Chapter 614 Old Friends
In the shadows, Qin Xia, dressed in casual clothes, walked out slowly with his hands in his pockets.

There was an almost uncontrollable smile on his face.

After walking out of the shadow, Qin Xia slowly stopped under the gaze of the original body and stood leaning against the wall.

Angron still had a joyful smile on his face, but he did not immediately rush forward to hug his adoptive father. Instead, his expression changed.

After coming face to face with his adoptive father, the Primarch thought about many things and had many feelings.

There are thoughts, joys, as well as sadness or heavy things that I want to talk about.

When the warp storm raged, the planets and galaxies in Greater Nuceria were unable to communicate with each other, and the astropaths on each planet died on a large scale, causing a psychic disaster.

At that time, Angron thought of the Horus Heresy that his adoptive father had mentioned, and he became extremely worried.

But fortunately, he had prepared for that day long ago. During the period from the time when the storm raged and the warp navigation was interrupted to the time when the Pharos Lighthouse was put into use, no industrial world suffered from famine due to the inability to be self-sufficient.

The World Eaters civilian officials deployed to the planets in various galaxies are also reliable enough, all of them are responsible for stabilizing the situation and calming people’s hearts.

This is worry and fear.

Then, in order to find out the current situation of his adoptive father, Angron tried to use the power of his essence, and only then did he gain insight into the conditions of his primarch brothers and his adoptive father, and he finally put his mind at ease.

This was a close call.

Then Nuceria and Ultramar united to achieve an alliance in terms of defense and governance. During that period, there were a huge amount of affairs to be dealt with.

This is heavy work.

There are still many things to come, including the recent incident of those damned Dark Eldar aliens looting tens of billions of people.

Angron had so much to say that he didn’t know where to start to be brief and to the point, so his face was filled with both joy and sorrow, and his mouth opened and closed several times but no sound came out.

The Primarch had long been accustomed to remaining calm and composed, because in times of chaos, people needed an absolutely calm, rational and wise leader.

But facing his adoptive father, at this moment, Angron could no longer remain calm.

He needs guidance and comfort.

And Qin Xia, because he knew his adopted son too well, even if he did not have the same abilities as his adopted son and even if he did not put his hands on his head, he could still know what his adopted son wanted to say. Then, through the things he knew and his reactions, he pieced together Angron’s entire experience from the rebellion to the present.

“I know everything.” Qin Xia said repeatedly, “I know everything.”

The Primarch nodded silently, and waited until the mess in Comoros was resolved before having a long talk with his father all night about the specific details of every matter.

They still have a mission after all.

“Father…” Angron calmed himself and looked at his adoptive father carefully from head to toe. “After Guilliman and I sent troops to Sotha, people from the Harlequin Troupe came to me, talking about trials and the ultimate purpose of the God of Laughter…”

“The ultimate goal of the Laughing God is to use the power of chaos to fight chaos. It’s a dramatic strategy.” Qin Xia explained, “The trials are four paths to becoming a god.”

The Primarch saw his adoptive father pick up the book hanging around his waist.

The pages of the book turned, revealing four paths of trial.

I am the answer, so what is the question?

[Brutal Executioner: Only Killing]

[Foolish compassion: People with compassion in their hearts walk in the epidemic world, with only the wish to save others, but the end result is just watching others die, and they themselves die from the plague. ]

[Strict and persistent: all you want is to reach the pinnacle. ]

Angron could tell at a glance the connection between these four trials and the God of Chaos.

Isn’t this obviously the path to power of the four gods Tzeentch, Khorne, Nurgle and Slaanesh?

Angron recalled that when he used his essence to observe his adoptive father, he saw him perform some rituals in different locations. Combined with what he observed and the information provided by the clowns, he was able to piece together the whole picture.

So the Primarch actually wanted to ask: “Will the power brought by these four trials allow you to…”

“Will it make me distorted?” Qin Xia put down the book, “No.”

Seeing his adoptive father so confident, Angron nodded silently.

“I have found a way that may be able to completely destroy the Four Gods, and that is to take away their power.” Qin Xia raised his hand, and two colors of power appeared in the form of a vortex in his hand.

“But the Four Gods are only a part of Chaos,” said Angron.

The Primarch had considered something more long-term, that is, if the Quadruple Trial could come to an end, the Four Gods would be deprived of their power, and his adoptive father would become a transcendent being that combined the power of the Four Gods…after that, would it mean that Chaos would also be destroyed?

The Primarch thought not, because his adoptive father had said that there were more than four Chaos Gods, and that the Warp had become so bad that it could no longer be restored to peace.

Fighting against chaos will be a road that seems endless at present, and the Quadruple Trial is just a part of this road.

“The road is long and difficult.”

Qin Xia and Angron shared the same opinion.

He was silent for a moment before speaking again.

“But if you keep going, you will reach your destination.”

While Yu Angron was lost in thought, Qin Xia said, “Let’s go and assist the entire fleet in continuing to attack Comoros, and kill any enemies we can find and kill, to avenge the victims.”

……

The Comoros War continued for some time.

There was no longer any decent resistance in the Dark City. The Primarchs no longer participated in the battle command, but worked with Uslan to find a way to draw a map of Comoros.

As a hub of the Webway, Comoros must be controlled by humans, or part of it must be controlled by humans, so the map is extremely important.

Time passed day by day, until two solar weeks later, the Emperor arrived.

The Emperor’s Vision flagship led the fleet at the front, with the Word Bearers flagship next to it and the entire Solar System Fleet behind it.

Those who have participated in the Battle of Commorragh prepare a grand welcome for the Emperor.

