Warhammer: Lord of the Endless Monsters

Chapter 536 Chaotic Warning Star, Sphia Sphere

After a burst of golden light, Rhodes and Tartarus arrived at their destination, Vigilant Star, an important planet in the Nakmonde Corridor within the Misty Starfield.

Vigilant Star is a planet extremely lacking in water and politically chaotic. It's like a miniature version of the Milky Way. Why do I say that?
Because this place is in complete chaos, with local noble forces, state religion forces, Mechanicus forces, alien forces, Ork orcs, and the cunning Tyrannosaurus all basically entering this planet.

Before the Great Rift in the Milky Way unfolded, this planet did not receive much attention. After the emergence of the Dark Side of the Empire, the Nakmonde Corridor, which allows humanity to make large-scale communication with the Dark Side, became extremely important.

The Adarin's network can also connect to the Empire's dark side, but its use is still somewhat limited. More importantly, it is not under human control, so the planet's geographical location is quite important.

The atmosphere of the Vigilant Star was like a tattered rag torn apart by countless forces, and the air was filled with a stench. To be honest, the environment here was far worse than that of Rhodes's Beast Planet.

The environment of the Beast Planet has surpassed many Garden Worlds, and even the virgin world of the Adaling race.

According to the Empire's classification, Vigilant Star should be a hive world, but in some ways, it is also a forging world, heavily infiltrated by the Mechanicus.

Because the Mechanics discovered the STC device on this planet, capable of producing fortresses and energy shields.

The importance of this powerful shield technology, capable of protecting the entire capital, is self-evident. This energy shield sells very well on various planets, and almost all the hive cities on the Vigilant Star have installed fortress-level energy shields.

The arrival of the Mechanicus led to a rapid rise in the industrial level of this world, even surpassing that of typical imperial forging worlds.

In order to better rule this world, the Agamemnon family, the largest noble family on Vigilant Planet, formed an alliance with the Mechanicus faction from the Forgeworld of the Eighth Planet.

Only these followers of Omnesia, who know how to maintain these ancient technological shield-making facilities, can provide the planet with a large amount of water.

The Pedanium energy shield used by Rhodes, after being mass-produced by the Empire, weakened the Vigilant Star's energy shield business to some extent.

However, this impact is not too great, because the Pedanium Energy Shield is mainly used on various Imperial battleships or Titans.

It works in conjunction with the Void Array Fragmentation, and this fortress-level energy shield is used on the surface of planets, in the Nest City world.

“Great master, according to the intelligence we have obtained, the true ruling family on this planet is called Agamemnon, but their power is currently being severely squeezed.”

The northern continent is occupied by the Mechanic Guild, whose power originates from the Forging World of the Eighth Underworld.

Over a thousand years ago, the Agamemnon family gained the support of the Mechanicus by offering a piece of land to the north.

"Now the Mechanicus is no longer content with its rule over the northern continent and is expanding into other regions, while the Imperial Church also wields considerable influence on this planet." Tartarus told Rhodes all the information he had about Vigilant Planet.

The Mechanic Order of the Eighth Underworld has practically seized control of the world's lifeline. All the water resources on this planet now rely on the Mechanic Order's orbital elevators to collect ice crystals from the comet's clouds for extraction.

However, the Mechanicus does not share its resources with other factions on the planet, leaving the civilians on the planet with no choice but to drink dirty water that emits a foul odor.

This planet is not only plagued by external forces, but also by internal forces: the state religion, the Mechanicus, and the native Agamemnon family, all vying for power.

"What an incredibly bizarre world!" Rhodes exclaimed.

“Master! The Regent’s fleet will probably take several more months to reach this planet. In the meantime, what do you plan to do?” Tartarus asked.

"The first thing we need to do is to get rid of all the cunning Tyranids on this planet," Rhodes said.

This planet is extremely chaotic, and the lives of ordinary people are worse than those of dogs, so it was easily infiltrated by the gene stealers of Tyranny. The gene stealer cult here is called the Poor Prince, and its leader is called the Venerable Father Ancestral Dragon.

Two hundred years ago, this gene stealer had already taken root on this planet and developed this enormous and supreme sect at the lowest level of the capital.

Rhodes loathed the Tyranids to the extreme; these gene stealers were a bunch of scum, the kind of people who had to be eliminated.

“Master! It’s probably not possible for the two of us to take down this Genestealer Cult silently, since both your and my identities need to be kept secret,” Tartarus said.

“I know! So this time, I’ve prepared a very special monster,” Rhodes said with a smile.

The Unyielding Expedition is still ongoing, and with his own demon ranch on the Orc planet, Rhodes' system gold coins are constantly increasing.

So Rhodes wasn't idle when it came to lotteries. Apart from keeping tens of millions of system coins as a precaution, he would basically draw lots whenever he accumulated a certain amount.

Some powerful monsters were also extracted by Rhodes, and among them was a system gift box. The contents of this system gift box were what Rhodes truly needed.

This time, Rhodes intends to unleash something unprecedented to deal with this gene-stealing cult.

"Master! What methods do you plan to use to deal with this Genestealer Cult?" Tartarus asked with some curiosity.

"Have you heard of the Sphia life form?" Rhodes asked.

“Sphia lifeforms? Of course I know about them. They’re said to be life forms with a high assimilation ability. Even ordinary Martian rocks can be transformed into monsters after being possessed by them,” Tartarus said.

He naturally knew something about the Softia life form. In order to deal with the Land of Light, he had learned about almost all the Ultra Warriors in parallel universes. This life form can be said to be an infected life form second only to the Alien Beasts.

They are the main enemies of Dyna in the Heisei era and Dekae in the new generation. The most powerful Sphia Matriarch even has the power to manipulate black holes.

