Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines
Chapter 654 Ouroboros, Plague Heart, and Tuchucha Engine
Chapter 654 Ouroboros, Plague Heart and Tuchucha Engine (Three in One)
As soon as he saw Leman Russ getting angry, the familiar feeling in Ryan's heart suddenly came back.
Yes, this is the right trip!
He knew very well that this wild wolf brother was a typical soft-hearted person, and he could drink and party with a mortal in a casual and unrestrained manner.
But if someone dares to use his power to force the Wolf King to do something he doesn't want to do, then his end will be very miserable.
The notoriety of the Space Wolves is known throughout the Imperium. As the Emperor's gendarmerie, their Primarch is naturally not a good guy either.
The term "barbarian" is no joke.
Seeing that the atmosphere suddenly turned cold, Luther, another leader of the Knights of Order, immediately stepped forward to ease the atmosphere of the meeting.
As soon as he saw Luther, Saltana immediately began to refute.
"Knight Luther, it was you who signed the covenant with us on behalf of the Knights of Order, and now your people have broken the agreement. How should this be handled?"
Luther has always been the moderate representative of the Knights of Order, and only when facing him can Saltana be so aggressive.
"Yes, we broke the covenant, but how do you explain that the Knights of Sirius killed members of our Knights of Order?"
Luther immediately threw out a question and began to ask Saltana back.
"They broke into our territory and killed the behemoths that we were protecting. It is only natural for us to kill these intruders!"
Saltana's tone was still very tough. He looked around arrogantly, not minding the naked murderous intent of the knights who had already drawn their swords.
“You don’t understand the purpose of the beast’s existence, nor do you know the true secrets hidden in Caliban.
You only saw humans dying at the hands of the giant beast, but you didn’t see that the existence of the giant beast blocked the truly terrible existence.”
"Only we, the Knights of Sirius, know everything. We have been silently guarding the secrets of Caliban for thousands of years. You, the generation that grew up later, are too ignorant."
The Knights of Order surrounded Saltana and the three knights, and saw swords being unsheathed and blood about to splatter on the ground.
Ryan was just about to emerge from the invisibility of the fog to stop the bloodshed.
From Lord Saltana's description, he had vaguely touched upon the doubt that had always existed in his heart: What exactly was the mission of the Sirius Knights?
In the past timeline, he directly declared war on Saltana and started a war with the Sirius Knights, ignoring the secrets of the other side.
The Caliban Knight Leman Russ in this timeline showed a similar reaction. He drew a chainsaw sword made of the teeth of a giant beast and placed it across Saltana's neck.
"Damn this reckless barbarian, let him finish his speech!"
Ryan cursed in his heart, he couldn't just watch Saltana die.
"I won't kill you, Saltana. Even for the sake of our superficial face, I won't kill you in public." Russ smiled, but he was not as reckless and domineering as he appeared.
"I will let you go, and we will pursue the beasts. The threat of Caliban must be purged, and then the secrets you have kept will be made public."
"If you want to avoid such an outcome, you'd better make it clear here - what secrets are you, the Sirius Knights, hiding, and why can't we know?"
Ryan couldn't help but admire Ruth's skill, because he found that this guy might be deliberately pretending to be angry.
Compared to the domineering lion, the giant wolf is more cunning and patient.
"I can't tell you." Saltana once again rejected Ruth's good intentions.
"This is not to keep it to myself, but for your own good. Even among the members of our Sirius Knights, only a few know this secret."
"This is not a good secret. Knowing it means taking on huge risks and responsibilities, and having to carry out a heavy mission with no end in sight."
"What if we really want to know?" Russ activated his chainsaw sword, and the roaring teeth instantly made a sharp hissing sound, eager to tear the person in front of him into pieces.
"Then let our swords speak!"
"My sword is not bad at all!"
Sartana drew his sword and stood fearlessly opposite Russ.
"enough!"
In the conference hall, which was so spacious that it could even echo, a roar like a lion suddenly sounded.
The shadow of an extremely terrifying lion suddenly emerged in the minds of all the knights. Even the most powerful beast on Caliban could not compare to it.
