Warhammer 40k: Melee Warriors

At the time, Bai Yuheng didn't understand, but now it seems that this was the behavior of the aliens harvesting souls to create channels, which also explains why Ran Dan's aliens could always unexpectedly deploy large forces behind the position.

Bai Yuheng left behind warriors to manage the fortress and took the initiative to use the remaining souls he had collected to launch an attack on the core of the Ran Dan defense line.

After losing more than half of his legion's manpower, he finally captured the star system that had been blocking the human empire's path.

Enraged by this defeat, Randan launched an even stronger counterattack. Giant monsters and miraculous technologies, unlike anything ever seen in the human empire, appeared, tilting the scales of war once again in favor of the Randan aliens.

In that war that determined the fate of the human empire.

Dark Angel, Son of the True Dragon, Mechanical Master.

The three legions and their Primarchs have gathered on a planet that must be defended to intercept the main force of the Randan army. If it falls, tens of thousands of star systems behind them will fall into the hands of the Randan. They have set up complete defensive positions and hundreds of large void shields to await the arrival of the Randan forces.

When all the warships in the void were destroyed, and the star fortress defense stations in orbit collapsed in the lightning, bloody flowers bloomed across the land.

In this battle, a worm-like alien became the Legion warriors' nightmare. They were extremely resilient and could even survive for several minutes in the heat of promethium flames. Their ability to infect was equally impressive; they could infect Legion warriors and turn them into their slaves the moment they touched them.

Many legion soldiers were forced to draw their guns and point them at their former comrades. Bai Yuheng's spirits also sank lower and lower during the battle. His act of infecting alien cells in order to gain victory brought him misfortune.

He was like a patient with a high fever, swaying and uttering words that no one could understand.

"Evolution...evolution is the only path we can take towards perfection...they don't understand you..."

"Only evolution can make life eternal."

"Evolution is change! Change is a good thing!"

"I love the bone spikes you evolved for the warriors; those things can pierce through an enemy's skull! Hahaha!"

Four voices collided in Bai Yuheng's mind. At that time, the Primarch did not know that this was the influence of the Warp Whispers. He only thought that it was his own chaotic mind talking to him.

Bai Yuheng grew increasingly paranoid amidst the pressures of war, physical pain, and mental chaos, until finally he slammed his fist on the table and yelled at Ryan.

"We can't wait any longer! If we stick to the old ways, our defeat is inevitable. There's only one way to save us now! We must activate the immortal bacteria..."

"Are you insane!" Ryan cursed, his sword already raised and pressed against Bai Yuheng's throat. "Letting a bunch of dead corpses continue fighting? Even the Ran Dan Xenomorph wouldn't do such a thing!"

"That's because they have the advantage! And we're at our wits' end! Our ammunition is running out, the Void Shield's energy is depleted, our warriors are exhausted, and some are even dying from exhaustion on the front lines! If you think my method won't work, then tell me how we can win this war!"

Ryan was forced back half a step by Bai Yuheng's roar. He said helplessly, "The Emperor said that if we hold firm, there's a way..."

"Hold on tight... Hahaha!" Bai Yuheng laughed maniacally, the whisper in his mind echoing once more, "I heard those words half a year ago, and now the Emperor's support is still nowhere to be seen. The Empire must defeat Ran Dan, even if it means the death of an entire legion!"

Bai Yuheng dashed out of the command post like a whirlwind. Ryan watched his retreating figure, wanting to reach out and persuade him, but he knew that Bai Yuheng had made up his mind and only the Emperor could pull him back.

Engelmov, standing to the side, said nothing, not because he didn't care about the differences between the two Primarchs, but because he had exhausted all his mental energy on the front lines.

In that single second, he was controlling millions of automatons to fight and repair, and he simply didn't have the extra energy to communicate with the two Primarchs.

Moreover, regarding making corpses fight, Engelmov felt that he had already done so in private; the brains of many fallen Mechanic were recovered and then installed in inexpensive, mass-produced Dreadnoughts to continue fighting.

