Talos had mentioned this forge world to Soshyan a long time ago. As the main inheritors of the Eighth Legion's legacy, the Broken Eagle warband also inherited Ulanhuda's secret contact information from the Primarch.
Although for a long time after the Great Rebellion, Ulan Huda lived well with its own unique technology, but with a series of events such as the Tyranid Invasion and the Black Crusade, as well as the long-term activities of Black Watch in the Ghoul Star Territory, Their lives are getting harder and harder.
Regarding their relationship with Chaos, Talos also specifically explained that precisely because they often move in subspace, the sages of Ulan Huda are actually much more vigilant about Chaos than any Dark Mechanicus.
Even now they do not consider themselves to be part of the Dark Mechanicum.
"There are as many beliefs as there are in the Mechanicum, as there are stars in the sky."
Maintaining the utmost patience, Soshiyan listened to the talk of the sage Rakhi Bangura.
"Some believe that the Emperor is the physical manifestation of the Mechanicus, the Omnesia, while their critics claim that the Emperor pretends to be their god in order to gain their support, believing that the Mechanicus is still buried beneath the sands of Mars. , there are even some people who believe that by strengthening and transforming their bodies with technological products, they can one day get rid of all flesh and blood and become like the mechanical gods."
Soshiyang crossed his arms and looked at each other with a half-smile.
"And what do you think of the relationship between the Emperor and the Adeptus Mechanicus?"
Rakhi Bangura stared at Soshiyan through the black folds of his eyes, as if debating in his mind whether to answer the question.
After a long time, the other party replied sincerely:
"Just speaking for myself, I believe that the Emperor is a great man, a superman with great ambitions, a completely rational and natural man, and many people think that his knowledge may exceed the sum of the Mechanicum... ..But even with all these characteristics, I still believe that he is still a human! His superb understanding of technology and his negative attitude towards superstition make the Emperor a shining beacon guiding the Empire and the Mechanicum Alliance into the future. But many people within the Cult of Mechanicus are deliberately turning a blind eye to this, stubbornly ignoring the proof before them, and instead believing in their blind faith even more intensely, holding the decadent superstitious dogma tightly to their chests."
"In that case, what do you think of Wan Jishen? If you don't mind me asking this."
Lucky Bangura did not answer immediately, but stood up straight, turned around and walked to one side of the conference room wall, used a probe extended from his fingertips to remove a ventilator switch on it, and then returned to the conference At the table.
"Captain Soshyan, do you know what this is?"
"Of course, it's a switch."
"How would you describe him?"
Soshyan looked at this technical "heretic" and felt for the first time that this was a very interesting person, so he chose to answer.
"I'm not a professional. I can only say that this is a simple switch. Two pieces of metal can connect a circuit when they are in contact and disconnect it when they are not."
"How do you think it works?"
"Well, two contacts are closed when they make contact, and there is no space between them, which means that electricity can flow from one side to the other. When they are separated by space, they are open circuit, so the current cannot pass."
"Exactly. It's simple logic based on basic engineering and physics."
Lucky Bangura raised the switch in the air and continued:
"Therefore, this switch is the simplest technical product we can think of, but those superstitious people who endlessly promote the concept of the God of Machines as real gods want us to believe that some kind of divine mechanical will exists inside. They Tell us that only by pleasing some invisible existence can this switch work, and that existence cannot be proven and can only be believed by faith... I do not deny the God of All Machines, but I believe that it is a Concept, a spiritual coordinate that inspires human beings to use reason and science to fight even in the darkness of despair, instead of turning our hearts to some illusory spiritual anesthetic when we are in trouble."
Soshyan felt that if these words were to be spread out, the seven forging worlds outside would definitely open fire on the Eternal Loyalty soon.
Heresy, pure heresy, this is a direct denial of the fundamental teachings of the Mechanicum.
But on the other hand, as a world that often travels through subspace, there is still primitive mechanical materialism within it, which is considered a strange flower in the galaxy. To be honest, although Soshyan's theory of the Mechanicus I'm not very familiar with it, but I've heard of this idea that was once popular on Mars, but it was a long, long time ago.
Or is it that some of them no longer believe in the so-called gods because they have witnessed too many horrors?
Although heresy is heretical enough, it is not bad for Soshyan. After all, he is not a believer in the God of Machines, nor does he care much about the religious arguments of the Mechanicus. However, these people's attitude towards the emperor is respect. , then both parties have the most basic consensus point.
The duty of the Astartes is to protect the Emperor, the Empire, and humanity, but it does not include defending the teachings of the Mechanicum. After all, that is their own job.
"But... many of your actions have broken the red lines drawn by the Emperor for you."
Soshyan put one hand on the table and tapped his fingers lightly on the smooth surface.
"Technological heretics are also on our sanctions list, you have to understand this."
"That's for survival... Chapter Commander Soshiyan, I have heard some stories about you from certain channels. Frankly speaking, you redeveloped an almost extinct chapter into what it is now. You They must have used a lot of unconventional means, right? In this dark galaxy, just surviving is an extremely difficult thing."
Sosh raised his eyebrows and glanced at Talos beside him, but the other person shrugged, saying that he didn't say anything.
"So allying with the Eighth Army and intervening in the Imperial Civil War is also for survival?"
"Of course, in fact, we have no right to choose at all. Master Talos should know better than anyone else that the King of Night is moody and any world that disobeys him will be completely exterminated. We are not so arrogant as to think that we can fight against an entire Aspen Tate Corps.”
Soshyan looked at the other party and suddenly smiled.
"You make yourselves look too innocent, Sage Bangura."
"Chapter Master, I have no intention of portraying myself as an innocent person, because in the dark forest of the Milky Way, innocence means being reduced to cattle and sheep. We just want to survive, that's all... Since the Great Rebellion. , we have never joined any forces against the empire, nor have we formed an alliance with any alien race, nor have we fallen into the dark side of subspace. I think these three points alone are enough to express our attitude."
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