OBS Chapter 344 The Beginning of Transformation
Chapter 344 The Beginning of Transformation
Chapter 344 The Beginning of Transformation
His Majesty the Emperor communicated with the commander of his imperial guards for a long time, during which time Lu Mingfei stood aside and listened attentively;
Until the "Emperor's Claws" reluctantly bid farewell to the boy on the bronze throne, the tall and mighty figure was swallowed up by the golden light of the teleportation matrix and returned to the universe where the future would be even more difficult and terrifying.
"What's your impression of these soldiers?" The boy then turned his gaze to Lu Mingfei again.
“Strong, calm, wise, determined… Even if I were ten Astartes, I would be defeated within a second if I met any one of them.” Lu Mingfei said truthfully.
Whether it was the commander of the Imperial Guards, Trajan Valoris, or the mysterious Imperial Guards wearing black and gold power armor, he had no confidence that he could match them; coupled with the unnamed golden armor and advanced weapons on them, it was likely that one person could rival twenty Astartes warriors.
"Well, the Custodes are indeed ahead of the Astartes in all aspects," the boy nodded calmly, "They are the most perfect warriors I created during the Old Night. Their bodies and minds have been transformed and evolved in all aspects using the most advanced biotechnology of the Dark Age. In addition to combat, each of them is the best scholar in history, mastering countless knowledge ranging from military affairs, command, politics to history, art, diplomacy, management, philosophy, and craftsmanship."
"They are my most ideal human form. I once imagined that one day in the future the entire human race would be able to sublimate and approach this perfect appearance..." The boy sighed softly.
Lu Mingfei remained silent - the "Horus Heresy" that completely destroyed everything must have been a permanent scar on the Emperor.
“But you don’t need to lose heart.” The boy took the initiative to comfort Lu Mingfei, stroking his shoulder, as if he was comforting a wounded child. “Although you are not as good as them in terms of combat power and knowledge reserves, you have a quality that they lack now—that is, the compassion to sacrifice yourself to protect the weak.”
"The Imperial Guards are not perfect either. Although they possess extraordinary strength and wisdom, they have been confined to the palace for ten thousand years because of their obsession with me and the sins they have committed. Even their thinking has become so dull that they fall into a brief state of confusion after their commander is killed. It was not until Valoris became the new commander that things started to get better. "
The boy said this and sighed as if he was helpless or having a headache.
"And you, once a weak soul in need of protection and guidance, eventually grew into a warrior who protects others, just like your Weeper brothers. Even though you were plagued by bad luck, misunderstood or even ostracized because of your origin, you still firmly sacrificed yourself in my name to protect humanity."
“This is the most precious quality, shining like a star in the darkness of the universe.”
It is a supreme honor to be praised by the Emperor himself, but Lu Mingfei still suppressed his inner joy very calmly. Compared to him, his brothers in the Weepers needed this honor more.
"Now it is time to begin preparations for the transformation of you and your Legion, Sergeant Alchemist."
"Come on, come on!"
A new blue light of transmission appeared in the Star Hall, and Ronald Tang's figure emerged from the blue light, smiling as if he had been waiting for a long time. After saluting the boy, he immediately turned his attention to the two extra black metal boxes, rubbing his hands together and looking a little impatient.
The boy raised his hand, and the golden light flowing from his fingertips turned into a thin line and floated towards one of the long metal boxes, as if it was printed on the box. Simple golden patterns lit up on the black metal surface, and the boy lifted some kind of complicated and mysterious blockade on the box.
The moment the box was opened, Lu Mingfei clearly felt that the flow of time here seemed to have changed in some way.
The box contained a simple technological device that was clearly different from the empire's rough military style. The most eye-catching thing was the hourglass device that stood in the center of four silver-white metal pillars and was constantly flipping upside down. Through its visible transparent glass, one could peek into the fine sand dancing inside the hourglass. After the box was opened, every grain of sand glowed, giving people the feeling that the stars in the universe were dancing in the hourglass.
"The 'Altered Clock' is a time technology relic from the Dark Age of Technology." He explained its origin and function to Lu Mingfei and Old Tang. "After being fully activated, the time divided into its own domain will be directly independent of the outside world and will be accelerated at a high rate. One and a half Terra years in the domain is equivalent to one day of normal time flow outside the domain."
Lu Mingfei immediately understood the role that this mysterious technological relic would play: to speed up the formation of the Sword of Revelation Legion!
For reference, from the efficiency of the human Empire's Astartes army building, it took nearly a hundred years from the order of the Terran High Lords Council to the Adeptus Mechanicus using mortal farms to cultivate a thousand sets of Astartes (the number of people in a Codex Chapter) of gene storage glands;
Apart from special cases like the Blood Angels, the normal time required for transformation surgery on other Astartes Chapters is five to ten years (the surgery starts from childhood). In addition, not thousands of people undergo the surgery at the same time, the loss caused by the failure rate of the surgery, the weapons and equipment warships manufactured by the Forge World of the Mechanicus were not supplied in time (some chapters will have a special budget given by the parent group when they are established, such as when the Emperor's Scythes Chapter was established, there were several Forge Worlds supplying equipment) and a series of complicated factors...
It would take at least two to three hundred years for an Astartes Chapter of Codex size to officially set sail to fight for the Emperor.
But now the Sword of Revelation has no gene seeds, no equipment, no forging world, no new soldiers... and it needs a legion of more than 10,000 people. Lu Mingfei feels that it will take a very long time to take shape.
But they have something that no other Astartes Chapter has... they have the will of His Majesty the Emperor to preside over the overall situation!
"Put the Abnormal Clock in the core of the City of Miracles, and it will directly bring this place into its domain."
The metal deformed and closed on its own, and the boy handed the technological relic to Old Tang. The alchemist soldier happily carried the box and rode the teleportation matrix to another place. Just when Lu Mingfei was curious about what magical technological relic was in the other metal box, he heard the boy change the subject:
"The technological relic just now is used as the process for establishing the legion. Before starting the transformation operation, you also have your own preparation process."
"My preparation...process?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused.
"You need to supplement your study of the more authentic historical knowledge and secrets of the Human Empire, not just the one-sided records and oral legends, including the details of the Horus Heresy and the behind-the-scenes, the stories and secrets of the other 666 founding groups besides the Blood Angels and their Primarchs, the foundation of the Imperial State Religion, the Grey Knights of Chapter ... and so on."
"As the leader of the Legion, you are nominally equal to your father, Saint Jerome. You are qualified to know these sealed knowledge." The boy's calm face showed a little helplessness. "Besides, I don't want my new offspring to be stupid and be bullied by the Inquisition when he returns."
(End of this chapter)