As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

The Sisters of the Pure Angels who had been accompanying the team earlier had joined the nuns who were originally stationed in the room. A total of thirteen Sisters of the Pure Angels formed a circle in various parts of the room, facing the giant skull pillar.

Amelia pointed to a simple metal seat in front of her, and walked closer and whispered:

"Just sit on it, you don't need to do anything else. You will lose consciousness for a while after starting, but it won't affect your body. Don't worry, I believe in you and I will always stand by you."

“Even if the review results show that there is something wrong with me?”

"Ah."

Zhang Ge smiled, thinking that Amelia was not good at expressing herself and that her encouragement and trust in him were out of friendship. He did not think that she really meant that her priority was above the review results or even other battle nuns, so he replied:

"Your words alone are worthy of scrutiny. It's fine for us to say this, but it's best to avoid making such promises in front of others in the future."

After saying that, he sat down on it, feeling the coldness enveloping his body.

Chapter 158: The Holy Manifestation

The moment Zhang Ge touched the seat, the nuns around him sensed that an unimaginably huge spiritual power suddenly began to fill the entire skull pillar.

The red light in those empty eye sockets did not last for half a second before it was completely annihilated. The remaining consciousness in the skulls of hundreds of thousands of pure ones accumulated over countless years was instantly washed away by the spiritual energy that washed in.

The instrument that originally communicated with the subspace to directly detect the soul and search for its essence was completely out of control at this moment. Violent energy gushed out along its "tentacles" that probed into the subspace, and no feedback was received for any operation.

What color is that?

There is no color, just pure white manifested by the pure power of the Warp.

Generally speaking, when people mention the Warp energy, they are referring to the Warp evil energy controlled by the four evil gods... But in fact, the Warp itself is "neutral", just like the real universe that quietly accommodates everyone.

When the evil gods use those energies, it is "evil energy", and when the emperor needs it, it is naturally "manifestation of holiness".

But at this moment, the subspace energy that emerged was not both, it was the most original form.

And it is not anyone's subjective manipulation that caused all this.

It's just a subspace rift that cannot be directly perceived by the naked eye.

Generally speaking, the creation of a rift is extremely short-lived, just like when a ship uses the subspace to travel at faster-than-light speeds, it will open a rift between the subspace and the real universe, and then fly into it. However, in this general case, the rift will quickly close itself after losing energy to maintain it.

However, now, the countless Warp psychics trying to fill the gap were helpless against the male human who just sat quietly in the chair.

The violent white waves rolled, but could not get close to Zhang Ge at all.

Even the most advanced Untouchables cannot completely isolate themselves from psychic energy.

Even the most powerful psykers cannot completely eliminate the influence of the warp.

But at this moment, countless spiritual energies rushed towards Zhang Ge like a raging wave, but were shattered like waves hitting rocks in vain.

No, even waves hitting the rocks long enough would be enough to wear them away. At this moment, Zhang Ge's value affected by these reality-distorting energies was:

0.

As long as Zhang Ge is still in it, this rift will last forever. If the time scale is long enough, the subspace energy will continue to surge out, and eventually completely shatter the barrier between the two universes.

Even the "permanent" Warp rift, the Eye of Terror, formed when Slaanesh was born, could only maintain a balance with the real universe at best. But this rift at this time was truly an entry-only rift.

This ever-increasing pure warp energy even began to nourish the surrounding battle nuns, making them feel warm and comfortable as if they had returned to a cradle in their souls, and their own strength increased at a perceptible rate.

Although the reason was unclear, under such circumstances, almost everyone regarded this as another manifestation of the Emperor.

The reason I say almost is because there is only one exception.

Amelia.

At the moment when something strange happened, she didn't linger at all on the power surging in her body at the moment. She raised her sword without hesitation and turned into an afterimage that was difficult to capture and smashed into the core of the instrument.

The alarm bells in her heart suddenly hit her heart, and the sense of danger irritated her skin like needles.

Her thoughts flowed so quickly and the situation was so urgent that Amelia didn't even have time to explain to the sisters around her.

But the next moment after she shot out, everything suddenly calmed down as suddenly as when she came.

The jaws of countless skulls opened wide at some point, as if they were laughing, but there was no sound, and the red light that had been extinguished in the eye sockets was replaced by gold.

