Chapter 707: Chapter 612 The mystery is solved
. The Void Whale is still swimming slowly.
An Eldar cruiser activated its holographic force field and silently followed the giant whale, acting as an escort.
At this time, inside the Aida dragon ship, several tall and slender Eldar men and women, accompanied by a burly and tall black-armored warrior, were walking on the boarding deck of the warship.
"I didn't expect to see you again, Sarah."
Fu Qinghai sighed as he looked around.
"Ever since I gave you the spirit bone amulet, I have predicted that we would meet again one day sooner or later."
The red-haired Eldar woman smiled unabashedly.
"You opened the Webway Gate, didn't you?"
Salamander Uslan looked up at Fu Qinghai.
"That's right."
Fu Qinghai nodded and admitted.
Then he turned to look at Saramand and asked:
"By the way, what era are we in now?"
"If we follow the human way of counting years..."
After thinking for a moment, Sarah Mander said:
"Then it should be 781.M31 now."
Fu Qinghai couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.
It's actually the same timeline as Blindsight.
That's when the big events of the plot line come into play.
It seems that this is the "normal" timeline.
"Seven hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. I really didn't expect that you would still remember the promise we made."
Fu Qinghai sighed as he thought of this.
"More than seven hundred years is but a fleeting moment for the spirit race, Qingshan."
Saramand said, raising her chin slightly.
There was a hint of pride in her tone.
Saramand is indeed entitled to feel proud. Compared to humans, the Eldar are more than just an immortal race - while humans are still studying how to conquer cancer, the Eldar have already conquered death.
Yes, in theory, the Eldar will not die. Buddhist mythology believes that after death, the soul will be reincarnated and re-enter the mortal world, and the Eldar have already mastered this process of "reincarnation". After an Eldar dies, his soul can enter the Soul Stone and live forever in the infinite circuit of the Ark World (if it is a Savage Eldar, it is in the World Spirit).
If Slaanesh had not been born, then the Eldar souls in these soul stones could even reincarnate and start a new life with the memories of their previous life. Unfortunately, they can only live in infinite loops now and occasionally come out to appear as the ancestors.
"Humph, short-lived monkey."
A low hum suddenly sounded from the side.
Fu Qinghai stopped and turned to look over.
A warrior from the Rotating Eagle tribe with wings on his back raised his face and met Fu Qinghai's gaze fearlessly, his eyes were full of undisguised disdain and provocation. Worried that Fu Qinghai wouldn't understand, he even used Low Gothic.
Fu Qinghai suddenly laughed.
Although he was not wearing the helmet at the moment but holding it in his hand, he could feel the impatient commotion and whispers in the ghost armor - the eight evil spirits and demons had never tasted the taste of the elves' souls.
"Apologize, Akonos!"
Saramand turned around and shouted.
The tribe warriors still had a stern face and refused to speak.
"He is a guest specially invited to the Ark World by the Supreme Prophet. Apologize to him now, immediately, right now!"
Saramand glared and shouted coldly.
A sense of pressure suddenly burst out from her body.
Even Fu Qinghai next to him felt it.
This made him look at Sarah Mand with admiration.
"S-sorry."
Under tremendous pressure, the warrior of the Rotating Eagle tribe finally lowered his head and whispered reluctantly.
Fu Qinghai turned around and continued walking forward.
"You just said that the Supreme Prophet invited me?"
Fu Qinghai casually changed the subject and asked.
It was as if the little conflict just now had never happened.
"Yes, the Supreme Prophet of the Prophet Council of the Usvi Ark World, Edrad Uslan, is also my father, as you know. In one of his prophecies, he saw the beginning of a terrible catastrophe, which is related to the expansion of chaotic forces in the real universe. This is a common problem that all intelligent creatures in the universe must face, and the situation is serious."
Saramand said in a deep voice.
"Ah, so, that's how it is..."
Fu Qinghai reacted immediately:
"I was wondering before, the Howling Vortex is so large, how could you accurately predict when and where I would appear, and wait for me there in advance... Your father used the power of prophecy, right?"
"Yes, that's it."
Saramand nodded and said.
"This way, Qingshan, follow me in."
Saramande led Fu Qinghai into a secret room of spirit bones, and signaled with his eyes that the other Eldar soldiers should wait outside. The two entered the room and sat cross-legged facing each other. Saramande then asked with a serious face:
"Just now I said that my father predicted the beginning of a terrible catastrophe. You must be wondering, what does this have to do with you? Why do we come here to wait for you? Because, strictly speaking, this prophecy is related to you."
"Is it about me?"
Fu Qinghai asked doubtfully.
"Yes."
Saramand looked at Fu Qinghai and said seriously:
"Originally, I asked my father to predict information about you - based on the bone amulet I gave you. There are actually two pieces of the amulet, and the other one is with me. But he didn't see you in the prophecy. Instead, he saw Sigismund and Ezekiel Abaddon. They dueled in a warship, and the Black Swordmaster was killed in the end."
