Leon is a reincarnation.
In an age where isekai novels are everywhere on the Internet, such an identity does not seem to be uncommon, but what if the world is Warhammer?
At least Leon had never thought about traveling to Warhammer.
He loved all kinds of hard and soft science fiction works, knew about Warhammer, painted chess pieces, and even jokingly agreed to the Warhammer conscription agreement written in the user agreement when playing the Warhammer game. But when he was delivered to Warhammer by truck-kun, the only thing he thought of was to escape.
Are you kidding me? Who would think of jumping into a cesspool?
It was easy to come, but difficult to leave. After being convinced that he didn't have a game-like login and logout system and not knowing if he could return to his original world if he died again, Leon could only accept the fact that he had traveled to Warhammer.
Fortunately, his birthplace was not bad. It was not a primitive planet with medieval technology and no future. On the contrary, he traveled to the famous Forge World, the Hive City of Stygies VIII. Moreover, the time was just after the Horus Heresy, when the Forge World and even the entire human empire were in ruins.
Although it was not a turbulent era, it was just right for Leon. After all, the human empire that was revived after the Horus Heresy was in a prosperous period that required all kinds of technical talents. The environment was relatively safe, and there was no lack of room for advancement.
With the help of his cheat power that every reincarnator has, Leon, who sneaked into the Mechanicus, started as a low-ranking member, and his status rose steadily with his contributions. After obtaining the magos-level assessment of the Mechanicus, Leon did not hesitate to use all his wealth to buy a moon-class cruiser, transform it into his own beggar's mechanical ark, and begin archaeological excavations throughout the universe.
Such behavior is not uncommon among the Mechanicus who pursue the ancient STC template, but Leon's purpose is fundamentally different from those Magos who pursue the STC.
His actions are more in the service of his power - his head, full of knowledge that does not belong to this universe.
After traveling to Warhammer, Leon discovered that the design drawings of various products in the science fiction works he had been obsessed with had materialized in his mind. They seemed to have transformed from virtual concepts proposed in a work into things that could be manufactured.
Leon once suspected whether this strange knowledge came from a "gift" from a blue bird-headed man, but his characteristics as an untouchable initially dispelled his doubts.
After joining the Adeptus Mechanicus, Leon set out to use the resources at hand to directly reproduce the contents of these drawings, but each attempt failed. With the accumulation of experience, Leon gradually realized that due to the different rules between different universes, the drawings and designs from other works are not directly applicable to the Warhammer universe. But by discovering and mastering similar science and technology in the Warhammer universe, and adding a little bit of thinking power, Leon can use the "Warhammer way" to reproduce the technical equipment of other universes in the Warhammer world with his hands.
Although the production line can be operated normally by anyone, the process of reproducing the blueprint technology from other works into Warhammer must be done by Leon.
Leon once tested it by drawing the blueprint, preparing the materials, and inviting another Magos to make the equipment in the blueprint, but the Magos could not grasp the idea of production, no matter what, and even if he followed the blueprint step by step, he would fail every time.
Only when Leon personally completes this "design from another world" and teaches it to others can others learn the tricks behind it.
This is very strange, as if these drawings and designs did not exist in this world at all before Leon made them himself and gave them the concept.
However, such a test also reminded Leon that although the knowledge in his mind was protected in principle before it was made by him, once he made it by himself, the concept of this item could be spread normally in the Warhammer universe.
This result forced Leon to use his powers more cautiously: he retained his human brain to ensure that the knowledge stored in his head would not be "assimilated" and disappear due to the transformation; for the weapons and equipment that he had made personally, he also strictly controlled the circulation of manufacturing knowledge, and at most left a production line whose production principles were difficult to reverse; finally, he must also carefully "research and develop" the drawings to prevent some subversive designs from being directly reproduced in the world of Warhammer.
Although the last point can be ignored for the time being, because he has not yet mastered enough knowledge to reproduce those drawings that can truly change the structure of the Warhammer universe - but looking at those design drawings such as the curvature engine or the star gate, how can he not set principles for himself early on to prepare for the future?
Knowledge should be spread, truth should be promoted; this is what Leon learned from his past life.
