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Chapter 109 The Yanhuang Rebels of the World of Hughes, the Oracle of the Omnipotent Mechanical God! (Please Subscribe)
The Milky Way, the human empire.

Holy Terra!

Regent Robert Guilliman sat expressionlessly in the High Lord's meeting room, reviewing the latest intelligence on the human empire's rebel Yanhuang Empire.

All he could hear were the angry roars of the high lords.

"According to the latest intelligence, the Yanhuang rebels have begun to establish schools in the world of Hughes, teaching knowledge and skills to the lower classes for free. Some schools are even dedicated to research and development. Such behavior is undoubtedly challenging the bottom line of our human empire."

“I suggest that we immediately organize a large army and execute all these evil, foolish, and ignorant rebels.”

A high lord roared, his voice filled with anger and a hint of fear.

He believes that the Yanhuang rebels' establishment of schools on the planets they occupy, their free teaching of knowledge and skills to the lower classes, and even their independent research and development of technology, is a very foolish act that challenges the bottom line of the human empire.

Within the human empire, there are also schools and research institutes.

But these schools are not open to ordinary people from the lower classes, much less develop technology.

Even in the present-day human empire, most citizens are completely unaware of existing documents and the workings of ancient technologies, and some even question their existence.

An Imperial Guard soldier can disassemble and repair a laser rifle in thirty seconds, but he has no idea what the specific purpose of the parts he is disassembling is.

Even the low-ranking technical priests of the Martian Mechanicus do not understand what they are doing.

Their knowledge was all acquired through rote memorization and application.

Even in the eyes of many low-ranking mechanical priests, machines can operate because the operator performs the correct rituals, thereby satisfying the machine's "spirit," rather than because they press a button engraved with the sacred rune "ON."

A policy of keeping the people ignorant!

Although ancient and traditional, it is a commonly used method of governance.

Knowledge and technology have been mythologized.

In the basic understanding of most people, apart from the most basic technological equipment, all machines are supernatural and can be labeled as sacred or unclean.

Superstition is everywhere, and a collapsed knowledge system leaves most people unable to understand why things are the way they are.

The people of the empire relied on witchcraft and religious rituals to alleviate their fears because they lacked the capacity for self-reflection or groundbreaking thought.

Those who frequently operate technical products only know that various rituals must be strictly performed to maintain the operation of the machinery, otherwise the machine spirit will be displeased, which will affect the use of the machinery.

Many people genuinely believe that ignorance is a power.

Creative scientific research is extremely rare and often generates panic.

Even outside of the Mechanicus, scientific research is practically nonexistent, as it is strictly prohibited by the Empire.

The High Lords allow human rebels to exist in the galaxy, but they absolutely forbid these rebels from imparting knowledge and technology to the lower classes for free, or from conducting creative scientific research.

Because they know it clearly.

This is shaking the very foundations of the empire.

"Indeed, the rebels' actions are undoubtedly shaking the foundations of the empire."

"The Mechanicus has also sent word that it is willing to provide the latest battleships and weapons if the Empire is willing to send troops."

"Of course, the Cult of Mechanism did this on conditions. They demanded that the Empire destroy all school constructions in the worlds occupied by the rebels and execute students and teachers who had acquired knowledge they should not have."

"Finally, the Mechanicus also demanded that the Empire hand over all the rebel research data and captured researchers to the Mechanicus for their disposal, so that they could punish these blasphemers."

Another high lord then spoke.

The main reason why the Imperium of Man in the Warhammer universe has stagnated in technology is that the doctrine of the Mechanicus is extremely opposed to research and innovation, to the point that more than 90 percent of the Imperium's existing technology comes from the Dark Ages.

Because the Mechanicus controlled almost all of the industrial technology within the Empire.

Therefore, the High Lords were completely powerless against them, and could only cooperate with the Cult of Mechanicus, making compromises in the areas of knowledge dissemination and technological research and development.

Of course, although the Empire explicitly forbids scientific research, private scientific research has never stopped, but the vast majority of research ends in tragedy, and once discovered, the researchers are executed by the Empire and the Mechanicus.

Therefore, the Empire's technology has long since stagnated.

The only hope is to find an STC standard technology memory module that stores complete technical data from the Dark Ages, in order to obtain more advanced technology.

However, there is another explanation for the stagnation of technological research in the human empire.

