Chapter 636
The Archdemon Krias of Tzeentch has been captured by the Chaos demigod Vashtor, but the region of Marx King is still shrouded in warp storms. This matter is very strange, and it is likely to cause panic among the people in the sector, and even the Space Marines will become suspicious - which means that everything Fu Qinghai has done before is in vain.
However, after Fu Qinghai moved the emperor out, all these doubts and panics disappeared. Qingshan Khan actually met the emperor? The emperor also conveyed his decree to him? What a privilege and what a responsibility? The vast majority of Imperial citizens, including Space Marines, have never set foot in an Imperial Palace in their entire lives, let alone enter the Emperor's Sanctuary to see the Lord of Mankind on the Golden Throne.
But for the specific details of the meeting with the emperor.
Qingshan Khan remained silent and seemed unwilling to say more.
Even so, this answer is enough to restore everyone's confidence. After the meeting, the senior officers of the regiment returned to their respective stations according to the previous arrangements. Regarding the future of the Iron Buddha Chapter, Qingshan Khan seems to have a rough plan in his mind. This plan is based on some agreement between him and the emperor and is unknown to outsiders.
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Schwerin Hive World, Great Library.
This ancient relic building in the steel forest of the hive city, the main structure of the suspended honeycomb is like a knob-like nodule growing on the main hive. After so many years, it is still like a dark tree tumor dotted among the towering buildings.
This is a well-known birthplace of evil. The Zeddu family, the upper-hive nobles who were originally responsible for guarding the Great Library, fell into Chaos after reading some of the secret books in the Great Library, and collectively turned into followers of Tzeentch. When the subspace storm enveloped the Schwerin Hive, the Tzeentch Demon Army also chose to break through the curtain and descend into reality from inside this building.
In the past, Fu Qinghai could have chosen to demolish the Great Library, but he did not want to destroy the secret collection of books. According to rumors in the hive, many of the books in the Great Library are single copies left over from the old night and even the dark technological age. However, he did not dare to explore this ancient building at will, and ultimately had no choice but to seal it up and wait for the conditions to mature in the future.
Today, when the conditions are met, Fu Qinghai is finally going to take action on the Great Library. He strode on the wide steel covered bridge leading to the Great Library, followed by five Sisters of Silence. They wore armor of oaths and held execution swords. Their steps were light, firm and sonorous. Sister Silence is well versed in dealing with places that are suspected of being contaminated by subspace.
Fu Qinghai came to the towering iron gate.
He raised his head and glanced at the complex patterns and reliefs on the iron door, as well as the entangled iron chains and interlaced seals, then raised his right foot and kicked it hard. There was a loud "bang", the iron ring shattered and the seal was torn, the door of the Great Library was kicked open, and the dark space appeared in front of everyone. This ancient building that had been sealed for several years was once again ushered in. visitors.
Surrounded by five silent nuns, Fu Qinghai walked into the dark and gloomy library. The eyes on the Silent Sisters' masks are alert and sharp. They slowly spread out into a formation, holding long swords and passing through the rows of bookshelves and towering corridors. There were dusty books on the bookshelf, and some whispers seemed to be echoing in the quiet and dark space.
As Sister Silence walks past these bookshelves.
The whispers lingering in my ears suddenly disappeared.
No, it didn't disappear. Those whispers suddenly turned into shrill screams, so heartbreaking that they were completely unlike the sounds that human vocal cords could produce. Along with bursts of wailing, wisps of black smoke floated from the gaps in some books, and even the covers of some books began to twist and squirm, shrinking into a human face with its mouth open and roaring silently.
The Sisters of Silence are cleansing the Great Library.
The six people just swept back and forth along the corridor for a few times, and all the evil malice hidden in the books was wiped out as the soulless force field unfolded. Sister Cassoline turned around and looked up at Fu Qinghai and began to sign.
"Some Tzeentch demons have been banished."
Fei translated for her teacher and said:
"The building is clean now, Khan."
"Very well, thank you for your hard work."
Fu Qinghai nodded and said.
The four Sisters of Silence said nothing more. They silently retreated to several corners around the big library and stood holding swords. Only Fei Yi was still following Fu Qinghai. Fu Qinghai turned around and walked towards the bookshelves he had passed before. Using the memory in his mind, he pulled out all the books that had emitted black smoke one by one, and then opened them one by one to read.
The first book, "The Finale of Torment".
