Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 56 Dark Sun
After arranging things, Gao Yi returned to his room in the palace.

Two days of sleepless government work also made his head dizzy. When Gao Yi really sat in the position of the ruler of Warhammer, he truly felt the hardships involved.

"No wonder those High Lords are exhausted. There's so much to deal with on just one planet, not to mention the countless planets within the empire. It's ridiculous to rely on manpower to handle all of this. No amount of life-extending surgeries would be of any use! To be able to hold onto that position, you're truly loyal!"

Gao Yi lay in bed and couldn't fall asleep for a long time, his mind full of the possible Genestealer sect that might appear in the lower nest.

Since he couldn't sleep, Gao Yi closed his eyes and wanted to observe his projection in the subspace.

Having acquired a large amount of psychic crystals and a share of the mechanical faith, Gao Yi wanted to see if there were any changes in his psychic projection.

But when Gao Yi closed his eyes and connected his consciousness to the subspace projection, a huge, dark, cold sun occupied all his vision.

The sun just stayed motionless next to his subspace projection.

"This...this...it's not that you haven't been watching me, and your holy image hasn't been unresponsive, but it's waiting for me here?"

Gao Yi certainly knew what this cold sun represented. It was the manifestation of the God-Emperor in the subspace.

Gao Yi had seen the teleportation channel from afar when he came to the Warhammer universe.

However, when observing this cold sun from such a close distance, Gao Yi truly realized how powerful it was.

It is the condensation of the faith of countless people in the entire Warhammer galaxy.

The sun continued to emit a huge amount of golden spiritual energy. Even if the Emperor of God did not release it deliberately, the scale made Gao Yi feel scared.

At this time, Gao Yi's projection's ability to devour the power of the subspace was also playing a role.

Compared to the negative energy floating in the warp, the power from the God-Emperor is purer.

As he continued to absorb, Gao Yi found that his projection had grown larger, but soon it seemed as if it was full and could no longer absorb more spiritual energy. The projection was even faintly covered with a layer of gold.

Gao Yi didn't know if his Xel'Naga projection could continue to develop and become as powerful as the God-Emperor's sun, or even surpass it. But right now, his projection was too weak in front of the cold sun...

If the Divine Emperor wanted to, he could simply devour him, and he would not have any room to resist.

"God Emperor, are you there? What do you want from me? I am loyal!"

Gao Yi asked tentatively.

Gao Yi knew that the God Emperor could definitely hear it. Since he could influence humans in the real universe through various methods such as dreams and possession, his consciousness in the subspace would only be clearer.

The God-Emperor sits on the Golden Throne, and the Warp is his home.

And this cold sun will not appear beside me for no reason.

Gao Yi guessed that the Divine Emperor probably had no murderous intention towards him, otherwise he would have killed him long ago.

And with Gao Yi's call, the sun seemed to really respond a little.

Gao Yi only felt that there was an extra idea in his head.

The content of the thought made Gao Yi want to cry...

The God-Emperor said that he was very satisfied with Gao Yi's pure human soul that did not belong to this world. Although Gao Yi's subspace projection was very special, he liked Gao Yi's ability to devour and purify subspace energy, so he wanted to invite him to visit Holy Terra.

The God Emperor would spend a huge amount of resources to make Gao Yi powerful at all costs, and then let Gao Yi sit on the golden toilet for him for a while to help him block the subspace demons that kept trying to jump out from under the toilet.

So that he will have more power to take care of the humans in the real universe.

Stop it! Gao Yi doesn't want to be turned into a toilet seat, nor does he want to be turned into a mummy... I don't know if he'll die, but he'll definitely go crazy. Being exploited 24 hours a day, who can stand it?
Looking at the cold sun getting closer and closer, Gao Yi was really panicked.

He shouted at the sun.

"Wait! I really can't sit on the Golden Throne for you! But I have the technology to travel long distances without the need for the Warp! I can do it without the Webway!

Even if I sit on the Golden Throne for you for a while and let you stand up and stretch your arms and legs, you won't be able to completely change the human empire, and it's not certain whether you will still be yourself after you stand up. But this technology is different!

When Gao Yi finished speaking, the cold sun began to emit unparalleled light.

The huge amount of psychic energy almost shattered Gao Yi's subspace projection.

If humans really can travel ultra-long distances without the help of the warp, mutants like navigators and astropaths will no longer be necessary to maintain a huge human empire.

The God-Emperor might be able to try to use genetic technology to eliminate the psychic mutations of human offspring without any worries, thereby completely separating the human race from psychic power.

Without the positive and negative emotions of human beings, the evil gods in the warp will also suffer epic weakening.

Although this process will be long and will take the efforts of countless generations, there is always hope, isn't it?

However, the Navigator Family and the Astropaths will definitely try their best to prevent this from happening.
All their wealth comes from the Empire's dependence on them, and once jump technology emerges, they will be completely abandoned by the Empire.

The thought from the Divine Emperor appeared in Gao Yi's mind again.

"You are not from this world, are you telling the truth?"

"of course it's true!"

"Where exactly are you from... What's your dimension like? Do you have a subspace there?"

"Um... I don't know if there's a subspace, but I've never seen a god. The country I live in advocates materialism!"

"No warp... no gods... materialism... how wonderful."

"Wait... weren't you the one who conscripted me here?"

"Recruiting? Not really. I don't have the ability to break through dimensions yet, but I have indeed heard some voices from other dimensions. Those voices devoutly said they wanted to come and serve me.

Although I don't know why people from other dimensions believe in me, if I have the ability, I will definitely let them come here to fight for the great cause of mankind!
But I also heard some blasphemous voices coming from that world. Are the people of that world also corrupted by Slaanesh?"

The voice of the Divine Emperor resounded in Gao Yi's mind.

"Alright, alright, the Divine Emperor knows about both the loyal and those who use heretical names. If you're really dragged into this world, don't cry, brothers!"

Gao Yi prayed in his heart for the netizens. After all, they were loyal when asked, but would not come when told.

"I also know what actions Chaos or other xenos might take against the Empire! I can tell you that too!"

But when Gao Yi was about to speak, he was immediately stopped.

"I just want to know if the Empire still exists and if humanity is extinct?"

"That's not the case. The empire still exists, and humanity is still the largest. But life... is definitely not easy. But extinction is impossible!"

Gao Yi said in his heart.

As long as GW is still there, the Empire will never be killed in this life, don't worry!
"That's enough. If this unknown prophecy allows me to change something that is already set in the future, no one knows whether something uncontrollable will happen. Certain changes are what Tzeentch loves most."

(End of this chapter)