His meeting and conversation with the Emperor had indeed answered many of Lox's doubts.
But he quickly realized that even knowing the answers did not always bring happiness. Sometimes, it brought deeper pain.
The end of the Dark Age of Technology, the history of the dark technological era, the truth behind the Iron Men rebellion, the Webway and the Golden Throne—all of it intertwined as part of the Emperor's grand plan.
If everything proceeded smoothly, the Emperor's great undertaking truly might have succeeded.
He had to spend a great deal of time digesting such an immense amount of information, and the Emperor seated upon the Golden Throne gave him time to recover.
"The true nature of this plan can only be revealed to you now. If it had been exposed too early, the four Dark Gods within the Warp could have followed the timeline and uncovered the truth."
"If my true purpose had been exposed too soon, you might never have reached me."
Lox had already witnessed the terror of the Warp gods that stretched across the timeline.
And for the sake of secrecy, the Emperor's true escape plan had to be concealed beneath the Chief's Future Reinforcement Project. Like the Trojan Horse, even Lox, the plan's executor, had only now realized the true mission he bore.
To prevent reinforcements from the Five Hundred Worlds from reaching the Solar System, the Warp gods had used the Word Bearers to create the Ruinstorm, which was troublesome enough. To obstruct the Emperor's escape plan, those beings would certainly not hesitate to wield even greater power.
Thinking of the escape mission resting on his shoulders, Lox felt profoundly powerless.
Even though he had brought so many changes to the Five Hundred Worlds and dispatched a vast reinforcement force to the Solar System, it