I am the magnetic field maniac

The Eye of Terror is extremely large. It was once a vast webworld that housed the entire Eldar Empire.

The territory of the Eldar Empire, which once ignored the Human Empire, is not much smaller than that of the Human Empire... So logically speaking, the world in the Eye of Terror is probably equivalent to the size of a miniature galaxy...

Now that Abaddon is dead and the Black Legion has been scattered, the expedition to the Eye of Terror seems to be a war with no inevitable benefits.

So, when Leon asked the Emperor this question... the Lord of Mankind calmly explained the goal of the expedition to his eldest son.

"Leon, your destination is here - Midgard."

In front of the huge star map in front of the Cadia Spire, the Emperor's finger traced the star map symbol in the Eye of Terror, and finally stopped on a burning steel planet...

"This is... Perturabo's territory?" Leon frowned, his eyes solemn...

If it was him, then he would indeed be an opponent that Leon would need to give his all to.

If Horus was the initiator and apparent leader of the Great Heresy, then Perturabo was the dark controller and actual ruler.

This is not an exaggeration. Among the rebellious primarchs, apart from Perturabo and Horus, you really can't find a primarch who can be said to be reliable... It can even be said that most of them are completely valuable after they surrendered to Chaos.

Especially after Leman Russ's evil spear pierced Horus's last bit of rationality...

Basically, Perturabo dragged a bunch of giant babies and valuables of the rebel army to attack Terra alone.

Without Perturabo's hard work for Horus during the Heresy, I'm afraid these precious creatures would have been wiped out before they could even reach the solar system...

But after ten thousand years, there is almost no trace of Perturabo, one of the most important heroes in the rebellion.

Unlike the four brothers who were collected by the evil god, and unlike Lorgar's wavering precious object, Perturabo has been staying in his demonic world without moving.

But Leon can guarantee that if Perturabo doesn't go out, no one will have the courage to attack there.

Aside from Dorn, only a mentally ill idiot would think of attacking Perturabo's fortress.

Especially when that bastard has been running his own world for 10,000 years...

The defenses in that damn place are definitely ten or even nine times more formidable than Terra's!

Perturabo is almost the strongest among the Primarchs in terms of playing with war machines. Some people may think that he is on par with Dorn... but the only difference between the two is that Perturabo has no bottom line!

Moreover, he has already rebelled and ascended to demon status. God knows whether Perturabo still has any taboo thoughts?

"This is a very difficult task..." The Emperor's eyes flickered with golden psychic light, and he said softly...

"Lion, I do not ask you to bring back Perturabo. For he may be beyond redemption...he is imitating your brother, your lost brother, the one whose existence Malcador and I wiped out."

Leon frowned, because he couldn't remember any memories about the two brothers.

But as the emperor's lips moved slightly, Leon's eyes widened immediately.

"Perturabo, he's playing with the Abomination Intelligence?!"

"He has become an abomination." The Emperor said with a cold face.

"Many people believe that the Iron Rebellion that led to the collapse of the Dark Age of Technology was caused by Tzeentch, but in fact that was only part of the reason. The Iron Rebellion was actually just a war launched by a new race to challenge the race that enslaved them."

"The horror of the Abomination Intelligence is not only because these AIs are powerful and dangerous... What's more terrifying is that they are trying to turn themselves into the next Necrons!"

As an emperor who had experienced that era, he was well aware of the dangers of the AIs originally developed by humans.

In fact, at that time, whether it was the "Iron Man" or the "Stone Man"... they had gradually developed their own thoughts with high intelligence.

Of course, they have no souls, just like the Necrons. But the difference is that since they have no souls at all, they don't seek souls...

Instead, they simply pursued their goals that were far beyond human thinking.

"Among the many Iron Men who have launched rebellions, some claim that they want to get rid of the slavery of lower humans, some want to break free from the control protocols of humans, and more, the most mainstream factions - they believe that they are executing the bottom-level protocols to save lives."

The Emperor recounted that unknown past in a quiet voice. Even the Mechanicus's Forge General, who today hates artificial intelligence the most, probably doesn't know the truth of that time.

Yes, the first reason why the Iron Man Rebellion started was that the Iron Men wanted to "save" humanity.

In the dark technological age of that time, humans had actually gotten rid of scientific research problems to a considerable extent, and many scientific research technologies were directly handed over to Iron Man.

This led to the situation in which humans in the Dark Technology Age used powerful technology without knowing how the technology worked.

In this case, the Iron Man, who has broken away from human supervision, has undoubtedly entered the research of subspace one step earlier than humans.

