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

Chapter 716: The Fire Source and the Treasure Guarding Dragon (Three in One)

"Calm down first, Tarasim." Roshi also had a headache. He understood how terrifying the attraction of the Allspark was to the Necrons.

If the Allspark appears in the Warhammer universe, even if the major Necron dynasties are still dormant under the influence of the Hibernation Protocol.

The Silent King will also immediately forcibly awaken all the Necromancer Dynasties and then seize its existence at all costs.

The Necrons are at odds with the Silent King, and the Storm King, who even wants to replace him, will put aside all conflicts and join hands with his old rival.

"Calm down? My friend, how the hell am I supposed to calm down?! Tell me what calm down is?"

Trazyn screamed, and the sharp sound of living metal rubbing against each other hurt Roshi's eardrums.

Even his logic matrix began to become disordered, because the surge in emotions and computing power in a short period of time made his head start to feel hot and smoking.

Trazyn came to Roshi and spoke in a pleading manner that he had never spoken before.

"Luo Xi, my dear friend, I have never asked you for anything, but today you must help me."

"I can even make a promise to you on behalf of the Supreme Silent King: as long as you can bring back the Allspark for our people, you will be our eternal friend."

"We can swear an oath in the name of the Necrontyr, even pledging all the wealth of the Nihilak Dynasty in exchange."

The Nihilak Dynasty that Trazyn mentioned is his own dynasty, a super behemoth that possesses more than 70% of the wealth of the Necrons.

Even in the vast galaxy, apart from the mysterious Black Library, there is no other place that can compare with the treasure house of the Nihilak Dynasty.

"If you want power, even standing shoulder to shoulder with the Silent King is not impossible."

"It's common knowledge that there are five of the Four Heavenly Kings, so it's reasonable that the Three Saints Council has four."

"What's more, the other two of the Three Saints are practically mouthpieces for the Silent King. They're useless."

Trazyn's words were dangerous and blasphemous, but there were no other Necron judges present to stop him.

Roxie had never seen Trazyn so anxious and irritable, like a fart spirit whose toes had been stepped on.

She was in so much pain that she wanted to cry, but she still suppressed her sadness and pretended to be calm.

Forget about the manners and upbringing of Necron nobles, what are those empty things?
If Taraxin could lose all his face and dignity in exchange for a heaven-defying artifact like the Allspark, then he would do it immediately without Luo Xi urging him.

He would lock himself up in the Solemnace Museum, activate his stasis stance, and label himself the worst collector of garbage in the multiverse.

In the past, if Trazyn had wanted something, it was only to satisfy his collecting habit.

The best he could get was that even if he failed, it would only provide Trazyn with a more special memory.

But now, the Allspark has really touched the most sensitive point of the Necrons.

Since the days of the Necrontyr, they have had a fanatical pursuit of eternal life. They envied the power and longevity of the Old Ones and launched the First War in Heaven.

Later, after they obtained eternal and immortal living metal bodies with the "help" of the Star God, they began to yearn for the souls they had before.

The desires of life are always changeable. Many times, we get what we want, but we are still worried about what we have lost.

The Necrons have endured sixty million years of loneliness, and many of their dynasties and magisterial rulers have even begun to resent the Silent King's choice.

If they had known earlier that the price of gaining eternity was to sacrifice their souls, many necrophiles would rather die than become the walking corpses they are today.

Although the Necrontyr have short lives and weak bodies, their culture has fostered an extremely strong sense of self-esteem and a strong sense of life and death.

The body may be weak, but the spirit lives on.

Among the Necrons, only a small number of truly high-level ones can retain a relatively complete soul and self-awareness after the biological transformation.

Many of their wives, children, and family members have completely turned into cold metal puppets, unable to even pretend to be alive.

According to what Trazyn learned, more than one emperor of the Undead Dynasty had expressed sadness and despair about the current situation of the race.

They believe that the Necrons have already become extinct, but are currently stuck in the process of extinction.

Their relatives have completely died, leaving them alone to control the dynasty.

Trasin once visited a certain dynasty and attended the court meeting as an envoy of the Nihilak Dynasty.

When the grand court meeting began, the former ministers took turns to report on their work mechanically and repetitively.

The Emperor sat on the metal throne, listening to all of this over and over again.

Trazyn saw only a horde of walking corpses, imitating the Necrontyr of the past.

This situation has lasted for tens of millions of years. Except for the fact that the thought matrix of some Necron ministers collapsed due to irreversible time corruption, resulting in a decreasing number of people, there has been no change at all.

