Mind Control, Who Controls Whom?

In the Osiris system, the Eleventh Legion launched an orbital bombardment of nine inhabited planets within the system.

Nimrod led the Honor Guard to launch an airdrop to the main star.

As the Drop Pod plummeted, the Primarch's consciousness spread outwards.

He quickly took control of the drop zone: the defensive structures vaporized by the orbital strike, the mangled corpses of the Sons of War, and countless human corpses outnumbering those of Astartes...

The Primarch's consciousness continued to spread outwards, covering a five-kilometer radius around him, and continued to expand outwards.

Immediately, his thoughts collided with an inhuman mental shock.

The Primarch sensed thirteen icy threads attacking the Mind Gate.

His thoughts seemed frozen, and a chilling voice echoed in his heart, "Submit to me! Submit to me!..."

A bright flame suddenly erupted from Nimrod's spine, and he ascended to the first level of the Thelema Mindset.

His soul burned with a flame, like the earth's core.

The chill vanished instantly.

The Primarch's consciousness followed the consciousness that had launched the mental attack on him and immediately saw a strange creature.

He was entirely human-shaped, with a head shaped like a heart, as clear and translucent as ice crystals, shimmering with a dazzling spiritual light.

Threads of icy coldness spread from his heart, thirteen of which extended toward his soul, only to be consumed by the flames of his soul.

Countless threads extend from the ice crystal heart, spreading to and controlling countless other creatures.

[Controlling the mind, who controls whom?]

As the Primarch's thoughts surfaced, the Mind Flame destroyed the Mind Defense Gate of the Osiris Mind-Seed.

At the same moment, across the planet, countless Mind-Control Species felt a burning pain and severed their mental ties with their fellow beings who were also suffering from the mental attack.

"I command you, come out!"

The Drop Pod crashed onto the surface of Osiris, the primary planet.

The moment the hatch opened, Nimrod said to Arsena Dunn:

"I have mind-controlled an Osiris Mind-Seed. After landing, I will collect its 3D image and upload it to the Legion Tactical Network."

"Yes, my lord." The Primarch's Attendants's narrow blue eyes were filled with astonishment as he looked ahead at the rising Xenos creature.

The Xenos creature was surrounded by Psychic Field, which freed him from the constraints of gravity, allowing him to float in the air.

The Xenos creature had a heart-shaped head with more than a dozen ice-blue threads, and it held a blue staff like a hand.

He also saw countless icy blue threads retracting back around his heart.

Meanwhile, the armed humans stopped, their faces showing confusion, as if they were in a dream.

The Primarch's Attendants recorded the image of Osiris Mind-Seed, thinking to himself.

The 13th Legion suffered over 10,000 casualties without even realizing that the mastermind behind it all was Xenos.

The Black Emperor, however, located the Xenos controlling humanity and instigating the rebellion the moment the airdrop landed.

The Mind-Control Species tumbled and floated in front of Nimrod. He felt as if he were being plunged into a blazing furnace, the threads hissing and swaying.

The Primarch's gaze was profound; his consciousness traversed the minds of the Mind-Control Species, uncovering the secrets within their minds.

He knew that the Osiris Mind-Seed was Psionic Energy race, and as their name suggested, they were skilled in mind control.

Nimrod also knew why the Osiris Mind-Seed could manipulate minds on a large scale.

Besides their talent, it was also because of the blue Psionic Energy they wielded.

The Psionic Energy staff of the future Imperium was somewhat different from what I remembered.

The Imperium's Psionic Energy staff is a black staff originally from the hands of the Xenos, powered by a psionic battery.

Psyker can store their Psionic Energy in their Psionic Energy, which will serve as an additional energy source during combat.

In melee combat, the Psionic Energy staff can be used as Power Weapon, and the user can also enhance their attack power by absorbing energy stored in the psionic battery.

The Osiris Mind-Seed's Psionic Energy staff can not only be actively charged, but also draw energy from the mind of the mind-controlled creature and store it.

They are able to control humanity on a large scale precisely because of the power of the Psionic Energy staff.

[Osiris Mind-Seed truly operate in a self-perpetuating cycle, drawing energy from manipulated minds and then using that energy to manipulate others.]

The Primarch incorporated the Osiris Mind-Seed into their minds. Compared to the Flao's comprehensive but not spiritual Psionic Energy skills, they were far more proficient in the realm of mind control.

He immediately made a breakthrough in the field of mind control, forming Thought Impulse from the information about the Osiris Mind-Seed and sending them to the Primarch's Attendants.

"Upload it to the Legion's Tactical Network, and simultaneously send a separate order to the Librarian: I want to Mind-Control Species."

Nimrod did not order the entire legion to capture the Mind-Control Species, as this would put them in danger.

