The Necrophages' collateral kin were a species that looked completely different from them.
This species had become short due to the abnormal gravitational environment of their homeworld, but over the course of evolution, they had ultimately moved away from stars that emitted intense radiation, so they did not look sickly either.
But no matter what, their lifespans were not much longer than those of the Necrophages. They were still equally short-lived.
When Qin Mo's group arrived in the world inhabited by this collateral branch of the Necrophages, they discovered that it was still in a pre-spacefaring state.
That was highly unusual. Although the Necrophages' collateral kin had diverged from the Necrophages at the genetic level, they were not far from the Kasa Dynasty. Logically, they should have had at least some contact.
But after giving it some thought, Qin Mo no longer found it strange.
Perhaps this collateral kin had been treated by the Necrophages as a sociology research subject with a +3 bonus and kept under restrictions.
"There is an Old One on this planet," the Emperor suddenly warned everyone.
Aurekan cautioned the Emperor, "Do not use Psychic Power on it, or it will definitely notice us."
The Emperor had merely heard a warning from a familiar will within the Cold Sun in the Warp. He had not released Psychic Power to investigate that Old One, so naturally, he would not alarm it.
Just as they had not interfered with anything during the future War in Heaven, they ignored the Old One and began the biggest task of this temporal operation.
When it came to souls, the Emperor could handle all the work himself.
He took out the "carrot" device he had created for the Eldar of later ages and began collecting souls.
The instant the soul of a