Simultaneous Journey: Starting from Holy Terra

"Cough cough..."

Ye Ming couldn't help but cough, and blood gushed from his mouth.

He vaguely heard Guilliman's roar and Magnus's vicious chanting.

The Terminator power armor shattered under the bombardment of the Primarch, and Ye Ming could feel the oxygen rapidly draining away.

His body was mutilated; his limbs and torso were still intact but riddled with holes, and he could barely kneel on the ground, supported only by the halberd he was gripping tightly in his hand.

Magnus ignored Ye Ming, believing that the bizarre combination of the "Untouchable" and the Grey Knight was a mistake.

He was unable to utilize the strengths of the Grey Knights, nor did he make full use of his "Untouchable" talents.

Although the anti-magic stance that he could control at will seemed good, it would be dispelled once he was beaten to the brink of death. Ye Ming's current threat level was far less than that of the Silent Sisters.

However, due to Ye Ming's fearlessness, Magnus, who had been weakened and injured, was now facing an attack from Guilliman, Sister Silent, and the Imperial Guard simultaneously, and was already struggling immensely.

With passion and fearlessness, Ye Ming used his own body to take the place of Astartes and the Silent Sisters who should have stepped forward.

He blocked Magnus, weakened Magnus, and at the same time bought time for the Shadow Prophet on the other side!

The prophet informed Guilliman, who then changed the direction of the attack, driving Magnus toward the gate of the net.

Even with his eyes covered in blood and his ears filled with blood, Ye Ming could still vaguely hear Guilliman's battle roar and see two figures getting further and further away.

Guilliman was roaring; he was furious.

He wielded the Emperor's Blade in his hand, driving back his former brothers.

The battle between the two gradually faded into the distance, leaving only Ye Ming in the large pit.

Am I going to die?

In a daze, Ye Ming saw the Earth, and the azure sky that he usually didn't pay attention to but now often reminisced about.

I woke up in the morning, looked at the sunlight outside the window, listened to my mother's irritating yet heartwarming nagging, watched my father smoking at the coffee table, and turned on the computer to see if my friends were online.

That ordinary morning, that ordinary afternoon, those simple meals, those little squabbles...

These scenes flashed before Ye Ming's eyes, and then those beautiful memories shattered, replaced by a cold, black laboratory with petri dishes filled with green nutrient solution.

Ye Ming could see his body being cut up, his nerves being modified, and even his blood and bone marrow being extracted and replaced.

Beside the faceless mechanical priest, a golden figure was performing the main surgery.

The moment this memory surfaced, Ye Ming felt excruciating pain once again!

The excruciating pain felt like it was tearing him apart; it was the real agony he had suffered during his rehabilitation!

With this pain, he saw once again the scene from when he first came to Terra.

I saw him being discovered by scavengers in the rainy night and almost being eaten; I saw the judges eliminating these depraved and corrupt people and initiating orders to arbitrarily cleanse the entire lower class.

Seeing the soldiers in charge of the execution, they couldn't bear to spare Ye Ming and another group of children, leading to the destruction caused by the corrupt individuals entering another area...

He also saw the scene of his first unleashing of his power, and the Silent Sisters who took him away.

He grew up under the care of the Silent Sisters.

Ye Ming, who miraculously survived, witnessed the resilience of people in the face of disaster and the brilliance of humanity.

He asked the Silent Sisters, "Why do they still have hope in such a world?" The nuns told him it was because of the Emperor's protection.

But in Ye Ming's heart, there was another answer...

He saw a Salamanders soldier he had met when he was a recruit. The man demonstrated to him why human kindness and compassion proved to Ye Ming that there was still hope in the world.

That soldier's badge is now on Ye Ming's body!

He witnessed the passion and fervor that humanity has never forgotten, even after traversing space and time.

It was at that moment that his deepest memories were awakened, leading him to abandon his future as an Assassin's Court or the Imperial Guard and choose to try becoming a Grey Knight.

