Chapter 1: Source Material, “Disordered Country”
In the Darkness, Ninglu wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were heavy, as if glued shut.
He vaguely perceived his curled-up body slowly turning in the turbid amniotic fluid, continuing to sleep in a daze.
After an unknown period, his perception suddenly became clear. Beyond the amniotic fluid were glass partitions, which were part of an unpainted, silver-gray metal-cased device.
The smooth surface of the device had numerous mechanical slots and connection ports. The silver Gothic numeral ‘XI’ was clearly inscribed on the front, and below it, a metal plate bore another line of smaller, exquisitely penned inscription.
This was the first time Ninglu had “seen” such text. It was unlike any writing he knew, appearing to be a lengthy and complex prayer, used to beseech blessings and support from external powers.
Just as he was attempting to decipher it, a surprised voice sounded in his ear.
“My Lord, the Eleventh Primarch’s senses are very keen, just like the Fifteenth Primarch’s.”
A majestic, thunderous voice rang out.
“No, Makado.”
“I bestowed powerful psychic talent upon the Fifteenth Primarch, but to the Eleventh Primarch, I gave keen perception and a powerful consciousness.”
“He will possess extraordinary insight; he will be able to keenly pinpoint the enemy’s weaknesses and deliver precise and fatal blows. He will be the grim reaper on the battlefield, harvesting lives.”
【Eleventh Primarch?】
【Makado?】
Ninglu felt as if struck by lightning, his hazy consciousness instantly clearing.
The old man, holding a scepter and appearing frail, radiated dazzling light, but compared to the Sun beside him, he was more like a star.
His consciousness just touched the Sun, and he felt a burning sting.
“Sleep! You are still too fragile. It is not yet time for you to serve me!”
The Sun’s voice seemed to possess a certain magic. Ninglu immediately lost all perception of the outside world, as if the entire world consisted only of the gestation pod.
His body also slowly turned, facing away from the two speakers, his mind dully thinking.
【I… transmigrated… They are… the Emperor… and Makado… I became… the Eleventh Gene-Seed Primarch…】
Ninglu felt his thoughts enter a strange state. He didn’t know how long had passed after this sentence fully emerged in his mind.
His perception was suddenly liberated again; more accurately, the restraints disappeared.
He perceived the presence of the platform, the vibrating metal pillar engines, and other gestation pods.
He also perceived another conscious mind, Magnus?
Ninglu sensed that the Emperor and Makado had left, and he also sensed the surrounding gestation pods and the powerful life forms gestating within them.
He also perceived the scientists working at their respective stations beneath the platform; the number “I” was printed on the back of their protective suits.
Their gloves were covered in blood, and they were using silver dissection knives to cut open pale organs.
Ninglu had now confirmed that he had transmigrated to the Warhammer world and was a Gene-Seed Primarch created by the Emperor for the Great Crusade to conquer the galaxy.
【Why did I transmigrate to this cesspool of Warhammer, and as the Eleventh Gene-Seed Primarch who will be purged?
Even if I am careful, can I avoid my future fate?】
Just as he thought this, he suddenly felt his “body” float up, enveloped in black mist.
【How can there be mist in the gestation pod? Are the Chaos Gods already making their move?】
Immediately, Ninglu found his consciousness in a world of black mist, boundless and endless. He couldn’t feel its edges.
Only within a hundred-meter diameter centered on him was there no black mist, allowing him to see clearly.
【The Chaos Gods aren’t supposed to just pull my consciousness; they’re supposed to drag all the Gene-Seed Primarchs away and scatter them across various worlds in the galaxy.】
During the process of creating the Gene-Seed Primarchs, the Emperor made a deal with the Chaos Gods, agreeing that half of the Gene-Seed Primarchs would belong to the Warp deities.
His heart was solely for humanity, unconstrained by morality, so he naturally intended to break the agreement. However, the Chaos Gods would not allow him to renege, and thus created a Warp storm in the laboratory, scattering the twenty Gene-Seed Primarchs to different worlds across the galaxy.
As Ninglu wondered, a massive stream of information was suddenly poured into his mind.
In the past, his head would have surely exploded, but now his superhuman brain was processing the information at lightning speed.
【I am currently in the “Disordered Country.” The source material, in order to evolve, chose me and brought me to the Warhammer world.】
Ninglu suddenly remembered that before transmigrating, as a fan of 'Lord of the Mysteries,' he participated in the crowdfunding for the Blasphemy Slate.