There are rumors that after humanity entered the Golden Age, a large amount of technological research and development, and even theoretical research, has been handed over to AI, to the point that even scientists find it difficult to understand the research results of AI.

Therefore, the end of the era of strife and the loss of a large number of scientific and technological documents and talents ultimately led to a knowledge gap, causing the empire's technology to stagnate.

But it doesn't matter which reason it is.

With these high-ranking imperial officials and the Cult of Machines present, it will be difficult for the human empire to achieve major innovations in its technological research, let alone surpass the technological level of the Golden Age of humanity.

"Your Highness, I believe we must send troops as soon as possible to quell the rebellion, or the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Indeed, that group of Yanhuang rebels is shaking the foundation of the empire. If it is allowed to continue, it will undoubtedly lead all of humanity to destruction."

"They have no idea about the dangers of the universe, let alone that in the distant past, there was a rebellion of intelligent Iron Men. If we let them continue their research, it might cause the Iron Men rebellion to recur, plunging humanity back into darkness and despair."

"Don't we know how to impart knowledge and technology to the public and conduct creative scientific research?"

"No, we know all that. The problem is that the Empire has too many enemies. The enemies simply won't give us time to learn and create research. We can only improve the weapons in the hands of the frontline soldiers through rapid training."

"..."

One by one, the high lords spoke up, constantly urging Guilliman to make a decision as soon as possible.

Guilliman put down the parchment in his hand, glanced at the high lords present, took a deep breath, and suppressed the urge to kill someone.

As the regent of the human empire.

Does he not know who these high lords in front of him are?

The High Lords of Terra are known throughout the universe for their selfishness and self-interest.

To put it kindly, they were just incompetent.

To put it bluntly, these old fogies are not interested in anything other than their own power.

If it weren't for the Yanhuang rebels spreading knowledge and technology to ordinary people, which would shake their rule, they wouldn't care even if the Yanhuang rebels occupied more of the world.

Even Killieman was certain of it.

These guys keep urging themselves to send troops; they must have received huge benefits from the Cult of Mechanism.

Guilliman hates this kind of person the most.

However, given the Empire's current fragility, eliminating the High Lords would undoubtedly make the already precarious Empire even more chaotic and turbulent.

So Killman could only suppress the urge to kill these old guys and bang hard on the conference table to quiet the noisy and chaotic meeting room down.

"Quiet!"

"As high lords of the empire, your every word and action represents the empire. What kind of decorum is this, making such a racket?" "I have long known about the Yanhuang rebels, and I also know that the Yanhuang rebels are extremely dangerous."

"The problem is that the warp storm has been going on for three hundred years, and even the Great Rift and the Eye of Terror have disappeared in this terrifying psionic storm that has affected the entire warp."

"Even the mighty Chaos Gods are tight-lipped about this warp storm. The previously rampaging demon legions have become docile. Any fleet that dares to enter the warp during this period will be destroyed by the powerful psionic storm."

Guilliman paused slightly at this point, then said with a hint of disappointment:

"Because of the existence of warp storms, communication between the Empire and the local areas has been cut off for nearly three hundred years, and no fleet dares to enter the warp for navigation. The Star Torch Hall, which is responsible for warp navigation, has become a mere decoration."

"Although the world of Hughes is not very far from Terra, it would take the Imperial fleet at least eighty years to reach it without the aid of the warp."

"We don't even know the specifics of the rebels. It's unwise to send troops rashly based solely on messages from several world speakers in the Aaron star system during the subspace storm."

"So I still stand by my original view: suppressing the rebellion is no problem, but we need to wait until the warp storm is over."

Killieman reiterated his point of view.

Three hundred years ago, a psionic storm swept across the entire warp.

The Empire's connection with the localities was almost completely severed, and the Starlight Hall, responsible for subspace navigation, became nothing more than a decoration.

Even the Eye of Terror, considered the ultimate terror by all races in the galaxy, and the great rift that runs through the entire galaxy, gradually shrank and eventually disappeared in this terrifying warp psionic storm.

under these circumstances.

No faction's fleet dared to venture into the warp, not even the Chaos Demons and the Tyranids; they all became unusually docile, retreating to their own lair.

Without the interstellar route of subspace, the Imperial fleet would have to travel at near-light speed to reach the world of Hughes to quell the rebellion, which would take approximately eighty years.

Eighty years of interstellar travel.

