A life of ups and downs, but in Warhammer 40K

Muttering to himself, Su Can also ventured deeper into the nest. The radiation levels here were nothing compared to the radiation in the Forged World, which could melt the Tyranid swarm.

"Let's go to the Rongxue Gang first and see if we can get them involved."

He couldn't help but mutter to himself, adhering to the principle of stirring up trouble and letting the two sides fight like dogs.

Su Can began walking towards the Rongxue Gang according to the map provided by the intelligence, and soon everything along the way made him twitch his eyebrows.

As they drew ever closer to their destination, the path of the Rongxue Gang was already strewn with countless heads, each hanging from various ornaments.

Moreover, due to the extremely high concentration of radiation in the nest, ordinary maggots simply cannot survive. Therefore, the area is now filled with all sorts of strange 'apples'. These are not icing, but rather iridescent forms created by exposure to radiation.

Even though Su Can was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but feel his stomach churning.

Just then, several ragged figures suddenly sprang out from the scrap metal alley ahead. Their skin was covered with fist-sized pustules, which glowed eerily fluorescent under the radiation. One of them had no eyeballs at all, only two constantly writhing pink buds. These native inhabitants of the bottom nest could no longer be called human. Long-term exposure to the dual pollution of untreated chemical waste and subspace leaks had caused irreversible mutations in their genetic sequences, even forming a biological clock and metabolic system completely different from the upper nest. They could survive by eating metal slag and drinking industrial wastewater that would instantly kill a healthy adult, at the cost of a lifespan of less than a third of a normal person. Su Can watched those buds constantly expanding and contracting in the air, much like some tentacle creature in the deep sea sensing its prey.

"Where is that guy's core? Could it be that those lunatics are just leading their men to kill everyone...? Hmm?"

But at that moment, Su Can suddenly froze.

Because he discovered that at this moment, there were eight bright red creatures in the distance, covered with eight-pointed stars and hanging skulls.

They were all telling Su Can one thing, which was... the World Devourer.

At that very instant, Su Can swiftly hid behind a mountain of garbage. He enveloped himself in the power of his destiny, and, being his first encounter with Astartes, he was simply curious.

Just as Su Can hid, the Devourer turned its head and looked in his direction. It quickly withdrew its gaze, realizing it might have encountered a creature from the bottom nest.

After all, any creature that can live here must be extremely ruthless.

"The World Devourer didn't carry out a massacre, nor did it perform any sacrifices. Therefore, there's only one possibility: ...a secret!!!"

At this moment, Su Can was also pondering something. What could make these madmen so calm? That could only mean one thing: these World Devourers had likely come here for some purpose.

In other words, there was a secret here, which immediately piqued Su Can's curiosity.

After all, if these chaotic things were to discover something, it could be a catastrophe for this world.

Thinking of this, Su Can followed along, wanting to see what was there.

"Should I try to blend in? Let's give it a shot. Anyway, these few Devourers can't stop me."

After pondering for a moment, Su Can decided to try to draw upon the power of destiny. In this world, destiny doesn't exist; what Su Can offered was merely the seed of destiny.

Every step a seed takes to branch out is related to its actions, and it is not necessarily the same as its original destiny.

"Mystery conceals the truth, manipulates cognition, and materializes fantasy—so from the very beginning, I was... Devour, never mind, that's a bit unlucky. From this moment on, I am AlphaRice!!!"

As Su Can activated the power of his destiny, a tall figure appeared in the blink of an eye. Then, the figure quickly turned crimson, and even bore crimson runes.

........

“Great messengers of the gods, what’s wrong?”

At this moment, a tall and burly man, over two meters tall, looked at the Devourer of Worlds in front of him and spoke with unusual fervor.

Of course, he has another name, which is Khorne the Mortal Champion, who is at the pinnacle that mortals can reach.

"Here lie the things the great Blood God needs. Find them and I will bestow upon you unparalleled glory. The Corpse King's sorrowful followers are the sacrifices for you to embark on the path of eightfold glory."

"Yes, my great divine messenger!!!"

Upon hearing this, the mortal Korne, the champion and leader of the Glory Blood Gang, spoke with immense excitement.

He then silently led a group of people through the colorful wastewater-formed river and mountains, and then headed towards the lowest level of the nest.

At the same time, he stopped in his tracks and looked at the nine tall figures behind him.

“Great messenger, that thing is down here. However, it is teeming with bottom-nest creatures, and we cannot approach it. We will need your strength next.”

Looking at the nine tall figures behind him, the Khorne Mortal Champion spoke with immense excitement.

“Come with us. The Blood God’s mission is for us to secretly transport it to Holy Terra.”

Looking at the creature hidden in the darkness, the World Eater's squad leader also looked at his brothers. However, for some reason, he felt something was a little strange, and there was something he couldn't quite put his finger on.

But at that moment, he had no time to think, because...

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!!!"

