Travel to Warhammer 40K with Grey Wind

Now I am lucky enough to be able to sit next to the Marshal and listen to him talk about the universe.

Yes, what it liked was never the content of the story, but the act of listening to the marshal telling the story.

Russell yawned, and two tears were squeezed out of the corners of his eyes. At this moment, he suddenly thought of a question: "Gray Wind, you said before that you can sense my location, what's going on?"

Upon hearing this, Gray Wind immediately put away his relaxed expression and replied with a serious work attitude: "To be precise, it was not me who sensed your location, but the Zelo Soul Stone stored in the hull, Marshal."

"Uh-huh?!"

Russell immediately perked up. He didn't even sleep anymore and sat up in shock from his dying illness. He looked into Gray Wind's eyes and said, "What happened? Tell me in detail."

Gray Wind didn't expect Russell to have such a big reaction, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty:

"Well... when I just woke up in the darkness of space, I found that I couldn't detect any signals for communication. I didn't see any celestial bodies or galaxies with signs of life within the detection range of the detector. I couldn't find the direction to move forward... But at this time, a treasure stored in my body suddenly flickered. That was the Zelo Soul Stone."

"There is a voice in the soul stone talking to me. It calls itself 'Jabaksti' and claims that it can sense your location, Marshal, and guide me to move forward..."

"Then, I found you, Marshal."

Gray Wind was obviously very satisfied with the result, and two dimples appeared on his face when he smiled.

Russell lay back on the bed with a dead heart, looking at the chandelier on the ceiling: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Because Jabaksthi told me that I can only tell you this if you ask me... otherwise it will destroy something."

Looking at Russell's reaction, Gray Wind became more and more uneasy. It didn't know what it had done wrong. The emotion of panic appeared in the nanorobot's consciousness for the first time. This novel feeling did not make it feel at ease and happy like listening to a story.

"Marshal...what's wrong?"

Russell shook his head: "Nothing, it's not your responsibility."

His vague words made Gray Wind even more upset. Just as he was about to ask more, he heard Russell continue:

"These past few days, I have only told you some information about the human forces in this universe. Regarding the subspace, chaos, psychic power, etc., I only mentioned them in one or two sentences. I rarely told you more in-depth information. Do you know why?"

Why? "

"Because I'm scared."

"When I told you about the Horus Heresy before, I said that Warmaster Horus was corrupted and bewitched by the God of the Warp, and ultimately fell. But I only told you that the betrayal was planned by the evil god, but I didn't explain clearly what the so-called evil god is."

Russell sighed: "Because I don't dare."

Gray Wind nodded. He could roughly guess the reason.

It once followed the Human Federation led by Russell to defeat a psychic empire that successfully achieved the awakening of the entire race, and captured a large number of psychic populations for the Federation. As a result, Grey Wind gained a lot of understanding of the virtual world, which is similar to the nature of the subspace.

——Sometimes, even if one merely mentions the title of the God of the Void, it will be sensed by the corresponding existence.

"Time is tight now, so I'll make it short - there are Chaos Gods in the subspace of this universe. They are extremely evil and crazy. They represent the most extreme emotions. They feed on the souls of living things and enjoy torturing mortals. They will tear the galaxy apart and bring everything to an end."

"And the so-called psykers are creatures born with the ability to communicate with the warp."

"The more powerful a psyker is, the more powerful the power of the Warp he can mobilize, the deeper his connection with the Warp, and the brighter the light of his soul projected into the Warp - this means that he is more likely to be noticed by the beings in the Warp, and further bewitched and corrupted."

Russell hurriedly put on his coat, buttoning a button incorrectly, which was rare, and his voice was a little unnatural.

"And the spirit contained in the Zelo Soul Stone, who calls himself Jabakshi, is the most powerful psychic in our home universe, bar none."

As the last Zero who accepted the collective sacrifice of the Zero people, Jabakshi's psychic power during his lifetime may have been even stronger than that of the Emperor before he sat on the Golden Throne.

And now he is just a spirit sealed in the soul stone.

"If such a powerful spirit has a projection in the subspace, then that projection will be as dazzling as a star..."

