Warhammer: I don't want to become a stinky can!

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...But gradually, foresight realized something was wrong.

Its gaze subtly fell upon the representatives of the Krut people in the council. The Krut people were the largest non-human race in the Tau Empire's army and the only non-human race to enter the Tau Empire's decision-making council.

Throughout the meeting, this foul-smelling alien has maintained absolute silence, completely out of character for the Krut people.

Foresight gritted its teeth and looked defiantly at the projection of the ether once more, but it no longer cared about such things. Where exactly did this ether intend to retreat to?!

Moreover—this is not a retreat for victory! This is an absurd retreat! The foresight is well aware that it is impossible to evacuate all the civilians from those abandoned planets in time!

Even if they are evacuated, where can these civilians go?!

"Retreat? You're abandoning the lives of the citizens of the Tau Empire! Why are you abandoning them?! They're perfectly capable of fighting! Shadow Sun can't be recalled! As long as Shadow Sun is with me, we can hold the front line—for at least a month!"

With a flick of his finger, Foresight drew a line on the holographic star map of the Tau Empire. Aether silently looked at the star map, where the northwest had completely fallen, transformed into the terrifying gold of the human empire.

Ether crossed his fingers, making a rational triangle gesture.

“I think the guards you’re referring to have certain conditions,”

Ether said calmly,

"Everyone is a soldier, isn't that right, O. Shore?"

Shadow looked at Vision, whose imposing aura suddenly shrank, but the Titan in the bright red combat suit still stared fiercely at the Aether in loose casual clothes.

"If it is possible, why not?"

Foresight spoke slowly and deliberately, but Ether merely sighed.

"The resettlement of civilians from the enclave has already caused us enough trouble—the Tau of the Empire are confused to see an Earth Clan member in combat gear or a Fire Clan member engaged in diplomacy, which poses a considerable challenge to our social stability."

“At this critical moment, I think we can’t focus our energy on this.”

Ether calmly replied that, in reality, what Foresight saw was not far enough. The fixed class system of the Tau people was the "order" that enabled the empire to function properly, which far exceeded its apparent function. If the Tau people were allowed to choose what to do at will, it would be tantamount to "the collapse of the social order" for the empire.

The Tau Empire is different from other races because they are so harmonious.

In addition to binding its citizens with laws, it also uses the "highest good way," which is a kind of "rites"—and the most prominent and obvious social extension of "rites" is class.

If the hierarchy is destroyed, the internal structure will collapse immediately, and the alien races allied with the Tau Empire will also leave instantly. This is an extremely destructive step, and the Ethers will never resort to this tactic unless absolutely necessary.

"Then go and try to persuade them!"

Vision shouted,

"Why aren't you giving speeches this time? You could easily go from planet to planet and give speeches—the Tau people all believe in you! If you do that, in this special time, whether it's the Earth Clan, the Air Clan, or the Water Clan, they will definitely be willing to take up arms!"

It felt its words were so futile and powerless; the ether simply looked at Foresight, and Foresight felt it had been seen through. In the ensuing silence, the ether spoke with confidence.

"We can't go out."

It said with certainty,

"According to intelligence, the human empire's army this time includes a master of toxicology—they want to capture a living Aether. Guess what they're planning to do?"

Yuanjian suddenly choked up and couldn't speak.

A viral war? Or something else?

In fact, it had never experienced such a brutal war. This human empire was so unreasonable, so cruel, so ruthless! That was poison gas—and they just dropped it like that! Completely disregarding the lives of their own troops and civilians!

"But retreating blindly is certainly not a good strategy."

Just as Vision and Ether were locked in a stalemate, Shadow Sun, who had been silent to the side, suddenly spoke up. Vision glanced at Shadow Sun gratefully, but the commander did not look at it. Instead, he focused intently on the star map.

“I think Monteca might be able to make the enemy collapse quickly against this type of command – but that’s obviously unrealistic. So far, we haven’t seen the enemy’s supreme commander, and the Space Marine legions are troublesome enough.”

Monteka is a decapitation strike, a common tactic of the Tau people. It refers to a surprise attack that decapitates the enemy's strongest fighter, thus securing victory in the war.

This tactic is more effective against the Orks and the Space Marines, but this time they are facing organized Space Marines. The Tau have no chance of breaking through the Space Marines' defenses to decapitate them.

"Therefore, it can only be an empty breeding."

Shadow Sun said seriously, feeling immense pressure and tension. In the past, the Tau had always used high-strength squads to cut off and wear down large Astral Army legions, and used sheer numbers to overwhelm Space Marine squads.

But this time, they were facing a large Space Marine legion.

Compared to the Star Guardians, the Space Marines' overwhelming, all-encompassing, hexagonal superiority left Shadow Sun with virtually no opening.

