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

Chapter 665: Time to Set Sail (Three in One)

Each of these Astartes around Roxi is the best in their respective legions.

One of them could command a legion of Space Marines, and now that they were gathered together, Roche felt that he had too many talented people under his command.

Except for the Iron Hands and Salamanders who did not send representatives, Roche had gathered around him almost all the members of the loyal legions, as well as the two outliers Sevatar and Hal.

With these ten Astartes as the core, each legion put together a team of 500 people in total. They were all veterans from each legion, and they were all ruthless men who had fought their way out of this extremely cruel war.

Roche assessed the limits of the Emperor's Compass and found that this number of Astartes was already the limit.

Of course, it is impossible for Roche to take only these Astartes with him. Equally important are the scientific researchers on Ganymede.

He drove the Red Alert for the first time in a long time, bringing the 500 assembled Astartes to Ganymede.

Since Roche had made sufficient defensive preparations when he created the miracle star Ganymede, the rebels who came to Terra's orbit through the subspace jump did not cause much damage to Ganymede.

It is still a peaceful and tranquil place, with countless scientific researchers working hard and busily.

They all shoulder the heavy responsibility of restoring the damage caused by the Horus Heresy and rebuilding humanity's scientific system.

Of course, there is one more very important thing. During the previous war, the Empire was unable to wipe out the Dark Mechanicus on Mars, but now that Horus is dead, it naturally has the time and energy to deal with these damn traitors.

Ganymede is ready to assist the Empire in destroying the Dark Mechanicus, and they can also receive the precious heritage of Mars in the process, but this is not the point.

Could it be that they are coveting the technological relics hidden by the Martian traitors and want those precious, rare STC copies?
Well, of course it would be a lie to say that they don’t want to. This is not the main reason. They are more out of their love for the empire.

Roche's arrival did not alarm anyone, except for senior figures of the Advanced Technology Community such as Akan Rand and Belisarius Kaur.

"Sage Roshi!"

Realizing that Roche had arrived, Sage Rand and Sage Kaur immediately put down their work and came to greet the supreme leader of the advanced technology community.

Kohl has matured a lot compared to his immature appearance in the past. Sage Rand treats him as his own disciple and teaches him without any stinginess or reservation.

A new star is rising in the Mechanicus. In a few years, Cawl will become a leading figure in the Mechanicus and the Advanced Technology Community.

Everyone could see that Akan Rand's chosen successor was Kaur.

This rising star shows that there is no shame in being born in a humble family and that a man must be able to bend and stretch himself.

But Kohl is still Kohl after all. Even though he is no longer the same person he used to be, he still treats people with the same sincerity and naturalness as before, without the slightest arrogance or conceit.

Especially for Roche, the great sage who promoted him, Kaul regarded him as his mentor. What's more, Roche's ideas and contributions made him deeply impressed and admired him to the extreme.

Luo Xi could not tell everyone his true whereabouts. Even Kaur and Rand were not qualified to know.

"I am about to set off to an extremely remote and dangerous place. It is unknown when and whether I will be able to return."

"I must make adequate plans to prepare for this exploration."

Luo Xi could only find a vague reason, and the two sages immediately understood what he meant. It is better not to ask questions that should not be asked.

"I need the data you analyzed from the original mother, as well as a portion of the original body's pure genetic material."

"I have copied the data inside the Advanced Technology Community system and will explain it to you here."

Although theoretically Roche could have taken it away without telling anyone, out of respect for the organization he had founded, he still informed Rand and Kaul.

The two of them did not hesitate at all and immediately took out half of the most precious genetic material in the original mother copy and handed it to Luo Xi.

What Luo Xi actually wanted more was the data after Kohl and other professional teams had thoroughly analyzed it, but unfortunately, he could no longer wait until that time.

The worry on Roxi's face could not escape Kaul's observation, and he truly realized that this might be the last time he would see Sage Roxi.

This great pioneer must have done something that was truly vital to humanity, something that was beyond the reach of ordinary people like him.

How admirable this is, he must do something, even if it can only help Luo Xi a little bit.

