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

Chapter 537: Internal strife in the Gene Cult (Request for subscription)

As Roche and the Primarchs were busy dealing with the incurable Warp curse on Leman Russ as soon as they returned to Terra, the news that Cawl and Sharokin had returned to Ganymede was not known to Roche until a full month later.

Fortunately, it is not too late to know now. During this period, Caul brought Sharokin and other genetic witches from the Selina Gene Sect who followed him from the moon.

Kaur and others were waiting for the meeting in Roshi's private laboratory area.

"Just stay calm, for the sake of your sons, and don't make any noise!"

"Those moon people are very important, and their attitude towards Terra has always been ambiguous. We have to find a way to win them over."

Roche specifically reminded Leman Russ, and the great Primarch followed him like a follower and would not leave even if he ordered him to leave.

He was holding back his energy and was determined to get an answer from Luo Xi, the answer to saving his dying legion.

"I promise the All-Father that I will not interfere with you." Russ made the most binding promise to himself. The King of Fenris would never joke with the Emperor. This was one of the few things that this group of free and undisciplined guys could be sure of.

Sage Akan Rand also attended the meeting. The electronic monkey on his shoulder was jumping around and chirping, obviously feeling his master's excitement.

"I will spend the rest of my life working on only one thing - completing and improving Om Messiah's creation, the Space Marine Enhancement Program!"

"History will remember my name, remembering me as Akan Rand, who completed the unfinished work of Om Messiah."

Rand felt the long-lost blood surging in his chest. He had not undergone any prosthetic modification and still maintained his flesh and blood body that was no different from before.

This kind of passion and excitement from the heart made him eager to devote himself to this great work, just like the excitement and anticipation he felt when he first embarked on this path.

Of course, the most important thing about this meeting is to listen to Belisarius Kaur's report and obtain the rumored treasure of the Selina Gene Sect on the Moon: the Original Mother.

"God of all things above, praise Om Messiah, glory to you, my lord."

Kaul was wearing the pale silver robes that were the hallmark of the Advanced Technology Community, dotted with cobalt blue laurel wreaths and the iconic gear shapes of Mars.

Every mechanical priest who joins this great organization will be proud to wear this uniform.

"Belisariu Kaur has fulfilled his mission and successfully recovered the original mother from the hands of the Selina Gene Cult and delivered it to you."

Sharokin stepped forward, and the shoulder armor of his power armor made by Roshi himself suddenly popped open, revealing a sealed silver box with a biometric information recognition device.

The Son of the Dark Raven handed the original mother copy that he had kept close to him to Cawl, and then the mechanical priest completed his mission personally.

Luo Xi took the safety box containing the original mother copy with both hands. He brushed his hand lightly over it, and the confidential safety inside was automatically unlocked.

When the box that could isolate radiation was opened, Luo Xi finally saw what the legendary original mother looked like.

This is an extremely small and static template, with countless strange runes and life equations written on it in an ancient language that Roche does not recognize.

A double helix structure that was extremely similar to the human gene sequence was engraved on the template. The moment he saw him, a ray of light emerged in Luo Xi's mind.

He saw the Emperor collecting genetic material from the twenty-one Primarchs he had created and injecting it into the original mother for safekeeping.

This secret treasure of the Lunar Gene Cult was the key to the birth of the Space Marine Legion, and today it has finally returned to the hands of the Imperium.

The original mother copy has an essence that Roche cannot perceive. After confirming that there is no problem with the things that Kohl retrieved, Roche handed it to his stone man assistant and asked her to store the original mother copy in the laboratory first.

Luo Xi noticed that when he took over the original mother copy, the genetic witches around Kohl seemed to have unwilling looks in their eyes, but they still suppressed their emotions and acted indifferent.

"Why did you bring back so many people? This is far fewer than I thought." There were more than twenty members of the Gene Sect in this room, and Luo Xi originally thought that the number might be close to a hundred.

"My Lord, this is why it took me so long to complete this task."

Roche and Kaur talked as they walked, and the latter began to talk about his bizarre experience on the moon.

"When I arrived on the moon, I immediately met with their sect leader Heliosa 54 and expressed my origins and your will."

"The empire needs the original mother. This is not a negotiation, this is an order."

When Kohl said this, Luo Xi clearly noticed the emotional changes of those genetic witches. They were unwilling but helpless.

"At first, Heliosa 54 was unwilling to agree to my request, but under the intimidation of the Titan Legion and the Imperial Fists accompanying me, she said she needed to consider it."

These guys are quite sensible, Luo Xi thought to himself.

"I agreed to Heliosa 54's proposal and gave them time to consider it. However, I didn't expect that when she was about to hand over the original mother copy to me, Heliosa 78 assassinated the leader of the sect and tried to seize the original mother copy and escape from the moon."

Luo Xi's eyes narrowed suddenly. It was obviously not much different from what he had guessed. It was impossible for the people of the Gene Sect to hand over the original mother copy willingly.

It’s just that he was assassinated... We can put a question mark here.

It is impossible to verify whether the so-called Heliosa 78 is a traitor who is truly dissatisfied with the Empire and attempts to defect to Horus' camp, or whether it is simply a self-torture trick staged by the Gene Cult on Cawl.

In Luo Xi's opinion, it was very likely that the genetic sect was unwilling to hand over the original mother copy, so it took the initiative to split into a faction with different opinions and directly sacrificed a sect leader to muddy the waters.

Then the original mother copy might be said to have been taken away by the opposition and hidden, so that even if the opposition was pacified, the treasure could still remain on the moon.

As for the Empire, they could only vent their anger. After all, their leaders were dead, and the one who destroyed the original mother copy was a traitor, which had nothing to do with them.

"And then?" Luo Xi continued to ask.

Colton paused, as if thinking about how to use the most appropriate words to describe it.

"Heliosa No. 78's power within the sect is second only to No. 54. Although No. 54 is dead, the insurance measures she left behind have played a role."

"No. 54 did not doubt No. 78's position and ambition, so she ordered Gene Witch No. 37 to hide the original mother copy. If she died unexpectedly, she should immediately hide the original mother copy with her. She must not let the traitor get this invaluable treasure."

"When we learned all this, serious civil unrest and war broke out among the gene cults on the moon. Heliosa 78 wanted to obtain the original mother copy and also wanted to kill us uninvited guests, so a conflict broke out between us."

From Kaul's detailed description, Roche figured out what was happening on the moon.

After the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, the Gene Cults on the Moon have maintained an ambiguous stance.

Some of them obey the rule of the Empire, while others believe that it is an unforgivable shame that the ancient and sacred sect has become a plaything of the Empire.

The struggle between No. 54 and No. 78 could have been maintained at a balance, but Kohl's arrival undoubtedly brought external interference.

No. 78 realized that if he delayed any further, he would lose all his opportunities, so he simply launched a rebellion.

The original mother was taken away by Tarabvita 37 and hidden in a corner of the moon. Cawl had to lead his troops to quell the sudden rebellion.

(End of this chapter)