[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor":3,"chapter-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-361":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Warhammer: The 11th Primarch - The Black Emperor",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1511110,1962,"Chapter 361 - 360: The Ymga Monolith","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-361",361,"\u003Cp>4th Month, 844.M41, Segmentum Ultima, Attila System.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Shadow's Sovereignty emerged out of the Warp and proceeded directly towards the Ymga Monolith, massive as a moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Open the protective shutters.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Nareth's command, motors whirred, and the shutters on either side of the windows rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under silent machine-code commands, the machine-spirit dimmed the glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's gaze pierced through the window, across the void, towards the ancient monolith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no Warp storm present in neighboring systems, the Ymga Monolith was not activated by any influence. It stood silent in the void, like any other celestial body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth's superhuman vision could also make out the web-like patterns of glyphs covering its surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could recognize a small portion of them, identical to the glyphs on Medusa that had bound the Burning One's fragment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The majority of the glyphs, however, he had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two stellar hours later, Nareth, along with Arsena, Gabriel, Thomas, and Miguel Cuesta, boarded a Stormbird and flew towards the base of the Monolith.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On a stone step platform, he met Sanchez, who had rushed over upon hearing the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth led the group forward. The Monolith's portico was about a hundred meters high, its surface smooth and even, as if carved from a single piece of onyx stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Intricate circles and lines were traced upon it, forming together an eerie composition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena, a \"Student of Ratiocination\" looked at the composition and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems to be a glyph.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct,\" Nareth confirmed his judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The center of the glyph was interlinked circles, one above the other. The outer part resembled crescent arcs converging inwards, all connected, with a horizontal line extending outwards from the center of each.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is time to inform you of an ancient race's existence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth then psychically transmitted knowledge about the Necrons and the Sautekh Dynasty to the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glyph on the great door was precisely the symbol of the Sautekh Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena and the others rapidly absorbed the information flooding their minds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An ancient race wielding incomprehensibly advanced technology, the Necrons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The powerful Sautekh Dynasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gabriel, having received three mental fortification enhancements, was the first to fully process the incoming stream of information. He remarked with awe:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Necrontyr and the Tech-Priests share some similarities, but also differences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Necrontyr leadership was deceived by the C'tan, the Deceiver. To prolong their lives, they forced their entire race to undergo biotransference into machines.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Tech-Priests view the machine as the sacred form of the Omnissiah, believing the flesh is weak and that mechanization is drawing closer to the Omnissiah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena, a dual-discipline psyker who had received two significant mental fortifications, absorbed the information fully comprehending its meaning. He gazed at the Sautekh Dynasty glyph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Sautekh Dynasty was already one of the most powerful dynasties during the time of the Necrontyr.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a powerful Necron Dynasty, it possesses over eighty Tomb Worlds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ymga Monolith is located on the fringe of Sautekh Dynasty territory. It is one of their dynastic artifacts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thomas, a mental discipline psyker who had received three minor mental fortifications, was the third to finish processing the information stream. He said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Necrons must possess anti-psyker technology. I can feel that my consciousness cannot penetrate the door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth had a similar feeling. Although the anti-psyker field wasn't active, the Ymga Monolith incorporated some Blackstone technology, and his psychic abilities were somewhat suppressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference was, as a Primarch, his psychic power wasn't completely suppressed; his consciousness could barely penetrate the layered barriers of the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miguel, a technomancer who had received one mental fortification, finished absorbing the information in his mind slightly faster than Sanchez. He looked at the massive stone structure before him in amazement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The primary function of the Ymga Monolith is perfect physical replication. It can actually fully replicate Necron warships.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What Father emphasized is that it's true duplication. The thousands of duplicated ships all exist physically in the real universe and can fight independently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This… this is a technological miracle. I don't understand how the Sautekh tomb-artisans achieved it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They utilized the power of the C'tan,\" Nareth stated definitively. Even the Necrons could not achieve perfect physical replication through technology alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duplicating thousands of warships required technological and energetic power on an astronomical scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Necrons' labyrinths can imprison a C'tan, using tendrils wrapped around its shards to siphon energy and produce force-fields.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sautekh is among the foremost in this. Their relics, can bind even a Transcendent C'tan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sautekh Dynasty ranked among the foremost of the many Necron Dynasties, both in military might and technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, the awakened Nemesor Imotekh, would unify the Sautekh Dynasty becoming it's Phaeron, he even dare to challenge the Silent King Szarekh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each Trascendent C'tan shard is an amalgamation of dozens or even hundreds of fragments. Their power far surpasses that of lesser shards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, the shard here is bound by the Sautekh. It cannot escape.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth recalled that the Ymga Monolith wasn't activated until ten thousand years later, after the opening of the Great Rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also knew that Hannibal had managed to withdraw unscathed and with significant gains; otherwise, he wouldn't risk exploring here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sanchez gripped the sword forged from the Fenrisian Kraken, his reward from the Wolf King for winning the contest against the Space Wolves, and examined the structure before him with a hunter's gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am more interested in the Necron warriors, especially those scorpion-shaped constructs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth shook his head slightly and said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is not a Tomb World. There won't be large numbers of Necrons. You might only hunt some guardians.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The greater dangers will be the pervasive traps and the defensive systems guarding the place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You now have some understanding of our objective here. It is time to begin the exploration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said this, Nareth led the five and the members of the Honour Guard forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the great door, the group began to examine the sealed entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Sanchez spoke first, he had assessed the door as a Hunter would.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The traces at the entrance have been washed away by tens of millions of years. Not a hint remains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I also can't locate a structural weak point. I can't break it open with controlled force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We cannot use violent force to breach it,\" Gabriel continued. \"Although I cannot yet comprehend the technology used to build the door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to our Lord, it contains immense energy. A violent breach could trigger catastrophic consequences.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arsena used his psychic senses to probe the glyphs on the door, attempting to reason and find a pattern in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My knowledge of Necron glyphs is still shallow. I cannot deduce a pattern to open the door.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have probed the door and grasped some of its technology, but there is a force within that repels my psychic power.\" After silently calculating for a few seconds, Miguel continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To open the door, it is estimated to require at least ten years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My \"Eyes of Mystery Prying\" can perceive some things, but the spiritual energy consumption is extremely rapid. The time required...\" Thomas pondered for a moment before continuing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...would also be roughly ten years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will not take that long,\" Nareth stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the eyes of the \"Baron of Corruption,\" the door was deconstructed into geometric shapes: rectangles, circles...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could also see threads after thread of rules, red, black...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he noticed that all shapes, all colored threads, converged at a single point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A single convergence beneath the Sautekh emblem, at the center of a circular ring, a glyph like a mandala.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nareth knew that the capital of the Sautekh Dynasty was on Mandragora. That glyph must be the control glyph for the entire door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spread his golden wings and instantly flew up to the glyph. Raising his right hand, he pressed it against the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground beneath their feet trembled as the hundred-meter-high door slowly began to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you enjoy the story, my p@treon is 30 chapters ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[email protected]\u002FDaoistJinzu\u003C\u002Fp>",1334,"2026-06-06T05:05:10.770Z",1,"novelbin.me","91a52c881cb838ae095634783e9190ea77d36f0dc30200df1916492c8fd40262","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-362","warhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-chapter-360",698,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwarhammer-the-11th-primarch-the-black-emperor-cover.jpg"]