However, once he grasps the situation Mind-Control Species, he anticipates that Librarian will be able to capture it.

Osiris's mind control system uses telepathy to create a vast network covering the planet, enabling them to share information in real time.

This is both their strength and their weakness.

The Primarch gene then began to expand its consciousness once more.

Um?

The Primarch's eyes flashed. He knew from the mind of the mind -Mind-Control Species controlling being that, due to their different innate abilities, the Mind-Control Species had different mental powers and different distances between them.

The one closest to him, the Mind-Control Species, was over a hundred kilometers away, already within his conscious reach.

Hidden?

The Primarch's eyes flickered with light and shadow as it mobilized Warp power.

He found four Osiris Mind-Seed, all lurking in the dark underground.

The Primarch controls his own mind, resonating with the mental fluctuations of the Osiris Mind-Seed; his consciousness permeates the mental network.

He sensed the entire planet, densely packed with tens of thousands of individual minds.

The Primarch donned the "Howling Mask," opened its mouth abruptly, and let out a Psychic Scream.

The Psychic Scream spread rapidly throughout the mental network.

Centered on Nimrod's position, terrifying screams echoed in the minds of each Mind-Control Species, and they fell helplessly to the ground.

A squad of soldiers from the 13th Legion faced a massive, overwhelming attack.

Having run out of ammunition, they brandished their melee weapons and launched an attack.

Only four Sons of War remained in the squad, their power armor stained crimson with blood, flesh and entrails covering their armor.

Their supplies had long been cut off, and their communication links had long since lost the rune markers of friendly forces.

The enemies are endless, and they attack without ceasing.

New recruit Burn brandishes his Chainsword, hacking at the fanatical enemy.

The engine roared, and severed limbs and broken pieces flew everywhere.

The rebels witnessed a scene of utter Purgatory, yet their steps did not falter. As before, they charged madly toward the Sons of War.

The bullet struck Burn's Power Armor and bounced off.

"Be careful," Captain Eddie warned.

He knew that these people were only attacking him to exhaust him.

Once they discover a breach in the front line, they will immediately launch a heavy attack.

Eddie couldn't understand how the enemy was monitoring the battlefield situation in real time.

Of course, this was only a minor perplexity among the events he couldn't understand; what he couldn't understand even more was why the rebels' morale was so high.

He had never encountered an enemy force with such a resolute fighting spirit before, especially considering that the company commander, leading half of his company, had destroyed the local command system, rebel officials, and key strategic points in the first wave of attacks.

The rebels should have already lost morale, or at least fallen into chaos.

As Eddie pondered, his Eyepiece detected Threat Rune flashing wildly at the three o'clock position.

"Three o'clock position, artillery position, charge!"

Even though he believed annihilation was inevitable, Eddie was still looking for a chance to win; he had to eliminate the enemy's newly exposed firepower threat.

The remaining four Sons of War immediately charged toward the artillery position, with Eddie as their spearhead.

Artillery fire covered the spot where they had been standing, and if they hadn't moved, shells would have been hitting them.

The Threat Rune flashed once more, and artillery shells unleashed a barrage of fire upon them.

Burn lagged behind, his back to Eddie, wielding his Chainsword to fend off attacks from behind.

Suddenly, Threat Rune began flashing wildly in front of Burn.

"Enemy attack!"

He only had time to utter a word before the artillery fire instantly covered a four-kilometer radius around the squad, bringing all the rebel humans into the attack range.

Boom boom boom!

A dense barrage of bullets covered the four Sons of War.

Several shells blasted into Burn's Eyepiece.

With a loud explosion, Burn's body crashed to the ground.

Eddie noticed that Burn's runes had disappeared, and he immediately realized that the enemy had deliberately exposed their artillery positions before launching an attack from the surrounding area.

This is an open strategy, but they don't want a slow death.

Even in death, the Sons of War must inflict as much damage as possible on the rebels before falling in battle.

The three continued forward toward the marked artillery position.

Suddenly, the Eyepiece lit up with a screen Threat Rune dots, and the rebels launched an artillery barrage from all sides.

The rebels have deployed more artillery.

Just as Eddie realized this, another of his men fell to the ground.

We could only hold on until now.

Just as the thought crossed Eddie's mind, the gunfire suddenly stopped.

The rebels charging towards them from afar also stopped in their tracks.

After killing the Mind Osiris Mind-Seed with the Psychic Scream of the "Howling Mask," Nimrod immediately ordered the Shadow of Order to gather them together.

He moved the Osiris Mind-Seed, which he had killed with Psychic Scream, to the "Nation of Disorder."

Meanwhile, the Psionic Energy Osiris was also gathered and sent to the Librarian.

The Honor Guard discovered fifty-two surviving Sons of War on the surface and, following Nimrod's orders, placed them aboard the Judgment.