The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 3127: A Game Beyond the Game

Although many, many questions arose in his mind, after experiencing so many things, Soshjan realized a truth—the answers you try to get from others are often not the truth. Only what you find yourself and verify is most likely the truth.

So he wouldn't ask anyone these questions. He would investigate them himself until he found out the truth.

Walking through it once, there wasn't a single living thing, but the interior of the ship was unusually intact. Even the Space Marine Captains were surprised as to what had swept through this ship full of cultists and Chaos Space Marines without causing any damage. Soshjan vaguely said that it was a secret weapon left by the old legions.

Of course, the benefits of this were obvious. The difficulty of repairing the ship was greatly reduced. It didn't need to be sent to Ulan Huda. It could be repaired on Nassen IV, which could also provide the local shipyard with experience in repairing large warships and lay the foundation for building large capital ships in the future. As for the issue of Chaos corruption, Soshjan hadn't noticed anything along the way. Obviously, the Saint Vulture's entry was more than just killing people. It only needed to send servitors and robots to deal with the 'garbage' inside and erase those evil symbols before workers could be sent in for repair and modification.

Although it was an old Retribution-class battleship, it was still a capital ship, which was still a tonic for the Chapter's fleet that had just suffered a major loss.

During this process, Soshjan took the opportunity to check the development of the new colony on Nassen VI. This former prison world had now developed several extremely prosperous urban areas. Although their shapes resembled hive cities, they were not crowded. The lower levels were not inhabited by people but were used as greenhouse farms. The population had also increased to more than 400 million. In addition to the cities, 37 large mining areas and 8 industrial integrated areas had been developed. It had changed from a colony that required continuous investment to a hot land that could produce profits. A large amount of gold produced every year was not only purchased by Ulan Huda but also sold to worlds outside the system, and Talos basically selected new recruits from here.

He had never personally inspected this planet before, so this time he simply conducted an inspection on the spot. However, due to the suddenness of the incident, the bigwigs on the planet were caught off guard and could only quickly organize manpower in a frenzy.

After spending two days touring the entire planet, Soshjan was generally satisfied. Although there were many minor problems, he had accepted the various shortcomings of mortals, so he only adjusted some rules and systems and punished a group of people as a warning.

After truly returning to the Chapter Monastery, he first visited Elena to thank her for her timely action in the crisis and introduced the situation of the distant war.

After that, his next visit was to Ananda.

"Venerable Ananda, thank you for your help in the crisis."

At the top of the stupa, Soshjan put his hands together and bowed to the figure sitting with his back to him.

"Otherwise, relying solely on Rozim and his friends, they would not be able to stop Typhon and Eidolon, those heinous bastards."

After a moment, Ananda's calm voice sounded.

"It's just a small effort, no need to worry about it."

"Venerable, there is one more thing."

When Soshjan straightened up, there was a hint of doubt on his face. In fact, he only suddenly realized this after returning to Nassen IV.

It was the place where he met Xerxes. He finally remembered why it looked so familiar.

He had indeed seen it!

".Xerxes, isn't he not in my body or consciousness at all? He is actually in that Nalanda Sangharama that once preserved 'wisdom', right? That giant tree is the wisdom you once guarded, and it is also the true form of the Omnissiah's Codex!"

Only at this moment did Ananda slowly turn around.

"Is there such a thing?"

"You, don't you know?"

"Why would I know?"

"This"

Ananda shook his head.

"If I could truly attain omniscience, why can't I save even one person?"

Soshjan pondered for a moment, then put his hands together and saluted again.

"It was I who was being presumptuous, Venerable."

When he raised his head, he cautiously asked:

"I remember you said that you had sunk the Nalanda Sangharama into the Abyss of Law, but why did Xerxes appear there? Or is this just an illusion? An illusion in my mind? I have too many questions now. I know you wouldn't harm me, but I'm afraid I'll make a big mistake because of a moment of carelessness."

Ananda just replied faintly:

"You have been trying hard to get rid of the label he brought and find evidence that you are not him. You are even more afraid of lies, especially the lies he brought."

Soshjan was speechless. After standing for a long time, he put his hands together and saluted again.

Seeing this scene, Ananda sighed softly and said leisurely:

"People are always trapped in their own egos, so they have so many troubles... This matter is indeed extremely complicated, and I dare not make a rash judgment. Only by visiting a few people and a few places will I know what happened."

"Thank you, Venerable. No matter what the future holds, I will remember your kindness and help."

After putting down his hands, Soshjan hesitated for a moment and still asked softly:

"Xerxes seems to have been looking for you?"

Ananda turned the prayer beads in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and sighed after a moment:

"No, I found him, but he refused to turn back."

"Huh? Could it be... you have already met?"

"Did he tell you the story of the lamp and the shadow?"

"He told me! So that wasn't some illusion of a stone room, you told him!"

After a moment of shock, Soshjan fell into thought. After a long while, he slowly said:

"Venerable... you said he refused to turn back, are you referring to Xerxes using the power of the Warp on himself? Actually, I have always had this doubt. After discovering that the Greymarrow was a trap set by Asuryan, why did Xerxes still push it down without hesitation? Just because of Malcador? Because he wanted to prepare a body of a mortal god for the Emperor? However, the Emperor's attitude towards this plan does not seem to be active, and is Xerxes really so easily threatened and coaxed? Even if the Greymarrow is uncontrollable, as long as it is not continued to be pushed forward, at least it can be delayed, right? But Xerxes reached a cooperation with Malcador very eagerly, until he discovered that this plan could not be stopped... There has always been a lack of a strong and powerful motive in this."

As he spoke, Soshjan's eyes became sharper, as if he wanted to penetrate the layers of mist and the intertwined entanglements, and point directly at the core of the entire incident.

"Connecting the Saint Vulture to this matter, then the strongest motive is only one... Xerxes knew that half of the Primarchs would rebel! He needed this power to stop them, so he refused to turn back, right? Venerable!"

But immediately, Soshjan frowned and muttered to himself:

"Then at what step did this plan go wrong?"

Suddenly, Soshjan realized that Ananda had not spoken for a long time. When he looked again, the other party had already turned his back, so he could only salute and apologize.

"I have disturbed you a lot. Perhaps, as you said, I am too obsessed with this. I will first do what is in front of me, and then explore the mysteries of the past."