Chapter 570 060569: The Strategy of Driving the Tiger to Devour the Wolf

Chapter 570 06.0569: ‘The strategy of driving the tiger to swallow the wolf’

As a time traveler, Horatio is well aware of Farsight’s style of doing things

——It is not uncommon for the Tau to cooperate with humans to fight against powerful enemies; in fact, the Tau had taken the initiative to ask for this.

After getting rid of the shackles of the “Greater Good” doctrine, Farsight’s pursuit of pragmatism far exceeds that of Commander Shadowsun, who adheres to the caste system.

He doesn’t care about ideological differences. As long as he can save his people, even aliens can be guests of honor.

Horatio originally planned to test the attitude of the new military supervisor Carson, but the loyalist was now soaking in the consecrated amniotic fluid in the isolation cabin.

It is still unknown whether the body corroded by corruption can be restored. At least before returning, Farida has to take over the position of Chief Military Supervisor again.

The girl who once wore a double golden ponytail has now lost her immaturity, and the charm after giving birth has added a bit of maturity to her in military uniform.

At this moment, she stood on the bridge like a statue, her eyes as alert as a hawk scanning every operating table.

"Farida." Horatio's call made her turn half of her body, and the double-headed eagle emblem on her chest shone coldly under the cabin light.

"Stand by, Captain." Her answer was as precise as a machine, and there was no truth or falsehood in her passionate and cold attitudes. They were all her true feelings, but the former was for her relatives and friends, and the latter was for her duties.

"The Empire and the Tau are still at war, but how do we deal with their traitors?"

"All aliens must be purified - this is the teaching of the Holy Code." Farida's voice was flat, but her pupils shrank slightly: "But during the Gothic War, Admiral Speyer and Lord Admiral Ravensberg both decided to form an alliance with the Eldar."

Her fingertips stroked the carvings of the grenade launcher at her waist, but she only wiped the dust off the handle. "The fate of this ship should be borne by the helmsman."

"In principle, those who are not of our human race must be killed."

Farida answered in a serious manner, "But in fact, as long as your behavior is worthy of the Emperor, and it is the most appropriate and only decision at the moment, and no one in the higher-ups of the Admiralty intends to make a fuss about this matter, there will be no problem."

"I understand." Horatio sat up again, pinching his chin and thinking.

In the foreseeable future, the return journey is like the epic of the Odyssey.

Is it a bloody break through the blockade? Or wander among various forces to seek survival?

Horatio stared at the intertwined fleet signals in the star map projection.

The artillery fire of the blue-blooded aliens and the green-skinned orcs wove a web of death in the nebula, and the Epic was hovering on the edge of the Mandeville anchor point, like a Leviathan lurking on the reef.

"The scarlet color of their paint is completely different from the orange-yellow of the Tau Empire fleet." Horatio's fingertips pointed at the tactical hologram, and the logo of the Farsight Fleet was being surrounded and eaten by the green-skinned garbage fleet: "Since these separatists have broken with their mother race, there is no need to take the initiative to provoke the Empire. What's more-"

"You want to drive the tiger to eat the wolf." Farida's eyelashes cast a fan-shaped shadow on her face, "But after the tiger is full, the fangs are still dangerous, Captain."

She is not a person who sticks to dogma. From the initial encounter with the cultists to various experiences later, she and he have broken too many rules. Practice has proved that breaking the rules and finding another way can solve the problem, but she also needs to remind Horatio of the risks according to her duties.

"Now, our mission is to return to the Empire-controlled area, rather than getting involved in a melee while lacking food and clothing, so I want to try to 'drive the tiger to devour the wolf'."

"Will these blue-blooded aliens with red paint be so pure?"

"Vision is so pure. Louise, call a combat meeting."

All department heads on the bridge gathered next to the captain's command throne.

"We are 15 kilometers away from Mandeville Point 196, and the two fleets are in the 31st and 53rd directions of our ship, phase ZD, and 672 kilometers away." As the first captain, Archie summarized the data from various departments and reported to Horatio.

