Chapter 350 The Road to Expedition: Fifty Years and Ten Thousand Years

Vito still remembered the first time he met Peter. It was in the middle of the Great Crusade. At that time, his mortal auxiliary army and the Mechanicus divine machine army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Ullanor. It was a difficult time, and

A brutal battle.

Vito still remembers everything that happened on Ullanor. Whenever he recalls, the smell of dust on that desolate planet will come to his mind mixed with the pungent smell of diesel from the green-skinned garbage mechas. On that day, the empire lost its

He has won many outstanding warriors, both mortal and Astartes.

Peter appeared at that time. After the Battle of Ullanor, he led his Sun Auxiliary Army, which had been re-expanded due to serious attrition, to the Emperor's Dream and merged under Vito's command. At first, Vito did not believe it.

The young man from Terra, and the young Sun Auxiliary soldiers under him.

But after that, Peter and his warriors won Vito's trust with their battles and the ensuing victories. Although these young men were hot-blooded, they acted as recklessly as their marshals,

And they always like to seek death and make ends meet, but like their marshal, they can win in the most difficult and desperate battles.

Peter gets along well with Vito, perhaps because he comes from the Usaka region of Terra and is a member of the same Slavic bloodline as Vito, although after the Era of Strife, there are no pure human beings on Terra.

, everyone's genes have mutated to varying degrees, and only those like Vito who live forever can be called pure human beings.

But this does not affect Peter. Although he has nothing to do with the Slavic blood in blood, he still inherits the traditional spirit of the ancient Rus region. To put it simply, even if he is bolder than anyone else, he will be braver than anyone else in seeking death.

Be brave, and dare to follow Vito to fight those wars that are almost impossible to win, and then win.

So Vito likes Peter very much, and he also likes his soldiers. They are the best soldiers he has led since the fall of Gold, so when they disappeared into the galaxy, Vito was so sad, just like

As if he had lost some part of his soul, he never dreamed that he would be able to meet them again.

But now, the dream has become a reality. Vito looked at Peter in front of him. He took off his tactical helmet and looked at Vito. Peter was so young, energetic and never tired in Vito's memory.

But now, Vito saw the wrinkles on Peter's face, and the dark brown hair was still covered with white hair. There were also signs of aging on the once energetic face. Peter was old, although he

He still has a brave and resolute face. Implant modification and the empire's body modification technology have made him still strong and tough, but he is really old.

Vito looked at Peter. He widened his eyes slightly and looked at the other Sun Army soldiers behind Peter. They all took off their helmets one after another. When they lifted up their helmets, what appeared in Vito's mind were pictures one after another.

The faces in his memory were young faces, but when the helmet was lifted up, he saw a group of veterans. Their white hair and wrinkles turned the young people in his memory into old people.

Vito took a step forward and looked at them in surprise. He didn't know what to say at the moment. He just looked at the trembling lips of the veterans in front of him. He tried hard to say something, but couldn't.

Lilith, who was standing behind Vito, was not as surprised as Vito. She looked at the webway veterans in front of her who were just preparing to kill her. She glanced at the soldiers who took off their helmets one by one, and she found that there were no soldiers among them.

They are all veterans and some young people.

The young Sun Army soldiers took off their helmets. They stood behind the veterans with guns in hand and looked at each other. Unlike the old people in front of them, they showed no surprise or respect at all when they saw Vito. They looked at each other and whispered.

Talking is like discussing a stranger.

Lilith exposed her ears that were covered by her silver hair. She closed her eyes and listened to the conversations of the young warriors. They looked at Vito curiously and whispered to each other in private.

"He is the marshal? It seems a little different from what he imagined." "Then what did you imagine?" "I don't know how to put it, but he is more handsome than this one? He has lights and other things on his body, and there are super guns.

Cool weapons and stuff.”

The two young men were talking to each other, and another young man came behind them. He was wearing a heavy Sun Army armor, and walked up to the two of them carrying the melt cannon that was the first to hit Lilith's shield.

