Warhammer: In the Name of Ashes

Against the background of the black subspace, a sun with a black radiance on the outside and a platinum core at the core was quietly confronting another sphere, which was pitch black on the outside and absorbed all light.

The sun's light was still cold, but Jiang Wen might have been stimulated or inspired by something, and his sleeping consciousness briefly woke up from the darkness. Both parties are using mental waves to communicate with each other in the spiritual world.

There, a majestic, sacred, golden and white shadow looked down at Jiang Wen, who was still a mortal in his previous life. Gold symbolizes noble personality, while white symbolizes the godhead that all living beings believe in.

"What are you?" Two identical voices came from the same body at the same time. The dual resonance and solemn voice made Jiang Wen realize in an instant that this was the most fundamental and non-denial question, and he must answer it seriously and cautiously.

"Me? I am..." Jiang Wen hesitated. What is he? He is a human being, is he still a human being? He looks like this now, how can he still look like a human being?

But if he is not a human being, what is he? Memories of past lives passed through my eyes. Are all the joys and sorrows of a lifetime just not counted?

He is a human being, of course he is a human being! He has the same feelings that others have! He has the same desires that others have! Why can't he be human? Jiang Wen's confused eyes gradually cleared up.

"I am a human!" Jiang Wen replied firmly.

"What is a human being?" the voice asked again.

"Humans, have humanity! I have humanity! Of course I am a human being!" His sluggish thinking became more and more agile. Once the idea came through, Jiang Wen no longer hesitated in his answer.

"Are you proud of this?" The voice seemed to smile, but it seemed not.

Am I proud of this? Jiang Wen murmured, what is human nature? Is it the thinking of "I think, therefore I am"? Or growing? Is it emotion or desire? None, human nature is hope!

It is the brilliant light that blooms as brightly as possible in everyone's short life like fireworks! It’s the passing of the old and the coming of the new, always moving forward with hope! Only in this way can they be called human beings.

Is eternal life important? Is great power important? Important, but not as important as hope!

If a population has no lifespan limit, then old life can never die and new life can never make changes.

The behavior of the population will become more and more rigid, and there will be fewer and fewer variables for new life. Their thinking will stay where they are, their desires will be extreme, they will lose the possibility of moving forward, and ultimately lose hope!

And what will a race that has lost the possibility of advancement do? In the long and endless time, there is an endless lifespan but no corresponding immortal will like gold and stone. Those deformed beings can only live by satisfying their own desires.

When a race simply wants to eliminate the loneliness in eternal life, it begins to use the power of the entire race to satisfy its own desires.

The infinite life span that brings the same endless desires will be like an abyss, eventually swallowing them all.

Any attempt to indulge it is a recipe for disaster. I think there is already a forerunner in this universe who is already paying the price for this.

Is short-lived breeding a shame? A life with a short lifespan is inferior to a life with a long lifespan? Jiang Wen never thought so. If there is no matching will, life can only be poison. So Jiang Wen has never been ashamed of this. On the contrary, he is proud of it.

"Of course I'm proud of this!" Jiang Wen's voice became firmer.

"Then, are you willing to defend this hope?" The voice was still calm.

"I do!" Jiang Wen replied decisively.

"The price, have you ever thought about the price?" The sudden heavy voice made Jiang Wen calm down. What a heavy experience it was to have such a sigh! Jiang Wen didn't dare to think about it, but he also understood that this issue could not be ignored.

"The price? The price is..." Jiang Wen thought of his military career in his previous life. The arduous training as a recruit, the long-term anti-human discipline, the loneliness of being far away from the bustling life in service, and the pain that relatives and friends cannot see in a lifetime. Even once a war breaks out, cold tactics, cruel killings, and vicious methods that are specifically targeted at human nature or even anti-human nature will be adopted.

"The price...is the loss of humanity." Jiang Wen said dryly. He suddenly understood the intention of the figure in front of him.

Without clear thinking and decisive awareness, getting some power is not luck, but a curse.

It is never a good thing for both parties to hand over this responsibility to rashly assume the power and responsibility that one has no corresponding awareness of. And such behavior will inevitably lead to some unfortunate results.

"Now that you know the price, are you still willing?" This was probably the last question of this figure.

As a human being, we are proud of our humanity, but we must embrace beastiality in order to defend humanity. This is a cruel irony and a helpless necessity.

"I do." Jiang Wen's answer was unexpectedly quick. He has this awareness, and he had it in his previous life.

From the day he joined the army in his previous life, he understood that when he put on this military uniform, he was not only his mother's child, his wife's husband, and his children's father, he was also a defender of a country's interests.

And wasn't this opportunity what he had been dreaming of in his previous life? This responsibility is there, and someone always has to stand up and take it. If that's the case, why can't it be me?

This responsibility is a burden or even punishment to others, but to soldiers like Jiang Wen, it is a supreme honor. It was like that in his last life, but in this life, he just wants to live a simpler and more self-sufficient life.

"Shan! Go ahead!" The shadow waved his hand, announcing the end of the conversation. Jiang Wen lost consciousness. This memory ends abruptly.

In the spiritual world, Jiang Wen, now Calvin, also came to his senses. He thought quietly about the aftertaste of this conversation. At the present time of 39 thousand years, he suddenly and strangely resonated with the beliefs of the first Astartes ten thousand years ago.

In their eyes, death is never a punishment, but a reward, rewarding him for his life's work and giving him the opportunity to perform his duties from beginning to end. For them, and for Calvin today, if this great drama of life could happen again, there would be no better ending than dying in battle.

At this moment, he remembered the famous saying from a certain game in his previous life:

"Heaven goes to the left, warriors go to the right."

And in his ears, the famous oath from the Astartes in this world seemed to ring:

"What is your duty!" What is your duty.

"Only what the emperor points out!" To serve emperors will.

"What is emperors will?"

"It's just fight and die!" That we fight and die.

"What is the death!" What is the death.

"It is our duty!" It is our duty.

"What is your duty"What is your duty......