With a roar, a red figure charged forward like a dump truck, appearing as if in a frame-dropping motion in the eyes of the Khorne mortal champion. In the blink of an eye, it severed the head of a bottom-nest creature, as if admiring its trophy.

In that instant, in the eyes of the mortal champion Khorne, this great divine messenger was so dazzling and filled with glory that he couldn't help but roar:

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!!!"

At that moment, it was as if a switch had been flipped, and a group of Devourers, along with the Blood God's followers, charged forward as if their madness had been triggered.

In an instant, chaos and war engulfed the entire region.

Chapter 4 Su Can: No one understands Khorne better than me!!!

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!!!"

With roars of fury, chaos and carnage filled the entire ruins.

"Perfect!!!"

Looking at the chaotic scene, Su Can couldn't help but smile. Using his abilities to block and modify perception, he had successfully blended into the group of World Devourers.

This relieved him; most people wouldn't be able to tell he was a fraud.

However, it's hard to say if it's those psionicists or chaos wizards. As for whether these Khorne Space Marines would be useful to them, Su Can didn't know.

Therefore, he chose to rely on the power of a mysterious destiny to obtain the identity of Alpha Ries. As long as this identity remains undiscovered, there will be no problem.

Moreover, just in case, another layer of Devourer was added on the outside.

So you thought I was the Devourer of Worlds, but actually I'm Alpha Rhys. You thought I was Alpha Rhys, but actually I'm Su Canda!!!

Of course, this is all just a temporary measure. If I were to actually go back with them, I would definitely be discovered very soon.

After all, he was just an ordinary person, and there were no nails in his head.

Even the squad leader of the Devourer noticed something was wrong, and he took action to stir things up.

Based on his understanding of Khorne, these people were lunatics. They would even kill their own people when they got carried away in the war, let alone these World Eaters who were merely suppressing the restlessness of the Butcher's Nails.

"The first step of the plan was successful, so let's move on to the second step."

The main reason Su Can was discovered was that there were eight Devourers in this group, and now there is one more, making it nine.

Clearly, their own actions, combined with the power of destiny, had ignited the madness within these Khorne Space Marines.

So, given this situation...

Thinking of this, Su Can looked at the weakest of the eight Devourers.

The latter, unaware of the problem, charged alone into the nest of a group of monsters, even separating himself from the main force. This gave Su Can an opportunity.

"Blood sacrifice to the Blood God, skull offering to the skull seat!!!"

With another roar, the Devourer suddenly tensed up. He tried to twist his body at the last second to avoid something, but it was too late.

Because at that moment, a blood-red figure appeared behind him without his noticing, and then a chainsaw dagger appeared the next moment—actually, the chainsaw sword that Su Can had brought for ordinary people.

However, due to Astartes' height, it resembled a dagger. It pierced his chest with precision, destroying the gene seed inside, and then decapitated him with a single blow. Giving him no chance to react, it removed his head from his helmet and smashed it.

"call........"

Seeing the World Eater completely lifeless before him, Su Can breathed a sigh of relief. This was the first time he had ever fought a Space Marine. It would be a lie to say he wasn't nervous, but nervous as he was, he didn't hesitate to act quickly.

"Very good, now your identity belongs to me. Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to forcibly materialize the power of destiny into a world devourer."

After casually hiding the corpse, Su Can subtly altered his Space Marine armor, making it look exactly like the World Eater he had killed. This was despite the fact that the Mysterious Fate could forcibly fabricate identities and rewrite history.

However, they still need to convince others that they are a certain person, so the simplest and most direct method is to kill someone and take their place, just as they would have assumed their previous identity.

Of course, he didn't kill that person; rather, he encountered a shootout during his transmigration. This person was killed, and he used the information he had to create a makeshift identity to infiltrate the top level.

"That captain just said he was going to take it to Holy Terra, so it must be for the Battle of Lionsgate. It seems there's a Chaos artifact here. Let's go see what it is."

After casually taking the man's weapon, Su Can chose to follow the main group.

These mutated creatures in the bottom nests are terrifying to ordinary people, even more dangerous than the aliens in the movies of their past lives. But for the Space Marines, they were nothing special, so they quickly cleared away the creature buried deep underground on the outskirts.

Entering this dilapidated ruin, the Devourers, having just experienced the carnage, had somewhat calmed down. Su Can mingled in the group, secretly surveying his surroundings. He noticed that the walls of the tomb were entirely made of a dark green metal, its surface so smooth and seamless that it appeared as if it had been cast directly from a single piece of metal.

Unrecognizable hieroglyphs were engraved on the walls. The characters glowed with a faint green light under the tactical lights of the World Eater's helmet, as if some living thing that had been sleeping for millions of years was slightly opening its eyes after being stimulated by the light.

The air was filled with an extreme dryness and stillness, devoid of spores, fungi, and the damp, musty smell that one would expect from the bottom of a nest, as if the space itself rejected the existence of any organic life.

