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

Chapter 677: Shadow of the Gods (Three in One)

When Wolverine from the future said the word "God", Roxi's pupils dilated slightly without leaving a trace.

Based on those remaining memories, he had a vague understanding of the so-called gods.

They are one of the earliest life races in the universe, and their existence is shaped by both material power and non-material psychic energy.

No one knows what they are, where they come from, or why they exist.

But one thing is certain, that is, every god has extremely powerful and incredible power.

Some powerful gods can even modify time, space, rules and even concepts. Gods with such power are undoubtedly the pinnacle of the real universe.

These beings called gods instinctively reminded Luo Xi of what Trazyn had mentioned to him, those beings who had once enslaved the Necrontyr and used the bio-transformation ritual to devour the souls of all the Necrontyr.

Catan, or as humans call them: Star Gods.

The Star Gods are the embodiment of the pure physical rules of the Warhammer universe. They can arbitrarily modify the rules of the real universe and shape the appearance of the real universe based on their own will, but this has nothing to do with the power of the warp.

The Necrontyr were deeply poisoned by the C'tan. At the end of the War in Heaven between the C'tan and the Old Ones, the Necrontyr who had transformed into Necrons did not hesitate to take advantage of the C'tan's weakness in the war and stabbed these capricious and extremely greedy real cosmic gods in the back.

Luo Xi knew how powerful the Necrons were, but even so, they were nothing more than servants and snacks of the Star Gods during their heyday.

Roche was extremely pessimistic if humans during the Great Crusade were to encounter those intact star gods.

Apart from the Emperor, the universal trump card in human hands, humans have almost no other means to deal with these complete gods of the real universe.

The evil gods in the subspace will at least be blocked outside by the curtain of reality, so when facing the gods of the real universe, can humans still hide in the subspace?

However, according to Logan's description, those Omega-level mutants encountered beings called Celestials in the depths of the subspace. It can be preliminarily determined that the Celestials are different from the Star Gods and they can adapt to the environment of the subspace.

The Star Gods are gods of a purely physical universe, and they are completely incompatible with psychic powers.

"You mean... mutants in the future are threatened by the gods?" Luo Xi asked in a serious tone.

Logan nodded bitterly.

"Strictly speaking, that's not the case, because the ones who attacked humans were not the gods themselves, but some guys who believed in the gods and called themselves the apostles of the gods."

"When you told us that humans in other universes were facing the threat of extinction at any time, most of us thought it was just a lie you made up to scare us."

"We were once so naive that we believed that as long as we could defeat your shadow, we would be able to achieve freedom. But unfortunately, the followers of the gods have arrived."

"They are extremely hungry and greedy, and claim to harvest human souls for the gods, especially the souls of powerful mutants like us."

"They came from the depths of the warp. In the face of these powerful enemies, many mutant brothers and sisters were torn to pieces before they could even fully mobilize their innate powers."

Luo Xi listened quietly to the information revealed by the future Logan.

Yes, his cautious attitude was not wrong, the universe was far from being as harmonious and safe as it seemed.

Perhaps those so-called gods are hiding in some corner of the universe, or hiding in the folded dimensional space, observing the germination and growth of life in the universe from a distance.

They did not reveal their true forms, but the shadows they cast were enough to make people feel suffocated.

"So why did you go through so much trouble to send you back?" Luo Xi asked knowingly.

"In order to unite all the forces that can be united, at least in front of the apostles of the gods, we stand on the same side."

"In fact, the main battlefields in our confrontation with the Apostles of the Gods have always been the Iron Legion and the Primaris Astartes Legion under your command.

Except for a few Omega-level and a few Alpha-level strongmen, the rest of us mutants are not even cannon fodder."

"Later, as the war intensified, the apostles of the gods even began to appeal to the gods they believed in, but we were no longer qualified to intervene."

The purpose of Logan from the future is very simple. What he wants to do is to prevent the split between mutants and Roche.

Just as Roche said, most mutants have not utilized their full abilities; they just squander their talents like wild beasts.

Instead of falling out with Luo Xi for the so-called freedom and independence, it would be better to start in-depth cooperation directly. At least, we will have more power to resist when facing the apostles of the gods.