Now it is different from the past. Although Leon's reasons for hiding knowledge are different from those of the group of tech-priests who want to privately possess knowledge to climb up the Mechanicus, their performance is the same in the final analysis.
In a cesspool-like universe, no matter what your original intention is, this world will eventually turn everyone into the same. Even if Leon has the ideal of changing this universe, no matter what, the foundation of everything is to collect the knowledge in Warhammer as a basis.
In this way, his performance is no different from that of an ordinary tech-priest. As the designated way of "technological progress" in Warhammer, Leon naturally picked up the two hobbies of one - stealing things and digging graves.
Relying on his understanding of the Warhammer universe and the special times, Leon secretly dug up many ruins and escaped in this era when Chaos was subsiding, the Necrons were still dormant, and the Eldar were not active.
As the saying goes, if you walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. During an exploration, Leon accidentally learned about the hiding place of Fabius Bile and became greedy for the precious experimental materials and forbidden biological knowledge in his hands.
Knowing this history, he was clear that now was the critical period for Abaddon to reorganize his forces, attack various Chaos warlords, and prepare for the Second Black Crusade. All he had to do was rob and run.
Leon felt that he could ask for help from him and escape successfully before Abaddon arrived.
Who would have thought that Abaddon, who had been fighting continuously, regarded him and his mechanical ark as food to be delivered to his mouth, and personally led the team to chase Leon.
The intelligence network in his previous life that had made Leon so successful in the past has now become a burden that drags Leon down.
Now that the mechanical ark has been destroyed, Leon, who is driving the escape boat and struggling to navigate the turbulence of the warp, is also reflecting on his actions.
"It's not all bad news," he concluded.
"My actions can influence the decisions of key characters, causing them to take actions that were not originally in the plot because of my involvement. This shows that the development of some things is not predetermined, and this universe can indeed be changed by me."
Fate is an unpredictable thing. It is said that Tzeentch has already determined the fate of everyone in his book of fate. Leon, who used to only fight a little, has now personally verified that this statement is not true. This fact undoubtedly makes Leon, who does not believe in fate, feel excited. But before affecting the fate of others, he must first grasp himself and survive the waves of the turbulence of the warp.
The devil's changing, terrifying faces were surging on the crumbling thin curtain of Geller's field. Realizing that Geller's field was about to be unable to maintain the curtain between reality and the warp due to lack of energy, Leon reluctantly pulled out the cable from his body and poured his stored energy into Geller's field.
He is a blank, and the demons will not be interested in him. But this is the demons' home ground, and if Geller Field loses power, Leon thinks these demons will not mind tearing his ship and people to pieces.
The miniaturized warp engine and Geller's field sound like miracles in the history of technology. Such "miracles", like the energy shield and solar battle axe, are, of course, products that Leon directly "borrowed". However, unlike weapons, although the miniaturized warp engine has a higher technological content, its practicality is almost non-existent.
With the help of the miniaturized blueprints in StarCraft, a game that has many similarities with Warhammer, and the mature warp engine manufacturing technology in Warhammer, Leon effortlessly reproduced the superlight engine in StarCraft that can be carried by even a small shuttle in the form of a warp engine in the Warhammer world. But after manufacturing it, Leon awkwardly discovered that superlight travel between two worlds was a problem.
Warhammer's warp navigation requires tearing open the curtain between reality and the warp, and the Geller field needs to maintain the reality in the ever-changing warp, and the navigator needs to use psychic energy to guide the direction in the warp. These three things plus the energy they need to be placed on a ship, which means that the ship cannot be too small.
The Empire had tried to miniaturize the warp engine, but after the advanced miniaturization technology caused more ships to get lost and corrupted, the Empire and the Adeptus Mechanicus shelved the concept. Realizing that some things can be built but not used, Leon also threw his experimental shuttle into the warehouse of the Truth.
However, as fate would have it, the shuttle abandoned by Leon has now become his only hope, and he has experienced all the difficulties of this escape ship in the Warhammer environment.
"Insufficient reserve energy..." Looking at his steadily decreasing energy index, Leon felt helpless.
The miniaturized warp engine itself cannot store more energy.
Leon originally estimated that he only needed to make a short-distance subspace jump with a clear track. Theoretically, such a jump could be carried out smoothly even without a navigator, but the warp voyage that did not start from Mandeville Point eventually dragged him into the warp turbulence.
