Imperial Palace of Terra.
Guilliman had just received the message relayed by Trajan, and his heart sank sharply.
The Webway! Something had happened there too! Once it fell completely, the corruption would pour directly into humanity's core, and the material universe would be utterly lost!
Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately opened a communication channel with Liang Bing.
"A grave situation has arisen inside the Webway!" Guilliman's voice carried unmistakable urgency. "Abyssal corruption is seeping inward and spreading through breaches in the Webway! The Sisters of Silence's anti-psychic fields are greatly weakened against it. Some personnel have already been infected and mutated! The Emperor has personally intervened!"
As he swiftly informed Liang Bing of this deadly crisis, he simultaneously issued the highest-level orders to the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars and the Imperial Fists in orbit, commanding them to enter maximum combat readiness and prepare to dispatch their finest forces to reinforce the Webway at any moment.
Meanwhile, in Liang Bing's laboratory and the specially designated areas around it, the newly born "Necrons" were adapting to their reclaimed flesh-and-blood bodies at an astonishing pace.
The eyes of these former Necron nobles, now once again sparkling with life, were filled with excitement and wonder.
They adapted to and wielded the Mind Cube's power even faster than Sanguinius and Horus, and they seemed especially adept at using the cube's power to generate and construct equipment.
Perhaps this stemmed from their deep understanding of Necron technology as former mechanical ascendants, knowledge that had been perfectly inherited and applied to their new bodies.
Silent King Szarekh—though perhaps she should now be called the "Silent Queen"—was somewhat awkwardly flexing her newly born fingers.
The warmth of blood flowing through her veins, the fullness of air filling her lungs with every breath, and the faint, long-forgotten