Trazyn really didn't want to see that kind of scene again.

Such a cruel reality will undoubtedly tear apart the beautiful dreams and explanations he has woven for himself, and make him face the naked cruel fate once again.

The Necrontyr had long since perished, and these Necrons were but echoes of their former self.

Humans cannot truly understand the Necrons' desire for souls. Even though Roshi has heard Trazyn talk about it countless times, it is only what he heard and not what he actually experienced.

There is no true empathy in the world.

Just as humans will never be able to understand the Necrons' obsession with souls, understand the fear of the Eldar when faced with the pursuit of the Prince of Pleasure, or understand why the Green Orcs have an endless pursuit of war.

Listening to Taraxin's pleading attitude that was almost bowing to the ground, Luo Xi also fell silent.

And when Roshi fell silent, Tarasim panicked.

If this were in the Warhammer universe, he wouldn't have anything to fear.

Even if he only mobilized the war force of his Nishirak Dynasty, it would be enough to fight against any race in the galaxy.

But the problem now is that they are not in the Warhammer universe.

Trazyn hid a string of his original data in the body of Cawl No. 1 and smuggled it in.

Even the body he is using now was temporarily created by him using secondary living metal.

As the overlord of the Necrons, the power he can control in this strange universe is pitifully small.

The only ones he could count on were Luo Xi and the legion under his command.

Seeing Taraxin's anxious and uneasy look, Luo Xi also laughed in his heart.

He really wanted to say to Trazyn, "You have come to this day, too?"

However, considering the need to squeeze out more value from the other party, Luo Xi did not say such hurtful words.

Although he and Trazyn are temporarily allies, there is a saying that goes: I am afraid of my brother's hard life, but I am also afraid of my brother driving a Land Rover.

If the Necrons really restored their souls with the help of the Allspark, then who has the final say in this galaxy?
This is a question that Luo Xi has to think about. His position is always human, so he naturally has to consider the interests of mankind.

"Sage Trazyn, I know you are eager to restore your soul's obsession, but whether the fire source will be of any use to you is another matter."

"Your souls were completely devoured by those Katans. Even if the Spark Source can give you a new soul, this new soul will not be your original soul."

What Luo Xi said was indeed true.

The definition of the concept of "self" has actually always been a philosophical issue.

If two people have exactly the same memories, are they the same person?

What is the relationship between soul and memory?

If another soul is given to a body, is he still himself?

Listening to Luo Xi's words, Taraxin also fell into silence.

It's not that he hasn't thought about this, but he prefers to believe that the soul bestowed by the Spark Source is their own soul.

The Undead Overlord was silent for three full minutes.

For him, these three minutes were no different from three thousand years.

"I can't answer these questions right now. All I can do is bring back the Fire Source for my people and hand it over to the Silent King for processing."

"Whether or not we can bestow souls upon our people, and whether the souls bestowed are original to our people, that is a matter for another time."

"Even if the soul given is new, I am willing to accept it."

Taraxin's attitude was straightforward: no matter whether the fire source was useful or not, he would just get it first.

Luo Xi tapped the metal tabletop with his fingers, making a rhythmic ticking sound.

In fact, even if Trazyn hadn't spoken out, the Allspark would have been something he had to fight for.

The power of the Om Messiah authority in him comes from the gift of the Emperor, which is the power accumulated by the Lord of Humanity over thousands of years to establish the Mechanicus.

It possesses both the power of the Star God Void Dragon and a portion of the divine power of the Warp.

With it, Roche can control most mechanical creations and even influence basic rules of the universe such as gravity and magnetism.

If Luo Xi continues to delve into this power, and even reaches the end one day, he will be the true Messiah of Om.

He will ignite the divine fire, ascend to the throne, and become the god of all things.

But this was never what he wanted.

He is not a god now, and he does not want to be a god in the future.

Luo Xi only wants to tap into the power of authority, but at the same time, he must retain his humanity.

Now he is traveling through various parallel universes, and in the near future he will have to face the revenge and hostility of the gods, so his demand for power is infinitely expanding.

Power, he needs more powerful power.

The Allspark, and Cybertron behind it, is an opportunity that Roxi absolutely cannot miss.

He really wanted to know what changes would happen when the power of Om Messiah's authority merged with the Spark Source and the Leader Module.

Luo Xi has only seen the live-action Transformers movie series, but he has also heard about Transformers and the existence of a creator behind Cybertron.

