves. ”

"Actually... I'm not here to dissuade you from destroying Colchis, Johnson. ”

"I'm just here to give you two options-"

"Is it to wear down the enemy with the enemy's weapons? Or break this weapon and prepare another one yourself? ”

In the face of Elaine's smile, Johnson fell silent.

Obviously, she knew it from the beginning.

I would choose both.

……

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I've been catching a cold recently after the change of seasons... I have facial paralysis, and I can't close one of my eyes completely. Although it is gradually getting better, my eyes are still very dry and tired when coding words... Sorry for missing so many updates!

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