Kaur thought silently in his heart.

In a moment of thought, Kaur made a decision.

"Sir, since you said you might not be back for a long time, could you agree to my unreasonable request?"

Kaul suddenly spoke very cautiously.

"Oh? Tell me."

Luo Xi was also very curious about what this amazing new star wanted to say.

"That's right. During this period of time, I have not only been studying the original matrix and the Space Marine Enhancement Plan, but I have also allocated part of my energy to the field of artificial intelligence.

I used my thinking mode and logic matrix as the framework, combined with the artificial intelligence knowledge I learned, and finally got something called [Degraded Kaul], or [Kaul's clone]. "

Kaul took out a data storage device from his body and handed it to Luo Xi.

"I recorded a copy of my own knowledge and thinking patterns, and programmed it into an AI, resulting in a weakened intelligence that can think like me."

"I hope you can take him with you, and let the [Cowl clone] continue to follow you and help you solve even the slightest problem."

"This is also my intention. We all know that the establishment of a scientific system is never a one-person job. No matter how strong a genius is, he cannot build a scientific edifice from scratch."

As Kaur said these words, his eyes were sparkling.

Incomparable purity, nature, and scientific ambition.

Luo Xi saw the sincere heart of a young man and his undisguised admiration.

This feeling...is not bad.

"Okay." Luo Xi did not refuse and took the data storage device from Kohl's hand.

Roche also took Iron Man Veronica away from Ganymede. This creation he brought with him ten thousand years ago has been dormant in the planetary control tower of this planet.

Although Luo Xi can also go to the new world to create new iron men, he still instinctively wants to take some old things away from his hometown, even if it is just as a thought.

"The main control computer I left on Ganymede can control everything on Ganymede, as well as the giant shipyard in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. Even if I leave, these things can still run smoothly."

"The anti-psychic black stone array protects the core of the main control brain. Unless the empire is destroyed and cannot protect Ganymede, there is no need to worry about the problem of subspace corruption."

Luo Xi shook his head. He had already made a backup plan to deal with possible threats.

"Now that I have solved the problem of Ganymede, there is only one thing left for me to do."

"I should say goodbye to Adam."

Luo Xi did not intend to take his eldest son Adam, the Iron Man, with him. This was a decision he made after thinking for a long time.

Adam is the most special of all the iron men. He was born at the moment when the power of Om Messiah and the soul furnace of Vashtor collided with each other. He has his own thoughts and his own soul.

At the end of the rebellion, Adam did show his presence. It can be said that it was because of Adam and his Iron Legion that the Empire's losses were not so heavy.

Roche created Adam in the hope that humans, under safe conditions, would be able to accept the iron man and the stone man again, and gradually break away from their original self-contained ignorance.

Humanity cannot stop developing technology just because it may be corrupted and interfered by the subspace. Should we stop developing technology just because it may be corrupted and interfered by the subspace?

If Adam is taken away, it will undoubtedly be a loss for the human empire. Adam is the bridge between the Iron Man and humans, and Roche can only feel at ease with him around.

He believed that Adam would never betray him or humanity.

At Roche's call, Adam returned to Ganymede.

After the war, Adam and the rest of the Iron Legion have been helping with disaster relief work on Terra.

These iron men with great strength and no fear of injury or death are the best construction workers, able to clean up the mess on Terra at an extremely fast speed.

And Adam also seized this rare opportunity and gave Iron Man enough opportunities to show his face in front of those surviving mortals.

When the gates of the palace opened, the mortals who had taken refuge once again came to their homes that had been reduced to scorched earth.

They saw countless giants made of steel and iron leveling the land, removing unexploded bombs and other dangerous objects, and helping them rebuild their homes.

This undoubtedly brought great touch to many people, and they realized one thing: Iron Man can not only be their guardian, but also build human civilization with them.

Many times, only by sharing hardships can we eliminate inherent prejudices.

"Father."

Adam descended from the sky, the plasma nozzle behind him releasing faint blue flames, gently lowering him to the ground.

"I'm going to go to a very far place, and I probably won't be able to come back for a long time."

