Warhammer: In the Name of Nirvana

From the first battleship of the Dawnbreaker Legion rushing into the Eurydice galaxy, until the king of psionic species Osiris screamed in despair and was crushed into debris in the sky, everything was just a story that happened in the twenty-first century. Just a short story within Terra Standard Time.

Facing two Primarchs and a thousand Astartes think tanks behind them, even this alien species that can influence hundreds of galaxies on its own cannot escape its destined judgment. The evil deeds the King of Species and his people had inflicted on countless human civilizations in the past dozens of centuries finally came back to them today, tearing their miserable race into pieces.

The fall of the king of psychic species was like a boring drama without any ripples. It was surprisingly smooth: the joint elites of the two legions crushed all kinds of obstacles along the way, from the vast sea of ​​green skins and aliens. It fought a smooth bloody path, and the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds and the Queen of Avalon stepped on this enchanted scarlet carpet, declaring its sins and the Emperor's punishment to the Alien King. .

When the Spider Queen stood in a dimension invisible to others, boredly holding down the desperate soul of the king of psychic species, tasting it bit by bit, the genetic principle of the Ultramarines Legion was raised high He took off his power fists, shouting the names of the Ultramarines and the human world who died from the despicable plots of these aliens. In a brutal, angry and reckless charge, he penetrated the alien's gaseous body with both fists and crushed it into pieces. Its heart, throat and all its organs.

The King of Osiris was killed at that moment and became one of the countless false monsters that fell at the feet of the real monster. Its thin figure of more than ten meters high was shattered amidst the cheers of countless extreme warriors. Like an ugly statue broken by violence, it will soon be forgotten by the world.

At least five hundred Ultramarines and Dawnbreaker think tanks witnessed the dismal end of the Alien Emperor. Their cheers and bloody shouts shook the hall hundreds of meters high, making the entire fortress world crumbling.

Amidst the cheers of victory, only a few of the calmest think tanks realized that something was not right: the death of the king of psionic species was too quiet, and its soul was not as powerful as other powerful beings. He used his own death to stir up an unstoppable storm in the Sea of ​​Souls, affecting the entire star region and even a wider area.

Although there was indeed a think tank that heard a heavy sound like a brewing storm at the moment when the king of psionic species died, this disaster-like declaration was almost suppressed by a greater silence the next moment, which was enough to cause disaster. The screams of hundreds of galaxies stopped abruptly for some unknown reason, and disappeared without a trace, just like an endless storm rolled into a bottomless cave.

Similar questions flashed a trace of worry in the minds of the Think Tanks, until they saw the Lord of Ultramar cut off the head of the evil-doer, until they heard about the countless psionic species that fell one after another because of the death of the Lord. When they were in their respective fortresses, the worries in their hearts disappeared and they officially fell into fanatical cheers.

In this frenzy of victory, even the most loyal Dawnbreakers were not able to see in time, on the edge of the mouth of their genetic mother, a hint of contentment symbolizing a heart-pounding smile.

Following the humiliating death of the king of psionic species, his race quickly succumbed to the tragic fate. The vast majority of Osiris aliens lost their lives within a minute of the king's death. The identified warp plague took away their vitality, and those who were lucky enough to escape were not destined to get a happy ending: with their greatest opponent falling at the feet of the Primarch, the Ultramarines Legion was finally completely vacated. Take action and start cleaning the entire battlefield carefully.

The cloud of failure that had shrouded the entire Thirteenth Legion for more than half a century ended with their genetic father Guilliman raising the head of the culprit: What could be more inspiring to the Ultramarines Legion than this scene? What about morale?

In the face of the mighty Ultramar army, both the Osiris psionic race with only a few survivors and the green-skin empire with a huge scale are just a group of survivors: in psionic power The moment the King of Species fell, the victory of the Human Empire had already announced the end of the melee in the Eurydice galaxy, and what was left was just a few weeks of finishing work.

The tens of billions of green skins gathered in the Eurydice system will be wiped out, and the former Orc Empire will also disappear completely. This may cost the entire Thirteenth Legion the lives of hundreds of battle brothers, but no matter how People will care about the small sacrifices in this great victory.

And after killing the king of psychic species and calming down again, the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds did not spend more time on celebrations. In the next few weeks, he commanded the army of Ultramarines , burning every green-skinned world together, until the entire galaxy finally returned to rare tranquility.