Leman Russ seemed to be frightened and immediately turned his sword towards Lion Johnson.
Everyone present, including Russ, Luther, and Saltana, were all horrified to find that a giant who looked like Leman Russ had sneaked into the conference room without them noticing.
The deterrence and oppression emanating from the other party were in no way inferior to Leman Russ, and were even slightly more domineering.
"Abel, Lancelot, both of you go out and just tell the guard to stop at the door."
"Luther, Russ, and Saltana, follow me to the more private meeting room."
As soon as Ryan showed up, he began to give orders in front of the surrounded Knights of Order.
Moreover, he accurately called out the names of several leading knights, and his skilled posture did not seem like that of a stranger at all.
"Who the hell are you?" Leman Russ felt a strong threat from the person in front of him, as well as a sense of... inexplicable familiarity.
He vaguely felt that the person in front of him might know his past, but this person was undoubtedly challenging his authority.
Who is the one who has the final say in this circular conference hall?
This was especially true for Luther, who also felt that the blond giant in front of him was particularly familiar, as if there was some deeper connection between them.
"It seems that there are problems within your Knights of Order. Leman Russ, is this your brother?" Saltana was more open-minded. He was also happy to see Leman Russ suffer a setback.
"If there is a conflict between you, we, the Sirius Knights, welcome you. After all, there are too many myths and legends about brothers fighting each other, so it's not surprising to have two of you." Saltana immediately extended an olive branch.
Perhaps he could witness with his own eyes an impending coup d'état to seize power.
"It's not time for you to confess yet, Saltana."
"You're lucky to have met me now!"
Ryan directly knocked the battle-hardened knight away with a sword, but did not hurt him at all.
"Who the hell am I? Leman Russ, I think I need to give you a good wake-up call."
“Just like we did at Tulane, let your fists do the talking.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Ryan Johnson rushed towards Leman Russ with the Lion Sword in his hand.
Leman Russ, dressed as a knight, blocked the opponent's heavy attack with the chainsword in his hand. The two men, holding weapons in hand, began to confront each other under the gaze of everyone.
"You are my brother? Where on earth did you come from?"
From a few brief encounters, Leman Russ realized how difficult and powerful his opponent was. If he wasn't careful, he might really end up in trouble.
Ryan's figure, in particular, was like a ghost, instantly disappearing into a foggy forest.
Russ is stronger and more powerful, but Ryan is faster and has better swordsmanship, especially his teleportation that is almost like teleportation, which makes Rus complain bitterly.
The Lion Sword and the Chainsword bit and tore at each other, causing terrifying sparks and explosions. The confrontation between two Primarch-level beings made everyone hold their breath, not daring to miss any details.
"This is the first time in all these years that someone has been able to fight Russ like this." Luther on the side was stunned and couldn't figure out the current situation for a moment.
Shouldn't they force the Sirius Knights to take a stand now and declare war on both sides?
How did it turn out that Leman Russ and this giant who appeared out of nowhere were having a knight duel in the sacred meeting room?
Only afterimages could be seen of the battle between the two Primarchs; they were still holding back and did not really launch deadly attacks.
After all, Ryan knew that the other party was the Wolf King who had lost his memory, and Russ also vaguely guessed that the person in front of him might be his brother.
Suddenly, Ryan used his skills to remove the chainsaw sword from Russ's hand. The weapons of both of them fell out of their hands at the same time and flew directly to the ground outside the battlefield.
"I'll use my fist to wake you up!"
Ryan roared and punched Russ on the head with a Lion's Flying Head Punch, smashing his meticulous hairstyle into pieces.
The disheveled Rust was furious. He ignored the knight's etiquette and threw Ryan Johnson away with a dive. He was about to pick up the weapon he dropped on the ground.
Ryan grabbed his body tightly and pulled him back. The two men wrestled with each other and even began to bleed.
The ancient meeting hall was obviously unable to withstand the fight between the two Primarchs, and they soon broke through the marble walls, broke through the walls of the monastery, and came to the wilderness.