Gray Wind muttered to himself, stunned in place: "So Marshal, you mean to say that Jarbaccusti had actually been noticed by the Chaos Gods without my knowledge, and was corrupted and fallen, just like Horus...?"

Russell shook his head. "It's possible, but not likely, and I can't be sure right now. I need to see the Zero Soul Stone as soon as possible and confront Jabaksthi face to face to test whether he has become the incarnation of the evil god."

"Yes, Marshal."

Although he didn't know how Russell, a mere mortal, would test Jabakshi, a powerful spirit comparable to a god, Grey Wind still chose to believe him.

In the early morning hours, above the Governor's Mansion, a carrier-based aircraft flew high into the sky at maximum speed, rushing back to the Gray Gu mothership that was parked on the back of the first moon.

Chapter 9 Shackles

Gray Wind, a girl dressed as a maid, collapsed into countless nanorobots and returned to her original body after boarding the mothership, leaving Russell alone to hurriedly walk through the corridor and go deeper into the hull.

Under normal circumstances, Gray Wind would probably smile and say: Marshal, you've gone in too deep~, but it is not in that mood now.

After listening to Russell's account of the Iron Man Rebellion, Grey Wind had come to understand that even a micro-mechanical Gestalt intelligence like himself could be corrupted, infected and devoured by Chaos.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but as Russell got closer and closer to the cabin where the Zelo Soul Stone was stored, his mental state began to quietly change. It's hard to say whether this change is positive or negative, Russell just felt upset.

As he continued to move forward, the haggard complexion and dark circles under his eyes due to staying up late at night gradually disappeared.

When Russell finally arrived at the door of the cabin where the Zero Crystal was stored, he was already full of energy. His dry and rough skin became rosy and smooth, as if he had just woken up from a deep sleep and was full of energy. Both physically and mentally, everything was in the best condition.

Frankly speaking, he has never been in better shape in 24 years.

This change made Russell more and more uneasy. The door opened with a slight creeping metallic sound.

Unlike the huge hole where the worms were imprisoned and the hall where the Cyberlux Arsenal was located, the room in front of him was much smaller, only slightly smaller than Russell's bedroom in the Governor's Mansion, and it looked empty.

In the center of the room is a circular structure similar to an altar, with a beautiful blue-purple crystal floating quietly in the center.

Zeluo Soul Stone.

As the name suggests, it is a stone that carries the souls of the Zelo people.

This relic was not big, and Russell could easily pick it up with one hand. There was a hazy mist flowing in the clear crystal, which was strange and weird, and it seemed that if you looked at it for a little longer, your soul would be taken away by the existence in it.

As Russell stepped into the room, a tired voice that seemed to have spanned endless years floated into his ears:

"For humans, the act of sleeping indebtedness goes against your biology, it impairs your ability to function, and I'm not advocating that."

In the center of the room, the smoke in the soul stone was still flowing, and its words continued:

"But if you have psychic powers, everything will be a different story."

What a charlatan’s statement... Russell took a deep breath and looked down at his hands. Well, they didn’t turn into tentacles.

He lifted up his shirt to look at his abdomen. There was no cut or sharp teeth growing out of it. His chest still looked like an ordinary human male, and there was no weird smile on his face.

The fourth disaster cannot be taken lightly.

Russell warned himself in his heart and continued to move forward.

"There is doubt and fear in your heart... and an emotion that I cannot understand." The voice in the soul stone said faintly: "I have not seen someone like you for a long time."

Russell tried hard to suppress his thoughts and not to show any obvious reaction to its words, and said, "Jabagsti, the hope of the evangelicals, the last Zelo, I need you to answer a few questions for me."

"Ok?"

The smoke flowing in the soul stone was obviously delayed for a moment, but soon returned to normal. The voice was still tired and vicissitudes: "I am happy to do so."

Russell did not miss Jabakst's reaction at this moment. He put one hand on his chest to slow down his breathing and said:

"The humans in this universe lack various superluminal technologies, including superluminal communications and intergalactic navigation. They all need to rely on the subspace, or the virtual world. However, the subspace is not peaceful."