"Do you think your arrival can change history? Can you really persuade Charles and Eric?
Never think about problems out of context. Your position is that of the mutants of the future, while their position is that of the mutants of the present. Are you sure that they will be able to change their thoughts and ideas if they haven't experienced the bad things you're talking about?"

Roche's answer stumped Logan.

He had to admit that what Luo Xi said was indeed right.

Not to mention whether they would believe the truth of their intelligence, it would be extremely difficult to ask them to abandon their current interests and obsessions and make changes to the fate of humans and mutants in the next few decades.

"I must try my best. No matter I succeed or fail, I have to try it first." Logan has a very clear vision of the future, and he is also more free and easy.

A trace of trance flashed across his face, and Luo Xi could see that Logan had a strange expression of confusion.

This weirdness lasted for nearly ten seconds before Logan returned to his original calm and composed state.

"My consciousness comes from the future, and I also have my own consciousness now, which means that there are two of me at the same time at this point in time."

"He's resisting me. He wants to regain control of his body. I may not be able to stay here for long."

Logan's speech speed has obviously increased. He may be knocked off the line by his 1962 self at any time.

This is a ridiculous thing because the person who prevents you from carrying out your plan is your past self.

"I understand." Luo Xi nodded to Logan.

He had to admit that this Wolverine from the future gave him a lot of valuable information, enough to change his future development plans.

"By the way, if possible, please don't let me go through those painful things." After Logan finished talking about the tasks entrusted to him by future mutants, he suddenly mentioned his personal affairs with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

"My life was a tragic one. I killed my biological father and awakened my mutant powers, then wandered around with my brother Victor."

"I have experienced too many wars. My comrades and partners fell one by one on the battlefield, or fell under the power of time. All that was left for me was death and farewell."

"Then I met Stryker, that damn lunatic, and he injected adamantium into my bones, and from then on my life became intertwined with these damn guys."

"My lover, Silver Fox, died in my arms. I lost my memory and became a wanderer without a past. Even my friends from X Academy died one by one before me. I am tired of this kind of life."

"It was not until later that I recalled the first time we met. You promised me that as long as I shed a little blood, I could live a comfortable life in the future."

Logan's face revealed an intense regret, and he wished he could slap himself a dozen times.

Foul talk has a price, and future Logan paid too much.

"I should have promised you. If I had, I wouldn't have had so many miserable experiences."

Luo Xi understood what Logan meant. In fact, when he used the abilities of other mutants to travel through the timeline to the present, the original timeline had already split, and a new future had been created.

In the timeline that Logan experienced, he encountered Roche, and was controlled by Roche to draw a tube of blood, causing him to forget what had happened. Then he followed the original trajectory of his destiny, which was consistent with the plot in Roche's mind.

For this reason, when Logan later recalled this memory with the help of Professor X, he beat his chest in regret.

A promise from Luo Xi was placed in front of him, but he did not cherish it well until he realized it was too late.

"I understand. Since you want me to intervene, you will suffer at this point in time." Luo Xi said with a smile.

"Please step up your efforts. I know how stubborn and rebellious I am right now. This is really stupid. Many things in the world cannot be accomplished by fighting and killing."

"It turns out that you can see farther and more correctly than any of us. Then do what you think is right for me. If he wants to blame someone, then blame your future self."

The future Logan specifically asked Luo Xi to treat his present self harshly, and this feeling of confusion made Luo Xi feel funny.

After saying the last sentence, the consciousness of the future Logan fell silent, and the consciousness of the present Logan came back online.

The weathered temperament on his body was instantly washed away, replaced by all kinds of extremely vulgar insults and swear words.

Although he could not fight back with his sharp teeth and claws, he could still chatter away with the venom of words.

"Why are you looking at me with such disgusting eyes, you little bastard? Let me go if you have the guts!"

"Solve it like a man!"

"You, Uncle Logan, keep your word!"

Logan was still speaking harshly in an extremely tough manner. Luo Xi stared at him and thought for a long time, and suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

Logan does not have a body of steel made of adamantium now, and since the future Wolverine strongly asked him for help, he helped his past self avoid being used by Stryker and underwent transformation surgery.

