Warhammer: Black Emperor

Chapter 41 Dark Night Fragments
On the Mechanical Ark, Glory of Fire, Sage Kiviore-9 inspects the holographic projection.

A torrent of data from the surrounding video screens rushed across his visor, and his logic processors ran at high speed.

[Enemy ships are rapidly retreating // We haven't yet gained an advantage // Enemy ship behavior is illogical/irrational // This behavior should be classified as baiting the enemy.]

Just as Kivio-9 was about to issue an order, the voice of the technical priest in charge of the sound array system suddenly came from the communicator.

"Respected Sage, I have received a communication from Technical Priest Rosicky Cech of Altar No. 25 in Vostronia. According to Chapter 5 of the "Om Messiah's Guide," Data Management Regulations, Article 9 of the Information Rating System, this information should be reported to you, requesting data transmission."

"Allow data transfer."

【Execute the data receiving protocol.】

Three minutes later, in ship time, the visor of the Sage Kiviole-9 flashed rapidly.

[Updated Fallacy // Enemy Ships Retreat // Capital Ship Captured // Immediately Initiate Pursuit.]

He immediately gave an order to the Tech-Priest who was waiting for a response: "Order all warships to pursue the alien warships."

On Kivio-9's visor, a logic processor message flashed continuously: [Alien Battleship // Advanced Artillery // Research Value Rating: Extremely High.]

His visor lit up.

On the Frao battlecruiser, Nimrod began to sort out the harvest.

While he was clearing out the Flao people, he was also collecting any potion materials he came across.

In addition to the Dark Night Fragments, he also found fifty-two types of potion ingredients, totaling three hundred and one items.

Ningluo couldn't help but sigh that the Flao people were indeed worthy of being called space nomads.

Fifty-one of the potion ingredients are all sequence 9 materials, except for the finger-length colored insect called the Prism Worm on the blasphemous slate, which is the main ingredient of the potion of "Arbitrator" corresponding to sequence 8 "Sheriff".

Prism Worms are also the only ingredient for the "Sheriff" potion that cannot be found in Vostronia, with a total of two hundred and forty-seven of them.

Nimrod discovered this material in the interrogation room. The eyes of this prism insect can emit dazzling light. The Flao people use one or two of them to make special eye masks and wear them on the heads of their tribesmen.

When he walked in, the Furao man handcuffed to the chair let out a miserable cry, and blood flowed down the edge of the blindfold.

Ningluo didn't know the origin of these prismatic magic insects. These prismatic magic insects would be the limit of the "sheriffs" he could cultivate before encountering them again.

The more important gain was the fragments of the dark night. He played with a fragment of the dark night in his hand, and there were fragments spread out in front of him.

The appearance of the Dark Night Fragment seems to be the fragments of the most distant stars in the night sky, condensing endless darkness and dim light to form a delicate balance.

Each fragment is of different sizes, some are as small as a fingertip, and some are as big as an open book, with a faint light flowing on the surface.

When Nimrod's hand touched the fragment of dark night, he could feel a cold and subtle energy flowing. It was neither pure chill nor warm comfort, but a strange touch that transcended the material world.

[It is indeed a psychic material.]
Ningluo keenly noticed that the fragments in his hand were entangled with faint silk threads.

[It can indeed be used as a focus for divination.]
Compared with other schools of psychic powers, the school of prophecy appears to be more peculiar and profound.

Even the most powerful psykers cannot ignore the risk of divinations being misinterpreted and blurred. To counter this and attempt to achieve a clear vision, diviners use special focuses to give divinations form and consistency.

In the future Imperium, the most common focus of divination is the Emperor Tarot, which can also reveal the mind of the God-Emperor himself to those chosen by it.

The Fragment of Darkness is a psychic item that can be used as a focus for divination, but for Nimrod its greatest use is as a material for potions.

Before his next encounter with the Furao, the number of Dark Night Fragments he possessed would be the maximum number of Bribers he could cultivate. [One hundred and ninety-eight!]
Nimrod began to travel back and forth to the "Land of Disorder" to bring back all the fragments of the Dark Night.

On the first level, he found a Gothic-style spire palace. The spire was shrouded in a black sky, and the palace's exterior walls were made of cold black stone.

He spread all the fragments of the dark night on the ground, not adjacent to each other.

Then, Nimrod tried to enter the second dimension.

With a thought, he instantly crossed the invisible obstacles and arrived at the second space.

As soon as he arrived at the second level of space, Ningluo immediately sensed the difference of this level.

This layer of space is between the first layer and another layer of illusory space, and seems both real and unreal.

What is the meaning of this space?
The illusory side represents the shadow of order. I cannot change the first layer of space, which represents the use of rules.]
Nimrod looked around, and related concepts emerged in his mind.

[“The Kingdom of Disorder”, “The Black Emperor”.

Order, shadows, rules.

Exploit, break.]
Ning Lu's black eyes lit up, and with a thought, an illusory palace instantly turned into a spring.

He immediately felt his spiritual power rapidly declining, almost drying up. His face turned slightly pale, and his figure flashed to the front of the spring.

Compared to the previous illusion, shaping the spring water according to his will is more real.

The spring water is crystal clear and flows through the rocks, making a pleasant tinkling sound that is refreshing.

[As expected, breaking the rules and reshaping it to suit one's own will.]
He thought about how to make use of the second space. He could conquer the world in the outside world and build factories and other buildings according to his own will. If he did the same thing here, it would be a waste.

Ningluo's eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought of the best way to use this place - to cultivate potion materials.

Species like the Nest City Giant Rats are too common and not worth breeding.

But chemical dogs, millipedes and the like are worth cultivating, and prismatic demon worms are even more worthwhile.

If I could cultivate those biological potion materials here, even if they couldn't reproduce, it would at least further reduce the risk of the potion formula being discovered by others. Even if the four vendors peeped at me out of boredom, I wouldn't know.

[Also, it's more convenient to train Beyonders. For example, I've decided to train Maria Kournikova into an "Assassin," but because I hadn't decided beforehand, I didn't bring the Millipede with me, so I can only wait until I return to Vostroya.]
He thought again of the spiritual energy he had consumed, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.

[This is bound to be a long process, but having the ability is always better than having no opportunity.]
Nimrod then returned to the real world. After thinking for a moment, he decided to bring the data crystals and other information of the Flao people back to the "Land of Disorder" and study them slowly.

If it were an ordinary Beyonder, his spiritual energy would be exhausted and he would find it difficult to move, but he was the Primarch and only felt a little uncomfortable.

The Flao people have a deep understanding of the numerous galaxies in the Hazy Star Region, and this knowledge can play a huge role in his subsequent expansion.

Although he only mastered a small part of the Flao language, as a Primarch, it was not difficult for him to decipher the text.

Moreover, he can also cultivate "readers".

Nimrod took action immediately and brought back all the information he could collect to the "Kingdom of Disorder", filling up an entire palace.

He then received a message and went to the bridge for a briefing.

　Thanks to "蛋瓜是猪" for the reward!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)