Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 346 Magnus's Low-Level Mental State

After achieving victory in the Void War, the Shadow of the Throne sailed toward the Rascal IV.

Ninglu remembered that this planet was the future primary world of the Rascal system.

A blinding beam of light shone down on the surface of Rascal IV, colliding with a strange beam of light emanating from the Mito-style glass dome.

Human technology clashed with Metu arcane technology in the skies of Rascal IV, causing the gray sky to burst into blinding light.

The low-hanging clouds were illuminated from the outside in, and multiple sonic booms caused by atmospheric discharges echoed throughout the world.

Two sidereal hours later, the Shadow of Kings won the firefight, and Nimrod immediately issued the order to land.

From within the Stormbird, Nimrod looked through the viewing window and saw eerie, churning light emanating from below.

The massive amounts of flesh and blood fueled by the Mitu people's arcane technology, mixed with the runaway energy from the arcane device explosion, disrupted his vision.

At the same moment he stepped off the Stormbird deck, Nimrod ascended to the third level of Magnus's state of mind.

When he first started communicating with Magnus, he had already grasped the first three levels of mindset; by the time he left Prospero, he had grasped the middle three levels.

After a period of practice, he was able to switch freely between the lower and middle levels of the sixth level of mental state.

It can not only instantly elevate one's state of mind, but also allow one to switch between different levels of state of mind.

The moment Nimrod ascended to the third level of Magnus's mind, the churning subspace energy was unveiled like a veil.

The world around me suddenly became incredibly clear, with geometric structures overlapping on the fragments of broken walls and dust turning into glittering shooting stars.

The sole function of Magnus's third state of mind is to enhance the psionicist's perception, allowing them to absorb details of their surroundings into their mind.

Ninglu immediately saw a human lying half-reclined inside the broken metal device.

Their faces were filled with terror, and their bodies trembled.

Ninglu also saw rhomboid crystals shimmering with spiritual light in the ruins.

His eyes narrowed, and the rhombus-shaped crystal corresponded to the Arcane Prism, the main ingredient of the Sequence 7 "Wizard" potion, on the Profaned Stone Slab, the "Secret Seeker" pathway.

Ninglu also saw that the Mitu people were hiding in the ruins.

As pseudo-optical beings, the Mitu population blends perfectly into the ruins.

The energy from the arcane device's explosion distorted the real environment, allowing the Mitu to hide in the ruins using their ability to camouflage light.

Even the shadows of order cannot detect their presence from a distance.

He raised his left arm, attached the explosive gun to his power gauntlet, and roared as he unleashed a barrage of bullets at the Mitu people who were preparing to launch a surprise attack.

The bombs exploded, blasting more than a dozen Mitu people into pieces.

The terrified Mitu people quickly raised their psionic shields to defend against the attack.

They looked around, searching for the attacker.

Ning Lu returned to the second level of his mental state, his consciousness spreading outwards, instantly sending the location of the hidden Mitu people to the members of the Honor Guard.

The second state of mind created by Magnus allows psychics to establish instantaneous thought transmission.

Psionicists with telepathic abilities have their ability to transmit messages enhanced when they fill the second layer of their mind.

In an instant, the Gene Primarch transmitted all the environmental information captured by the third layer of consciousness to the minds of the five hundred Honor Guard members.

Its transmission speed was even faster than the movements of the Mitu people.

The Shadow Order members immediately raised their bomb guns and launched an attack on the surrounding aliens.

The bombs exploded on their psionic shields, their torsos bursting into fireballs, shrapnel and blood spreading in all directions.

The Mitu people rolled backward in terror amidst the powerful shockwave, while Ninglu swept past the spinning anemone corpse and opened fire again.

His explosive blast cratered a Metu's psionic shield. A subsequent bullet pierced the shield, sending the Metu's anemone body flying through flames and sparks.

Blood gushed from his disfigured, deformed head, trembling and shaking in the environment of supernatural forces.

The entire honor guard opened fire, their dense barrage sweeping across the target area, and the Mitu people were killed one after another by the impact of the explosive rounds.

The corpses tumbled and flew, some of them shattered by the barrage of bullets, releasing clouds of blood droplets that rippled like mercury.

The Mitu people were astonished to find that their camouflage was completely ineffective; the black-armored warriors were spotted by the enemy the moment they came into view.

The powerful consciousness of the Primarch allowed him to switch at lightning speed in an instant, without even a clear sense of time.

He had just seen a huge spherical building when the churning explosive force dissipated, and the world returned to normal.

Hundreds of Mitu people burst out of the building. They were anemone-shaped creatures with seven pairs of legs, and their bodies shimmered with pink light.

Countless explosive shells blasted against the Mitu people's psionic shield.

Bang bang bang!
Ripples spread across the surface as the Mitu people's psionic shield blocked the explosive attack.

The Primarch's eyes flickered with light and shadow as he raised his right hand and lifted it upwards.

The Mitu people screamed as they were rapidly lifted into the air.

In their moment of panic, the Primarch's consciousness pierced their minds.

The hearts of the Mitu people are like a blood-red harbor.

The Primarch, residing in their minds, saw that every four sidereal months they would conduct a purge in Rascal to control the population and maintain their absolute rule.

They drove humans into the arcane device, ruthlessly activating it, melting away flesh and blood to become the energy that powered it.

Nimrod was still deep within their minds, reading the information he wanted: the material they used—Arcane Prisms.

Arcane Prisms are found in the Rock of Ghana, an outer world of the Cyclops Cluster, a vast rocky world with numerous prism deposits.

After obtaining the desired information, the Primarch clenched his right hand tightly.

The telekinetic force was like a series of giant hands, gripping the bodies of the Mitu people.

Bang bang bang!
In the ruins, the human slaves were astonished to see the terrifying aliens that had enslaved them lifted into the air as if by an invisible hand, and then turned into pools of blood mist.

After the Honor Guard and the Eleventh Chapter captured Rascal, Nimrod went to the "Land of Chaos," where he spread his spirituality in the fourth dimension and touched the purple orb.

Thomas is leading his think tank members, along with the 12th Regiment, in an attack on the Rock of Ghana.

Seeing that Thomas was alone, Nimrod immediately pulled him into the "Land of Chaos".

Thomas noticed that the surrounding area was shrouded in black mist. He looked around and then turned his gaze to Nimrod, who was sitting high on the throne.

"My lord."

Ning used telekinesis to deliver an arcane prism to Thomas.

"This crystal comes from the rocks of Ghana."

"After occupying the area, the organization began excavation."

“Yes, my lord.” Thomas accepted the order and Nimrod sent him back to the real world.

He then went to the fifth level of space, his spirituality spreading towards the golden sphere of light.

Ninglu then saw Hathor Matt standing in front of the octagonal rune, which was shimmering with colorful light.

[Matt is studying the techniques of the "Bright Feather School".]
　PS: Chapter 2 is not finished yet, posting at 11:33.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)