Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 635: The Truth of the Mechanicus
"I'm sorry, I couldn't kill him just now."

Cole turned to face the quadrant.

"You have to understand one thing. What we need to do is not to destroy Kel Bohar, but to destroy his forces, every one of his followers, and his thoughts."

"Mars must be handed over to you peacefully and stably."

Hearing this, Quadrant turned and looked down at Mount Olympus.

The pilgrims are heading towards the city of Olympus, and among them are some high-ranking Martian officials.

However, Quadrant knew clearly that these high-level officials were not interested in his religious theories at all, they just came for the same purpose.

Those who are really interested in theory are the laborers and soldiers.

But they are a weak force. On Mars, where individuals possess powerful military force and advanced technology, the influence of these ordinary people on Mars is almost zero.

"I will never become a casting general like Kel Bohar." Quadrant looked at Cole, "I want to make some changes."

Cole nodded immediately: "As long as you become a casting general, you can do whatever you want."

Quadrant originally wanted to say that Casting Generals does not have that much appeal.

Kelborhar is the Forge General. With his skills and qualifications, he united most people under the noses of Malcador and the Emperor, and then forced the Empire to recognize him as the Forge General.

But it was no use, now the Empire had decided to take down Kelbor, and Mars was filled with people who opposed him.

Quadrant still didn't say these words.

He had some tentative ideas about what he might do in preaching.

"What are you worried about that you can't do?" Cole put his right hand on Quadrant's shoulder. "My friend, the Guide just coaxed you out of your worries like a child. You feel that becoming a Forging General does not mean becoming Kel Bohar. You can make a series of decisions that are wise for a novice, so don't worry, you will definitely be a very capable person in the future."

Cole's attitude suddenly changed from that of a biological robot to that of a brother, which made Quadrant a little uncomfortable.

"I'm not worried about these things. What I'm really worried about is..." Quadrant hesitated to speak.

"Religion." Cole said with certainty and slowly moved his hand away.

Quadrant noticed that Cole's expression and attitude had changed, becoming cold, majestic, and resolute.

The shield captain looked at a fellow Custodian. "Where is the guide? Is he creating a rainstorm nearby or is he really meeting with the agent?"

The imperial guard lowered his head, as if he had contacted someone, and then nodded.

Only then could Cole feel at ease to do something about the object.

The captain of the Imperial Guards' shield guards stretched his hand behind his waist, and when he stretched it out again, there was an extra chip in the center of his palm.

Quadrant was confused and stared at the chip that was hit by the heavy rain. Then he subconsciously reached out, picked up the chip and inserted it into the brain-computer interface.

"This is what the Lord has prepared for you."

Cole said as the quadrant's vision gradually blurred.

……

Mars Ancient.

The Emperor arrived on Mars in a flying vehicle.

After getting off the aircraft, he lowered his head to look at the red robe he was wearing, making sure there was nothing wrong with his appearance, and then quietly entered the Martian city.

This trip is not to take anything from Mars, but just to live on Mars, to live like a member of the Mechanicus.

Relying on his intelligence and the accumulation of a long period of time, the Emperor quickly stood out with science and technology and became a highly respected person on Mars.

When asked the Emperor's name, he replied: "Moravec."

The warp storm had not yet dissipated at that time.

But relying on the spirit of sacrifice brought by their religious beliefs, the Martians dared to drive their ships through the subspace storm to search for technology in lost human colonies outside the solar system when other human colonies were still trapped in a galaxy.

Of course, there are only a very small number of people who really use their subspace engines to dive into the storm with a one thousandth chance of survival. Most people still use material superluminal engines to leave Mars.

However, this type of superluminal engine can only exceed the speed of light by more than ten times at most, and because the voyage time is too long, there is definitely no return.

One after another, exploration ships detached from the Mars Global Dock, carrying the sacrificial-spirited Mechanicus personnel, and headed towards the depths of the galaxy.

This is why the Adeptus Mechanicus has so many Forge Worlds in the galaxy, and why they are so scattered... because the ancestors of each Forge World are those who came out of Mars, but because they have not been able to contact Mars for a long time, their identification with Mars has become extremely low.

Although the descendants of those brave warriors who left still believe in the Mechanicus, they will develop various different religious theories.

Moravec, disguised as the Emperor, also volunteered to leave Mars with a ship during this Age of Exploration.

Unlike others, the Emperor carries a great mission.

The environment on Mars is extremely harsh. During a sectarian civil war, ancient life-support devices and machines for synthesizing food were destroyed. Mars had to send people to search for the birthplaces of these two technologies in ancient legends, and in order to go there and back, they had to use subspace engines.

The Emperor led the fleet through the Warp and returned safely, bringing with them two technologies that Mars desperately needed.

Therefore, the Emperor, no, Moravec, is regarded as the greatest man who ever lived.

After gaining prestige and voice, the Emperor began to build himself into a religious saint.

As he was about to disappear and return to Terra, the Emperor made a prophecy in a sermon, predicting that in a few years Om Messiah, the Prophet of Pandora's Creed would descend on Mount Olympus.

This prophecy did not cause much stir at the time. The Emperor's greatest influence on the Mechanicus was the theory of the unity of man and machine.

