Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes.

Chapter 165 Short-distance travel and immortality in the cloud
If a plan is a precise measuring instrument, its links are like scales, and the more links, the more accurate it is; but it is also unavoidable that the more links, the less room for error in the plan, and the more fragile the feasibility.

Especially when you try to put a plan on the test of a long time, you never know which one will come first, tomorrow or the accident.

The latter is most likely to be the case, and the demons of the Lord of Tampering have enough say on this point.

Fortunately, Tzeentch is also a god full of black humor, and failures caused by accidents can also make him happy.

So in the long history, this group of subspace entertainers with bird heads have always performed their funny and cruel programs with great joy.

But the Necromancers are different. As a race in this universe that has taken the road of technology to the extreme, they are still unable to escape the barriers of mortal things after all.

Every mechanism left by them in dormancy to avoid natural disasters cannot be mistaken, because it involves the life and death of a dormant necromancer dynasty.

The same is true of the Tomb Gate of the Dolmen, the building in which Calvin had previously been.

This ancient creation of Necrontyr technology from the "Battle of Heaven" era carried too much unnecessary precision when it was hidden and hidden in the twin stars of Corakel under heavy protection.

It was the first accident that a follower of Nurgle found one of the teleportation devices where it was originally placed, and used this device to transmit the virus;
It was the second accident that the teleportation device was successfully activated, and then passed in such a "precious object" with super psychic power like Calvin.

There are only three things, and the Silent King himself who installed this device at the beginning probably didn't think of the story that happened here.

It is impossible to leave such a redundant fault-tolerant space for the awakening device left by the Necromancer Dynasty named Menak.

All in all, this device, which was planned to be activated in 990.M41 two thousand years later, was unexpectedly activated in advance under the double "cooperation" of Chaos and the Empire.

And the energy provided by the forcibly ignited Korakel twin stars that have not yet come to the end of their lives is far from enough to awaken the necromancer cemetery located in the dark side of the distant Orpheus.

The Krakel twins exploded, but not quite.

Among the two stars that have not yet competed in the final gravitational entanglement, there is still too much matter that failed to join the fusion reaction at the first time, and there is no chance to participate in the subsequent fission.

The explosion of the supernova lit up the nearby cosmic space, and under the escape of violent high-energy rays, even the neighboring Pacific star field could be observed.

The violent energy fluctuation centered on the black hole formed by the entanglement of the twin stars, spread briefly and violently to the entire star area, and then just dissipated outside the tomb world of the Menak dynasty.

This powerful dynasty, which can also be ranked in the top three among the entire Necrontyr, continued its slumber like this.

If nothing else happens, they will forever lose the chance to wake up again in their ignorance.

This is also the variable brought about by Calvin as an outsider:

Two millennia in the future, the last days that originally belonged to Orpheus—the revival of the dynasty represented by the famous "Hundred Days of Blood" and the loss of the entire Orpheus star area will never have a chance to come back. happened.

On this point, the Necrophobes who were the victims did not know, and Calvin, who was one of the instigators, also did not know.

Now he has no time to think about how he will be affected by this series of accidents.

On the contrary, he was struggling with the battle between his shame and his biological hunger.

"How many times have you been watched?"

In the noisy tribal fair, Calvin, who was wrapped in a piece of earthen cloth, thought of it with his finger in his mouth.

He summed up his not too long life, and found that every time he lost consciousness in an accident, there was a high probability of being surrounded by people when he woke up...

The first time was the Sister of Silence on the Black Ship;

The second time was a pharmacist in the medical department of the mother star Titan;
The third time was the pharmacist of the Titan II of the Feldman Galaxy;
And the fourth time right now is the few human women in front of me who don't know what language they speak...

The coma at different times was witnessed by different people, but the same thing was that Calvin never had the chance to put on his clothes.

Well, Calvin used his baby-like sensitive skin to carefully feel the rough texture of the homemade cloth, and comforted himself that this was at least an improvement.