Fu Qinghai was slightly stunned when he heard this.
Isn't this the plot of the first Black Crusade?
Strictly speaking, the original plot of the first Black Crusade was not affected by the Reincarnation.
"Do you know what this means, Qingshan?"
Saramand asked word by word with a deep gaze,
"A prophecy was originally caused by you, but there is no image of you in this prophecy."
"Yeah, what does that mean?"
Fu Qinghai asked in confusion.
"My father, people say he is the most powerful prophet of the Ark Eldar after the Fall of the Eldar, the one who has gone the furthest on the path of prophecy, and he is deeply knowledgeable about prophecy."
Perhaps fearing that Fu Qinghai didn't know, Saramand first introduced the old prophet's resume and reputation to add some persuasiveness to his subsequent remarks, and then explained:
"My father analyzed that this situation means... you were supposed to appear there, in the prophecy, but due to some special reasons, you did not appear in the prophecy."
"Crack!"
A bolt of lightning flashed through Fu Qinghai's mind!
Saramand's words instantly enlightened him.
You were supposed to be there.
You were supposed to be there...
But... it didn't appear!
Fu Qinghai recalled the evil curses he had heard from the Great Demon of Tzeentch and other Tzeentch demons since the Iron Pagoda Regiment was blocked by the subspace storm:
"I am watching you from the depths of the sea of souls."
"Yingyun wants you to stay here."
"Lord of Change, you want me to stay here."
"Never, ever leave."
Fu Qinghai understood in an instant.
"I see, I see..."
His eyes were blank and he was muttering to himself.
Yes, the High Lords Council didn't know about the threat posed by Abaddon, nor did they know about the Black Crusade - but Fu Qinghai knew! Even if he couldn't mobilize other imperial troops, he would personally lead the Iron Pagoda Fleet to the Cadia Gate, guard the entrance to the Eye of Terror, wait for that shamatte with a sky-high braid to come out and beat him up.
Because Fu Qinghai is a reincarnation.
He knew how the subsequent plot happened.
All this was done by the Tzeentch demon army.
It was just to prevent Fu Qinghai from appearing there.
Don't let him appear where he should be.
Fu Qinghai was originally quite puzzled. He was just an ordinary Astartes warlord living in a corner of the empire's frontier. Although he had gained some nicknames such as "Tiger of the Iron Belt", how could he have won the attention and "favor" of the Lord of Change? It turned out that all this was because he participated in and interfered with Abaddon's first Black Crusade in the future.
Through prophecy, he predicted Fu Qinghai's future actions in advance, and then spared no effort to create a psychic storm that covered the entire star region. After that, he continued to send the Tzeentch army to invade reality to make him lose sight of the big picture... The ultimate goal was to prevent Fu Qinghai from appearing in that fateful place.
After Saramand finished speaking, he had been carefully observing Fu Qinghai's expression. Seeing that he had a look of sudden enlightenment, he couldn't help but ask,
"What do you understand, Qingshan?"
"I understand what the devil is afraid of."
A sneer appeared on Fu Qinghai's face:
"I understand what they are worried about... If that's the case, then I'm going to make it happen!"
"Sarah!"
Fu Qinghai suddenly clasped Saramand's shoulders with both hands, looked into her eyes and said hurriedly and seriously:
"Take me to the Eye of Terror immediately!"
"No problem, Aoyama."
Saramande blushed slightly and said,
"Your choice is also within my father's expectations."
…
"What, you want to go with those elves?"
Saroyan Skarsson asked in shock.
"Yes."
Fu Qinghai nodded and said seriously:
"Chaos is about to break out of the Eye of Terror. They are the traitors we drove in hundreds of years ago. They are ready to go. Currently, there is only one chapter, the Black Templars, stationed in the Cadia Fortress World. I must go to support them, otherwise they will never be able to resist this wave of attack."
Around the Eye of Terror in later generations, there were twenty Astartes Chapters stationed, forming the so-called "Astartes Governor Chapter" cluster; there were also three Imperial Navy star sector joint fleets, forming the so-called "fortress fleet"; there were also countless Imperial Guard Corps and Mechanicus troops, Titan Legions, Knight Families... forming the so-called "Greater Cadia Defense Zone".
But all this is because Chaos Warmaster Abaddon has launched a full twelve Black Crusades in the past. The slow and corrupt High Lords Council finally realized the need to stockpile heavy troops around the Cadia Gate and set up a forge world to provide equipment, an agricultural world to provide food, and a hive world to provide population for this defense zone...
However, right now, the entire Fortress World does have only one Astartes Chapter stationed there, the Black Templars, in addition to a Cadian Sector Fleet and an Imperial Guard Regiment, the famous Model Regiment, the Cadian Blitzkrieg.
"That group of traitors...how is it possible?"
Saroyan was even more puzzled.
