When Guilliman revived, he made many speculations about what had happened to Lion over the past ten thousand years.
This guy has either realized his own nature in the Warp and awakened his horned demon form to enter the Warp to hunt down traitors.
Or you could be hit into a stasis field like me and wait for someone to rescue you.
During the final battle on Caliban, Luther also gained the blessing of chaos, so it was normal for Ryan to lose.
The result was beyond Guilliman's expectations.
The Lord of the First Legion, the Lion of the Empire, one of the most outstanding Primarchs under the Emperor, the Lion King-Lion, is sleeping in the core area of the Stone Fortress.
The Minotaur demon form did not awaken, nor was he hit into a stasis field.
Right in the core area of the Stone Fortress, she lies on the rock and sleeps like a Sleeping Beauty.
Guilliman observed that some runes belonging to the Warp appeared on Lion's body, emitting a strong breath of the Warp.
Obviously, Ryan has recognized his own subspace nature.
Those runes belonging to the Warp are the best proof.
However, he has not fully awakened and is in a state of confusion.
That is, half foot is in and half foot is still outside.
When Guilliman saw Lion, he was really confused.
The other party just slept in the core area of the Stone Fortress.
Just lying there on a huge black, smooth rock.
Just like the princess in the story of the seven dwarfs who ate the poisoned apple and fell asleep.
There didn't seem to be any fatal injuries on his body.
More importantly, Ryan did not stay in the stasis field, just lying on the rock.
There is no trace of time on his face.
It's just like when we parted ten thousand years ago.
This doesn't make sense.
"Ryan."
"Ryan."
"Get up"
Guilliman called out several times, but there was no response from the other party.
After a moment, Guilliman spoke again.
"Rus said you can't beat him in a duel, you can only cheat. And he's going to be the Warmaster soon, he said he's the most suitable candidate, many times better than you."
Ryan's fingers moved while he was sleeping, but soon stopped moving.
Looking at the still sleeping Lion, Guilliman thought for a moment.
It may take the White Scars' Primarch, Jaghatai, to awaken the Lion.
Only Chagatai met the two conditions required by the Prince Charming: a white robe and a knight.
Guilliman wore blue power armor, and even his cloak was light blue with gold edges.
Thinking of Chagatai hugging Ryan lovingly, the scene was so beautiful.
Guilliman suddenly felt goosebumps all over his body.
It's so scary, I'd better stop thinking about it.
Guilliman took two steps closer, only to find himself blocked by an invisible force field.
Only then did he discover that there was a circle of special runes around the rock where Ryan was sleeping, wrapping the huge rock and forming a special force field.
This force field is very special. It can prevent intrusion from the outside world. It seems that the time inside has been slowed down.
After some probing, Guilliman figured out the approximate range of the force field.
It won't activate unless you get too close to the rock where Ryan is sleeping.
Standing outside the force field, Guilliman examined the sleeping lion.
There were still traces of bright red blood on Ryan's body, as if it had just been stained.
The clothes on his body were also torn and tattered, and it was obvious that he had experienced an unimaginable battle.
"What's going on?" Guilliman looked at the short Dark Watchers wearing white robes.
This mysterious race contains many secrets that even Guilliman does not understand.
The Chaos Demons are extremely afraid of these little men in white robes, and it seems that there is a close connection between the two.
"The Lion has traveled through time, causing some unpredictable consequences to his body. Now we can only put him in the time force field, otherwise the power of time will kill him instantly." A Dark Watcher stepped forward and explained Lion's situation to Guilliman.
The other party's voice appeared directly in Guilliman's mind, like some special ability that could communicate directly with the mind.
Guilliman circled the boulder where Lion was sleeping, carefully examining the special runes and the sleeping Lion, his brows furrowed.
"How long did he span?"
"Ten thousand years." The little man in white robe said, "He was sent from the warp storm caused by the explosion of Caliban to the eve of the Great Rift ten thousand years later. His absence in the middle ten thousand years caused serious consequences. Some revised laws tried to erase him to maintain the balance of the universe."
"Why is the time so different?" Guilliman showed a trace of confusion.
The subspace can cause time deviation and even help people cross timelines.
But now there are too many deviations!!
Ten thousand years.