He didn't know where the warp turbulence would throw him, nor did he know when it would throw him out.
He could only deactivate the equipment on his body one by one and distribute his energy to the equipment on the ship to delay time as much as possible.
"Who on earth published a paper saying that the stability of warp own navigation is related to one's mass? I have to skin him alive if I want to get out alive." Leon still had the strong desire to attack as a human being: "With this little mass, it can still be sucked into the warp turbulence. How can it be stable?"
Time is meaningless in here, and the energy reserves on his body became his only indicator of measurement. He first deactivated the weapons on his body. After a while, he deactivated all kinds of computing systems on his body. Later, he even stopped maintaining the warp observation equipment on his body, but even so, with only the energy required to maintain basic life, Leon still saw no hope of getting out of the warp.
He stared outside the cabin with his naked eyes, and all he could see, apart from the bizarre and ever-changing turbulence of the Warp, was the vaguely visible cold sun hanging high in the Warp.
No longer having the energy to maintain Geller's field, Leon knew clearly what his fate would be, even though he never believed in fate.
Perhaps this was the end of his life, but Leon felt more relieved than regretful. He stopped supplying energy to the warp engine and instead lowered the Geller field to focus the last of the energy on himself.
"At least, I have persisted to the end as a human being." Leon raised his knife and chopped off the head of a demon.
Facing the demons that continued to rush over, he raised the ion gun in his hand. "There is no emperor or Omnissiah here! But personal determination never relies on external things! Let me show you the true greatness of human beings!"
The solar axe in Leon's hand suddenly burst into light, forcing all the demons around him to retreat. But this is the immaterium, and the demons fighting at home are not in a hurry to destroy Leon.
They have either a grin or a mockery on their faces, huddled together around Leon, like a cat teasing a mouse, treating killing as a bad game.
Suddenly, their expressions changed from amusement to fear, and a cold light that did not come from Leon enveloped the place. The demons screamed and began to flee in panic.
As Leon was wrapped in this force, he also felt that the sense of nothingness belonging to the warp around him was gradually reduced.
A long-lost sense of reality unique to the real universe filled his senses, but he did not feel relaxed because of this. On the contrary, another feeling of falling caused by gravity made his heart rise to his throat. He hurriedly lay down on the side of the lifeboat, and what came into his eyes was a pale blue planet that could only appear in the real universe.
This was a good thing, but without even calculating, Leon knew that he and the escape ship were already within the gravity of the planet and were accelerating towards the planet.
The friction of the atmosphere ignited the armor of the escape ship and swallowed up Leon's voice. At this moment, everyone who looked up at the sky on this planet noticed his bright meteor.
——Also included a group of two-meter-five-meter-tall, human-looking warriors. Their physiques were similar to those of Astartes, but they did not wear the iconic power armor. Although there were obvious signs of modification on their bodies, their various vital parts were only barely covered with simple metal and animal skins. They looked extremely destitute and embarrassed.
"Lieutenant Ademir, some brothers saw it. They reported that it was a small spaceship the size of a Stormbird, and it was falling towards the planet.
It is not clear whether the spaceship was created by humans, but it is the only technological product we have seen since we arrived on this planet."
The man called Lieutenant Ademir nodded: "I know that we can't give up this opportunity no matter what, but since it is a technological creation, if there are survivors inside, they must be able to resist. If we want to leave the planet, we must do our best."
"First, determine the approximate crash site, and then bring our power armor over. Even without the power backpack, the defense provided by the power armor is enough to withstand ordinary attacks."
Ademir commanded skillfully: "If the enemy's firepower is weak, let the brothers wear power armor and use their bodies to drive the power armor forward. If the enemy's firepower is fierce, use the advantage of numbers to encircle them, and make arrangements based on the situation later."
The man who looked like an adjutant nodded and took the order. He called a few people over and started to move the piled power armor.
The dusty power armor was wiped by a few people and saw the light of day again.
It was an ancient MK2 expedition power armor. The chest armor covered with craters and claw marks silently told of its extraordinaryness. And on the left shoulder armor, a large Roman numeral Ⅱ was prominently printed on it. Although it was almost erased, it was still eye-catching.