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After entering his laboratory, Zhou Qing seemed to remember something and opened the door, giving an instruction to Guilliman outside.
"I'm entrusting these 18,000 psionicists to you. While they may not be able to engage in a full-scale battle with demons in the warp, they still possess considerable combat capabilities."
“They are at least as strong as the Grey Knight next to you. I’ll leave these men to you. There are a total of 6 battle groups.”
"Consider this unit as a tithe I'm handing over to the Empire's Star Guard, and you will also be in charge of all the units I'm deploying on Terra."
"In short, I'm authorizing you to command the troops. Guilliman, you can command the troops however you want, and I won't interfere."
This was Zhou Qing's statement; he did not want to command troops in combat.
He didn't want to command troops fighting on the planet's surface; it was too much of a headache for him.
He was just a scientist, and compared to this matter, he would rather conduct his research in his laboratory and, incidentally, remotely direct the development of his colony.
The mess left to Guilliman is best left to clean up.
Zhou Qing left and once again closed the door to his laboratory.
Guilliman was left standing there, completely bewildered, looking at the laboratory whose doors had been closed again, and at the 18,000 psionicists staring at him.
What was I supposed to be doing here? I think I was going to discuss with Zhou Qing how to launch the Great Expedition?
How come Zhou Qing is gone before we've even exchanged a few words, leaving behind only these 18,000 Grey Knights?
As the Imperial Regent, Guilliman's mind worked very quickly, so after Zhou Qing handed over these 18,000 people to him, he had already taken the initiative to assign them to the Grey Knights.
"Never mind, it's not like we came for nothing."
"Didn't we just get another 18,000 Grey Knights?"
Although Guilliman did not achieve his desired goal, he was still in a very good mood after gaining 18,000 psionic gray knights.
While comforting himself in this way, he pulled away the Grey Knight Grand Tutor who was standing to the side, still unaware of what was happening.
Now we need to discuss how to expand the Grey Knights' army.
Chapter 87 The Grey Knights Expand Their Army
Guilliman slowly walked away.
He came empty-handed, but left with 18,000 Grey Knights.
And there was also the bewildered Gray Knight Grand Tutor next to him.
The Third Brotherhood Grand Master, Adric Wardos, who came to Terra to fight alongside the Custodians, is still in a daze.
He had heard Guilliman mention how outrageous Zhou Qing was during this time, but he never expected it to be this outrageous.
A special force of the human empire, whose genetic prototype is Huang Laohan.
This force is a special unit created by Old Man Huang using his own genes, and their expansion is extremely difficult.
They cannot expand like ordinary warbands; their numbers grow extremely slowly and are controlled.
His requirements are extremely high: the psychic energy level must be at least Beta, and the will must be absolutely firm, without any trace of chaotic corruption.
Even if one can achieve this, only one in ten million qualified individuals can become a Grey Knight by passing 666 Abomination Ritual.
This makes replenishing the Grey Knights' losses arguably the most difficult among all the chapters.
It may take decades or even centuries to recover to full strength after a high-intensity battle.
They never expand their army, they only replenish their ranks.
Their growth in numbers is one of the most sophisticated resource allocations in the Empire, with each recruit being a chosen one selected from billions of beings in the galaxy.
Now, the Grey Knight's Grand Mentor could sense that the psionic soldiers opposite him seemed no different from the Grey Knights themselves.
Like the Grey Knights, they possess powerful psionic abilities and are also immune to the corruption of chaos.
The only difference is that their genes did not come from the emperor.
Therefore, they cannot achieve immortality in theory.
These ordinary gray knights, created by Zhou Qing, have extremely short lifespans, lasting only 2100 years.
Unless their lives are extended through other life-prolonging surgeries, these Grey Knights will only live to 2100.
This is a difference in lifespan, which the Gray Knight's Grand Mentor could naturally sense.
But is the difference in lifespan important to the Grey Knight?
Not important at all.
The various wars experienced by the Grey Knights demonstrate that casualties among them are inevitable.
In this chaotic universe, no one can guarantee how long they will survive.
No one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.
In theory, they are immortal, but when the Empire needs them, they must be deployed to the war to serve the Empire.
Sacrifice is the cornerstone of this empire.
As the Grand Master of the Third Brotherhood, Adric Wordos still hasn't quite recovered his senses.
But Guilliman didn't think that way. He had already witnessed too many miracles.
Since Zhou Qing has entrusted these psionicists to him, it means he can make arrangements for them as he sees fit.
Before leaving, Zhou Qing had already told him that these were also anti-demon psionic experts, so naturally they could be reintegrated into the Grey Knights' forces.
The Grey Knights are an effective force, and their anti-demonic capabilities are truly second to none in the human empire; however, their numbers are simply too small.
