After hastily regrouping on the temporary capital city of Connought, the Astarte monks from various Ultramarines sub-regiments throughout the galaxy were incorporated into the formation of the parent regiment.

Due to the excellent stability of the Ultramarine's bloodline genetic seeds, and a more humane and broad recruit selection mechanism than other start-up warbands, the 13th Legion has far more bloodline descendants than other legions—about 2/3 of the total Astarte Monks in the Human Empire.

Therefore, even if each extreme subgroup only sent a small number of advance teams to meet the genetic father, one by one the battle groups gathered in small numbers, and at this time, the military strength gathered on Connaught to accept the canonization of the original body has reached 10,000 people.

12,983 to be exact, counting the remnants of the original Ultramarines and the Blue Blood Noble Warband.

Such a powerful reinforcement naturally could not hide the eyes of the entire empire staring at the returning primordial body, which brought a lot of public opinion and political pressure to Kiliman, and Otramar had already begun to question why the primordial did not abide by the "Astarte Holy Codex" written by him. But this voice was suppressed by Kiliman's argument that "the threat of the Aether Giant Worm is unprecedented, and Otlama must gather enough strength to deal with the alien enemy", and the enemy is at the moment, and it is natural to use extraordinary means at this time.

Overpowering internal contradictions with external crises is the simplest and most superficial, but also the most practical political technique.

In a way, Kiliman was thankful to the Tyranids, as the arrival of the Aether Worm not only provided him with a starting point for the Astarte army he had gathered the size of his legion, but also solved a major problem that had left him and Ryan both unable to sleep.

—Ptolemaic Library.

The Ptolemaic Library is a large library located in the capital city of Maculag, which contains a variety of precious books collected by the Ultramarines from the era of the Great Expedition and preserved to the present day, as well as detailed records of ancient history...... At the same time, it also sent chills down the spine of Kiliman, who woke up.

Because there is such a book in the library of Ptolemy, and the title of the book is "Emperor St. Giles".

Fortunately, this book, the Ptolemaic library that houses it, and even the entire planet of Macurag, have been eaten and wiped clean by the Aether Worm, perhaps this is called the duality of things......

"It's just a little cruel to the people of Maculag." Kiriman sat in the original office, bowing his head and sighing.

Ten thousand years have passed in a hurry, only to wake up to find that their hometown has been destroyed, there is not one member of the Ultramarine's warband, and the decaying empire is buried in the ground with the ideals of the brothers, and it is impossible not to be depressed.

At the beginning of his awakening, Killiman was disillusioned after learning about the current state of the empire, and even had the absurd idea that "I might as well die in the rebellion of Horus", which caused the remnants of the Ultramarines to bend their knees and beg their father not to look for a short time.

But fortunately, no matter how dark the galaxy is, there is still hope that flickers like starlight.

"When the battle against the Aether Worm is over, let's pay a visit to the Bulletin...... Killiman thought to himself, looking up, the layers of projection screens in front of his desk are filled with dense information of all kinds, and the density is dizzying.

Only Killiman's superhuman mind can maneuver around in such a dense amount of information, distill the parts he needs, and plan for each task in the most efficient way.

The crusade against the Aether Worm is a huge war, and the war against the Tyranids is more than just a battle of warships in space.

Subspace shadows that block stellar communication, spore airdrops that obscure the sky, viral flora that pollute the ecosystem, and gene stealers that infiltrate the population...... These are all headache-inducing abilities of the Great Devourer.

The Slinger's fleet did rely on sheer numbers and overwhelming firepower to quickly snipe the Aether Worm-Kraken yes, but what about the planet that was supposed to be protected? By the time Grey Wind dragged the giant worm's corpse back to Falla, Pamenio had already fallen. Waves of biomass have flooded the planet's surface, obscured the planet's atmosphere with sickly scarlet, and horrific viruses and harmful bacteria created by the plasticizers have proliferated rapidly in Pamenio's biosphere......

Although Kraken is dead, the originally precious habitable planet of Pamenio has been transformed into a barren and dead place that is difficult for humans to inhabit and develop.

Although the alien died, Pamenio, as an important barracks planet for Ultramarines, was not saved, and this tragic victory was really difficult to make people happy.

Therefore, sniping the Aether Worm is only the first stage of the war with Tyranid......

"According to the intelligence of the battle of Pamenio, I can judge that when the dragon scale armor on the surface of the body is penetrated, the giant insect will enter a berserk state, and endless creature ships and insect waves will pour out from under the skin scale armor, and begin to launch a saturation invasion against all the surrounding planets, warships and other targets......" Killman's eyes flickered:

"The firepower of the 6 Blackstone Fortresses is enough to kill the giant insects, but after the body tissues of the giant insects are broken and spread, the long fleet battles, gang battles, and ground battles are the places that most drain the will to fight."

This is destined to be a long tug-of-war with the Kiliman army in hand, but it also needs to be planned well to achieve the most results at the least cost.

Kiliman divides the Tyranid War into 4 phases:

1. Sniper Stage, in this stage, you need to call on the firepower of all 6 Blackstone Fortresses to penetrate the dragon scale armor and knock the giant worm out of the second stage

2. In the naval battle stage, after the collapse of the giant worm, many of its internal organs will turn back into fierce swarm biological ships and rush out of space, and at this stage, it is necessary to reasonably mobilize the three major fleets at hand: the 1st Expeditionary Fleet, the Gothic Fleet, and the Otlama Navy to annihilate it

3. In the ground warfare stage, in addition to the swarm biological ship, the spore breath of the giant insect and the large number of small insect swarms that burst out after the collapse of the scale armor will pose a huge threat to the densely populated areas such as the planet's surface and the space station, which is the battle link between the Astral Army and Astarte

4. Post-war clean-up stage......

The fleet jumping gang and ground tug-of-war in the naval battle stage is the home of the reorganized Ultramarines warband.

Locked in his office, Kiliman prepares every aspect of the war and every meticulous troop movement, striving to get the most out of battle at the least cost, while holding as much merit and glory as possible into the hands of the Ultramarine.

This is one of the most important chips for Kiliman's next step.

"In order to gain as much initiative as possible in Terra, I must ......" Countless pieces of information rushed through Killiman's brain, human lives, resources, and strategic weapons stockpiles turned into quantifiable numbers, and the Primordial's eyes were as blank as a pool of stagnant water, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing these heavy numbers to arrive at one cold answer after another.

Suddenly, a crack suddenly opened in the eternal ice.

"Blood sacrifice to the god emperor, skull sacrifice golden throne ......"

A ghostly voice hovered back and forth in Killiman's mind.

(End of chapter)