The cover is slightly old and the edges are badly worn, making it look like an ordinary book. Fu Qinghai casually opened the title page, and in the middle was written a line of small black characters scrawled gracefully:
"I would like to write this book to commemorate the great victory against the Covenant of Colchis, and to immortalize the faith of the God-Emperor."
Look at the following line of signature text:
"The Word Bearer, Aurelion Lorgar."
"hiss……"
Fu Qinghai took a breath of cold air.
The secret passage in the Great Library is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
The first book turned out to be written by Lorgar.
Fu Qinghai knew what the "Covenant of Colchis" was referring to. The planet that Luojia came to was called "Colchis", a world of feudal ignorance, barbarism and backwardness. There is a local cult called "The Covenant". They believe in and worship the so-called "Old Gods" (actually the Four Gods of Chaos). Lorgar showed his talent for preaching at a young age, but he refused to believe in the old gods and insisted that "the God-Emperor will definitely come to save Colchis." Therefore, the Covenant cult wanted to kill him. Ti then led the Covenant believers who had converted to him to resist and eventually won.
This was the rebellion against the Covenant of Colchis.
Colchis is the home planet of the Word Bearers Legion.
Fu Qinghai speculated that this book should be a manuscript, because if it was really signed by Lorgar himself, he would not have added "The Great Word Bearer" in front, which would seem a bit too narcissistic - just like Robert Geary Man never calls himself "Lord of Five Hundred Worlds". "The Great Word Bearer" should be the honorific title given to Lorgar by later scribes. Lorgar and Magnus are both scholar-type Primarchs, and they can be said to have written numerous works. This book "The Finale of Torment" is very likely to be the prequel to "The Book of Lorgar" and can be given to the Hermit Tristan for study.
Fu Qinghai put the book away.
Then, book two and book three.
"Cronochite Anatomy".
Anthology of Vivisection.
Just by looking at the titles, one would mistakenly think that these are two books on the study of alien creatures. However, after a rough study, Fu Qinghai discovered that these two books definitely belong to the category of the Dark Mechanicus, and the anatomical objects studied in the books... are actually demons!
Cronochet's Anatomy is an illustrated daemon manual detailing the physical and non-physical characteristics of the demons of the Warp. The Vivisection Anthology is a technical manual drawn from the records of sinister research and experiments collected by a dark Mechanicum sect known as the Demon Heart.
Compared with the obscure theological mottos and hymns in "The Finale of Torment", the authors of these two books are black-machine oil guys. Fu Qinghai had no problem reading them. He flipped through the pages quickly and finished them quickly. The general content of the book provides a preliminary understanding of the two heretical classics.
The dark mechanical sect "Devil's Heart" creatively uses psychic witchcraft combined with a special Geller stance to vivisect Chaos Demons. He perfected the technique of summoning demons to possess the body, which is commonly known as "demon possession". Improved technology for binding demons to machines, known as "Demon Engines". The technology of combining demons into weapons has been simplified, allowing demonic weapons to be mass-produced.
The above three technologies that attempt to utilize demons, whether demonic possession, demonic engines or demonic weapons, are not rare in the Warhammer 40K universe. But the special thing about the "Devil's Heart" sect is that in the past, these demonic knowledge were almost entirely monopolized by Chaos Wizards, who studied these things from a subjective idealistic perspective. The works of the black machine oil man are full of experimental thinking of dialectical analysis and inductive deduction.
Fu Qinghai is very comfortable to read.
"interesting."
Fu Qinghai touched the stubble on his chin.
The Ghost Armor is a typical demonic weapon. If Zhang Yuning's process of making the ghost armor is called "ritual" or "ritual", then the process in the black machine oil guy's work should be called "program", a batch and efficient enchantment program that is far more efficient than any enchantment ceremony. Through dissection, they gained an in-depth understanding of the profound knowledge of the union of soul and body, and through continuous experiments, they gradually perfected this craft.
"Good book, good book."
Fu Qinghai put away these two books.
Then he looked at the last book.
This is a heavy tome, larger than the previous books combined. It has a black leather cover made of multiple layers of human skin, with several large dented and gilded characters painted on it:
"Witchcraft".
Fu Qinghai narrowed his eyes slightly.
This name sounds awesome.
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"What? "The Book of Witchcraft"?"
Danzhuer took the book from the Chapter Leader's hand and said in surprise.
"Do you recognize this book?"
Fu Qinghai immediately asked.
"I've heard its name."