Then he fell into another predicament:
"Stop! Mortals! Do you know the crime of blasphemy! The majesty of the emperor's angels cannot be violated!"

This is the biggest voice of Calvin, who is drifting in the turbulent flow of time and space at the center of the black hole and arrived at the unknown world.

It's a pity that adults won't care about babies' babbling.

He returned to his childhood, and his immature and short hands waved, but he couldn't stop the approaching of the breast-feeding organs of the mortal woman in front of him.

"Well...it smells good!"

Things have come to this point, and things cannot be changed. Calvin, lamenting the unpredictability of the world, humiliatedly obeyed his own hunger, and then fell into a deep sleep again after spitting out a milk hiccup...

As the largest known celestial body, stars have such a long life cycle and such a huge volume.

Correspondingly, at the moment when they become supernovas, they explode with indescribable and spectacular brilliance at the end of their lives.

When a huge amount of energy is concentrated on the door of the stone shed tomb under the entanglement of gravity, the rules of time and space here are distorted.

With the support of this absolute power, Calvin was like an awl that was thrust into the curtain of time, squeezed and distorted the fibers of time, and Calvin, who had not yet been broken, had only a few tiny but tenacious strands of time. constraining his existence.

Perhaps with the dissipation of the power he carried, or the recovery of his own power, time will eventually expel him, a foreign object that shouldn't exist here.

But at least for now, he still managed to break through the gap of time, and had a chance to stay with the distant past.

"*****!" (OK, here you go.)
Whispering the original Aboriginal language, the young woman hands Calvin out of her hands and gives it back to the woman who first found him and brought him back to the tribe.

The latter had a faint smile on his purplish red face soaked by the wind and frost on the plateau. After bowing slightly to express his gratitude, he carried Calvin to the next tent.

No way, the vitality of the Primarch is so strong.A huge amount of energy and material intake is the basis for maintaining his metabolism far beyond ordinary people.

As soon as the woman picked up this white baby with tattoos like silver veins, she noticed that this baby was different.

Without him, it's too delicious...

For the first night alone, the flock she was grazing ran out of excess milk.In the next few days, in order to satisfy this bottomless appetite, the woman even carried him around every tent with newborns in the tribe.

But this is far from enough, at least not enough for a Primarch.

The energy required for high-energy cell growth is so huge that it has almost reached the limit of chemical energy conversion.Only relying on this inefficient eating, Calvin faced only slow death.

Calvin's body was visibly thinned by the naked eye.Even his consciousness is difficult to keep awake, but he wakes up intermittently and then falls into dormancy.

This situation has made the woman who adopted him very anxious. This woman named "Mu" has never been married in her life. In her eyes, this unexpected child in front of her is a gift from the gods.

Her hair turned pale within a few days, and in anxiety, she finally decided to brave the terrible winter wind and snow on the plateau and embark on the road to the tribal king's court alone.

Presumably those priests with knowledge can give this child a chance to survive.

Needless to mention the hardships along the way, the woman who almost died in Wolf Kiss several times arrived at the residence of the royal court after three days and three nights with her courage.

The priests did not disappoint her.

These people in noble red robes and covered with precious metals, in the eyes of the herdsmen, are the real existences from the high heavens. They are the messengers of the gods, and they are also the hope of the herdsmen in this wasteland.

Amidst her pleading, the red-robed priest walked out of the mysterious tower with a golden staff in his hand.

With a strange look, he looked at the child who was kneeling on the woman's knees and holding her hands high. The sacred High Gothic language is a language that women are not qualified to learn, but the vague gesture let her know that the other party is willing to show mercy to this child. help.

"You are a lucky woman, and you should be honored for your actions. The Emperor's blood was saved by your hands, and the planet will be proud of you."

This is the voice of the mechanical monk belonging to the Order of Ominous Order, the leader of the 300 escort mechs under the psychic Titan Burner of the World, and the sage of mechanical dominion——Octal Ursulad Constantine.