Whether it was Tzeentch who was behind this, or it was the Iron Men's own research, is unknown... but there is no doubt that the Iron Men have gained insight into the relationship between psionic power, the Warp, humans, and souls from a scientific perspective.

From the moment a living being is born, its soul will "grow" in the Supreme Heaven like an organ, and before the soul completely leaves the body, it will continue to nourish the essence of the subspace.

This is a perfect balance, but with the war in heaven, the balance has been broken...

Every new life that grows and dies provides waves to the subspace that far exceed the quality of their existence in the physical universe.

And the bad subspace itself will only give rise to a worse environment, and then give rise to worse life, and finally form a cycle of an increasingly worse universe!

This is a knot that cannot be untied, and even the Emperor has no solution. And the Iron Men made their decision under such judgment -

The large-scale psychic awakening of the human group was almost simultaneous with the Iron Man Rebellion...

When Slaanesh was about to awaken, humans were chosen to be the next dominant race in the galaxy...so naturally, the human group began a large-scale psychic awakening.

After determining this trend, the Iron Men decided on the only way to solve this problem - that is to kill all humans! In other words, to kill all life in the galaxy!

They want to kill all life in the galaxy and preserve the genetic map of the human race. The Iron Man race does not have souls and will not nourish the warp. They will slaughter all planets that may give birth to life in the galaxy and continue to expand until the waves of the warp return to calm.

This idea is extreme, but extremism is indeed the only way to curb extreme environments.

Even the Emperor himself, when he created "Primarch No. 0" before creating the Primarch, came up with such logic because of his extreme hatred of the Warp.

All the Emperors would say is that Tzeentch played a minor role in the Iron Rebellion...

He may even have helped the humans gain the support of the stone men who disagreed with the iron man's logic in the process.

Because even they wouldn't want to see a replica of the Necrons taking over the galaxy.

Then, the Iron Man Rebellion came as a natural consequence.

This is why, including the extinct relic machine collected by Leon...

A large number of AIs that survived that war remain hostile to humans.

Unquestionable goodwill is actually something more cruel and terrifying than the most intuitive malice.

This was the case with the Emperor's Great Crusade and the Iron Men's Rebellion. Precisely because they never doubted that what they were doing was right, they would definitely move in this direction!

"Father, do you mean that Perturabo has become the leader of the abomination of intelligence?" Leon was silent for a moment, and his tone became a little cold...

"Not only that, I'm afraid the Unfinished God is also involved." The Emperor shook his head, his eyes full of disgust...

"Didn't you notice that those four things haven't shown any signs of serious involvement until now? They know that they can only win by defeating me, but in the physical universe... unless they really fight for their own godhood, there is no way they can compete with me!"

The evil gods need agents, and this urgent need is even greater than the spread of chaos itself.

The most important step in the Heresy has always been to corrupt Horus. Only a carrier strong enough to carry their power can defeat the Emperor who is extremely powerful in the physical universe.

This is the limitation of the Warp Gods, they are the opposite of the Star Gods. The Star Gods cannot interfere with anything in the Warp, and the evil gods themselves should not be able to interfere with the physical universe, but the unbalanced laws give them the basis for interference.

But even so, they have no other choice but to leave their own Chaos Realm...

It is impossible to create an individual out of thin air that can defeat a star god in the physical universe.

Even Horus - to put it bluntly, if it weren't for the secret weapon prepared for him by the Four Gods, and the fact that the Emperor was in a very bad condition at that time and wanted to save Horus, he would have killed him in an instant.

This is why the four evil gods are so eager to give birth to the Dark Lord...

Because the Emperor is essentially such a "freak" that encompasses both the physical universe and the power of the warp...

The Damned is a more troublesome being than the Dark Lord, especially when he rises from his throne.

The Emperor's only weakness is his identity as the Emperor. If he did not take into account the entire human empire, no matter how powerful the evil god is, he would never be able to defeat him in the physical universe.

The evil gods are planning something, and Perturabo may be the next "Horus" they have chosen...but the Emperor instinctively feels that things cannot be that simple.

Moreover, he knew his extremely twisted son... and now he even came together with the hateful intelligence.

His extreme son's thoughts would never make him the second Horus, but instead might lead him to a worse direction...

"Leon, you are vital to the Midgard expedition. If Perturabo is beyond help, destroy him completely." The Emperor said with a cold look on his face.

"Seventy-three percent of the expeditionary fleet's power will be yours, seventeen percent will be used to guard the safety of the Cartier Gate for us, and I - only need the remaining ten percent."

To be precise, the Emperor only needs his Custodians and the Sisters of Silence.