Behind him, he was wearing heavy armor that was slightly larger than the two guys in front of him, overlooking the two people in front of him.

"You're talking about the emperor, right? There's glittering gold, and a cool sword or gun or something." The heavy-armored gunner said, and the young man in front of him shrugged, and he shouldered the blaster gun in his hand.

On the shoulder, the firearm looks smoother and flatter than today's laser guns. There are no unnecessary edges and bumps. It is as smooth as a water drop, with only a diamond-shaped opening at the end.

"I've never met the Emperor, and of course I've never met the Marshal. Don't we all know this when we listen to old guys bragging about us? It's all based on imagination."

Lilith opened her eyes. She looked at the young man on her side and smiled slightly, "It's really interesting. Well, it seems that my trip to the Webway won't be boring this time."

Lilith said and looked in the direction of Vito. He walked up to Peter and looked at Peter who only reached Vito's abdomen with disbelieving eyes. However, the latter did not mind this condescending contempt at all, and immediately

Stand at attention and salute Vito.

"Marshal, I'm glad to see you again. I thought I would never be able to salute you again in this life." The slightly old Peter raised his arms and said loudly. The veterans behind him stood at attention and saluted.

His arms were raised neatly, and although their faces were old, a pair of eyes still looked at Vito with firm eyes.

Lilith noticed that the young people behind them, after watching the veterans in front of them salute, saluted Vito after some thought, instead of the veterans' hesitation.

Vito looked at them. After being shocked, Vito immediately stood up straight. He raised the power claw on his right arm and saluted them one by one. He glanced at the faces of the veterans and looked carefully.

Looking at the soldiers he knew, Vito could name each one of them.

Time may have blurred their appearance and changed their faces in memory, but Vito still remembers each of them, and has never forgotten them even after tens of thousands of years.

"Peter, what are you doing here?" Vito was so excited and surprised that he couldn't speak clearly. He looked at Peter in front of him, and the latter nodded slightly. He put down his arm and looked up at Vito's

eyes.

Peter looked up at those golden eyes. He looked carefully at the golden arc jumping out of them and sighed longly. All worries in his heart disappeared. He knew that the person in front of him was Vito, the one they had been waiting for for a long time.

For a long time, I thought I would never see the marshal, commander, and friends again in this life.

Peter smiled, and the veterans behind him also showed sincere smiles, "We crashed here. We have been trying to get in touch with the empire for decades, but without success. I really didn't expect to see you again.

Sir."

"We haven't seen each other for decades, I think fifty years? I'm so glad to see you again." Peter said with a smile. Vito was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He looked at Peter, and then looked up again.

The veterans behind him.

"You said, only fifty years?" Vito asked in surprise, but Peter looked just as confused. He turned to glance at the veterans behind him, and they all looked at Peter and shrugged.

"I don't remember the specific time, sir, but I think it was probably fifty years. After all, these children are so old." Peter said, and Vito noticed the young people behind them. He had been paying attention to

The focus was on reuniting with veterans, but these young people were once ignored.

After Vito looked at them for a moment, he glanced at the young people standing behind the veterans. Their faces were all green, and every face was full of youth and vitality. They were more like what Vito remembered.

They look like young men, young warriors who are just born calves and are not afraid of tigers.

"Are they new recruits? Here? In the webway?" Vito looked at Peter in disbelief and asked, while the latter looked at the young people behind him with a gun and smiled.

"Yes, sir, they are all new recruits. We are trying to make them look more like real soldiers, but I think it will take a while."

After hearing this, Vito looked up at the heavy-armored gunner on the side. When he saw Vito looking over, he immediately raised his right iron fist in salute. Vito looked at him and was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked at Peter, "These children are,

Yours?"

When Vito said these words, he was shocked with a hint of smile. His words embarrassed the veterans around him. They cleared their throats and stretched their legs, and some turned their heads.

