I'm going to take fate by the throat, it wants to bring me to my knees, and that will never happen. Life is so beautiful, live his life for a thousand years!

——————— Beethoven

The void is so vast that it spans several galaxies in just one star sector, and the distance that humans could only see in the ancient terra era is now only an extremely short subspace journey, hundreds of light years is only a few days, and tens of thousands of days are only a few days.

But the prosperity and tragedy of this universe are displayed in such a stretched space, the gods of chaos use their silk threads called subspace to hold the fate of people to death, countless people can only beat like marionettes, the elite of individual empires can know the truth of the universe, they attribute it to chaos and disorder and bad natural character, so that they distinguish them as "evil"...

However, when people think so and use violence as the only answer to evil, the interests of the subspace can reach their peak, and the truth is that malice exists in the deep places of everyone's heart, and constantly nourishes the chaotic negative universe.

Therefore, war can't destroy those monsters, but peace and harmony can, even if a star sector can't make any waves, but that peace is something that will never be recognized by the gods.

The strange evil smile echoed in the vast space of tens of thousands of light years in the Pangia sub-star region, and the division of the Empire's territory into the Void in the warship guarding the channel was meaningless to those non-material cosmic creatures, they only followed their own hearts, but also the hearts of all intelligent beings in the entire universe, provoking extremely vicious emotions.

In the void space outside Skadi, countless mechanical priests tried their best to hollow out their homes before using the building template of the dark technology era to quickly modularize the not too big Void Space Station, which looked like a metal disorder Rubik's Cube, and ships of all sizes went in and out of it.

This iron-forged world is the best credit and shelter provided by the Lord of Skadi to the turbulent universe, and the heart of the entire sector begins to beat slowly when those who have been displaced and desperate can come here to work their lives, and when the terrified and precarious merchants are proudly protected.

And the mixed blessings, on Skadi, the lord looked at the report in his hand, during this time, the attacks of the pirates not only did not decrease, but intensified, making people can't help but wonder about the origin of those pirates, as the former commander of the Imperial Guard and the help of the high mobility of the Star Marines, Alan Bair soon began to call the staff to calculate the situation.

However, this time the opponent was clearly prepared, and the pirate's line could not be fixed, and Alan Baier realized almost instantly that the other side had a detailed study of his strategy...

His complicated thoughts quickly caught the contradictions of the situation, old adversary? No, those guys are almost dead, there is intelligence? Inside Skady? Or is it inside the sector?

The immediate battle situation should not be so easy to leak out, and the secrecy within the empire is not vegetarian, but if the enemy is a person within the empire, and has the financial resources and personnel, he can also bribe the clerical profession, and it is not impossible to get battlefield information.

Lord Skady only used a period of data intelligence to get an idea of the situation, but it was only speculation that he often used many tactics for the enemy's orderly counterattack, such as having the Imperial Guard warships assault jump gang and three-point ranging, but such tactics were also often used by other troops.

He could only be sure that a new haze had appeared in this star sector, and that this war-torn place would be ready for a new war before it showed the light behind the dark clouds?

"Emperor, why are you so cruel, or are the evil monsters in the subspace still showing hope for the Empire's path to the Sun and Star Domain?" He muttered to himself.

Alan Baier groped for the holographic strategic star map in front of him, from a recruit who knew nothing to a hero who now commanded the Imperial Guard, he had experienced a lot, if he looked at this thing a few years ago, he would have wondered.

It's just that the current Lord of Skadi will not be confused, and since the storm of fate has swept again, then he must also be ready for any preparation for disaster.

Soon, orders were issued to increase military supplies, increase the frequency of border patrols, factories to produce at full speed, and to expand the scope of food cultivation within Skadi and recycle the commercial energy, and there were also cases within Skadi that required soldiers to train more, and most people could taste the feeling of the mountain rain coming, which was not good.

A few days later, the cafeteria, which was overcrowded due to intensive training, had been trained by the new recruits who had just completed the Katachan special training, and they had previously been the elite of all walks of life on Skadi, such as the famous local scavengers, adventurers, or foreigners who were born in the outer layer of the hive and survived by the filthy blizzard.

Those cruel experiences have urged them forward, and they have brought a lot of success, but they are also different from the real forest warriors, they do not have the thick dark muscles, and they do not have the inheritance of the Katachan blade, after contacting the Ministry of Military Affairs, except for the serving Master Chief and his 20 or so active Katachan team, those blades are all recovered by the Katachan's exclusive Military Affairs Department.

In order to show the spirit of the forest and commend them for their sacrifice for the Empire, the Katachan soldiers not only have their own set of troops, but also have the right to recover the relics of the Catachan people, which belong to the world culture to which they belong, and the Sun Lord cannot be disobeyed.

It can be said that the Katachan trained today is no longer a child of the forest at all, but the special historical crystallization of this ice planet, and they need a new name, but there is no war named after them yet.

And the Master Chief, who was able to rest as an instructor early, was chatting with the Lettling Kid who was boiling food about the recent messy things in the cafeteria, and the actions of this time made the Skadi troops, who enjoyed rare peace, ready to move, but they didn't know who the enemy was and where it came from.

The battle cries and training sounds of the soldiers outside continued, and the Lettling Kid just stirred the boiler as a soundtrack, the aroma was overflowing, and the oil was heavy and the smoke was heavy, and I saw the large wooden spoon stirring in the rich soup, and the rich sauce hung on it, and there was a lot of messy food scale stuck on the spoon.

This Letherin man muttered. "It's going to be war again, I enjoy the days now, I can cook, I can talk to women, but it's complicated, I also look forward to the days when I shoot the enemy's head with a sniper rifle, but I want the military days to be over, and I'm hungry every day." His views are as plain and truthful as ever.

