Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 255 Activating Blackrock and Zerg Reinforcements
"I am Tarasin the Infinite, the overlord of Solemnas, the great archaeologist of the Prism Corridor, and also a scientist!"

"No, you are a loathsome!"

"Abomination again. Don't you humans have any new words? I am not the artificial intelligence you created yourselves. I am fundamentally different from them!"

Pavian couldn't help but remind Kaul.

"Great Sage... perhaps you could be a little nicer? We don't want to ruin the lord's plans..."

Tarasin strolled around Kaul.

He looked at Caul and Pavia.

The two of them possessed an energy beyond his comprehension.

He raised his arm, created from living metal, and gently tapped the surface of the black stone.

"Why are you here on Kadia? Tell me your purpose in coming to find me."

Caul pretended to be stupid, just like he had with Hilandri.

He was growing to like this feeling more and more; he could completely take the initiative in the conversation.

“You don’t seem surprised at all by my arrival? The original Sage Klein in Kadia was so incompetent that even with my deliberate guidance, he couldn’t understand the mysteries of the Black Stone.”

"The mystery of the Blackrock? It can suppress the warp, right?"

"Oh? So you already know? As expected of Kaul, even I have heard your story. But did you find out yourself, or did those Eldar tell you? This thing called the Exorcism Matrix is ​​an incredible technology, and its uses are not limited to this."

I was there when they were installed in Cartier, at least as far as I can remember. You know, long periods of dormancy always lead to something we don't want to see.

We've all lived this long, so we must have experienced this feeling before.

That is, some memories are missing, but I vaguely remember that there are many things in these memories that I want to record and preserve.

It's such a shame that they're completely lost now.

Taracin's voice was filled with regret; he was truly heartbroken over the lost history.

“Abomination, I don’t have time to chat with you. Either tell me how to activate the Blackrock, or I’ll kill you right here and now.”

"Kill me?! You're really tough, not to mention whether you can actually do it."

Even if you succeed, you're just one of countless bodies. You're the one who should be worried. If you need my help, why are you talking to me like this? Aren't you worried I'll just walk away?"

"Don't try to intimidate me here. Since you're here, you haven't attacked any humans."

You even helped guide Krahn, which means our interests are aligned. Now tell me why you want to help humanity, and then tell me how to activate this damned creation.

"Interesting. Yes, our interests are indeed aligned, but it's not as necessary as you think. I can simply walk away."

You humans are always so impatient. You really are an impatient race. But that's normal. Your short lifespans don't allow you enough time to calm down.

As for why I should help humanity, even humanity wouldn't want its "garden" to be ruined, would it? The outpouring of the High Heavens would cause me to lose many things; they only know destruction and ruin.

I am not a warmonger, I am a collector, and I do not want to see these precious artifacts destroyed by beings from the High Heavens.

Of course, the history here is worth the trip and the need to document it, but I also have some bad news for you.

Tarachin then changed the subject.

"A garden? What a boastful tone! Do you consider the entire galaxy your property? Tell me your so-called bad news."

“I will ignore your offense. We are far more powerful than you humans imagine. The Eldar, or what you call the golden age of humanity, is nothing more than this. Originally, I came to help you ‘selflessly,’ but after seeing some things, I changed my mind. I intend to make a deal with you.”

"trade?"

As he spoke, Tarasin produced the sealed SCV in his hand.

"I haven't seen any technology that interests me in a long time. It's amazing and incredible. It's so rudimentary, yet I can't take over its access and control it. It could repair many of my collections, grant me access to it, or even introduce me to the person who created it."

Upon hearing Taracin's conditions, Kaul knew he was not in a position to agree to Gao Yi's terms, but Pavian took the initiative to speak up.

"No problem, Lord Gao Yi is willing to grant your request for a meeting. He'd like to meet you after this war ends." "Lord Gao Yi? Interesting. Caul, it seems you're working for someone else now? I thought someone as intelligent as you would be independent enough."

"Stop with the nonsense! Activate this thing! Chaos has already begun its bombardment of this place!"

“I accept your deal. Come, let me tune the frequencies of these matrices to be consistent! That way they can work.”

“No, no, no, Tarasin, do not approach these creations. You guide me, and I will complete the work.”

"On your own? Don't overestimate your skills. With your abilities, even with my guidance, it would take you many times longer to complete this alone. I'm willing to wait, but can the human army outside afford to wait? If they all die, activating the exorcism matrix will be meaningless."

"This is not your concern!"

"It seems you have some trump cards up your sleeve that I'm unaware of."

"Since that's how it is, I'll send you a data packet. You can receive it, use the data in it to build a void array, and then I'll tell you how to adjust its frequency."

Seeing that Kaul accepted without hesitation surprised Tarasin as well.

"Aren't you afraid I might have hidden some data viruses inside?"

"You won't do that."

Although Kaul said that, he was not worried at all. After being enhanced by the God Machine, his data processing ability was far beyond what he used to be.

"Very good, let's get started."

Meanwhile, Pavian sent a message back to Gao Yi from the side.

“Taracin has made contact with Kaul, Guilliman, Ferrus. What we need to do now is buy time and delay until Kaul has completed the analysis of the technology and activated the obelisk.”

"Tarasin?!" Neither Guilliman nor Firus had heard of this name before. At this moment, Guilliman could only wonder just how many tricks Gao Yi was hiding.

Gao Yi also began to contact Kerrigan.

At this point, Kerrigan had already been ejected from the Nydus Worm.

She arrived at Cardia ahead of schedule.

At this moment, only the priests of the Holy Machine Order remained in the entire forge of Cadia.

All the other soldiers and members of the Kadia Order had gone to the front lines, and the underground foundry was now crammed with Zerg.

Upon Kerrigan's arrival, the priests of the Holy Machine Order began operating and opening the massive, sealed metal gates of the foundry.

"Your Majesty, the Zerg are ready to fight for you."

Zagara also arrived here with the help of the tunnel worm.

"You know who the enemy is. Remember, order the Zerg swarm not to retaliate even if attacked by humans. The Protoss will also fight alongside us. Have the control forces cover their war machines."

"Have all the Zerg Queens maintain those Nydus Worms and continue transmitting Zerg forces to Cardia at top speed; the number of Zerg is still insufficient."

"Air forces? Are you referring to those things called Colossi? Rest assured, my queen, we will show this world the true power of the Zerg."

A large number of tunnel worms can transmit a large number of Zerg per second.

Zagara realized what the Protoss war machine that Kerrigan had mentioned was.

"Yes."

"For the Queen of Blades!"

Led by Zagara, countless Zerg rushed out of the open gate, and within minutes, the once empty foundry was once again filled with Zerg.

The probes also began building crystal towers on the surface.

The war machine known as the Colossus began to be warped onto Cardia.

(End of this chapter)