But in this way, the Wolverine with iron bones no longer exists. Logan, who only has bone claws and super self-healing abilities, is really badly weakened.

In that case, he would give Logan another chance.

In the secret base on Mars, in addition to the two sleeping Primarchs and the five hundred legendary Astartes who followed him to this universe, there is also a matching stock of gene seeds.

Even the gene seeds of those who betrayed the Legion were brought to this universe by Roxi.

There are always loyalists who stick to their beliefs in every rebel legion. They have cut ties with their parent group, and Roche will naturally give them a chance to continue their gene seeds.

Now that Wolverine has lost the characteristics of "King Kong", he might as well strengthen the characteristics of "wolf".

It would be a waste of good material if he wasn't implanted with the Space Wolves' gene-seed.

Although in theory, Astartes' genetic modification surgery is best performed on human males during their teenage years.

Once the age is over 18, the probability of failure will increase dramatically, and even the recipient will die miserably.

Among the many Astartes Legions, only a few have completed the transformation in adult form, but it is not without precedent.

Roxi's good friend Chagatai Khan, when he was found by the emperor, he and his group of brothers who fought together underwent genetic modification.

You have to know that Chagatai conquered the planet Chogoris, so the old guys around him could not be only in their teens.

Moreover, with Logan's super self-healing ability, even if a serious rejection reaction occurs, it is likely that nothing serious will happen.

Roche put the unruly Wolverine to sleep again, and then teleported him to an underground base on Mars.

"Are you going with me or looking for Charles?" Luo Xi turned to look at Darwin in the car.

Darwin was a witness to his conversation with Logan, and he knew a lot.

The blood containing the power of "survival of the fittest" is now in hand, and Darwin is no longer irreplaceable to Roche.

If he is unwilling to accept all this, then Luo Xi will erase his memory, leaving only the memory of him receiving a huge sum of money, and then let him go to reunite with Charles.

This mutant, who had always been unknown, suddenly realized that he was at a turning point in his destiny.

He heard a lot from Logan, including the inside story that a war of extinction would break out in the human world in the future.

Although everything he heard challenged his already solidified perspectives, Darwin forced himself to believe and adapt to the news. The man before him, Roshi, was the key to solving everything. Didn't he see that even people from the future were running back for help?

"Sir, I am willing to follow you and offer my loyalty!"

Luo Xi nodded with satisfaction. Since he had chosen this path, he had to bear the price he might have to pay in the future.

The next second, Luo Xi and Darwin disappeared in the taxi. This vehicle with awakened machine soul quietly found a street corner and stopped, waiting for the return of the creator.

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Mars.

After this period of rapid expansion, this base hidden under Mount Olympus is no longer what it used to be.

Countless nanorobots, working together with industrial iron men, are almost completely excavating and transforming the strata of Mars.

A large number of foundries and cutting-edge laboratories were born in the reinforced underground space, and they are constantly transforming Martian materials into new productive forces.

The expansion of the base is almost exponentially explosive. As long as Roche is willing, he can transform the entire Mars into his own nest, and even install planetary engines and subspace engines to make it a wandering planet that can move freely.

Roche slowed down the production of the war-type Iron Man originally designed in the Warhammer universe. After obtaining a large amount of mutant materials from this universe, a brand new second-generation Iron Man is already in design.

The original Iron Man might have been very powerful, but it was still slightly short of Luo Xi's expectations.

They may perform very well against the Warhammer universe's warp demons, but they may not be able to fully adapt to the X-Men universe.

Bolivar Trask's sentinel robot is very much to Roche's liking, but it still needs a little bit of strengthening.

In the cutting-edge biological laboratory, Kaul and a large number of stone men are preparing for the transformation surgery in a tense and orderly manner.

The object of transformation, Wolverine Logan, was now lying naked on the cold operating table.

A large number of metal cables and syringes containing transformation drugs have penetrated deep into Logan's body. Monitoring equipment nearby is closely monitoring the vital signs of this mutant.

Everything was so harmonious and smooth, they were even more professional than the legion's pharmacists in Astartes transformation surgery.