Now that Zhou Qing has more men to replenish the ranks, if not now, when will he expand the Knights' army?
Guilliman led Adric Wardos back to a secret room, where the two sat solemnly at a table.
“Grey Knight, I think it’s time to expand our army. Now that Zhou Qing has provided so many qualified psionicists, it’s time to expand our forces.”
During the time Adric Wordos was brought here by Guilliman, he had already anticipated that the Primarch would bring up such an idea.
Therefore, after Guilliman finished speaking, the Grey Knight's Grand Mentor immediately nodded in agreement.
why not?
If the Grey Knights on the Empire's side want to get that many, a full 18,000 people, when will they be able to do so?
That's something that might not be possible even in ten thousand years.
And now, there are 18,000 people in front of them, almost all of whom are qualified Grey Knights.
Of course, that's one thing.
As the elite force of the human empire and its last line of defense, the Grey Knights could not possibly join so easily.
“Regent, I know you have great faith in the Sun Lord’s science and technology, so you won’t consider anything else. But as the Grand Mentor of the Grey Knights, I feel I cannot ignore this.”
"To join the Grey Knights, they also have to go through the Grey Knights' 666 rituals."
"This is our bottom line. It's to ensure they don't fall into chaos, even if Zhou Qing can guarantee that these people won't be corrupted by chaos."
"At the same time, we also need to test their will. I am well aware of the scientific power possessed by that man named Zhou Qing."
"His power is even acknowledged by the Emperor, so I naturally acknowledge it as well."
However, whether these psionicists possess unwavering willpower is also a question.
“Theoretically speaking, I can sense that these psionicists cannot be corrupted by chaos, but I think their will still needs to be tested.”
"Even the strongest fortress on the outside can crumble from within. If their will is not strong enough, then their will will surely crumble."
“Yes,” Guilliman readily agreed.
"However, your test of willpower needs to be put first. After all, these people are powerful psionic soldiers, and also powerful warriors."
Even if they cannot join the Grey Knights, their powerful chaos resistance is enough to make them involved in any war.
"I can't let a bunch of them get wiped out before they've even been deployed to the Chaos Wars. I need to ensure they're available on the battlefields where the Empire needs them most right now."
Adric Wardos nodded in approval, as he could sense that the troops provided by Zhou Qing were indeed formidable.
Even if they can't become Grey Knights and venture into the most dangerous Chaos Battlefield, they can certainly become pillars of support on ordinary battlefields.
The current human empire needs to make the most of every ounce of its power and cannot afford any squandering.
Chapter 88: I'll handle internal affairs during the war; you take charge of execution.
Leaving aside the fact that Guilliman was preparing for his Unyielding Expedition at this time, Zhou Qing once again brought 60 psionicists into his laboratory.
Alright, since the Psionic Legion can't manufacture them, we can just manufacture a batch of these ordinary Grey Knight units.
Zhou Qing wasn't just doing research; he also looked into the history of the human empire and came across a war called the Internet War.
The warp demons actually managed to reach the capital of the human empire. Although it was the human empire that was being attacked, it was ultimately humanity that was being attacked, so this incident made Zhou Qing feel somewhat humiliated.
Just as he felt humiliated when Nurgle hit him before, Zhou Qing also felt somewhat humiliated now that his fellow humans in the Human Empire had been beaten like this.
What is a warp demon?
For such a thing to dare to directly attack a human capital is nothing short of contempt for the entire human race!
Zhou Qing felt it necessary to launch a cyber war against the demons in order to wash away the humiliation suffered by the human empire.
What is needed to fight in the online world?
Of course, it's still the psionic legion, although the psionic legion he created before wasn't a type of psionic legion.
However, their combat capabilities are also stronger than those of PDF in combat within the network.
Unlike ordinary planetary defense forces that can be mass-produced by colonies, this kind of psionic legion still requires Zhou Qing to handle it personally.
A new expansion campaign has begun. Zhou Qing estimates that in the next month, he will need to create around 60 Grey Knights and then mobilize around 800 million PDFs to launch an attack on the Internet.
He wanted to try to clear away the demons in the net, even though Zhou Qing knew that these demons would be resurrected sooner or later after they were destroyed, but this hatred and this shame had to be washed away.
Just as Zhou Qing was massing his troops in preparation for a fierce attack on the demons, Guilliman had already received Zhou Qing's authorization.
Zhou Qing granted Guilliman command of the troops, at which point Guilliman was tasked with launching an expedition under his leadership.
Or rather, he would do everything well, and Zhou Qing would support him from behind.
Although Guilliman wanted to say that this was Zhou Qing's job and had nothing to do with him, he still did not refuse when Zhou Qing assigned him the job.