Hearing Noah's words, the recently revived Guilliman turned his gaze to Noah and nodded.
He had witnessed Noah's actions and clearly understood the immense power of the individual before him, making conversation with him a natural priority.
Moreover—
He glanced back at the PDFs around them.
The power armor worn by the soldiers was clearly not Imperial style, and he also didn't sense the presence of any gene-brothers among them.
Therefore, Guilliman could confirm that this was likely a mysterious visitor.
It was more appropriate to converse with this mysterious person than to question his own sons about what had happened in this universe.
Despite this, Guilliman still made a request.
"Esteemed guest, as you must know, Macragge is currently embroiled in war. Would it be possible for your forces to lend some aid?"
"Whatever you wish to discuss with me, I will certainly do so."
"No problem."
Noah nodded. He felt no ill will towards Guilliman's request; instead, he readily agreed.
The people on Macragge were, after all, humans, so protecting their safety fell within the Terran Federation's responsibilities.
There was nothing wrong with sending troops to protect them.
The 19,000 PDFs that had been around quickly entered the battlefield, and the 10 Warlord-class Titans also began marching towards the Chaos Daemon forces.
Under Guilliman's signal, the Ultramarines swiftly reorganized their ranks and began to cooperate with Noah's forces, launching a counterattack against the Chaos Legions.
Although Guilliman had been dormant for so long, he was, after all, the gene-father of the Ultramarines.
The moment Guilliman spoke, the Ultramarines immediately obeyed his command.
A powerful force began to attack the Chaos forces, who faced the most terrifying battle since their invasion of the Ultramar sector.
At the same time, the star-class cruiser docked in planetary orbit, at Noah's signal, began to annihilate the surrounding Chaos forces.
Even though Noah only had one cruiser, its combat power was something the Chaos forces couldn't hope to match.
One Chaos warship after another was destroyed under the cruiser's attack.
If these results were left to the Imperial Navy and the Ultramarines, it would likely take a very long time, possibly even requiring boarding actions.
However, for Noah's battleship, it was no problem at all. In fact, due to previous operations, the federation warship had already analyzed exactly what the Chaos warships' shields were.
Even in the face of the federation cruiser, which had undergone a technological cycle, whether they activated their void shields or anything else, they were all taken down with a single hit.
But this did not prevent the federation cruiser from analyzing a characteristic of the void shield.
This thing was similar to throwing garbage, but it couldn't defend against slow-moving targets.
That is to say, it could launch swarm missiles, then rapidly decelerate to an ultra-low speed when approaching the enemy, pass through their void shield, and then accelerate again to destroy the enemy.
This operation was very precise, but for the battleship's AI, it was no problem at all.
It was just a matter of precise targeting, and the battleship AI's computing power was more than sufficient.
The situation on Ultramar began to turn one-sided. The Chaos forces were no match for the combined attack of Noah's PDFs and the Ultramarines.
They were cut through like a hot knife through butter and then devoured whole.
Such a large number of power-armored troops and Titan war machines walking on the ground made the Chaos Legions feel as if they had come to the wrong place.
After Noah's forces entered the battle, several Ultramarine warriors also began to guide their gene-father, Noah, and Cawl into a quiet room before the battle.
Guilliman and Noah walked side-by-side at the forefront, with only one Ultramarine guiding them, a step ahead.
Behind them were the Living Saint of the Emperor, Celestine, and Archmagos Cawl, both also led by the Ultramarines, following their respective Primarch and Noah.
Led by the Ultramarines, the group soon arrived at the quiet room in the Ultramarines' Fortress of Hera.
Guilliman sat at the head of the table and offered the first seat on his left to Noah. The others stood to the side.
Because these individuals were all human, Noah's attitude was quite good; he was very patient, as he always was with his human compatriots.
Even though Cawl next to him had transformed himself into a half-mechanical, half-human form, Noah said nothing, after all, who knew if the man had some strange fetish?
Mechanical ascension, that's all. The Terran Federation had once considered it too.
But the reason for ultimately abandoning it was simple: it was seen as a desecration of humanity itself.
In the eyes of the federation, the human form itself was the most perfect. Replacing the original human body with mechanical parts was unacceptable.
However, the federation would still respect its citizens' various ideas and interests.
As long as your soul is human, the federation won't say anything if you turn yourself into a robot.
As long as you're not afraid of being laughed at by other human compatriots when you leave your home, that's fine.
After all, choosing mechanical ascension meant only mechanical ascension, but choosing biological ascension meant also choosing spiritual ascension.
One path involved two ascensions, while the other involved only one. The stronger and weaker were obvious.
Furthermore, choosing mechanical ascension meant abandoning the perfect human body, an act that would be looked down upon in the Terran Federation.
So, as long as you're not afraid of being laughed at by your family, relatives, and friends, and possibly being disliked by your parents, relatives, and friends, then there's absolutely no problem.
After all, robots have a very clear position within the federation: they are merely servants and do not have citizenship rights.
However, it wouldn't go so far as to consider people who transform from humans into robots as servants.
But being laughed at is certain. Abandoning the perfect human body itself is an act that will be ridiculed.
Once everyone was seated, Guilliman could no longer contain his curiosity and asked Noah,
"I wonder what time it is now? How long have I been in the stasis field—"
Noah naturally could not answer Guilliman's question. He turned his gaze to Drakoar and Chapter Master Calgar of the Ultramarines Chapter.
He also wanted to know what time it was now. Drakoar naturally sensed Noah's implied question.
At the same time, Guilliman also realized that the person in front of him also seemed to not know what time it was.
Drakoar spoke, "It is the 41st millennium, 41.999."
After hearing the time Drakoar stated, Guilliman had a sudden realization, feeling as if he had been separated from his era, while Noah still looked shocked.