After excitedly tearing open the package, he found a mysterious prize, then was enveloped by black mist and lost consciousness.
At the same time, Magnus’s consciousness stirred, spreading out in confusion, but found no anomaly when it swept past the Eleventh Gene-Seed Primarch’s gestation pod. After pausing for a moment, sensing that he seemed to be asleep, he withdrew his consciousness.
Ninglu looked ahead at a massive stone slab. He precisely sensed that the slab was twenty-two meters wide and ten meters high.
With a thought, he arrived before the gray stone slab.
The “Disordered Country” had just poured a vast amount of knowledge about the extraordinary domain into him. He knew that the slab recorded the potion formulas for 22 Pathways.
A Pathway is a Sequence chain that steadily progresses and grows step by step.
For mortals to gain extraordinary power, they must consume a Sequence 9 potion to become an extraordinary being.
The lower the Sequence number, the higher the potion quality. Sequence 9 to Sequence 0 is also a path to godhood.
As the one bearing the identity and destiny of the “Disordered Country”’s master, he must follow the Black Emperor Pathway. Therefore, the Blasphemy Slate currently only has the Sequence 9 “Lawyer” potion formula, with subsequent Sequences and other Pathway potion formulas to be gradually unlocked.
Sequence 9 “Lawyer” Potion Formula:
Main Ingredients: 1100 mm of wire grass, 1 chemical dog tongue.
Auxiliary Ingredients: 1100 ml of black ras fuerte, 1 Thorn Crystal plant, 1 Hive Giant Rat.
Extraordinary Abilities: …
Ninglu knew from the extraordinary knowledge that the potion ingredients on the Blasphemy Slate were different from those in his memory, but rather materials from the Warhammer world that contained similar extraordinary characteristics.
Fortunately, each material had an image, so he wouldn’t mistake them.
He also noticed that among the potion ingredients, the Hive Giant Rat and Thorn Crystal glowed faintly, while the other three were dim.
black ras fuerte?
Seeing the liquor that resembled black vodka, he immediately recalled that it was a local specialty of the industrial world of Vostronia.
The chemical dog was also unrelated to the Savlar Chem-Dogs; it was a canid brought by Vostronia’s first settlers.
【I am currently in a laboratory on Terra. There are Hive Giant Rats and Thorn Crystals in the Hive City, which is why they glow on the Blasphemy Slate.
The other three potion ingredients are not present, so they are dim. This is quite convenient; at least it lets me know if the potion ingredients exist in the current world.
To become a “Lawyer,” I will have to make a trip to Vostronia.】
Ninglu decided to return to his body, thinking that the Emperor might return to the laboratory at any moment.
His “body” quickly grew heavy, the black mist disappeared, and he returned to the gestation pod.
Ninglu felt a wave of fatigue and immediately fell into a lethargy.
Magnus, sensing an anomaly, spread his consciousness but found nothing, then withdrew it in confusion.
For the next few days, he was in and out of sleep, contemplating his plan to use his golden finger to change his fate.
【Gene-Seed Primarchs are useful tools for the Emperor. His order to purge the Gene-Seed Primarchs of the Second and Eleventh Legions must have been due to an unforgivable sin, either falling to Chaos or colluding with xenos.
With my keen senses, I might be thrown into a special world, and during my growth, be corrupted by local culture, unable to eradicate it.
To change the fate of being purged, I must start from the gestation pod!】
On the 11th day of his transmigration, he suddenly awoke from his slumber. He felt the Geller Field protecting the laboratory suddenly fail, and the energy barrier between the real world and the Warp was torn.
The source of Warhammer’s extraordinary characteristics, i.e., why these materials can be mixed to formulate potions and gain extraordinary abilities, will not be discovered until Ninglu advances to a high Sequence, as it involves the rules of this universe. Part of this will be revealed in Chapter 47.
The dispersion of the Gene-Seed Primarchs is, according to the official novel “The Head of the Heresy,” the first step in the Chaos Gods’ plan. The scenes in the gestation pod and after exiting it are also from the situation witnessed by Aggel Tahr in that passage. The translation of ‘gestation pod’ naturally also adopted the translation from the book.
This conflicts with Elda’s statement in the Siege of Terra series. I personally believe she did not have the ability to destroy the Emperor’s laboratory defenses and throw the Gene-Seed Primarchs into the Warp.
Legion members will be continuously updated in the related works; those who forget can check it themselves.