The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 466 Chaos Eight-pointed Star! Ascension Ceremony! Corrosion and Destruction!

The Emperor smiled with relief, he was not wrong about Guilliman, this was the Primarch he valued.

"Now I can safely hand over this task to you."

Under Guilliman's burning, eager gaze, the Emperor slowly told him his entire plan.

"I want you to become a god in the warp, to balance the four Chaos Gods for the human empire. With you in the warp, the four Chaos Gods will no longer have the energy to get involved in the real universe."

In fact, the four Chaos Gods of the Warp are not a monolithic alliance of interests. The characteristics they each represent are completely different, which fundamentally determines the contradictions and conflicts between the four evil gods.

For example, the violent destruction of Khorne and the slow corruption of Nurgle are difficult to co-exist. One pursues killing with a single blow, while the other desires continuous torture and corruption.

The complex conspiracies pursued by Tzeentch would also be disrupted by Slaanesh's pursuit of instant gratification.

The energy of the four evil gods depends on the sacrifices and faith of the believers in the real universe. The real universe is extremely chaotic right now, and the four evil gods can get the emotions they want roughly evenly.

But once there is another god in the Warp and he gets the support of humans, this force will not be something the Four Chaos Gods can easily resist.

The most likely scenario would be that Guilliman would be promoted to god, the four Chaos Gods would retreat to the Warp, and both sides would begin to readjust their power and interest maps.

Rather than the four Chaos Gods joining forces to fight against Guilliman after he becomes a god, the more likely scenario is that one of the evil gods will collude with Guilliman and devour the energy and territory of the other evil gods!
After all, Guilliman's divine characteristics cannot be mutually exclusive with every evil god. As long as Guilliman is not exclusive with his own characteristics, he is worth cooperating with.

It was because Leon and the Emperor saw this that they decided to create gods and change the power structure of the subspace. As long as the balance of the Four Gods Alliance was broken, the rest would be easy.

However, at this time Guilliman obviously could not understand the Emperor's true intentions. He did not know whether he could be promoted to a god. Could he become a god just by himself?

"What if I don't become a righteous God, but an evil demon from the Warp?" Guilliman always felt that this was a bit too far-fetched and unlikely to be achieved.

"Each Primarch is a good seed carefully selected by me. I believe that after you master the power of the gods, you will not degenerate into an evil god. After you complete the ascension, even the resurrected Horus will not be your opponent."

In fact, logically speaking, the Four Chaos Gods could have turned Horus into one of the evil gods of the Warp, but they only made Horus the one chosen by the Four Gods.

He simply tied Horus up with a dog leash and used him as his own lackey, without ever thinking of actually giving Horus a "dividend".

Each of the four evil gods in the subspace is the largest shareholder boss and will not tolerate any new gods competing with them for "emotional" resources.

In their eyes, the only one who can ascend to the throne of the gods of the Warp is the Emperor after his death.

"I have sealed the full power of each Primarch in the Warp. To regain the power, one must abandon the body of the real universe."

The Emperor did not hide anything from Guilliman, he almost told him explicitly that you have to die in order to gain great power and complete the ritual to become a god.

Giving up the body in the real world is almost equivalent to cutting off the three corpses and ascending to become an immortal, but Guilliman had just been resurrected and woke up, and he had to go to death without stopping, which made him a little confused.

The great sage Kaul went through untold hardships to save himself, but in the end he had to commit suicide before he could live for many days. Didn't Kaul's work be in vain?

The Emperor seemed to have seen through Guilliman's thoughts, so he took the initiative to explain for him: "The efforts of Cawl and the others have not been in vain. If the Slaanesh toxin in your body is not cleared in advance, it will also affect your ascension ceremony."

"I won't force you to do this, but you must understand that you are the best candidate, and you are destined to sacrifice yourself in exchange for the peace of the empire."

Guilliman fell into silence. At this moment, his mind flashed back to the past, the exciting Great Crusade, the achievements of ruling the Ultramar sector, and the defense of Terra...

Wasn't everything he did for the human empire? The Emperor had already engraved the idea of ​​reviving humanity deeply into his subconscious.

"I don't understand why I am the best candidate, what about you?" Guilliman looked at the Emperor. He was naturally extremely loyal to the Empire and humanity.

