Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 155 The Cold Sun
The Word Bearers Hermit refused his Primarch's offer of luxurious lodgings, instead urging the Ultramarines to provide him with a heavily guarded cell deep underground.

It was a secret prison located in the city of Macragge, which was prepared for noble archons who failed in political struggles in the past.

After Guilliman became the Lord of Macragge, this prison was transformed to hold some important and valuable special prisoners.

The walls of this prison are deeply embedded in the natural rock, more than a hundred meters from the ground. They are reinforced with alloys such as ceramic steel and plastic steel. High voltage current flows between the walls, and the cage made of the ashes of the Untouchables is a nightmare for psychics.

Its active alarm system will send a safety signal to the guards stationed nearby every 20 seconds. Once the signal stops sending, the guards will immediately join forces with the garrison forces in Macragge to surround the prison.

When Luo Xi arrived here, he was surprised to find that outside the special prison, Ventanus, wearing a full set of Star I power armor, stood like a sculpture.

He stared intently at the hermit who was imprisoned in the cell and bound by anti-psychic chains.

The captain who came all the way from Causse nodded to Luo Xi without saying a word.

Luo Xi looked inside and saw the hermit sitting on a metal chair in a strange posture in the electrified cage.

He was still not wearing armor, just the gun-gray cloak.

There was a pitch-black chain around his neck, hand joints and ankles. The chains were connected to the cell's fine gold anchor bolts and were almost impossible to break by brute force.

"This is my request. I need to atone for my mistakes. This little bit of physical pain may be able to alleviate my sins."

The hermit's voice sounded from within the room, and he opened his eyes.

"Here you are, the unpredictable one."

He called Luo Xi like this, as if he had already anticipated Luo Xi's coming.

Luo Xi came to the edge of the prison. If he went any further, he would run into the invisible stance generator, and his flesh and blood would be torn to pieces by the stance.

"Do I have the right to know about your conversation?" Ventanus' voice sounded from behind.

If Roche indicated that the following conversation could not be known to outsiders, the Ultramarines Captain would retreat outside the cell and lock the door to prevent any third person from knowing.

"Of course, Ventanus, Guilliman and I have discussed that we need a dedicated counter-infiltration department to deal with potential spies and agents, especially those targeting the Alpha Legion."

"We think you are the best candidate. Having experienced the destruction of Calth and the underground war, you have enough sensitivity and wisdom to be competent for this responsibility. Be prepared. You will soon take over the intelligence work within the Legion."

Roche conveyed the Primarch's wishes to Ventanus that this captain, who had made great military achievements but remained humble and cautious, would be transferred to another position to continue to shine.

Ventanus's devotion and sacrifice have never gone unnoticed, he has fought alongside his Primarch, and will continue to fight for his will in the dark.

Ventanus nodded slightly, indicating that he accepted the appointment of the Father of Genes.

"As for Calth, don't worry. There is already a weather control device on Mustafar ready to be transported to Calth. That machine will create a thick enough barrier in Calth's atmosphere. Combined with the geomagnetic field generator, Calth will once again be suitable for human survival."

The star in the Vridian Galaxy where Calth is located has gradually deteriorated and lost control due to the destruction of the Word Bearers, and the sun is gradually transforming into a supernova.

But that will be a relatively long process, and before that, Cowes may have completed its reconstruction.

If one day in the future that star completes its transformation and the entire star system is no longer suitable for survival, then using a planetary engine to push Calth away from the Viridian Galaxy will be the last option.

"Calth is a symbol. It signifies the Ultramarines' official involvement in the Heresy. It marks a beginning, the beginning of unyielding resistance. Humanity will never succumb to Chaos' oppression, even if it means the death of all," Roche said. "Calth is also a monument. Countless brave and fearless humans have sacrificed their lives here, their wills fused into Calth. The Spirit of Calth is the indomitable spirit of resistance that never gives up. Therefore, we will rebuild Calth and restore this planet to life."

Deep inside the prison, the chained hermit spoke.

"He is right. Calth already has its own projection in the Warp. I have seen it with my own eyes."

Roche and Ventanus turned to look at the hermit who suddenly spoke.

His voice was trembling, as if he was suffering from torture all the time.

The Hermit is a Word Bearer with psychic gifts, and being in this place filled with the ashes of the Untouchables is exactly like a normal person being in concentrated sulfuric acid and lava.

Even this kind of torture has no end at all. The soulless stance here is not strong enough to kill the hermit, and this will be a long confrontation process.

"When I was fighting you underground in Calth, I used psychic powers and rituals to observe the situation in the warp. It was a wonderful experience, like looking at the world through a mirror in a lake."

The hermit paused, as if searching for the right words to describe this feeling.

"I saw the victims and sacrifices on Calth. Their souls were not devoured by the demons of the warp, but were led by a golden holy light."

"Skeleton warriors wreathed in flames emerged from the Warp. They resembled Space Marines, but were not Space Marines. They took in those who had died heroically at the Battle of Calth."

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that when they were fighting bravely on the planet Calth, a war broke out in the mysterious subspace.

The hermit's expression became fanatical, and he murmured: "I saw a sun in the sea of ​​souls, a cold sun that releases infinite power."

"That cold sun was deep in the sea of ​​souls. It only projected a glimmer of light, a hint of power, and I knew it was the power of the God-Emperor. Only then did I realize how wrong we were and how stupid we were."

"Why should we abandon the God-Emperor and believe in the ugly and hateful evil will of the Warp?"

"The cold sun in the warp..." Luo Xi tried to remove the embellishments in the words of the Word Bearers fanatic in front of him, and then he caught a key word.

He knew that the Lord of Humanity was an extremely powerful psychic, whose power was difficult to describe in words, and whose power could almost be described as divine.

But if a person's power is really comparable to, or even surpasses, that of a god, then what is the difference between him and a god?
"Then what do you want to say about me?" Luo Xi thought for a moment and decided to put aside the discussion about whether the Emperor is a God.

"Of course, you are an unpredictable person. You do not exist in the predicted future." Whenever the hermit did not mention the God-Emperor in his heart, he was still a calm and gentle person. His voice had a faint magnetism, like those devout preachers in ancient Terra.

Back in Calth, Roche had heard the term from the Word Bearers commander who had sacrificed himself to summon a demon.

Unpredictable people.

If understood literally, then I am the kind of existence that jumps out of the timeline and cannot be detected by conventional predictive abilities.

Luo Xi didn't know how many unpredictable people like him there were, whether he was the only one or there were many like him.

“But at least what is certain is that what I did and the changes I brought about affected the original timeline.

From Isstvan to Calth, to Macragge, and finally to Terra, my influence will grow like the butterfly that caused the storm. "

(End of this chapter)