The Bizarre Adventures of the Oil Man, but Starting with Warhammer 32K

"It seems your brain hasn't been fully marinated by that rotten corpse yet." He complained mercilessly: "I was really worried about what would happen if you shot me."

Li Ang raised his eyebrows. "You are the Soul of the World, a semi-warp being composed of psychic energy. How could you be afraid of a small plasma pistol?"

"It seems you haven't fully realized your own uniqueness. How can someone stop the psychic energy of a world soul by simply covering the coil of a plasma pistol with his hand?"

"Isn't that the ability that soulless people should have?"

"Hmm, when your Emperor was digging the Webway beneath Terra, he had a whole team of Soulless Sisters with him, but they couldn't stop that red-skinned Ogryn from using his psychic powers to blow up the toilet in his old home."

Leon pinched his chin and suddenly felt that what Mirabelles said made some sense.

The Sisters of Silence vanished after the Heresy. Leon had traveled the universe for over a hundred years, yet he had never seen another Soulless being able to suppress a Warp phenomenon. His speculation about the Soulless could only be based on his own experience, believing it was an ability every Soulless person possessed.

It wasn't until he had annihilated the Tzeentchian Daemon in his fearless machine soul that he belatedly speculated whether his abilities might even surpass those of ordinary Soulless Beings. Now, the Black Dragon's words had confirmed his suspicions.

"Don't you know too much?" Leon asked Mirabelles.

"That was a rare pleasure in my long life. I watched the whole thing from the warp."

The Black Dragon replied, "And you know quite a bit, don't you? You seem to know exactly where our world soul came from, and you weren't at all surprised by the secrets of the past that I mentioned."

Li Ang was always modest about this: "I just dug a few graves of the Eldar."

"Oh, those followers of the ancient saints."

Mirabelles obviously didn't have a good impression of Douya, which was contrary to Leon's general impression of the Soul of the World.

Seeing Leon's slight confusion, Miraberias explained briefly, "If you have ever dug up the graves of the Eldar and know about the Old Saints and that unprecedented war in Heaven, you should know that the Eldar are just a vassal race created by the Old Saints to handle logistics in the War in Heaven."

"They were fortunate enough to occupy the vacancy left by the War in Heaven and become the overlords of the galaxy. However, their indulgence in sensual pleasures brought about their own destruction and the birth of a new evil god... What more respect can you expect from a pathetic race?"

"I thought the relationship between the World Souls and the Eldar was very good. After all, they were the only ones who possessed the method to create new World Souls. I heard that during the Great Fall of the Eldar, the Eldar who fled to the Virgin World were protected by a group of World Souls and were thus saved from being devoured by the evil gods."

The black dragon sneered, "And then what? Watch them stuff the stones containing their ancestors' souls into the infinite circuits they've concocted, thus completing their occupation of the entire planet?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's just what the name suggests. The World Soul is the souls of all the native species on a planet coming together, ultimately giving rise to the planet's self-will. But what if the souls inserted aren't native to the planet? Would the resulting consciousness still be considered the planet's self-consciousness?"

Li Ang suddenly realized.

The endless loop allows the construction of a self-soul cycle within the scope of the loop, ensuring that the souls entering the infinite loop are not swallowed by the subspace, and eventually giving birth to a collective consciousness composed of these souls.

Whether it is the Ark where the Ark Eldar live or the Virgin World where the Savage Eldar live, the circuits on them are all nourished by the Eldar's soul stones. The collective consciousness that is born naturally tends to be towards the Eldar, giving everyone a stereotype that the soul of the world is on good terms with the Eldar.

But if there is a world soul that refuses to accept the Eldar and only accepts the souls of native species since its birth, then...

He looked at Mirabelles in front of him, and the other party nodded proudly.

"Let me introduce myself again. I am the black dragon Mirabereas, the current World Soul of Azure Star, an ally of the Old Ones during the War in Heaven, and the final destination of all dragons on this planet. I have descended here to invite you to cooperate and to show the way forward for all of us!"

…Oh no, now anyone who has played Monster Hunter has suddenly upgraded from Emperor to Old One.

And does your invitation require me to defeat three battle-hardened demons first?

Leon secretly complained to himself. He had to start thinking about why a world soul that had existed since the War in Heaven would invite him.