The two men attacked each other frantically, but without any weapons, it was too difficult for them to seriously injure each other.
Instead, the buildings and city walls were in bad luck. One after another, huge pits and ruins appeared in the base camp of the Knights of Order, as if two hundred-meter-long beasts were attacking and fighting each other.
Ryan's fist showed no mercy. Russ felt severe pain all over his body. He had never been so miserable in the thirteen years since he came to Caliban.
Lion's helmet was also shattered, and Russ's cloak and decorations were torn off. The two Primarchs dressed as knights were covered in mud and blood, and had lost their previous demeanor.
This didn't seem like a noble knight's duel, but more like a street fight between two ruffians.
The lion had a wild smile on his face. He was very happy. The scenes he was experiencing reminded him of the battle between him and Leman Russ in the Battle of Duran.
It was just that the roles were reversed, he became the barbarian, and Russ became the serious knight.
It was pouring rain and lightning flashed across the sky. Ryan rarely put aside all his psychological burdens and fought passionately with his brother in the rain, laughing heartily.
He knew that the most important thing he should do was to awaken Russ, then return to the Spirit of Vengeance as quickly as possible to help the Emperor fight Horus.
But he also missed the past years very much, those brotherhoods, those glory and victories, those ordinary days when he issued the extermination order.
He missed the Great Crusade, when everyone fought hard to restore the prosperity of the past, instead of being forced to fight each other for survival after Horus' damned ambition broke out.
Loyalists and rebels killed each other, and every person who fell was a human being.
The love, hatred, and vengeance between the primarchs and the fate of the human race were temporarily put aside by Lion. Under the cover of the heavy rain, he immersed himself in the joy of releasing his wild instincts.
"What on earth are you doing?!" Russ roared, "This is a noble duel, why did it turn out like this? Surrender to me immediately!"
"Surrender your mother!" Ryan cursed.
Having been a knight for so long, he now loves this kind of barbaric and rude feeling. Anyway, he is a barbarian and no one says anything.
The lion's ferocious fist smashed into Leman Russ's nose, causing blood to gush out instantly, and he fell on his back in the mud.
Fenrisians have a heightened sense of smell, as if part of their DNA is mixed with canine genes, but a blow to the nose can bring tears to even the hardiest of Space Wolves.
The salty and fishy taste rushed straight to Ruth's brain, and stars suddenly flashed in his brain, and everything went dark in front of his eyes.
When he opened his eyes and looked at the sky of Caliban, suddenly a familiar memory began to emerge.
Fenris... The Emperor... The Great Crusade, and Lion's Jonson damn it!
He remembered who he was and why he came here.
"I am Leman Russ, the Wolf King!"
"What a crap knight!"
Russ suddenly stood up with a somersault, and then punched the other man as well, and then he and Ryan Johnson hugged each other fiercely. The two of them beat each other's backs like drums, and a violent shock wave erupted.
The lion also vented his emotions to his brothers, as only they knew how dangerous what they had been through was.
The fate and origin of the Wolf King and the Lion King were changed by the evil god. If they cannot wake up, they will probably be doomed.
"We have to go back quickly. No one knows how much time has passed and whether Quanfather and the others are okay." Ruth said anxiously.
"We have to go back, but there's one thing we have to figure out," Ryan said.
The two primarchs who had inexplicably wrestled with each other, and then inexplicably reconciled returned to the grand prototype conference hall.
Under Luther's strange look, Russ raised Ryan's right hand and declared him his brother.
"Ryan is my blood brother. His words are equal to my words. According to his previous order, all of you should withdraw."
"Luther, Saltana, let's talk."
As Ruth spoke, everyone retreated.
They were still immersed in the shock of having another giant leader, but Luther had already reacted.
"Then let's talk."
Saltana had no idea what was going on, but under the gaze of the two primarchs, he decided to surrender for the time being.
If there was only Leman Russ, they could still put up a good fight with their strength, but now Lion Johnson has appeared, and their chances of winning are reduced to zero.
