God-Chosen Librarian

In the eyes of Psykers, the phenomenon of the Emperor's Epiphany lasted seven days. For seven whole days, Badab Primus blazed with raging flames.

The psychic flames cleansed all filth. The strange voices vanished, as did the ever-present sense of threat that sought to seize their flesh. Every surviving Psyker felt relieved and at ease.

For ordinary people, aside from the various phenomena and symbols of the Emperor they had witnessed on the first day, they saw nothing strange afterward.

Yet they too felt lighter all over, their thoughts sharper, as if a massive Rox that had weighed upon their minds had suddenly vanished.

Thus, they continued holding the various Emperor Ascension Festival events as usual, only with even greater enthusiasm.

These celebrations had once belonged exclusively to Upper Hive residents and nobles. The nobles had been the supporters and celebrants, while the Upper Hive residents were responsible for providing emotional value and acting as NPCs.

But now, aside from the few nobles who had genuinely committed no evil, all the other beasts were dead. The Astral Claws had also established a unified government, so this celebration encompassed most people across the Upper, Middle, and Lower Hives.

In addition to freely distributed food and drinking water, there were all kinds of festival activities compiled from the memories of Upper Hive residents.

For example, duels were held to select the Emperor's bravest warrior.

For example, compassion and equality were promoted, declaring that everyone should become brothers and sisters.

For example, all manner of art exhibitions were held—painting, sculpture, music, and more—to display one's cultivation.

For example, various knowledge competitions were held to select the most learned person.

After reading the detailed event schedule, even Huron could barely hold it together. Were they treating the Emperor like the Four Gods here?

If the Emperor's psychic flames had not still been raging across Badab Primus, he would have suspected that this damned place had already drawn the attention of all four domains of the Four Gods.

Still, Huron knew these activities were actually normal. Similar events were being held at every moment throughout the Imperium of Man.

It was just that having all these activities appear together during the Emperor Ascension Festival was enough to make anyone who kept a straight face a god.

Over the following days, ordinary people enthusiastically celebrated the Emperor Ascension Festival under the inspiration of the Emperor's Epiphany. Amos and the entire Librarius moved out in all directions and finally searched every site on Badab where flames shot into the sky.

At this moment, he was reporting to Huron. "Chapter Master, aside from the Deep Hive region, all other locations have been investigated. After a preliminary screening, we found over ten thousand pure Psykers acknowledged by the Emperor, as well as several million pure people who had been affected by Warp Fiends."

Huron nodded. "All Psykers will join the Chapter and train according to Astartes Reserve standards. Though they have been acknowledged by the Emperor now, who can say what will happen if they are left unchecked? Release the ordinary people once it is confirmed that they are fine. The Emperor has already acknowledged them."

The Chapter was currently short on Librarian reserves, and these Psykers had arrived at exactly the right time. That they had earned the Emperor's recognition despite Warp corruption showed that they were fundamentally kind-hearted people who, even after being influenced, had not yet had the chance to do anything wrong. They fit his standards perfectly.

Then Huron thought of something else and said to Amos, "Remind Damien that violent torture methods are forbidden during interrogation. They are people acknowledged by the Emperor. If violent methods make them resent us instead, that will be our dereliction of duty."

"Understood, Chapter Master." Amos ended the communication.

Huron then looked at his System Panel.

After the Emperor's Epiphany Decision was completed, Huron discovered that in addition to the new "Emperor's Gaze" buff, his Panel now had another Decision related to the Emperor.

"God-Chosen Librarian. The Emperor's attention upon you has become more focused. You may now spend 10 Administrative Points to establish a deep connection between all Librarians and the Emperor, making them God-Chosen. In addition to enhancing their spellcasting ability and granting them special effectiveness against the Warp, God-Chosen Librarians can replace Astropaths and Navigators."

This Decision had arrived at precisely the right time for him.

Badab's Astropaths had worked for more than a year without establishing stable channels with the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors. Only a jumble of fragmented messages had come through, impossible to decipher.

If the God-Chosen Librarians were powerful enough, then veteran Psykers like Amos should be able to enhance Astrotelepathy and establish at least basic communication, right?

More importantly, they could replace Navigators.

Huron had complete confidence in the Imperium of Man's ability to hold him back, especially the Navigator Houses.

To preserve the superiority of their own status, the Navigator Houses were deeply hostile toward any technology that could improve Warp travel. They would only use such technology when they truly had no way to eliminate it.

Whether it was Warp Engine improvements, auxiliary navigation computation devices, or Psyker Power amplification equipment, their first instinct was always to destroy such technology, even if it would benefit them personally.

The most absurd example was that the Imperium possessed several Faster-Than-Light Technology methods for Realspace. Though their multipliers were not high—usually only around tenfold—and they could not replace Warp travel, they were more than sufficient as stable means of travel between subsectors.

Yet for the sake of their own status, Imperial factions had worked together to turn these technologies into the Adeptus Mechanicus's private hoard. Naturally, the Navigators had played their part in that.

Huron had clear goals for his future plans. He would certainly develop and use stable, high-multiple Realspace Faster-Than-Light Technology. Before such technology completely replaced Warp travel, he would undoubtedly lose the support of the Navigator Houses.

Thus, this Decision had come at exactly the right time.

So he immediately contacted Amos, who had just ended the communication, and told him to gather all Librarians, including Aspirant Librarians, to meet him.

Amos was somewhat baffled, but his respect for the Living Saint and Chapter Master made him obey. He gathered every Librarian and headed to meet the Chapter Master.

A while later, Huron heard Amos knock on the door.

He opened the office door and saw nearly a hundred Librarians outside, a smile appearing on his face.

Then he stunned Amos with his very first words. "The Emperor has granted me a new revelation. All Librarians shall become His God-Chosen, becoming His incarnations in the Mortel world."

The Emperor, secretly watching: "?"

How did I not know about this?

"R-Really?" Even Amos, a battle-hardened Chief Librarian, stammered slightly at this moment.

All the Librarians behind him also wore expressions of shock. They had never expected themselves to be qualified to become the Emperor's God-Chosen.

"Of course." Huron selected the Decision.

Ten Political Points transformed into an unknown force, wrapping around the Emperor once more and bringing His power into Realspace as it flowed into every Librarian's body.

According to the Astropath creation process, the Emperor's violent Psyker Power should have burned out the Librarians' eyes beyond control.

But this newborn Emperor's Psyker Power was inherently gentler, and with the System's guidance, Amos only felt a gentle yet scorching power surge into his body.