After receiving the order, the fleets assigned to the new expeditionary force stepped up their preparations and then went to the Tanus system in the Otanius star sector to assemble.

Huge fleets stay near the various ports and space stations in the Tanus system, completing the final personnel adjustments and waiting for the final order to set sail.

A large number of transport ships are shuttling between different warships to complete loading tasks.

The personnel also used these shuttle ships to travel between different ships, preparing for the upcoming expedition with unprecedented enthusiasm.

After deliberation and discussion by the Ministry of Military Affairs, this new expeditionary force was identified as the Fourth Expeditionary Force in the Empire, with Li Xin as the commander, and the flagship was the battleship Divine Glow.

The number of the Fourth Expeditionary Force has been changed many times, and many people think that this number will definitely be given to a new legion, after all, the first, second, third, these three expeditionary forces all follow the number of the legion, so that it is consistent.

The three major legions have made great contributions to the development of the empire's territory, Wang Ben, Bai Qi, and Zhang Han have become heroes who have been sung by the empire.

A lot of kids take pride in playing the Imperial Storm Troopers.

The children who play the three army commanders often have to be the child king among their friends, trusted and worshipped, in order to have such an honor.

It was the influence of the three legions that led to the unanimous belief that the number of the Galactic Empire's Fourth Expeditionary Force should be given to the Fourth Legion.

However, no one could have imagined that it was Li Xin, who was the ancestor warrior, who was given the number of the Fourth Expeditionary Force, and the new legion, strengthened by the former Spartan warriors, was their auxiliary.

This decision left many people confused as to why the empire made such a decision.

The Storm Troopers' legion is the Empire's strongest and strongest combat force, and now it has been reduced to support.

However, the world thinks of the influence and great exploits of the three legions, while the Imperial Council thinks about the comprehensive promotion of the Ancestral Warriors.

The Storm Trouser is powerful, but it also requires a greater investment and costs, making it unrealistic to roll out on a large scale.

The technology used by the Ancestral Warriors is more mature and cheaper, more suitable for mass promotion, and can be produced according to industrial standards.

The Empire needs merit, and it needs merit to prove to the world the superiority of the Ancestral Warriors.

In order to achieve this goal, the expeditionary force formed with the ancestral warriors as the main body was given the green light all the way to the approval and successfully obtained the number of the Fourth Expeditionary Army.

It was also supported by the reinforced Spartan warriors.

As long as nothing goes wrong, it is only a matter of time before the Fourth Expeditionary Force becomes famous and the Ancestral Warriors become known.

In terms of weapons and equipment, the empire is also fully supportive, and all kinds of advanced power armor, vehicles, and weapons are prioritized.

The only downside is that in terms of warships, the Celestial-class warships independently designed by the Galactic Empire are still under construction, and the Fourth Expeditionary Force can only use battleships as flagships.

The skill and time required to build a giant battleship comparable to a planet is completely different from that of a battleship.

At this stage, the major expeditionary forces use them during expeditionary trips.

There are still some Celestial-class warships in the Empire.

But those celestial-class warships were all shot down by expeditions of various legions.

They have the right of priority, and with the three major legions about to be split, those Celestial-class battleships will definitely be taken away by the companies that are separated, and they will be used as the hole cards for the new legions and the new expeditionary force to start.

For the sake of fairness, and to take care of the bloody warriors, the Ministry of War abandoned the idea of forcibly recruiting Celestial-class fortresses from the Legions, and encouraged the Fourth Expeditionary Force, which did not have Celestial-class ships, to grab one of its own.

The top brass of the Fourth Expeditionary Force did not have much opinion on this.

They didn't intend to rely too much on friendly forces, but planned to make a great deal of their own achievements and drive the Celestial-class warships they had acquired.

With the fluctuations and distortions of the void, several warships flew out of subspace and arrived in the Tanus system.

The Spartan warriors, led by Master Chief John, were on these ships.

The Spartan warriors had followed the Third Expeditionary Force against the Covenant, but after the Battle of Calapus, they returned to the Otanius Sector, where they completed their rearmament before being transferred to the Fourth Expeditionary Force.

John, who received the order, did not question or complain, and immediately gathered all the Spartan warriors who had completed the transformation and rushed to the assembly point of the Tanus system.

The Tanus system is a standard industrial system, with a succession of spaceports and orbital defense platforms suspended in the void, and a large number of ships docked inside, waiting for final overhauls and shipments.

Their arrival immediately alerted the patrol fleet and the armed space station, and the light spear array and electromagnetic turret locked on to them for the first time.

It wasn't until they had completed the security procedure that the weapons gave up their locks and moved in other directions.

After the battleship anchored in the designated port, several transports flew out.

John took several Spartan warriors to a meeting of the expeditionary forces.

The Fourth Expeditionary Fleet's Divine Glow is anchored in the inner ring of the Tanus system for its final replenishment.

Outside supply ships and maintenance ships hovered near the battleship, like worker bees feeding bloated queens.

Master Chief John's transportboat completed the review process and entered the helipad of the Holy Glow.