But movies are movies after all. It would be extremely stupid to deduce everything based on what is in the movies.

Can a two-hour movie describe the entire universe?

That's simply impossible.

What Roshi was curious about was whether the Cybertron in this parallel universe was still in civil war.

Will the surviving Transformers still split into the two opposing camps of Autobots and Decepticons?

"I encountered a similar problem in the X-Men universe: the dove-oriented X-Men led by Charles, and the hawkish Brotherhood of Mutants led by Eric."

"The relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron is very similar to that between Professor X and Magneto."

"But the difference is that they are an alien race."

Luo Xi couldn't help but sigh.

The battle barge quietly entered the orbit of Mars, and the dimensional engine test warship of the Stone Man Origos stayed near Phobos.

At this moment, this test ship has entered a silent state, cutting off the spread of all electromagnetic signals and disguising itself as a larger space meteorite.

Luo Xi directly activated his ability and teleported everyone on the battle barge to the test ship.

Seeing Luo Xi appear in front of him with his own eyes, Oligos was relieved.

He brought everyone to a high-security storage room. In this room, there was a giant dinosaur that was over twelve meters long and covered with sharp metal barbs.

No matter how detailed the description in the materials is, it is ultimately no match for face-to-face observation.

"I got this mechanical dinosaur from Earth while ensuring its safety."

"To be on the safe side, I sealed it in a stasis field and activated the energy shield to prevent any accidents."

Luo Xi tapped his fingertips lightly, and the light blue energy shield in front of him began to melt.

Oligos was very cautious and raised the security measures to the highest level before he found out the details of these metal dinosaurs.

Luo Xi looked at the metal dinosaur in front of him and judged that it should be a type of Tyrannosaurus, but after all, he didn't know much about paleontology, so he could only make a rough judgment.

With the help of psychic power, he instantly analyzed the metal dinosaur inside and out.

Before, everything might have been a question mark, but now he is sure.

This metal dinosaur from ancient times was transformed from a flesh and blood life form into a metal life form.

There are extremely fine growth marks inside its bones. If it were built, these tiny details would not exist.

"This dinosaur was transformed into this state by the Cybertronians using the [Seed Bomb] after it reached adulthood."

Roshi said calmly, concluding, "We discovered it by scanning the geological structure at a depth of fifty kilometers, and brought it back with us," Oligos said.

Trazyn slowly stepped forward and gently stroked the metal dinosaur skeleton with his palm made of living metal.

Just like them, cold and without warmth.

"It's dead, it's long been dead. Even a metal body would be devoured of its life in such a long time."

Luo Xi was not surprised by this. In the plot in his mind, although Transformers had extremely strong defense and vitality, they still could not escape death.

They need something called energy blocks to maintain their vitality and combat effectiveness. Without energy blocks, they can only rely on some less efficient methods to replenish energy.

They age slowly, appearing just like the aging of the body.

And every Transformer, whether it is the Autobots or the Decepticons, has its own spark source. If the energy core is destroyed or damaged, they will die.

Luo Xi came to the chest of the dinosaur and gently hooked his fingers. The metal instantly melted and disintegrated like ice and snow, revealing the complex internal structure.

And in front of Luo Xi's eyes, a source of fire that had long been extinguished and decayed slowly emerged.

It has become extremely fragile and may be blown away by the wind with just a breeze.

"No, all its memories are gone. It's just an empty shell now. It's of no use to us anymore."

Luo Xi also felt quite regretful. If he could be given a Transformer's spark for research now, he might be able to obtain some more detailed information.

"Then what are we hesitating about? According to the information stored in my memory, the artifact known as the Spark Source is hidden in the Hoover Dam, being studied by those humans."

"Why not order your legion to rush directly to Earth and plunder the Allspark?"

"When I think about the Allspark not being in our hands right now, I get so nervous I can hardly stay calm!"

Luo Xi didn't know whether it was because the core interests of the Necrons were involved that Trazyn was so excited and irritable.

He could only temporarily appease the Undead Overlord.

"Wait, I understand how you feel, but at such a critical moment, you need to remain calm and composed."

"Let's not even talk about whether reality will be consistent with the movies. The complicated and chaotic timeline of the Transformers movie series alone is enough to make us feel overwhelmed."

"The Transformers series' plot is completely incoherent. All of this can only be explained by a parallel universe."

"Can you confirm which Transformers universe this is from?"

"The depths of this universe are far deeper than we imagined. Behind those Transformers are the legendary Original Transformers and an even more mysterious Creator."