Bai Yuheng brought out the most taboo gene technology. This organ, called the Undying Bacteria, successfully stabilized the collapsing defenses. The fallen sons of the true dragon could stand up again and again under the control of the bacteria until their bodies, mixed with steel cables, turned into a pool of blood and flesh before stopping.

The entire planet was filled with corpses, and mountains of slaves were covered with the bodily fluids of the legion's warriors. It was as filthy as the home planet where Bai Yuheng landed.

Whispers! Death! Filth!

These things did not drive Bai Yuheng crazy; he still held firm to his bottom line.

Until that day, the Randan aliens airdropped a huge statue, as big as a mountain, radiating an ominous light.

The statue depicts countless deformed humans, entangled together, reminding Bai Yuheng of that insane world ruled by carnivores.

Then the mountains of corpses came to life. The bodies of the slaves formed the bodies of these mountains of corpses, and the bodily fluids of the legion warriors became the skin of the mountains of corpses. They swayed and approached Bai Yuheng, telling of the countless blasphemous acts that the Primarch had committed against them.

As he listened, Bai Yuheng suddenly realized that the slaves he had killed before were all deformed people he had genetically modified. They had been captured by the Ran Dan aliens and sent to this battlefield.

I killed so many slaves... but did I ever think for a moment that these slaves were the deformed people I had once saved?

Looking at the statue, listening to the accusations of the mountain of corpses and the whispers in my mind.

Bai Yuheng finally collapsed. The moment the Primarch's mental defenses crumbled, his legion underwent an irreversible mutation.

One by one, the sons of the dragon exploded and transformed into Chaos Eggs. The extra genetic organs they possessed compared to ordinary Space Marines made their Chaos Eggs incredibly powerful.

The defenses of the Mechanic and the Dark Angels collapsed instantly, and even the two Primarchs fighting desperately could not turn the tide of the battle.

Bai Yuheng was no longer aware of the battlefield situation. He moved step by step towards the twisted and grotesque statue, and the moment he touched it—

A beam of light tore through the sky and fell!

The light was a complex mix of colors, a golden glow symbolizing the emperor and a green light whose origins were so ancient that they could not even be traced back to its source.

Bai Yuheng's confusion was dispelled by the golden light. He turned around and saw only the emperor's worried face and the enormous phantom standing behind him.

That is the true master of machines! That is the embodiment of the rules of reality! One of the strongest among the ancient star gods, now only a projection of the Void Dragon remains, sealed in a fragment beneath Mars!

Under the Emperor's control, the Void Dragon cast a glance at the Ran Dan aliens. With just one look, their shields became ineffective, their slaves regained their freedom, and the thousands of warships anchored in the void turned into pools of molten metal.

The Void Dragon wanted to do something more to vent its anger at being imprisoned for so long, but the Emperor's deal with it was limited to this. He immediately intervened to suppress the Void Dragon and prevent this powerful Star God from posing a threat to the human Empire.

While he was busy suppressing the Void Dragon, the four evil gods hidden in the warp attacked Bai Yuheng. They detonated the alien cells in the original body, causing him to mutate into a non-human being in just a few seconds!

The emperor was startled, clearly not expecting this. He was about to protect Bai Yuheng's soul when he was tricked by the Void Dragon.

A gaze filled with resentment yet brimming with boundless knowledge fell upon Engelmov, who was weakened by long hours of intense command, instantly driving the Primarch to the brink of madness.

All the mechanical riders and automatons joined the true dragon's son, who had become a Chaos Egg, and together they reached a subtle consensus to slaughter the Dark Angels.

The emperor was extremely anxious. He raised his battle blade and unleashed golden flames towards Bai Yuheng, attempting to save his son from his corrupt fate.

Unfortunately, the gods would never let Bai Yuheng go. They held onto Bai Yuheng's soul tightly and spared no effort in mutating his body.