The Dawnbreaker Legion was not too involved in these military operations. They had an unspoken understanding with their Gene Mother and were unwilling to disturb the enjoyment and protagonist status of the Ultramar people in this revenge feast: just Just like Morgan willingly became Guilliman's assistant and background when he killed the king of psychic species, the Dawnbreakers did not appear too many times in the victory catharsis of the Ultramarines, which instead gave them a lot of support from More favorable impressions of Five Hundred Worlds and the Ultramarines Legion.

While Guilliman and his descendants were killing people in the galaxy, the warriors of Avalon went to the ruins of the abandoned battlefields. They obeyed the orders from the Primarch, He enthusiastically dismantled the legacy of the Osiris psychic species, and "lost" a lot of them very carelessly.

It's not that no Ultramarines saw what they were doing, but these descendants of Guilliman just looked at each other and acquiesced to the hobbies of these extremely reliable cousins: anyway, in the Legion regulations, they didn't seem to be required to stop them. The rules of this scene.

And when Guilliman finally completed the final work, commanding his descendants to throw all Osiris's alien hourglass battleships into the stars for destruction, the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds just glanced at the capture summary full of loopholes, and then He threw it aside casually, tacitly allowing his blood relatives to take away many souvenirs.

However, although Guilliman was willing to turn a blind eye to this matter, considering that collecting and studying the legacy of aliens, especially psychic aliens, was never too unsafe, so he carried out After the briefest thought, the Lord of Ultramar decided to have a good talk with his blood relatives.

After all, a generally normal blood relative was a treasure worth cherishing for Guilliman. If possible, he still hoped that Morgan could continue to be generally normal.

In Guilliman's mind: Even if Morgan may not be able to become a perfect brother like Sanguinius, she should at least avoid falling into the situation of Leman Russ.

In the Lord of Ultramar's mind, he slightly sketched Morgan and the Wolf King of Fenris together, and slightly deduced a brand new existence: just the fantasy of the answer made the Lord of Macragge fight A shiver.

He couldn't help but quicken his pace.

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In view of the tacit cooperation and mutual assistance in fighting side by side in the Eurydice galaxy, the Dawnbreakers and the Ultramarines, which are actually the first cooperation between the two legions, have already given birth to a fire that can be called a bond. In front of this wisp of fire, some misunderstandings caused by a certain Sleeping Beauty original body also disappeared.

Therefore, the Lord of Ultramar was not hindered in any way on board the Dawnbreaker's warship. He was treated with the most respect a noble guest could receive, and even conversed happily with the Sons of Morgan who came to greet him.

Guilliman was told that the Gene Mother of Dawnbreaker had not moved much at all in the past few weeks. She stayed at the place where Osiris, the king of psychic species, fell, and ordered her heirs to continuously collect The wreckage and battleships of the most powerful psychic species are constantly undergoing some kind of recording and research activities.

During the weeks when the Ultramarines were wiping out the greenskins, the Spider Queen spent most of her time in her laboratory. If she hadn't appeared in front of her children and given orders regularly, the Dawnbreakers would He even starts to worry about his mother.

Although Guilliman was curious as to why the Dawnbreakers feared for the life of their genetic mother when she was on the flagship, he ultimately did not ask the question. His instinct told him, Maybe it’s not always a good thing to dig deeper.

But deep down in his heart, the Lord of Ultramar quietly added a new explanation to his knowledge of the Astartes warriors of the Dawnbreaker Legion.

Um……

A fanatical defender of the Gene Mother.

This is true for the vast majority of them.

The Lord of Macragge even couldn't hold back his smile because of this comment, but fortunately at this time, he had already arrived in the throne room of the blood relatives, and saw Morgan, who was obviously in low spirits, standing there. The door to the throne room is welcoming the Lord of Five Hundred Worlds.

"You seem a little too focused on your research project, Morgan."

After the Dawnbreakers retreated, the two Primarchs sat on the seats that had been prepared and exchanged simple greetings. Apart from the two of them, the only person present was Virgo and the pot of hot drink she was holding.

The Lord of Macragge glanced at the maid casually, and was secretly surprised by her immaturity. Guilliman's brain, which is comparable to the best multi-threaded processor, flashed through thousands of things in an instant. Thousands of questions and speculations.

Why would her blood relatives choose such a naive mortal attendant and seem to trust her?

