Warhammer 40: Gods Of Mortals

Chapter 1184 Faith in Truth
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Los One.

The Astartes warrior of the 17th Legion named Hermit walks in the huge hive city, his heavy footsteps opening a path through the dense crowds on the streets.

The broadcasts on both sides of the streets and the propaganda boats flying in the sky carrying broadcasts echoed the admonitions of the hermit's genetic father at this moment.

"The religious beliefs of the Los Galaxy must be replaced!"

"You sacrificed livestock and industrial products to your so-called gods, but your so-called gods did not come to save you. It was me who truly freed you from the hands of the slave owners!"

"It's Lorgar Aurelion! It's my Seventeenth Legion! It's us who liberated you!"

"From now on, you can only believe in the truth of the empire! Only the teachings of fire and thunder!"

"..."

The hermit listened to the roar of the Father of Genes on the radio, walked through the crowd and came to the center of the square.

The fire is burning everything related to the local beliefs in the Los system.

Statues, books, video products...

Lorgar himself was stepping on the remains of the golden statue of the god believed by the Los people, loudly proclaiming his own arrangements for the Los people's beliefs.

The Primarch held a staff-like scepter in his hand.

On that scepter is the Imperial Sky Eagle, which is the scepter held by the Imperial Truth Preacher.

But the scholar who came to Los to preach the truth of the empire was killed by the locals, so Lorgar was shouting and yelling while holding a scepter that was completely inconsistent with his body shape.

The hermit walked over.

"Your damned God can't save you, but can guide you to rebel?"

"I hereby swear to the most sacred Imperial Truth and Flame Thunder Eagle that if your damned god guides you to rebellion again next time, I will hollow out the head of its statue and put it in the toilet of my flagship as a toilet!"

Lorgar was still roaring.

The hermit stood behind Lorgar and said in the communication channel: "The Lord of Flame is coming."

"Shut up," Lorgar scolded the hermit. "Don't you see what I'm doing?"

The hermit is silent.

Lorgar continued to preach: "In this universe, in any known place in this universe, there is only one thing that is sacred, and that is the truth I preach to you!"

"if you guys……"

At this point, Lorgar suddenly turned around and looked at the hermit: "My uncle is here?"

The eyes beneath the hermit's helmet looked at the Primarch calmly and he nodded slightly.

"Oh no!" Lorgar was horrified, "He must be here because of the rebellion of the Los people..."

The hermit nodded again gently.

The Primarch leapt down from the statue, thrust the scepter into the hermit's hands, and dashed towards the Seventeenth Legion's station at the rear of the square.

The hermit walked over to the remains of the statue and continued the sermon that the Primarch had not yet finished.

And Luo Jia ran all the way back to the military camp.

The most filial son of the Seventeenth Legion, who was also the legion commander, was found in the military camp by his genetic father.

Seeing the Gene Father so panicked, the Legion Commander was also anxious: "Could it be that the Lord of Flame is coming?"

Luo Jia nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes..."

The legion commander immediately turned to look at his adjutant: "Plan B!"

The legion clerk immediately put down everything he was doing, took out the Primarch's seal and quickly stamped a pile of documents.

Those documents will prove that the Primarch is not in Los at this time, but is doing and approving a series of good things.

Luo Jia still couldn't rest assured, and said to the legion commander anxiously: "Do you remember what I told you before?"

The legion commander nodded: "The blame for the rebellion that quickly followed the conquest of the Los Galaxy is completely placed on the Los people..."

boom--

A sonic boom sounded above the military camp, interrupting the legion commander's words.

Lorgar felt terrified when he heard this sound. He had heard this sound countless times, but it was never as terrified as this time. The sonic boom was the sound of someone accelerating and fine-tuning for accuracy during landing.

Then, the person that Lorgar least wanted to see in the Los galaxy at this point in time fell from the sky.

The smoke and dust suddenly rose up and then suddenly dissipated.

"Lorgar, my dear nephew, how long has it been since we last met?"

Qin Mo had a smile on his face that wasn't really a smile, and walked towards Luo Jia as everyone in the military camp watched with bated breath.

Luo Jia was not so anxious at this moment, and he became calm.

"Go away." Lorgar, looking pale, pushed the legion commander and said, "This has nothing to do with you."

The legion commander took a dozen steps back in astonishment, then stopped and looked at the Lord of Flame and the Father of Genes in panic.

Qin Mo extended his hand to Luo Jia: "Follow me."

Luo Jia thought hesitantly, but his legs and feet still carried his body over, but he turned his head to look at his legion commander.

"The Primarch has some urgent matters to attend to..." the Legion Commander whispered.

"Your Primarch will not be beaten." Qin Mo grabbed Luo Jia's hand and jumped up.

The Primarch and the Lord of Flame disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye, leaving behind only the remnant of the deafening roar at the moment of their jump.

……

On a towering mountain in Los One.

The sudden roar dispersed the strange beasts on the top of the mountain, and Qin Mo and Luo Jia landed on the edge of the cliff at the top of the mountain.

What Luo Jia was most worried about did not happen.

Qin Mo let go of Luo Jia's hand, walked silently to the cliff and sat down.

Through the clouds one can see the towering religious buildings on the planet Los, which are being dismantled by the logistics machinery of the Seventeenth Legion.

"What are you doing standing there? Come and sit down." Qin Mo patted the seat next to him.

Luo Jia hesitated and walked over immediately.

The Primarch sat down huddled up, hugging his legs, and looked at the huge religious buildings on Los I that he had ordered to be demolished.

"Why did the people of Los accept the rule and then rebel?" Qin Mo asked.

His voice was light, as if he was talking about something non-serious.

It also sounds like a question whose answer is already known and does not need to be solved.

"Because I burned their idols, strictly prohibited their religion, and destroyed their temples." Lorgar said, "The people of Los resisted the truth of the empire. They foolishly believed in a god who would never care about them... I provided the people of Los with the material conditions we could provide."

"Build industrial areas to produce synthetic food that can feed every one of them."

“And then they rebelled anyway.”

"..."

Qin Mo listened to Luo Jia's words.

He was thinking about Lorgar himself.

Lorgar no longer believed in religion by the time of the Great Crusade, but he treated the Imperial Truth like a religion.

And this imperial truth came from a discussion between Flame and Thunder.

Qin Mo recalled the Emperor asking himself at that time: "The Imperial Truth is indeed a lie, but in the absence of large-scale anti-warp influence methods, is it feasible to let everyone know the existence of the warp and the dark gods?"

"Of course it's not feasible." Qin Mo replied, "If everyone knew about the existence of chaos, the impact it might cause would be... unimaginable."

The Emperor nodded. "So let's do Imperial Truth 2.0."

Compared with version 2.0, Imperial Truth 1.0 adds dialectical weight because it is an extension of rationality, acknowledging the existence of idealistic forces and giving examples of the impacts that idealistic forces will bring.

This is the Imperial Truth that the Primarchs now spread in passing during the Great Crusade.

Applies to the period of time before the entire galaxy is completely isolated from the influence of the Warp.

(End of this chapter)