Pale Giant

On Planet VK-01, Jaghatai felt the discomfort in his body fading. He opened his eyes and struggled to his feet.

His instincts told him something had changed. It was like when he had dueled the traitorous Mortarion—he had sensed that beneath the seemingly normal ground and walls around him lurked poisonous insects that would explode at the slightest touch.

Jaghatai immediately rushed out of the command room and threw open the door. Then he stopped in shock, not daring to take a single step beyond it.

Lin Fan's green armor covered the planet's entire surface. Jaghatai could not comprehend what he was seeing.

I must have opened the door wrong...

Jaghatai shut the door, took several deep breaths, and opened it again.

The scene outside had returned to normal.

Jaghatai rubbed his eyes and decided to go lie down for a while longer to recover his strength.

"But I can't think of it that way..." Lin Fan shook his head. He had seen how Bai Huan had evaporated the entire universe into the tiny puddle it was now with just a few words.

If he believed in or clung too firmly to something, who knew what might happen? Maybe the Milky Way would keep shattering?

Like the galactic collapse coefficient constantly monitored by the Necrontyr dynasties—perhaps it had jumped another digit forward during his wild thoughts just now?

Lin Fan decided not to think about such things, because he remembered his conversation with Armageddon and Trazyn.

I'm an Immersed One... I follow the plot. I'm not as incredible as Bai Huan.

As he continued exploring the derelict ship, Lin Fan caught the stench of rotting corpses.

Following the smell, he came to a half-open door at the end of a steel corridor. Dim light seeped through the crack,