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Chapter 672: Tortoise Shell Divination and the Sign of Great Misfortune

Chapter 672: Tortoise Shell Divination and the Sign of Great Misfortune

Phaeton builds the world.

The Storm Knights stayed here to complete the replacement of the armor and weapons of all the Space Marines, as well as the upgrade and maintenance of the five warships of the regiment. The Iron Pagoda Regiment only left a company of recruits and a cruiser to guard the star zone, and the rest of the company boarded the warships carrying full of weapons and ammunition and rushed out.

Target: Yashan star area.

Mandeville Point outside the Phaeton galaxy.

The warships disappeared one after another in the real universe.

……

Somewhere in the warp.

The mighty ship sailed steadily forward.

The Captain's room on the ship.

A private meeting is taking place.

"It's been about two and a half weeks since the big plot event started. Aren't you in any hurry, Khan?"

Tristan asked as he took a sip of his tea.

"No rush. If I'm not mistaken, this major plot event will not be over in a short time. Since we already know the final answer, it is meaningless for us to intervene now. It will only cause loss of manpower and increase the difficulty. We just need to follow the steps and copy the correct answer."

Fu Qinghai stroked the wine glass and said confidently.

As the chief priest said, the plot line event has been going on for two and a half weeks, but Qingshan Khan has no intention of intervening at this moment. The battle group fleet is still making continuous jumps towards the Yashan star region in the Extreme Star Region, which is the opposite of the direction in which the war may break out.

Fu Qinghai poured the wine and said:

"Although I once told my White Scar comrades that it might take a hundred or even a thousand years for me to return. Although we both swore an oath on the grasslands of Chogris, vowing to protect our connection forever... However, no matter how firm a promise is, there will be a day when it is forgotten, and no matter how strong a vow is, there will be a day when it is loosened. Time is cruel and merciless."

Fu Qinghai swirled the wine in his glass.

His eyes were fixed on the wine but his heart was drifting away.

"We must attend this kurultai, otherwise all my original arrangements will be meaningless. This is a longer-term plan. In a sense, it is even more important than the major events in the plot line. It is much more important."

Everyone present was thoughtful after hearing this.

"and."

Fu Qinghai put down his wine glass and turned around and said:

"This is not inconsistent with participating in the major events of the plot line. We must first confirm my leadership at the kurultai, and then we can call on all the sub-corps of the Fifth Legion to follow my orders. This is a war of a very large scale, and our troops alone are definitely not enough."

"What are you going to do?"

Lin Yu looked up and asked.

This is a very direct question. The Iron Pagoda was the main initiator of the original agreement and the gathering, but after all, more than a thousand years have passed, and it is unknown how many of the Khans who participated in the oath are still alive. The Iron Pagoda is not the parent group, the parent group is the White Scars.

Of course, everyone will reunite according to their vows.

But...why should I listen to you?

"Be kind and powerful at the same time."

Fu Qinghai was well prepared for this question.

"On the one hand, we need to make them understand that if they follow us, they will have meat to eat. On the other hand, we also need to make them realize that the Iron Pagoda Regiment is the strongest among all the White Scars' sub-regiments. It was, is, and will be the strongest in the future... Even the parent White Scars cannot compare to us.

Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes and said calmly:

"Only in this way can we unite the entire legion."

"So our plan is: first attend the kurultai, show off our power and kindness in front of others, then reorganize the Fifth Legion, and finally go and kill the orcs, right?"

Lin Yu concluded with excitement on his face.

"wrong."

Fu Qinghai shook his head and said:

"We still have to wait for an opportunity."

"What time?"

Lin Yu asked in confusion.

"how to say……"

Fu Qinghai smacked his lips and said:

"The most perfect situation that I envisioned... or expected, is not that we intervene in the war and defeat the enemy as soon as we are ready, but that we intervene at the right time, when the enemy is about to overthrow Terra."

Facing Lin Yu's puzzled gaze.

Fu Qinghai gestured with his hands to explain:

"The human empire is sometimes like a patient, a cancer patient. Cancerous cells and normal cells are mixed together, and the immune system cannot distinguish them. At this time, if he is poisoned, the toxin will kill the cancerous cells while killing the normal cells. But unless the person is already terminally ill, the number of normal cells will always exceed that of cancerous cells, right? And we can remove the toxin at the moment when the cancer cells are almost killed."

