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

Chapter 362: The Savior Emperor
"Am I okay?"

Neos didn't expect that this would be the first question his old friend asked after meeting him.

He looked at his body, whose spiritual power was being continuously drained by the Golden Throne. His flesh and blood were shriveled and rigid, and he could vaguely see the jagged and protruding bones with the naked eye.

For a normal person, when the body becomes like this, it is definitely death.

The one thousand psychics brought by the black ship of the Sisters of Silence would be burned to ashes in an instant after coming into contact with the power of the Golden Throne, and even their souls would be completely destroyed.

"I am the Emperor," Neos said.

"At least it's not bad."

Luo Xi didn't know whether what this old friend said was true or not. Maybe for the Emperor, the current appearance was not that bad.

Seeing that Luo Xi did not ask any questions for a long time, the emperor began to talk about the past.

"I know you have a lot of questions, I will tell you everything I can."

Neos spoke, and Luo Xi vaguely felt that this old friend had undergone some changes that he could not imagine.

When he called himself Neos, the one who dominated his consciousness was the lonely scholar he knew in the past, his old friend and classmate, the mortal with flesh and blood.

And when he called himself the emperor, what dominated his consciousness was a savior without blood or tears, infinitely strong and powerful, a transcendent existence whose absolute divinity was greater than humanity.

He didn't know if this was a form of schizophrenia, or perhaps using such an adjective to describe the Emperor was a great insult, so he just kept the idea in his heart.

"Let's start from the beginning, and tell how our golden age came to an end."

The Emperor said, using incredible means to flash past scenes in Roche's mind, reproducing everything as if it were a film sped up a million times.

"Since the invention of the subspace engine in the 15th millennium, we humans have truly broken away from the limitations of the cradle of Earth and headed for the sea of ​​stars, and gradually created a huge interstellar alliance."

"We invented the Stone Men. These durable biochemically modified humans can withstand the baptism of long years like natural rocks. When our colonists fall into hibernation, the Stone Men will control the ships and use the subspace navigation to find suitable planets, and then thaw the humans after arriving at the destination."

"The Stonemen relied on the wisdom given by humans and the creativity generated by self-learning. They then created the Ironmen. From the perspective of scientific research and creativity, the Stonemen with their long lifespans are undoubtedly more advantageous than humans who are restricted by death."

Luo Xi nodded. There was nothing wrong with what Neos said. Compared with the human technology tree that had developed to an incredible level, the lifespan of the human race was really too short.

Life is so short that many scholars cannot reach the forefront of science and technology in their entire lives, let alone go further and make new contributions.

He still remembered the great scientists of the first millennium of mankind, Newton, who discovered classical mechanics, and Einstein, who discovered the mass-energy reaction equation.

They were undoubtedly the most brilliant scientists of that era. If their lifespans could be infinitely extended and they could ignore the effects of disease and aging, how much more achievements could they make?

"The stone man who kept learning and updating invented the iron man. With the help of his most capable partner, humans defeated the green-skinned orcs of that period and many incomprehensible alien races. Even the Eldar, the overlord of the universe at that time, were unwilling to waste their time enjoying themselves and fight to the death with humans."

Luo Xi nodded. Everything the Emperor said was known to him. This was indeed the golden age of mankind. The entire civilization was developing at an incredible speed and momentum, and everything was thriving.

"But the development of things always has twists and turns. I think the Chief has told you something similar." Neos said, referring to the time when the Chief recruited Luo Xi to be the executor of the plan to reinforce the future.

"As humankind's technological prowess continues to grow, arrogance is spreading among us. More and more people are looking down on everything and facing this universe, which has never been peaceful, with contempt and arrogance."

"There are even more and more scientists, innovators, and ambitious people who have absorbed a large amount of alien technology. They have unscrupulously inserted and modified the alien genome into the human gene pool, polluting the pure human genes."

At this point, Roshi clearly sensed the powerful malice emanating from the Emperor, and he loathed this act. The past flashed back before Roshi's eyes. It wasn't just the blasphemous actions of one or two mad scientists; modifying the human genome had become a craze, and the entire human society was caught up in this frenzy and blindness.

Human beings have made a series of changes to their bodies and minds at will, and more and more people believe that they have reached the level of God and can control the world by their own will.

The more power they gain, the more humanity they will naturally lose. They think of themselves as gods, not ordinary people.

This is the beginning of degeneration, precious humanity is thrown away like garbage.

Ethics and morality are seen as barriers to technological progress. More and more crazy humans have abandoned these useless things and are fully committed to realizing their crazy ambitions in their dreams.

That's why the chief is so worried. He wants to rely on his own strength and the strength of other companions to reverse this trend.

"The Chief and his companions failed." Neos said. He had witnessed the efforts of those wise men. Some of them sacrificed their lives, some were thrown into prison, and some disappeared.

The crowd caught in fanaticism and madness would not listen to any advice at all. They just thought that the Chief and his group were hindering their progress and transcendence.

"Until the end of the Golden Age, the Pan-Stellar Human Alliance we built was actually dead in name only. The ones who controlled the power and strength were the giant monopoly companies, ambitious mad scientists, and technological warlords who controlled the military power."

The brilliant technology of the Golden Age has almost infinitely magnified the gap between people. A person who has mastered the complete STC can completely create an ambitious country of his own by himself.

Iron men can mine resources instead of human labor, cutting-edge technology makes the conversion of matter commonplace, stone men can use their scientific research capabilities to carry out technological innovation, and iron men will 100% execute the decisions of the upper level. Ordinary humans are not even needed in these links.

Faced with those ambitious people who control intelligent machines, all means of production, and absolutely superior military force, it is no surprise that the Human Alliance was sidelined.

"This process of degeneration lasted for thousands of years. In the end, the struggle between the two sides was won by the conspirators lurking behind the scenes. They had no bottom line, so they had the upper hand in every aspect. They dragged humanity into endless degeneration."

The Human Alliance was born from this race's beautiful fantasy of the sea of ​​stars, but after truly controlling the sea of ​​stars, the unbreakable alliance was torn apart from within by humans themselves.

"Is it those beings who call themselves the Golden Men? Is it their ambition that ended the Golden Age?"

Luo Xi thought of those guys who came from the human race but thought they were above humans.

They used advanced technology and knowledge to transform themselves from the inside out, and both their body and soul are infinitely moving towards perfection.

"The Golden Man is one of them, but not all," said Neos.

"They come from the human race, but they betray the future and hope of the human race, attempting to complete the ascension of a few people at the expense of humanity."

Although it was just a few simple statements, Luo Xi smelled a strong scent like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

It was bound to be a long and brutal struggle. The selfish and ambitious people sold out the future of the ethnic group without any bottom line, and a terrible war broke out with some conservatives.

"So, in that critical moment, it was you who stepped forward and became the savior?" Luo Xi asked.

"That's not the case. In fact... Kadul is the savior." Neos on the throne gave an answer that Roxi could not imagine.

"At the time, I still thought it was just a conflict among humans. I didn't want to interfere with the choice of humans. It was Kadul who organized the resistance army to fight against the Jinren Tech Community in various parts of the galaxy."

What? Does this mean... that the one holding the seal is the savior?

Luo Xi was stunned for a moment. The Emperor's words undoubtedly changed his cognition. Who could have known that the Prime Minister Malcador, who had always been hidden beside the Emperor, working diligently, willingly and uncomplainingly to share the pressure, would be the savior of mankind in the dark technological age.

(End of this chapter)