The Emperor’s Angel of Death

"Esteemed guest, Father Long has endured over a billion years, his spirit and body long pushed to their limits, all to meet you one last time and fulfill his oath."

Immediately afterward, the ground beneath Torson's feet began to tremble, and then the space before him underwent an incredible transformation. The lake turned into a massive silver sphere, and the semicircle beneath his feet became a ring comparable to a continent. Surrounding the silver sphere were a series of concentric rings of varying sizes, shaped like the gears of a giant clock. A white-hot blaze enveloped the broader space, and each ring was once home to bizarre spires, winding halls, and various uniquely shaped statues.

At this point, Torson finally confirmed that the Binarosharash people's city was built within the core of this ice giant, which explained why it had been so difficult to discover for tens of millions of years.

Even if it were discovered, entering or invading would be nearly impossible.

A group of Binarosharash people, draped in unique white fabrics and adorned with various metal ornaments, approached. The leader wore a fan-shaped golden crown and was slightly corpulent.

"Esteemed guest, I am Third Zehntoka, welcome to the Hollow City of Klumigne."

Torson nodded slightly. He could sense the vast, ocean-like power emanating from the other being. He had not seen this level of psychic ability in any Eldar. Although it was exaggeratedly strong, it was also exceptionally peaceful. Even Magnus, whom he had met not long ago, only had intensity in comparison. Torson felt that the stability of the two was vastly different.

Perhaps only the Changer of Ways has this level of psychic power...

"My apologies for the intrusion."

Afterward, Torson followed them into the depths of the city. During this process, he didn't see many Binarosharash people. Most of what he saw were various forms of spiritbone constructs. The small ones only reached Torson's ankles, while the large ones were like starships. Even the largest Eldar spiritbone construct, the Titan, required soulstones and pilots to operate. These enormous constructs, resembling some kind of multi-legged marine creatures, showed that the Binarosharash people had a deeper understanding and more advanced technology regarding spiritbone.

In addition, Torson noticed something familiar on those constructs.

They looked like some kind of gems, embedded in the pure spiritbone, emitting a faint light. The Eldar had a specific name for this kind of thing—soulstones!

Torson immediately asked if these were soulstones.

Zehntoka replied that these were mental hubs, used to load mental entities they created to drive the spiritbone. Large spiritbone constructs used an independent mental entity, while small ones shared a gestalt mental entity.

This result greatly shocked Torson. Wasn't this the Eldar's world spirit!?

Putting the world spirit into soulstones, and even forming a gestalt consciousness, the Binarosharash people's understanding and technology regarding psychic energy and souls were absolutely extraordinary. No wonder Olrod regarded them as a trump card.

Besides that, the most common sight was statues, all kinds of statues, bizarre and varied. Some could be identified as certain life races, while others were completely unrecognizable.

After inquiring, Torson learned that these were all monuments, commemorating heroes with illustrious achievements and legendary stories in the War in Heaven. They were outstanding representatives and even leaders of various races created by the Old Ones. In the war against the Necrons and the Star Gods, they stepped forward and used their power to resist this undead (metallic) cataclysm that almost swept through the entire galaxy. The Binarosharash people were not only servants of the Old Ones but also recorders of the history of various races. Although most of the past records were lost due to the drastic fluctuations of reality and the Aethyr during the late stages of the War in Heaven, the Binarosharash people still tried to preserve the traces of these heroes.

Among them, Torson saw the most were those incredibly huge Orks who appeared violent and ferocious. They were completely different from the current Greenskins in the galaxy, with more coordinated body proportions and wearing very regular armor. One of the sculptures was an Ork with a quarter of its head sheared off and its left half of the body torn open. The spiritbone sculpture was so lifelike that it even depicted the details of the broken bones and exposed internal organs. It was kneeling on one knee, but still forcefully smashing its only fist towards the head of a Necron pressed under its knee.

Each statue had a short inscription introducing it, but Torson couldn't understand their writing. After inquiring, he learned that this Ork was called Starshatterer Gork.

And its record was destroying 7 crowned generals and 2 overlords of a certain Necron dynasty.

Gork, Torson had an impression of this name, but not a good one. He also found it difficult to regard this ferocious beast as an "anti-bone hero."

He immediately asked the Third Zehntoka, weren't Greenskins biological weapons? Why are they also worthy of being commemorated?

The other party's answer was very simple—

They were the undisputed mainstay of that war, their contribution far exceeding most of the races created by the Old Ones, far from being as simple as biological weapons. The Old Ones had deeper arrangements and designs for them, but all of this ultimately vanished with the drastic changes in the Aethyr.

Torson remained noncommittal about this. However, besides Orks, there were also some Eldar statues, but not as many, probably because the Eldar participated in the war relatively late.

Along the way, in addition to observing his surroundings, Torson also learned a little about the situation of the Binarosharash people, and the result greatly surprised him.

Because the Binarosharash people were "designed" relatively early, although they had extremely long lifespans, very powerful psychic abilities, and very strong thinking and learning abilities, they had a fatal flaw—they had no ability to reproduce themselves.

That is to say, they can only be "created," and only the Old Ones can do this.

Therefore, when the Old Ones passed away, the Binarosharash people lost the possibility of adding new members. It can be said that the "youngest" Binarosharash person has already lived for sixty-five million years. Fortunately, the Old Ones awakened a batch of Binarosharash people before their demise, ensuring that they had a relatively safe number. During and at the end of the War in Heaven, drastic changes in various aspects led to the death of many Binarosharash people. Subsequently, for safety, they never left this hollow city again, only occasionally receiving some special "guests."

This also formed a very unique style of Binarosharash society. Torson even felt that they were not a race at all, but just a group, or a group of living machines.

They have no concept or idea of race, and they don't care about the so-called issue of survival. From Torson's feelings from talking with them, they don't pay attention to or care about the topic of "racial continuation" at all. Everything only revolves around tasks and instructions. Although this does not mean that they have no personality, it can only be said that they are very indifferent, or this is some kind of "realm" that Torson cannot understand.