But in the next moment, thousands of questions disappeared quietly. The Lord of Macragge showed a bitter smile in his heart, mocking his own nosy: such a private person of the original body He really doesn't have the power to interfere in things.

Moreover, she did appear to be an ordinary mortal girl: compared to what Jaghatai did to his ship and what Fulgrim did to his offspring, Morgan's behavior was completely normal.

So, Guilliman turned his head and no longer paid attention to this little girl who always gave him a strange sense of danger. He classified this dangerous aura as the psychic energy wave on Morgan that was not perfectly controlled due to fatigue.

This couldn't help but make the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds have new worries about the physical health of his blood relatives. Facing his inquiry, the Spider Queen just tasted the hot drink in the cup.

[Indeed, my blood relatives, I admit that I have been rushing forward recently, hoping to analyze all the doubts I have about the Osiris psionic species at once. 】

[In fact, I have solved most of the questions I asked myself before the research work started. The ordinary Osiris psionic species actually does not have much content worthy of further exploration, but their psionic species The king is a mutant individual with great value for follow-up research. 】

[For example, the subspace plague it uses to threaten and control its own race is a power worth pondering. I don’t believe it is its original creation. It is more likely that it is something it obtained from the Sea of ​​Souls. force. 】

With dark circles under her eyes symbolizing exhaustion, the Spider Queen poured out her academic discoveries to Guilliman with great interest. The words in the psychic field that popped up from time to time in her words made the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds frown. However, Although Guilliman couldn't understand some of the words, this [subspace plague] was enough to make him feel instinctively uneasy.

"Are you going to study the so-called warp plague, Morgan, I think..."

[Don't worry, Guilliman, I haven't swelled to that point yet. 】

The Spider Queen's smile revealed a hint of weakness, but it was still able to soothe the uneasiness in the Primarch's heart.

[I was just thinking that maybe I could find a way to prevent or contain it through analyzing and experimenting with it. I believe you have also seen the power of that plague. A powerful psychic race is here. In front of it, it is not worth mentioning. Faced with such an existence, we must understand it even if we don't want to master it. 】

[After all: Who knows whether it will make a comeback one day in the future? 】

"But...doesn't it bring risks? After all, since humans have had civilization, we have never really achieved a complete victory over the plague. Even on Macragge now, a large plague is enough A catastrophe that sets off the alarm.”

[Everything in life comes with risks, big or small, Robert, and there's one thing I'm sure of, and I can even declare it to you here. 】

The Spider Queen blinked, and she called to her blood relative, asking him to come closer so that her voice could be transmitted into Guilliman's ears as quickly as possible without causing unnecessary vibrations in the air.

[Listen, Robert. 】

[If we really want to do something, study something, or simply want to understand something about the existences in subspace: now may be the best time. 】

"..."

"What's the meaning?"

There was real confusion on the face of the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds, and the Spider Queen's sly smile only made this confusion more obvious.

[Literally, Robert. 】

[The Great Crusade is a good time, a good opportunity that will never come again. As long as it is not over yet, when we explore the sea of ​​souls, we don’t have to worry about being drowned by the most obvious and bad waves. They will not be here. When they come out, it means that we at least have some confidence to face them. 】

[Although this confidence may be only one or even a few tenths, in the years after the Great Crusade, it may be pure zero: by that time, even if we want to do anything to the subspace, it will be too late. 】

[So, do you understand what I mean, Robert: I am in a hurry, I am seizing this may be the best research time in the next ten thousand years, and using absolute utilitarian research to meet my practical needs . 】

After saying these words, the Spider Queen lay back lazily, leaning on the back of a specially soft chair and closing her eyes to recuperate: Among all the brothers she has met so far, Guilliman is the most trustworthy. One of the few people she has a crush on, his character and abilities are so outstanding that he even eclipses other blood brothers.

Faced with such a character, the Spider Queen was happy to be biased and use a few sincere words of advice to close the distance between her and Guilliman. This was not only a rare expression of true feelings, but also a rather superb method: with Guilliman Regarding the study and attitude of psychic energy, these words will not have any earth-shattering effect on him, but the act of sharing secrets and advice itself is enough to further draw their relationship closer, and even make some smaller things happen. changes.

A slight transformation from [Guilliman] to [Robert].