The energy of the subspace is not completely disordered, but will find a way out on its own like flowing water.

Just as they create "Gods" in accordance with the consciousness and desires of life, in order to achieve a certain purpose that needs to be achieved, either influenced or guided, these energies will change and condense until they are exhausted or the purpose becomes a reality in various ways.

This is also why psychics can use these energies to manifest various powers beyond normal logic in the real universe.

Now, these originally confused energies have finally "found" a way to bridge the gap on their own, and slid towards this method to complete the repair.

The answer was revealed a long time ago:

Psychic power is not completely unable to affect Zhang Ge. It is a rogue mechanism. Although Zhang Ge subjectively wants to commit suicide, just like the human brain cannot control every cell in the body, he cannot directly control the high-dimensional fragments that should belong to him when he is bound by this body.

Those fragments were carried away by him before he traveled through time, so they would naturally seek benefits and avoid harm. If they were not "neutral" or even "hostile" evil energy, but just a "promoting" blessing, then they would enter his body very smoothly.

Therefore, as long as the spiritual energy is converted into blessings through a voluntary transit station and then continuously poured into his body until the concentration of spiritual energy in his body is greater than the flow of spiritual energy currently flowing in, the relatively stronger spiritual energy in his body will in turn block this crack.

However, even blessings cannot be obtained just by wanting them.

Although it is impossible to control every cell, the human brain can still indirectly affect cells by moving macroscopic limbs. In other words, at least the blessing must be considered reasonable by Zhang Ge, so that after he reacts, he will not be kicked out under the influence of the idea of ​​"actively seeking death".

Obviously, the blessing at this moment is not reasonable.

So, the scene became a little awkward after everything calmed down.

Because for Zhang Ge himself, he actually didn't feel anything, because these blessings were not reasonably accepted by him and could not bring about any changes to his body. They were just used as a transit to repair the cracks.

He just felt that as soon as he sat down, something seemed to happen in the machine. However, he couldn't see the whole picture and only felt that his eyes were filled with white. Secondly, he was not sure whether it was a normal process. In the end, he didn't dare to do anything and could only sit quietly in the chair.

For the combat nuns, this was indeed the first time they had seen such a scene. Even Amelia, who was about to reach the machine on the other side, stopped.

Since they couldn't perceive what happened at that moment, the nuns around them only saw that there was a big noise, but it seemed that apart from making themselves a little stronger, it didn't have any major impact. Usually, when something like this happens, there are always some visions or revelations.

But... wouldn't you say it's a manifestation of divine power? Those golden eyes staring at me and the sisters around me weren't fake. Who knew if the process wasn't over yet?

The silence between the two sides lasted for a while, and was broken by Zhang Ge's hesitant voice:

"Has the review... started?"

Chapter 159: Killing the Sword Without Regret

Has it started yet?

If we strictly follow the review procedures, it really hasn't started yet. After all, the nun in charge of the operation has not started the machine yet. The thing suddenly started up the moment I came into contact with Zhang Ge.

But it was obvious that none of the combat nuns present took this small mistake into consideration.

What they cared about mainly was the golden light in the eye sockets on the giant skull pillar.

Even Sister Blaise had a serious look on her face.

She was knowledgeable and had even seen living saints, but the current situation was still beyond her comprehension.

Logically speaking, what should be done now is to let Zhang Ge sit on that chair and maintain stability at the scene until someone who can handle this matter arrives.

However, this general situation clearly didn't apply in the present situation. According to Bryce's judgment, this abnormality was most likely not caused—or at least not primarily caused—by a divine manifestation, but rather by the influence of Zhang Ge himself. The subsequent divine manifestations were more likely...

Ah, that's right.

As this thought passed through her mind, she suddenly remembered where this situation could correspond to.

Yeah, more like a leak.

It is rumored that when the Emperor descends into someone's body, his endless psychic power will leak out, even enough to affect the surrounding objects and environment. Even Chaos Demons will retreat under such glow, and the originally distorted scene will return to harmony as it shines.

This doesn't seem like a blessing from the manifestation of God, but more like a secondary effect caused by the leakage of this powerful spiritual power.

In other words, Zhang Ge caused something to happen at that moment, and this incident attracted the Emperor's intervention. Although that intervention was only a drop in the ocean compared to his boundless power, the remaining part was still enough to sanctify the nearby things, which led to the skull pillar becoming its current appearance.

