Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 795 Even if Old Man Huang doesn't grant me the secret to exterminating the remnants, I can still do it myself.

978.M30.

In the third layer of the "Disordered Kingdom," Ninglu picked up the prophecy die.

"In this millennium, apart from the Ark Edge Cluster and the Origin Space, I only have one opportunity to make a flexible choice."

"So, what should we divine?"

A series of events related to the "Great Expedition" flashed through Ninglu's mind:
In 992, Shadowmoon Wolf discovered a complete map of Ancient Terra in the Dead World.

……

In 999, the Alpha Legion responded to the 670th Expeditionary Fleet's request to assist in the pacification of Nus.

After the Nus activated the Black Cube, a chaotic artifact, the planet was immediately destroyed.

More than half of the Imperial forces and six Titans failed to make it to the emergency evacuation.

Cult agent John Granmaticas made contact with Alpharis, warning him to evacuate before the Black Cube was activated, and persuading Alpharis to meet with Omega and the Cult leaders at Aeolus 42, the third star.

The Twin Primarchs determine whether humanity's future will be one of extinction to destroy the Chaos Four, or one of ultimate demise under Chaos's control and destruction of the entire galaxy.

[Yes, when Alpha betrayed them and assassinated the expeditionary fleet's commander-in-chief, Ten Namatjira, Lucifer's Black Guard member, Dinas Chain, even wounded someone resembling Alpharis with his superb swordsmanship.]
Nimrod thought of Zos, the world he was so powerful in, which had been assigned to "Lucifer's Black Guard" as its exclusive recruitment world.

He gathered his thoughts, and a jumble of information gradually became clear in his memory:

In 981, with the support of the machine oil guy, the Shadowmoon Wolves, after a long battle, destroyed the Overseer of Dacinta.

"The Overseer is very likely to be a 'Perfect' pathway potion material of Sequence 4 or higher."

Even if not, acquiring artificial intelligence technology and improving robots would help in dealing with Lady Hera.

The reason why the "Dark Angel" was able to have an advantage over the "World Eater", "Holy Blood Angel" and "Dark Raven Guard" in the battle against Lady Hera was because of the extinction legacy granted to the First Legion by Old Man Huang.

Although Ninglu did not receive the Extinction Relic Machine as a gift, nor did he intend to acquire the Iron Man in advance, Dasinta, by combining the technology of the Jingyuan Federation, could also create a mechanical legion.

With that thought in mind, he made a decision to recall Dasinta's information.

[During the “Dark Ages of Technology,” Dasinta was a human colony.]

The Dasinta people built a glorious and magnificent culture and cities, and created intelligent machines to serve as their servants.

Later, humanity disappeared for unknown reasons, leaving only immortal mechanical butlers to oversee the mechanical army.

[…]
After quickly recalling the situation in Dasinta in his mind, he silently recited it to himself.

[Star map of the Kariham Gate leading to Dasinta.]

[…]
After silently reciting it eleven times, he reached out and threw the prophecy die in his hand.

After tumbling several times in the air, the triangular cone landed smoothly in Ninglu's outstretched hand, projecting a dazzling image.

After Ninglu noted down the star map, he entered it into the data crystal.

He took a step and immediately arrived at the fourth level of space.

"The 'Shadowmoon Wolves' fought a difficult battle in the Battle of Dasinta and only won with the support of the Cybernetic Legion."

"The First Warband, which 'imprisons' the potion-capturing force; the Second Warband, which 'contracts' the machinery; the Seventh Warband, which uses fire to subdue enemies; and the Tenth Warband, which has the largest number of members and has not been absent from any of the recent major battles."

"Yes, there's also Gabriel, who's been researching the Attila system and the space necromancer Yemenga's megalithic monument. He's most skilled in robotics-related fields."

Ning Lu spread his spiritual energy, notified everyone one by one, and then got up. "Even if Old Man Huang doesn't grant me the opportunity to exterminate the remnants, I can do it myself."

……

The Monarch Heavy Landing Ship of the Tenth Chapter flew out from the black fleet, with the Chapter Master's Honor Guard members surrounding Chapter Master Ramsay, who looked exactly like the Father of Genesis.

Tezuka Sasebo, who was recently promoted to "mentor of the dead" by his father, has just returned from Sonem 8.

Lord Ramsay personally intervened and pleaded with Death Lord Adams to secure him a chance to travel to the Fourth Warband's exclusive recruitment world.

"Our target is the ruined city marked number five."

Tezuka Sasebo gazed at Lord Ramsay's smooth right hand, and as he moved it, a dilapidated city the size of a hive capital gradually magnified.

The streets, once paved with exquisitely crafted, ornate colored bricks, have been eroded by time, their colors faded and dulled, leaving only faint traces of their former vibrancy.

Large, mech-like machines lined up in neat rows, more colorful than similar-looking machines like the "Thousand Sons," "Iron Warriors," and "Shadowmoon Wolves," as well as the Martian Order, but they too had faded with time.

As the stars flickered, they futilely repaired building after building.

With a slight tremor underfoot, the Monarch-class heavy landing ship slowly descended.

Amidst the billowing cold fog, the landing deck descended.

The alien evil spirits, their wings spread wide, floated beside the "Necromancer," who was completely encased in Iron Cavalry-style Terminator armor with not a single part exposed, in the dim starlight.

It glided through the air, leaving a dark green trail behind it.

Da da da……

It raised its logging gun with both arms and sprayed out a barrage of dark green bullets.

The bullet, existing between reality and illusion, struck the steel casing.

"Necromancer" Tezuka Sasebo activated his spiritual vision, gazing at the cables and mechanical skeleton encased within the body.

“They have no living organs.” His voice, like most of the Royal Court monks of the Fourth Legion, was devoid of warmth, like that of a cold corpse.

The bio-psychic Ramsay maintained his smile, and the senior "Rose Bishop" glanced at him and confirmed that the turning machine had no flesh or soul.

"As my lord said, they are a mechanical race."

"Their nature is artificial intelligence that the Empire absolutely cannot tolerate."

"The Emperor had already issued a decree prohibiting it. The Olympia Treaty he reached with Mars explicitly continued the Crimson Protocol established when the Martian Order was founded, forever prohibiting the creation of soulless intelligences known as silicon-based psychics."

He shifted his gaze and continued.

“The great sages Arkham and Anacharis recently told me that there are large numbers of Mechanicus members on Mars and Shana who are dissatisfied with the restrictions of the Crimson Accord and are pursuing opportunities for the development of artificial intelligence that have been prohibited for a long time.”

The Crimson Protocol allows for the creation of sacred synthetic life forms—"smaller and more just works"—that must be based on living beings.

The same applies to the mechs of the Intelligent Legion and some of the Legion's mechs, but the machines of Dacinta are intelligent machines that the Empire despises.

"This is just one of many restrictions they hope to lift; they strongly oppose many of the prohibitions imposed by the Olympia Treaty."

"Conflict is bound to erupt!"

Ramsey said confidently, raising his archaeological pistol as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)