Warhammer: I, the Wizard of a Thousand Sons, Reorganize the Legion

Chapter 99 The Great Changes in Subspace

"Yes, Your Excellency Archmage, I hope so."

Li Wei felt the comforting pressure on his shoulder and responded softly.

He said this with a feigned reassurance smile, but he was completely unsure of himself.

He had already sensed something was wrong: the psionic power of the Star Torch was weakening. Although it could still guide the human empire's voyages, its ability to repel warp creatures was gradually diminishing.

Li Wei does indeed possess a part of the essence of an emperor, and coupled with his mastery of the core spiritual energy secret technique for igniting the Star Torch, he is able to light the Star Torch and temporarily maintain its brightness.

However, he was not the emperor, the ruler of mankind, who possessed that vast and inexhaustible source of spiritual energy. He could not guarantee that the spiritual energy fuel used to ignite the Star Torch would always be maintained at the highest quality. He could only burn whatever was available. The resulting Star Torch flames were brighter, but their essence had changed.

Li Wei's biggest worry was that the four Warp Gods had already noticed the abnormality of the blindingly bright starlight that pierced through the Warp.

With their power and cunning, they would definitely seize the opportunity to intervene and extinguish this pillar of starlight that they could not erase before. Now that the starlight is on its last legs, it is the best time for them to make their move.

Just as Li Wei was lost in thought, his expression suddenly froze.

Before he could even ask Magnus a question, he suddenly felt a violent tremor beneath his feet, and the entire hull of the Imperial Dream groaned under the strain, a sign that the ship was being violently impacted by an external force.

"Hehe, it really is true that whatever you wish for comes true."

Li Wei twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly and muttered a complaint under his breath.

He unleashed his psionic senses and clearly felt the increasingly chaotic warp currents outside the Emperor Dream, leaving him utterly speechless.

He knew what had happened: the warp, which had been peaceful for decades since he crossed into the Warhammer universe, had finally erupted into complete chaos.

"Li Wei, what's going on?"

Magnus, as the Primarch of the Thousand Sons of Astartes, is skilled in psionic abilities and is one of the most powerful psionicists in the galactic universe.

He had already sensed the dramatic changes that had occurred in the warp, but this was the first time he had ever encountered such a violent transformation in the usually calm warp.

He was completely dumbfounded. In his eyes, the warp had always been the backyard of psionicists, like a calm stream, gentle and controllable. How could it suddenly become like the ocean, surging with raging waves that could devour everything?

Hearing Magnus's bewildered question, Li Wei shook his head helplessly and said in a deep voice, "Heh, these are the four Chaos Gods. They've launched an attack; they couldn't hold back any longer."

He hadn't expected that just a few days after the Emperor's accident, the four Chaos Gods would launch an attack so impatiently, stirring up warp turbulence. As for their target, Li Wei also knew it: the Star Torch, the beacon guiding humanity's warp navigation.

In his psionic perception, the faint, flickering starlight was about to go out due to the interference of the violent warp turbulence.

Moreover, he could only watch helplessly as the teetering starlight went out, because his mental stamina had just been exhausted and he could no longer add more psionic fuel to the starlight.

In fact, Li Wei also knew that even if he could add psionic fuel to the Star Torch now and stabilize its brightness, it would be of no use.

After all, he couldn't possibly keep an eye on the Star Torch, which was gradually weakening in the warp turbulence, and replenish its psionic energy in a timely manner.

Most importantly, the extinguishing of the starlight that guided humanity's course was the true purpose of the Chaos Gods. Therefore, if Li Wei did not want to fight the Chaos Gods, who were the masters of the warp, head-on in the warp, he could only watch helplessly as the starlight gradually went out.

"The Four Chaos Gods?" Magnus, with a solemn expression, knew what was going on when he heard the name of the Chaos Gods that Li Wei had mentioned earlier.

The Four Chaos Gods are warp deities; it's normal for them to be able to do all this. Could it be that they are trying to prevent Thousand Sons and Shadowmoon Wolf from returning to Terra and taking control of the human empire?

But this is making a mountain out of a molehill, it's a bit beneath the dignity of a god. It can't be that simple, can it? Magnus's mind raced.

When he saw Li Wei, whose expression was complicated but whose breathing had calmed down, he suddenly realized what was happening and asked in a trembling voice, "Li Wei, is there something wrong with Star Torch?"

Before Li Wei could answer, Magnus had already sensed something was wrong.

The Starbeam is the only beacon for humanity's interstellar navigation. Without it, humanity would be completely lost and unable to navigate in the warp.

That vast Milky Way will split into isolated islands, with no further contact between them.

Moreover, this is the only route for them to return to Terra. Without the Star Torch navigation, they can only return to the real universe and travel slowly at sub-light speed. By the time they return to Terra, they will probably only see ruins, and the Empire will not be far from its demise.

"Don't panic." Li Wei, with a calm expression, raised his hand and pressed it down, reassuringly saying in a deep voice, "Don't be afraid, the starlight won't go out so quickly, it will be enough to guide us forward for a while."

He paused, then continued, "But the turbulence in the warp is too intense. We have no choice but to stop, exit warp travel, and wait for the warp to calm down before re-entering."

"But..." Magnus, who thought it made sense, did not feel comforted. He thought of something else: when would the warp turbulence calm down, and could Star Torch hold out until the warp calmed down?

Before he could ask a question, the communicator on his waist suddenly rang, and he heard Horus's urgent voice.

"Magnus, and Levi, come to the bridge quickly and discuss how to deal with the increased intensity of the subspace turbulence. The Geller Force is about to give out."

"Okay." Upon hearing this, Magnus responded in a deep voice and said quickly.

"Let's go, Archmage. It seems the future of the Empire is indeed as dark as the Black Raven School foretold."

Li Wei, still pale as ever, took the lead and walked towards the outside of the secret room, his destination the bridge command room. As for the meeting that was about to be held, it was meaningless.

He already knew why the Black Raven School's prophetic techniques had always presented a scene of darkness before; it referred to the entire empire's territory plunging into darkness after the starlight was extinguished.

As for whether Starlight can be saved, there is still a chance. That is to return to Terra and, like the future Empire, sacrifice thousands of psionicists every day to enhance their own psionic power. Only in this way can the turbulence in the warp be dispelled and Starlight be guaranteed to burn forever.

But this was just Li Wei's idea; whether it would work or not, he would have to go back to Terra and try it out first.