Luo Xi didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

“What I have to do is to find a way for humanity to survive and spread the fire of humanity. I’m sorry that I can’t take you with me.

I hope you can stay in this universe, quietly accumulate strength, protect humanity and wait for my return."

Adam was silent, which was unusual.

His thinking ability was enough to perform billions of calculations in an instant, but he remained silent.

"Father," Adam said.

"Since this is your will, I will obey it unconditionally." The Iron Man leader performed a deep Sky Eagle salute, then gently hugged Luo Xi.

He remembered this moment, the moment of hugging his father.

In Adam's chest, where the energy reactor was located, he suddenly felt a feeling called "heartache".

He performed countless system self-examinations and repeatedly confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his body.

"Is this what heartache feels like?" Adam thought, and he seemed to understand.

"Adam, I grant you enough authority. You can expand the number of Iron Man Corps when you think it is necessary, but you must learn to hide yourself. Humans have not yet fully accepted Iron Man. Don't let humans feel potential threats."

"Humans are a very strange species. Even if they know you have no ill intentions, as long as you are strong enough, they will still be afraid of your existence."

Luo Xi warned, at this moment he was like a father who was about to go on a long journey, telling his son many things with concern.

"Therefore, I suggest that you disperse the Iron Legion and quietly take root and multiply in star regions with sparse human populations, expanding your power." "For example, the Five Hundred Worlds are a very good place."

Adam's eyes lit up and he suddenly understood what Luo Xi meant.

He understood, so he decided to move the Iron Man's base to the Five Hundred Worlds. If it was discovered by Terra, he would say it was Guilliman's intention.

After spending a long time with Roche, Adam also learned how to use Guilliman as a scapegoat. After all, it would be right to blame any problems on the Lord of Ultramar.

The ambitious King of Macragge, his head is enough to withstand all the malicious speculations in the world.

And Roche has a deeper meaning. The Iron Men need a strong enough backer to face the turbulent political changes.

After all, if Roche leaves and the Primarchs don't take care of things, it is inevitable that someone will have ideas about the Iron Man.

They are either afraid of the threat or want to hold this power in their hands, and the situation of Adam and Iron Man may worsen.

Given the relationship between Roche and Guilliman, he would surely come forward to protect Adam. Anyway, there were enough taboos in the Five Hundred Worlds, so protecting the Iron Man was not a big deal.

If there is any problem on Terra, go to Macragge and report it to Guilliman.

What? You don't dare to cause trouble for Guilliman? Then you still treat the Iron Man as a soft persimmon?
Roche had already foreseen that as the Emperor opened the door to fiefdoms, the Primarchs would gradually establish their own kingdoms, but the strongest among them was destined to be Guilliman's Five Hundred Worlds.

If you want to hug a thick thigh, then Guilliman is the thickest thigh.

"It's a pity that the black area covering the outside of the solar system has not completely dissipated, so I can't meet Guilliman again." Roxi felt quite regretful, but he didn't feel sad for too long. It's not like he wouldn't see him in the future, right?

After saying goodbye to Adam, Luo Xi is finally about to embark on his journey.

The flagship, Red Alert, has undergone a complete overhaul and is now docked in Terra's low-Earth orbit.

After an emergency cleanup, the wreckage of warships and stellar fragments that were broken in the war have been salvaged by the cleaning ships, and some smaller fragments have been thrown into Terra's atmosphere and burned up.

The Emperor's Vision and the Phalanx were both withdrawn from Terra's orbit and were on standby near the moon, ready to respond to possible emergencies.

The Astartes he brought with him had already boarded the ship and entered the hibernation chamber.

+Deep hibernation system is in place, all crew members are in suspended animation+
+Energy system, power system self-check completed, status 100%+
+Navigation target locked, subspace jump available+
Luo Xi stood on the bridge of the Red Alert, and the intelligent computer pickup truck performed a self-inspection in a meticulous manner to ensure that no accidents would occur.

Except for him, all the other Astartes on the ship had entered a state of suspended animation, soaking in deep-sea liquid that could resist inertia.

