Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 418 The Detective's Digestion of Ups and Downs

Ning Lu carefully discerned the spiritual light emanating from the Siren's Dust, thinking to himself.

[It seems to be a Sequence 5 potion ingredient, either the "Hermit" pathway "Astrologer" or the "Gate" pathway "Traveler"?]

When mortals salvage them, they lose interest in everything else. What about Astartes?
As the Primarch pondered, he instantly entered the second layer of Thelma's mind and spread into the void.

In an instant, the consciousness of the progenitor traversed thousands of kilometers, reaching the center of the "glass ball".

A faint, ethereal murmur arose, and the swirling smoke around them sang seductively, like a siren.

The sound transcended the material world, resounding directly within consciousness.

Ninglu felt as if an invisible force was enticing him to touch the soft, gray substance.

The Primarch sensed that the threat of the Siren Dust was less than he had anticipated, but he maintained his second state of mind and did not fall into the first.

His consciousness slowly and easily swept over the soft, gray substance.

The Primarch's consciousness swept across over a hundred kilometers in an instant, and combined with the birth process of the Siren Dust, he thought to himself...

[It should be a special substance produced when matter and fuel enter subspace through a stargate.]

The resolute Astartes is able to resist this material invasion, which has a certain impact on the Order Shadow, which controls the first layer of Thelma's mind.

Mastering the second level has little impact, while the third level poses no danger.
The Primarch focused his consciousness and commanded Arsena Dunn: "Summon Ramsey to me."

"As you command, my lord."

Ninglu shifted his gaze from the shimmering, spiritually radiant Siren Dust to something more physically visible in the void.

The passageway leading from the Gate of Elysium to Uranus and its twenty-seven moons is densely packed with star fortresses.

Like Pluto and the Gates of the Underworld, as well as most star fortresses, they are all the size of a battlecruiser and three kilometers wide.

It is equipped with numerous cannons and void shield generators. It takes an entire battle group to take down each star fortress and will result in the loss of many ships.

But compared to the Ramirez-class star fortresses, these star fortresses are like children compared to giants.

Even the Glory Queen-class battleships are like subjects guarding a king in front of the Ramirez-class Starfortress.

As Ninglu pondered, Alsena ascended into Magnus's second state of mind and sent him a thought pulse.

Although he wasn't a psychic with exceptional skills in this area, Magnus's second-level mental enhancement allowed him to transmit information over short distances.

“My lord, in my recent free time, I have been looking through information about star gates. The legends are very interesting, but they also make me feel conflicted.”

“Something emerged from within the ancient night; in the memories of the inhabitants of the Uranus settlement, it was a story about star vampires and the Iron Man.”

"To guard the satellite gates, the original colonists built fortresses here, and warriors guarded the satellite gates. These sites were known as the Eyes of the Ancients."

The "Guardian of Knowledge," also known as the Detective, combines the knowledge previously given to them by the Black Emperor and keenly senses the contradictions within it.

"If the Star Vampires are considered Star Gods, well, based on the timeline, they wouldn't be the complete Star Gods."

"When humans settled on Uranus, most of the Star Gods should have been imprisoned by the Space Undead, and should be fragments of the Star Gods that escaped."

"But if they are fragments of the Star God, then it would be very contradictory for them to appear from the Star Gate."

The "Guardian of Knowledge" revealed his reasoning in a secretive manner, feeling a slight dissolving sensation within his body.

“You told us that the Star Gods are the gods of the real world, and the Stargate is the gateway to the warp, so they shouldn’t come out from there.”

Ning Lu stood with his hands behind his back, without turning around, responding with thought impulses.

"What is your conclusion?" As a master of deduction, the detective, combining his knowledge of the Star God, Star Gate, and Iron Man, sent another thought impulse to express his meaning.

"It must be a fragment of a star god that escaped its confinement and devoured many planets before reaching the star gate."

"At that time, humanity dispatched an army of Iron Men to block him and prevent him from approaching Uranus and its many settlements."

"The final battle happened to break out around the Star Gate. The Siren Dust in this area may have originated from the influence of the Star God on the Elysium Gate. Because of the passage of time, it was mistakenly recorded as 'Star Vampires' appearing from the Star Gate,"

The detective found facts in his memory that supported his conclusion.

"According to records, the Gates of Hades are always under guard, and they remain vigilant as the rest of the solar system slowly falls into the darkness of the 'Age of Conflict'."

“Your reasoning may be true,” the Primogen’s thought pulse made the detective feel as if his body was churning like coffee boiling.

“But there is another possibility,” another thought surged, causing the “boiling coffee” to cool down rapidly.

“The Burner Niyadra Zata revealed to the Necromancer of the cosmos the method of using a tombstone to enter the Webway, with the aim of bringing His terrible flames into the Webway.”

"It is not impossible that a fragment of a star god invaded the star gate and emerged from the gate of bliss."

"However, the Siren Dust generated when the Void Ship entered the Stargate should originate from the Star God Fragment and its impact on the Stargate and the surrounding space."

Ning Lu's approval reignited the detective's inner turmoil.

"The power it displays should be comparable to that of a supreme star god, similar to that of the Yemenga Starry Sky Stone Tablet."

The boiling power within the "Guardian of Knowledge" gradually subsided, and Alsena, who had experienced similar things twice before, thought to himself.

"The 'guardians of knowledge' must keep the secrets of knowledge and only report to those who are necessary. As far as I am concerned, there is only the Black Emperor."

As the "Guardian of Knowledge," I reasoned, combining the secrecy of existing knowledge with the acquisition of new knowledge, and thus gained control of most of the power bestowed upon me by the Black Emperor.
As the Primarch's servant pondered, the think tank Ramsay walked up behind the two.

"Father, you summoned me."

Nimrod turned to Ramsey and gave a cautious order.

“Bring me the Order Shadow, who has at least mastered the second level of Thelma’s mind, aboard a transport ship to obtain the Siren Dust for me.”

"Remember, only those who have mastered the third level can directly access them; those on the second level are responsible for other tasks."

Ninglu sent the method of holding the ceremony and the requirements for setting up the venue to the "secret prayer person" in the form of thought pulses.

Compared to the initial ritual procedure he devised, the procedure became richer and more solemn after being refined by Alcena, a "reasoning student" skilled in this area, Thomas, a "secret seeker," and others.

Ninglu simultaneously added a message to the thought impulse: "Perform the ritual and offer sacrifices to me."

Ramsey's mind raced through information about the Black Emperor, rituals, and other concepts. After a brief adjustment by his superhuman brain, he received all the information.

His pupils dilated in shock, and he thought to himself.

Black Emperor!
Whether it's my father, the Primarch, or the Black Emperor, I have only one person I am loyal to.
Ramsey bowed and said, "Yes, my lord."

After leaving the bridge, Ramsay, with the authorization of the Primarch, assembled a mining team.

Five think tank members and 142 honor guard members from various battle groups.

The entire think tank has mastered the third level of Thelma's mind, and 103 members of the Honor Guard have also mastered the third level of their mind.

Ramsay led his chosen members aboard a transport ship dispatched by the Primarch's servants and headed toward the Void.

(End of this chapter)