As he was about to fall into the abyss of subspace, Bai Yuheng regained some clarity. He sensed the souls of the fallen sons of the true dragon gathering around him, and he also sensed the nightmare land he was about to enter.

At the last moment, he used his soul to open the path to Blackrock Fortress, temporarily freeing himself from the gaze of the gods.

However, this also temporarily caught the eye of the Void Dragon on Blackrock Fortress. He still remembered how much trouble these things had caused him during the War of Heaven. He immediately took over the systems of Blackrock Fortress and activated the collapse weapons of Blackrock Fortress before he was sealed away by the Emperor once again.

The next moment, this ancient weapon crushed everything around it together, planets and stars intertwined and collided, eventually forming one insurmountable black hole after another, surrounding the Black Rock Fortress.

In this way, the emperor would not be able to find the Black Stone Fortress, nor would he be able to find his mutated son.

Engelmov was driven mad by the sheer volume of knowledge, and Bai Yuheng's whereabouts were further concealed by the Void Dragon...

The Emperor lost two sons in one day, and Ryan also lost two brothers.

After that, Bai Yuheng could no longer see what happened, and Gu Jian was able to escape from his memory.

The story of the Second Legion Primarchs has come to an end.

Chapter 490: Inheriting the Mantle of the Primarch

The Primarch's memories ended, and Koji felt a sudden darkness before his eyes as he watched. When the light returned, he saw the Primarch, Bai Yuheng, sitting on the throne with a blurred face.

The original was once a dashing and handsome man. A photo book featuring his portrait alongside those of Saint Gilles and Fuchs could drive even the most intellectually closed-minded worlds into a frenzy.

Bai Yuheng has now transformed into a humanoid alien, covered in black armor, with his face resembling a horrible mass of twisted, rotting intestines.

This is how Bai Yuheng became. It was because he boldly swallowed the cells of the Ran Dan Overlord, and also because of the ancient curse cast by the evil god who stood behind that alien civilization.

Komi was powerless against the curses of the gods, and therefore could not restore Bai Yuheng's body to its original state.

As for where Bai Yuheng's soul went, that's a question for the throne that's so closely connected to his body.

In Bai Yuheng's final moments of lucidity, he struggled against the resurrected Ran Dan Overlord who occupied half of his body, and the endless whispers in his mind. Isolated and helpless, he gradually lost ground.

Before long, Bai Yuheng will be defeated. His body will be corrupted by the overlord of Ran Dan, his soul will be dismembered by the gods, and his legion will become the dogs of the gods, another batch of fearless slaves of Ran Dan.

Worse still, the Blackrock Fortress, known as "Backstab," which he controlled, will return to Randan's clutches, and the technology that uses the souls of the dead to forcibly open portals across the worlds will cause immense suffering to the warriors of the human empire.

Bai Yuheng could not allow that future to happen, even if his existence was erased by the Emperor, the Legions were destroyed by Ryan's Dark Angels and Lemanrus's Space Wolves, and the few survivors had their memories erased at the pleas of other Primarchs and were distributed among the other Legions...

Komi remembers that Guilliman's Ultralisk Army expanded to a great extent at one point, with its number approaching 25, making it the largest of all the Ultralisk Armies. Even Horus, who later invaded Terra, did not dare to let Guilliman's army return to the palace, leaving him and the Ultralisks forever stuck a few hours away from the unreachable distance.

Besides the sudden increase in the size of the Ultramarines, some other questions have been explained, namely the increasingly bizarre mutations that occurred later within the Space Marine Chapters.

What mutations occurred during the Legion era? The Bloodthirst of the Holy Blood Angels, the Blight of the Emperor's Sons, the werewolf transformation of the Space Wolves...

But by the time of the chapters, mutations had become more diverse and extreme. In particular, those Space Marine chapters formed during the time of the Cursed Army were either physically deformed and excommunicated by the Imperium as traitors, or subjected to extremely close surveillance.