"This is the consequence of using the three artifacts of destiny. During the Horus Heresy, Lion had been using a special artifact to help himself cross the Storm of Destruction. This artifact caused the overlap of the past, present, and future, and sent him from Caliban ten thousand years ago to the Stone Fortress, forming a closed loop of destiny."
"However, it has also caused serious consequences. He is likely to be corrected and can only survive in a time force field that is different from the main universe."
Hearing the words of the Dark Watcher, Guilliman was confused. "What are the three artifacts of destiny?"
"This secret is very old, and the twists and turns within it are far beyond what mortals can imagine," said the Dark Watcher.
"Tell me about it." Guilliman shrugged, preparing himself mentally.
Only by knowing the cause and effect can he make the right judgment.
Seeing Guilliman's insistence, the Dark Watcher told him an ancient secret.
This secret concerns the origin, rise and fall of their race.
When all things in the universe were just born and even the ancient saints and star gods were not yet active.
Their clan has already begun researching the universe and the subspace.
The subspace of any universe is peaceful at the beginning.
Without enough life emotions, there can be no active subspace.
The warp was very barren at that time.
There was no ether current like today, and it was like a pool of stagnant water.
The subspace and the real universe complement each other.
Without flourishing life, there would be no magnificent and mysterious subspace.
The deathly silence of the Warp also meant that there was no magic or other supernatural powers like there are today.
The saddest thing is that the laws of physics at that time were imperfect.
"The physical laws of the universe are imperfect?" Guilliman said with a hint of disbelief.
This is a bit inconsistent with his values.
Didn’t the universe evolve just with a bang
Why does it have to come little by little
But if you think about the more than 10 billion years of history of the universe, including past and present lives, you have only lived for less than a thousand years.
Not even a fraction.
Using your own values to refute other people's theories is really not enough.
Guilliman swallowed his arrogance and any thought of retorting.
He remembered a story, the story of a target.
It's about a gunman who fired one shot and hit ten connected targets.
Then a microbial community scientist, after a lifetime of research and observation, came up with an unchanging truth.
That is, there are ten big holes in the target.
This is a great truth.
During this long period of time, microbial communities were born, flourished, and destroyed one after another.
This truth has not changed in the hundreds of generations of microbial birth, aging, illness and death.
However, from a human perspective, is ten holes in ten targets really an eternal truth
Any truth that is said to never change from a human perspective, will it really not change
Some people always think that the universe is a sophisticated structure, but never think about why the universe works this way
Some people think that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, water flows to low places, and planets should be round. These are the truths of the universe and will never change since the birth of the universe.
But is this really the truth
Or is it just the natural state of the evolution of the universe, and therefore is believed to be the truth.
"Yes, just as life evolved from single cells, the universe also evolved slowly. Nothing is perfect from the beginning." There was a hint of sadness in the Dark Watcher's tone. Recalling the decline of civilization always makes people sigh.
At that time, everything in the universe was just in its infancy.
The physical laws that underpin the functioning of everything are still imperfect and full of errors and omissions.
However, life was born in such an environment.
Gas life, carbon-based life, silicon-based life, and planetary life all benefit from the imperfect laws of physics.
The types of life that are born in the universe are too numerous to count.
As the number of lives increases, the warp becomes more active.
Under the joint influence of the universe and many civilized races, the many laws of the universe gradually took shape and became perfect.
This process is like the evolution of life, from single cells to plants and animals, slowly evolving from infinite to orderly.
However, as civilized races developed, the problem of resources arose.
The universe is so big, and the development speed of a race is unimaginable. The stronger the technology, the faster the development, and the more resources they occupy.
It took humans only a little over 10,000 years from setting foot in the starry sky to occupying two-thirds of the Milky Way.
It would take a race tens of thousands of years to occupy a galaxy.
The universe has evolved for more than 10 billion years. One can imagine how crowded the universe is.
With the development of civilization, the problem of resources has become more and more serious.
Many races began to look for new ways out.
Pursue mechanical ascension, psychic ascension, and leave the real universe.
Or migrate with the entire clan and embark on the journey to other universes.
However, resource issues eventually led all civilizations to war.
The war destroyed everything, and countless civilizations fell in the terrible flames of war.
Emotions such as resentment, hatred, and unwillingness also give rise to all kinds of terrifying subspace creatures.
In that crazy era, the Dark Watchers who had completed transcendence and ascension were also forced to be involved in that war.
