On How to Make the Emperor Apparent（2）

With the Emperor now holy, the offensive formed by the demons and traitors quickly collapsed.

The Imperial forces, with the help of the Legion of the Damned, were quickly victorious.

Before they could rejoice, the heroes of the Empire gathered in the core room of the lighthouse.

They were desperate for an explanation.

Why was the Emperor now holy here?

Why did Lord Kiliman know that Magnus was coming?

Why would he not tell them when he knew Magnus was coming?

Why was Ventris in the fortress?

They were involved in an extremely difficult battle, yet they knew nothing about the cause of the war.

It was certainly irritating.

After listening to the confusion of the crowd, Ventris showed a small smile on his face.

"His Excellency was unaware of Magnus' coming, and if he knew it was him, he would have inevitably made more targeted measures to ensure that this Demon Progenitor had no way to escape from the trap."

"Then why did Lord Kiliman leave words about Magnus in advance, wasn't this something he left behind after he foresaw the other's arrival?"

Clovis's tone was filled with confusion, it was clear that Ventris's argument did not convince him.

If he hadn't foreseen Magnus' arrival, then how could Lord Kiliman have left the projection in advance.

Ventris didn't offer an explanation for this, but instead made a few clicks in a holographic window that popped up.

As he did so, Kiliman's voice resounded through the core room.

"Ehhhhhhh Motarian, it's been a long time, I hope Typhonus hasn't gone from being your son to being your father, after all, he took your legion and punked your stupid ass to the God of Plagues, I hope he's not ruthless enough to make you his son, that would be a shame."

"Eh yah yah, Fugrim, it's been a long time, there's actually a sentence I've been holding back for 10,000 years, you're thievingly ugly and smell bad, honestly speaking, that un-bathed slob from Motarian is better than you, and your aesthetics is just like that of a ratman, to put it the wrong way round, a ratman is better than you."

"Eh ah ah ah, Luo Jia, long time no see, let me tell you, I am now the emperor's spokesman, the law of the holy word has also been written according to my meaning, even the pope of the state religion is my hand to support up ah, every day listen to them sing my praises, to me to set up a statue, strange embarrassed. The city that burned you in the first place is still here to take your place."

.........

Kiliman's voice rang through the halls, and for every renegade proto, he left one.

Amaric: ......

Clovis: .......

Numerous senior generals: .....

For a moment they didn't know what to say.

Lord Kiliman made it a point to leave a line for each protoform in order to taunt his brother.

"Such is the situation, my lord has left a message for all of the mutinous protoforms. Whoever comes, they can choose matching words from it to play, thus deterring the other."

Ventris explained.

These recordings were all made in advance.

It wasn't like Kiliman could do things like prophecy.

Besides, in this universe, things like prophecy weren't very reliable.

It was as if a certain Necromancer claimed to be a prophet, but ended up cheating by relying on his time skill.

As long as the final result didn't materialize according to his prophecy, he would use his time skill to backtrack and make sure the result matched his prophecy.

The means include but are not limited to assassination, compulsion, deception, taking matters into his own hands, and forcing others to follow his prophecies.

It could be argued that the prophecies of this universe are merely an observation of an infinite future.

It may or may not come true.

Things like prophecy are completely unreliable.

The problem of the recording was solved.

It wasn't that Kiliman was reluctant to tell them that Magnus would be coming, but he himself didn't know which of the mutinous originals would be coming.

Ventress answered the confusion one by one.

The trap plan was just an offhand, blindfold to deceive the traitors.

The enemy would be fooled if they fell for it, and they wouldn't suffer if they didn't.

"Then why is the Emperor manifesting here?" Clovis asked the crux of the matter.

"That's a question for Sage Regula to answer, and the answer relates to how this alien lighthouse operates."

Ventris threw the question to Sage Regula, the Mechanical Sage, to answer the question for the crowd.

The gazes of the crowd gathered on Regula's metal body, they all wanted to know the underlying reason for the Emperor's manifestation.

The Emperor had manifested very randomly in the past.

But this time, it was obvious that Kiliman was prepared.

That is, Kiriman held the ability to make the Emperor manifest his saint at any time.

Regula stretched out his detailed mechanical finger and tapped on a huge holographic projection.

The projection showed the crowd a very complex model of the space structure.

"The operating principle of the Alien Lighthouse is very special, this device works through the principle of quantum entanglement between induced particles. It is able to somehow align the basic elements of the universe to resonate between different objects and locations many times in a row at unreachable spatial distances, thus transmitting matter and guiding ships."

"Lord Kiliman once utilized this device to navigate ships navigating through subspace. With the help of this alien lighthouse, those ships could ignore subspace storms and reach their destinations directly. In a moment of crisis, the personnel who operated the lighthouse had attempted to send two Protoss from Makurag to Pharos over a long distance, and according to the records, this teleportation was instantaneous."

