After selecting this National Policy, a large number of Decisions appeared in the Decisions tab.
But upon closer inspection, Huron found quite a few utterly absurd Decisions.
Things like "Sacrifice to Khorne/Slaanesh/Nurgle/Tzeentch/Vashtorr/... in exchange for blessings," and even an option to sacrifice to all Four Gods at once.
What, were the Four Gods running a joint election here?
Or there was the "Mandatory Breeding Program," which forcibly paired adults with high genetic compatibility with Gene-seed in order to produce more Space Marine recruits with high genetic compatibility.
There were even supporting Decisions below it, such as "backcrossing" and "self-fertilization," making Huron afraid to click in and see what they entailed.
Where the hell had this brought him? Was he going to have to build a Dawn Hall next?
But recalling the things he had seen while casually browsing Warhammer lore before, Huron no longer found it quite so strange.
The Carcharodons and Ashen Claws both seemed to have done things like abducting women with high genetic compatibility and bringing them back to their homeworlds as breeding machines. Though the Ashen Claws later became friendlier toward ordinary people, the Carcharodons...
Fortunately, aside from those Decisions that clashed with Huron's values, there were still quite a few that suited his plans.
For example, "Accelerate Chapter Recruit Training," "Reorganize and Strengthen the Chapter Auxiliary," and "Enhance Chapter Fleet Strength."
But the one that intrigued Huron most was "Gain the Emperor's Attention."
This Decision cost 100 Political Points and conflicted with Chaos-aligned Decisions. He could only choose one.
But he had never intended to choose the Chaos-aligned Decisions. Besides, Warhammer was a place with the Warp and Psyker Power, so he still needed to find himself a patron in the Warp.
And humanity's best—indeed, only—option was the Emperor. So Huron chose this Decision.
He was also curious. Based on what he had read before, the Emperor and the Four Gods were all still charging up for their resurrection. The various miracles were merely instinctive responses from their domains, and the first thing they did after returning was join forces to blow up Cadia and open the Great Rift.
Moreover, the Emperor had the issue of her divinity and humanity being in conflict. So which "Emperor" would this "Gain the Emperor's Attention" actually draw the attention of?
The 100 Political Points vanished from the Panel. Several new Decisions appeared, but the disturbance in the Warp was far greater than that.
A brand-new force entered this eternal playground through Huron's soul and the Warp symbols of the Astral Claws and Planet Badab, then surged into the Emperor's domain.
Within the black, frozen sun that lay in utter silence and only instinctively fished up the souls of the loyal, an awareness was born.
A new, gentle, utterly pure and benevolent awareness—a divine soul filled with humanity, shaped and sustained by a force from beyond the world.
The moment she was born, she noticed something wrong with "time." Though discussing time in the Warp was somewhat ridiculous, she was certain that she had awakened at the wrong time.
The other four bastards' consciousnesses were still asleep. Only their domains continued operating on instinct.
Then came confusion. Why had she awakened early?
Though this gave her the chance to plan ahead and secure an advantage, the Warp had never been a kind place. She did not believe such a windfall would simply fall into her lap.
But immediately afterward, an unfamiliar force utterly incompatible with the Warp descended upon her, guiding her gaze toward reality.
This force was not powerful. Even in her current state of extreme weakness, she could have ignored it.
But she keenly sensed that this was precisely the force that had awakened her early. So she did not resist, instead following it to see what it wanted her to do.
Though she was a newly born consciousness, she had still inherited the extreme arrogance and gambler's nature of the Lord of Humanity.
Even though she had been beaten unconscious and left bedridden for ten thousand years because she reneged on a debt, and even though the Webway plan she had gambled everything on had failed, she still believed she could control the situation.
"Lufgt Huron? An Astartes Chapter Master? What is so special about him?"
She saw the person this force wanted her to see, yet she found it strange that this utterly unremarkable Chapter Master had drawn its attention.
Though Psyker prophecy had already shown her a future where Huron might rebel against the Empire and fall to Chaos, that was hardly anything special.
Not to mention that she could easily avoid that future by issuing an order to the Custodian now, she had also seen a future where Huron did not rebel and instead became the leader of the Maelstrom defense zone after the Great Rift opened.
She also saw a future where Huron defected yet grew powerful enough that the Imperium of Man turned a blind eye to the Maelstrom, as well as countless other possibilities.
The Warp could even change the past, much less a future that had never been fixed.
"Hm? No, his soul is not the original one. It seems to share the same origin as this unknown force." After observing him more closely for a while, she suddenly discovered the anomaly in Huron's soul.
"So you want me to help him?" The unknown force did not respond, as if it had been exhausted, but she did not believe that.
Even Vashtorr that clown could not have awakened her early. How could this force possibly have been depleted so easily?
Moreover, perhaps because she had only just awakened, the power she could currently wield was extremely limited. Thus, she chose to silently observe Huron for a while first.
To sum it all up: the system had created a new Emperor-chan consciousness and forcibly made her pay attention to Huron.
Gah! The system had thoroughly humiliated that Emperor! The system was invincible!
After waiting several minutes, Huron found that he neither began glowing with golden light nor saw a giant black orb, so he set the matter aside and began examining the newly appeared Decisions.
Then a Decision called "Optimize Recruit Enhancement Surgery" caught his attention.
Its specific effects were: "Increase Gene-seed adaptability, increase recruit tolerance, lower genetic compatibility requirements, and reduce rejection risks. Greatly increase the success rate of recruit enhancement and greatly lower the standards for enhancement candidates. Costs 50 Political Points. Duration: one month."
In other words, for one month, he could radically enhance recruits without even considering their source, and the success rate would rise dramatically?
Then restoring the Chapter—or even expanding beyond its established numbers—did not seem difficult anymore. Combined with the Military Factory's production capacity, adding a new batch of Astartes every five years no longer seemed like a dream.
Even if this resulted in future recruits having insufficient experience and lower combat effectiveness, the system had a training function. At worst, they could simply conduct more exercises for a few years.
At the thought of a future where he could form an Astartes Legion, Huron's blood surged. He even gained confidence regarding the Thirteenth Black Crusade.
Wasn't it just a Blackstone Fortress? He would board it and seize it himself!
Without hesitation, Huron selected the Decision and contacted the Chapter's Chief Apothecary, Galien, preparing to test just how effective it was.
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