Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 659 Chaos Theory
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Another primordial universe.

Qin Xia and Angron returned with a full load and entered Comoros along the webway.

Today, Comoros is occupied by both humans and the Eldar, divided into two different administrative areas.

AI has been deployed here, and the urban area on the human side is already quite prosperous.

Hundreds of billions of people from the cruel worlds under the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar gathered here.

The communications ship docked at the port of Comoros.

The Imperial Guards and Terran scientists, who had been contacted by Qin Xia in advance, immediately began to study and deploy the various technologies they brought back.

When Qin Xia was about to go find the Emperor with Angron, the Emperor suddenly teleported to the bridge of the communications ship with Magnus.

"It is urgent," Magnus said immediately after exiting the portal opened by the Emperor.

Qin Xia looked at the emperor in confusion, but the latter just remained silent with a stern expression.

Seeing the Emperor's expression, Qin Xia thought that No. 11 was leading the Chaos Heavenly Soldiers to counterattack, or that the Webway was blown up by someone, or that Kelborhal was not dead and had regained control of Mars.

However, Angron, who was standing by, had already noticed what Magnus was thinking, and his nervous expression disappeared in an instant.

"Your Society for the Study of Human History has conducted joint operations with Malcador's secret services," said Magnus.

Qin Xia nodded to indicate that he knew about it.

"They once again joined forces and this time found Eleven's temple dedicated to the Chaos Gods, as well as his manuscripts, on the edge world of the Eye of Terror."

"The manuscript was brought back by the Sisters of Silence, and I studied it."

“You’d never guess what I found out of this.”

Magnus said as he picked up a book from behind his waist.

That was his notebook, which recorded everything he analyzed and perceived from Manuscript No. 11.

This manuscript was corrupted by chaotic information. In order to curb the chaos corruption, every page of the notebook was written in the blood of the Sister of Silence.

Fortunately, it is now 30k, and the soulless people like the Sisters of Silence have not been ostracized by the Imperial High Lords Council, and the food supply is good, otherwise those Sisters of Silence really can't give the blood for Magnus to finish writing the notes.

"The fourth trial." Magnus quickly read his manuscript to organize his words, and then pointed to the book on Qin Xia's waist, "The fifth trial... It doesn't matter. The key point is, do you know why it can allow you to complete the trial and seize the power of the gods?"

"Because this was created by a person who witnessed the birth of the God of Chaos." Qin Xia told the information he had learned from the God of Laughter that year.

"Not entirely." Magnus pointed to page 1 of the notebook. "The Book of Trials itself represents the concept of witnessing. Each path of trial is the path for the gods to ascend to godhood."

When Qin Xia heard this, he sat cross-legged on the ground and motioned Magnus to sit down and explain in detail.

Magnus then talked about the relationship between the Trial and the Gods.

From start to finish, no detail is too small:
The symbol of Chaos is the eight-pointed star, representing the eight extreme concepts of the spiritual realm of the Warp.

These eight extremes represent eight godheads, Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh being four of them.

The Road of Trial leads from the very center to eight extremes. For example, the extreme of mindless slaughter represented by the godhead of Khorne. The content of the trial changes from the brave lord at the beginning to the brutal executioner now, and from only having to deal with the enemy alone at the beginning to the current style of "the skull does not ask where it comes from", which is a manifestation of the increasing tendency towards extremes.

For example, Slaanesh...

"Have you completed the Self-Determination?" Magnus said of Slaanesh, motioning Qin Xia to take out the trial and have a look. "If my reasoning is correct, then the new trial will be more extreme than 'Aiming for Nothing More Than the Ultimate'."

Qin Xia took out the trial and opened the page.

I am the answer, so what is the question?

[Brutal Executioner: Only Killing]

[Foolish compassion: People with compassion in their hearts walk in the epidemic world, with only the wish to save others, but the end result is just watching others die, and they themselves die from the plague. ]

[Just for a masterpiece: spend a lifetime, even the soul... an object or a deed becomes a synonym for the martyr for it. ]

【All things come to an end】

"From reaching the pinnacle of something, to integrating everything about oneself into a creation or action." Qin Xia closed the trial, "It is indeed as you said."

Magnus laughed, looked at the Emperor, and then at Qin Xia.

Qin Xia followed the Primarch's train of thought and after a moment suddenly realized what Magnus wanted to explain.

"You mean to say that trials are a path of increasingly extreme deviations, rather than projects that must be completed one by one, so as long as you can predict the direction of the next trial, you can get closer to the extreme and achieve something similar to..." Qin Xia hesitated before coming up with the right words, "Achieving an effect similar to skipping levels in a game?"

Magnus smiled and nodded several times.

"But the trial only has one page." Qin Xia patted the Trial Book on his waist, "So I thought it was just a series of projects that had to be completed, but now that you say that..."

"This is related to the particularity of the trial." Magnus pointed to the Book of Trials. "It is a testimony, not some super being that controls the path to godhood."

