"The ancient ones were affected by the churning Supreme Heaven. In order to defeat the enemy, they, who were not good at war... went too deep... Their original pure nature began to mutate... The original enslavers
Take advantage of the situation..."
"The Old Ones were attacked by demons?"
"If this is the case... there is still hope... They were confused by the power... and began to actively embrace the original chaotic energy..."
Hearing this, Soshyan finally understood that under the huge pressure of war, the Ancient Saints, or some of the Ancient Saints, began to excessively pursue uncontrollable power, so much so that they were contaminated by the alienated subspace.
Then the result is obvious. If the situation is allowed to develop, the ancient saints who are psychic creatures are very likely to degenerate into powerful demons or even evil gods. Even if not all but only a few, it will be a terrible catastrophe.
, especially for the Eldar who rely heavily on the Warp.
In this case, Asuryan, on the one hand, wanted to quickly end the war and quell the alienation of the subspace, and on the other hand, he also wanted to solve the problem of the corrupted ancient saints, so he played the role of a betrayer.
But then I thought about it, and there seemed to be some loopholes in it.
for example...
As a creation of the Ancient Saint, how could Asuryan avoid the supervision of the Ancient Saint and implement his plan? And from the ambiguous statement of this existence, he also vaguely guessed that not all the Ancient Saints had fallen... So these
Why were the ancient saints killed?
But Soshyan chose another method of questioning.
"You are the oldest servants of the Old Ones. Didn't you stop it?"
"We followed the order."
The answer seemed a little off topic, but it answered most of the doubts that Soshyan had just had.
Obviously, some of the still pure people within the Ancient Saints are aware of this corruption, but perhaps due to certain rules or other restrictions, they are unable to clean up the corruption spreading within themselves, so they can only ask Asuryan to come.
This also explains why Asuryan was able to implement this plan without the supervision of the Old Ones, and even communicated privately with the Star God.
If so, then another problem is solved——
The ancient saints should not have perished, because this part of the "purists" should have made preparations.
"A group of strange invaders came from outside the Milky Way. They have incredible biological evolution capabilities. I fought with their 'hive mind' not long ago and found that it was also a star god. Elder, is this also related to the ancient
Is it related to the Holy Spirit?”
The other party did not answer, but three symbols rose from the lake.
The first one uses simple lines to depict the shape of the swastika. The second one is composed of five rings, which are linked to each other in standard positions up, down, left, right and in the middle. The third one is two triangles intertwined with each other.
With the head upward, it seems to be rotating and extending infinitely.
After a moment, the old voice sounded again.
"The past of the ancients is so long that we cannot know it all. The only thing we know is that they had a disagreement at a certain period due to their ideas, resulting in a split, and what we serve is the [Harmony] in the middle.
One of the factions is also the only group of ancients still active in the galaxy. As for the other factions... they have long since disappeared behind the curtain of hundreds of millions of years."
The other party did not seem to answer Soshyan's question directly, but he gave an explanation. If the people behind Tyron were really the ancient saints of the past, they were not the ones from the War of Heaven.
But if that's the case, then things seem to be more complicated...
"Why didn't you follow the surviving Ancient Saints?"
"Because we follow orders."
"The Ancient One ordered you to stay? Including... following Asuryan's command?"
"You seem to have begun to believe that it is an omnipotent and omniscient god."
The other party's rhetorical question made Soshyan slightly startled, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.
"Yes, anyone would think so... It seems that since the birth of the Alexei family, Asuryan has been using this family to carry out its layout."
Then he changed the subject.
"But if all this is Asuryan's arrangement, why have you been waiting here all this time instead of taking the initiative to look for me? You even need to... give those things outside of yourself before you are willing to meet me."
The other party only answered two words.
"rule."
"Rules? Who made them? Asuryan? Or... you?"
This time the other party didn't answer, but instead let out a long sigh.
"...Finally, it's over."
"What?"
I saw the mummy on the suspended throne suddenly raising his hand, and then something flew towards Soshiyang, who caught him in his hand before touching him.
"This is?"
Soshyan lowered his head and stared, only to find that it was... something indescribable.
It is like some kind of sharp object, but it flows like a liquid, appearing and disappearing. It occasionally emits an inexplicable glimmer of light, and you can see countless stars passing by, as if the universe is held in his hands.
.
"Your... choice..."
"Choose? What to choose?"
"free..."
"What's the meaning?"
Just after he finished speaking, Suoshiyang was shocked. He had guessed...
This thing may be able to erase a certain existence in his consciousness...
free...
Indeed, if there is no one, then he is no longer bound by the so-called mysterious plan...
He no longer has anything to do with the Emperor...
He is who he is and will never be viewed as someone else...
free...
Soshiyang quietly held the thing in his hand, and countless thoughts ran through his mind. He could not feel that this thing had any power, but it was the most terrifying thing.
"Then will I become Asuryan?"
"It...has made...a choice..."
"I don't quite believe that a being like it would really make such a sacrifice for a race that has nothing to do with itself. Furthermore, as long as it can be resurrected, wouldn't it be easy to restore Ada's dominance?"
"You... don't understand it... I... don't understand it either... but this is... its choice..."
After saying that, it finally let out a deep sigh, and then tilted its head.
"Huh? You..."
The surrounding Balasonilash simultaneously made a low sound like a conch, as if they were mourning, but Soshyan did not react at all.
Just die like that?
Then he watched the suspended throne slowly descend and sink into the silver lake.
"Hey, wait, are you leaving now?"
Soshiyang stepped forward and stretched out his hand, as if he still couldn't believe that a being who was contemporary with Asuyan said a few words and then died with his neck tilted, and then a deep voice sounded in his ears.
"Dear guest, the eldest father has indeed returned to the sea of spirit."
Soshiyang stopped, put down his hand, watched the other party sink completely into the lake, and murmured to himself:
"But my question... I haven't finished asking it yet?"