Those civilizations were powerful enough to use the laws of nature, natural laws, physical laws, mathematical laws and other means to fight each other.
Such a battlefield is countless times more terrifying than the battle between gods.
No words can describe that shocking war.
The galaxy is shattered, the laws collapse, and everything in the universe is reshaped.
Countless races became history and vanished into thin air.
The galaxy of today is but a fraction of the ruins of past wars.
Those so-called unchanging truths are nothing more than the legacy of many civilization wars.
In that battle, the Dark Watchers suffered heavy casualties and had to contend with a Warp that had undergone horrific changes.
Under the collision of countless intense emotions, some concepts such as fate and time are also materialized.
When those horrific warp creatures were born, the Dark Watchers realized that there was more to the story behind the war than meets the eye.
For the first time, they recognized the existence of chaos.
Chaos drives the birth of all things and then drives the destruction of all things.
Just like a farmer sowing rice, it goes on and on.
The Ouroboros is a concentrated example of chaos.
The beginning and the end are connected, destruction and birth coexist.
The surviving Dark Watchers cut off its power and sealed it on Caliban, trying to find a way to fight Chaos by studying this abomination.
After that war of civilizations, the Dark Watcher stopped interfering in the real universe and instead began to observe in secret.
They watched as the Old Ones rose from ruin, nurturing life across the galaxy and building the Webway to defend against the monsters of the Warp.
For a while, they succeeded.
Without the nourishment of biological emotions, the warp returned to peace.
It’s a pity that the ancient saint was finally destroyed by the crazy necrophile.
This is also the embodiment of chaos, rise, prosperity, decline, and destruction.
No matter what you do, your final fate is difficult to change.
Driven by chaos, this is the inevitable fate that no civilization can escape.
As the heirs of the ancient saints, the same is true for the elves.
So terrible was their fall that its reverberations created the Eye of Terror, tearing open the veil between reality and the Warp, leaving a wound that will never heal.
As time passed, humans rose up in the galaxy and took the stage.
This civilization was advancing its technology at a rate never before seen by the Dark Watch.
Various mysterious technologies represent that they have reached the pinnacle of the laws of physics.
The path to ascension is just around the corner.
Unfortunately, their fates were no different.
It rises quickly and falls quickly.
Iron Heresy, Warp Storm.
Humanity’s first interstellar civilization was destroyed.
Soon, the Emperor rose again on Terra, intending to establish a second stellar civilization in an attempt to reverse humanity's inevitable extinction.
To accomplish this plan, the Emperor created twenty Primarchs.
The First Primarch Lion was exiled to Caliban.
At that time, Caliban was a dead world, its surface covered by dense forests.
There are all kinds of deadly and terrifying plants in the forest, as well as terrifying beasts.
These behemoths are no ordinary beasts, twisted and deadly from the taint of the Warp.
And these warp pollutions are the influence of Ouroboros, one of the three artifacts of destiny deep in the core of the planet.
The rise and fall of humanity has caught the attention of the Dark Watchers.
They had never seen a race rise so quickly.
It took only more than 10,000 years from the beginning of civilization to ascending into the starry sky and controlling the Milky Way.
Far beyond any race they had ever observed.
They realized that humans might be the sword against chaos.
When the Primarch descended upon Caliban, the Dark Watchers watched over the young Primarch.
And prepare to start your official battle against Chaos.
After Horus's Heresy, they guided Llane to find the artifact containing the power of Ouroboros to help him through the Ruinstorm.
However, Ryan's over-reliance on it led to the tragedy that followed.
In the duel with Luther, Ryan awakened the subspace form and successfully defeated Luther.
However, his awakening also stimulated the artifact of destiny, and the power of the Ouroboros formed a trinity.
The past, present and future are directly connected, forming a time tunnel.
Ryan was sucked in and sent into the time tunnel.
He only left a lion helmet and a lion sword to his descendants, and then disappeared.
After the destruction of Caliban, the Dark Watchers entered the Stone Fortress and officially guided the Dark Angels to fight against Chaos.
In the early stage of the Great Rift, under the guidance of the Dark Watcher, Lord Cypher, the Fallen Angels and the Dark Angels once again gathered the three great artifacts, completed the closed loop, and rescued Ryan from the time tunnel.