Roche couldn't help laughing as he watched the tiny surgical robots crawling around on this flesh and blood body, using the laser emitters on their heads to remove the excessive hair on Logan's body.

After all, the bald Wolverine is really funny and embarrassing.

"The Space Wolves' Astartes transformation surgery, under normal circumstances, the trial-taker must first drink the strong liquor containing the Wolf's Spiral, and then complete the so-called 'Mokai Trial' in the ice and snow of Fenris."

Their bones will be torn apart under the drastic mutation, and they will grow manes and narrow fangs. Their bestiality will begin to awaken and overflow. Candidates must overcome their bestiality and return to the monastery of the Legion to be eligible to continue the operation. "

This is not simply to conform to the culture of the Fenrisians, but also because Leman Russ's gene seed is different from other gene seeds.

The test of their willpower is much higher than that of other legions.

The Wolf Spiral was found to be widely present in the human body on the planet Fenris. According to Roche's observation and inference, this is probably because at the end of the Dark Age of Technology, a large number of humans could only stay on this extremely harsh planet in the warp storm.

Having lost supplies and information exchanges from the outside world, these humans can only rely on their own strength to survive in the ice and snow of Fenris.

Some humans choose to inject themselves with the so-called "wolf spiral" to allow themselves to produce beneficial mutations to cope with extreme environments.

When Leman Russ' gene-seed was implanted into the bodies of the Fenrisians, it performed far better than the Terran warriors of the Space Wolves.

The Wolf's Helix and Leman Russ' gene-seed are extremely compatible.

Before Russ returned, when the Sixth Legion was still called "The Rippers", it had a very high probability of genetic mutation. However, due to the brutal war and the efficient execution system, the mutation of the Sixth Legion was not well-known.

The world only knows about the ghouls of the Ninth Legion, but not the terrifying werewolves of the Sixth Legion.

The Sixth Legion's unique genetic mutation is that it transforms into a werewolf, a terrifying monster with a mane, a sharp mouth and fangs.

"But obviously I don't have this step here. Where can I find a place with an environment as harsh as Fenris for Logan to test?"

Luo Xi believes that his technical ability can overcome these difficulties.

He had promised Leman Russ at the beginning that he would use the original mother gene to carry out the Space Marine strengthening plan, so as to find a way to reduce the probability of genetic mutation in the Space Wolves Legion and improve the adaptability of the gene seed.

Let Logan be the first experimental subject.

"Surgical subject testing completed:"

"James Logan Howlett."

"Biological age: 130 Terran years."

"Vital signs are good."

"An abnormality in the gene sequence has been detected. The data is being loaded."

"Data updated. X-gene mutant. Estimated success rate of Astartes transformation surgery is 37.5%."

According to the prediction of the main control computer, the success rate of Logan's transformation is very low, only about one third.

But Luo Xi still stubbornly pushed forward the operation. He knew very well the vitality of the guy on the operating table. Even if he was cut into pieces, he could probably grow back.

The operation began, and the stone men controlled the surgical equipment and started to operate it like machines.

Each of their subtle movements was extremely precise, quick and swift, and soon Logan's chest was opened, and a second heart made in the biochemical culture chamber was implanted into the right side of his chest.

Anti-rejection drugs entered Logan's body through those dense infusion tubes, eliminating the human body's instinctive resistance to implants.

Generally speaking, Astartes' transformation operations are not performed together, and it takes a long time to adapt to the distance from a weak mortal to a powerful superman.

After each transformation operation, the pharmacist or the biological sage of the Mechanicus will adjust the time of the next operation according to the adaptation and physical recovery of the transformed object.

Otherwise, if all 19 genetic modification operations were performed at once, the mortality rate would be close to 100%.

However, Luo Xi is very confident about the object of this transformation. This is Wolverine. Even if he is beaten into a sieve by a weapon, he can recover in a few seconds.

As long as his rejection reaction can be suppressed, the transformation is almost 100% successful.

The second ossified gland was implanted into the body, and the stone man used special surgical instruments to implant it next to the pituitary gland at the base of the brain.

It can become part of the human body's complex endocrine system to secrete special growth hormones, thereby strengthening the bones of Space Marines.