Like the Black Dragon Chapter, they grew extra bones, with sharp horns extending from their elbows and heads. The Burning Falcon Chapter, they could unleash flames from their bodies in battle without harming themselves. The Sons of Antaeus, tall and strong, could withstand fatal wounds to other Space Marines and even rival the resilience of corrupted Deathguards.

Besides these cursed legions, there was also the Soul Drinker chapter, born from the Second Founding of the Army. Their mutations were even more extreme, with eight spider-like legs growing from their lower bodies. They were put on trial, but the Crimson Angels pointed out that the Soul Drinker's genetic seed could not be traced back to the original Imperial Fist.

Given Bai Yuheng's mastery of genetic technology and the fact that Legion survivors were dispersed to other Legions, the bizarre mutations in these Legions may be inextricably linked to his genetic seed.

It is important to know that the condition of the original body can cause abnormalities in the gene seed to a certain extent. Not to mention the gene surgeries that Bai Yuheng performed when fighting Ran Dan. He even proposed a radical technology to melt the modified person into a liquid and then put them into an artificially created pupa for secondary development to reduce the time required for gene surgeries.

And then there's Primarch 11, Engelberg.

Koji vaguely remembered that in the dark dungeon beneath the Terra Palace, there was a prisoner named 'Code Name Eleven'. If the Emperor hadn't killed Engelberg, who had been driven mad by the knowledge of the Void Dragons, he would very likely have been imprisoned here.

It's truly heartbreaking...

Komi blinked and asked the person beneath the throne, "How long was I in a daze just now?"

"A second or two?"

A questioning voice came from Gates, which made Komi marvel at the wonder of memory. The more than one hundred years of observation had only passed in a few seconds in reality.

He rubbed his temples. This time, browsing through the Primarch's memories yielded more than figuring out his ending. He had seen the general outline of many of the genetic surgeries performed by Primarch Bai Yuheng, although he couldn't understand many of the procedures because the Primarch was too fast-moving and exceptionally quick-thinking, and Koken couldn't rewind.

It's like a mediocre student watching a top student solve a math problem, writing down the formula and getting the result in the final step without even expanding it—it's so exaggerated. But Komi believes that he can slowly explore and try to replicate those powerful genetic organs, even if it's only 50%, or even 25% or 10% of the original efficacy, it would still be a huge improvement for him.

Imagine Marcus, that unparalleled powerhouse. What if he were equipped with steel cable tendons, hormone-boosting glands, a near-death web, focused eyes, and a slow-motion brain region...?

Ribbit! Let alone Abaddon, the Warmaster, even the Primarch could go up and give him a run for his money! That Masked Dancer who's always urging me to hand over new content, Markarus should just twist him until he's bloodless!

Very good...

After contemplating the future, Koji put the book written by the Primarch back into his Soul Path. Now he had another task to do: to try to integrate his soul into the mutated Primarch's body.

According to Bai Yuheng's final fate, his soul and consciousness were completely shattered in the countless pale white passages that dotted the Black Stone Fortress. Even if the gods themselves intervened, they would find it difficult to reunite his soul.

Koji couldn't do that either, but he felt he could try to control Bai Yuheng's body with his soul. If he was lucky enough, he could even use Bai Yuheng's body as a medium to control the entire Black Rock Fortress and install the dying Fetia on it as a machine soul, just like Demas became the machine soul of the Fifth Walker.

Komi turned and glanced at his guards. He said sternly, "You stay by my side and don't let anyone get close to me."

"We will protect you with our lives!" Without asking any questions, the crowd took up their only weapons and stood guard around the throne.

Koji took a deep breath, looked at the blurry face, pulled his soul out, and slapped his palm on Bai Yuheng's forehead.

The next moment, he arrived in a pure white world, which was remarkably similar to the pure white room he already owned.

However, this similarity was limited to the color tone. The pure white surrounding Komi did not exude a deep calm, but rather a sense of despair that made him, who had witnessed Khorne's wrath, feel chilling.