Sergeant Katachan replied as he sat down at the table. "War is the way to survive, we have no choice, the emperor will protect us from victory, and we just need to do our best, and the current situation of the enemy is not clear, strategic actions are only a slight adjustment of the internal environment..."

He said this to comfort himself, not to run away from the war, but not to want the place where he had just started to be swept up in destruction, nor to want his hometown to become a wasteland.

He picked up a drink and grunted to vent his damn frustrations, because they both knew very well that there was no escape from death and war in this universe.

For a moment, except for the sound of stirring pots and bowls, the whole canteen was only the faint grunt of swallowing, and the silence was terrifying, as if it was about to take people's souls.

The horrors of war can only be understood by those who have experienced it, and it is the Skadi veterans who understand the violence of those who are organized, called civilizations, who are very understanding of the "violence" of another civilization.

That kind of power is irreversible and terrifying, so even those who make decisions will be sucked into it, but in this dark human civilization at the end of forty thousand years, it is almost inevitable.

This silence was not broken until a young man in military uniform came to the cafeteria, and the second lieutenant sat down next to Sergeant Katachan, who naturally handed over the drink and chattered. "Attracted by the wind of war, came to find a comrade-in-arms to warm up?"

The second lieutenant looked at the veteran, who was already approaching middle age. "Next is our time, right..."

"By the way, for a change of mood, I'm engaged to Arcades."

"Engaged?" The Lighterin Kid became interested, and the Master Chief stopped chewing on the name from his glass, felt familiar, and shouted. "Arcades? Captain Kelis Arcades?! Captain of Flaccia? ”

The second lieutenant nodded and said. "During this time, she was applying for discharge, and I guess the ownership of the 113th Regiment of Forlacia may be assigned to my name."

"Ha, congratulations, but Lieutenant General Alan Bair is indeed likely to do this, he really doesn't like power, although he has the ability, but it's okay to share a lot, when will the wedding take place?" The Master Chief asked his junior cheerfully, and realized that this was a happy event for the entire Skadi, and it also meant that the Fourth Infantry Regiment of Skady was going to be happy.

For the legendary Miracle Legion, which was once the only one, and then erased the shame and revived the homeland, their experience was rich enough to allow all the personnel to retire, and those complex combat experiences were enough for the empire to respectfully arrange for those heroes to go to the Garden World to serve as pdf.

But if you leave now, will the entire universe still have a place to live? They have experienced despair, hope, return, too many terrible things, but also too many lingering honors, and in the end, the veterans do not die, they only wither.

When those tragic fates weigh on the bodies of those poor people, the value of this wedding will also increase, although it is distorted to use one's life's work to boost morale, but this is the Empire.

There is nothing more beautiful than the blessings of the soldiers, and there is nothing sweeter than victory, and if defeat turns everything into hell, then there is no need for even good things.

Therefore, Sergeant Katachan smiled wryly and just said. "I know someone who used to make invitations for nobles, and the food for the banquet can be handled by the Leterin Kid, I hope you can afford it!"

"It's a big job, but thank you—" The lieutenant sighed, and the pressure came to him, and at this moment Sergeant Katachan patted him on the shoulder. This is the pleasure of the entire 4th Regiment and the 113th Regiment of Flaxia, without a bitter expression, my brother. ”

The second lieutenant showed a complicated expression in a flash, how could he not know what he would stand for at this moment, but no one could escape from the whirlpool of war, and this matter was briefly dissipated in the noisy meal time of the Katachan soldiers, in the stinking skin and sweat of the people.

Only the sound of food swallowing and everything that people need to survive sustain the most basic things, just like the essence of this dark universe, but human nature also makes human beings do all kinds of things beyond desire and instinct, which is both the source of the emperor's bright light and the only beacon of this dark universe.

And the brightest source of light in Skady is probably the Sun Lord, no, the former Sun Lord himself.

Alan Bair was looking at most of the world, and maintaining those clumsy and stupid balances, he didn't dare to think about what would happen without him in this place, but at the same time, he had to think about the future, he wasn't a great man, he just did his best.

He walked anxiously in the office, the once precious relic gun had been put in a drawer and was about to rust, although the technology of the dark ages was not like that, but he casually thought, can he still afford to command a war? A stealth, a terrible war?

Then he began to reassure himself that those things would not come, but his thoughts were too complicated to be drawn from the death and pain, and soon he relied on the psychological qualities he had trained on the battlefield to settle down, and those killings and explosions could not kill him.

The bull ghost snake god did not let him collapse in his heart, even if he saw the demon and the subspace, his will was still like a sword blade, and he did not retreat, some people commented that if the Lord of Skadi is a psyker, then the empire may have one more alpha level!

But the reality is that that "gift" did not fall on him, and he did not love it, nor did he pray for it, and all he needed for it was peace and tranquility in his life.

Ironically, the entire universe does not change anything because of one person's heart, but it opens the door to the demands of the entire group, which is both the suffocating source of fear of the Endless Void and the most romantic nightmare in this world.

Just as the Emperor joked to those who worked hard, the Inquisition's exclusive warship landed from the void, and the news brought on it was not good, but meant that the entire universe once again showed its fangs to the cold world of Skadi.

Inquisitor Nova jumped lightly from the transport plane, the engine of war was roaring, as if expecting the storm to come, and the thread of fate was gradually pulling all the people still living in this universe in the looming operation of the subspace.

At the same time, those things buried deep in nightmares go further from the void to actual existence, and in the countless shuttles and wriggling grotesques, one day, right and wrong will choose between the light of the emperor and the death brought by the demons, whether the world will continue in the victory of mankind or be destroyed in the laughter of demons...

It's just that the ending is not friendly, so all the Skadi people can do is enjoy the present...

(End of chapter)