I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 309 The Golden Throne Emperor Rises

[Yes, I am here.]

Zhang Hong responded with his mental power, silently moving forward along the marble floor that was as smooth as tiles, passing through the corridor, and coming to an incredibly huge hall.

What comes into view is an extremely magnificent golden door.

The door was so huge that when Zhang Hong stood in front of it, he felt as if he was standing at the foot of Mount Everest.

It is nearly one thousand meters high and over five hundred meters wide. The two symmetrical golden doors are covered with reliefs. In the center is the emperor holding a sword and shield and stepping on a dragon. Surrounding him are all kinds of rare birds and beasts, angels, demons, soldiers and craftsmen, as if the history of mankind is condensed on it.

A long staircase, 1.5 kilometers long, leads to the towering golden gate. On both sides of the staircase are tens of thousands of banners with the emblems of various Space Marine chapters and mortal troops.

Only the most heroic troops who have made outstanding contributions to the empire are qualified to leave their flags here. This is the highest honor of the imperial army.

Over the past forty thousand years, countless armies have sacrificed their lives for the empire and entire armies have disappeared, leaving their flags here.

Humanity will always remember these sacrificed pioneers and guardians.

On the stairs next to the flag, there was a guard standing every hundred meters.

As motionless as a golden statue, without the Emperor's order, they would stand like this forever, always guarding the Emperor sitting on the Golden Throne at the end of the stairs.

Zhang Hong finally saw the legendary golden throne with his own eyes.

It was a huge machine hanging in the air, like a giant golden lock hanging in front of the golden gate. Countless cables connected this golden machine, like chains connecting the ceiling and the golden gate below.

In the center of the golden cube was a seat, on which sat a body shaped like a mummy. Countless cables extended from the golden throne behind him and inserted into the corpse to connect with it.

Zhang Hong stared at the mummy on the golden throne, feeling deeply sad and even a little upset.

This is the Emperor... the man who gave everything for humanity.

Although he had many shortcomings and made many mistakes, he gave everything for humanity. No living human being has the right to blame this man.

[Child... don't be sad... my suffering will soon end...]

The Emperor's voice came from the corpse on the Golden Throne, and it seemed to come from an infinitely distant time and space.

In a trance, the mummy in front of Zhang Hong disappeared, and was replaced by a mighty man with a gentle face, who seemed full of love for all things in the world.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Zhang Hong affectionately with the kind eyes of a father looking at his child.

Zhang Hong saw the emperor's true appearance.

He was a kind yet dignified middle-aged man, with calm eyes and a composed demeanor. His deep gaze seemed to see through everything in the world, and he had a broad mind and tolerance like the sea.

The imperial guards in the hall left at some point.

In the empty imperial hall, only Zhang Hong and the man on the golden throne were left talking alone.

Just by leaking a slight breath, Zhang Hong, who has a strong telepathic ability, can clearly sense the heavy sadness and pain like the stars in the emperor's body.

The suffering that mankind has endured for tens of thousands of years has accumulated on the Lord of Mankind. For tens of thousands of years, he has watched countless innocent people die tragically in various disasters through the connection of faith, and the Lord of Mankind has suppressed endless grief and pity.

Humanity is suffering.

The emperor who was able to empathize with all mankind through faith and almost feel the pain of all mankind had a very miserable life.

Not to mention, for the past ten thousand years, the Emperor has had to endure the extreme pain of having his psychic energy extracted by the Golden Throne.

Even the Dark Eldar's Haemonculus masters who delved into the art of pain were shocked when they saw the Golden Throne and thought it was the greatest and most terrifying torture device they had ever seen. They were frightened to death.

Enduring the torture of the Golden Throne and the painful resonance of trillions of human beings, the Emperor must also penetrate the space-time barriers of the stasis field and the joint interference of the evil gods of the Warp.

Guiding human civilization's struggle for survival in the long darkness.

This is really too difficult.

Just thinking about it, Zhang Hong felt that this was the weight of life that he could not bear.

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Hong calmed his agitated thoughts.

"I'm here, what do you want me to do?"

Zhang Hong asked straight to the point.

He traveled across the galaxy to Terra. The Emperor must have something important that he needed his help with.

The Emperor didn't waste his words either.

[Child...I need your help...]

[I need you... Humanity needs you...]

[I see the people’s trust in you... I see hope... a living miracle...]

The emperor's voice was ethereal and intermittent.

It seems like the call is in a bad condition and the signal is very poor.

