Chapter 185 Holy Terra

Three months later.

Solar star field, solar star region, solar system.

Fu Qinghai stood in front of the porthole, looking at the devastated ancient planet in the vast space. Through the ruins on the surface, he could perhaps imagine how glorious it once was.

Terra, also known as "Holy Terra" or according to ancient records - "Earth", is not only the throne world of the human empire, the political center and the economic center, but also the birthplace of mankind in the entire universe.

"Is this your first time in Terra?"

At some point, Saroyan Skarsson stood next to Fu Qinghai.

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai nodded.

"Me too."

The red-haired warrior's tone was full of emotion:

"It's hard to imagine the splendor of a place that's filled with trenches, craters and wreckage."

The layers of defenses built by the Imperial Fists around the Terran Palace, as well as the huge craters created by orbital bombardment, are still vaguely visible even when viewed from space.

"Then you are a real Fenrisian bumpkin."

Fu Qinghai said.

"Haha, how good can a Chogris barbarian like you be?"

The red-haired warrior put his hands on his hips and laughed.

Saroyan Skarsson was a typical example of someone who had forgotten the pain after the wound had healed, or perhaps he knew that they were about to part, so he didn't have to worry about Fu Qinghai beating him again.

Fu Qinghai was too lazy to explain to him that he was not a Chogris. He looked at Saroyan Skarsson, who was smiling and optimistic, and was completely different from the many Space Marines with bitter and resentful faces. If the timeline did not match, Fu Qinghai even suspected that this guy was the most famous liar of the Wolf Group - Blood Claw Lucas.

Fu Qinghai turned his head and stared at the huge space station that was slowly approaching in the distance, muttering to himself:

"Lionsgate Spaceport..."

Lion's Gate is the largest of Terra's many spaceports. It has an orbital elevator that goes directly to the surface, and the main building runs through low-Earth orbit, stratosphere, mesosphere and troposphere.

During the Siege of Terra, countless battles took place at this famous spaceport, as loyalists and rebels fought repeatedly over this vital bridge between heaven and earth. The Sons of Horus once seized the spaceport from the Imperial Fists' defense, but it was then recaptured by Jaghatai Khan and the White Scars in a surprise attack. Mortarion then led the Death Guard to fight for it again, but failed.

Three Cobra-class destroyers docked at the spaceport. Fu Qinghai followed the Space Wolves warriors down from the warships. Officials from the Ministry of Military Affairs had been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Skarson, Lord Russ and your legion are already stationed at the legionary base waiting, please follow me."

"Wait a moment."

Fu Qinghai stretched out his hand to stop the official from the Ministry of Military Affairs.

"Send someone to take me to the White Scars' base."

The officials of the Munitions Department were surprised. They didn't expect that there was a White Scar warrior mixed in the Space Wolves' fleet.

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Terra is the first hive world of the human empire and also the largest one. Its soil has long lost its nutrients, and its atmosphere has turned into a heavily polluted fog. Giant buildings like a maze cover the entire planet.

Due to the huge heat generated by the massive population squeezed onto one planet, the Earth's oceans were boiled dry in ancient times. In order to meet the needs of the people, all liquid water needs to be melted and distributed to the residents after cargo ships carrying icy comets from outside the solar system enter Terra's orbit.

Most of the mountains have been flattened, only the Himalayas still stand tall - it is said that this is because of the existence of a giant laboratory under the mountain. After the Unification War, the Emperor created twenty Primarchs and the first Space Marine in this laboratory.

Although Terra had already suffered destruction in the earlier era of technological barbarian warlords, and was ravaged again by the Siege of Terra during the Horus Heresy after the Unification War, it is still one of the most densely populated planets in the human empire. In the dark world beneath the countless buildings at the bottom of the hive, there are ancient secrets that are completely different from the surface.

Sitting in the shuttle, Fu Qinghai gazed into the distance through the glass window, gazing at the towering snow-capped mountain and the glittering golden palace buildings covering the mountain.

In Fu Qinghai's heart, there is no awe like that of a believer on pilgrimage, but only sighs and admiration for this legendary place.

The shuttle landed on a temporarily leveled square. The ruins around the square had not yet been cleaned up. Many workers and servitors were busy around the square. The dust raised by the shuttle seemed to cause several workers to curse loudly, but when they saw a Space Marine walking out of the dust, they immediately lowered their heads and closed their mouths.

Fu Qinghai saw fear in their eyes.

The Astartes were once legendary heroes and the patron saints of the empire, but after the civil war, the people of the throne world are only left with fear of the Astartes, a fear that does not discriminate between factions.

Fu Qinghai sighed in his heart and followed the military affairs official who led the way to the White Scars' legion headquarters.

In the dry sand, there was still a faint smell of radioactive dust and burnt corpses. The technical priests in red robes were directing mortal laborers and mechanical slaves to dismantle the bunkers built during the war and repair the buildings on the surface, like a group of ants clinging to an anthill.

Repairing Terra is a huge project. The driving engines of the towering machines are rumbling, and the entire war-torn throne world has become a huge construction site. In the gaps between construction sites, there are some field hospitals to accommodate and treat those wounded people.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The aftermath of the Horus Heresy has not yet subsided, and the identification and killing of sporadic traitors is still going on. People's faces are filled with numbness and pain, and under the supervision of administrative officials, they repeat the work in their hands like zombies.

Pass through collapsed high-rise buildings and walk along cracked roads.

Fu Qinghai retracted his gaze, raised his head, and suddenly saw a Space Marine wearing MK3 steel power armor standing in the distance waiting for him.

He took off his helmet, revealing a weather-beaten bronze face that Fu Qinghai was very familiar with.

"Talar!"

Fu Qinghai pointed at the soldiers in the distance and couldn't help shouting. He tore off his helmet, stared with his eyes red with excitement, stood still, and looked at his old friend in the distance.

"Hahahahahaha."

A carefree and relieved smile appeared on Talal's wrinkled old face. He pointed at Fu Qinghai and sighed,

"You are still alive, Qingshan, I knew you were still alive..."

"Boom, boom, boom, boom."

Heavy footsteps were heard, and a huge, square, bipedal mecha with a white body and red edges slowly walked out from behind a building.

Leviathan Siege Dreadnought.

In the cockpit in the middle of the Dreadnought, a muscular man with a thick haircut and a face full of flesh appeared. He looked down at Fu Qinghai and laughed loudly in a hoarse voice:

"Hahahaha, little bastard, I knew you wouldn't die that easily!"

Fu Qinghai opened his hands and looked at the two people in front of him. Tears were sparkling in his red eyes. His mouth was half open, and his voice was trembling, full of sincere emotion:

"Ogedei!"

"You are still alive. You are all alive. It's great. It's great..."

"By the Emperor, this is damn good!"

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　Thanks to Yue Zhi Feng Xing, Mars Tong Yu Da Xian Zhe, Nan Fang Bei Su, and several book friends for their rewards.

(End of this chapter)