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Immediately afterwards, outside the Highlord Council, a large number of PDFs, Ultramarines, and Imperial Guards appeared inside the council.
The Ultramarines and Imperial Guards immediately took Avila Delaheima into custody upon entering.
Several Ultramarines reached out and pressed the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Justice's Military Police to the floor, while the Imperial Guards stood guard around Guilliman.
The sudden turn of events stunned the high lords. They hadn't expected Guilliman to act without a word and then order his men to attack.
Given the presence of the Imperial Guards around them, the High Lords did not take any further action. Instead, they remained seated, waiting to see what Guilliman would do.
Guilliman, of course, did not disappoint them. He left his position and slowly walked up to Avila Drahma.
He didn't say anything to the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Justice's Military Police in front of him, but instead spoke loudly.
“Drahmma condoned the bailiffs’ oppressive rule over the common people of the hive and misappropriated law enforcement resources to protect the interests of the nobility.”
"Such actions have caused enormous losses and impacts to the Empire. The Chaos invasion during the War of Terra was due to your instigation. Therefore, your crimes are corruption, heresy, and treason."
"Your family will be disgraced because of your actions!"
“From this moment forward, you will be expelled from the High Lords Council, and your family will be subject to a huge fine. You will need to atone for your sins.”
"Regarding your trial, the Ministry of Justice will come up with a specific set of procedures in three days, and then you will be publicly executed!"
Guilliman loudly announced her final fate and didn't say another word to the guy.
Since you're so ungrateful, you might as well die.
He now has not only Ultramarines at his disposal, but also Zhou Qing's support, 2,800 million Space Marines, the Custodian Army, and even the Emperor's endorsement.
If he's afraid of a mere Terra Highlord, he might as well be dead.
The unprovoked elimination of a high lord's representative would indeed cause discontent within a large clan.
However, if he can present all the evidence to the other party, then the other party will not be able to say a word.
After being branded with so many crimes, if his family were to attempt any further action, other families would be more than willing to eliminate him.
Sometimes, political struggles only require one reason, one plausible reason.
But as mentioned before, the empire is too large and requires a sufficient number of administrative personnel.
But as I said before, the empire is too big, and the empire has enough government officials.
For the human empire, apart from a few individuals who are irreplaceable, the rest are just so-so.
Chapter 84 Things seem to be getting better again.
Seeing the Imperial Guard take away Grand Marshal Avila Delaheima of the Ministry of Justice's Military Police, Guilliman simply stopped pretending and laid his cards on the table.
He now has the support of the Imperial Guards, as well as Zhou Qing.
Since the deed is already done, let's just do it properly from the start, clean up all those things, and keep only our own people.
Besides the guy from the Ministry of Justice, two high lords from the Tribunal and the Starlight Court were also taken away.
One was directly labeled a traitor, and the other was labeled an extremist and an abuser of power. In any case, both of them were dragged out and executed with white phosphorus.
In addition, General Laski of Mars Forging, who had previously opposed Guilliman's plan to aid the Space Marines, was also forced to resign by Guilliman under the pressure of Zhou Qing's powerful Titan legion.
He plans to support someone willing to help the original Space Marines take the throne.
Guilliman, who had only intended to hold a small meeting to discuss food rationing, instead launched a massive purge of the entire High Lords Council of Terra on this very day.
By acquiring some talent from Zhou Qing, along with his own accumulated talent pool and those promoted from within Terra, he successfully revitalized the entire administrative system of Terra.
Such actions undoubtedly cleared away all the difficulties for the upcoming Unyielding Expedition. Under the suppression of Zhou Qing's several Titan legions, the Martian Mechanicus naturally had no objections.
After all, the current Mars Forging General is still alive, isn't he?
Is there a problem with replacing him with someone else? Everyone has different factions to begin with.
Since Guilliman didn't go all the way and only used "political" means to replace him, there was no need to betray the Empire.
You could try betraying the Empire and see what happens. Those 2,800 million Space Marines weren't airdropped to Mars, right?
Those thousands of Warmaster-class Titans and the small warframes that performed unparalleled in the Battle of Lionsgate weren't thrown onto Mars, right?
By cooperating with Guilliman, they could have Zhou Qing teach them some of his skills.
It is clear that this new Sun Lord possesses technology that even the Cult of Mechanics covets.
If they do not cooperate with Guilliman, Zhou Qing's fleet and army will be airdropped onto Mars and completely destroy the entire planet.
The Cult of Mechanics is no match for 2,800 million Space Marines.
This is an army unit that surpasses those of the Great Crusade era. If the Mechanicus's Mars were not in the solar system, they might have been able to put up a fight.
The Empire does not currently have enough warships to deal with them.
Unfortunately, Mars is right next to Terra.
With the help of the Imperial Guard, those 2,800 million Space Marines could easily reach Mars and then destroy the entire headquarters of the Cult of Mechanics.