Then he immediately reacted:
"Did the aliens tell you?"
Fu Qinghai nodded silently.
"How can you trust them?"
Saroyan's face wrinkled up.
Wearing demon armor and colluding with the Eldar... Qingshan's heresy was beyond Saroyan Skarson's imagination. If he hadn't always been a good brother with him through thick and thin, and if he couldn't beat him... No, and if he knew him well, Saroyan would have wanted to draw out the Frost Hell Axe and execute Qingshan on the spot.
"It is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not exist."
Fu Qinghai gave his reasons.
Saroyan could only nod helplessly.
Indeed, if one had to choose the lesser of two evils, if one had to rank the threat level, the threat posed by the Chaos Space Marines was indeed far greater than that of the Ark Eldar. Saroyan agreed with this, but he still found it difficult to accept.
"Are you planning to go alone to provide support?"
Saroyan raised a new question.
"Yes, I am enough on my own."
Fu Qinghai said in a firm and cold tone.
Saroyan suggested with a tangled look on his face:
"Even if this is indeed true, even if those Eldar didn't lie to you... couldn't you wait until I summoned my Chapter Fleet, and the entire Space Wolves Chapter accompanied you to the Eye of Terror, wouldn't that give you a better chance of victory?"
"It's too late."
Fu Qinghai shook his head slightly and said,
"Time is very tight now. It is difficult to reach the Cadia Gate quickly through traditional warp jumps. I must take the Eldar warship and take the webway to get there before the war breaks out. Otherwise, everything will be in vain."
"Saroyan, you have a lot to do."
Fu Qinghai patted Saroyan on the shoulder.
Then he gave each of the instructions earnestly:
"The Eldar cruisers will escort the Void Whale until it leaves the Howling Vortex. The nearest Imperial territory is the Chronos Expansion in the Calixis Sector. When you return to the Empire, you must immediately contact Fenris and the Fang and ask them to send someone to pick you up. Then you must find a safe place to leave the armed merchant ship in the Calixis Sector."
One of the few good news is that
the astropath of the Spear of Russ is still alive.
The Space Wolves could contact his Chapter.
"Why not contact the Imperial Navy fleet in the Calixis sector directly? They are closer to us..."
Saroyan realized halfway through his words:
"Our identity..."
"That's right."
Fu Qinghai nodded approvingly:
"You have no way to explain your identity to the Imperial Army in the Calixis Sector. Please note, Saroyan, it is now the 781st year of the 31st millennium. You are a company of Space Wolves that have been missing for 500 years. Not long ago, you fought a great battle with the Nurgle Demon Army. Do you think the Inquisition in the Calixis Sector will let you go?"
A Space Wolves strike cruiser that had been lost in the Warp for more than 500 years suddenly reappeared one day?
The Hammer Order would certainly launch an investigation.
Saroyan narrowed his eyes and nodded.
"And there's another problem."
Fu Qinghai then reminded:
"What does the Space Wolves think of you?"
Of course, choosing to contact the regiment's home planet is the best solution.
But it doesn't mean this method is foolproof.
After all, five hundred years have passed, and no one knows how many of the Space Wolves who knew Saroyan Skarsson back then are still alive. This problem also needs to be considered.
"You don't need to worry about this, Qingshan."
Saroyan raised the corner of his mouth and said confidently:
"I don't care who is the Wolf Lord of the Space Wolves Chapter now. As long as Bjorn the Broken Hand is still alive, no one dares to say that they don't know me, and no one dares to say that they don't accept me."
"That's true."
Fu Qinghai thought about it and realized that there was nothing wrong with it.
Bjorn Brokenhand, nicknamed by the Wolf King, was stuffed into a Dreadnought in the late war because of his serious injuries. He was the first Chapter Master after the disappearance of the Primarch and was deeply trusted by the Wolf King. He is the oldest Space Marine. In the original story, he lived from the 30K era to the 42K era. He usually sleeps in a stasis field. Whenever the Space Wolves encounter something they can't handle or a decision they are unsure of, they wake up this Dreadnought to make plans or even participate in the battle in person. The old man also likes to tell the young wolf cubs the stories that happened in the past, which is a bit like "an old man in the family is like a treasure".
With Bjorn's prestige.
As long as he remembered Saroyan Skarshen.
No one dared to say that they didn't know him.
"What about me?"
Blindsight interrupted hastily.
"You go to Fenris with Saroyan."
Fu Qinghai looked at the blind arrangement and said,
"Don't worry, they will protect you."
Space Wolves are generally friendly towards mortals.
After all, dogs are man's best friend.
"All right..."
There was visible disappointment on Blindsight's face.
"Your prediction is correct, Blindsight."
Fu Qinghai looked at her seriously and said,
"When this plot line is completely over, I will officially accept you as a member of my club."
"OK!"
Blindsight finally became happy after hearing this.
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(End of this chapter)