Use your eyes to warn the little guys behind you to stand at attention and not to embarrass them.

The young people stood up straight under the warning in the eyes of the veterans. They looked in the direction of Vito with their heads held high, trying hard to maintain a serious and formal look, but Vito could see that there was nothing serious in their hearts.

It doesn't mean anything.

Vito laughed when he saw the young people. He glanced at them and the veterans in front of him with a wry smile, "You are all married? Your Majesty, this is really a surprise."

"Yes, sir, we. I promise to make these little guys qualified to serve for you." Peter said and looked at the young people behind him. He looked at these new recruits and sighed helplessly, feeling like an old father looking at himself.

The feeling of trying to live up to your son.

Vito crossed his arms and looked at Peter in front of him. He looked at Peter's old father's expression jokingly, "Are you married? Are your children here?"

"No, sir, he is in the fortress, not here, although he is." Peter sighed helplessly, seeming to be a little dissatisfied with his son, but Vito laughed. He looked at Peter and these veterans,

He really never thought that these guys would get married, start a family, and give birth to offspring.

I mean, since these guys can be parents? Really? Vito still remembers the virtues of Peter and the others back then. They were guys who were on the level of crazy and not inferior to Vito at all. They

, since, well, there are so many surprises in this network.

"It's nothing strange. After all, it's been sixty years. It's normal to get married and have children. But I hope I won't forget what identification friend or foe is." Lilith said and walked to Vito's side.

He was holding the long knife in one hand, and the back of his hand was on his waist, looking at Peter.

She pointed with her other finger to her bra, which had been burnt with a hole and turned into a hole. Peter looked at the dress and cleared his throat in embarrassment. He turned to look at the young people behind him with murderous intent.

When I saw Lilith, who was so beautiful that I couldn't describe it in words, I was naturally attracted to her and couldn't turn my eyes away.

They were all staring at Lilith, their eyes enchanted, but it was not their fault. After all, Lilith was the queen of succubi. You know, there is no shame in being attracted to her as a man. Well, maybe women are no exception.

, after all, you know, Slaanesh succubus is for both men and women.

"Stand at attention, everyone! Stop looking like gangsters! Johnson! Come here!" Peter looked at the young people and shouted loudly. Immediately, the young people were frightened and stood up again. The most important among them was

The young soldier who said to the armor gunner that Vito didn't look like what he imagined, ran quickly to Peter with his gun on his back.

"Colonel!" Johnson ran to Peter and stood at attention. He stood in front of Peter with his head held high, and the latter looked at him seriously. "You said you found an Eldar appearing at the ambush site? You told me the Eldar

Where is the clan?! Except you let us hit the marshal! My Majesty, if the marshal hadn't been wearing power armor, I would definitely kill you now!"

Johnson was a little panicked. He looked at Lilith in confusion, and the latter smiled and waved to him and said hello, "I swear, Colonel! I definitely saw that she is the Eldar!"

"Look at her ears, are they pointed? I'm asking you to be an observer, not to daydream!" Peter scolded loudly, his voice was loud and full of intimidation, and Johnson was shocked to step back.

He stepped forward and subconsciously wanted to escape, but this made Peter glare at him even more fiercely.

"Stand still for him. Stand at attention before I prepare to shoot you!" Peter shouted loudly. Johnson was startled and immediately stood up straight again. He turned to look at Lilith and carefully observed from head to toe.

Again, she did look human in every sense of the word, but Johnson could have sworn that he had definitely seen her with pointy ears in the woods before, talking to a dying Eldar.

But now, Lilith just smiled and said hello to him, with a playful smile on her face. Vito glanced at Lilith beside him, and he knew that this girl was playing with this unlucky child.

Vito smiled and held Peter's shoulders. The latter stopped scolding and turned to look at Vito, "Okay, let's get around this kid. Recruits always make mistakes on impulse, and it didn't happen this time."
To be continued...