There are too many variables involved, and unforeseen accidents can easily occur.

Guilliman, of course, would not agree.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, according to the monitoring of the Mechanicus, the psionic storm in the warp has begun to weaken and should subside soon."

“I think we can start preparing to quell the rebellion now. Once the psionic storm stabilizes, we can head to the world of Hughes to quell the rebellion.”

The first high lord to speak smiled and said something that shocked Guilliman.

"what?"

"The psionic storm in the warp has begun to weaken and will subside soon?"

"Is this information accurate? Why didn't the personnel from the Star Language Hall and the Star Torch Hall report it to me?"

Upon hearing this, Guilliman was furious, and his tone became increasingly hostile.

Imagine.

Once the warp psionic storm that has lasted for three hundred years subsides, the galaxy, which has been peaceful for three hundred years, will inevitably become chaotic again, and the Empire's enemies will become active once more.

The empire even needs to prepare for another great expedition, to expel foreign tribes, quell rebellions, and recover lost territories.

However, what infuriated Killieman was...

Such an important matter was not reported to him by any of the personnel from the Star Language Hall and the Star Torch Hall; it was actually necessary for the representatives of the Cult of Machines to convey it at the High Lords' Conference.

The meaning behind this.

How to avoid enraging him.

The high lord shook his head and said, "Your Majesty the Regent has misunderstood the personnel of the Star Language Hall and the Star Torch Hall."

"Over the past three hundred years, the density of psionic energy in the warp has been decreasing. Ordinary psionicists can no longer even draw psionic energy from the warp, and their spirits can no longer enter the warp."

"Although the psionicists in the Star Language Hall and Star Torch Hall are powerful, their ability to monitor the density of psionic energy in the warp is ultimately inferior to that of the psionic monitoring instruments of the Mechanicus."

"The members of the Cult of Mechanism also deduced this result by observing that the psionic density in the warp was beginning to stabilize and was no longer decreasing, combined with the situation of the warp psionic storm."

Upon hearing this explanation...

Although Guilliman was skeptical, he did not raise any questions. Instead, he frowned and asked, "Have the Mechanicus members detected any restoration of warp psionic energy?"

"no!"

The High Lord shook his head and said, "According to the Archbishop of the Cult of Machine God, he received an oracle from the omnipotent Machine God, Om Messiah."

"The oracle says that a powerful warp deity should have been born deep within the warp."

"It was precisely because of the birth of this deity that it absorbed too much psychic energy from the warp, thus triggering this warp energy storm that lasted for three hundred years."

"The only good news is that this incredibly powerful subspace deity is not a chaotic deity from our Milky Way galaxy, but rather resides in a star system hundreds of millions, or even tens or hundreds of billions of light-years away, so we have absolutely nothing to worry about."

The cause of this subspace storm that lasted for three hundred years.

Both within the Imperium of Man and within the Cult of Mechanism, numerous theories have been proposed, and many have even been dispatched to venture into the Warp at the risk of being swallowed by the Warp Storms to investigate.

pity.

During the storm, all ships that entered the subspace disappeared completely and never returned.

Therefore, the cause of the warp storm can only be speculated upon.

Now we have the oracle of the omnipotent mechanical god Om Messiah.

Everyone finally understood the reason and could feel a little relieved.

"The oracle of the omnipotent mechanical god Om Messiah?"

Upon hearing this, Guilliman's brows furrowed deeply.

Others may not know about the omnipotent mechanical god Om Messiah, but surely he, the regent of the empire and son of the emperor, is aware of it?

strictly speaking.

The omnipotent mechanical god Om Messiah does not exist.

Before the Empire's 40K Great Crusade, the Om Messiah, the omnipotent machine god worshipped by the Mechanicus, was actually a Void Dragon formed from fragments of the Star God.

The Great Crusade began, and the Emperor traveled to Mars to suppress the Void Dragon.

The Cult of Mechanism then revered the Emperor as the omnipotent Mechanic God Ohm Messiah and began to serve him.

Therefore, Guilliman remained highly skeptical of the Om Messianic oracle spoken by the Archbishop of the Mechanicus.

He even strongly suspected that the Archbishop of the Cult of Machines had made contact with the suppressed Void Dragon, and that the so-called divine oracle was information obtained from the Void Dragon, a fragment of the Star God.

The issue is.

Can we trust what the Void Dragon says?

(End of this chapter)