"Air-breeding" is also a common tactic of the Tau race. It refers to luring the enemy deep into a trap, drawing the enemy into a secluded position, and then immediately using ambushing troops to cut off the enemy's connection with the main force, before encircling and annihilating them.

"Airborne?"

Ether repeated himself, seemingly not believing what Shadow Sun was saying.

"Yes, in my opinion, the only way to survive is through air breeding."

Shadow Sun gritted its teeth and said that it needed to be responsible for its next words, because it concerned the survival of the entire Titanium Empire and the lives of billions of Titanium. This move was also a risky move, but they had no other choice!

The human empire is here to completely exterminate the Tau! Are they supposed to surrender and beg for mercy from this empire that throws poison gas onto the battlefield?!

"But given the size of both sides, the opportunity for air training is only once."

Yingyang said heavily,

"This time, we must stake everything of the Titanium Empire just to barely contend with the enemy's size."

"It cannot be on the main planet."

Ether immediately pointed out that Shadow Sun nodded in agreement. Although the main star would be an excellent bait for spacefaring, it certainly couldn't be the main star. The main star's location was too far back, which would result in too much loss, and the Tau Empire wouldn't have another chance to develop after this battle.

Then...

Yingyang reached out and pointed to the largest central hub planet on the flank of the Tau Empire.

"Use it."

Seeing that it wasn't the main planet, Ether nodded in satisfaction. Commander Shadow Sun was the most strategically astute among them, and even Ether would try to agree with Shadow Sun's policies.

"But I have one condition: you must not concern yourselves with the Tau Empire planets outside this one."

"Shadow Sun said firmly. Across from it, Ether gave it a meaningful look before looking at the now-extinguished Far Vision.

"can."

Ether said, then calmly stood up, and after a hiss of electricity, Ether's holographic projection disappeared.

Meanwhile, hundreds of containers filled with seafood, smuggled goods, and the dead arrived at the largest central hub planet of the Tau Empire.

No more.

Thank you to the reader who pointed out the error in the previous post. I made a mistake regarding the homeworld of the Coraxes. The homeworld of the Coraxes is the Salvation Star, which belongs to the Kiaval world. Then the Kiaval rebelled, but there was never a riot on the Salvation Star.

Regarding the length and pacing, the story behind Korax is also worth writing about in detail, but for now, since the focus is on fighting the Tau, I will not show it for the time being.

I'll see if I can find a suitable time to make up for it later.

And, on a side note, while Titanium is a miniature version of Japan in terms of appearance and mecha style, its actual style is... a hybrid of stereotypical, heavily modified Tokyo University and Indian designs.

Chapter 760 The Terrifying Beginning

[The largest transportation hub in the Titan Empire]

This is a well-ordered planet.

The Titans thronged about, hurrying along the clean, comfortable, and tidy streets, seemingly anxious yet hopeful. News of the complete defeat at the front lines had not yet reached them, or perhaps their leaders were unwilling to tell them.

In conclusion, despite some unease and anxiety, the Tau people here maintain high work enthusiasm, necessary politeness and courtesy, and work according to the Ether's work schedule, although their working hours have recently increased by about one to three hours.

Ha'Delian, a member of the Tu clan, walks on the street where he works every day. He is a VRE-level Tu clan whose advanced major is the application of drainage systems in the urban ecosystem, and whose minor is the connection and optimization of urban management central systems and machine bees.

As a VRE, it holds management authority over the drainage system of a large region, as well as access to the drainage structures of all cities on this planet. In order to better serve the Shangshangshandao, its accompanying mechs are also connected to the core of the central system.

Beside it, a member of the guard squad stepped forward, dressed in XV8 fire clan clothing.

"Sir, we have received a notice from our superiors that you are advised to reduce your outings recently and avoid going to non-work areas except for your residence."

Hadrian turned his head and looked at the newly dispatched guard. He frowned.

"Why? Because you're worried I'll become one of those who support visionary ideas?"

The Tau Empire has been in turmoil recently. Although the Aetherians have tried their best to keep the news under wraps, they still know that a great war has broken out in the Gulf of Damocles.

There's no need to worry about the Tau slacking off. Under the guidance of the Supreme Good Path, the Tau will put in 200% effort when they learn of the outbreak of war.

The Foresight Enclaves were completely destroyed, and their native inhabitants were forced to wander aimlessly throughout the Tau Empire. To be frank, the Tau who fled from the Foresight Enclaves were insane. They not only abandoned the path of good, but also tried to persuade any Tau they encountered to join the Fire Clan and participate in the war effort—otherwise, an unavoidable calamity would befall them.

As the largest transportation hub planet in the Tau Empire, Hadrian was also entangled by those madmen. That day, he had just finished work and was on his way back to his dormitory when he was stopped by a tired-looking Tu clansman.

The Tu clansman gripped Hadrian's wrist tightly, his eyes filled with terror.