"After deduction by Lord Kiliman, the Mechanical Sage Kaur, and numerous Mechanicus Sages, this lighthouse has another function, which is to amplify a person's psionic senses. With the help of this device, we will be able to amplify Sage Celestine's devotion to the Emperor, and subsequently use this devotion to distort the laws of reality and establish the coordinates of an Emperor's projection."

"And when it comes to this issue of the Emperor's projection, it is necessary to briefly explain the relationship between subspace and the real universe. The two are interdependent, and it can even be said that subspace is the reality universe, and the reality universe is subspace. Both have the same essence, but evolve very differently."

Sage Regula utilized his mechanical fingers to slide the holographic projection screen, showing a complex diagram of the spatial structure.

"Reality and subspace are dependent on each other and can also squeeze each other. If reality is strong, it expands into subspace, and if subspace is strong, it expands into reality."

Amariki stared at the various data and models on top of that huge holographic projection with his own eyes wide open.

It felt like his entire head was spinning.

The others weren't much better.

They were all like listening to heavenly books.

In this era, there was no complete higher education.

It was common for people to receive some basic knowledge and then engage in various professions.

Amariki, Clovis usually either fought or studied the enemy's information, where would they find the time to learn this high level knowledge.

This kind of high-level theoretical knowledge of time and space modeling, it was estimated that even within the Mechanical Cult there weren't many people who understood it.

Regula seemed to have noticed this problem as well, and in order to better explain the ins and outs, he switched to an easy-to-understand statement.

"The real universe is like the atmosphere of a planet, while subspace is the void of the atmosphere. Both belong to space as well, the difference is that within the atmosphere within the planet, the gases are locked in because of gravity, and the gases are locked in temperature, which creates an ecological environment that is very different from space."

"The same is true for the reality universe and subspace, because of the reason that reality possesses physical rules, it forms an ecology that is very different from subspace, which also forms a world that possesses order."

"This kind of is just a simple statement, while the connection between subspace and reality is even more complicated, involving theories that regular people can't study thoroughly even if they exhaust their whole life. Such a statement only allows you to better understand the difference between subspace and reality and the barriers that exist between them."

"Psychics are special existences among humans whose souls penetrate the barriers between reality and illusion and draw power from subspace, thus gaining all sorts of terrifying abilities."

Rigula said this and looked to the Think Tanks of the Battle Group.

The Think Tanks felt the Mechanical Sage's gaze, but they did not answer.

They knew how to use their powers, but they knew very little about where their powers came from.

In their perceptions, things like psychic energy were either born with it and waited to be activated, or they would never have it again in their lives.

As for how it came to be, such things were rarely explored.

Seeing that the Think Tanks didn't speak, Regula didn't care too much about it, but continued to answer for the crowd.

"It is this characteristic of psychics that even though the Emperor's physical body was fatally damaged and placed in a stasis force field, his spiritual consciousness is still active in subspace. The existence of the barriers prevented the Emperor from affecting reality, and unusual psychics were unable to see him straight through in subspace.... "

"Because of this, for a long time, the Emperor could only obscurely utilize some means to manifest his saint. The emergence of the Great Rift has caused the number of psychics within the Empire to skyrocket, and it also means that the Emperor's ability to interfere with reality has increased, which is the main reason why the Cursed Legion appears so frequently."

"According to the available data, the frequency of the Cursed Legion's appearances increased drastically after the emergence of the Great Rift, which also corroborates that the Emperor's interference in the reality universe has increased after the reality and subspace barriers were weakened."

"So in order to project the power of the emperors, not only do you need to be pious enough, but you also need to provide coordinates to weaken the barriers of reality and subspace in order to allow the power of the emperors to enter the real universe."

"When the gods project power, it often requires either a massive blood sacrifice or a plague, or a stable subspace channel, and only when these conditions are met can the gods project power. Otherwise the subspace gods wouldn't be able to influence reality."

Sage Rigula kept sliding the holographic projection and stated the results of Kiliman and Kaur's research.

"And after the research, using the lighthouse to establish a stable subspace channel allows the emperor's power to smoothly interfere with reality, so that as long as the user is pious enough, a mega manifestation can be formed."

Before going on the expedition, Kiriman had Cowell researching supernatural powers.

A large number of books that had once been banned by the Judgment Court and the state religion were all rummaged through as well.

Of course, this matter was also hindered by some old-fashioned forces within the Gray Knights, the State Church, and the Judgment Court.

However, Kiliman's strong attitude still allowed the project to go on, allowing the supernatural research to have a little bit of an eye.

After repairing the Pharos Lighthouse later on and associating it with its special ability, they tried it a few times and found that the Pharos Lighthouse was indeed able to provide subspace coordinates, and also amplify the user's flux, contacting a target that was far away from each other but wanted to be contacted.

Some devotees were able to pry the power of the Emperor with this property when tested.

Kiliman then made plans to do so, using the lighthouse to assassinate one or two demonic progenitors who were ready to plot against him.

Magnus had simply bumped into it and used it as a test subject.

"So can the lighthouse continue to be used? Or is it possible to use the lighthouse to get the Emperor to talk to us?" Amaric asked.

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