The bodyguard robot, which had briefly eliminated demons during the Battle of Lionsgate, was noticed by General Forging and some people on Mars.
That kind of powerful force
They had no doubt that even a Casting General, with its massive size, would be completely destroyed by a single punch from a bodyguard robot.
Of course, because the bodyguard robots used the Stellaris's realistic skin, these people saw them as just ordinary infantry units.
The Mechanic Church judged those bodyguard robots to be a newly created Imperial Guard.
In their view, it was a powerful force that distorted the laws of physics.
A major political purge has begun on Terra.
However, these are Guilliman's business, and Zhou Qing will not concern himself with them. He is currently guiding the development of the several colonies under his command.
At the same time, he brought out a fleet that he had painstakingly built up.
Not counting the fleet he brought from the Human Federation, he had managed to build up a usable fleet during this period.
That was a small fleet consisting of two cruisers, 12 destroyers, and 8 frigates.
However, it is already quite remarkable that such a fleet group can be exhibited within this limited time.
Zhou Qing planned to direct them to explore the surrounding star systems and reclaim more colony planets, preparing resources for future development.
Guilliman was unaware of this operation. Although Zhou Qing was a very moral person, he still intended to keep some things to himself.
His lofty moral compass led him to regard his fellow human beings in the human empire as his own.
He will do his best to save them, but as the leader of the Human Federation, he must also consider his own interests.
It's impossible for them to help the human empire entirely without developing their own armed forces under their own control.
Therefore, this campaign was carried out without the knowledge of the human empire.
In any case, due to the appearance of the Great Rift, the human empire has now been completely divided, with the dark side of the empire on one side and the empire's sacred domain on the other.
In the shadows, no matter what Zhou Qing does, the empire will not notice a thing; this is the benefit of technology.
While Guilliman was dealing with the Empire's internal affairs, Zhou Qing dispatched his troops to attack two neighboring star systems.
He once again brought the two imperial worlds on these two star systems under his control and carried out comprehensive construction and defense projects on them.
The most important thing is to create a planetary shield generator for each planet, using super-powered shields to keep chaotic energy out of the planet.
In addition, all subspace energy must be purified again using a purifier to restore its purity and prevent it from having an adverse effect on the psionicists on the newly reclaimed planets.
Zhou Qing has a lot to do; he's very busy right now.
During the day, he needs to study his own technology, and at night he has to command his troops to fight among the stars.
Despite the formidable combat power of his planetary defense forces, ordinary demons could hardly stop him.
However, Zhou Qing still adhered to the idea that if some casualties could be reduced, then such low casualties should be avoided.
Sacrifice is the cornerstone of an empire, but the Federation of Humanities cannot accept meaningless sacrifices.
The Federation of Humanity can accept sacrifices, and can accept giving one's life for the Federation, but all of this must be meaningful.
The Federation of Humanity cannot allow any unnecessary or meaningless sacrifices.
Zhou Qing was indeed just a scientist, but being a scientist also meant he had a powerful mind and could command some ordinary battles.
Under Zhou Qing's command, after suffering more than 200 casualties, he once again brought two colony planets under his jurisdiction.
He now has four planets and three star systems that can provide him with resources and support for development.
After Zhou Qing completed his expansion plan, Guilliman also completed the purge of the Terra Highlords.
Simultaneously, the Emperor's Star Torch shone once more, and with the help of the PDF mobilized by Zhou Qing, Terra returned to the hands of the Human Empire.
The initial stages of everything seem to have been completed.
Things are getting better again.
Chapter 85 The Psionic Legion's Attempt Fails; 18,000 Enhanced Gray Knights
Terra has allowed the human empire to reclaim itself, and the Emperor has once again shone with his glory.
This meant that the human empire had gained a respite, but things did not end there.
With the problems on Terra resolved, the human empire now faces the challenge of losing most of its territory on the dark side.
There are even numerous planets that believe the human empire has vanished, and these are all issues Guilliman now faces.
Without Zhou Qing, he would now need to launch an Unyielding Expedition to reclaim the lands they had lost and bring the human empire back under the Emperor's control.
However, things are different now. The current Imperial Warmaster, Sun Lord, is Zhou Qing. Therefore, Guilliman did not do that immediately. Instead, he wanted to contact Zhou Qing.
Guilliman thought so, so he went to find Zhou Qing.
But every time, he stopped in front of Zhou Qing's laboratory.
Zhou Qing hung a sign on his door that read "No Unauthorized Personnel Allowed" and "Do Not Disturb," so that no one would interfere with his research.
Guilliman was naturally aware of Zhou Qing's situation.
The research being conducted by the scientist was extremely important, so he came to Zhou Qing's laboratory door several times, but never went in.
A mere green farm has completely transformed Terra's food shortage crisis.