"The Chaos-dominated Warp has become a yoke tied around the neck of the human empire. Their communications have been interfered with for years, and cross-galaxy navigation is difficult. It is like crossing the ocean in a bathtub, walking between life and death."

"And the evil gods' erosion of the real universe has made it impossible for humans to make any new inventions. They can only rely on archaeology to achieve backward development. They have no way to research reliable physical methods to exceed the speed of light, so they can only be controlled by gods."

The smoke in the soul stone flowed slowly, like a kind old man, listening quietly and gently to Russell's words without interrupting.

"I am going to break this shackle."

Russell slowly clenched his hand in front of his chest into a fist, his eyes firm:

"Grey Wind's database contains at least four methods of faster-than-light travel that do not require the use of the subspace: jump drive, quantum slingshot, stargate, and L-gate."

"During the time I've been talking to you, Grey Wind has completed the data backup. As long as I give the order, or if I show any signs of being eroded by the subspace, it will immediately disintegrate into a Grey Gu storm at the cost of its own consciousness, launching a saturated random jump to the entire galaxy."

"As long as even one Gray Goo ship survives and is discovered by the Human Empire, these four types of FTL technologies will be delivered to humanity, and the chains that the evil god has tied around the Empire's neck will no longer exist."

After he finished speaking, Russell lowered his hands and looked at the Zelo Soul Stone in front of him with a calm gaze.

"how do you feel?"

There was a long silence in the room.

After a long while, the tired voice sounded again: "So you are testing me, testing whether I have become a supporter of Chaos. But... why not?"

"Huh?" Russell was stunned.

"You only realized it now..."

"Yeah." Jabakisti admitted openly, "The hints and metaphors in human language are difficult for me to understand."

Russell held his forehead with one hand: "Your reaction is very slow, you don't look like a prophet or a wise man at all."

"I have never been a wise man, let alone a prophet." Jabakshi sighed, "I am just a poor man who bears the lives and expectations of his people and has to destroy other people."

Russell was silent. This was a bit inconsistent with the script he had planned. In the mechanism of the stars, Jabakisti's spirit could provide guidance to the leaders of the empire on various matters. He was undoubtedly the image of an "ancient wise man".

There is something oddly incongruous about the situation.

"I didn't know that the intelligent creatures here were trapped at the speed of light. If they have to borrow a passage from that hellish dimension to travel the universe, well... that's really a pitiful thing."

Jabaksthi's voice seemed a little lonely, and even the light on the soul stone dimmed a little: "When I first arrived here, I looked at the Milky Way in the darkness outside the abyss, and all I could see was a disaster."

"The virtual world of this universe is not as pure and fascinating as my hometown. The subspace is filled with endless suffering and chaos. I tried to communicate with psychic energy here, but I foresaw the crisis of death... Why is this happening? Can you tell me?"

Chapter 10 High-Dimensional Overlooker

Obviously I should be the one asking the question...

Russell did not relax his vigilance because of his childish look. Grey Wind was still ready to disintegrate itself and initiate saturation transition at any time. The mood of both humans and nanorobots was tense to the extreme.

"The source of the chaos in the warp began with a war in heaven..."

Russell sat down on the altar in front of the Soul Stone and told Jabakshi the story of the Necrontyr and the Ancient Ones.

From the War in Heaven to the Backstab of the Star God, from the Sleep of the Undead to the Fall of the Eldar, the description is very general and vague, but the information that should be expressed is not missing at all.

He talked openly about many secrets that no one knew and observed Jabakshi's reaction.

——Jabagsti’s reaction was no reaction.

"This world is heading towards its own destruction," said Jabakshi. "From the Warp, I can feel the pain of countless intelligent creatures. The Necrontyr and the Eldar have made the same mistakes as my fellow Ascended, and their crimes have caused huge waves in the Sea of ​​Souls..."

Russell did not respond, but asked another question: "So, how did you guide Grey Wind to find me? I don't have any psychic power. I am different from the native species of this universe. My soul has no connection with the subspace. Theoretically, as long as I don't actively expose myself, even the evil gods will find it difficult to observe my existence."