And just as Morgan thought, her words were listened carefully and carefully by the Lord of Macragge. Although Guilliman's face was still occupied by a large amount of confusion, he still nodded seriously, Expressing my affirmation and gratitude to Morgan.

"I will tell my think tanks, but I still hope that your respective legions and mine can maintain a consistent and stable posture in terms of psychic research: Maybe we can conduct an exchange and study between think tanks to let our Children, let’s use their abilities.”

【Why not? 】

Morgan nodded and agreed easily. She was relatively optimistic about the approaching of the Dawnbreakers and Ultramarines. After all, the Spider Queen still had some confidence in her ability to control her subordinates: although she was not superb, But her heir wouldn't just follow Guilliman.

Guilliman laughed. A sincere cooperation between legions always made him feel sincerely happy. So the Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds continued to chat with his blood relatives for a few words and tasted the food served by the Virgo Seat. of hot drinks, and then remembered the topic that had stopped abruptly before.

"I have one more question I want to ask you, Morgan, can you answer it?"

"I hope this problem will not cause you any trouble."

[Say it. 】

"Why... do you want to study these Osiris psychic species? And the research is so obsessed and focused. Is there more value in them that is worth exploring?"

[I am not obsessed or focused on the existence of these psychic aliens, Guilliman. Frankly speaking, these psychic species are very simple research topics that can even be completed in one go, so I work day and night. 】

"……Why?"

【Because I am lazy. 】

[As long as I complete this research topic once and for all, I will never have to think about anything related to it again, so I would rather endure the temporary toil. 】

After finishing speaking, Morgan showed a sincere smile to his blood relatives: Although this smile was not enough to dispel Guilliman's suspicion of his words, after all, the root cause of his efforts in research was due to laziness or something...

Not to mention the rationality of this theory: Are his blood relatives lazy?

He doesn't think so.

In the eyes of the Lord of Ultramar, Morgan's image is always associated with hard work, restraint, calmness and kindness. These are also the qualities Guilliman admires most: Although after witnessing some small tricks, Morgan The perfect image in his mind was somewhat dusty, but thinking about it from another perspective, such shortcomings made his blood relatives more real, and also allowed him to get closer to her with an ordinary person's mentality.

Thinking of this, the Lord of Macragge just raised the corner of his mouth and did not continue to stalemate on this issue: Guilliman would naturally maintain this flexible approach as long as the core concept was not involved.

He jumped away from the topic and continued to chat with the Spider Queen on various issues. However, despite this, the two blood brothers, whose relationship was getting warmer day by day, actually had no more common topics: especially in Kili. Mann quite carefully avoided most topics related to territorial governance and legions.

Although already quite appreciative of his Avalonian kin, perhaps because of this, the Lord of Ultramar carefully avoided words about power, for he always considered the two Legions' personal contact: whether it was Any form of contact is inappropriate.

Although this contact was just a casual chat between the two Primarchs, it was enough to touch the sensitive nerves of Archon Macragge as the king of a vassal.

So, after all, when Morgan started to take the initiative to stir up the topic, the center of the chat naturally returned to the research of the Spider Queen: Considering that the two legions fought side by side before, this is indeed a perfect fit. Topic.

[Actually, I will study these worthless aliens for another more realistic reason, out of some consideration and preparation for the future. 】

"Appreciate further details."

[Through records and research, I have classified in detail all the information and abilities of the Osiris psychic species, as well as their corresponding weaknesses and tactics: In this way, if there are remnants of the Osiris aliens in the future, or there will be conflicts with them If other psychic aliens that are not too different start to cause harm to the empire, the imperial army that confronts them will also be able to find suitable data and information in my records. 】

[Perhaps a sentence written casually now can save thousands of warriors and mortals in the future: after all, the acquisition of this information can only rely on a steady stream of blood and sacrifice. Since we have sacrificed for this once, I don't think there should be a second time. 】

"indeed so."

The Lord of Ultramar listened to Morgan's words with unprecedented seriousness, and nodded sincerely, agreeing with his concept of blood kinship in Avalon: Although in his heart and in the records of the Ultramarines, Osiris The psionic species will be a thing of the past, as their entire species has been uprooted.

But despite this, Guilliman still quite agreed with Morgan's behavior. He did not regard this as doubt about his victory. Instead, he immediately entered Morgan's thinking and understood the value of her words. .