It usually takes two Terran years for a recruit to grow from his original height to 2.1 to 2.3 meters, and the density of bones and muscles will also increase accordingly.

Luo Xi silently watched the scenes of Logan undergoing transformation, while Darwin, who mastered the ability of survival of the fittest, watched in fascination.

All of this is so rigorous, so harmonious, and so pleasing to the eye.

With his incredible wisdom, the Emperor created the path of ascension from humans to Astartes. Anyone who can endure it can be transformed into an angel of the Emperor, with powers that mortals can hardly imagine.

Muscle strengthener, hematopoietic core, Lariman organ, ganglion...

The operation lasted more than 24 hours, during which every participant maintained absolute concentration and calmness to ensure that every movement of theirs would not be deformed or fail.

The Astartes transformation operation, which originally took several years to complete, was compressed into just one day.

Luo Xi invested a lot of precious resources, as well as the time and energy of more than a dozen of the most advanced stonemen and researchers, to make this miracle happen.

Of course, without Logan's abnormal physique support, it would be difficult for them to speed up even if they wanted to.

Eighteen out of a total of 19 genetic modification operations have been successful, with only the last one, implanting a black shell, remaining to be completed.

Roxi took out the black shell himself and covered Logan's naked muscle tissue.

As the fibrous material of the black carapace merged with the flesh and blood, it quickly hardened, and then the invading synthetic fiber bundles began to grow inward as connection points for the ganglia.

It will connect directly to Logan's central nervous system, allowing him to feel the power armor attached to the outermost layer as if he were feeling his own skin.

With the black shell, Logan has officially become a powerful Astartes. He is completely different from his previous self.

Luo Xi looked at Logan in front of him, waiting for him to wake up.

“It seems like something is still missing.”

"Since Logan doesn't want his bones to be covered with that damn adamantium anymore, let's try a gentler approach."

Under the control of his will, some molten liquid gold flowed directly from the foundry into the laboratory. These metal materials, which are both hard and tough, are perfect materials for making weapons.

But he would not be as barbaric and reckless as Stryker, injecting the boiling hot alloy directly into Logan's body.

In that experiment, even Logan, who possessed super self-healing abilities, almost didn't make it. After all, this kind of injury that touches the bone marrow is really not something that the human species can endure.

Under the power of his authority, the boiling liquid refined gold quickly cooled down. However, the cooled refined gold did not have the properties it possessed. It would not solidify into shape quickly once the temperature dropped.

Even when it was cooled, it still had the characteristics of living metal. Roche controlled the liquid gold to seep into the bone claws inside Logan's fist and forearm.

Human bones are not solid, but have a large number of hollow structures. Roche uses this area to store the liquid refined gold.

The liquid adamantium with distorted physical properties did not even kill the marrow in the bones, achieving a delicate balance.

It will shift and transform according to Logan's will, and can even attach to his own mutated bone claws, turning into deadly adamantine claws.

Of course, if Logan doesn't want to have this pair of platinum claws, he can continue to store them in the gaps between his bones and pretend that they don't exist.

Logan from the future told Roxi important information, and he could only do his best to repay the favor.

"In fact, according to the records of the original mother and the Moravec Cube, the Astartes created by the 19 genetic modification operations are not yet complete. When the analysis is completed, we will give Logan the supplement."

Kohl and others cleaned up the operating room, and the cleaning robot made it spotless again.

Under the illumination of the shadowless lamp, Logan's eyelids began to move, and his tightly closed eyeballs moved wildly.

"Don't pretend now that you're awake, Logan. Your breathing rate and heartbeat rhythm are too obvious." Luo Xi said softly. He had seen through the other party's disguise.

"The operation was successful. You are no longer the same person."

Logan, who was lying on the operating table, immediately sat up and looked at his body in disbelief.

"I...what the hell did you do to me!?"

AI running picture

　The four Chaos Gods are the Warp, but the Warp is not the four Chaos Gods. The four Chaos Gods and the Warp are not the same entity.

　　I stitched together the God Group and the God Clan, which is considered a second setting.

　　This universe is very dark, it is a renovated cesspool, foreshadowing
　　
　
(End of this chapter)