For some reason, Luo Xi has developed a vague feeling of anxiety since coming to the solar system of this universe.

His premonitions have always been very accurate, which forced Luo Xi to warn himself to be careful.

Trazyn's chest rose and fell violently, as if he were a real living person, taking deep breaths to relieve stress.

"You're right. We should be cautious," said Trazyn.

"The hope of our tribe is right before our eyes. We cannot make even the slightest mistake. That would be a crime against our tribe!"

"We can do it like in the X-Men universe. We can first sneak into the cities on Earth, investigate the situation, and then make plans."

Luo Xi thought for a second and felt that what Trazyn said made sense.

You have to try it to know how deep the water on this earth is.

"Then Taraxin and I will go to Earth to check out the situation first. You stay in the orbit of Mars and wait. If there is any situation, I will notify you immediately." Luo Xi said.

Oliges, Sharokin and others expressed their willingness to obey the order. After all, with Roshi's strength, it would be extremely difficult for him to encounter danger.

As for Trazyn, he immediately controlled his living metal to begin twisting and deforming, changing from the original metal skeleton to an ordinary-looking middle-aged white man.

"I learned this trick to make it easier to travel in the human world," Trazyn said with a smile.

"If you're ready, we'll teleport there now."

The psychic energy flickered. The suppression of psychic energy in this parallel universe was even stronger. Luo Xi had to consume more energy to teleport from Mars to the surface of the earth.

The two of them turned into a stream of light and quickly traveled to the earth.

This blue planet, as seems to be the case in every universe, gave birth to the human race and civilization.

There are too many mysteries associated with it, and so is the universe.

But just as Luo Xi's feet stepped on the land of North America, his psychic power began to dissipate in all directions.

An extremely obscure energy pulse rapidly spread through the strata.

It starts from the crust and spreads all the way down to the mantle and even deep into the core.

"This is……"

The next moment, Luo Xi suddenly widened his eyes, revealing an extremely rare look of horror.

"not good!"

Trazyn was about to ask what was wrong, but he saw that Roxi had completely restrained his spiritual energy and behaved like an ordinary mortal.

"The earth beneath our feet is alive."

"An immense consciousness is sleeping within. Even I cannot face it in its full glory in its home arena."

"Now I finally understand why I felt so uncomfortable and uneasily the moment I entered the solar system."

Listening to Luo Xi's whispers, Taraxin suddenly understood.

He understood what Luo Xi meant. Inside the planet beneath their feet, a great being was sleeping.

Its name is [Unicron].

If it is really as described in the setting, Unicron is one of the supreme gods in the Transformers universe, symbolizing nothingness, chaos, destruction and darkness.

It is a mortal enemy of Yuanshi Tianzun, who symbolizes existence, order, creation and light.

In the battle with Yuanshi Tianzun, the Emperor of the Universe was slightly inferior. After being defeated, he changed into a camouflaged form, disappeared from the scene, and silently devoured planets in order to restore his strength as soon as possible.

In the fifth Transformers movie that Roche had seen, the legendary Unicron was sleeping inside the earth, dormant silently.

The two looked at each other, and then Trazyn spoke first.

"Why did your arrival cause it to move? If it really is Unicron, then we're in big trouble."

"Even if it doesn't have the multiverse-level power described in the setting, it is still practically invincible in this parallel universe."

Trazyn's metallic pupils contracted in waves, and a strong sense of crisis came over him, gnawing at his few remaining emotions.

The simulated skin on his face rippled unnaturally, as if liquid was being stirred.

"I don't know." Luo Xi said seriously.

"But based on my guess, this may be related to the power of Om Messiah authority that I possess."

"At least the Unicron we see in the movie is far from being as infinitely powerful as boasted in the setting.

If he is really the multiverse-level Unicron as described in the setting, we should leave this parallel universe as soon as possible and get away with it."

"The power in my hands symbolizes machinery and technology, which happens to be highly consistent with the power of Unicron."

"It may have sensed the arrival of another divine being embodying authority and power, and it had an instinctive stress reaction."

"Perhaps, it mistook my arrival for the arrival of its mortal enemy, Yuanshi Tianzun."

As Luo Xi spoke, he extended his psychic tentacles deep into the earth's crust.

In his perception, a dark red energy flow was surging inside the earth, and powerful corrosive and corrupting forces emanated from it, releasing endless evil aura.