Fu Qinghai spread his hands and said:

"It's called chemotherapy."

Lin Yu fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Fu Qinghai picked up the wine glass and took a sip:

"We need to see both sides of things. A crisis is a disaster, but it also brings new life. Arsenic can be used as medicine, and war can also bring good results."

"You want to give the Empire a chemotherapy?"

Tristan understood what the Chapter Master meant.

"But, Khan. You must be aware of the side effects of chemotherapy. This plan will inevitably cause a large number of normal cells to die... How can they be innocent?"

The chief pastor reminded meaningfully.

Fu Qinghai fell into a brief silence after hearing this.

Then he raised his glass, took a sip, sighed and said:

"This is an unavoidable price to pay. Although we consider ourselves to be the 'immune system', if we were to eliminate those cancerous cells ourselves, they would be considered 'toxins' by this body. After all, it has only been over a thousand years since this body's immune system was disrupted."

Tristan also fell silent after hearing this.

As a Paladin among the Word Bearers, Tristan believed in the righteous forces represented by the Holy Light, so he had deep concerns and worries about Fu Qinghai's "chemotherapy plan". He was worried about whether it was worth paying such a high price and killing so many lives? Why were they sacrificed?

But he couldn't think of any rebuttal.

"I have a question."

Lin Yu thought for a long time.

Suddenly he raised his hand and said:

"According to your idea, we should enter the battlefield at the most appropriate time. However, we are now tens of thousands of light years away from there, and we don't have any spies among the orcs. How can we know how far the war has progressed? How can we enter the battlefield when you said that Terra is 'on the verge of being overthrown'? Will it backfire?"

Lin Yu's words made sense. Not to mention that the intelligence sphere of the Iron Pagoda Regiment only extended to the neighboring Calixis Sector at most. After a thousand years, the intelligence network in the Calixis Sector also needed to be reorganized. Besides, no matter how powerful No. 56 was, it was impossible for him to plant spies within the Orcs.

"you're right."

Fu Qinghai nodded in approval:

“So, I found someone before I came.”

Fu Qinghai pointed to the corner of the captain's room.

All the Space Marines turned their heads and looked.

A blind girl sat there alone.

"Uh……"

Blindsight stood up somewhat at a loss.

"Come, Prophet, show your worth."

Fu Qinghai waved his hand and said:

"Tell me where the war is now?"

……

In full view of a room full of Space Marines, Blindsight took a deep breath, straightened the hem of his robe, and then walked towards the wine table where the ceramic giants were gathering.

"What do you wish to divine, my lord?"

The blind girl cleared her throat and asked.

Fu Qinghai looked at Blindsight with appreciation.

This woman was very sensible this time.

She had clearly expressed her desire to join Fu Qinghai's reincarnation society, and Fu Qinghai gave her a chance to return to the Warhammer 40K universe in her next reincarnation. This woman is very good at seizing opportunities and can quickly put herself in the right position.

When Fu Qinghai's order was issued, the woman did not bargain as she did before, and did not ask Fu Qinghai and Saroyan to explain the interests to her before she was willing to use her predictive ability. Instead, she directly asked her boss what he wanted.

This is the attitude a job seeker should have.

"I have Emperor Tarot, Rune Turtle Shell, and Air-dried Offal... Which one do you prefer?"

Blindsight took out a bunch of strange little objects from his robe and placed them on the table.

"Of course, if you have higher requirements for the accuracy and direction of the divination results..." Blindsight made up his mind and took out a small bottle that looked like a snuff bottle, which was filled with emerald green microcrystalline powder. "I also have hallucinogens like the necromancy potion, but you can't use it too often."

"No...Khan."

Qiao Shida couldn't help but interrupt:

"Do you really want to rely on this method to obtain battlefield intelligence and strategic information? Witchcraft? Prophecy?"

The Moon Wolf Warrior's expression was almost twisted. It wasn't that he rejected magic, but Joe Star thought this method was very unreliable. Not only was the information obtained ambiguous, but it also required various analyses and interpretations. War was a serious matter, and he could not accept such ambiguity.

