Warhammer: I live under the watchful eyes of the gods

Chapter 183 The Truth Behind Enlightenment

Of course, Karl definitely doesn't know about Aurelia's complicated memories at this moment.

The only thing that made him curious was that he seemed to have heard of this assassin who called himself "Aurene Ni" before.

"Auremir", the grandson of Church Teska on Frank III, is quite similar to the "Aurene" in front of him in a sense.

One likes to tinker with those life-extending techniques, and the other came here to play with poison.

With such obvious traces of "arrangement", if you say that the emperor did not engage in some so-called "fate theory", Karl would not believe it anyway.

If it weren't for the pain that ordinary people see as extremely painful, it just hit his "strength".

Otherwise, he reckoned that this time it would be a bit choking.

But it's quite sad when you think about it. A person's strength is that he is more tolerant, which is too sad.

And just when he lamented the difficulty of beating the workers, the piercing pain finally dissipated.

Although in general, this pain is only at the level of "little harm, but extremely insulting".

But Carl should have a lot of roles to play.

Gradually putting away the painful disguise on his face, he stared at Aurelia who was opposite him with sharp eyes.

"Is it enough, lead the way."

The big stick that was raised high, finally fell gently.

It's not that Karl doesn't want to pursue it, but it's really not a good time.

After the two sides have finished introducing the whole family, it is estimated that Kai Liya will be completely cold before they go out.

And in a sense it doesn't matter who Aurelia is.

It wouldn't take long for Karl to find those control panels by himself, he just needed a "proper title" to leave the hall.

But since there are shortcuts to take, it would be a bit foolish to insist on detours.

Ignoring Aurée Ni, who was a little stunned, Carl casually took a new maintenance suit from the shelf next to it.

There was a slightly rough texture in his hand, and he knew that this dress really only had the advantage of "rough skin and thick flesh".

In his opinion, the psychological comfort that this so-called maintenance suit can provide is greater than the actual protective effect.

But here it gets even stranger.

Why did that so-called "madman" ascend to heaven and enter the so-called high society in one step.

This is much better than picking up any cheats.

Carl has been thinking about this miraculous question all the way following Aurelia, who is in charge of leading the way.

You say that this is a way of spreading corruption, and it is reasonable, but you say that spreading corruption is fine, so there is no need to invite an old man to go back and make offerings.

Finally, after the two turned into the shadow of the pit lane, he asked this puzzling question after confirming that there was no so-called eyeliner around.

"Tell me about what that so-called enlightenment really means."

Carl's sudden question really caught Aurelia by surprise.

She was still thinking about how to explain the scene just now, after all, it is a bit difficult to punish the crime of assaulting a superior.

However, after years of training, her instinct still completed the answers to the above questions for her.

"That's actually more like a distortion of belief."

Leather boots, when stepped on the hard concrete floor, they make a crisp "kick" sound.

Hearing Aurelia's first sentence, Karl probably confirmed his previous guess.

However, he also realized for the first time the strength of this new organization.

Although the Assassin Court is nominally affiliated with Malcador, and claims to keep it secret from the Emperor.

But obviously, what secret could be buried under those torch-like golden pupils?

At least the fact that he himself was thrown over made it clear that the Emperor already understood what was going on here.

He just had other considerations.

For the time being, Karl can't see through this kind of consideration, nor can he understand it.

Next, as he expected, Aurelia briefly introduced the so-called corruption process.

The reason why it is necessary to hire maintenance workers from other places is probably because the brains of people who have experienced that kind of corruption will be somewhat abnormal.

In order to ensure the efficiency of the work, a large number of laborers were finally hired from various nearby sub-sectors as technical supplements.

But it also reflects the fact that the corruption in this perfect city is deeply entrenched and hopelessly entrenched.

The city was dying, and if not excised in time, the corruption would spread like a cancer throughout the empire.

By that time, it would be a bit of nonsense to talk about imperial truth.

After all, such powerful corruption is enough to tear open the curtain of reality and subspace in large quantities, and guide those real demons into the world.