But time travel has serious consequences, and no one can bear such consequences.
The universe will correct itself.
Although Ryan was rescued, he could only rely on the time force field to save his life and fell into a coma inside it.
Guilliman stood there, listening to the Dark Destroyer recounting past history.
There is no doubt that this history is horrifying.
It deals with the various struggles in the early days of the universe and the nature of chaos.
Chaos drives the birth and evolution of all things, and also drives the destruction of all things. It is a very complex existence.
From the perspective of racial civilization, many creatures have to fight against it in order to prevent the race from going extinct.
And the answer to the mystery of Ryan's disappearance for ten thousand years.
The Dark Watcher also revealed a message that many demons were once intelligent races, but after becoming despair, they turned to the arms of chaos and became demons.
They feel that chaos will ultimately triumph.
Any resistance and effort is futile.
So he chose to join Chaos, which is the so-called ascending to demon.
Many human traitors will also embark on the path of ascension and embrace chaos.
After the Dark Watcher finished his story, Guilliman was silent for a long time.
Such a huge amount of information forced him to sort out the clues.
Well, it's really hard to imagine.
Humanity's battle against the Warp is not as simple as a battle between humanity and the Four Gods.
When the four gods perish, new four gods will emerge.
As the saying goes, if you defeat one of the Four Gods, thousands of them will stand up.
The evil empire will inevitably fall into the vast war of the demons in the warp.
Thinking of this, Guilliman suddenly felt a pain in his balls.
According to the theory that he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, chaos is correct.
After all, so many races have joined Chaos.
"After all this, I am the ultimate villain?" Guilliman complained in his heart. Chaos is what the people want.
Several Dark Watchers recounted the history, allowing Guilliman to clearly realize how terrifying the enemy he was facing was.
After telling that ancient history, the watcher remained silent and did not speak any more.
They stood there quietly, as if time didn't matter to them.
"Can we win?" Guilliman looked at several Dark Watchers and asked.
He really wanted to add that if he couldn't win, could he ask if there was any better way to join Chaos? Do you need anyone to recommend
Do you care about the ways of the world
"There is little hope," said the Dark Watcher.
"Do you know the way to other universes?" asked Guilliman.
Well, we can’t win. So many civilizations that have mastered the laws of nature, mathematical laws, and can control and modify the laws of physics have been killed.
The Empire of Man is shit.
Run away with the empire.
As the saying goes, things change over time. Don’t bully people because they are poor.
It's just a strategic retreat now, and we will definitely fight back if we have the chance in the future.
The empire's rise was temporarily interrupted.
The road to the Wandering Empire begins.
If you can't defeat Chaos, wouldn't it be happier to go to other universes and bully those minions
It would be better to have a universe with low magic and low martial arts so that I can do whatever I want.
It seemed that he saw through Guilliman's little thoughts.
The Dark Watcher was silent for a moment before speaking.
"The last large-scale road that leads to other universes is located in the Eternal Battlefield deep in the Warp. The Four Gods have been fighting for it. Whoever controls that road will control the power of Chaos. There are a few other small paths leading to other universes, but the scale of traffic is very small, and only a few hundred people can pass through at most."
Guilliman: ... ... ... ..
Well, the Four Gods have cut off our retreat, there’s no escape.
As the Regent of the Empire, Guilliman still has his integrity and will not abandon the Empire and run away.
Of course, if the emperor insisted on killing him, he would run away quickly.
As a person, you must have a flexible bottom line and not be too rigid.
Saving yourself is the most important thing, followed by saving others.
"Then why did you reveal this secret to me?" Guilliman looked at several Dark Watchers.
"We need to form a formal alliance with humans to fight against Chaos." The Dark Watcher rarely raised his head.
It was dark inside the white robe, and the only thing that could be seen was a pair of scarlet eyes.
Guilliman frowned. "Alliance?"
"Yes, after the Great Rift appeared, Chaos eroded the real universe at an unprecedented speed, and a large number of physical laws were distorted and changed. If it cannot be repelled in time, it is very likely to bring about a terrible crisis and may reshape the real universe. This universe will also fall completely and become a paradise and battlefield for the gods."
"You are the regent of the human empire and hold the power of the entire race. Only by cooperating with you can we fight against Chaos."
"What should I do then?" Guilliman asked.