Only a few dozen stone researchers transferred from Ganymede are still maintaining the operation of some precision instruments.

Except for the electronic sound of the intelligent computer, the cabin was so quiet that it was a little scary.

"It's somewhat similar to the situation when I first woke up from Isstvan V. It was also so quiet back then."

"But the difference is that when I came here I was alone, but now I am not alone."

He held the Emperor Compass in his palm, and the next moment a mechanical arm emerged from the starship control platform. As the metal flowed and changed, it slowly absorbed this strange psychic creation.

With a crisp sound of mechanical interlocking, majestic and sacred psychic power began to gush out, covering the entire Red Alert.

The starship's void shield was instantly stained with a layer of shining gold, which could even be seen with the naked eye on Terra.

"He's leaving."

“I don’t know if we can meet again in this life.”

Inside the Terran Palace, Malcador looked up, his cloudy eyes staring at the changing Red Alert.

The roar of the Golden Throne sounded behind him, and countless mechanical priests and stone men were maintaining the normal operation of this most incredible creation of mankind.

Water vapor was drawn into the circulation system through huge pipes, but the throne room was still in a hazy state, and the space seemed to be distorted invisibly.

One thousand psychics were stored in transparent sarcophagi. They would serve as reserve energy, ready to draw psychic energy at any time to power the Empire's Astronomical Torch.

"Although we have only known each other for a short time, we are like-minded comrades. I hope you have a safe journey."

"Perhaps it won't be long before you and I meet again."

Malcador held the double-headed eagle scepter and thought silently.

"Neos, did you see that?"

"Lohi is leaving. He is launching an expedition with our hopes."

"Our efforts over the past thousands of years have proven to be a failure. The malicious existence of the Warp has destroyed the Webway Project, causing humanity to fall into civil war and lose the ability to expand and progress."

"This is a long game. We have already lost the first round, and now it is just a short halftime break. I am very optimistic about him. My strong intuition tells me that he will definitely come back."

"And when he returns, this more complicated chess game in the galaxy will have its own solution."

“Perhaps the work we failed to accomplish can blossom and bear fruit in his hands.”

The bearer of the empire looked back, but he didn't sense any movement from the emperor.

I don't know whether the Lord of Mankind felt it but pretended not to see anything, or whether he had indeed fallen into a deep sleep and was doing his best to fight against the will of the Dark Lord.

Malcador hoped it would be the former. After all, Neos always pretended to be dead and threw all the troubles to him, leaving himself free and peaceful.

He had cursed this damned exploiter countless times and greeted the Emperor's parents countless times, but now he hoped that the Emperor was still playing tricks on him.

As psychic power was injected into the body of the Red Alert, the Emperor Compass guided the Red Alert's intelligent brain to the navigation destination.

Endless energy was drawn into the engine, and the Red Alert suddenly disappeared at a speed that was unattainable by the naked eye.

Luo Xi felt the huge inertia on his body. If it were in the past, he would definitely need the protection of deep-sea liquid to stay safe.

But now, he used his authority to distort the laws of physics, thus putting himself in a state of ease.

At the same time, Roche was also checking the life status of the Space Marines who were in suspended animation and hibernation in the cabin's hibernation room. Any accident to an Astartes would be an unacceptable loss for Roche.

The bodies of Sanguinius and Curze were still lying in stasis. They were placed in the safest space of the Red Alert.

Roxi checked the contents of the cabin's storage space again: analysis data of the original mother, samples of the primarch's pure genetic material, some Eldar gene samples, Ork gene samples, and some technological relics taken from the Dark Angels' secret vault that might be useful.

The Red Alert tore open a Warp rift and entered the Sea of ​​Souls directly without passing through the Mandeville Point. With the guidance and protection of the Emperor's Compass, this was easy to do.

The power of the Emperor obscured the existence of Red Alert. To the outside world, Red Alert had completely lost its trace.

This is not invisibility, or signal masking. The Emperor's psychic power has erased the concept of Red Alert's existence, leaving it in a strange superposition state.