Zhang Hong was secretly alert. If the emperor wanted to do something bad to him, he was ready to resist at any time.

According to the information he had, the Emperor, while selfless towards humanity, was also a ruthless person who would not hesitate to sacrifice anyone, even his own children (the Primarchs), for the good of humanity.

Or in other words, in the emperor's eyes, they are just tools and have no feelings at all.

For the benefit of all mankind, he can even do anything, even go back on his word and break his promise. He will not hesitate to sacrifice a few people, just as he sacrificed himself.

Zhang Hong felt that in the eyes of the emperor, he was just a tool that could be sacrificed for all mankind.

It seemed that he could sense Zhang Hong's inner vigilance.

[…I see vigilance in you…]

[Don’t be afraid…child…]

【Everything will be fine...】

[Don't worry... I have arranged everything...]

[I’m sorry… I have to make you endure this…]

[I’m sorry…child…]

【……I'm so tired……】

【……sorry……】

"What do you want to do?"

Zhang Hong asked loudly and vigilantly.

The emperor's words became incoherent and he began to talk nonsense like a madman. Zhang Hong suddenly felt very uneasy.

Could it be that Jianqi’s sixth brother was not lying?

Does this old man Huang really want to take over my body?

Fortunately, I kept a hand...

What appeared before the emperor was actually a mental projection of Zhang Hong.

He himself was not in the palace, or even on Terra, but was sleeping in the sun.

The emperor's spiritual energy suddenly became restless, and a huge aura emerged, like the rising sun. His mummy-like body suddenly radiated golden light that penetrated the palace walls.

It even penetrates planets and space, instantly illuminating the entire solar system.

[Sorry...child...]

[Don't resist... accept it... it will be over soon...]

The Emperor's body burst into flames.

Golden flames engulfed the golden throne, and cables fell off the corpse.

The corpse that had been sitting on the golden throne for ten thousand years slowly stood up.

The Emperor rises from the Golden Throne!

An unimaginably huge psychic storm erupted from the golden throne, instantly dispersing Zhang Hong's mental projection.

Endless spiritual energy, sweeping around like huge waves in a storm.

The entire Terra was instantly covered with a layer of golden psychic light, and the mountains, rivers and land turned golden as if they were gilded. The tens of trillions of humans living on the planet all screamed in pain and golden flames spewed out of their seven orifices.

Golden flames surged out of the body, instantly burning all the flesh and blood, turning it into skeletons burning in flames.

However, even so, they did not die immediately, but wailed in pain in the flames in the form of skeletons.

The scream sounded as painful as if the soul was burning.

The screams of countless people even pierced the vacuum of the universe and could be heard by mortals as far away as Mars and other planets in the solar system.

[Stop it! You will kill all humans! ]

In the sun, Zhang Hong anxiously called out to the emperor using his mental power, trying to stop his actions.

The tragic sight of tens of trillions of humans instantly transformed into flaming skeletons shocked his mind and made his face pale.

He subconsciously wanted to stop the Emperor.

But I don’t know how to start.

During the transfer, as the psychic storm of the Emperor's supernova explosion spread, all humans in the solar system were pierced by strange golden flames and burned into skeletons.

This terrible change is also spreading to the human world around the solar system at superluminal speed.

For a moment, it seemed as if the entire galaxy was resounding with the wails of humanity.

Countless people were wiped out as the Emperor rose from the Golden Throne.

Zhang Hong clenched his teeth.

Just when he decided to rush out as quickly as possible and use all his strength to kill the emperor.

In the Terra Palace, the emperor, whose body had completely turned into a ball of golden light, suddenly flew up like lightning.

In an instant, he crossed billions of kilometers and appeared in front of Zhang Hong.

At this time, the emperor had completely lost his human form.

It turned into a cold white sun.

Even the real sun behind Zhang Hong became dim in front of the white sun of the emperor's incarnation, as if it was covered by a shadow like a total solar eclipse.

"you……"

Zhang Hong didn't have time to say anything.

The pale sun, the incarnation of the emperor, turned into a ray of light and suddenly poured into Zhang Hong's body.

The speed was so fast that even Zhang Hong, who could move at ten thousand times the speed of light, had no time to react.

The moment he realized that the Emperor had attacked him, the Emperor had already turned into a ball of light and completely merged into his body.

[Sister, you really are greedy for my body! ]

Zhang Hong only had time to curse.

My thoughts were immediately overwhelmed by the massive amount of information that gushed out from the depths of my mind like a volcanic eruption.

He lost consciousness in an instant.