Talos had mentioned this forge world to Soshyan a long time ago. As the main inheritors of the Eighth Legion's legacy, the Broken Eagle warband also inherited Ulan Huda's secret contact information from the original body.
Although for a long time after the Great Rebellion, Ulan Huda lived well with its own unique technology, but with a series of events such as the Tyranid Invasion and the Black Crusade, as well as the long-term activities of Black Watch in the Ghoul Star Territory,
Their lives are getting more and more difficult.
Regarding their relationship with Chaos, Talos also specifically explained that precisely because they often move in the subspace, the sages of Ulan Huda are actually far more vigilant towards Chaos than any Dark Mechanicus.
Even now they don't consider themselves to be part of the Dark Mechanicus.
"There are as many faiths as the Mechanicum has as many stars as there are in the sky."
Maintaining maximum patience, Soshiyan listened to the eloquent talk of the sage Rakhi Bangura.
"Some believe that the Emperor is the physical manifestation of the Mechanicus, the Omnesia, while their critics claim that the Emperor pretends to be their god in order to gain their support, believing that the Mechanicus is still buried beneath the sands of Mars.
, There are even some people who believe that by strengthening and transforming their bodies with technological products, they will one day be able to get rid of all flesh and blood and become like the mechanical gods."
Soshyan crossed his arms and looked at each other with a half-smile.
"And what do you think of the relationship between the Emperor and the Adeptus Mechanicus?"
Rakhi Bangura stared at Soshiyan through the black folds of his eyes, as if he was debating in his mind whether to answer this question.
After a long time, the other party replied sincerely:
"Just speaking for myself, I believe that the Emperor is a great man, a superman with great ambitions, a completely rational and natural man, and many people think that his knowledge may exceed the sum of the Mechanicum...
..But even with all these characteristics, I still believe that he is still a human being! His superb understanding of technology and his negative attitude towards superstition make the Emperor a shining beacon guiding the Empire and the Mechanicum Alliance towards the future.
But many people within the Cult of Mechanicus deliberately turned a blind eye to this and stubbornly ignored the proof before them. Instead, they continued to believe in their blind faith and held the decadent and superstitious dogma tightly to their chests."
"In that case, what do you think of Wan Ji Shen? If you don't mind me asking."
Lucky Bangura did not answer immediately, but stood up straight, turned around and walked to one side of the conference room wall, used the probe extended from his fingertips to remove a ventilator switch on it, and then returned to the conference
Beside the table.
"Captain Soshyan, do you know what this is?"
"Of course, it's a switch."
"How would you describe him?"
Soshyan looked at this technical "heretic" and felt for the first time that this was a very interesting person, so he chose to answer.
"I'm not a professional. I can only say that this is a simple switch. Two pieces of metal can connect a circuit when they are in contact and disconnect it when they are not."
"How do you think it works?"
"Well, two contacts are closed when they make contact, and there is no space between them. This means that electricity can flow from one side to the other. When they are separated by space, they are open circuit, so the current cannot pass."
"Exactly, it's a simple logic based on basic engineering and physics."
Lucky Bangura held the switch in the air and continued:
"Therefore, this switch is the simplest technical product we can think of, but those superstitious people who endlessly promote the concept of the God of Machines as real gods want us to believe that some kind of divine mechanical will exists inside. They
Tell us that only by pleasing some invisible existence can this switch work, and that existence cannot be proven and can only be believed by faith... I do not deny the God of All Machines, but I believe that it is a
The concept is a spiritual coordinate that inspires human beings to fight with reason and science even in the darkness of despair, instead of turning our minds to some illusory spiritual anesthetic when we are in trouble."
Soshyan felt that if these words were to be spread out, the seven forging worlds outside would definitely open fire on the Eternal Loyalty soon.
Heresy, pure heresy, this is a direct denial of the fundamental teachings of the Mechanicum.
But on the other hand, as a world that often travels through subspace, there is still primitive mechanical materialism within it, which is also a strange flower in the galaxy. To be honest, although Soshiyan is not interested in the theory of the Mechanicum,
I'm not very familiar with it, but I've heard of this idea that was once popular on Mars, but it was a long, long time ago.
Or is it that some of them no longer believe in the so-called gods because they have witnessed too many horrors?
Although heresy is heretical enough, it is not bad for Soshyan. After all, he is not a believer in the God of Machines, nor does he care much about the religious arguments of the Mechanicus. However, these people's attitude towards the emperor is respect.
, then both parties have the most basic point of consensus.
The duty of the Astartes is to protect the Emperor, the Empire, and humanity, but it does not include defending the teachings of the Mechanicum. After all, that is their own job.
"But... many of your actions have broken the red line drawn by the Emperor for you."
Soshyan put one hand on the table and tapped the smooth surface with his fingers.
"Technical heretics are also on our sanctions list, you have to understand this."
"That's for survival... Chapter Commander Soshyan, I heard some stories about you from certain channels. Frankly speaking, you redeveloped an almost extinct chapter into what it is now. You
They must have used a lot of unconventional methods, right? In this dark galaxy, just surviving is an extremely difficult thing."
Sosh raised his eyebrows and glanced at Talos beside him, but the other person shrugged and said he didn't say anything.
"So allying with the Eighth Army and intervening in the Imperial Civil War is also for survival?"
"Of course, in fact, we have no right to choose at all. Lord Talos should know better than anyone else that the King of Night is moody and any world that disobeys him will be completely exterminated. We are not so arrogant as to think that we can fight against an entire Aspen
Tate Corps.”
Soshyan looked at the other party and suddenly smiled.
"You think yourselves are too innocent, Sage Bangura."
"Chapter Commander, I have no intention of portraying myself as an innocent person, because in the dark forest of the Milky Way, innocence means being reduced to cattle and sheep. We just want to survive, that's all... Since the Great Rebellion.
, we have never joined any forces that oppose the empire, nor have we formed an alliance with any alien race, nor have we fallen into the dark side of subspace. I think these three points alone are enough to express our attitude."