"We may be the last to leave Mandeville Point. It seems that this subspace turbulence has affected everyone in this starry sky.

But for us, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity-at this moment, two alien forces are fighting, and we have the initiative that no one knows for the time being, and we can choose a suitable entry point for the battle. Then..."

He marked the large green-skinned garbage ship with his finger.

"Send the torpedoes to these rubbish that dare to call themselves 'battleships'."

"Yes! Captain."

No one of the officers raised any objections, but quickly executed his plan.

No one asked why they only attacked the greenskins and not the Tau warships. Everyone believed in the captain's arrangement - because his intuition was always sharp and accurate.

The operation was quickly executed, and the Epic approached the crossfire that illuminated the starry sky like a swimming harpoon.

The fleet of Farsight and the greenskins used the golden brown nebula as a curtain, and the staggered blue beams and golden shells intertwined.

From time to time, you can see the huge AC lightning of the Squeaky Electromagnetic Cannon strike down from the top of the 'Tesla Tower', splitting a charred crack on the bright red hull of the Farsight battleship.

The fragmented metal debris and the dead floated in the cold void, adding some reflected brilliance to the stars again.

"O'Shovah" (the exclusive name of the Tau people for Farsight)! The vanguard fleet has been completely destroyed, and the escort network of the immigrant ship is about to collapse! We must take action!" said O'Visa, the far-sighted adjutant of the Earth Clan, anxiously.

This Earth Clan scientist, who is so old that he needs a micro drone to survive, is one of the ‘Eight Great Visionaries’ and an important lieutenant and technical advisor to Farsight.

Unlike the Tau Empire, many of Farsight’s subordinates are from the Earth Clan, so they have newer warships and better and larger combat suits and mechas.

After abandoning the caste system of the Greater Good and the Ether, any talented person can perform effectively in the position he is good at, rather than being rigidly divided according to clans.

The tactical instrument suspended behind O'visa projected cold data: "The current chance of winning is only 34.34%, and this number is still falling with the casualties."

The intelligent tactical terminal embedded with the memory chip of Qingxi, the military genius of the Tau Empire, 'the deceased', issued an inorganic voice: "It is recommended to abandon 3.87 million immigrant units and execute a tail-cutting evacuation."

"Hold on, let the reserve fleet fill the gap in defense. I will not give up these millions of people to become food for the greenskins."

The claws of the vision buckled into the command platform, and the blade of dawn hummed at the waist. This life-eating demon sword made him transcend the life span of the Tau people, but also turned him into an eternal war machine: "My ship is on the front line, covering the rapid passage of the immigrant ship."

The life signal flashing in the porthole of the immigrant fleet reflected a burning spot of light in his amber pupils: "Only in this way can we buy time for evacuation!"

If the normal life span of the Tau people is used, this persistent alien should have died like his mentor Qingxi.

However, he happened to have a divine weapon in his hand - a weapon made of time-eating alloy called Dawn Blade.

Whenever Farsight kills with it, his life span will be extended accordingly, because this magic sword will transfer the vitality of the dead to its holder.

Horatio knew that Farsight had such a weapon and knew its effect.

But Farsight himself did not know that his beloved sword would devour life in this way. He only knew that as long as he kept fighting, he could lead his people to survive.

Constantly fighting against enemies from all directions in the dangerous frontline enclave has become Farsight's unique way of survival at the end of the 41st millennium.

So much so that he had no time to care about those "enemies" who might be threatening but did not actually pose a threat.

This is also the reason why Horatio dared to make the decision to "join forces against the greenskins".

"The greenskin warships are approaching our ships. According to tactical analysis, the enemy is trying to board our ships." The intelligent analyzer scanned the battlecruiser-sized garbage ships coming from a distance and analyzed and judged the above content.

"Boarding?!" This word stung the nerves of all the Tau people and shocked all the blue-blooded people on the bridge.