Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 217 The "Peeping Tom" Suffers the Corruption of Slaanesh
Thomas climbed the eleven steps to the altar.

After examining the altar items, he dripped a drop of ritual oil onto each candle before spiritually lighting them.

Thomas created a closed spiritual environment with a ritual knife, knelt on a black onyx mat, and chanted incantations in Dunn.

"The Black Emperor of the Shadow of Order"
The mysterious ruler of a disordered kingdom
The king of light and shadow who rules the rules.

The "Secret Seeker" opened his "Secret Eyes" and sensed the surrounding situation. He felt an invisible energy fluctuation emanating from within the spiritual wall.

As the director of the think tank, he was able to determine that the energy did not originate from subspace.

The whispers he heard in the Crystal Illusion came from different realms.

The "peeping eye" was filled with astonishment and almost lost its ability to maintain its "peeping eye".

He focused his mind and continued chanting the incantation.

I pray for Your watchful gaze.

I pray for Your favor.

I pray that you will tell me the origin of the Heart Killer in the beliefs of the indigenous people of Crystal Illusion.

Scales, balance of a disordered land, please transfer your power to my incantation.

……

"The Iron Laws of the King, the foundation of a disordered kingdom, please transfer your power to my incantation."

The “Hidden Seeker” encountered dozens of faiths in various worlds during his expedition, but only the Heartbreaker of the Crystal Illusion was real.

Moreover, the "secret seeker" intuitively sensed from the brief contact that he seemed to be targeted by the Heart Butcher.

Anticipating the enemy's moves, Thomas wanted to know information about the Heartbreaker in order to prepare.

In the Primarch's office, Ning Lu, who was working, heard a muffled sound.

An invisible whisper echoed in his mind, lasting for more than ten seconds before disappearing.

Thomas is performing ritual magic.
While pondering, Ninglu left his office and, on a whim, went to the "Land of Chaos".

Then, on the side of the shadow, he saw a ball of light shimmering with purple light.

The sphere of light contracted and expanded continuously, albeit slightly.

Ninglu unleashed his spirituality, spreading it towards the purple sphere of light.

Upon first contact, blurry and distorted images immediately appeared in his mind, and illusory and overlapping sounds rang out.

"The Black Emperor of the Shadow of Order"
……

I pray that you will tell me the origin of the Heart Killer in the beliefs of the indigenous people of Crystal Illusion.

……

"The Iron Laws of the King, the foundation of a disordered kingdom, please transfer your power to my incantation."

Ning Lu thought to himself upon hearing this.

[I actually know that. We can proceed with the divination for Kathachang as planned.]
After a moment's thought, he decided to tell the "Secret Seeker" not only the information on the Heart Butcher, but also the information on Slaanesh and the Guardian of the Secrets of Slaanesh.

Currently, apart from a few individuals like Old Man Huang, the knowledge of the subspace within the human empire is limited.

The Empire denies the existence of warp life, the old man promotes the Empire's truth, and even Horus would rebuke Riemann Ruth for not having a "heavenly realm".

Thomas is both the director of the think tank and a "peeping Tom," and he often comes into contact with chaos, so he should be told the truth in advance.

Thinking of this, Ning Lu selectively transmitted information to the light sphere.

On the lower deck, a black mist suddenly rose in Thomas's mind.

In the mist, a blurry figure stands in the deepest part.

The moment the "Eye of Peeping" saw the blurry figure, it instinctively shut down.

The "Secret Seeker" trembled all over, no longer daring to open his "Secret Seeking Eye" and look directly at the Black Emperor.

Thomas calmed his fear and began to process the flood of information pouring into his mind.

Even for Astartes' superhuman brain, the amount of information pouring in was enormous.

The content completely overturned the teachings Thomas had received since childhood and utterly subverted the truth of the Empire.

As the "secret seeker" receives the information, the stars within his body explode.

"The Four Chaos Gods, there really are gods in the subspace."

"Slaanesh, the Eldar call their great enemy Sai Lanthresh, also known as the Thirsty Lady."

"The Slaanesh, the great demons who keep secrets, know the most private desires of mortals. They use this knowledge to gain an undeniable power, uttering irresistible whispered promises to tempt them..."

The "peeping man" discovered the information he had inquired about in the ocean of information.

"The Heartbreaker is the Keeper of the Secrets of the Slaanesh, and the Lady of Thirst has set her sights on the Eldar Ark world of Kar-Is."

"The Heartbreakers are one of the demons that have gathered to conquer this Ark world."

"The Web Portal in the Ark World is guarded by powerful guardians, and the psionic key held by the Eldar War Priest of Kar-Is is the only key to open it."

As Thomas processed all the information, he felt the stars within him shatter completely, and he became a true "Secret Seeker".

Thomas spoke respectfully and devoutly in Dunn.

"Thanks be to my Lord for his blessings."

After the "peeping to the secrets" finished speaking, he suddenly felt the sea of ​​his soul surging, more turbulent than he had ever seen before.

In an instant, the storm vanished, and he felt as if he were surrounded by a dizzying hallucinogenic fragrance, with whispers lingering in his ears.