So the perfect city had to be destroyed, and must be destroyed.

"I can basically understand what you want to say, but there is one more thing I can't figure out. What's the use of these so-called enlightened people?"

Hearing this, Aurelia stopped in her tracks, as if she was thinking about whether this information should be shared with Karl.

After all, in a sense, Malcador did not want these secrets of the Assassin Court to be exposed to the Emperor.

But obviously, judging from another note she had received, the Emperor already knew all this.

=No, absolute ruthlessness will only lead to extremes, don’t forget your original purpose for wanting this knowledge=
This can also be said in reverse.

= Don’t forget the original purpose of Malcador’s creation of the Assassins =
But Aurelia was not in a hurry to answer Carl's question, after all, seeing is believing for some things.

"You'll know when you come and take a look."

After finishing speaking, Aurelia pushed open a door on the side of the maintenance passage.

These maintenance sideways next to the main track of the train are often covered with a thick layer of dust because they are buried deep underground and there is usually no need to clean them.

However, the door does not seem to have accumulated much dust, which is incompatible with the maintenance side passage that has been lacking in care all year round.

Of course, if only this bit of information can be seen, then the Mechanical Codex in Carl's mind will laugh at him for using it improperly.

In fact, when the door appeared within his line of sight, he knew he was in the right place.

No matter from any point of view, this is the best place to deploy operation and maintenance equipment.

There is at least one terminal in the subway system that controls the thinker array.

And one terminal is enough for Karl.

As expected, after Aurée Ni walked into the small control room, a machine in the center quickly caught his attention.

Regardless of what Aurelia in front of her thought, Carl quickly walked around the screen who was about to introduce her in a few steps.

"This thing needs to be unlocked."

That was the puzzled question from Aurelia.

This kind of machine needs to be verified before it can be unlocked, at least it should be regarded as some kind of common sense in Aurelia's opinion.

But soon, watching the rows of secret execution lists gradually emerge on the screen, she knew that she had indeed underestimated the envoy sent by the emperor.

"These lists have been swapped, do you know?"

Seeing the shocked expression on Aurelia's face, Karl knew that things might be serious.

The reason why those so-called enlighteners were given food and drink was to let them take the corruption out of the perfect city.

And the list in front of him now is an important basis for the trial court to track down and execute these enlighteners.

What's more, this list has been replaced by someone.

This means that after the corruption spreads, every ship that departs from Perfect City may carry these "initiators" back to their home planet.

But when Karl was in a hurry, Aurelia replied calmly: "It doesn't matter, because we all killed them."

In the next second, the scene suddenly became very cold.

Carl didn't know what to say.

Behind the understatement, there are many unknown bloody slaughters hidden.

This wasn't the so-called [-]th kill that Perturabo did.

This is indiscriminate cleaning.

Although Karl is very clear that the perfect city has fallen to such a point.

Randomly grab 100 people out of it, if you can find a normal person, it will be regarded as the emperor's blessing.

If there is really an accidental injury, it can only be regarded as a sacrifice that is unlucky.

It can be proved that like the trolley problem that can never be solved, this kind of behavior involving putting a price on life can never get the so-called absolutely correct answer.

Morality is just a guiding standard compared to law, let alone 30k?
Silently turned off the so-called assassination list, and hacked into the control panel of the track system with a slightly heavy heart.

Karl got his wish and got the blueprint of the transportation system under the entire perfect city.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

It can only be said that it is a place that dares to call itself the "perfect city".

The complexity and sophistication of its underground transportation system design, except for some compromises due to the lack of necessary technology, almost perfectly copied some of the modular designs in the Mechanical Codex.

It is precisely such a set of sophisticated and complex transportation systems that can support such a large religious city and everything it needs in daily life.

The circuit diagrams were easily copied into the brain, and several escape plans were quickly memorized by Karl.

Since the equipment here is well maintained on weekdays, those thinkers are basically in the running state of reading and writing correctly.

