Chapter 422: Not a God

Wu Pifu learned many things from the three Primarchs, including the past of this Dream World, the Emperor, the Warp, the current situation of the entire world, and so on.

Ten thousand years had passed since the Great Heresy. The Emperor sat on the Golden Throne, suppressing the Webway loopholes on Earth, while simultaneously using the Golden Throne to extract His own essence and power, forming a huge Astronomican that could point the way in the Warp, like a lighthouse in the dark night, allowing strictly trained Navigators to find safe paths.

At the same time, in order to ensure that the Astronomican did not go out, the Human Empire had to burn one thousand psykers every day to charge it.

And now, ten thousand years later, the Primarchs loyal to the Emperor had either disappeared, died, or were forced into stasis fields due to fatal wounds. At the same time, because of the Great Heresy, the Space Marines loyal to the Emperor were feared by mortals. Before one Primarch entered the stasis field, they were split from legion scale to small team scale, changing from regular armies to special forces types.

At the same time, during these ten thousand years, Chaos forces had risen, constantly rushing from the Eye of Terror in the center of the galaxy or other curtain cracks into the material universe to burn, kill, and loot, and the pollution and bewitchment of the Four Gods had never stopped.

Although the Human Empire still existed and its scale was still huge, in essence, it was already a collapsed dead body. There was no hope in sight, and it hadn't reached the end yet. The Emperor could neither stand up nor die. Warp Chaos treated all life as their amusement, and all life struggled to survive in this desperate world.

This was the Dream World Wu Pifu had to face.

Ignorant, cruel, desperate, yet the brilliance of courage flickered among humans...

For the next few days, Wu Pifu had been pondering this world, how he could establish a higher-level sanctuary, what Gaia humans could gain in this world, and what they could bring to this world.

The sanctuary absolutely had to be established. Since he had already decided, Wu Pifu naturally couldn't give up now.

Perhaps there were 0.5 Dream Worlds that hadn't been invaded by the Source, but that would be a matter of luck, which was not what Wu Pifu hoped for. He intended to take it one step at a time in this world, which was both his own growth and strengthening, and also slowly establishing sanctuaries until reaching a Level 7 sanctuary. At that time, he would resurrect his companions, the Mute Girl, his parents...

"So, what is the situation with the three of you?"

After discussing with the three Primarchs for a whole day, Wu Pifu confirmed the past and present of this world. Although it wasn't particularly detailed, he already had a lot of understanding of the world before him, so he asked the three Primarchs.

The three demon Primarchs looked at each other, and two men and one demon head all laughed bitterly.

Ma Genusi said first: "I believe you can see it too. The three of us are the so-called fallen Primarchs, and also the current demon sublimated bodies. But I want to say that this was not our original intention. Whether it was our actions during the Great Heresy, or falling into the Warp, or having our essence controlled by the Four Gods, becoming sublimated bodies, becoming demons, and all the evil acts—none of it was our original intention."

Ma Genusi said this, pointing to Angron, who only had one head left: "He, my brother, should have been the gentlest, most compassionate, and the one with the strongest resistance to negativity among all our brothers, yet he was forced to have the Butcher's Nails implanted. It is a vicious torture device linked to a person's brain nerves, creating horrific pain at every moment. That kind of pain is something no mortal, not even a demon, can bear. One can only be furious, bloodthirsty, and it is impossible to have even a little bit of thought and calm..."

Ma Genusi pointed to Mortarion: "My other brother, Mortarion, he is actually the most innocent. During the Great Heresy, he was betrayed by his own sons and then trapped in the Warp, suffering unimaginable and terrifying torture. There is no concept of time in the Warp. Perhaps even he himself doesn't know how long he was tortured. That is Nurgle's domain, and he couldn't escape. And that torture spanned life and death. But even so, he didn't give up resistance, until Nurgle used his sons to threaten him. Only then, caring for his sons, was he forced to fall and become Nurgle's Daemon Prince."

Finally, Ma Genusi pointed to himself: "As for me, a poor wretch toyed with by fate, wanting to warn the Emperor to be careful of betrayal, but was implicated in Tzeentch's conspiracy. This warning became a positioning for the Webway, thereby destroying the Webway under the Imperial Palace on Terra. Afterward, I was toyed with by the Warp. A piece of tampered false information caused the loyalist Primarchs to destroy my world, destroy my people, and destroy my sons. And in that process, I was loyal, always loyal, never thinking of betrayal. I even ordered my sons to lay down their weapons and accept inspection. I could destroy mountains and rivers with a single thought, I could destroy a fleet with a single psychic power, but I chose to surrender. And the result? Everything was gone, everything was destroyed. At that time, when I was most desperate, Tzeentch told me He could save everything, as long as I became His Daemon Prince. I agreed..."