What 41st millennium? What 41.999?
It wasn't that he didn't understand these terms; they were used to represent time.
But for Noah, this information only allowed him to know how long this human civilization had existed.
Up until now, had this human civilization existed for as long as 42,000 years?
42,000 years, why was this human civilization in its current state?
Why did their development feel so agonizingly slow? Why did their weaponry look like they had just entered the galaxy?
The Imperium of Man seemed older than the federation, but why was their technological strength... Noah scanned the surrounding objects, then analyzed the enemies he had encountered before and the technological level of the Imperial Army, finally arriving at a conclusion.
Why did these guys' technological strength seem as lowly as ants?
With the question in his mind answered, Noah spoke.
"Lord Guilliman, your question has been answered. Now, please answer my question. We will ask one question each."
Guilliman nodded.
"Before we begin our conversation, since I have confirmed that you are human, I am willing to show you respect."
"First, you don't need to ask; I can tell you myself why I appeared here. It is mainly because I encountered an attack from a Chaos Gods of the Warp while eliminating these so-called Chaos Space Marines in reality."
As Noah spoke, everyone present listened quietly, analyzing who Noah's so-called Chaos Gods of the Warp was.
Noah then gave them the answer.
"I had an encounter with that Chaos Gods of the Warp. Although, strictly speaking, it wasn't an encounter, but rather a desperate counterattack.
It was an extremely obese, highly corrupted giant, its body swollen and deformed by putrefaction and pus. Its skin was necrotic greenish-blue or grayish-green, covered with oozing pustules, festering wounds, and maggots.
Its internal organs were exposed, its abdomen split open, revealing rotten viscera. These organs hung like dangling 'fruits,' constantly seeping foul pus and mucus.
I could feel such a Chaos Gods of the Warp; he was full of evil energy. He was like a pile of shit in front of me, do you understand? Like seeing a pile of shit constantly moving."
As he spoke, the disgust on Noah's face was completely unrestrained, full of revulsion.
Everyone could see that Noah truly thought that Chaos Gods of the Warp was a pile of shit.
"Besides that, he had a rather outrageous characteristic.
Despite his decaying body, Nurgle's face often bore a broad and twisted benevolent smile, as if a loving father was caring for his children, which was simply a morbid divinity."
"I have to say, this was a powerful Chaos Gods of the Warp. Relying on the psionics granted by the Psionic Legion and my own psionics enhancement matrix, plus a desperate attack from the battleship's energy, it only caused him minor damage."
"I am confident that such damage should not be considered serious for this Chaos Gods of the Warp, but rather just some superficial wounds.
It probably just made him lose a little face.
To be honest, if that so-called Chaos Gods of the Warp felt that was him losing face, then I can accurately say that it was also my most embarrassing moment.
I was actually forced to such an extent by a lowly xeno Chaos Gods of the Warp!"
"This is a great humiliation for me. As long as I have the chance, I will definitely settle scores with this guy and completely erase him from this world!"
Noah finished speaking. Combining what Noah had said, the Imperial Army bigwigs in the room were all dumbfounded, especially Guilliman.
He already knew who Noah was describing, but precisely because he knew who Noah was describing,
his expression changed from its original calm and composed state to one of shock and utter astonishment.
What did he hear? He heard that this guy in front of him had actually engaged in a confrontation with that Chaos Gods of the Warp, although he himself said it wasn't a confrontation, but merely a desperate counterattack.
But more importantly, he heard that this guy opposite him had caused damage to that Chaos Gods of the Warp, and this guy was not satisfied at all; instead, he declared it to be his humiliation.
Chapter Master Calgar of the Ultramarines Chapter had initially wanted to question some of the things Noah had said.
After all, the rationality of the Ultramarines made him disbelieve that anyone could so easily injure a Chaos Gods of the Warp.
But then he suddenly remembered the scene he had witnessed earlier in the great hall.
Powerful psionics was displayed before him; it was potent psionics that directly crushed the Chaos Space Marines like ants.
Everyone was very shocked, especially Guilliman, as he knew the power of these Chaos Gods of the Warp, so his shock was the greatest.
Next was Living Saint Celestine, as she was the saint, and she also understood the power of the Chaos Gods of the Warp.
Among everyone, Drakoar was probably the first to recover.
Among these people, his feelings were the least affected, so after recovering, he asked,
"Then, esteemed Grand Marshal, Lord Noah.
If you could only injure the Chaos Gods of the Warp, then how did you escape from the Chaos Gods of the Warp's grasp? According to what you said, that Chaos Gods of the Warp had clearly targeted you."
"According to our understanding of this Chaos Gods of the Warp, he shouldn't have let you leave so easily. We don't know what happened afterward."
Noah gave Cawl an appreciative look.
Even when looking at Cawl's extensive mechanical body, Noah's gaze softened considerably. He felt that Cawl was a talent with potential.
After all, the question he asked directly paved the way for the question he was about to ask.
"Regarding how I survived, I can actually tell you that a golden giant saved me. He was very powerful, powerful enough to directly block that Chaos Gods of the Warp's attack."
"Later, I learned that your nation refers to him as the Emperor or God-Emperor or the incarnation of the omnissiah; in short, there are various titles."
"The reason I came here and am helping you is also very simple: because of her."
Noah pointed at Celestine.
"Because she carries the aura of that divine being, I am willing to help you. And my request for this trip is also very simple: I want to meet that divine being.
It's not ideal for me to enter the Warp right now, as, just as you said, someone has targeted me, and if I go in, he might see me again."
"From the information I gathered before, it seems this divine being is on the so-called Terra, which is Earth. Therefore, I want to go and meet him.
At the same time, this Living Saint also told me that you would answer my questions, so I need to ask you this question first."
Noah stated his intentions bluntly.