What is the value of cooperation for a world soul?

He didn't know the knowledge in his mind, so the only answer left was that special physique that he didn't know what it was, but could suppress the psychic energy of a world soul...

Li Ang shook his head: "I don't think there is anything I can do to cooperate with you. From the Rumble Dragon to the Silver Rathalos, I can't see any sincerity in you to cooperate."

"I have to admit that I hated you at first and didn't realize how special you were."

Mirabelles narrowed his eyes, a dangerous savagery in them. "But you don't think that alone gives you the right to refuse, do you?"

"Come on, if you really have a way with me, would you chat with me properly here?"

"Then you can be trapped on this planet for the rest of your life, or just go out into the warp storm I'll stir up, and pray that your Emperor will come to your rescue."

The Black Dragon's attitude was aggressive, but Leon didn't buy it. "On the other hand, you're not even sure if the Emperor will lend me a hand. Do you really have the confidence to threaten me?"

"Of course I'm not just a threat. I can also discuss with you the ownership of these Space Marines."

The black dragon pursed its lips, signaling Leon to look at the gene seed being dissected on the test bench. Leon then remembered that the black dragon had suddenly descended upon him when he was dissecting the gene seed.

Miraberias stepped forward and admired the first chaotic and changing genetic sequence displayed on the screen.

"I miss them so much! When they first landed on my planet, I could smell the scent of the Weaver of Fate from them. These Space Marines escaped the clutches of the Lord of Change, but they couldn't escape the curse left in their blood by the Dark Lord."

"I wanted to slowly eliminate them, but then I saw a potential for...change in their genes."

Following his guidance, Leon's attention shifted to the second, more stable gene seed sequence that had been picked recently.

"I specifically assigned them opponents, using their gene-draining abilities to subtly transform them, thereby erasing the mark left on their gene-seed by the Lord of Change... The facts prove that I was successful, didn't I?"

Chapter 39 The Truth About Genes

Leon is not a stupid man. Although he is not necessarily very smart, his soulless physique that allows him to think rationally has made him far superior to those "smart people" who would attract the attention of Tzeentch.

Combined with his previous knowledge of Warhammer, he had almost deduced the truth about the Second Legion from Miraberias' words.

The Emperor made a bargain with the Warp, in exchange for the knowledge to create the twenty-one Primarchs and their Warp essence.

As a legion created from the genes of the Primarchs, although ordinary Space Marines do not possess the same Warp essence as the Primarchs, their roots and concepts have deeply bound them to the Warp.

Among these, the warp nature of the Primarchs of the Second Legion must be inextricably linked to Tzeentch, and this relationship is reflected in ordinary Space Marines, that is, their gene seeds, which clearly do not have any warp aura, but are still changeable enough to be related to Tzeentch.

Why did the Emperor create this Legion in the first place? Perhaps he thought he could remove any traces of the Warp from their gene-seed, perhaps he thought he could avoid the influence of the Warp, or perhaps he knew it was unstable and wanted to maximize the use of this Legion for the Great Crusade before the Warp became unstable...

Whatever the truth was, it was meaningless as the Primarch of the Second Legion easily fell to Tzeentch.

But just as the Second Legion was being wiped out, a remnant of the Second Legion, who disagreed with the Primarch, arrived on the Blue Planet. Their variable gene-seed was also transformed by the World Soul here, and their gene-seed initially bore some resemblance to that of the Zerg...

"By the way, do you recognize any of the bug specimens on this ship?"

Li Ang suddenly asked, but all he got in return was a shake of the head.

"I don't know them. I hate these biological weapons that are created only for combat. Their existence is a blasphemy against nature."

Mirapoules's eyes held undisguised disgust. "But this space hulk was the work of that bird-headed man, so it's not surprising what's on it. Why are you asking?"

Sure enough, that was almost the entire truth about the gene seed, but not all.

Leon regretfully concluded his deduction. He didn't intend to point out that he had used his knowledge from another world to see that the Second Legion's gene seed was related to the Zerg, so he simply shook his head and returned to the original topic.

"Let's discuss what you've said... You said you erased Tzeentch's mark from their gene-seed, but why? Are they worth all the trouble?"

"I just discovered from them the evolutionary potential that they can integrate into this ecosystem. Do you know what biological evolution needs most?"

"Energy...and species competition?"