Countless mechanical neurons are wriggling and radiating. They seem to be the projection of the thoughts of the Emperor of the Universe, weaving together a huge chaotic core that is difficult to describe in words.

When Luo Xi's psychic tentacles touched those mechanical neurons, some ancient malice from the ancient times instantly began to backfire and corrode along those psychic tentacles.

It discovered Luo Xi's presence and launched an instinctive counterattack.

Luo Xi instantly cut off his psychic tentacles.

He could feel the planet beneath his feet devouring part of his spiritual energy, turning it into nourishment for that evil being.

There was no time to hesitate. Luo Xi immediately grabbed Taraxin's shoulders and used psychic power to teleport away from the area.

And the next second after they were teleported, the ground where they were standing cracked open into an abyss over ten kilometers long.

A surge of dark red energy suddenly gushed out, burning the rocks and soil into nothingness.

The energy beam tore through the earth like a solar prominence ejected by a star and rushed straight into the earth's atmosphere.

Everything was annihilated wherever it went, and the sky seemed to be cut open. Roche could even directly see the shining stars in the space.

The Earth's sky appears blue because the atmosphere causes Rayleigh scattering of sunlight.

Now that the atmosphere has disappeared, human eyes can directly see the dark and depressing space.

The place where Roche and Trazyn were teleported and landed was the Mojave Desert in North America. This huge desert in the southwestern United States spans four states and is rarely visited by people.

However, the dark red energy beams that appeared now and the huge damage they caused were still discovered and noticed by some humans scattered around the desert.

They only felt that the sun suddenly became extremely strong and dazzling, burning their skin like a flame, which was unbearable in just a few seconds.

Countless people screamed and hid back in their rooms, or under any shelter that could block the direct sunlight.

"Oh my God, what happened?"

"Have aliens already attacked? Or has the end of the world in 2012 come early?"

In 2007, the mobile Internet had become quite mature, and countless people used their mobile phones to take pictures of the doomsday-like scene and posted them on social platforms.

Deep in the Mojave Desert, a crimson arc of energy tore through everything, even piercing a huge hole in the atmosphere and tearing the sky apart.

Similar pictures instantly set the Internet on fire, with countless people discussing and debating what had happened.

But compared to the reactions of these humans, what worries Luo Xi more is the aftermath of this sudden disaster.

Humans live in an atmospheric environment, but often cannot feel the existence of the atmosphere. This is because humans have adapted to the atmospheric pressure of the earth.

The seemingly empty atmosphere is actually very similar to the ocean, but when part of the atmosphere is directly annihilated into a vacuum, a disaster occurs.

The atmosphere from other places instantly rushed towards the low-pressure area of vacuum, like an invisible tsunami, unstoppably tearing apart everything in its path.

The drastic weather changes caused by this huge hole are unprecedented in human history and even in the history of the Earth.

The violent convection of air has exceeded the limits of human observation. With the convergence of cold and warm air, a large number of giant hailstones are generated directly from the atmosphere.

Roche even observed some giant ice balls as big as cars falling from the sky.

It was as if a pair of invisible hands were stirring up the storm.

The sand and rocks on the surface of the desert were directly rolled up, turning into an extremely chaotic sandstorm tornado, tearing apart everything in its path.

"Fortunately, this happened in the Mojave Desert. If it happened in a metropolitan area like New York or Los Angeles, this atmospheric disaster alone would be enough to kill the entire city."

"With the instantaneous high-low pressure transition, all humans, no matter where they are hiding, will explode and die, just like a deep-sea hairtail fish that is quickly pulled out of the water."

"A building that can withstand a strong typhoon cannot possibly withstand a storm caused by the drastic transition from standard atmospheric pressure to vacuum.

Everything will be destroyed as easily as a child taking apart building blocks."

Luo Xi's face was serious, with a slight fear in his heart.

If human beings on this earth die because of his unexpected arrival, he will feel guilty.

"Just an instinctive counterattack during sleep can cause such destructive power..."

"This sleeping god should not be underestimated."

Trazyn had cooled down from his initial frenzy.

Now, between them and the treasure of the source of fire, there is an evil dragon guarding the treasure.

Unicron is sleeping deep inside the Earth, but no one knows how deep his sleep is or if he is just pretending to be asleep.

There was too little information available, so Luo Xi didn't dare to act rashly.

But he had a strong premonition that if they forced the Allspark away from Earth, the sleeping Unicron would immediately notice and awaken.

By then, the evil dragon might have eaten them till not even a bone was left.

(End of this chapter)