“Go to Terra and find a way to revive and bring back your brother. You are a special being, a mixture of the warp and reality. You can hold power over two worlds at the same time, which is a huge advantage.” The Dark Watcher said, “Lian is sleeping here. We can find a way to help him avoid being harmed by time, but we don’t have any means to wake him up. Perhaps your Lord of Mankind, the Emperor, has a way to wake him up.”
"If I ally with you, what kind of help will you provide me?" said Guilliman.
"We have a wealth of experience, as well as some ancient technologies that are not contaminated by Chaos." said the Dark Watcher.
"It sounds like a good alliance indeed." Guilliman smiled.
As for technology, Guilliman has a database, and to be honest, if he completes the task step by step, he can also get a lot of technical support.
The rich experience of fighting against Chaos and the Dark Watcher was what he urgently needed.
Chaos is too powerful, and alliances are inevitable.
The two sides talked for a long time, and the Dark Watcher promised to assist the Human Empire in creating a batch of weapons that could fight against demons.
Guilliman promised to provide them with the necessary resources to assist them in awakening some of the ancient members.
After the alliance was formed, the Dark Watcher sent Guilliman away.
The wall was liquefied under their special means, and a road leading to the outside world appeared.
Guilliman stepped out.
Karga had been waiting outside for a long time, pacing back and forth with an anxious look on his face.
As soon as Guilliman walked into the inner passage, the original entrance to the passage turned into a wall, which made Calgar very uneasy.
If anything happens to the original body, it will be too late to rescue.
Fortunately, nothing happened.
Guilliman stepped out.
"Sir." Karga stepped forward and saluted.
Guilliman didn't say much, just nodded.
It was obvious that he didn't want to say anything more about the covenant with the Dark Watcher.
Karga and others did not ask any further questions.
The Imperial Regent has his own considerations, and they just need to obey.
After expelling the Ouroboros and quelling this demonic disaster, the rest of the matter is basically settled.
However, before everyone could be happy for a while, they received some not-so-good news.
That's Luther running away.
Luther, the greatest stain on the Dark Angels Chapter, who was bewitched by Chaos and willing to kill his own genetic father, escaped from the prison where he was imprisoned.
When many dark angels heard the news, their faces changed immediately.
At Guilliman's request, Ezekiel led him into the room where Luther had been imprisoned.
The cell was empty.
The chains, etched with ritual runes and prayers, had been broken and lay scattered across the uneven stone floor.
Guilliman examined it for a moment, smelling the sickening odor of Warp daemons in the air.
The icy coldness of the lifeless shrouded the room.
The lingering demonic aura naturally makes ordinary people feel a sense of fear.
Guilliman stood in the cell, looked around, and finally set his eyes on the door.
The twisted, damaged, and dark door looked as if it had been subjected to a violent explosion and scorched by high temperatures. There used to be more than a hundred protective measures at the entrance, but now they had all been wiped out by various evil methods.
The Chapter Chaplains have made several improvements to the cell, but the stench of demons still lingers here.
Apparently, the changeling who interfered with the Stone Fortress and tried to instigate civil war within the Empire, gave the Empire a gift package before leaving.
Next time I see this guy, I won’t feel satisfied unless I chop him a few more times.
Ezekiel stood carefully behind Guilliman.
Luther and the Fallen Angels are a stain that the Dark Angels Chapter has been trying to erase.
He was somewhat worried that the Imperial Regent would develop a dislike for the Dark Angels after learning about this.
"You are responsible for hunting down the prisoners here, but there is one thing I need to remind you of."
Guilliman finished checking the cell and looked at Ezekiel. "If you have any news, please inform me. I have some questions to ask. Do not have any thoughts of acting on your own. Arrest Luther and hand him over to me."
"Lord Regent, please hand this prisoner over to the Dark Angels for disposal." Ezekiel said, "He concerns the honor of the chapter. The Fallen Angels are a stain that the Dark Angels absolutely cannot tolerate. They know too many secrets."
"Honor? Secret?" Guilliman smiled. "Are you sure you want to deal with Luther yourself?"
"Yes, Regent," said Ezekiel.
"As you wish, as long as you think keeping the secret is more important than the resurrection of your Gene-Father?" Guilliman's tone was dramatic.
His words made Ezekiel freeze in place.