The black dragon nodded in agreement with Leon's statement. "Indeed, the balance of nature lies between these two. During the War in Heaven, the Azure Planet was chosen for its unique life form. With the help of the Ancient Saints, the souls of the dragon species on this planet were gathered together, awakening the original world soul, the Ancestral Dragon."

Leon noticed that he was describing Zulong instead of himself, which might be related to his previous mention that he was the "current" world soul.

This means that the original world soul of the Blue Star was not him, and the Black Dragon's narration continues.

"The greatest strength of the creatures on Azure Star lies in their ability to quickly adapt to their environment and evolve. That era of constant conflict also served as a catalyst for the evolution of dragon species, ultimately giving rise to a group of ancient dragons that were not only physically formidable but also possessed mastery of natural spiritual energy..."

Oh awesome, it can be integrated into Warhammer like this?

Leon pondered for a long time, unable to find any faults. He suddenly realized that Monster Hunter's worldview, which had seemed somewhat fantastical up to the Ancient Dragon stage, actually made sense in the context of Warhammer. Mirabelles' narration continued.

"The Ancient Dragons represented Azure Star in the War in Heaven. Although Ancient Dragons continued to fall in the war with the Necrons, their deaths also became nutrients, prompting more and more bizarre and powerful Ancient Dragons to be born from Azure Star. That was Azure Star's most glorious moment."

"But with the end of the War in Heaven, the lack of struggle caused the species on the Azure Planet to lose their former glory. The degeneration of life led to the slumber of the Ancestral Dragon."

"I was born from the death of the ancient dragons, and as the successor of the ancestor dragons, I wandered the warp, trying my best to maintain species diversity for tens of millions of years - but all this finally ended when the youngest god was born."

Leon guessed what happened: "The corruption of the Eldar fueled the power of the Chaos Gods. This power eventually led to the birth of Slaanesh and prevented you from wandering in the warp?"

"It also caused Blue Star to lose its last ancient dragon."

The Black Dragon's tone was calm when he mentioned this matter, but Leon could sense a deep hatred for the Eldar and Slaanesh in his eyes.

This reminded Leon of his initial self-introduction outside the First Dragon's Agent - the Avenger of the Ancient Dragon.

When Slaanesh was born, it blew away the Warp storm, allowing humans whose backbones were broken by the Iron War to return to the starry sea... This may be a good thing for the real universe where large-scale regression is prevalent, but the growth of the evil god's power is not the case for those warp realities that are opposed to the evil god.

The Warp Storm will eventually return, and it will be even more terrifying than the four thousand years of darkness that blocked the universe before the Great Crusade. No wonder the Emperor was so eager to launch the Great Crusade.

"After that, I have been working hard to allow the ancient dragon to be reborn on the Azure Planet, but it is impossible to do so with the severely degraded ecological environment on the Azure Planet alone."

"I even guided the birth of an intelligent species like the Felyne, hoping they would bring some change here. However, their bodies, which focused on developing their intelligence, were too weak to bear the heavy responsibility of bringing about a struggle... Just when I was at my wit's end, they arrived here."

Mirabreaas sighed, clearly recalling the moment he first met this group of Space Marines. "After the birth of the Youngest God, I created a small-scale Warp Storm to protect myself, isolating myself from the outside world. However, these warriors were still thrown to me."

"This 'coincidence' and the aura of the Lord of Change within them nearly made me destroy them... But I have to admit, that Fire Thief is quite capable. He was able to create a group of humanoid weapons with ever-changing evolutionary properties without even considering the Warp. Their characteristics allow me to see the possibility of them strengthening the struggle among species on this planet and re-birthing ancient dragons."

Li Ang certainly knew about the catfish effect of introducing alien species to promote the evolution of native organisms.

Especially after he was almost killed by the "reborn ancient dragon", Li Ang dared to guarantee that no one on this planet would understand this aspect more thoroughly than he did.

"After all, it's achieved through technological means. While their characteristics may easily attract the attention of the Lord of Change, they ultimately do not directly belong to His followers."

"I spent some time squeezing out all the potential in their genes, and then used some psychic means to shape their gene seeds, and finally exorcised the influence of the Lord of Change."

"Now their gene acquisition is only sensitive to species on the Blue Star. This way, I can safely use them as sacrifices for the birth of the ancient dragon... until you appeared, Leon, until you."

