(Children, I won the revival match.)
(Answering some readers' questions ↓)
(1. Why is there foreshadowing and multi-threaded narrative? It serves to provide context. Some readers unfamiliar with Warhammer don't know the background, so it needs to be explained.)
(2. Regarding Li Feng's role: Warhammer is essentially a "grand, long-spanning ensemble drama written by multiple authors, studios, and companies over 30 years." Who is the protagonist? The Emperor? Horus? Guilliman? Sanguinius? Cato Sicarius? Every character is vibrant, and the Horus Heresy alone is described from multiple perspectives across dozens of books and characters.)
(3. Currently, everything about all other characters in this book carries the shadow of the protagonist's "causality." The protagonist not appearing in other plotlines does not mean his existence has vanished; his presence, like the butterfly effect, exists everywhere.)
The history of the Cadia Sector is like an epic of indomitable warriors. Ever since the Imperium of Man's banner was planted on this land bordering the Eye of Terror, it became the first line of defense against Warp Chaos Forces and one of the most resilient strongholds in the The Galaxy / Milky Way.
"Any Cadia child who cannot disassemble, maintain, and accurately shoot a lasgun before the age of ten was born on the wrong planet."
This old Cadia saying is no exaggeration. For every child on this planet, from the moment of birth, survival means battle.
Whether Boy or girl, their first toy might be a retired lasgun, and before they learn to run, they already know how to crawl through the mud.
The bloodline of warriors has been passed down through generations on this land, and the shadow of war, like an unending dark cloud, hangs over Cadia's skies.
The Cadia Sector is located on a narrow but stable Warp route in the Segmentum Obscurus, with the other end leading to the heart of the Eye of Terror, hence it is also known as the Cadian Gate.
Cadia thus became a bastion against the invasion of Chaos Forces, resisting incursions from Warp Chaos Forces on the edge of the Eye of Terror for ten thousand years. It never yielded and was never conquered.
It is also one of the Imperium's most important fortress worlds, where the endless threat from the great enemy has also nurtured a world of warriors. Everyone is trained from a young age to defend their world and other worlds of the Imperium against the abominations from the great maelstrom.
The Cadian Host is renowned for its unparalleled discipline and skill, setting an example for the Astra Militarum and the Imperium of Man.
The individual equipment, training methods, and organizational structure of the Cadia Soldier became a template for many Imperial Guard units. Even compared to Lord Li Feng's Imperial Guard... because no planet or unit has the deep resources of the Imperial Palace, Ecclesiarchy, and Adeptus Mechanicus like Lord Li Feng.
Although they have defeated Chaos Warmaster Abaddon and the Warp's schemes many times, this time, all Cadia Soldiers knew:
"Something big is coming."
The Imperial Palace directly focused its attention here, which indicated that the Imperial Palace and Lord Li Feng must have received some intelligence. This "Black Crusade" was by no means an ordinary conflict.
The current war is between the first and second stages. Although Chaos's harassment continues, its scale has significantly reduced compared to the beginning. The Chaos Host has entered a strategic preparation phase, gearing up for the upcoming onslaught.
At the beginning of the recently concluded first stage, although the Imperium had already started to shift its focus here, Chaos still caught the Imperial side by surprise.
Numerous planets experienced rebellions and invasions, stretching the Cadia Sector's forces thin, allowing Abaddon to achieve his strategic objective of completely encircling the Cadia Sector.
However! Brigadier General Louis Napoleon Bonaparte brought valiant Imperial Soldiers to the Toulon Star on the sector's border, severely damaging the Chaos Host and thwarting Abaddon's plan to encircle the Cadia Sector.
Rogal Dorn's fleet and Lord Li Feng's expeditionary fleet were able to enter the Cadia Sector, bringing the first stage of the The Thirteenth Black Crusade to an end with an Imperial victory.
Rogal Dorn stood on the highest command platform of Cadia, his gaze like iron, surveying the sector's three-dimensional tactical holographic map.
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