The Tuchulcha Engine, An Undetectable Jump

"The Nation of Disorder", the Third Layer Space.

Nimrod, holding the Dice of Prophecy, had images of the Sonnem System flashing through his mind.

The Sonnem System is located on the edge of the Great Cauldron, near Damaris.

The Sonnem System is centered around a bright blue giant star and includes fourteen planets and hundreds of moons.

The planets closest to their stars are arid, rocky planets, scorched by intense heat and radiation.

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In fact, Sonem is closer to the area that will later be known as the Calamity of the God-Emperor in the Koronus Expanse than Damaris, although it does not yet have this name.

After recalling the information he knew about Sonem, Nimrod silently recited it in his mind.

[The star map leading from the Cradle of Serpents to Sonem.]

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After silently reciting it eleven times, Nimrod reached out and threw the Dice of Prophecy in his hand.

After the triangular cone tumbled several times in the air, it landed in his outstretched hand, and a scene that looked like a holographic projection unfolded.

After recording the star map, Nimrod input it into the Data Crystal.

He did not immediately return to the real world. With a thought, he took a step forward and arrived in front of the Tuchulcha Engine.

The "Mentor of Disorder" saw the threads connecting him to the black and white sphere.

On a whim, he attempted to transmit the star map from the Cradle of Serpents to the Sonnem System to Tuchulcha.

"Can you lead a fleet on this journey?"

Immediately, as the golden spots on the sphere moved rhythmically, the Gene Primarch felt a flow of information, similar to Thought Impulse, rushing into his brain.

"Of course I can."

"It is my pleasure to serve you, esteemed Lord of Black Mist."

[It turns out we can communicate.]

Compared to the thirty years that the Tech-priest " spent, I established a much closer "connection" in less than a third of that time.

The communication method is more efficient than the Servitor's language, and I can track its location; even if it tries to run away, I can find it by following the communication.

Nimrod felt that the golden spots on the black and white spheres seemed to form a smiling face.

"Why did you Teleport away to escape during the Perturabo incident?"

He asked in a deep voice, the scattered golden spots then coalescing again, and at the same time, a reply came.

"Your consciousness is powerful and dangerous."

"I don't know what you're thinking, but I'd like to leave cautiously."

"Great Lord of Black Mist, I will no longer flee; I am willing to serve you."

Nimrod slightly. Although Tuchulcha was not a living being, he was more shrewd and pragmatic than the stubborn Slau Da and the Imprisonment Tear of Silence.

You will have an opportunity.

As he spoke, a thought flashed through his mind, and he returned to the real world.

Nimrod summoned Arsena Dunn, handed him the Data Crystal, and then gave him instructions.

"Order the 7th Company Fourth Legion and 5th Legion to assemble around the Shadow of the Throne."

Two sidereal days later, under the blue light, the black warships assembled around the Gloriana-class Battleship Shadow of the Throne and Death Wither.

Inside the Primarch's Palace of the Shadow of the Throne, there are two cabins of different sizes on either side of the Primarch Office corridor.

The large one was the Primarch's private armory. In the smaller Obsidian building opposite, inside the stone chamber, Nimrod crossed his arms and stared at the black and white sphere before him.

"Let's begin." The Primarch's Primarch flashed with light and shadow, his consciousness spreading through the bulkhead of the Shadow of the Throne, covering the entire fleet.

The illusory ripples spread rapidly in less than a breath, enveloping the entire fleet like bubbles.

Bubbles suddenly appeared on the waves of the Great Ocean, drifting with the current.

The Primarch Genes gathered his consciousness. Although he sensed the entire process, he could not understand the method used by the Tuchulcha Engine.

This is different from the "Teleport" performed by Daemonology Psyker who forcibly tear open the Veil.

It also bears no resemblance to Nimrod's Warp Spider and "Terror Vision," which allow him to travel at high speed between the real world and the Warp in a short period of time.

It is completely different from the "Gate of Infinity" which constructs a non-material staircase passage.

The methods of the Old Ones are indeed miraculous; their integration of Psionic Energy and technology is on a completely different level than that of the Aeldari.

No wonder Lion was instantly Teleport from the Perturabo underground to the Indomitable Truth without even realizing it.

The fleets entered Warp and began their voyages almost simultaneously, and he had no way of knowing which star system Tuchulcha would take them to.

Nimrod thought with admiration, after much deliberation, he finally found a precise description of Tuchulcha's methods:

Like a key, it opened a door.

[Hmm... key, door.]

The "Mentor of Disorder" gazed thoughtfully at the Spirituality of the Tuchulcha Engine.

The radiant Spirituality light emanating from it was clearly inferior to the Hand of Order, but it surpassed the Sequence 2 level of the Mask of the Death Archon.

Does the key formed by combining the Heart of Plague and the Ouroboros correspond to the "Key of Stars" in Sequence 1?

If that's the case, the key to the combination will be even more valuable to me.

It can not only travel through time and space to unlock the treasure trove of ancient weapons, but I can also "connect" to it and use it Spirituality.

As Nimrod pondered, his desire to find the other two parts and other key fragments grew stronger.

In the 6th standard month of 894, a "bubble" suddenly appeared in the Sonnem System.

Bright blue starlight illuminated the black fleet that suddenly appeared after the bubbles disappeared.

On the bridge of the Shadow of the Throne, the officers were briefly thrown into disarray.

Throughout the entire jump process, the Legion and the Navigator were unable to interfere. They were on long-term duty, but could only monotonously repeat limited tasks inside the ship, causing them to panic for a long time when faced with the sudden increase in workload.

Diana Pauline frowned slightly, staring at the control panel. On the two video screens, fifteen duplicate reports were scrolling, along with four reports with slightly different conclusions.

She glanced shyly at the Throne, then turned on her communication headset.

"You're like a bunch of headless flies that've just boarded Voidship."

Diana shouted in a deep, resonant voice, "Lord Nimrod has granted me eternal life and the authority to command my flagship, yet my officers are in utter chaos."

She absolutely would not allow it.

"Calm down!" Her cold voice silenced the slightly cluttered communication channel.

Before the Throne, Arsena Dunn examined the results of the Auspex's scans, quickly matching them with the data in the Data Crystal.

He looked at the Black Emperor, "My Lord, have we arrived at the Sonnem System?"

Nimrod nodded slightly. "Yes."

How did our Lord manage to do that?

After the fleet assembled... nothing happened... hmm, it entered a strange navigational state.

The seasoned "Detective," attempting to find the cause and deduce the result from the report, quickly noticed a piece of information.

"Chief Visher reports that the first pioneering voyage from the Cradle of Serpents to the Sonnem System will take five standard months."

"The reason for the extended time was that she observed four unusual phenomena during the flight and had to avoid a Warp Storm."

"Our recent voyage actually took two months."

Nimrod slightly. He was not surprised. The Old Ones had given Tuchulcha Engine the ability to navigate, which was undoubtedly beyond the scope of human understanding.

Warp anomalies and most Warp Storm could not stop its journey.

As Nimrod pondered, his silver-haired, sprightly Primarch's Attendants continued his report.

"The scan report indicates that the risk of navigation within the galaxy is extremely low, with very few asteroids and other celestial bodies, making them easy to avoid."

However, most of them suffer from high temperatures and radiation, making them unsuitable for habitation.

"The remaining planets have weak life signals and are preliminarily classified as undeveloped worlds."

Nimrod nodded, then stood up, went to the strategic table, and stared at the gradually forming holographic image.

He raised his hand and lightly tapped the eighth planet among the fourteen planets arranged from the outside in.

"Target: Planet Eight."