“You keep emphasizing my specialness.”

Li Ang showed no mercy: "But after I landed on this planet, I didn't see you holding back on me at all!"

"That's because I did want to get rid of you in the beginning."

The Black Dragon frankly admitted his thoughts: "Evolution is written by fangs and claws. Weak firearms will only stifle the possibility of evolution. I worked so hard to make them into useful sacrifices, and you brought firearms to them. How can I continue my plan if I don't kill you?"

"So when did you change your mind, huh? When that Silver Rathalos that nearly evolved into an Ancient Dragon nearly killed us?"

"I didn't play much part in the Silver Rathalos matter. I had already completed his evolution before you arrived. Besides putting some pressure on you outside, I even helped a little by shielding the body I'm using now from the Blood God's gaze."

Mirabereas shook his head. "I changed my mind the night you touched my idol. I couldn't directly observe you soulless beings in the Warp. I could only communicate with you through others or through media that descended into the real universe. So, it wasn't until you touched my idol that I realized you were special."

He walked up to Leon and looked him up and down.

"That prisoner on the throne is determined to break through my warp storm and bless my Felynes... How can I not get involved in such a plan?"

Chapter 40 Alliance

Tzeentch, the Zerg, the Emperor, and now Mirabreaas. These people were like a vast web, tightly wrapped around Leon. Leon had been in this universe for a hundred years, but he had never imagined that he would one day be worthy of such an honor.

He originally thought that this kind of treatment would only be given to him after he had tinkered with the superluminal engine. He didn't expect that he would be noticed just after making some toys... and weren't these people concerned about the knowledge in his head?

"I'm just confused." Leon frowned. "What do I have that's worth all this trouble? Is it just that soulless physique that can suppress your psychic energy?"

"That's not just suppression. You'll know once I actually demonstrate it."

Mirabereas, who was controlling Amidel's body, walked over to Leon and touched him. Leon noticed that Amidel's eyes suddenly became clear.

"What happened?" he asked blankly, "Why did I just lose..."

Before his groaning was over, control of his body was once again handed over to Mirabelles.

"Well, what did you find out?" asked Mirabelles.

Leon thought quickly and analyzed the variables in the test just now: people with souls have a certain rejection reaction to the Untouchables. Weak Untouchables will only make people feel tired and depressed, while strong Untouchables like the Sister of Silence can make people feel that their souls are slowly being drained.

The beings of the Warp will also be weakened when facing the Untouchables, suppressing their existence in the physical universe, but suppression will not make them disappear directly with just a touch...

Li Ang understood something: "It's not suppression, but exile?"

"That's not quite accurate, but your physique is indeed special. You're not just untouchable like the Soulless, but you're also a denial of the Warp itself."

Mirabereas tutted his lips in amazement. "Your presence reminds me of the Necrons and their masters. Rather than being soulless and unaffected by the Warp, you more likely symbolize... the stability of the real universe itself."

"Aren't the Necrons your enemies and the Old Ones?"

"Things are different now. Back then, the Warp wasn't such a cesspool, and the real universe wasn't so close to the Warp. Now the real universe is full of holes, and it would be a good thing if it could be stabilized a little."

Leon was puzzled: "As the soul of the world, you are also a subspace existence?"

"That's still different. Although we do exist in the subspace, our physical bodies are in the real universe."

The word "we" immediately reminded Leon of the emperor trapped on the golden throne, and the black dragon pulled out the flying dragon sword Hongye made by Leon from Amidel's waist.

While admiring the sword, he continued, "You and your creation both possess this characteristic. No wonder the Fire Thief was so drawn to you. Of course, I also admire your abilities, so I even gave up the ancient dragon I was almost finished with and chose you."

"If you've already made up your mind, why didn't you just show up earlier? Why wait until we've defeated the Silver Rathalos?"

"I have been planning for too long. Between the Silver Rathalos and the Astartes, one of them will inevitably become the sacrifice for the other's ascension. I initially wanted to guide the birth of a new ancient dragon, but in the end, I gave up on the ancient dragon and allowed you to lead the Astartes to defeat the Silver Rathalos."

"Now, these Astartes will be my gift of good faith. You will need their power to expand your sphere of influence in the galaxy, won't you?"