Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 232 The Walking Om Messiah of the Future
Looking at Vashtor, Gao Yi was also impressed by the incredible resilience of these subspace life forms.

Even in its nearly shattered state, the opponent wasn't completely dead. I really don't know if DOOM simply wanted it to experience more pain.

Vastor's only remaining eye was filled with resentment and hatred as he looked at Gao Yi, who had walked up to him.

But it is also filled with the terror of death.

His desperate gamble ultimately failed to change anything, and he still ended up as a loser.

The losers will have to pay the price.

“You…you monster…you are not human! And those races in the void, none of them should exist in this world…You cannot destroy the warp! One day the warp will devour the real universe.”

Vashtor's voice came through intermittently.

"One day? Even Tzeentch wouldn't dare say that. I don't know if such a day will ever come, but you certainly won't see it."

The warp is not as mysterious or powerful as you think, nor is it indestructible; it's just that you don't know how to destroy it! You self-proclaimed gods are nothing more than a special form of life!
The warp can invade reality, and reality can also invade the warp.

However, Gao Yi's words made Vashtor laugh instead of get angry.

"Gods? You humans, beings in special forms, are sometimes so hypocritical. Look at your Corpse King sitting on the throne, and look at you? You are all beneficiaries of faith. Even the awakened Primarchs are no different. They are products of the Warp, receiving power yet belittling it. Ridiculous."

"If you want to completely destroy the warp, kill yourselves first!"

Gao Yi did not continue arguing with Vashtor; it was merely the impotent rage of Vashtor, a slave to power.

He did not deny that he was also a beneficiary of the power of faith, but one was passively receiving it while the other was actively pursuing it. Vashtor, without this power, was nothing and had completely become a slave to the goal of becoming a god.

Vashtor let out a final, desperate roar as he struggled to his feet, trying to pick up his weapon, as if to demonstrate his final dignity as the master of the Soul Forge.

However, Gao Yi had already raised his foot and stomped on Vashtor's head with all his might, stomping it directly into the ground.

Cracks appeared on the ground beneath Gao Yi's feet, and Vashtor's body began to dissipate. This time, his origin did not return to the warp.

The power of devouring and purifying was activated once again.

Vashtor's sinful soul was dragged to the Xel'Naga projection, and Vashtor witnessed Gao Yi's warp projection for the first time.

This is not something a human should possess, and the Xel'Naga began to tear apart Vashtor's soul until all traces of it were erased.

While the death of Vashtor, a lesser god, caused no loss to the warp itself, it was a huge blow to the chaotic forces that were invading the real universe.

The death of the largest arms dealer in the warp will undoubtedly make it more difficult for the Chaos traitors to acquire weapons and equipment. Although the dimensional blacksmiths and blacksmiths still possess the relevant technology, it will be hard to find anyone comparable to them.

His subordinates, the Black Oilers who belong to his Creator faction, will also fall into chaos, fighting among themselves to seize the legacy that originally belonged to Vashtor.

The Creator Bishop faction will still exist, and eventually a leader will emerge. Internal strife will inevitably consume a large amount of Chaos's power, but it is unknown how long it will take for its size to return to its original level. By then, Gao Yi will be able to easily destroy the subspace.

"This person possesses the same power as my father? The demon's soul has been completely annihilated?!"

Guilliman watched as Gao Yi completely killed Vashtor, and now he began to believe that Gao Yi did indeed have the ability to purify the poison in his body. The sudden disappearance of DOOM also aroused his deep curiosity.

At first, he thought Gao Yi was someone similar to himself, but Guilliman was convinced that Gao Yi's attitude and behavior made him doubt his own idea.

Gao Yi, who had killed Vashtor, stood there stunned. Vashtor's power, combined with his psionic energy, provided Gao Yi with over a million psionic crystals. Vashtor, crippled, had already exhausted most of his power in his fight against DOOM.

But his gains went far beyond that; the psionic crystals were actually the least important thing.

Vashtor wanted to kill Gao Yi to seize the divine authority of the same origin, and Gao Yi could also obtain the share that originally belonged to Vashtor by killing him.

As the Xel'Naga projection plundered this power, Gao Yi suddenly felt that his brain had gained some new knowledge.

"The power of the Soul Forge?! Imbuing divine power into code, the Magic Steel Neural Plexus?"

Gao Yi's mind was now filled with information about how to use the Soul Forge and how Vashtor could manipulate mechanical power.

The power of the Soul Forge is not that important to the existence of the real universe; in fact, it can be said to be quite dangerous. In this world, the essence of the soul is still a corner of the warp.

In the warp, Vashtor can enslave demons to create demon engines. He doesn't care whether these bound demons are in pain or suffering. But for people in the real universe, what difference is there between creating such warp engines and spreading chaos corruption?

Even the souls of the loyal can be transformed into malevolent beings through endless torment.

However, Gao Yi had already figured out how to use this newly acquired power.

He didn't want to create something like the Demon Engine, but rather to integrate that power into the Protoss's Purifier program.

Karax has made some breakthroughs in the use of spirit bones. The Soul Forge's understanding of souls allows Karax to find the right direction more quickly. Moreover, the Purifier Project does not directly inject souls into mechanical bodies, but uploads them in the form of data.

While individuals who have uploaded data retain the memories of the uploader, they can no longer be considered the original individuals; they can be regarded as entirely new entities.

At first glance, nothing seems out of the ordinary, but as time goes on, these individuals' development and habits will differ greatly from those of the uploader.

It's possible that the original uploader is better, but it's also possible that the uploader's original habits and characteristics will be lost.

Just like the corrupted Caul that Caul created himself, they seem to have Caul's way of thinking and some of his memories, but they are not Caul himself.

He might even have his own ambitions, such as urging Guilliman to appoint him as the Mars Forging General.

After Gao Yi possessed the power of the Soul Forging Furnace, he was able to truly enable individuals who exist in the form of souls to have a suitable vessel in the real universe for a long period of time.

To achieve a true resurrection in another form, without any unforeseen changes.

Coming to his senses, Gao Yi looked at Guilliman and muttered something to himself.

"Maybe after a while, you won't be lonely anymore. I can bring another brother back to you, but the way he exists will be a little special."

Gao Yi's authority over machinery suddenly increased by nearly a quarter, which seemed to make the effects of the Pure Mark even stronger.

Now, only the Emperor and the Void Dragon fragment hidden on Mars share the mechanical authority with Gao Yi.

The Emperor avoids these powers of faith at all costs and would never compete with Gao Yi for them. He would even voluntarily give them up to reduce the pressure on himself to become a god. The Void Dragon Fragment had already been shattered by the Emperor and no longer had any autonomy or self-awareness.

Only a very few priests knew of the existence of the Void Dragon Fragment.

Once he acquires the technology from the Stars after loading them, Gao Yi feels he can completely monopolize this power, and he thinks he might become a walking Om Messiah.

(End of this chapter)