Despite the Legion's reform, John knew to himself that he was a good warrior, not a good commander.

Commanding the whole army and completing such a task as a strategic layout was a little too difficult for him.

When it comes to fighting the Covenant, it's basically Keith. General Rover was in charge of the battle situation, and he generally only carried out orders and charged at the front.

The arrival of John and the others was warmly welcomed, and several military officials received him and guided him to the strategy room, where the senior commander was located.

The battleship Divine Glow was still busy.

The staff on every floor are hard at work to prepare for the battle.

The scaffolding covered the walls, and the train rumbled and kept moving for a moment just to deliver supplies.

John saw a train carrying armored containers, heavy tanks, weapons, armor, and other supplies.

A large amount of military supplies is flowing into this huge battleship, which is being transported to various storage centers for stockpiling.

There are also a number of reinforced warriors inside the ship, who are shorter than the Storm Troopers, but also wear power armor and look like they are quite capable of fighting, and the best of them may not be inferior to the Storm Troopers.

What's more, there are so many of them that they can be seen standing guard everywhere on the ship.

At times, formed teams can be seen patrolling in full armor, led by combat drones, and accompanied by supply vehicles.

"Are these the Ancestral Warriors?" Jerome, a Spartan warrior who was also undergoing intensive surgery, said in the newsletter, "Their numbers are staggering. ”

"According to the Imperial Council, each Ancestral Legion can reach the level of 100,000 people, and there can be multiple Ancestral Corps in an expeditionary force, which means that they can be expanded without restriction and are subject to much less control than the Storm Troopers." John spoke out of the information he had received, which caused all of his companions to whisper in amazement.

"Is this a comprehensive strengthening of the base forces of the Empire? Promote the Ancestral Warriors on such a large scale. Tyre, a companion on the side, spoke.

"It should be a new policy introduced in consideration of some powerful alien races, and the difficulty of ordinary armies against those alien races." Johnson, who was also a Spartan warrior, also spoke his opinion, "The ordinary infantry fought too hard against those aliens, and the battle between the ghost-faced beasts and the Sanheri caused us heavy casualties. ”

Several Spartan warriors discussed as they descended into the Divine Glow under the guidance of officials.

They passed through the train hub, left the main road and entered the cargo hold passage under the watchful eyes of those warriors.

It's just as busy, with lift trucks loading giant transport ships and medium-to-large mechs.

John saw several giant mechs that were more than fifty meters tall, standing in the middle of the cargo hold like giants, waiting to be activated and become steel behemoths that controlled the situation of the war.

The personnel of the logistics department and the engineering department were constantly shouting, busy sending those precious war materials into huge cargo holds, and at the same time using automatic crawlers and robotic arms to transport them to high places.

Countless huge, armor-covered silos were arranged in hexagons, stacked on top of each other.

These canisters were stuffed with all kinds of equipment and ammunition.

Auto-defense artillery hangs from the arches, and the detectors glow red, scanning every enemy.

These detectors have a variety of scanning modes, known as electromagnetic communications, and they can also capture and even analyze their contents.

When John and the others passed, the muzzle of the gun was pointed at them, and they did not move away until they were identified.

After the cargo compartment is the food compartment with a freezing function.

Every battleship had a life cycle system, but it was important to stock up on enough food for the crew.

After all, a voyage is a few years, always eat nutritional paste, but I am afraid that before the enemy has conquered, I will go crazy.

As John and the others walked by, some of the food storage cabins were opened by the staff, and the cold mist instantly spread across the corridor, enveloping them.

However, the freezing air is soon sucked away by the roaring air ducts, and puffs of fresh air are spewed out to maintain the right temperature and oxygen levels, otherwise the temperature is too low to cause some physical damage to the staff.

Walk past the food compartment and take the elevator to the upper floors.

After exiting the elevator, they passed through a huge arch and walked more than 100 meters to their destination.

Jerome, Till, Johnson, and the others were all asked to wait outside, and John was the only one allowed to enter the strategy room.

Leaving Jerome and the others to wait outside, John walked in alone.

Beyond the door of the strategy room, the first thing I saw was the shrine dedicated to the statue of the God Emperor, embedded in the wall, so grand and tall that its head was about to touch the edge of the ceiling dome.

A brazier sits at the bottom of the sculpture's feet, crackling and burning.

The strategy room is huge, even if it is a hundred people standing at the same time, it seems very spacious.

In the middle is a huge round table strategy table, on which the projection of the Fourth Expeditionary Force in the Tanus system is outlined, as well as an interface full of various information such as expeditionary warships and troops, logistics and supplies.

There are no lights in the strategy room, but the shimmer of holographic projections and information interfaces and the fire of the brazier illuminate the entire strategy room.

The high-ranking commanders of the Fourth Expeditionary Force have all gathered here.

Captain Ashagai, female, and captain of the Divine Glow, has a perfect resume, graduated with honors, served in the First Expeditionary Force, and was selected as the captain of the Fourth Expeditionary Fleet after the formation of the New Expeditionary Force.

