Zeke would still occasionally glance at the battle on the surface of planet Cadia, but the Emperor clearly no longer had that inclination.
Facing a massive crisis for the human race, the Emperor had no interest in shifting his gaze to the battles of mortal forces.
The Emperor loved humanity and saw himself as human, but he loved the entire race, not individual entities.
This was fundamentally different from Zeke, because Zeke still had his parents.
His parents were still fighting on the surface of planet Cadia, and some elders of the entire family were also fighting on the planet's surface.
Because of this, even when he faced six evil gods, he still frequently cast his gaze towards the surface of Cadia, and offered some blessings for it.
Some Warp energy seeped out of the Warp and entered the entire planet, fortifying it.
This was in preparation for the unprecedented great war to come.
Zeke had a premonition that in at most three months, his forces would also have to be committed to this war, and by then, when his powerful Custodian Psykers appeared, the planet of Cadia would definitely not be able to hold on.
To allow this war to continue, and for the safety of his parents, Zeke had no choice but to fortify this planet, so that it could become a battlefield between chaos and humanity.
The standoff in the Warp continued.
Meanwhile, the war on the ground intensified.
After another month passed, Zeke briefly returned to the real universe.
The star-class battle titan, which had ceased fighting when Zeke went to the Warp, once again appeared on the surface of planet Cadia.
Such massive titans were undoubtedly the Imperium's most powerful combat force; they believed that under the cover of such titan titans, the Imperium would surely triumph.
Because this certainly wasn't something the Imperium of Man could produce; this must be a miracle from the Emperor!
However, in contrast to the Imperial Army's boosted morale, Lissa, the retinue knights' Steward, who stood around Zeke, stared intently at him as if she had anticipated something.
Undoubtedly, this retinue knights' Steward had grown up with Zeke since childhood; while not exactly childhood sweethearts, they certainly had a very good relationship.
Zeke deploying this massive titan on the planet's surface must have his reasons, and as someone who grew up with Zeke, she clearly sensed something.
Soon, her thoughts became reality, as Zeke quickly approached her and placed a pilot helmet on her head.
"BT003, authorize Lissa as acting pilot ."
Lissa's pupils suddenly constricted, and she felt a jolt of electric current spread throughout her body from the helmet. Countless unfamiliar data streams flooded her consciousness, yet instantly became incredibly familiar—as if this knowledge had always belonged to her.
"Your Highness..." her voice trembled slightly, "This is..."
Zeke offered no explanation, merely operating the control panel swiftly: "BT003's secondary protocols have been unlocked. It will guide you through the initial neural link. Remember, no matter what you see, stay conscious."
No sooner had he spoken than the ground suddenly shook violently!
On the distant horizon, a dark rift appeared out of nowhere, larger than any previous Warp rift.
From the rift, more daemon forces began to emerge, with numerous daemon Engines, daemon Princes, and various Greater daemon continuously pouring out.
The final battle with chaos was about to begin.
"Little time remains." Zeke abruptly looked up, "Lissa, listen carefully. I am entrusting BT003 to you. You are responsible for leading the Imperial Army here to continue resisting the chaos invasion."
"I cannot fight alongside you here. In the Warp, the Emperor needs me to join him in facing the enemy. This is a catastrophe aimed at the human race."
"The Terran Dominion's forces will enter the planet's surface to assist in combat in seven days. They will kill as many chaos daemon as possible, and killing them will weaken the power of the four Chaos Gods, which will effectively help me in my battle in the Warp."
"Protect yourself. If any unexpected situation arises, immediately evacuate under the escort of the Custodians, and retreat directly from this star system with my parents."
"I don't have many friends left who grew up with me. Survive."
As Zeke finished speaking, the pilot gear on him swiftly transferred to Lissa, enveloping her tightly.
Following this, the blue light from BT shone upon him, and then she vanished from the surface, appearing inside the titan.
The lives of knight house heirs were cruel; they received the best education, but everyone knew they faced a great trial in the future: linking to the machine throne.
This was very difficult for ordinary knight house, let alone the Yaeger knight house. The Yaeger knight house has a 20,000-year legacy, possessing countless epic tales and knight pilots, whose soul imprints reside on the machine throne.
From this, one can deduce how high the mortality rate was when knights of the Yaeger knight house underwent the machine throne link. There were only about a dozen friends who grew up with Zeke.
And among the trials of the knight house, only this one person in front of him remained from those dozen friends.
This is the Warhammer Universe; it has never been a comedy. It's just that Zeke's existence brought some hope to this universe.
But even so, the tragedy of humanity continued to unfold across the galaxy, with countless people dying meaningless deaths for various reasons.
For the entire family, in Zeke's generation, 20 heirs of knight titans appeared.
This was already very good for the entire family, but in this generation, over 2,000 people in the entire family could perform the machine throne link.
One in a hundred.
Of course, the family was not an unfeeling entity; you could choose to forgo linking with the machine throne and live as an ordinary person, and the family could support an ordinary person.
As long as you were willing to be an ordinary person, the Yaeger knight house would send you away to a place no one else knew about to live a good life.
But how could the descendants of a knight house be willing to exist as ordinary people?
No knight capable of linking to the throne was willing to give up their chance to pilot a knight titan and inherit the family's glory, which is why only this one friend remained for Zeke.
Neural link Detected for Acting pilot . Initiating Neural link.
Lissa's vision instantly expanded—she no longer merely observed the world with her physical eyes, but could simultaneously perceive every energy fluctuation, every topographical change within a light-year radius.
Neural link Completion: 98%.
Weapon Systems Online.
Dark energy shield Activated.
Titan Activation Complete.
Hello, pilot . I am BT003. It is a pleasure to fight alongside you. You are now my scting pilot.
A mechanical, electronic voice echoed in her mind.
Concurrently, the tactical map of the eastern front was projected directly onto her neural retina: over two billion chaos forces were gathering, including three hundred corrupted titans!
What pleased him was that his system also showed the movements of the Terran Dominion's forces; the Terran Dominion's fleet had also begun to move, preparing to meet this great war.
Three million Space Marines and tens of thousands of Custodians were ready for battle; they would fight for the Emperor.