The future exists, just as the past exists.
And this is one of the reasons why the Four Gods of Warp are so difficult to deal with.
In essence, whether the Four Gods of Warp are powerful or not depends on the souls, emotions, and thoughts of all beings projected into the Warp.
If all beings in the universe could truly believe in truth, goodness, and beauty from now on, the Four Gods would immediately become 'obedient babies'.
But the problem is that the existence of the Four Gods continuously affects reality, which means that unless there is some 'metaphysical' existence that can, with supreme power, Twist the emotions and souls of all beings in the universe in an instant, even killing the physical entities of the Four Gods in the Warp would only cause them to disappear for a period of time, unable to truly erase them.
After all, the Four Gods are 'concepts' by nature, not living beings.
But Luo Ji was completely confused, unable to comprehend 'Warp' at all.
"Wait a minute, even if 'Warp' appeared because of you, then... is there a problem?" He asked, full of confusion, pointing to the massive Mechanical Throne.
"What does this have to do with you sitting on this chair?"
"This chair is a replica."
Emrys, on the Mechanical Throne, stroked the armrest of the Mechanical Throne and said.
"Its original is in another place and is even more powerful, of course... I neither need such powerful functions nor can I sit on that 'genuine' one. Its sole and only function is to restrict my psychic power, completely isolating 'me' from 'Warp'."
"Isolation"
Luo Ji felt like he had grasped something, but the thought quickly vanished.
"Exactly, it's 'isolation'." Emrys gazed at him and said lightly.
"The origin of all this was the 'Biological Alchemy' experimental project two hundred years ago, which was the plan I originally intended to implement."
"Alchemy?" This new term made Luo Ji a bit bewildered.
"You can simply understand it as a perfect species that surpasses the 'Astartes'." Emrys continued.
"Just like the golden armored warriors you saw outside, they are the 'product' of this experiment — the Custodians."
"Isn't this good?"
Luo Ji said subconsciously.
"But unfortunately, the experiment was only half successful." Emrys fell into memory and said softly.
"We carefully studied the gene spiral technology of the 'Marker' and mixed it with knowledge of 'Warp', as well as some Astartes technology, and some advanced biological engineering technology. Finally, we successfully replicated the Custodians."
Luo Ji did not interrupt him, continuing to listen.
"At first, I was very happy. The success of the Custodian technology meant... perhaps I could completely end the war!"
Emrys couldn't help but chuckle, but outsiders could easily detect a hint of bitterness in it.
"The manufacturing cost of this batch of Custodians is very low, at least... far less expensive than the true 'Custodians'. At the same time, they are very stable, and the cultivation time is shorter. I thought everything was developing in a better direction, but I overlooked one point, a very important point."
Hearing this, Luo Ji couldn't help but hold his breath and became nervous.
"What point did you overlook?"
"I!"
Emrys pointed to himself with a bitter smile.
"I overlooked the most crucial thing. In this experimental plan, I played an extremely important role. I established a deeper, soul-level connection with the 'Custodians'. I originally thought this was a 'shackle' that could better control them and avoid the mistakes of the 'Great Betrayal', but I was wrong... From the moment I established a soul connection with them, the 'Four Gods' that had always been lurking deep in my soul finally found a 'gap'."
"My soul connection with the 'Custodians' is like... an amplification device."
"Through this connection, they successfully projected a portion of their will and power from my body onto this world."
"I discovered this, so I immediately ordered the Mechanicum to forge this Mechanical Throne using 'Blackstone' technology. It is to 'isolate' the will and power of the Four Gods from infiltrating this world."
"The result, as you can see... I am trapped here."
After Emrys finished speaking, he sighed heavily.
"Once I leave here, the power and will of the Four Gods will completely erode this world through the 'amplification' effect created by me and the Custodians."
Speaking of this, he looked up at Luo Ji, who seemed shocked, and slowly said:
"As human thoughts and emotions are reflected deep within the Warp, fear, anger, jealousy, hatred"
Emrys' face was expressionless, but a hint of sorrow was visible in his eyes.
"When these negative emotions continuously accumulate in the Warp and are constantly absorbed by the 'Four Gods', the barrier between reality and Warp will become increasingly thin, and the influence of the 'Four Gods' will expand wildly, like atomic fission, gradually affecting every person, every life, what will happen?"
"I, I don't know" Luo Ji's mind was in a mess. His understanding of Warp was limited to some popular science from Zhuang Yan.
He had no idea that Warp... was such a terrifying 'phenomenon'!
"Let me tell you the answer."
Emrys said self-deprecatingly.
"Soon, more and more humans will awaken and become psykers, and among these people, those with weak willpower will be seduced by the 'Four Gods', thereby becoming physical gateways for daemons to reality."
"War, slaughter, plague, disease, madness, debauchery."
"These will spread uncontrollably like a virus in human society, until the demise of the race, from which there is no escape."
"Do you wish to see such a world?"
Emrys' eyes drooped slightly, falling on Luo Ji, waiting for his answer.
"No, I don't wish to" Luo Ji opened his mouth and swallowed.
He could not imagine how terrifying and cruel a world full of war, slaughter, plague, disease, debauchery, and madness would be!
"But the outside world needs you too!" As soon as he thought of the current chaos outside, Luo Ji felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.
He carried the hope of humanity, with so many people sacrificing along the way, enduring countless hardships, and finally, with hope, arrived at this palace, but reality dealt him a heavy blow.
The person regarded as the 'savior' was like a 'Prisoner', unable to leave this 'cage'.
Don't forget, humanity now... is still under the shadow of the Trisolarans' threat!
Moreover, compared to two hundred years ago, this time the ETO is even more insidious; they have even controlled the High Lord Council!
Even an eight-year-old child knows that the ETO and the Trisolarans absolutely cannot coexist peacefully with humanity as they claim on the surface.
"Unless"
Emrys said this, his gaze falling on Luo Ji.
"Unless what?" Luo Ji saw his eyes and had a vague ominous premonition.
"Someone takes my place and sits on this 'Mechanical Throne'."
Emrys' eyes were deep, his voice seemingly coming from a distant star.
"And once the person who takes my place on 'it' will never be able to leave for the rest of his life. He must shoulder the fate of all humanity, constantly resisting the erosion of Warp and the whispers of the Four Gods, until... the last moment of his life."