Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 165 Unlocking the Celestials
When Damon obtained the Prophet's Soul Stone, he immediately arranged for a human soul to be sent to Gao Yi.

One of the Gorgons in the fleet quickly departed the starport, using conventional engines to move away from Sintira, and then warped directly back to Malfie.

Gao Yi dismissed his entourage and took the Soul Stone of the Spirit Race Prophet to the laboratory on the Star Pioneer.

The security level near the laboratory has also been raised to the highest level.

When Kerrigan was born, a massive amount of psionic energy shot into the sky, and Gao Yi, who had a deeper understanding and application of psionic energy, was unsure of the extent to which it would reach.

If it were mentioned directly on Malfi, it would likely attract a lot of attention.

Only Kerrigan remained by his side.

When Gao Yi picked up the soul stone belonging to the Eldar prophet, the Xel'Naga projection immediately began to react.

The solid soul stone began to dissolve and then seeped into Gao Yi's palm.

The powerful souls protected within were captured by the Xel'Naga projection.

Gao Yi could even see the transparent phantom of the Spirit Race prophet struggling.

Without the protection of the Soulstone, the prophet thought his soul was about to be devoured by Slaanesh, but when he saw the Xel'Naga who was controlling him...

All he knew was that he had seen a being just as terrifying as Slaanesh.

It's estimated that everyone who sees Xel'Naga for the first time will think he's an evil god.

The Xel'Naga's psionic energy transformed into countless unbreakable tentacles, which gripped the prophet's limbs and pulled him ever closer to himself.

Once his soul was completely drawn into Xel'Naga's projection, his resilient soul began to disintegrate.

Although the end result is death anyway, it's still much better than being taken away by Slaanesh.

At least they wouldn't have to endure the endless torment of Slaanesh before being devoured.

His soul will continue to exist in another form under the shaping of Xel'Naga.

The disintegrated souls began to slowly reshape, and a new life was being born in the hands of the Xel'Naga.

An hour later, Gao Yi could see forms similar to those of Protoss beings.

And the long-lost notification sound in my mind rang out again.

Key activation elements detected

[Soul strength meets requirements]

[Unlock Race: Protoss]

"It's done!"

Upon seeing the activation success notification, Gao Yi immediately checked the production conditions for the Protoss.

The Terrans use psionic crystals and metals, while the Zerg are centered around Kerrigan and rely on any resources in the real universe. Unfortunately, apart from Kerrigan, it is difficult for them to produce individual powerful beings.

Even the strength of a special Zerg like Zagara is only relative.

The most basic resource needed by the Protoss is the soul stones from these Ark Eldar.

The only requirement for producing Protoss non-mechanical units is a sufficient number of Eldar souls.

At this moment, the Eldar prophet's soul had been completely absorbed and injected into the body that was being shaped.

Meanwhile, Xel'Naga's projection was also injecting the pure energy it had accumulated over the years into it.

The Protoss's physical body has been completed, and the armor unique to the Protoss is gradually taking shape.

When Xernagar had completely shaped it.

Psychic energy began to coalesce into a humanoid shape within the secret chamber, and along with this humanoid shape, a probe also began to form.

The Probe is essentially the Terran SCV, capable of constructing various Protoss buildings!

Gao Yi began to examine the construction requirements for the Protoss structures inside the probe.

Protoss buildings do not require metal like Terran buildings.

However, the number of psionic crystals required for construction has doubled.

What bothered Gao Yi the most was that Eldar units like the Stalker and the Immortal actually fit the design, requiring Templars who were on the verge of death or seriously injured to control them.

It's just like the fearlessness of Astartes.

This means that if Gao Yi wants to produce more powerful units, he first needs to manufacture enough Protoss.

When these Protoss basic units, the Templars, are wounded in battle, the crystal arrays on their bodies will immediately teleport their severely injured bodies and souls back to Gao Yi's Xel'Naga projection.

Only Gao Yi possesses these heavily wounded Protoss units, allowing them to be placed into units like the Stalker and the Immortal, thus enabling these units to fight and move.

The manufacturing requirements and timeframes for Protoss mega-units such as Colossi and Motherships will only be known after the corresponding buildings are completed, but Gao Yi is certain that this will take much longer than the Terran Gorgon.