But why would the Emperor do this? Why not simply issue a decree? Or is his actions hidden from us all part of the plan?

Of course, no matter which possibility it is, since the emperor has not yet judged Zhang Ge, then no one is more qualified to judge him.

Sister Blaise said with a heavy heart:

"The review has been completed and the results are..."

Faced with this radiance, even the usually straightforward Sister Blythe felt lost because she could not understand the Emperor's intentions at all. She changed her words and said:

"Yes, further data analysis is required, and the results will be available before your troops depart. Now, as long as you have Sister Amelia with you, you can move freely, Colonel Zhang Ge."

The scope and impact of this matter may be too broad, and even she cannot make a decision on it alone. She needs to discuss it with other nuns and the bishop before making a decision.

As for Zhang Ge, since he is at the core but is still kept in the dark, it probably means that at least the emperor does not want him to know all the inside stories, and if necessary, it is better to conceal it from him for the time being.

After thinking for a while, Sister Blaise added:

"As compensation for the scrutiny, I can agree to a modest request you may make of the Sisters."

As mentioned before, although the Sisters of Battle are ruthless to their enemies, they are still able to show virtue when facing their trusted colleagues.

In a sense, the Battle Sisters who rely heavily on the Emperor's blessings are somewhat like "demons" in the opposite direction. The closer they are to the Emperor, the closer they are to the human beings he wishes to create.

Even if Zhang Ge had not shown the previous abnormality and had simply passed the review, Bryce would still have given him some compensation. He only said now that he had temporarily forgotten it due to his initial thinking.

As for Zhang Ge, who was still sitting there, he was in a daze.

What? It's over?

No, what about the promised feeling of losing consciousness, of being burned in flames and then ascending to heaven?

In the first half, something did lose consciousness, but it was not Zhang Ge, but the machine under his butt.

The second half has now become a pure fantasy time.

He stood up in confusion. After hearing Sister Bryce's suggestion of compensation, Zhang Ge subconsciously said what he wanted and sat back down.

"Can you start this machine again?"

Sister Blaise's eyes twitched when she saw him sit down again. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened this time.

"Colonel Zhang Ge, don't joke in this situation."

Amelia, who was also confused but chose to trust Zhang Ge, walked around to Zhang Ge's side and said, "

"Since he hasn't made up his mind yet, why not wait until he does and then I'll convey it to him."

"Well, that's fine."

After answering, he looked at Amelia thoughtfully. After what happened just now, Bryce roughly understood why she was so protective of a "stranger" whom she had just met not long ago.

She went on to say:

"Sister Amelia, please follow me. I need to ask you something."

Hearing this, Amelia looked at Zhang Ge - he no longer cared about what they were going to say. He just nodded helplessly, wondering where he had won.

That's not right. Logically speaking, it should be safe with a sword given by a great demon. A weapon that was taken away by a great demon and then teleported here. Zhang Ge couldn't think of any other reason why the detection result of the machine would be normal except that the broken machine was broken.

Things like the evil energy of the subspace always make small things big once you get involved with them, and big things can turn you into nothing. How could you let me go so easily?

Zhang Ge stood up again, walked forward a few steps, then turned his head to look back, and found that the skulls had become silent at some point, and the light in their eye sockets that could have shown their movement had all gone out.

He still wanted to struggle and said:

"This sword..."

A Clean Angel Sister at the side said:

"We do not doubt your words, but if the Macragge's Glory could be saved from the clutches of a fiendish horde, why not a sword? Doesn't this further demonstrate the Emperor's might?"

Damn, the sound is pretty nice, how come the hat is so smooth to put on?

Zhang Ge felt a little uncomfortable when he heard this.

Having said that, wouldn't further denial be denying the "Emperor's Power"? Surrounded by elite combat nuns, wouldn't that be courting death?

Quack! It must be...it must be your evil sword that blinded the nuns' eyes and teeth!

Please be patient for five days. Within five days, I will find out the flaws of your evil sword, and then use that request to call the fighting nuns again. Finally, I will seal you at the cost of my own life.

Zhang Ge, who couldn't think of the reason for the time being, could only blame it on Ascalon's problem again and comfort himself.