A purple mist welled up in Thomas's dark eyes, and countless illusions flooded his mind. The "Spy" ignored the glittering wealth and sensual pleasures...

The "secret seeker" rejected countless temptations, but the whispered secrets of knowledge penetrated directly into his mind.

“I can tell you the secrets of the Cursed, your Emperor, the Primarch who created the Gene, and you Astartes.”

"I can also tell you the secrets of the Voynich manuscript."

"..."

The "secret seeker" was dizzy. He longed to obtain countless secrets, but the information that the Black Emperor had just told him suddenly flashed through his mind.

He immediately realized that this was the power of the warp, the corrupting power of the Slaanesh realm.

The "secret seeker" resisted fiercely with unwavering resolve.

In the "Land of Chaos," just as Nimrod was about to sever contact with Thomas, he suddenly saw purple mist rising and staining the black fog.

Ning Lu was startled and realized something was wrong.

[Has Thomas been corrupted by Slaanesh?]
With a thought, he immediately returned to the real world.

Nimrod's consciousness spread downwards, touching the door to Thomas's mind.

Thomas was struggling to resist the illusions, unable to stop Nimrod's consciousness from seeping in.

"Connect with me on a spiritual level."

Thomas, as if he were a drowning man who had seen hope, immediately opened his heart to Nimrod.

As the mental link was established, Nimrod sent Thalema's first layer of consciousness to Thomas.

As Thomas constructed his mind based on the information flooding into his mind, Nimrod blocked most of the mental illusions.

But he could still sense that Thomas's mental defenses were still struggling to resist the remaining illusions.

Ning Lu ran at top speed, thinking to himself.

Even though Thomas inherited my perceptive talents, and is a psionicist and a "secret seeker," he is far more vulnerable to warp attacks than ordinary people.

What a coincidence!
As he pondered this in confusion, he arrived at the elevator entrance on the upper deck.

Nimrod found the answer in Thomas's mind, and told Thomas about the secrets of Slaanesh and others, allowing him to digest the "Secret Seeker" potion.

I see, that makes sense.

Most extraordinary individuals in the sequence are in better mental condition and less susceptible to corruption when digesting potions.

But "secret seekers" are different; they can easily perceive certain existences hidden behind things.

The moment one becomes a true "Seeker," their senses are amplified. Being both a shadow of order and a psionicist, they are essentially facing the corruption of the Slaanesh's domain.
As Ning Lu pondered, his speed increased dramatically.

[If Thomas hadn't established a mental link in time, he would have been led into the "Land of Chaos."]
Like other voidships, the bridge of the Shadow of Kings does not have an elevator leading to the lower decks.

However, there are two elevators on the upper deck that lead to the lower deck, and they are usually used by the "arbitrators".

They would go to the grassroots level to arbitrate disputes in order to gain control over their own power.

Before the law enforcement officers could react, Ning Lu had already rushed into the elevator.

The elevator plummeted rapidly, and before it had even come to a complete stop, the Genetic Prototype had already smashed through the door.

He then broke down the door before the law enforcement officers on deck K-33 could react.

Nimrod suddenly stopped. Through a telepathic connection, he sensed that Thomas had grasped the "true will" and erected a wall of will.

He told the law enforcement officers who rushed in, "It's nothing, you can step outside."

Thomas felt the hallucinations fade and the whispers disappear.

He then felt another piece of information appear in his mind, which was the second layer of Terema's mind.

After the father of genes severed the mental link, Thomas exited the first layer of the Thelma mind.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead before standing up.

Thomas took out a ceremonial knife and walked towards the father of genetics.

"Father, you've gone to so much trouble for me."

"It doesn't matter."

As Ning Lu spoke, he sent a thought pulse to Thomas.

"You should master the second level of Thelma's mindset as soon as possible, and teach the other think tanks the first level of their mindsset."

Although the risk of going out of control is low for the Sequence 8 "Fighting Scholar" who is a follow-up to the "Secret Seeker", the risk of going out of control will increase after advancing to Sequence 7 "Wizard".

The "hermit" approach is more prone to getting out of control than most other approaches.

Thinking of this, Ninglu sent another thought pulse to Thomas.

"If you cannot resist, pray to the Black Emperor."

Thomas has already established a solid connection with the "disorderly nation" and no longer needs to "hear" prayers as he does today.

[I just don't know if I can pull him into the "Land of Chaos" without touching his body.]
Nimrod thought again: "The 'disorderly country' is my greatest asset, and it should not be exposed to others."

Although the "Secret Seeker" is only Sequence 9, he will later advance to Sequence 4 "Mystic," so it's hard to guarantee that he won't discover something.

If only there were a private space where prayers could be answered, people could be invited in, and the "Land of Chaos" could not be exposed.

Perhaps unlocking other layers of space in the future will allow me to realize this idea.
While pondering, Nimrod returned to the Primarch's office and went to the "Land of Chaos" to use the "Prophecy Dice" to divine the star map leading to Katachon.

(End of this chapter)