Intensity and time are directly proportional. Gao Yi has accumulated a considerable amount of psionic crystals, which he can use probes to build these structures on planets in the vicinity of the Char star system that are inaccessible to others.

At this moment, a massive surge of psionic energy impacted the laboratory, and this energy was no less than that when Kerrigan appeared.

Gao Yi, standing to the side, absorbed this power as much as possible.

Otherwise, even many people with psychic abilities on Malfi would probably have sensed the anomaly.

Before long, a Protoss was kneeling on one knee, his eyes closed as if he were getting acquainted with his new body.

When all the memories that should have belonged to him were completely implanted, he suddenly stood up.

"For Al!"

A powerful surge of psychic energy emanated from the other party. Compared to Kerrigan, the other party had a greater affinity for psychic energy and was better able to control this power.

Protoss do not have a mouth; they use psionic energy to directly infuse their thoughts into the minds of those they are speaking to, or they use psionic energy to vibrate the air to produce sound.

"Where...where am I...?"

The Protoss looked around in confusion, and when he saw Kerrigan, he immediately tensed up.

A psionic blade was instantly drawn, and the Zerg's sneak attack and occupation of the Protoss homeworld Aiur was still vivid in his mind's eye.

Artanis! She is no longer your enemy!

Gao Yi also recognized the other party's identity, just like the powerful Kerrigan who appeared when unlocking the Zerg.

When unlocking the Protoss, I also successfully obtained the Protoss's iconic figure, High Priest Artanis.

However, Artanis appears somewhat weak now; the soul of a Eldar prophet is not enough to fully restore Artanis's strength.

When he saw Gao Yi, he suddenly touched the back of his head.

The system's enforced loyalty made him accept Gao Yi's orders without hesitation.

Not only that, he also felt the long-lost feeling of Kara, like a braid, from Gao Yi.

Kara, which should have been severed, was still connected to him.

And he sensed Kara's presence once again.

Kara is like a psionic internet unique to the Protoss.

It can be used as a standalone form of communication.

However, once you master the use of Kara, you can make it a complex and efficient information processing method.

It allows a Protoss to instantly understand and comprehend their comrade's complex and extensive battle plans and intentions.

"The sacred Kara links us! F2A."

It truly enabled countless individuals with free will to advance and retreat together.

It abandons traditional and inefficient communication methods, enabling every combat unit on the battlefield to change tactics in real time according to changes in the battlefield.

As a naturally psionic race, the Protoss used this ability to hunt even when they were still in a primitive social system.

As Protoss society developed, Kara could even be used as a channel for quickly learning knowledge, and could even access her own and other Protoss's past memories.

Unfortunately, the strength of an individual always seems to be constrained by reproduction.

The Protoss population is not large.

The Khala here have not been corrupted by Amon's invasion, which has eroded the souls and wills of every Protoss.

Meanwhile, Kara's central nervous system was being replaced by a projection of Gao Yi Sarnaga.

Gao Yi's subspace projection fulfills the original function of the Kara, connecting every Protoss.

Although the Protoss actively cut off the Kara later in the game, the Kara's existence did indeed enhance the Protoss's combat power.

Without needing to communicate, the thoughts of the same race can be transmitted to the minds of every Protoss, which also saves a lot of time on learning.

However, Gao Yi heard that Kara also had disadvantages.

That is, unless you are a skilled psionicist or a controller of the Khala, an ordinary celestial being has no privacy in the Khala network; everything about him is exposed to all the celestial beings connected to the Khala.

What's the difference between this and streaking?!
Gao Yi didn't want his mind to be filled with all sorts of strange images. After all, the Protoss weren't like the Zerg; they also had emotions and desires.

What if they're thinking about being all lovey-dovey and all that...? The Protoss's appearance... well, never mind, I really can't stand it.

However, at least for now, Artanis is the only Protoss, while the Protoss produced by the system are all qualified Templars, skilled psionic controllers, which can avoid this awkward situation.

What worries Gao Yi the most is whether the evil gods of the warp will corrupt these Protoss through the Khala, just like Amon did.

However, as the central processor, Xel'Naga should also sense it immediately, and the specific effects will only be known after this situation occurs.

(End of this chapter)