But why didn't the Emperor choose to become a god to defend the empire and protect humanity, but had to go through so much trouble to choose himself?

Is he even more special than the Emperor?

Faced with the doubts raised by Guilliman, the Emperor remained silent for a long time. He was thinking about whether to tell Guilliman about this matter. After a while, the Emperor finally gave in.

"There are eight gods in the Warp Chaos. The mindless killing in the northwest is Khorne, the hellstorm in the northeast is Tzeentch, the ecstatic perception in the southeast is Slaanesh, and the corruption and erosion in the southwest corresponds to Nurgle."

"I am the North Corrosion and Destruction, representing pure destruction and ultimate nothingness."

When revealing his true nature, the Emperor did not show any emotional fluctuation. He already knew his own life experience, and his abilities were not something that ordinary people could possess.

Only gods possess god-level power. This is a very simple truth.

Guilliman was stunned again. He had heard too many shocking secrets today. His heart, which should have been numb, was in ups and downs because of the explosive news one after another.

No one would have thought that the Emperor, who was at an mortal enemy with the evil God of the Warp, was so close to the Warp and the Four Chaos Gods. It could even be said that the powers of both sides were completely of the same origin!
"He should have died in the Horus Heresy ten thousand years ago, and at the cost of the demise of human civilization, he was promoted to the God of Erosion and Destruction, becoming the fifth god of Chaos."

The Emperor and the God-Emperor of this parallel universe are actually the same person, so he can fully understand each other's thoughts and ideas.

The God-Emperor did not want to gain the title of God of Erosion and Destruction at the cost of humanity's extinction, so he used the Golden Throne to lock himself in a half-dead state.

As long as the Divine Emperor does not die completely, he cannot be promoted to a god.

Relying on this method, human civilization has been able to continue for tens of thousands of years, but the price paid by the Divine Emperor was naturally incomparable torment and pain.

Sitting on the Golden Throne, the emperor is on the verge of life and death. It only takes half a minute to torture a normal person into insanity, madness and loss of control, but the emperor has been sitting on it for tens of thousands of years.

Only a great man as tenacious as him can shoulder the rise and fall of human civilization on his own.

"This method won't last long. Every part of the Chaos Octagon will be born. This is an unstoppable law of the universe and the predetermined fate of every living being."

Even someone as powerful as the Emperor would feel deeply helpless in this matter. Iniad, the god of death believed by the Eldar, is actually the invisible distortion of due west, representing indescribable changes in form and distortion of the soul.

The Greedy Dissolution in the south represents the Great Devourer of the Terran Zerg, signifying the entropic nature of self-devouring and infinite expansion.

The huge reincarnation mechanism of the universe will not be stuck forever because of a small screw. One day, the God-Emperor on the Golden Throne will completely collapse, lose himself and become the God of Corrosion and Destruction. Hearing this, Guilliman seemed to understand some cruel truths about the laws of the universe.

The extreme hedonism of the Eldar led to the birth of Slaanesh, which devoured the souls of the Eldar and caused their destruction, thus giving humans the opportunity to unify the galaxy.

The destruction of mankind will also promote the birth of the God of Erosion and Destruction, helping the God-Emperor to become a new god.

After that came the rise and destruction of the Terran Zerg, and the ascension of the God of Greed and Dissolution to godhood.

All races will die, and immortal gods will gradually appear in the subspace. When the eight-pointed star is fully lit up, perhaps that will be the moment when the universe comes to an end and reincarnation begins.

What a perfect and cruel mechanism.

After understanding this, Guilliman finally realized how painful the sacrifice of the God-Emperor was. He endured the pain of humanity's extinction alone, and the mechanical gears of the laws of the universe were madly crushing his soul.

As long as the Emperor of Gods can continue to hold on, mankind will not perish, the Octagonal Star of Chaos will no longer be lit up one by one, and the next God will not appear.

It can be said that the Emperor of Gods is doing a miracle that has never been done before and will never be repeated. Perhaps this is also the reason why the Four Chaos Gods did not kill all humans.

The God-Emperor is determined not to let humans perish, which gives them the opportunity to have a feast in the Milky Way. Pain and struggle, chaos and violence nourish the Four Chaos Gods.

"I guess he's almost reached his limit. Humanity will be worn away little by little by time. Ten thousand years is enough time for humans to do many things, but you haven't found a way to save yourselves in this limited time."