So when Qiao Shida knew that he was going to meet a fortune teller, he didn't look at Blindsight well. He thought that this beautiful woman must have bewitched the war captain - after all, it wasn't the first time that Qingshan Khan was bewitched by a woman, which made Khan start to believe in divination.

"What's the difference between this and the Thousand Sons' group of traitors?"

Qiao Shida said excitedly, waving his hands.

"Cough cough..."

Danzhuer couldn't help coughing twice when he heard this:

"Well, although, to be honest, during the Great Crusade, the Thousand Sons Legion relied on prophecy spells to obtain battlefield intelligence, and the success rate and accuracy were quite high."

"You'll have to get used to it, Old Joe."

Fu Qinghai patted Qiao Shida on the shoulder.

After all, Joestar was a warrior in the 30K era. In that era, few people except the Thousand Sons Legion used divination spells to obtain battlefield information. But in the 40K era, divination to assist in war is a very common method. All Astartes Chapters with think tanks will use divination, and the Imperial Guard and the Imperial Navy will occasionally use divination.

This is a trend that will not go out of style.

"But I don't need a prophecy."

However, Fu Qinghai changed the subject and said:

"I don't need you to predict the future. I want the latest news from afar. I want to know the news earlier than the star language message can deliver it. Do you understand?"

“In a sense, this is also a prophecy.”

Blindsight nodded to show his understanding:

"You learn about the news from afar earlier than the actual situation. You know in advance the information that has already happened but has not yet been delivered here. This is also divination for the future."

Fu Qinghai didn't argue with her about the definition.

"Imperial Fist."

Fu Qinghai gently uttered a key word.

"Ok."

The blind woman nodded.

Blindsight knew that Fu Qinghai did not like the Emperor Tarot's overly ambiguous prediction method, so she directly chose tortoise shell burning. She lit a delicate and small copper furnace and began to burn several tortoise shells back and forth above the flame. With a small "crackling" sound, the jade-like shell gradually cracked into dense cracks in the flame.

Blindsight's breathing quickened slightly.

Danzhuer narrowed his eyes slightly.

He smelled the breath of ether, a strange, cold and pungent smell or touch from the warp - this was not an ordinary ritual. Regardless of whether this woman was doing divination or not, at least she was really launching a psychic ritual. She was communicating with the immaterial world through these shells.

After a moment, Blindsight stopped burning.

She picked up the cracked tortoise shells. She couldn't see, but her fair and delicate fingers gently slid across the still hot nails, stroking back and forth along the cracks with her fingertips, just like touching yourself when playing mahjong, feeling these complex and disordered yellow-brown lines... Then she opened her lips and began to spell out the words:

"A…Ada…Adamantua."

"Kill, I am killing, the beast."

"It's a bad omen. It's a very bad omen."

It is indeed "Beast Wars"!

It was not until this moment that Fu Qinghai finally confirmed.

The major events in the plot line turned out just as he expected.

"star map!"

Fu Qinghai turned and looked at his female secretary Qing Ming.

Qingming, who had been standing behind him, stepped forward and activated the built-in holographic projection on the table. Bright stars outlined by green light appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Qingming's fingers quickly rotated the projection screen, and he said at the same time:

"Search the keyword 'Adamantua'. A total of three places appear: the Adamantua sector, the Adamantua system, and the Adamantua forge world in the system. This system is about six weeks away from Terra by jump."

The holographic projection was frozen in a galaxy.

Fu Qinghai stared at the projection image in front of him.

He narrowed his eyes slightly and rubbed his chin with his fingers.

It matched his memory.

Fu Qinghai knew about the famous plot line event of "Beast War" in the Warhammer 40K universe, and even the vaguely remembered fragments of images passed to his mind by the Emperor also had some flashbacks. But in his previous life, he only watched some simple video summaries and was not clear about every specific detail of the Beast War and what happened at every time point.

"I think...I know."

Fu Qinghai sorted out his memories:

"The orcs haven't arrived at Terra yet. We still have time. Let's go to Chogris as planned."

"Understood, Khan!"

Everyone present nodded in agreement.

At the same time, Fu Qinghai was sighing quietly in his heart: the keyword he gave for divination was "Fist of the Empire", and the result of blind divination was "a sign of great misfortune"... The Fist of the Empire, a newly founded regiment, was probably close to destruction at this time.

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