Warhammer 40K: I Am an Imperial Guardsman
Chapter 399

Six Visions

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The fourth vision showed a bipedal Ob'lotai battlesuit as large as a skyscraper, its limbs bound with corpses. It shouted Water Caste rhetoric, crying, "Join or die!" Then it slaughtered the aliens who tried to refuse, seized those who joined, tied them to its torso, and ultimately formed a layer of flesh armor.

This spoke of the T'au Empire's diplomatic hypocrisy. They waved the banner of equality and freedom under the Greater Good, but what they actually practiced was militarism with a prettier face.

The fifth vision showed the peaceful Dal'yth, where the Ethereal Caste had gathered to receive new wisdom. As they assembled, a gigantic monster wreathed in blue, pink, and Warp flames appeared. The Ethereals began singing along with it, eventually forming a Reflection that reflected a thousand war zones and trillions of dead.

This suggested that the Ethereals had some mysterious bargain with Tzeentch. As for when it had happened, there was no way to verify it.

The sixth vision showed the appearance of the Great Rift, the death of the universe, and the departure of a burning god and his dark brothers.

The identities of this god and his dark brothers were unknown, but Lin Fan felt that they could not possibly be referring to the Emperor, could they?

Once the Great Rift opened, the Emperor had been so busy plugging holes across the galaxy that he had dispatched the Legion of the Damned, who worked without rest all year round, to put out fires everywhere. Did he really have the time or inclination to mock a fledgling xenos empire?

And the seventh vision was the revelation bestowed by the Greater Good God, disguised as the Emperor.

Perhaps after struggling through this cruel universe for so many years, Farsight had clearly realized that without some mystical

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