Demon Hunter Leader - Geralt, male, born in Betelgeuse, graduated from the Demon Hunting Academy with excellent grades, has followed Dante many times to complete demon hunting missions, and also went to the Cape Town Galaxy to clear the Weeping Angels, experienced, after the empire launched the army expansion plan, he was promoted smoothly and was transferred to the Fourth Expeditionary Force as the leader of the demon hunting.

The Supreme Commander of the Psionic Force, Trissy, a powerful psyker recognized by the Church of the Church, assisted Dante in completing the mission of clearing the Weeping Angels in the Cape Town system, and was transferred to the Fourth Expeditionary Force with 177 psionic troops.

Archbishop Deasis, who is responsible for leading the saint-warriors and the Anglican priests, the faith is especially important in the expeditionary force, and the soldiers will be fearless because they are blessed by the priests.

As the most devout zealots of the Emperor, the Saint Warriors and Priests often held high the banner and charged at the front, leading the Holy War Expedition to show the glory of the Emperor.

The state religion is also responsible for the purification of conquered areas, and devout faith is the strongest weapon of mankind against evil and all unspeakable.

In addition to them, there was Zerik, who served as the general adviser of technology, several army generals, the head of the mecha corps, and so on.

Each one is vital to the expedition.

John's arrival attracted everyone's attention, after all, he was so tall.

Li Xin smiled, "Welcome to our Master Chief, thank God, I thought you would miss the whole meeting." ”

"I'm sorry, but when I came over, I encountered turbulence, which caused it to be an hour later than scheduled." John made an imperial salute to the other party.

"Subspace is not our territory after all, and this kind of mistake is not a big problem." Li Xin said, "It's just that the strategy meeting is already halfway through, and I can't return it for you, but I will have someone copy the content of the meeting to you, so there shouldn't be any big problem, right?" ”

"There is nothing wrong with it." John said that he did not dwell on this matter, the Spartan Legion was only as an assistant, and Li Xin was the real commander of the Fourth Expeditionary Force.

"Then go back to your position, the previous topic is only about the supply of the expeditionary force, and it doesn't involve real combat, so even if you don't participate in the previous meeting, it won't affect what you hear next."

John walked to his place, and this was easily recognizable.

The chairs and tables used by the Storm Troopers are specially made because they are one size larger than the ones used by normal people.

When he sat in his place, the official who had stopped before continued to speak, and the freeze-frame projection picture changed again.

According to the information obtained from the expeditionary forces and the Imperial Exploration Team, the Human Alliance may have sent seventy to ninety percent of the seals to the Nephilim Star Zone, hoping to exclude the source of danger from human society and ensure the integrity of human civilization. Of course, this plan failed in the end, and the human race did not survive because of it, and the Philip Star Zone became the first Star Zone of the Human Alliance to lose contact because of the reception of too many seals, no one knows what happened there, some people speculate that it should be a high-level seal out of control!! ”

"High grade? How high is the grade? Zelik asked curiously.

"The Human Alliance divides seals into F, E, D, C, B, A, and the highest S. So far, the empire has contained a total of tens of thousands of S-class seals. Seals that have reached this level, they often involve concepts such as time, space, cause and effect, etc., and the S-class has another name in the Human Alliance, that is, the Unsolved level. ”

"No solution?" Li Xin frowned slightly, just from the name, he could feel that those seals were difficult.

The faces of the others also changed according to the intelligence officer's description.

The official ignored the changes in the crowd, and he continued, "But the S-class is not the highest level set by the Human Alliance, there are even more terrifying things on it, this kind of seal is set to the highest level of encryption, and the real information can only be seen by a few people, they have no hierarchy, and they are not facing the public, and sometimes, even the people who come into contact with them do not know the information of the items they really touch." Once this type of seal gets out of control, it often causes large-scale casualties, and even natural disasters, causing large-scale memetic contamination. It is reasonable to suspect that it was the loss of control of such seals that caused the loss of contact with the Nephilim region. ”

John looked at the crowd and saw that they were just as surprised as he was.

An unsolvable S-class containment object is already a big problem.

"If all the containments in the Nephilidan area are out of control, the expeditionary force may not face a simple enemy, but against the out-of-control containment, some of which may even lead to the destruction of the expeditionary force, so be cautious and careful."

The officer paused before continuing, "The expeditionary force's ship database already has information on all low-level seals within the S-class, although these things are very harmful and difficult to destroy, as long as you have the right methods, you can safely contain them." In the event of an inclassifying containment object, remember to be cautious, do not act rashly, and contact the Expeditionary Force Headquarters as soon as possible. For security reasons, information about the highest-level seals is also sent to the commanders present. Don't tell this information to get around, some seals can be used to cause harm in people's memories and imaginations."

With the official's words, the packets were quickly sent to the respective databases.

Geralt glanced at what had been sent to the personal database.

"The seal of the guild is synonymous, the Crimson King."

Five thousand words, and another five thousand at night.

Make up enough 10,000 to go, and there are typos that can be corrected.

(End of chapter)