An eerie light.
Appeared in the material universe, seeming to thrust from its core into the depths of the Warp.
Like a massive funnel, it bored into the Warp.
The once-frenzied Warp now seemed to have suddenly developed a gigantic vortex.
It greedily devoured the Warp's energy tides, stripping away a certain type of psychic particle from the Warp.
Within the boiling Warp, an enormous vortex had formed, and it was still expanding without end.
"Input the corresponding data. Extract!"
As long as Gamma World possessed the corresponding records of souls once extracted by the Four Gods—even data created from the tiniest fragments of a soul—they could be forcibly extracted.
Now that the Four Gods had descended into the material universe, their true bodies in the Warp could not concentrate their attention. All they could do was watch as Gamma World forcibly extracted their power. Gamma World might not have soul data for other races, nor did they have Aeldari soul data, but they had the soul data of Gamma World's warriors. Extracting the souls that had been taken from Gamma World alone was enough.
Of course, operating such technology required colossal resources. A single activation had nearly drained one of Gamma World's stars dry. They would need to capture a more complete C'tan in order to keep this device running continuously.
At present, aside from the C'tan shard in Szarekh the Silent King's possession, there was probably only one complete but reclusive C'tan left in the entire universe, in another vast galaxy. The reason the Tyranids had detoured into the Milky Way in the first place was because they had seen that reclusive C'tan in that galaxy and had no desire to provoke such a troublesome being.
The psychic device's absorption swiftly affected the battlefield.
The Four Gods had