Only in this way can we conceal the sight of those evil gods. Roche's cross-universe expedition must be kept secret, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee whether the dark gods will make any moves.

The Red Alert shuttled freely in the subspace storm. The terrifying ocean currents that were powerful enough to tear apart the Queen of Glory-class battleships could not do anything to this small starship.

Luo Xi was also feeling extremely nervous. Sweat could not help but seep out of his palms, but it evaporated in an instant.

"Can it succeed? Crossing the barriers of the universe is a risky undertaking without a theoretical system to support it."

"How long will it take me to reach another universe? Can I enter another universe? After all, the universe always resists outsiders."

"What will I experience along the way? Warp storms? Warp demons? Chaos contamination?"

"Do humans exist in other universes? If so, what is their situation? Are they also facing the threat of a great enemy?"

More and more distracting thoughts and fantasies appeared in Luo Xi's mind, and he couldn't help but start to worry.

"Anji, what do you think the chances of our success are?"

Luo Xi spoke to the only person in the cabin with whom he could communicate, that person being his stone assistant, who he also brought on board the Red Alert for the inter-universe journey.

"Sir, this is bound to succeed." Angie's gentle and soft voice sounded, soothing Luo Xi's emotions.

Angie's voice seemed to have a special magic. When Luo Xi heard her, he naturally felt much more at ease.

"You are always the one who creates miracles, so why can't you create a miracle again this time?"

"I will always believe in you."

Luo Xi also felt that what she said made sense, and the distracting thoughts in his mind dissipated a lot.

Under the protection of a golden light, the Red Alert dived into the depths of the subspace.

Luo Xi had never explored the subspace so deeply before. After all, the deeper you go into the abyss, the more extreme the danger and unknown risks it will bring.

In fact, sailing in the subspace is somewhat similar to humans sailing on the oceans of planets. The deeper you go into the subspace, the greater the "water pressure" you need to withstand.

No one knows when the Sea of ​​Souls was formed, nor does anyone know how much emotion and soul power of the world's life it has accumulated.

These immaterial forces mixed with each other, forming an infinitely broad and deep sea of ​​the soul.

In fact, the subspace that humans can access is only a small part of this endless space, but that is the limit of what humans can reach.

According to the Emperor's speculation and description, the Warp is like an endless ocean, in which independent universes float one after another. As long as you keep going and go far enough, you will encounter a new universe even if you exhaustively enumerate it.

But speculation is just speculation after all. In specific practice, Luo Xi still needs to find out the truth.

"The warships of the Human Empire usually sail through the surface waters of the subspace. The Geller Stand can protect the warships, but it is not 100% safe. Once they go too deep, they will immediately break and disappear under the pressure of the outside world."

"Even if it's Red Alert, I don't know if it can withstand this level of pressure. If it weren't for the protection of the Emperor's Compass, I wouldn't dare to come to such a deep area."

The Red Alert has penetrated deep into the deep waters of the subspace. Everything around it is extremely sticky and dark. The subspace engine needs to consume more power to push the starship forward.

Luo Xi's heart was in his throat. The atomic clock on the Red Alert showed that nearly three months had passed since he set out from Terra and went deep into the subspace.

During this long period of time, the Red Alert was diving deeper into the subspace every minute and every second. Through the porthole, the bizarre natural phenomena in the subspace could no longer be seen.

Even those ubiquitous subspace creatures have completely disappeared. You know, once those subspace creatures encounter human warships, even if they are separated by Geller's position, they will try to see if they can find any loopholes, but now all their existences have disappeared.

Everything was so desolate, with only the thick and slow power of the warp ether still flowing.

Luo Xi only felt that he had come to a bottomless abyss in the subspace. It seemed to be the end of those destroyed worlds, the cemetery that buried all universes and living people, and it was full of ominous atmosphere.

Finally, when the ninth month came, the Emperor's Compass finally showed some movement.

Luo Xi looked at the Emperor Compass with excitement. He knew that when this psychic treasure mutated, that would be the moment when he found the inter-universe passage.

(End of this chapter)