"Regent, are you saying that you have a way to revive the lion?" Ezekiel asked with a hint of urgency.
"I have to go to Terra to be sure, but Luther was the last person to fight the Lion, and he must know the damage he has done to the Lion. Only by knowing the wound can the Lion be awakened." Guilliman said.
"Is it really possible?" Ezekiel asked nervously.
With the exception of the Blood Angels, each of the original Iron Hands Chapters has an important mission, which is to find the Chapter's genetic father.
The Space Wolves would periodically launch a crusade into the galaxy.
The purpose is to find the missing Ruth.
Those black uncles of the Salamanders were digging everywhere for the artifacts left by Vulkan, preparing to gather all the artifacts to summon the dragon and find Vulkan.
The White Scars Chapter would dig up the graves of the Eldar whenever they had nothing to do, just to search for Jagatai who was lost deep in the Webway.
Each chapter is fanatically obsessed with finding its own genetic father.
Guilliman said that Luther's matter was related to Lion's return.
Ezekiel, who had remained calm and composed in the face of the waves of demons, began to stutter.
"Nothing is certain." Guilliman said, "But I will do my best to confirm the status of those brothers. If they have fallen asleep, I will wake them up. If they are lost, I will guide them back. For Lion, I will naturally do my best, but if you don't cooperate, it will be difficult for me."
Both the Auxiliary Elves and the Dark Watchers wanted him to go to Terra, apparently, so that he could meet the Emperor.
Now, powerful forces such as the Colossus of Nemesis, the new fleet, and the Primaris Space Marines have also come out.
With such a powerful military force, Guilliman had the confidence to face the conservatives on Terra.
Even if he faced the emperor directly, he had the capital to have a dialogue.
We are all comrades in the fight against chaos, there is no need to make things so awkward.
We can still sit down and chat calmly about cooperation.
Of course, the premise is that everyone is equal.
If the Emperor still plays the instrumentalist role, Guilliman will just turn around and leave.
Use them as tools and discard them after use.
He might as well follow his own ideas.
The Dark Watcher also revealed that he wanted Guilliman to recall those Primarchs to strengthen humanity.
With the help of their technology, maybe it can be done.
According to some gossip, Sanguinius's body was transformed into a moving sculpture aboard Horus' flagship, the Vengeful Spirit.
If they could seize the Vengeful Spirit and find Sanguinius' body, there might be a chance to revive him.
After all, the soul is not destroyed and can still show its power from time to time.
As for Ferrus, the Primarch of the Iron Hands, things are a bit troublesome since his head has been chopped off.
The headless corpse was snatched back by the warriors of the Iron Hands Legion.
The head was presented to Horus by the rebel Primarch Fulgrim. It should have been taken by the Chaos warbands in later times, and it is estimated that it has been destroyed long ago.
However, Guilliman believed that as long as the technology was in place, it would be possible to rebuild a body.
The most crucial point now is what the emperor’s attitude is.
If this guy is determined to kill me, or wants to use me as a tool.
Guilliman had to let the Emperor know what it meant to have a madman sharpening his knife at night, and the Emperor's star swaying high in Mars.
If the two sides fall out today, tomorrow the empire will welcome a retired emperor imprisoned in the palace.
The Emperor is indeed good to humanity.
But he really has no feelings for individuals.
Everyone praises Qin Shihuang's Great Wall, and everyone says he is the greatest emperor of all time.
But those who built the Great Wall didn't think so.
You have to provide your own food, work yourself to death, and even get whipped by the supervisor for no reason.
Who can stand it
Guilliman is not the idiot who brought his own food to build the Great Wall, got whipped by the overseer, and then shouted "Qin Shi Huang YYDS".
The emperor must back down and both sides must talk on an equal footing, otherwise there will be no talk.
After a conversation with Ezekiel, he used the enticement of helping Ryan return to successfully win over the Dark Angels to stand firmly on his side.
The Dark Angels Chapter has many Successor Chapters.
The parent group’s statement also represents the attitudes of those sub-groups.
At that time, we can win over the Imperial Fist.
With the Great Rift as the boundary, on this side of the Imperial Sanctuary, Guilliman will no longer have any obstacles, nor any large-scale military force that can oppose him.
Terra's side was completely sidelined.