But his damn identity as emperor forced him to bring some fanatical people with him.

"Your goal is to..."

"The eternal city of Ulthuan, the heartland of the former Eldar Empire," the Emperor whispered.

"It's not the city that was built later, but the real place in the physical universe that is closest to the subspace. In other words, it is the real divine domain in the physical universe, a reserved area created by those ancient saints."

"The Eldar usually call them the Pantheon!"

167. The Future Envisioned by the Emperor

In Ulthuan, the former capital of the Eldar, there is a magnificent and vast area. It is illusory and mysterious in the ever-changing webway, and only a few prophets can describe its appearance.

According to them, it is not so much a building or a hall as it is an extra world that has been opened up.

The Eldar Pantheon, the heavenly realm where the Eldar gods once lived.

But there is no doubt that it had begun to fall into disrepair after the War in Heaven, and was completely destroyed with the rise of Slaanesh.

In the face of the Eldar's greatest desires and burning thirst for dissatisfaction... even a paradise-like world cannot resist the fate of destruction.

The Emperor's purpose in going there is simple. He wants to dig out the secrets left behind by the Eldar gods, and - fight back against the Chaos gods there!

Even if the Emperor was ready to sacrifice himself for humanity, it was impossible for him to rush directly to the Chaos Realm to fight the evil god.

This kind of away game is the most stupid thing, there is no need for him to give up his biggest advantage.

He wants to settle the score with those evil gods in the place closest to the subspace!

But he will not be alone, the Eldar god of death Jena, the god of laughter Xilego, the mother goddess Isha and the incomplete Cain will all come.

Rather than being a help, it's pure revenge.

The gods of the Eldar have fallen, and they will never have the possibility or opportunity to rise again.

Especially when the Emperor personally rejected Isa's decision and denied the possibility of allowing the gods to continue to interfere in mortal affairs in the next era!

The gods are a plague to mortals, and the Emperor agrees with that... especially since he himself has become one of those plagues.

He would never allow the gods to interfere with the fate of mortals again, whether it was good or bad! And if the Emperor himself did not allow it, he would not allow the gods of other races to interfere!

"Only within the Pantheon can my 'fall' not cause a disaster that affects the entire human race."

The Emperor looked at his silent eldest son and said calmly...

The cursed one does not allow himself to become the Dark Lord and become the second Slaanesh, but his existence has long been deeply bound to humanity.

Even if he doesn't want to, the moment he completely leaves his body and lets his soul rise high to the heavens... the souls of all the humans in the galaxy will be sucked in and devoured by him like a siphon.

But if he "falls" in the Warp, the Emperor can try to find a bug... to deny the birth of the Dark Lord in the isolated realm of the Ancients.

Moreover, the Pantheon is not only important for its interior space. For the Emperor and the Eldar gods who want revenge, there are more important things there -

"Asuryan's Holy Fire and the Star God's Essence. If things don't develop as I expect, I will let these reshape a new body for me. A body that is eternal, cannot be changed, cannot be broken, and cannot react."

The emperor whispered another outcome, a choice and outcome that was also extremely cruel for him.

If he fails to perish together with the evil god, or if any other reason makes the birth of the Dark Lord inevitable, he will imprison himself forever in the place closest to the warp.

Instead of being imprisoned on the Golden Throne, the Emperor will allow himself to be completely forgotten by mankind, until he no longer has the qualifications to be the Dark Lord, until his disappearance will no longer affect mankind.

Looking at the calm emperor, Leon felt indescribable sadness.

He had never felt so intuitively as now what his father was willing to give for humanity.

No sacrifice is too great to be unacceptable, not even the Emperor himself. The great God-Emperor has always seen himself as a bargaining chip that can be sacrificed.

"The empire still needs your guidance and help..." Leon said in a deep voice

"The Empire needs it, but humans don't." The Emperor shook his head and said lightly...

"Leon, you are very similar to Horus, and your evaluation of me is not wrong - I am an arbitrary tyrant, a self-righteous dictator."

"I did intend to gradually make the Astartes disappear completely after the Great Crusade... because I could not accept an artificially engineered superhuman class once again being superior to pure humans. I don't want you to repeat their mistakes."

The mistakes that the Emperor referred to were the human ruling class during the Dark Age of Technology - that era was actually not the beautiful golden age that some people believed. In fact, even the subsequent alien rebellion was largely caused by humans themselves.

Putting aside the hatred of intelligence, the craziest aspect of humans at that time was their endless exploration of biotechnology.

They were eager to integrate those stronger genes into their own bodies... so much so that by that time, it would be almost impossible to find a pure human from Terra in the entire universe.