His primary targets were not the traitors, but the demons who constantly distorted and influenced people!

Ye Ming's memory was interrupted.

The intense pain made him tremble, his vision began to blur, and he could no longer see his surroundings or hear any sounds.

His consciousness began to dissipate, and for the first time, he felt something called "life force," but it was rapidly slipping away.

He felt that everything in the world was fading away, and all his past efforts and struggles seemed to be turning into nothingness because of his death...

—No, not at all!

The moment this negative thought arose, Ye Ming's consciousness temporarily returned.

"I successfully stopped Magnus; the Silent Sisters, who should have suffered heavy losses, did not die!"

"They're following Guilliman in suppressing Magnus! That means the nuns who raised me won't die because of this, and many more Astronauts won't die because of it!"

"I still saved many people!"

"But perhaps this is the end... It's a pity I couldn't change this shitty... world."

"It's a pity I couldn't pass on some more advanced knowledge to the others in the end. I hope they can do it successfully..."

As Ye Ming thought about it, an even deeper wave of dizziness washed over him. He couldn't stop himself from closing his eyes, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open them again.

Just as Ye Ming was about to close his eyes, he suddenly heard footsteps.

He subconsciously looked up, and his eyes, which had been covered by blood, instantly regained their sight.

He saw a figure radiating golden light, a figure that seemed to be smiling, as if speaking words of comfort, which warmed Ye Ming's heart.

The figure reached out his hand to Ye Ming, who looked up at him.

In a daze, he saw his former Primarch, Amarich whom he had tried his best to save but failed, one heroic spirit after another who fought to the death, and those respectable and lovely people who had helped him.

Everyone was looking at him, a relieved smile spreading across his face, which was ablaze with black flames.

Ye Ming understood; this was the gaze from the Emperor!

Ye Ming raised his head, blood gushing from his mouth. Under the light of the Emperor, he briefly recovered and managed to speak with all his might.

He asked, "Are you a god?"

The figure paused for a moment, then looked at Ye Ming and saw anticipation and memories in Ye Ming's eyes.

He said, "I am not a god."

Ye Ming smiled. "That's good."

He lowered his head slightly and grabbed a handful of dust with his trembling left hand. The dust was stained with his blood and carried the badge that belonged to the Salamanders Chapter, the badge worn by a man who had died.

Ye Ming said, "I woke up in the mud and saw the ruins and chaos in the nest city."

"I saw children scavenging for food in mountains of garbage, I saw mothers selling everything for a bite to eat, I saw fathers smiling as they sold themselves to buy food and medicine for their families..."

"The judges massacred the city for things that hadn't even happened yet; the officials enjoyed their power and status while ignoring the suffering of the lower classes..."

"I saw people eating people—"

"I saw a scorched earth, no longer the blue sky and yellow earth of my former hometown, no longer the prosperity and harmony of the past."

"I have witnessed a brilliant golden age, I have witnessed human reason and exploration... but—humanity has not yet lost its way."

Ye Ming shakily raised his left hand and offered the dust in his hand to the figure.

"My genetically modified father, can you see this?"

"Do you see the new shoots sprouting from the scorched earth?"

The figure, shimmering with golden light, lowered its head slightly; the light had dimmed for a moment when Ye Ming asked the question.

He reached out and took the dust that Ye Ming handed him.

He said softly, "My child, I have seen him."

"That's enough."

Ye Ming reached out and gently pushed away the emperor's outstretched hand, then lowered his head and slowly closed his eyes.

"Humanity...has not fallen, we...do not need a god."

The emperor gazed at him, then, as if he had seen something, reached out and stroked Ye Ming's head.

"My child, we will all eventually fall asleep, but your time has not yet come."

After he finished speaking, he left with the heroic spirits hidden in the shadows, and Ye Ming's heart, which was about to stop beating, was revitalized at this moment!