After receiving Ezekiel's promise of loyalty, Guilliman left with satisfaction and returned to his mothership.
Azrael is still sleeping because of the upgrade he received from Primaris.
Guilliman took a look and decided not to wait after learning that it would take some time for him to wake up.
After he explained some things to Ezekiel and others.
He then took Celestine, Gray, Calgar and others as well as a large fleet away.
This voyage is very simple, which is to go to Terra to meet the Emperor.
Of course, before officially heading to Terra, he also had to make some preparations.
To be on the safe side, Guilliman planned to go to the Beta-Garmon system first and use his power to replace the defenders and managers there with his own people.
The Beta-Garmon system is located at the confluence of several stable warp routes. It is the fastest route to Terra.
Whoever controls the Beta-Garmon system can be said to have a stranglehold on Terra.
Guilliman had no confidence in the conservatives on Terra. Ordinary people could not imagine how terrible things they could do for power.
During the Beast War, in order to fight for power, many departments turned a blind eye to the plight of the empire and only thought about how to seize more power.
If it weren't for the last survivors of the Imperial Fists, the Kurds would have activated the High Wall Protocol.
The Ork Warlord - The Beast will do what Horus failed to do, and that is to capture Terra.
In addition to the chaos of the Beast Wars, the Bloody Era of the State Religion was also extremely terrifying.
Countless planets within the Imperium were accused of heresy and then simply exterminated, with the death toll being no less than that during the Horus Heresy.
What’s more, there was the most infamous Abyss Expedition, in which thirty regiments were killed.
And then there was the assassination of Makarius, the Sun Commander-in-Chief.
These things all show how severe the political struggle for power in the empire was.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Many absurd and irrational military decisions are made as a result of bureaucratic infighting.
In order to bring down political enemies and crack down on dissidents, they did not hesitate to sell out their allies and even watched the people of the empire being slaughtered by aliens and chaos.
Guilliman had no doubt that they would kill him.
You know, when the Emperor launched the War of Unification and the Great Crusade, the people the Imperial Guards had to deal with the most were assassins.
Those lunatics dared to kill even the emperor for their own power and so-called beliefs.
It is very difficult to think about the future of mankind by relying on those trash to fight against chaos.
In other words, if scheming equals combat power, the bureaucrats on Terra would have already destroyed the warp and suppressed the Four Gods.
Taking control of the Beta-Garmon system sends a message to those powerful people with ill intentions.
Guilliman will dare to attack anyone who dares to play tricks on him.
With the Beta-Garmon system under control, the entire solar system is like a piece of cake for Guilliman to control.
The expeditionary fleet departed.
A number of technical priests stayed behind, and they will assist the Dark Angels Chapter in completing the Primaris upgrade, allowing them to embark on the path of true demigods.
Taking this opportunity, Ezekiel controlled the Dark Angels to launch a purge, clearing out the traitors and cultists hiding inside the Stone Fortress.
The unrest in the Stone Fortress ended here.
The wheel of destiny is still rolling forward.
... ... ... ... ... ...
Endless darkness.
His consciousness returned from nothingness.
He had been the bringer of death, the angel of the Emperor.
Born from ancient genetic technology and knowledge.
Remodeled for a unique purpose.
A killing machine created for an empire the largest in human history.
From the Aliens to Chaos, from the Armageddon Crusade to the Great Rift, he has experienced countless battles.
Use sword and bomb to wipe out the enemies of humanity.
He is an instrument of the Emperor's will.
From a new recruit to a veteran, then to a company commander and finally to a chief mentor.
He almost went down the dark path several times because of his arrogance, but each time he was able to get back on track in time.
He has seen battle-brothers die, witnessed the betrayal of friends, and fought enemies that were cursed.
However, this time, he almost thought that he would also end up like this.
Malevolent forces invaded his frame, destroying the Emperor's gift.
He saw the men exclaiming as the scalpel cut open his wounds, exposing his internal organs.
Those people were trying to save him.
However, the viciousness of the warp is far beyond imagination.
They can corrode and destroy everything.
He fell into a deep sleep of nothingness until this moment arrived.
The sound of machinery echoed in his soul.
The progress of dark particle fusion reached 100%, and Guilliman's Heart was successfully activated.
The conditions for activating the Emperor Angels battle engine have been met and the digitized template has been activated.
Loading personal information.