Wu Pifu asked curiously: "So, did He save them?"

Ma Genusi's face twisted, and he roared in anger: "No, He didn't! Never! He is still toying with mortal things. His so-called salvation is to make everything distorted. In time and space, in causality and connection, He made everything a distorted state of possible existence and possible non-existence. I was deceived, but it was already too late!"

"The so-called Daemon Prince, the so-called Warp sublimation, is actually our essence being taken away by the Chaos Gods, and then their essence filling the 'I' that serves as our existence. Everything is distorted, everything is controlled. No matter how good a person you were before this, afterward you will become their puppet, doll, and the distorted chaos itself!!"

Wu Pifu was silent for a long while and said: "So what are your plans?"

Mortarion said first: "Find a way to take back our essence from the Four Gods. As long as the essence we obtain exceeds a critical point, roughly a little more than half, enough to maintain our bottom line as self, then we can perform self-de-sublimation by your side. Although we will become weaker because of losing and cutting off part of the essence, at least we can become our true selves again, instead of a puppet, a weapon, or a frenzied madman!"

Wu Pifu looked at the other two: "Is this what you think too?"

Ma Genusi and Angron were both silent, but the emotions they leaked were undoubtedly saying the same thing. Yes, that's what they thought.

Wu Pifu then said: "I don't mind you using my abilities for self-redemption, or rather, I appreciate your approach, and I can provide help within my power. But I also want to clarify one point. You should know, right? The Four Chaos Gods are determined to have me. They will never give up on me. They will try every possible way to get me. I have a very, very strong premonition that once I enter the Warp, it will be an immediate disaster, and there will never be any escape. And even in this material universe, they have been trying to pry into me, never giving up, just because my uniqueness makes them unable to cross the boundary... Even so, do you still want to continue?"

"That is natural!"

Two human forms and one demon head said at the same time: "We are already in the deepest hell, and the situation can't be worse than it is now!"

Wu Pifu nodded and said: "That's good. Let's form an alliance for now. I need your knowledge, information, and help within your power regarding this world, and I will provide you with sanctuary. Of course, the premise of this alliance is that everything you said is true, and you are sincerely wanting to escape from the Warp... I am willing to treat you as humans, and I hope you can be worthy of my treatment, truly being a human."

The three Primarchs naturally had no objections. They were already the best among the best, the true demigods of this world. After truly clarifying the essence of the Warp, they had even more determination and will to risk everything.

At this time, Ma Genusi said: "Just as you said, you absolutely, absolutely must not enter the Warp. Even a single most ordinary Warp voyage will cause those four to ignore everything and take action personally... I think you should have a little understanding of your own essence, right?"

Wu Pifu nodded and suddenly said: "Let's wait until the others arrive before talking."

The three Primarchs were surprised. Then, a few minutes later, they saw Inquisitor Kethia, Tech-Priest Amida, and Ecclesiarchy Priest Reston, all with twisted, strange, and panicked, trembling, and bewildered faces, walking in from outside the door.

Wu Pifu said frankly: "I passed our conversation just now to them, letting them hear everything from beginning to end. Don't be panicked. It's nothing more than everyone talking openly and honestly about the next actions. You three don't call them mortals anymore. After hearing all this, I think the Emperor is actually a person, a powerful person, but He is a hero who is willing to sacrifice and devote, and loves humanity. There are no gods in this world at all. There are only resisting humans and demons hiding in the dark Warp like a cesspool."

Ecclesiarchy Priest Reston's face changed, and he stopped speaking. The three Primarchs revealed expressions of "as expected." Inquisitor Kethia immediately asked: "You... are you not a god either?"

The three Primarchs, Kethia, and even Reston—except for Amida who couldn't observe the Warp clearly—all relied on their psychic abilities or the Emperor's blessings to look directly at the Warp, and everything that placed their own essence between the Warp and the real material world. Undoubtedly, that essence far exceeded their imagination, and to some extent, was even more exaggerated and terrifying than the essence of the Four Chaos Gods.

Wu Pifu spoke as a matter of course.

"Of course, I am not some god!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 423 =====