If a scroll of text can save countless lives, even if it only has such a possibility, it should be properly recorded and preserved immediately. Guilliman even decided to store all the alien information he encountered in the future. It is located in the Ptolemaic Library in Macragge.

And thinking of this, the Lord of Ultramar became a little more curious.

"How did you come to this point of view, my blood relative?"

[Because I'm writing a book, a brand new book. 】

Guilliman's pupils lit up.

"Another book?"

"A new holy book?"

"This time, what kind of scripture is it about? Maybe I can help."

[First of all, it won't be another new holy book, Robert. 】

Guilliman's pupils dimmed.

"It's about psionics?"

[Yes, this is the second point I want to talk about: This book is essentially a supplement to my Psionic Codex. It is some corrections and additional developments for the first book. I have a fairly solid foundation, and on this foundation, I can continue to explore a certain distance outward. 】

[Simply put, if the Code of Psychics is compared to an introduction to law, then the book I am writing now may be equivalent to a legal system under the Civil Code, and I will use more such supplementary explanations in the future to explain it a little bit. Completed some issues in the Psionics Codex. 】

(In layman terms: the main game and its DLC, patches, and free updates)

"Sounds great. Sometimes a book can't explain everything clearly. Especially with such a huge concept of psionic energy, coupled with the complex environment of the galaxy and various legions, it does need a lot of supplements and improvements."

"I think this means that you intend to regard the Psychic Code as a great cause worth investing your energy in, and are ready to use it to benefit more imperial subjects, right?"

[More or less, I do have some additional requirements and ideas for this book or this series. This includes my attitude and thinking about psychic powers, which I have only realized in recent times. 】

Guilliman nodded. He looked at Morgan, who was still a little tired, and thought of their current topic, so he couldn't help but ask what he wanted to ask.

"Do you need my help? Although this is a book about psychic powers, every aspect of it cannot be completely related to psychic powers: then I should be able to help you in some places, Morgan."

[Indeed, there is a point. 】

Morgan nodded, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and was pleased that the long words and dealings finally paid off: after all, the questions she was going to ask more or less touched the privacy of the Legion itself.

[For my plan, I may need to write many books, Guilliman, but for now, I am only writing a relatively simple one, but the issues it involves are extremely complex. 】

"Do you mind telling me its theme?"

[Of course I don’t mind: this is a book about aliens, specifically, about those psychic alien races. I intend to include all the psychic alien races we encountered, expelled, and exterminated during the Great Crusade. Written in an instruction book, detailing their names and appearances, abilities and weaknesses, fighting styles, and how we defeat them. 】

[You know, Guilliman, all psychic aliens will more or less have some methods beyond conventional understanding, so we can't be sure whether our eradication is complete: just like these Osiris psychic species , since they can travel between the dimensions of reality and subspace at will, who can ensure that nothing escapes them? 】

[Perhaps after a few generations, they will rebel again: it is not impossible, and by then, if a book recording their various weaknesses really has a certain circulation within the empire, then Presumably the losses can be minimized. 】

[This is my current plan, Robert: In the last book, I told them the direction of the spiritual path, what kind of range they should move in, and how to become a person who is not powerful, but also Safe enough and qualified psykers. 】

[In this first additional book, I plan to tell them other news: for example, what kind of opponents they will encounter in the galaxy with the same abilities, and how they should recognize them and defend against them, And how to defeat them. 】

[As for this book, I plan to call it for the time being: A Record of Psychic Alien Experiences. 】

"A very nice name."

[Yes, but I do need some help from you, some help that may offend you: Robert, my brother, I can get from you the psychic aliens that the Ultramarines have faced in the past and in the future. Information and war records? 】

[I know, this is a relatively private thing, if you don’t agree...]

"No! Morgan!"

Before he finished speaking, Guilliman shook his head seriously, interrupting Morgan's somewhat delayed prayer. His pupils were burning with flames because of the Spider Queen's ambition, which was a golden flame that symbolized pure kindness. .

He spoke.

"You can send several of your descendants to Ultramar, my blood relatives, and all the history of the Ultramarines Legion will be opened for this great dream. You can know anything we encounter in the galaxy."

[Your generosity astounds me, dear Robert]

"After all, I trust you, Morgan. I trust your nobility and compassion."

Morgan smiled.

【Since when? 】

Guilliman smiled too.

"Actually, I don't know: maybe, starting from this moment?"