Russ handed the leadership to Ryan. After all, strictly speaking, he was the lord of Caliban.
"I need to know the secrets hidden by the Sirius Knights, Saltana." Ryan went straight to the point.
"Tell me, is the secret of Caliban that you keep related to Chaos?"
As soon as Ryan said that word, Saltana's pupils shrank instantly.
"How did you know that?" The Lord of the Sirius Knights suddenly became nervous. "This is impossible!"
"The Knights of Order are too young. You don't even know about that ancient past."
The thing hidden on Caliban and the existence of Chaos are ancient secrets passed down from generation to generation, and only a few people know them.
Because knowing the existence of Chaos will itself lead to the spread of its influence.
This is a conceptual idealistic power that transcends the limits of mortal cognition.
The more people know about the Warp and Chaos, the more power they can wield in the real universe.
The Emperor created the "lie" of the Imperial Truth in order to guide mankind to view the universe with a materialistic concept, thereby reducing the polluting power of the warp.
If no one knows the power of chaos, the spread of this pollution can be suppressed to the greatest extent.
"It was the Dark Watcher who told me about this. I am the master of their choices. I have the right to know everything and control everything." Ryan said seriously.
"I am the king of Caliban, and even more so the king of mankind. Submit to me, Saltana."
Saltana's inner struggle was intense. If it was the will of those beings... perhaps he could tell them.
The existence of the Dark Watchers is a secret. They live in mysterious corners of Caliban. They are often only mentioned in some unfounded legends, but no one knows whether they really exist.
In myths and legends, only the greatest knights are worthy of being followed by the Dark Watcher.
"I don't know where you came from, but since you already know about the existence of Chaos, you should naturally shoulder the same mission as us."
"This is not a gift, it's a curse."
Luther, as the one with the lowest presence among the three, couldn't help but become curious.
He felt a special sense of closeness from Lionel Johnson, even more than from Leman Russ.
Also, what are these guys from the Sirius Knights hiding?
The four of them entered a secret passage under the conference hall. Ryan led the team through the complex underground maze, as if he was the master here.
It was not until they arrived at the last secret room that Ryan lit the grease torches on the wall, illuminating the entire room.
"Okay, this place is safe enough. The Dark Watcher has reinforced this secret room to protect it from the prying eyes of the forces of chaos."
Luther looked at Ryan as if he had seen a ghost, because even he didn't know this place existed.
And Saltana was even more shocked and confused, because Ryan's methods of preventing chaos pollution were even more skilled than his.
"Ahem, this is a long story," Saltana began.
"Let's make it short," Ryan interrupted.
"..."
"Okay, first we need to know a question, where did the behemoths on Caliban come from, and why are they so powerful?"
Saltana hit the key point, and everyone listened carefully.
"Caliban has a close relationship with Chaos. Some serious Chaos corruption has spread across the planet, and the Behemoth is the result of that pollution."
Ryan nodded and added.
"Yes, the power of chaos, or the power of the warp, is the most vicious and evil thing in the world. They come from the soul sea of the High Heaven and have abominable ambitions and desires for everything in the real universe."
"The Unliving Ones are the mortal enemies of all human beings. They live in the bodies of life in the real universe, absorbing emotional power and spreading like a plague."
Luther only felt like he was listening to some bards telling unrealistic stories about chaos, the warp, and the pollution of giant beasts.
"Since you said that the behemoths are closely related to the contamination of the subspace, shouldn't we kill all the behemoths?" Luther asked back.
"Wrong!" Saltana interrupted immediately.
"Big mistake."
"It's true that the behemoth is a product of chaos corruption, but you can't deny the fact that the behemoth has absorbed a considerable amount of chaos power and concentrated the chaos pollution."
"If the Behemoths perish, there will be no race on Caliban that is stable and strong enough to absorb the power of Chaos, and the only ones who will bear the brunt of it are humans."
What Saltana said obviously subverted the worldview of Leman Russ and Luther.
Those cruel and brutal beasts that slaughter humans wantonly are actually the safety locks for humans to survive safely?