Everything that happened over the long hundreds of years, that is, the entire life of Moravec, played by the Emperor, passed by quickly in the eyes of the Quadrant like a revolving lantern.

……

Time flies and it is thousands of years later than the Moravec era.

The Emperor has descended upon Mars once more.

As soon as he appeared, many people recognized him as the boss of the barbaric tribes such as the Dragon Kingdoms and the Eagle Kingdoms on Terra. To put it bluntly, he was just a technological chief.

But because of Moravec's prophecy, some people were still willing to listen to the Emperor. A miraculous rain fell from the sky.

The golden giant bathed in the heavy rain, and with a slight raise of his hand, he restored a broken Titan to its original state.

Some people immediately believed that the Emperor was the prophet predicted by Moravec and bowed down in worship.

But there are also some people who sneer at the emperor.

For example, Kyle Bohar.

In these images that were like a kaleidoscope of moving pictures, the Quadrant saw the young Kelbohar, the future Forging General, dressed in tattered clothes that reeked of oil and sweat. He stood in a corner, gazing at the Emperor with hatred.

However, no one took Kelbo seriously.

After that, the Emperor demanded an alliance with the Mechanicus and signed the Olympus Accords on Mount Olympus, which stipulated that the Empire recognized the independence of the Mechanicus, and the Mechanicus would provide assistance to its allies with productivity and science and technology. If the cooperation was confirmed, the Mechanicus would no longer need to believe in the Imperial Truth like the Empire did, they could still believe in the God of Machines.

Quadrant recalled what Kelber had said to him earlier.

One thing is true, Mars really became cruel after the coming of the Emperor.

To be honest, it turns out that this is not a paradise on earth, but an industrial hell where technocrats rule everything.

But at that time, technicians like Kelbohar could still go to Mount Olympus to join in the fun with the big shots. But when the empire's war production tasks began to be issued, technicians like him had to squat at their workstations and screw in screws all day except for eating, sleeping, and so on.

……

The revolving scene has not disappeared yet.

Quadrant then saw the Emperor's every moment in his life involving the Adeptus Mechanicus.

"Ah! Science and technology, how wonderful. When I defeat the Void Dragon, I will seal the fragment on Ares. Then I will build an ideal city of technology on Ares, a supreme temple of science and rationality." The Emperor looked up at Mars.

In ancient times, Mars was called Ares.

A woman stood beside the emperor, looking at him with a smile: "Science and technology have only just enabled us to build a city like Rome, and you're already thinking about the ideal city of technology?"

The scene changes.

The Emperor returned from Mars, wearing a set of knight armor, facing the serfs in the fields, and shouted: "I have defeated the flying dragon. From now on, it will never harass us again!"

The screen changed again.

The Emperor stood in front of a window formed by energy waves, looking at the magnificent interstellar city outside in the void. His face was grim and his voice was cold: "We now regard it as the core of reason and technology, but I know that it is not in the cradle of mankind. We must establish a force on Mars to preserve technology."

Every time the picture jumps, the timeline flows backwards.

As time passed, the emperor became more and more cruel and lonely.

He has experienced so much, every personality has appeared in him and disappeared from him.

……

After the chip is read, it automatically pops out of the Quadrant BCI.

The emotions that were suppressed by the pre-loaded program in the chip began to be transmitted, and the quadrant was no longer as emotionless as when browsing the contents of the chip.

Quadrant fell to the ground and subconsciously threw the ejected chip away.

A guard walked over and picked up the chip, then looked at Cole worriedly.

Cole had no expression on his face, and just called softly: "Quadrant...you..."

Quadrant was unable to answer, but just twitched violently, his limbs and arms tightly hugging his chest, his upper and lower body almost stuck together due to curling up.

He was close to collapse, but rationality helped him think about something as a large amount of calming chemicals were secreted.

Now he knows a lot.

For example, why did Cole ask his colleagues in the Imperial Guard to find out whether Qin Xia was around or somewhere else... If Qin Xia knew what Cole would do, he would immediately teleport out and give Cole a double kick to prevent the truth he provided from causing the quadrant to collapse.

For example, the matter of the Mechanicus.

Kyle Bohar is right.

The Mechanicus, Moravec, the Messiah Prophet of Ohm... they are all lies.

The Emperor foresaw the ravages of the Warp storm and needed a place to store science and technology and provide productivity, so an idea he had many years ago was used.

The Emperor is not a prophet, and there can be no such thing as a prophet.

The Trinity theory all originated from a sudden inspiration of a Terran primitive man when he was looking up at the stars.

"Why!"

Cole heard the sound of the quadrant increase a hundredfold.

"Why would he give me this information? Why would he reveal these truths!"

Cole did not answer and waited silently.

Cole didn't answer until the quadrant gradually returned to normal, just lying on the ground instead of collapsing.

"Because Mars is a lie that must be created to get humans out of trouble."

"Now, in order for humanity to take the final step out of this predicament, the lie needs to be exposed."

Cole took a deep breath, squatted down, and stretched out his arms.

"You will be the only one who knows these truths."

"You will be the last forged general."

"When you reach the end of your life in thousands or tens of thousands of years, please take these lies and truths and the entire Mechanicus with you... and return to dust."

(End of this chapter)