Chapter 19 19, System and Essence
"It is said that at the beginning of the Diaspora, the Emperor pretended to be humble and found the portal to the realm of the immortal gods. He promised to give them treasures that only those who were about to become gods could provide, and gained their trust. The gods gave part of their power to the Emperor, and the Emperor used it to study science and finally solved the mystery of creation."
The Emperor created twenty-one demigod Primarchs and tore up the agreement with the gods.
When making the Primarchs, the Emperor added the power of God, so the Primarchs were also jokingly called the Great Demons of the Warp who lived in the real universe and wore human skin.
The essence of the Warp will awaken with the growth of the Primarch.
After embracing its own essence, the Primarch will become a chaotic creature that can move freely in the Warp.
This is very similar to the Ascended Demon blessed by the Four Gods, but it is also completely different.
If the Warp essence of the Primarch is compared to a company.
Accepting the blessing of the Four Gods to achieve the Ascended Demon is equivalent to selling your own company and receiving a one-time payment, but from then on you become a wage earner.
Embracing the essence of the subspace is equivalent to being officially listed. After becoming bigger and stronger, it can completely compete with old companies such as the Emperor or the Four Gods.
Today, Duker has also come to this step and has insight into his own subspace essence.
But
"If my subspace essence is a network server."
"What does the system have?"
The Primarch used the computing power of the mind network, hoping to deduce the answer from it.
Unfortunately, he had too little information and only came up with two guesses in the end.
The first possibility is that the second Primarch awakened the essence of the subspace ten thousand years ago. After he traveled to this body, he was affected by the thinking of the traveler, and the essence was manifested in the form of a system.
The second possibility is that the system, with its supreme power, forcibly changed the properties of the second Primarch.
Duker thinks the first possibility is more likely.
But the second possibility is not impossible.
However, since he can't get the answer he wants, he simply doesn't waste computing power anymore.
There are gaps in the Primarch's memory, and all the truths must be found by his future self.
All hidden history will appear in the future journey.
In the real world, Dukel's eyes seemed to be able to see the distant future.
After seeing through the essence, accompanied by the cheers and active faith around him, the Primarch could clearly feel the growth of his own power.
The future expedition is destined to be full of thorns.
He could clearly feel the malice hidden in the warp.
This is a hunt for the Primarch.
But Dukel will tell all beings that the entire galaxy and even the warp are his hunting grounds.
Now his spirit is connected to his essence.
Dukel feels that he can also upgrade his mind training method.
Psychic energy has the effect of decomposing and purifying the energy of the warp, which is fully reflected in his essence.
This new system, which is completely different from psychic energy, is guaranteed to surprise all malicious guys.
Dukel ended the speech amid cheers.
Dozens of planetary governors were kept by him to jointly plan future policies.
The Military and Political Department was also formally established during the discussion.
Currently, there are nearly 10,000 and growing members of the Heart Network, who will assist the Primarch in controlling every future war.
A new research institute was established, and the Mechanicus will work with the scientists of the Empire to digest every technology that has been perfected by Duker.
This will open a new chapter for the Empire's stagnant or even regressing technology tree.
A new fleet, a new Second Legion, and new technology.
There is also a new academy, a huge academy comparable to the size of a main city, which will be officially established on Ophelia VII.
Duker named it the "Imperial Temple" and served as the first dean.
The academy will provide a steady stream of high-quality talents for scientific research, religion, culture, military and political fields based on the talents of the students.
After half a month of deliberation.
After finalizing one decree after another concerning the citizens of the Empire.
Duker returned to his room.
Up to now, the number of members of the Heart Network has reached nearly 20,000.
Each member of the Heart Network is an elite with absolute loyalty. Such a large number is enough to make him handy in many things.
Then, he discovered something that surprised him even more.
The psychic, the first psychic joined the Heart Network.
Duke read the memory of the psychic, and then his face was relieved.
Anna, the little girl he had saved before.
She has a very high talent for fire magic.
In the empire where psychics generally have a tragic fate, and the future is destined to be desperate and gloomy, Duke is her only hope.
Therefore, Anna has absolute faith in the original body and successfully accepted the invitation of the heart network.
"Squeak!——"
The sharp sound made the little girl's toes curl up instantly.
Silently chanting Duke's name in her heart, hoping to gain strength to resist the torture of this sharp sound.
Time passed in a flash.
When the sound stopped.
"Ding!——"
A crisp and pleasant reminder sounded, and a translucent panel appeared in front of her.
The girl who made a choice in ignorance found herself instantly moved to a huge and dark space.
Countless messages were scrolling on the translucent holographic screen in front of her.
"Super Brain Assisted System is on sale today? I won't say it, I've already snapped it up."
"Mind training technique practice notes, 10 points per copy, don't miss it if you pass by!"
"Oka Star expelling demons mission, 3=1, come quickly."
"Ophelia No. 7, black market cleanup mission, are there any sisters in the nun order who can provide some information? Paid."
Looking at these scrolling subtitles, Anna vaguely understood something, and her breathing suddenly became rapid.
Just then.
A new prompt appeared in front of her.
[It is detected that you have a high-level fire magic psychic talent, whether it has been uploaded to the heart network; after uploading, you can get points: 5000]
[Please choose carefully, you will lose this talent after uploading. ]
Anna was shocked by this sudden prompt.
After seeing the prompt clearly, she made a choice without hesitation,
"Upload!"
For her, psychic power is not a talent, but a curse, and she has no nostalgia for it.
After the voice fell,
"Congratulations on getting 5000 points."
At the source of the Heart Net, Duker's hand condensed a ball of spiritual energy, which wrapped Anna's psychic talent and was being rapidly analyzed.
After understanding his own nature, he awakened many magical abilities, the most obvious of which was the mental control of the members of the Heart Net.
Modify memory, change subconsciousness, deprive spiritual talents, and even pull the souls of the members of the Heart Net back to the Heart Net after their death.
To a certain extent, Duker, as the Lord of the Heart Net at this moment, is not much different from the Chaos Evil God in the Subspace. . .
All souls that join the Heart Net will belong to him, the Lord of the Heart Net.
Even if Anna refuses the reminder of the Heart Net, Duker can still deprive her of psychic talents.
It's just that he doesn't want to do so.
The computing power of the Heart Net surged, and soon this talent was packaged as a blessing and put on the shelves of the Heart Net Mall.
[Ding! ——】
[Blessing·Burn Disinfection, available on the Heart Network Mall, price: 100 points]
[Blessing·Breath of Fire, available on the shelves at: 500 points]
[Blessing·Fire Incarnation, available on the shelves at: 1000 points]
[Blessing·Fire Spirit Shield, available on the shelves at: 500 points]
[Blessing·Manipulate Fire, available on the shelves at: 300 points. ]
[Blessing·Natural Law, available on the shelves at: 200 points]
Soon, a series of prompt sounds in the Heart Network appeared in the ears of the Heart Network members.