Magnus paused, and then explained why he was so sure. The manuscript of No. 11 recorded four past events, which were also the reasons why the four gods were gods.

This involves the basics of subspace.

The subspace is more vast and vast than the real universe, but the reason it is vast is that it is an uncertain spiritual space, and everything in it is affected by the mental projection of real creatures.

The Chaos Gods are gods, but they are not transcendent beings that existed before the birth of real creatures. The foundation of their existence is the behavior, thoughts, and strong spiritual projections of real creatures.

In short, the birth of gods cannot be possible without the participation of real creatures.

"Slaanesh can prove this," Magnus added. "It was created by the corrupt deeds of the Eldar... or awakened. In any case, its current disturbances are definitely related to real creatures."

Qin Xia continued to listen to the original body's story.

The manuscripts record the past events of the gods.

Khorne is a creature from the original universe. He is full of courage, sense of justice, and is also very strong and brave. He cannot tolerate any bullying of the weak, nor can he tolerate cowardly behavior and cynicism. He single-handedly fights against powerful enemies that are several times stronger than himself and upholds justice for the weak.

And then it went further and further down that path, eventually achieving feats of courage and combat never before seen or since, the consequences of its actions and their effects sending ripples through the Warp, granting him even greater power.

But after that, Khorne was gradually influenced by the extreme power of mindless slaughter in the Warp, and became distorted. From the "Lord of Bravery" and the "Incarnation of Resentment", it was gradually distorted into the "only killing" with a skull that did not care about the source.

He eventually became a god, ascended to a higher level, and was completely distorted by the warp.

This is the truth that Eleven saw in the Well of Eternity.

"So, Khorne was once a real creature, and he ascended to godhood and became Khorne?" Qin Xia said.

"No, Khorne came first, then this real creature and his experiences came into being. Because his actions and experiences echoed the godhood, he is Khorne." Magnus glanced at the Emperor as he explained, "Similar to the relationship between the Black King and his candidate, the godhood came first, then the real creature did things that matched the godhood and was promoted."

Qin Xia also looked at the emperor.

The Emperor stood there expressionless and nodded in agreement.

"The same is true for Nurgle."

Magnus then tells of Nurgle.

Nurgle is a compassionate doctor. His civilization and race, like the Necromancers, are born to suffer from illness and weakness. Nurgle relied on medical skills to save the world, until he found many diseases that were beyond the reach of medical skills, so he began to develop into the occult.

More and more people were saved by him, and then the godhead in the warp responded to his actions and the spiritual projection of his saviors, allowing him to gradually become a god.

Qin Xia realized something when he heard this.

If the Horus Heresy had occurred normally, and the Emperor had ultimately chosen to accept the power of the Black King and fight Horus in a final battle, he would have been elevated.

Khorne and Nurgle must have also encountered similar super troubles and had to compromise with more terrifying and powerful forces... Unfortunately, they don't have their own Orpesson, so no one can stop them.

Like Khorne and Nurgle, Tzeentch is also a real being.

He was born in a dimension and universe where only eternity existed. His race maintained a system for millions of years. He was the only one in the race who desired change, so he began to study the forbidden knowledge that might lead to system change, and finally he achieved change.

As for Slaanesh, it is roughly similar.

"That's why the gods unconsciously give positive influence to real beings."

Magnus said.

"The sudden burst of courage from the cowardly on the battlefield, the sudden knowledge gained by the ignorant and backward, these positive effects represent the goodness of the Godhead."

“There is no way to use good and evil to explain the Godhead as a whole, because all actions and influences in our subjective mind, whether good or evil, are included in the Godhead.”

"But in the end, everything will be distorted and become extreme, with the hallmark feature of the subspace being extreme."

Having said that, Magnus waited for Qin Xia's reaction.

Seeing the latter nod in agreement, he continued, "In short, these are the reasons why I said that the Book of Trials is just a testimony. It is something done by people chosen by the godheads such as Khorne, Nurgle, and Tzeentch, and it is not the only way to go from the center of the Chaos Octagon to the eight extremes."

"So, when the gods were still real beings, did they create the godhead, or did the godhead choose them?"

Magnus suddenly fell into a state of in-depth discussion of theory as usual.

"I think we can't really say that the gods were still living beings. It should be that the Godhead chose them and used their deeds and influence in reality to strengthen its own power. It would be better to say that they were four puppets rather than four people who ascended to the gods."

"Because in the end even their self-consciousness was submerged in the godhead or distorted."

As if realizing that he was thinking too deeply, Magnus quickly brought the topic back on track.

"Whether Chaos was born from the War in Heaven or some other reason, everything in the Warp has existed in the past, present and future since its birth."

"Every living being in reality is inevitably affected by this spiritual space at birth, because the soul comes from the subspace. There is a reason why the Eldar call that place the Sea of ​​Souls. The four people who ascended to gods that I mentioned must have been influenced by it and did all kinds of things..."

"In this situation, only a soul that is not affected by the warp can break it."

"This is why you can complete the trial, and why you can complete the trial without being distorted."

(End of this chapter)