He ignored whether the woman really understood his words, but carefully took Calvin over, turned and walked into the tower.

This time, it was his whim to come to this exclusive conscription world exclusive to the Order of Ominous Omens; it was even more unintentional to come to this lower-level site for inspection.

But now it seems that all this is already doomed.

The omnipotent ohm messiah is clearly guiding his steps.It was also following his guidance that he was lucky enough to meet this unrecorded son of the emperor in this remote and desolate world.

The blood and tattoos on Calvin's body may be just abnormalities in the eyes of ignorant mortals, but in the eyes of the emperor's loyal servant and the rebellious eyes of Mars, they are indeed obvious signs.

It's a Primarch!A Primarch that has never been recorded by the Imperium!
He took the baby back to the high tower of the station, and prepared the supplies he needed for Calvin.

As one of the scholars who participated in the transformation ceremony of psykers on Titan, he has the same biological knowledge as the genetic order on Mars.

He may not be able to study or copy a gene product from the Emperor himself, but he can still provide the substances needed for the growth of this miraculous life.

For ten days, in the gene modulation cabin in the tower, Constantine guarded Calvin for ten days before he regained consciousness and opened his eyes.

During this period, Calvin's body had rapidly grown to the size of a human teenager under the support of sufficient nutrients.

Calvin who regained consciousness made Constantine breathe a sigh of relief.

But before he could relax, Calvin, who saw the person in front of him for the first time, also said his first words here in surprise.

The High Gothic language with a perfect accent came from his well-developed vocal cords, but the vocabulary that he uttered made the ruling sage stiffen, and stood on the spot:
"Bless the Emperor! Father Constantine! Why are you!"

"You ever met me?"

This is the answer of Constantine, who got some important information from Calvin.

Such a reaction and answer also made Calvin realize that he might have misidentified the person.

"No . . . I think I'm mistaken. You're not the priest I knew."

Calvin was slightly taken aback when he realized his mistake.

From the moment he woke up, he found that his spiritual energy was blocked by some kind of power, which was the price for him to travel through time.

A brain with sufficient energy supply allows him to understand the current situation, and he cannot bear the price of rashly offending the priest in front of him.

Although he didn't know why the person in front of him had a stiff expression, but he couldn't swallow the words so far, so he explained like this.

"No, maybe you didn't admit your mistake..."

The red-robed mechanical priest in Calvin's eyes obviously had something to hide, but after careful consideration, he decided to explain the situation to Calvin.

"What you see may not be the current me, but a part of the future me..."

Constantine carefully observed Calvin's expression, and then said to the obviously dazed counterpart:
"Regarding the dangerous boundary between flesh and blood and machinery, the "Scarlet Agreement" signed by the Emperor himself and Mars has long agreed. This is an iron-like commandment, and no one below Mars shall violate it.

However, the Mechanicus's research on the human body will eventually lead to the path of uploading consciousness into the machine after the decline of life. The so-called scarlet protocol's constraints are nothing more than a prohibition on using others as test subjects.

Recently, I have been hesitating whether to cross the threshold of this technology in order to seek a longer existence.After all, after 500 years since I was born, errors in my system are inevitably accumulating, and redundant data deposits are increasing.In general, there is not much time left for me. "

"So?" Calvin, obviously taken aback by Constantine's message, asked subconsciously.

"So..." Constantine looked at the boy in the cabin and said:
"Your arrival proves some of my choices and the correctness of these choices. As a thank you, I can explain the mystery to you."

"What mystery?"

Calvin asked, if the person in front of him is indeed the Constantine he knows, it means that he can repay the priest with the most basic trust, and when he is relaxed, he also has the power to be curious.

Constantine is also in a very good mood. He is no longer entangled in advancing and retreating. He even humorously answered Calvin's question with a rhetorical question:

"Young man of noble blood, have you ever heard of such a term - eternal life in the cloud?"

　Two-in-one, I'm in a hurry, let's change it later.Routine tickets.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)