This……
It's a bit absurd, but it seems to make sense.
"But since you say that Chaos Corruption exists on Caliban, then where is its source? Everything must have a source, right?"
Luther had a very sensitive intuition and he found the key right away.
"Yes, there is indeed a source of chaos on Caliban."
Saltana's expression was extremely serious, as if the mention of that existence made him feel uneasy.
"You can call that thing... [Ouroboros]."
"Inside Caliban, there is something called Ouroboros. I don't know if it is a giant beast, an object, or a concept, but it exists somewhere in a mysterious place on Caliban."
“According to the information we have passed down, Ouroboros has been in a dormant state, and its power has never awakened.
It seems that Ouroboros was once seriously polluted by the Warp, so even in its slumber, it has been releasing weak Chaos power. "
"And the behemoths on Caliban became powerful and violent because of this pollution, but they also absorbed the pollution for humans, which can be considered a combination of advantages and disadvantages."
Ruth and Luther were silent.
If Saltana was not lying, then their act of hunting the behemoths was undoubtedly foolish and short-sighted.
Yes, after killing all the behemoths, the humans of Caliban will no longer be threatened by those monsters, but it does not mean that everything is over.
On the contrary, the more difficult and hidden Chaos pollution will continue to poison mankind, and the Knights of Caliban only know how to deal with behemoths, so how can they deal with Chaos pollution?
Ryan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Everything that Saltana said was unknown to him in the past.
Because in the original timeline, he was too lazy to pay attention to this guy until he broke through the Sirius Knights' fortress monastery Santa Gruula, and Saltana committed suicide after leaving a string of weird last words.
At that time, his mind was full of unifying Caliban and eliminating the threat of the behemoths to humans, and he didn't think about so much at all.
But his Caliban had already killed all the giant beasts, and even the forest was almost flattened by the Mechanicus to build a huge foundry.
Could it be that his Caliban has been infected with unknown chaos corruption?
That was his lair, his base camp, and the home planet of the entire Dark Angel Legion.
Ryan instantly felt uneasy. He had entrusted the management of his lair to Luther. If Chaos Corruption really appeared, then wouldn't Caliban and Luther be in trouble?
"Those Dark Watchers also didn't tell me that the so-called Ouroboros is hidden inside Caliban."
"They hold secrets!"
The suspicious lion immediately began to doubt those little men in robes.
"How can we expel the Ouroboros from Caliban? Without the Ouroboros, there will be no need for the behemoth to absorb the corruption of Chaos."
Luther said seriously that he didn't care about anything else, he only cared about his own planet.
He is a Caliban, the son of Caliban, and Caliban's interests are above all else.
"There's no other way. If there was, we wouldn't always be in a passive defensive state." Saltana said helplessly.
"What we are doing is essentially just delaying time, delaying the day when Ouroboros wakes up and escapes."
"The Dark Watchers only informed us of the Ouroboros' existence. The purpose of these robed figures' existence seems to be to guard the Ouroboros."
"Caliban is a prison, it holds a prisoner called Ouroboros, and the Dark Watchers are its jailers."
"We humans who came here with interstellar immigrants can at best be considered outsiders parasitic on the corners of the prison."
As Saltana told him the true secret hidden by the Knights of Sirius, he couldn't help but feel relieved.
It was difficult to keep a secret. He originally thought that he would keep it until he died of old age and then pass it on to the next generation of Sirius Knights.
They have been doing this for generations, and if nothing unexpected happened, Ryan and the others would never know.
"Oh, by the way, the Dark Watchers told me one more thing."
Saltana's addition made everyone roll their eyes.
"explain."
"They told me that Ouroboros is not an isolated entity. There are also similar entities like the Plague Heart and the Tuchucha Engine."
"These three must never meet again, otherwise an unstoppable horror will erupt."
"They seem to have a common origin, and for some reason they split apart, but they are always pursuing the ultimate goal of becoming one."
"Although there is only Ouroboros on Caliban, those other beings may have already become active in the galaxy, searching for each other's traces."
(End of this chapter)
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