Danzul said while reading:
"The original work of this book is believed to have been written in the Old Night Era, and the original work has probably been lost. However, in the following thousands of years, many feudal worlds where sacrificial culture was prevalent have kept manuscripts of this book. "
The Golden Age refers to the era when humans created golden men, stone men, and iron men and gradually conquered the galaxy. However, it is officially called the "Dark Age of Technology" by the Human Empire. The Old Night Era refers to an era when the human government in the Golden Age collapsed due to some unknown reasons, human colonies in the galaxy lost contact with each other, and the earth fell into a melee between technological barbarians and warlords.
According to Danjul, this copy of the ancient grimoire contains historical records of humans and many alien races, and the content completely violates the Empire's claims to truth. During the Great Crusade, the preachers of the Order of Clarification searched and burned this book on a thousand worlds. I didn't expect that there was actually a copy secretly hidden in the big library.
"The Order of Clarification? What is that?"
Lin Yu asked with a confused look on his face.
"Another institution of Markbearer Malcador."
Qiao Shida chuckled and said lightly.
But all Space Marine veterans who participated in the Great Crusade, such as Joestar, Kalamanda, and Satfalan, have heard of the "Order of Clarification". Lin Yu, a recruit who was promoted to a Space Marine after the rebellion ended, did not know this name. Fu Qinghai knew about the Clarification Order because he had read the original novel, and Danzhuer knew about it because of Amon's memory.
During the Great Crusade, each expedition fleet will have two special mortal positions: Narrator and Proclaimer. The former is responsible for recording the expedition process using various art forms and praising the justice and legitimacy of the human empire in regaining its former colonies. The latter is responsible for preaching the truth of the Empire to the Space Marines in the expedition fleet and the people of the former colonies.
Gavier Loken, the male protagonist of the main trilogy of "The Horus Heresy", has two relatively close mortal friends: Eufradi Keeler, a chronicler and later the first living saint of the empire. Kyril Hindman was a preacher and later one of the founders of the Inquisition.
The preacher belongs to the Order of Clarification.
Their job content is not only giving speeches everywhere, but also shouldering a secret mission: to collect and find those superstitious books and magical texts left over from the old night era, and then use various means to destroy them all at all costs - this is the same as the Imperial Related to the Emperor's plan to starve the Chaos Gods to death by eradicating all religious beliefs. "The Great Book of Witchcraft" was on the list of being destroyed. This book was once widely circulated.
"This unholy work is filled with spells and rituals needed to bring the horrors of the depths of the Warp to life. During the Heresy, certain desperate and unscrupulous Space Marines of the Traitor Legion obtained They had obtained a copy of the book - even though they themselves knew it was an evil thing best forgotten by mankind."
Danjul continued to explain:
"This is what Amon said about this book."
"Oh, the Thousand Sons Legion has also read this book?"
Fu Qinghai asked curiously.
"Seen."
Danzhuer nodded and said:
"The Thousand Sons Legion will not let go of any magic book. Amon commented that the magic in the "Witchcraft Book" is huge but messy and has not been systematically organized. In addition to magic rituals, it also records a lot of psychic events and historical data. Amon believes that the "Book of Witchcraft" is worthy of reference, but its contribution and value are not as good as the "Book of Magnus."
"The Book of Magnus"!
Fu Qinghai has heard of this book.
Claims to have collected almost all psychic magic.
There are two extant copies of the Book of Magnus.
One is in the Harlequin Eldar's Black Library.
A copy is in the hands of Azhak Ahriman.
"Can you recall and reproduce the entire contents of the Book of Magnus?"
Fu Qinghai asked immediately.
"cannot."
Danzul shook his head and said:
"The content of that book is really too much, and many of the magic cannot be described in language or words at all. Amon himself has only read it a few times."
Right. Not to mention Amon, even Magnus, the author himself, couldn't even remember the "Book of Magnus" after he was broken into soul fragments and put back together by the Thousand Sons Legion, and resurrected in the form of a demon prince. How could Danjul copy the entire content of this book?
"You personally lead people to collect and sort out the large library, and store all the books worthy of attention in the Suzhenghao classics library. You will be in charge of the classics library from now on."
Fu Qinghai ordered Danzhuer.
"Understood, Khan."
Danzhuer nodded in agreement.
The harvest this time is quite big.
Think tank director, think tank director, as the name suggests, there must be books in this "think tank" before Danjul can be called a "director", otherwise he will be an empty director. Coupled with the "Rituals and Psalms" seized by the Zerath Space Station, the Suzheng's library of books has slowly begun to be enriched.
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