Target confirmed: Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter, Azrael.
Loaded capacity: None
Connected database: No
The target is detected to be in critical condition and is trying to repair its body.
Body repair is in progress, currently at 1%
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Body repair is complete, current progress is 100%
A series of reminders kept ringing in his mind.
With these sounds, Azrael could feel his will regaining control of his body.
It seems that Karga saved him and gave him some special abilities.
Warm nutrient solution soaked his body and poured into his mouth, ears and eyes.
"It's commendable. He fits the transformation perfectly." A voice sounded.
Azriel tried to open his eyes, trying to see who was speaking.
However, a sticky substance stuck his eyelids together, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only barely open them a crack.
He found himself lying in a transparent nutrient tank with several tubes connected to his body.
In front of the nutrient tank stood two mortals in white clothes.
With years of combat experience, Azriel used his blurred vision to determine their threat.
Their height only reached his abdomen, and he could kill them easily.
Azrael noticed that both men were working on the datapads they were carrying.
They were talking to each other, but he couldn't hear clearly and could only catch fragments of words.
A mechanical humming sound was heard.
The nutrient solution he was soaking in began to decrease.
The coldness in the air covered his naked body, and his pores contracted and wrinkled.
The nutrient chamber was opened, and two mechanical slaves came over and helped Azriel to a bed that was pushed over.
"Guilliman's Heart is truly a miracle. His body has been greatly strengthened. My God, I have never seen such strengthening technology. It is flawless and stimulates cell strengthening from the root and optimizes the gene end."
One of the men in white spoke with excitement, unable to hide his excitement.
"Praise Guilliman's wisdom," said another man in white. "It is perfect."
At this time, two figures wearing power armor walked in from the door.
"Thank God you're finally awake, Azriel. You've been unconscious for so long, I thought we had lost you." A familiar voice came.
Azriel raised his head and looked at the other person.
A name popped into his mind.
“Ezekiel,” he said.
“It seems that there is no deviation in memory.” Ezekiel looked at Azriel and smiled, unable to hide his excitement.
Azrael tried to remember what had happened before.
He was attacked and then fell into a coma, and he had no idea what happened next.
"Kalgar saved you, and the Imperial Regent, the Thirteen Primarchs, saved the Stone Fortress. He repelled those demons and led us to activate the backup plan left by the Dark Watcher to prevent the revival of the ancient monster. The only pity is that Luther ran away."
Ezekiel briefly summarizes what happened during this time.
"The Imperial Regent is here? Where is he?" said Azriel.
"He has left and needs to go to Terra. He wants to sort out the chaos on Terra and get the method to let the lion return from the Emperor." Ezekiel said, "But he also put forward a condition. He needs us to send people to capture Luther and get clues about Lion from him."
"Luther, that damn traitor." There was a hint of anger in Azriel's weak tone.
"I have sent people to hunt, you don't need to worry about this." Ezekiel said, "Now our most important thing is to complete the Primaris upgrade. I was a little worried about the Primaris upgrade requested by the Imperial Regent. Such a rash change of the Emperor's gift may bring terrible consequences. But now that I see that you are sober, I have a little confidence in it."
"You have successfully fused with Guilliman's Heart. All you need to do next is fuse the other organs. It is estimated that the upgrade will be completed in three months, and you will become even more powerful."
After giving a detailed introduction to the situation, Ezekiel asked the robot servant to push Azriel on the wheeled bed to the next operating room.
The Grand Master will complete the Primaris upgrade and be reborn.
Azriel did not refuse and let the mechanical servants manipulate him. He knew very well that the most important thing now was to cooperate and gain stronger power as soon as possible.
The implanted Heart of Guilliman gave him a glimpse of another path.
If successful, fighting Luther would become an extremely easy task.
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With Guilliman's awakening, changes to the Empire are occurring in every aspect.
The Empire's control over the various worlds has increased, its military strength has also improved, and science and rationality have gradually returned.
These changes are hope and the future for many people.
For many Terra bureaucrats, it is undoubtedly a fatal noose.
Word spread quickly that Guilliman had left the Stone and was coming to Terra.
It quickly caused panic among the crowd.
Some Imperial newspapers, resentful of the Primarch's reform measures, even published a very radical report.
The shameless traitors will desecrate Terra, which is the loss of the Empire.