However, as the focus of the welcoming ceremony, the Emperor did not attend the ceremony at all. When the army and navy held a formal military parade, the Emperor directly teleported to the command deck of the Bosafalos with his entourage.

Golden light flashes.

The people waiting on the command deck saw Lorgar come out first.

Luo Jia nodded to Qin Xia, then looked at his brothers and stood silently by.

Then came some Terran bureaucrats. And finally, the Emperor.

When the Emperor descended in golden light, the first person reflected in his golden pupils was Uslan.

“Lord of Mankind.”

The old prophet, dressed in gorgeous clothes, walked before the emperor and knelt on one knee to salute.

The Emperor just nodded silently.

Qin Xia, who was watching the two of them from the side, was a little confused, because the two of them looked extremely unfamiliar and didn’t seem like they knew each other at all.

“Uslan knew the Emperor.”

Angron spoke to Qin Xia using psychic power.

The Primarch’s words also answered Qin Xia’s doubts.

“The Emperor entered the Webway to study it. After some experiences, he met the unknown Uslan. The two got along very well and gradually became close friends.”

“In order to help the Ulthwe Craft World solve the problem of lack of soul stones, the Emperor went into the Eye of Terror to dig for soul stones himself.”

“Uslan helped the Emperor steal Webway technology.”

“After the Ark Eldar lost most of their Webway technology, the two even broke into Commorragh together, experienced a series of thrilling events, and seized more Webway technology data.”

Angron spoke out the past events in Uslan’s head.

“But in the end, the two of them parted ways.”

“Because Uslan wanted to fight Chaos more, while the Emperor cared more about humanity, the two eventually accumulated more and more conflicts due to their conflicting philosophies, and after the conflicts broke out, they became strangers.”

“If Uslan didn’t care more about fighting Chaos, he wouldn’t have given any help to the Emperor.”

After saying this, Angron looked towards the Emperor with an extremely complicated and helpless look.

Now that the Webway Project has been successful, humans finally have hope of gaining a place in the Webway.

Uslan, an Eldar who has been helpful to humanity, is also an old friend of the Emperor…but the Emperor treats him like a stranger.

The emperor didn’t even want to act.

“I spoke to Roboute about the Emperor when the storm was raging. Roboute had many positive things to say about the Emperor. He always spoke from his perspective.”

Angron said.

“I ask Roboute, from the perspective of a subject and a son, how do you evaluate the Emperor as a monarch and a father?”

“And what did Guilliman say?”

“Robot was silent for a long time before speaking: The Emperor is a brilliant scientist, a powerful warrior, a great psyker…”

Angron said, shaking his head.

Qin Xia agreed with this deeply.

However, in this meeting, the Emperor was not too lazy to show any friendliness to Uslan.

He thought: Uslan would help no matter what, and his thinking determined his behavior, so why bother with those useless polite greetings? He should just do what he should do.

“Orperson arrived in Terra a week ago.” The Emperor suddenly looked at Qin Xia and spoke.

In the eyes of others, the Emperor began to talk to the Primarch instead of Qin Xia, and his words were just polite words of praise.

“Lorgar spoke of the cold sun, and Orpesson told you that I should not make the choice,” the Emperor said. “Orpesson left Terra to find something that would help you complete the trial more quickly.”

“What do you think?” Qin Xia asked, “What choice will you make? First of all, I am sure you will not be promoted to the Black King. Then, will you merge into the cold sun or make another decision?”

“Let’s talk about it later. This is not a serious matter.” The Emperor turned and walked to the holographic image, checking the network route displayed on it.

The Emperor considered the Webway to be of the utmost importance.

“We shouldn’t have come to conquer the Comoros.”

“The Battle of Commorragh will turn more Eldar xenos associated with Commorragh against us, supporting the statement you heard at the Craftworld Conference that if we gain a foothold in the Webway, we will inevitably exterminate the Eldar after we develop.”

“This will be detrimental to the advancement of the Webway exploration plan.”

The emperor withdrew his gaze and looked at Qin Xia again.

“Whether it’s coaxing, compromise, or whatever, we must obtain all the network routes known to the Eldar, and a period of development to prepare for our race to migrate to the network.”

“As for whether the future development will be as expected by the Eldar who oppose humans, we will exterminate them… That is the fate of their species. If they are destined to perish, they cannot survive.”

“Unlike them, we humans have not yet reached the point of being strangers.”

After the emperor finished speaking and remained silent, Qin Xia thought about it and felt that this was true, but sometimes things had to be done when they reached this point, such as the Battle of Comoros.

“We must find a way to make a deal with the Eldar in exchange for an Internet route.” The Emperor spoke again, “We will go together to bring the Eldar Mother Goddess out of the realm of Nurgle and use her to threaten them…”

The Emperor mentions the Eldar Mother Goddess Aisha.

Rumor has it that Aisha is imprisoned in the realm of Nurgle.

Qin Xia smiled, and his expression returned to seriousness: “Let’s rescue Aisha, and then you can marry her.”

The emperor pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head: “This is not feasible.”

“We rush into Nurgle together to save an Eldar god, and then use this god to exchange for information. Is this feasible?”

“Or something like that. The point is to dangle a bait in front of them and take everything we want from them until they’re no longer valuable.”

“…”

Qin Xia thought in silence.

He felt that it would be more reliable for humans to find ways to explore the Webway themselves, because an imprisoned Eldar god had no appeal.

Even the Laughing God who is always doing things is not liked by most of the elves, let alone a missing god.

Just talking about going to the realm of Nurgle… Qin Xia felt that it was not difficult.

(End of this chapter)