"This is an ancient lair of aliens."

Soon, the captain of the Devourer also spoke with some surprise. Then, he looked at his brothers in battle, and the sense of incongruity completely disappeared.

All seven of his brothers are here, and they are about to complete their mission.

This place holds an ancient warp artifact, which was buried here along with the slumber of the Necromancer dynasty.

"This Gwent Nest is truly a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery..."

However, Su Can was somewhat speechless at this moment, because he couldn't understand how they hadn't discovered a single tomb of a space undead when such a large nest was located right here.

As far as he knew, a large number of cunning individuals were lurking at the border between the lower and upper hives, and the planet's local PDF had launched several raids against them. However, they had never been completely eradicated, although those cunning individuals were not enough to attract the hive fleet.

Now that there are Necromancers here, does that mean the Dark Eldar will soon appear in the Web of Destiny, and Orc spores will sprout on the land again?

"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time."

Putting those thoughts aside, Su Can cautiously followed them inside. He had initially worried about being attacked by the tomb's protective mechanisms, but it was clear he had been overthinking it.

The fact that humans have built such a large nest on this planet hasn't woken them up suggests that their sleep quality is quite poor.

Anyway, after they used explosives to break open the door, the entire tomb world remained completely unresponsive.

Following the information the squad leader had obtained from the Chaos Wizard, the group then made their way deeper into the tomb.

After realizing that there were no immediate problems, Su Can was now full of wicked ideas.

"The first part of the plan was perfect, so it's time for the second step. We must sow discord between these Khorne believers and Slaanesh believers, and make them fight like dogs."

As they got closer to their destination, Su Can decided to continue according to his plan.

Chapter 5: What kind of Alpha Reis are you?

Moreover, although he was somewhat curious about the Chaos Artifact, curiosity aside, Su Can knew in his heart that he couldn't let this thing actually be triggered.

In the Warhammer universe, especially within its physical universe, the destruction that can be caused without a ritual is limited. Even the Primarch cannot appear at will, since the Great Rift has not yet unfolded.

"These space necromancers should all be fast asleep; neither the Necromancer Scarab nor the Necromancer Warriors have appeared."

Looking around at everything, Su Can also began to think in secret.

He was pondering a brilliant idea: it was well known that mysterious forces could distort written history. And these space undead, aside from a very few powerful emperors or renowned individuals, were mostly soulless AIs.

This thing essentially follows certain instructions, especially after the overlord or patriarch at its core puts it to sleep.

So Su Can began to consider whether he should steal some undead units. Units like the Undead Overlord, Death Mark, and Tomb Technician were too difficult to deal with. But the Undead Warriors were an excellent choice; he only needed to use the power of the Mysterious Fate Path to modify their logic units.

After all, while the numerous artifacts in the simulated universe have been completely altered by these fictional historians, these lowest-ranking necromancers are unlikely to cause any trouble.

"It should be around here. Everyone split up and search."

Just as Su Can was hatching his scheme and figuring out how to proceed, the others arrived at the core of the tomb and, after confirming that most of the undead in the space were asleep,...

The squad leader immediately gave the order, and then had a group of people split up to search.

"That suits me perfectly. At most, two or three of these people will survive today."

Upon hearing this, Su Can's face lit up, and he then subtly walked towards a passage.

He soon arrived at the depths of a tomb and found a group of undead warriors who had fallen into a deep sleep due to the control core.

"Let me try to refactor their underlying code. Although the mysterious Fate Mechanism is very strong, strength of the mechanism alone is meaningless; we also need to consider the scale."

After thinking for a while, Su Can decided to play it safe. He temporarily abandoned his plan to directly attack the core of the tomb, the Tomb Overlord, or the Space Necromancer Emperor. If things went wrong and he activated the entire tomb world, things would get messy.

He was still wary of the power of the Gauss weapons of the Necromancers. The fact that the Eldar didn't stack armor and focused entirely on agility and evasion was largely due to these weapons.

In all MMORPGs, when facing monsters that ignore armor, tanks can only rely on the dodge mechanic to fight back. Su Can placed his hand on the silent necromancer's shell, feeling the power of fate invading the command matrix within it like fine vines.

The system was breathtakingly sophisticated; each logic loop resembled a series of overlapping gratings, layered yet independent of each other. He carefully peeled away the original loyalty protocol layer and implanted his newly created instructions into it.

The whole process went surprisingly smoothly. After all, these soulless metal shells didn't require any conscious struggle, just like you don't need to convince a door that it should be opened, you just need to change the lock.

"Let me see. Their underlying logic is just one thing: obey the orders of the necromancer overlords. I'll just change it to: obey 'my' orders."

Using the power of destiny to examine the underlying code of these undead warriors, Su Can directly overwrote and modified it. This wouldn't be very effective on living beings, even intelligent machines or any sentient being, because mystery isn't about intelligence or memory.