usatvline Chapter 495 Laws
Chapter 495 Laws
This time it was the Pope's turn to fall into deep thought, but she was not stumped by Howard's question, but Howard's reaction made her feel puzzled.
Why does this human reaction happen like this?
As the Pope of the Undead Dynasty, she certainly wouldn't come to Howard unprepared and act on impulse. In fact, once she'd made the decision, she'd already planned the content of the conversation: what she wanted to tell Howard, how he'd likely react, and what questions he might ask. While she didn't plan everything thoroughly, she at least had a scope and outline.
But what was this human's reaction at this point? He told him that he had killed countless of his compatriots for the benefit of the Necrons, and this human, in turn, said that he was not efficient enough and offered advice?
This was difficult for the Emperor to understand, because from his previous performance, Howard was not a person who ignored the lives of his compatriots.
From Howard's perspective, he actually didn't think he had the right to blame the Emperor.
Judging from the vast oceans and green plants on Second Terra, the environment of this planet is already better than 99% of the imperial worlds, and it is estimated that there is no need to pay tithes.
Under the protection of the Necrons, the planet is less likely to be threatened by Chaos and aliens. From these points of view, the humans who are chosen to survive and reproduce on Second Terra can be said to have better living conditions than almost all the people in the Empire.
Isn't this just like Freya's planet? Why do these beings with some abilities like to play with these super-large ecological spheres?
Finally, even if they are harvested, these humans die in the soul-exorcising dead zone, and their souls will decompose directly instead of being recycled by the monsters and demons in the warp.
Howard couldn't say which was more tragic: the soul turning into nothingness or existing forever but suffering endless torture.
What these selected people lost was the power of "choice", and from then on they became experimental subjects not much different from livestock.
But in the real world, being a human isn't necessarily better than being an animal, is it? As the saying goes, it's better to be a dog in peacetime than a human in troubled times. The universe is currently in a state of complete chaos.
Of course, there will also be people who will shout that if it is for freedom, both can be given up, but Howard knows very well that those who are really willing to give up their lives for freedom are still a minority. Most people have food to eat and clothes to wear and will not freeze to death or starve to death, so they will not think of giving up their lives for the so-called freedom.
Howard is not a savior or a leader of mankind. He has no right to make decisions on behalf of others, his will has no right to override that of others, and he has no right to forgive the Emperor on behalf of those who died at the hands of Air France. But at the same time, he also has no right to hate the Emperor on behalf of those humans.
Howard suspected that if someone rescued the people working on Second Terra and explained the situation, they would most likely throw rotten eggs and tomatoes at their rescuers. Most of these people might have lived out their lives carefree on Second Terra, but now, because someone had imposed their free will on them, they had to wake up to face the cruelty of the universe. This was likely true on Freya's planet as well.
This has been a confusing matter from the beginning to the end, with no absolute right or wrong. Continuing to dwell on the issue would be useless except for internal friction, so Howard decided not to dwell on it.
But not thinking about it doesn't mean not caring. Howard still cares about his fellow human beings who are being taken away for experiments, so he formally confirmed his demands at this time.
He had no right to refuse or accept on behalf of his compatriots. What he wanted to do was to fight for their right to "choose".
Just like what he did when facing the massacre of the Astra Militarum on Kalimdor, he knew that his actions might not be understood or even met with hostility, but this was something he believed was absolutely right and he would not be swayed by the opinions of others.
It is precisely based on these premises that Howard can raise questions about efficiency.
After a moment of stunned silence, the Hierophant chuckled dryly, perhaps expressing disdain or shock at Howard's arrival. Then, she replied, "Once humans are deployed, the flow of time on Second Terra will slow down considerably. Time will no longer speed up by millions of times in a matter of seconds."
Howard waited for the Emperor to explain further. The Emperor whispered, "Because the speed of human evolution is too fast."
"This is the thirteenth calculation. In this and the previous calculations, we have accelerated the flow of time too much." The Emperor snapped his fingers, and the picture switched again. It was still the Second Terra, and it still had the familiar distribution of continents and oceans. But unlike the Second Terra that had just been repaired, the Second Terra in this picture was covered with dark clouds, and beneath the clouds, a purple storm was swirling.
"The thirteenth calculation was what we considered the most promising," the Emperor explained to Howard. "Our initial population consisted of nearly one-tenth of untouchables, along with a handful of ancient human clones. We hoped this calculation would yield the individuals we needed, but the results were contrary to our expectations."
"The results of this calculation are nothing short of catastrophic. The released humans bred a large number of offspring in a remarkably short period of time within the material universe, and the proportion of psykers among them was abnormally high. Even after ten generations, a Class-A psyker appeared." The Hierophant observed the bright, eye-shaped purple vortex in the image. "These psykers formed into clusters and, using some unconventional means, broke through the veil of space and established a connection with the Warp. However, due to the rapid flow of time, we were unable to act in time. Later, through their sacrifice, they tore open the barriers between the material universe, hyperspace, and the Warp. Through this calculation, we know that psyker talent is completely random and there are no patterns."
Howard thought that was indeed amazing. Even with the Necrons' slow reaction, being able to forcibly communicate with the subspace and even open the Eye of Terror in the hyperspace with the Blackstone device was definitely not something that an ordinary A-level psychic could do. If the Necrons reacted even slower and the Eye of Terror opened further, Second Terra might even be further corrupted and turned into a demon planet.
That would be really fun, as it would be like a key experimental device being destroyed right under your nose due to stupid operation.
"This was also the first time we initiated the cleansing ritual on Second Terra before its population reached the threshold. It took us several years in reality to restore the planet to its planned level and close the warp rift. After that, to prevent a similar incident from happening again, we slowed down Second Terra's time flow to two thousand times that of the material universe."