This special life form possesses extremely strong compatibility; it can fuse with almost any substance.

"Master! You intend to have the Sphia Sphere fuse with the Ancestral Dragon?" Atalos immediately guessed Rhodes's thoughts.

"Master intends to use the special abilities of the Sphere of Spia to fuse these gene stealers." Rhode said. "You guessed right. The Sphere of Spia has high plasticity and inherently possesses great power. However, I don't intend for the Sphere of Spia to fuse with just one, but rather to fuse with the entire gene stealer race."

“This plan is good, great master. If we only fuse a single genestealer, we won’t be able to reach the power of a true monster. But if we fuse the entire genestealer cult and race, then there will be no problem,” Tartarus nodded and said.

After being fused with the Sphia Sphere, these gene stealers will have all their intelligence erased and become slaves of the Sphia Sphere, slaves of their master.

Rhodes smiled and summoned a sphere about five meters long from the system space, which emitted a strange white light all over its body.

This sphere is the Rhodesfia life form, a very magical cosmic creature that can reproduce by dividing itself as long as there is enough energy.

After obtaining this Sphia Sphere, Rhode kept it in the system space to nurture it, and now there are more than a dozen such Sphia Spheres in the system space.

"Go! Possess the body of the princely cult, a lower-class group in this world, and merge their entire race into yours, completely annihilating this cult." Rhode gave the order to the Sphere of Sphia in front of him.

The Sphere of Sphia emitted a strange light, then sank into the ground, beginning its search for its own target.

Like a ghost, it traversed the intricate pipes and ruins of the hive, emitting a faint white glow, lurking in the darkness, searching for traces of the Genestealer cult.

The lower hive of Vigilant Star is an abyss of despair, filled with rotting sewage, mountains of industrial waste, and the forgotten Tyrannical Genestealer cult—the "Poor Princes"—whose followers are scattered throughout the lower hive cities, spreading like a plague.

The Genestealers cult has developed very well, and in 200 years it has infiltrated almost the entire lower class of the hive world, with almost all the common people becoming believers of this cult.

Furthermore, the Genestealers cult released a gene virus into the drinking water sources of ordinary people, infecting them all and turning them into members of the Genestealers cult, thus further expanding their infection.

For these ordinary people, the propaganda of the revered Father Dragon was also very useful. They worshipped the great four-armed divine emperor and believed that the great emperor would lead mankind to the light.

When the day of the great ascension arrives, the Son of the Stars will lead his fleet here, and then take his people to a blissful paradise, where there will be no more suffering, no more distinction between high and low, only an equal and inexhaustible supply of food. They will no longer have to toil for food; they will become the heavenly people of the God-King.

These seemingly absurd and laughable statements attracted countless ordinary people, the lowest rungs of the imperial world, who knew nothing about the so-called imperial truth and cared nothing about it.

Even the Genestealer cult has extended its reach into the planet's upper-class noble factions, and now some of these noble factions also have Genestealers.

They only cared about whether they could live to see tomorrow and whether they could have a full meal. After the Great Rift opened, the psionic power of the entire Milky Way became more vigorous and abundant. Zu Long understood that his ascension was about to begin, and his master, his true master, was about to arrive.

The Sphia sphere quickly located its target—a hunched, bald man whose eyes gleamed with an unusual light.

The creature was kneeling before an altar made of scrap metal and bones, chanting distorted prayers in a low voice. Before him stood a colossal, four-walled god-emperor.

Rather than calling him a god-emperor, it would be more accurate to call him a great devourer.

Rhodes and Tartarus observed all of this up close through their powerful mental abilities.

Target Tyranid human hybrid gene sequence detected... Initiating fusion.

The Sphere of Sphia approached silently, instantly splitting into several silvery-white tentacles that pierced the spine in front of it. The creature didn't even have time to scream before its body began to convulse violently.

Eerie white fluorescent patterns emerged beneath his skin. His flesh began to twist and recombine, and his bones emitted a teeth-grinding cracking sound. Finally, his body completely disintegrated, turning into a writhing mass of silvery-white matter.

The few thief followers who were praying beside him were also grabbed by the white tentacles extending from the Sphere of Sphia and dragged into the Sphere, becoming nutrients for the Sphere of Sphia.

In a short while, all the dozens of gene stealers and believers in the small prayer room were devoured by the Sphia Sphere.

After the devouring was completed, the single Sphia sphere suddenly split into more than a dozen.

Each of the split-off Sphere life forms is an independent individual; these smaller Spheres were hatched through the identity of Genestealer cultists.

In the deepest part of the Nest City, in the enormous cavern, the leader of the Genestealer Cult—the Venerable Father Ancestral Dragon—suddenly opened his crimson compound eyes. He sensed that some of his children seemed to have lost their connection to the clan's network.

As a branch of the Tyranids, the Genestealers also possess a network system that connects all their genetic offspring.

Gene sample analysis complete... Location of the main nest locked, action to begin.

The numerous Sphia spheres continued to penetrate deeper, infecting more believers along the way. Every gene stealer touched by one was assimilated within seconds, becoming part of the Sphia network.

After fusing with the Sphia Sphere, they became extremely tall and could emit rays, giving them an absolute advantage in both strength and speed.

Soon, the entire sect began to notice something amiss—believers were disappearing one by one, turning into white spheres that began to infect more of their kind.

The Genestealers cult took over 200 years to develop to where it is today, but the Sphia Sphere only takes a few hours.

Soon, the Venerable Father Ancestral Dragon noticed something amiss. In just a few tens of minutes, a full third of his bloodline descendants disappeared.

As the leader of the sect, he not only possesses a powerful physical body, but can also perceive the entire sect's thought network through psychic links.

And now this network is being devoured by some unknown force...

"Heretical invasion... Someone has invaded the community."

(End of this chapter)