As long as the instrument recognizes the code, the next thing is trivial.

I think that in the 63-19 year, Karl fought an "empire" alone.

As long as Chaos doesn't play with subspace energy that doesn't talk about martial arts, it's not too much for him to call himself a god in these devices.

But just as he began to arrange the escape route after retreating from the religious hall, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an approaching train from the corner of his sight.

Originally, this wasn't a big deal. After all, according to the normal schedule, there was nothing wrong with another train passing by after such a long time.

But he always felt that there was something wrong with it.

The source of corruption is not in the tunnels, nor in the city infrastructure.

The moment he landed before this point, he had explored it through the unfolded final form field.

Even if there is, it is only a secondary corruption similar to "aftermath".

So what can easily and quickly run through the entire perfect city?
The answer is already obvious.

Turning his head to look at the blood-smelling Aurene behind him, Karl knew that it was not as simple as corrupted crystals hidden on the train.

If that was the case, then the Assassin Court would have taken action to "dispose" of these trains long ago.

It is obviously easier to directly deal with the obvious source of corruption on these trains than to deal with the people on the starships.

But if it wasn't for the use of crystals as the medium of the corruption transmission network, then what exactly did Chaos use in the Perfect City?
Listening to the gradually clear roaring sound in the distance, Karl seemed to understand something.

= Rejoice!Because I brought you the good news. =
=Gods walk among us=
=He is the only faith, He is your only hope, He is your only salvation=
=He is the only darkness in the light, He can bring you eternal peace=
= Its name is Darkness...

Hearing this, Carl couldn't help covering his ears.

He can be regarded as understanding the conspiracy of Chaos.

The original source of corruption was born in those noisy engine roars.

And the so-called "enlightenment" was gradually spread by these maintenance workers to the entire perfect city.

The reason why the group of maintenance workers that Carl saw before have not been "assimilated" is simply because they have only been exchanged for a short time.

This is a forced distortion of belief.

To make matters worse, in a universe with warp space, this kind of distorted belief will not only create a false emperor, but also distort the will of the Emperor himself.

Perhaps this is the biggest reason why the Emperor must destroy the Perfect City.

"What's on my face?"

That was the question from Aurelia who stood in front of him with a dazed expression.

Suddenly, when he came back to his senses, Karl realized that because he was addicted to analyzing the situation, he was still turning his head to look at Aurelia at this moment.

This inevitably made Aurelia, who was being stared at, a little flustered.

She knew that the actions of the Assassin Court did not conform to the image of the Emperor, the Lord of Humanity.

But this is also the original intention of Malcador to establish the Assassin Court - to do those things that have to be done, but are not in line with common sense.

Not everyone is willing to make sacrifices for the future of mankind, and in that case, all the assassins have to do is go up and do a favor.

But she dared not lie in this situation.

After all, if the Emperor questioned Malcador about the Assassin Court, Malcador obviously couldn't lie.

In this case, the misleading effect of a lie is definitely much worse than a candid admission of the truth.

Even if this fact would cost her her life, Aurée Ni would not hesitate.

At least in the oath of entering the Assassin Court, she has already understood her fate of death.

Pain is an illusion of the senses, despair an illusion of the mind.

Only after you have rested will you meet the only One who can judge you.

And only the Emperor can judge your crimes.

She is not a good person, and she never wanted to be such a kind person.

At the moment she was only disturbed that she might inadvertently "sabotage" the Emperor's plans.

There's no haste to take your eyes off the skeletal face that's almost entirely covered in synthetic skin (synskin).

In fact, Karl still has one last question to answer.

Like Aurene, he also has doubts that have not yet been "answered by the emperor".

What did the Emperor want him to do by throwing him here?

In order to answer this doubt, he had to go to the religious court to rescue the doubtful Kylia and ask him about it.

After a slight pause and making up his mind, Karl sent out the "employment contract" to Aurene.

"I have to go to the old church to save someone immediately, are you coming?"

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(End of this chapter)