In the past, Hadrian would have pitied these titaniums, but now he didn't want to provoke these lunatics.

"You are also from the Tu clan,"

It said, a glint of tears welled up in its eyes.

“You need to fight—it’s insane, insane! They’re rotting our bodies with poison gas and witchcraft—ah! ah—no! Give me a breathing mask—Space Marines filling the entire planet, demons appearing out of thin air, all the Tau need to fight, or we will all die.”

Hadrian almost immediately shook off the madman's hand, hurriedly left, and applied for a squad protection that same day. A day later, this protection squad, a mix of Fire Clan and other races, stood at the door of its dormitory.

"You can rest assured that I never endorse the idea of ​​foresight."

Vision is utterly reckless; now every Tau knows it's giving speeches on every planet, calling on all Tau to unite with the Aliens and take up arms. Vision's influence is so strong—

Meanwhile, for some rebellious Tau, participating in work that doesn't belong to their own clan is something that fascinates them. As a result, many Tau choose to support the vision, and even the Water Clan has taken up arms.

In the outer star systems of this world, countless planets erupted in protests. Most Tau people were unwilling to accept Foresight's views, believing that he was betraying the laws of their ancestors. Many Tau high-ranking officials reported the matter to the Aetherians, but the reply they received was that due to the war, the affairs of these star systems would be entirely handled by Foresight.

Hard to imagine.

Because of the way the human empires have progressed, the flames of war have not yet reached the planets of these Tau empires. The Tau do not understand why the visionaries are so far-sighted, and some Tau even claim that the visionaries deliberately exaggerated the size of the human empires in order to subvert the very foundation of the Tau empires.

After all, they had fought against the human empire before, but under Commander Shadowsun's leadership, they had achieved brilliant victories in every battle.

But these questions were all silenced by Shadow Sun's intervention. The most respected commander of the Tau Empire stood behind Vision, and the Tau who respected the Tau Empire's class system and clan system had no choice but to shut up.

After leaving behind Tau soldiers willing to fight on the local planet, Foresight forcibly evacuated the remaining civilians under the pretext of avoiding war. This action aroused considerable public anger, but since Foresight and Shadow Sun controlled all the military forces in this star system, the civilians had no choice but to obey.

These civilians, forced to evacuate, were crammed into the cramped cabins of the ship and inhumanely forcibly taken to the heart of the Tau Empire—the ship did not even provide them with enough rest space or food. By going this far, the ship had almost angered most of the Tau Empire's Tau.

As a result, Shadowsun also faced criticism, but the Ethers remained absolutely silent throughout, so public anger could only accumulate without any outlet.

"Foresight is utter nonsense."

Tushihad commented that they were almost at the dormitory. It turned the corner with ease and entered a less frequented street. Because it was close to the dormitory, the landscaping here was very good, with flowers blooming under the lush greenery.

For some reason, Hadrian always felt that the shadows in the flowerbeds seemed thicker than when he returned home.

"Is this how it treats the citizens of the Tau Empire? Forgive my bluntness, but the cabin accommodations it provides are abusive to the Tau. It's using this opportunity to eliminate dissidents so that its own power can rise to the top. Am I the only one who has noticed that the army it has deployed is far smaller than the army it recruited? Where are the rest of the troops? It's using this opportunity to hoard troops."

Faced with the indignant Hadrian, the Fire Clan warrior before it coughed awkwardly and spoke cautiously, seemingly not wanting to provoke the Earth Clan.

On the other side, in the team sent to protect Hadrian, the Krut blinked, and the foul-smelling behemoth raised its head, sniffing intensely in the air.

"My lord, as a soldier, I do not comment on my superiors—but the reason I hope you will reduce your outings is that the central system has discovered that Tuohai's of the Tu clan has gone missing."

The Fire Clan told the truth.

"?"

Hadrian was stunned for a moment. Takuya was missing?! This was a water supply and drainage manager from another district, someone Hadrian often interacted with.

"it……"

Hadrian, who had just been indignant, hesitated.

"In my mind, it's not about abandoning work to support visionary titanium... no... that's not very realistic."

What they didn't notice was that it was already dark, and there were no pedestrians around. In the lush thicket, the flowers shrouded in shadow seemed to wink at them.

Then it revealed its dirty, sharp claws and fangs.

........................

Will we win?

Inside the tallest building in the Tau city, Farseeing, frowning and dressed in a bright red combat suit, gazed at the horizon where Tau transport vehicles were bustling about.

"No matter what, you only get one chance."

Shadow Sun said calmly that they were currently in the core of the Sky Cultivation—the largest central transportation planet. In order to increase the weight of this decoy, as commanders, Foresight and Shadow Sun needed to stay on this planet to lure the enemy to attack.

"But I believe we will win."

Yingyang said firmly,