Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 909

Chapter 902, I want to see Gu Hang

. Only 20% of the survivors survived.

The Blood Angels’ gene-seed inheritance is inherently unstable. Like the Phoenix and the Bat, they are Chapters with a sparse lineage. This is incomparable to the three larger Chapters of the Infinite, Saints, and Punishers. Even the Golden Knights and the Angels of Death have a stable lineage.

Even under normal circumstances, each Chapter

, like the Blood Angels, worries about its own succession, fearing a lack of successors, the silent extinction of its successors or even its fraternal Chapters… How many Space Marines are there in all the loyal Blood Angels Successor Chapters across

the Imperium? This figure is difficult to calculate due to the Chapters’ widespread distribution across the Imperium, their constant battles, and their constant replenishment. However, roughly speaking, there are approximately 130 registered Successor Chapters of the Blood Angels, with active records dating back twenty years before the Cataclysm.

However, most of these Chapters are understaffed.

This is quite normal for Space Marines. Even for Chapters with high gene-seed compatibility, due to constant combat, recruit training, surgical implantation, and the success rate of implantation are limited. Even after the implantation, it takes a year or two for the superhuman organs to fully develop… In short, the rate of recruitment is limited.

Under these circumstances, Chapters are often understaffed, which is perfectly normal.

After all, most Chapters simply don’t have the skills to maintain a regular strength of a thousand men while also maintaining several hundred non-Chapter reserves, allowing for rapid replenishment in the event of losses.

Honestly, it’s unclear whether this practice crosses the line set by the Space Marine Codex.

The Blood Angels’ relatively low gene-seed compatibility leads to a low success rate, and the difficulty of recruiting further complicates their situation.

Overall, the Blood Angels’ 130 Chapters, with the vast majority understaffed, likely had a total strength of around 60,000 men before the Cataclysm.

When the Mother Chapter, the homeworld of the Sons of God, Primus, came under grave threat, nearly every Blood Angel within earshot responded to the call and rushed to its defense.

And now, in this battle, they were nearly annihilated, with only three or four thousand men remaining…

So many Chapters utterly destroyed, so many Battle Brothers lying in pools of blood… This reminded Dante of the endless dream he had fallen into during his near-death experience.

The agony was so intense that he nearly fainted.

Dante took it all personally.

It was his fault.

“But we are victorious!” Sosa’s words interrupted the Imperial hero’s grief.

“You call such a tragic outcome a victory?”

“Of course,” Sosa said. “You persevered until the arrival of the Alliance and destroyed the vast majority of the Zerg’s manpower. Now that the greatest threat has been eliminated, all that remains is to continue wiping out the local Zerg, saving each world that can still be saved. The Chapter can also rebuild and return to its former glory. You are a truly worthy hero of the Imperium!”

His attitude seemed so matter-of-fact.

This look only made Dante sense a pure foolishness in him.

He felt a flicker of anger, the kind that comes from being fooled.

But it quickly faded.

They were a Chapter founded only twenty-three years ago, which meant that this tall, unusually tall Space Marine had only twenty years of service.

While twenty years of service wouldn’t qualify him as a rookie, it wasn’t a veteran either. It was normal to appear naive when thinking about certain things.

In a sense, Sosa wasn’t wrong.

But just how difficult would it be to rebuild the worlds ravaged by the Zerg invasion? And how much more difficult would it be to

rebuild the Blood Angels Chapters that were essentially destroyed, on the verge of destruction, with only one or two remaining? Even

a hero like Dante would find the challenge daunting.

But a young man like Sosa, uninformed and fearless, assumed the so-called “rescue” and “rebuilding” were just empty talk.

Dante, unwilling to discuss the topic, mentioned something else: “I feel a strange power within me… What’s going on?”

He glanced at his own apothecary.

This kind of situation would surely require an insider’s explanation, one Dante would trust more.

However, the Blood Angels apothecary’s gaze shifted to Sosa, who was standing beside him.

Sosa said, “Let me speak.”

“Your previous injuries were so severe that there’s almost no way to prolong your life. Therefore, after seeking the consent of many Blood Angels, we have performed Primaris Transformation on you. Thankfully, while Primaris Transformation surgery is dangerous, especially for the seriously injured, you are in excellent condition. With time, you will recover with your new powers, and even gain even greater strength…”

Dante interrupted Sosa and demanded, “Primaris Transformation? What is that?” “

A new technology that allows Space Marines to…” “

New technology? When did the Imperium acquire this new technology?”

“This is Leader Gu Hang…”

“How dare he tamper with the sacred gene-seed of a Space Marine?!”

Dante was furious!

He turned to his own apothecary and demanded, “You are just going to watch this heretical technology being used on me? By the Emperor, I would rather die!”

Before the apothecary could say anything, Sosa’s attitude changed. Of course,

his reverence for the Imperial heroes remained, and this was the Chapter Master of the Gene Mother Chapter. However, he couldn’t accept the fact that he had called Primaris technology heretical.

“Heretical technology? This is the technology of our great leader, Gu Hang! Transformed by Primaris, we will become even stronger, even purer, better able to serve humanity and be loyal to the Emperor. While I respect you, Your Excellency Dante, this is no excuse for you to freely criticize Governor Gu.”

“Gu Hang, that Gu Hang of the Alliance, that ambitious Gu Hang…”

“I correct you again,” Sosa said sternly. “Under Governor Gu’s leadership, the Alliance has already recovered forty percent of the Empire’s Dark Side territory. We have also established communication between the Dark Side and the Holy Realm of the Empire and are advancing towards Holy Terra. While we still have some distance to go to achieve Governor Gu Hang’s grand goal of saving the entire Empire, we are undoubtedly on the right path. You must, at all costs, show due respect to a hero, leader, High Lord of the Empire, and Archon of the Dark Side who is even greater than you.”

At this point, Sosa added something that left Dante with no rebuttal:

“What’s more, the Alliance saved our Mother Group and our home planet. If it weren’t for the Alliance’s arrival, the Blood Angels would have truly perished, and the entire star region would have been devoured. The Zerg, restored to their former glory, or even more powerful, would have brought even greater disaster to more human worlds. If that happened, not only would you be guilty, but the entire Blood Angels would also be guilty of the Imperium. The Alliance saved us Blood Angels, both in terms of our heritage and our reputation. From every perspective, you should not only respect them, but also be grateful to them.”

After hearing this, Dante was silent for a long moment.

After a long while, he slowly said, “I want to see Gu Hang.”

(End of this chapter)