The Emperor felt sorry for the "himself" sitting on the Golden Throne. After he left, mankind never produced a powerful figure to save the race.

"Since every Chaos Octagon is destined to light up, what's the point of my upgrading? I still can't stop everything from coming to an end."

Guilliman's voice was almost lamenting. The four words "man can conquer nature" seemed to be becoming more and more ridiculous. They racked their brains and struggled, but still could not stop the trend of the times.

"Chaos is not the ultimate evil, but the integration of good and evil. Khorne not only corresponds to brutality and bloodshed, but also represents bravery and courage."

"Nurgle not only represents corruption, but also corresponds to reincarnation. Tzeentch's conspiracy can be transformed into agility and fickleness, and Slaanesh's revelry can also correspond to happiness."

"Now they are all tending towards evil, so new variables are needed to prompt them to complete the transformation, and you are the key variable."

Although the Emperor was not sure whether the completely lit Chaos Octagon meant the end of the universe, he was sure that once the Octagon was completely occupied by evil, the universe would inevitably collapse.

He must find a way to arrange the ratio of the four righteous gods and the four evil gods in order to continue the life of this universe in a balanced manner.

"Balance... But how can I achieve balance if I'm alone?" Guilliman still shook his head, thinking that this matter was too futile.

Even if he really became a god, the situation of the Chaos Gods in the Warp would still be one to four. If the God-Emperor was included, it would only be two to four.

But once the Emperor of God is promoted to a god, mankind will perish.

What is the meaning of a universe without humans to Guilliman?

"No, you are just a beginning. As long as you succeed in ascending, there will be new gods to occupy the true position."

The Emperor smiled indifferently. The Zerg of the Cosmic Enterprise could just replace the Great Devourer of the Terra Zerg. Together with Guilliman, they would be two true gods.

The six gods of chaos in the subspace can be divided into a three-to-three balanced situation. We only need to sow discord among one of the four gods.

The Emperor believed that with his own means and those of the giant corporation, it would not be difficult to achieve this.

Even if the giant corporation cannot influence the Four Gods of Chaos, it can just support the next four gods on its own and fill up all the god positions first.

This way, we can still defeat the Four Chaos Gods and maintain the balance.

After listening to the Emperor's explanation, Guilliman finally felt a glimmer of hope. Although he could not fully understand the Emperor's words, he believed that the Emperor and the forces behind him could save the humanity of this universe.

"Then what should I do specifically?"

Guilliman asked urgently. He didn't want to let his father sit on the Golden Throne and endure torture any longer. The faster they moved, the less pain the God-Emperor on the throne would suffer.

If he could really be promoted to one of the gods of the Warp, perhaps the God-Emperor would be able to step down from the Golden Throne and no longer endure such torture.

"I will use the power of the Universal Corporation to make you the racial god of mankind. After that, you can gradually upgrade to the Chaos God with the power of the human racial god."

"During this period, I will continue to assist you in completing the ascension ceremony."

The Emperor briefly introduced Guilliman to the origins and intentions of the Cosmic Corporation, and reminded the other party that he must make long-term preparations, because the progress of his ascension to a god would depend on the specific circumstances.

It can be as short as a few months, as long as a few years, or even decades.

What the world's giant companies lack the least is living things.

From high-dimensional creatures in other dimensions to data ghosts in cyberspace, the life forms under the rule of giant companies are endless.

It is not difficult to control the faith of a part of creatures in Guilliman, promote him to be a god of the Warp, and make him absorb the power of faith and expand into a god.

Of course, the faith that Guilliman wants to absorb is the faith of the human race, so the best choice is to let the humans in the Warhammer universe believe in Guilliman.

It just so happened that in the time and space where the Emperor was, he had just handed over the authority of the Human Empire to Guilliman. He could completely guide mankind's faith in Guilliman and distribute this power to Guilliman in the Warhammer 40K universe.

Relying on this method of grafting, Guilliman's success rate of upgrading is not low.

As long as there is a successful example of Guilliman's upgrade, the next "God-making Plan" will be easy to handle!

The two Warhammer universes' Warp Gods will now be dominated and controlled by the top management of the Universal Corporation. Leon will have the final say on who will be the next new Warp God.

(End of this chapter)