Warhammer 40,000: Mortal Gods

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"Soul Blight is a serious disease of the soul."

"Mortals who stay within the range of the Black Stone for too long will develop this disease. The patients will have a condition similar to Alzheimer's disease, and will also appear to be running around unconsciously like a walking zombie. Therefore, there are also people in the star area. People call this disease the walking dead syndrome.”

"However, no one has verified whether staying within the range of the black stone will really turn into a walking zombie. The symptoms I mentioned are all discussions and speculations at the Taiwei Medical Seminar."

"..."

In the luxurious room of the flagship of the Humanity of Glory that was exclusive to the Lord of Tailong, Qin Mo stood in front of the giant floor-to-ceiling porthole, looking out at the dreamy stars shaped by holographic projections.

The commander of the Imperial Guard, Gray, stood behind Qin Mo and reported something.

It's not a big deal, just some small things of minor importance before the next large-scale war on Broome begins.

"Soul withering disease." Qin Mo murmured the name of the disease and turned to look at Gray.

After the two people's eyes met, Gray heard Qin Mo give him an order: "Write a letter in my name and send it to Taiwei, and announce it at the medical seminar. What it wants to express is roughly: what those medical scholars speculated Yes, the ultimate condition of soul blight is to become a walking zombie."

Gray naturally accepted the order without hesitation.

In his electronic eyes, a virtual page of letters appeared in the blank space in the corner of his eyes, and everything he wanted to write directly appeared on it.

Finally, an animation of a letter being folded and sent appeared in the corner of Gray's field of vision, and Qin Mo's order was completed.

But both of them were still thinking about the soul blight disease.

Perhaps it is because while the black stone suppresses the influence of the subspace, it also affects the connection between the creatures and their souls within the scope of action. In short, this disease appears like this.

Fortunately, the military medical department in the armed sector of the sector was not caught off guard, because as early as after the Battle of Cadia, many Cadian people had suffered from soul blight, but this symptom did not receive widespread attention. Two reasons.

The first is that most of the Cadian people have to leave their home planet to fight in various parts of the empire. The second is that after the Cadian people discovered this disease, they thought it was a hypocritical disease that could be cured by a thirty-kilometer rapid march.

The real treatment for soul blight is also very simple, which is to leave the black stone's range of action for a while.

The principle is this, but when it comes to treatment, it is to set up special treatment rooms, similar to facilities such as gyms and restaurants on battleships, where soldiers can enter to rest and meditate, and strengthen their connection with their souls.

"Speaking of which, ordinary humans are really fragile." Gray suddenly sighed.

"Strongness and bravery are not precious if you are neither fragile nor weak." Qin Mo said and walked towards the door. "That's it for the report. Next, there will be an investigation of the Skull Fortress, and you guards are going to participate."

Gray originally wanted to chat with Qin Mo, but when he saw him suddenly walking out, he swallowed what he wanted to say and nodded: "Yes."

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After leaving the room, Qin Mo went straight to the lowest level of the flagship.

If we simply estimate the size of the flagship based on the size of the bridge, then the flagship should be only as big as a cruiser.

But the bridge of the Glory Humanity was transplanted from the bridge of the first battleship in the Tyrone sector, and the area other than the bridge was much larger.

The process of going from the upper level of the ship to the lower level is equivalent to going from one large city to another.

The upper level of the ship is the busiest place, while the lower level is where laboratories and other secret facilities are located.

Whenever the Emperor's human will attaches to Vanessa again, he will go to the lowest level of the flagship and enter the super large laboratory that is exclusive to him and that only he and Qin Mo can enter.

Qin Mo was not sure that the Emperor's human will was now in Vanessa, but the purpose of going to the laboratory was not to chat with the Emperor, but to see how the Emperor had allowed Sanguinius to return. How is the plan for the real universe going?

"Corax has arrived in Broome. He wants to help us, but he doesn't want to meet us."

When Qin Mo entered the laboratory, he suddenly heard the emperor's ethereal voice.

The voice was cold and devoid of any emotion, which meant that Vanessa was not only attached to the human Emperor, but also one of the many inhuman wills split off by the Emperor. When the two of them were neutralized together, they gave A cold feeling.

"Didn't Corax go to kill the murder weapon? I asked the Chronicler to send Lorgar to help." Qin Mo came to the emperor's side, "That bastard Chronicler, I thought he was doing something serious, but it turned out He built a set of armor and weapons for Lorgar, and also brainwashed Lorgar."

"I speak of the true Corax," said the Emperor.

Qin Mo was surprised. He had known for a long time that the real Corax had turned into an inhuman form due to accepting the essence of subspace, and then he went to block the real Lorgar and prepare to take revenge on that bastard.

Qin Mo has two questions, that is, why did the real Corax come to Broome? And, does his coming mean that he still cares about the current empire and the fate of the human race?

"He has taken up the responsibility of reconnaissance and assassination, and hopes to cooperate with us to capture the Skull Fortress." The Emperor continued, "In addition, he also hopes to work with you to kill Angron forever... If Angron is killed by him If the clone is exiled but comes back later."

"Hope to be with me? Does he recognize me?" Qin Mo was surprised.

"Of course. When you first entered the warp and launched a crazy act of revenge, Corax helped you clean up some demons and helped you fight."

"this……"

Qin Mo racked his brains to recall. After reviewing his experience in the subspace for a long time, he could not find any memory about Corax. However, he thought that this original body had never had a sense of existence, and he stopped worrying.

After completing his duties as a messenger, the Emperor walked forward expressionlessly to the laboratory console. After pressing several buttons in succession, a dozen culture tanks rose up in the laboratory.

Each culture jar contains a Sanguinius.

"Clone Primarch?" Qin Mo observed carefully and was surprised to find that every jar contained Sanguinius. "Didn't you say before that there can only be one clone Primarch, and the cloned Primarch will be rotten meat?" ?"

"Indeed, but I made an unexpected discovery." The emperor glanced at each jar without any hesitation, "As long as they don't give themselves to them, they can have as many fleshy puppets without self as they want."

After hearing this, Qin Mo subconsciously wanted to suggest that Sanguinius' soul should be tried, but then he thought about it, the Emperor should have tried it too, right?

"I always thought that the reason why the living metal body you created could not hold Sanguinius for a long time was because the body was not easy to use, but later I found that this was not the case."

"The living metal body and the flesh and blood body are both containers for putting those original bodies into the real universe. The effect should not be too far off."

The emperor said as he extracted the relevant information about the living metal body and the body he made and put them together for comparison.

Qin Mo looked at the emperor without interrupting.

"Sanguinius's soul has been separated from the real universe for too long. It is sick and suffers from a disease of rejection of the container of reality."

“The flames of burning vessels are manifestations of this disorder.”