In fact, in Ferrus's opinion, this matter is very simple.

If the device he took out of Mimir's treasury could neither be "taken away" nor "put back", then it would be enough to make it conceptually "non-existent".

In the 10,000-year-long network war, he had already suffered countless metaphysical plots from the living that were similar to this one. He may not have had much talent for psionic powers, and he wasn't very good at deciphering esoteric, innuendo-filled metaphors, but he was still the primordial—and the one who was particularly good at warfare, even in the primordial. As long as such behaviors are treated as a "tactic", Ferrus can still adapt to them very quickly and gradually develop ways to deal with them.

In the beginning, he would indeed be stumbled upon by an uncontrollable fate; But soon, he understood that he was bound to lose, and he knew how to fulfill Chaos' prophecy in a way that dissatisfied everyone—since I can't win, then you must not want to win too much; Then, in a few moments, he also had the opportunity to communicate with St. Giles, who really knew how to communicate with the emperor, and with the experience passed on by the two, Ferrus gradually began to understand how to use the "fateful fate" to turn his disadvantages into advantages to a certain extent:

At present, the Lord of Change wants to use legend and history, and the fate anchored in this battlefield is obviously "Fogham will kill Ferus Manus", and he has even prepared two "stories" for this matter that can be mapped. And if this fate is solid enough, the fact that "Fergram will kill Ferus Manus" also means that "Ferus Manus will not die here because of factors other than Fergram".

In other words, Ferus Manus at this moment will not be killed by himself.

"I need to do that ritual here, using that generator to fill the aetheric shell I currently use to operate in the real universe." "I'm not sure how long it will take, and if I'm still not done after Debit's 'Sixteen Minutes,'" said Gorgon, "I need you to make sure the enemy can't get near me." ”

The Iron Hand have no objection to the mission itself, but the sons of Gorgon have a lot of opinions about the premise of the mission. The first to make a clear objection was the chief think tank Lindrick: "You can't – it's too risky!" We haven't even done a detailed test of the 'generator' that is likely to be in question, it's not a proper 'spiritual land', and we can't prepare the technical support for it, not even the number of think tanks needed to assemble the ritual-"

"Those are just the preparation needed to increase the success rate." Ferus was determined, and when a primordial became stubborn, perhaps nothing in the entire universe could break their will unless the Emperor was there, "And now, I happen to never lose in this matter." ”

"But, Primordial, I'd like to ask you—"

"We don't have time!" Ferus roared, "How long has 'sixteen minutes' passed?" This is by far the fastest way to achieve the results we want! Or is there anything else you have to offer? ”

"There's a little over ten minutes left." Enkidu's calm voice interjected into the conversation, "But I have a problem: even if you successfully embed the device you took from Mimir's treasury in your spiritual foundation, it won't change the fact that you once took the 'possessions' from 'Jericho'. ”

"This is the Medusa Zone." Ferrus simply replied, "The 'Medusa Star Zone' follows the traditions and rules of the 'Lord of Medusa' and his bloodline, which makes sense in the logic of subspace. ”

The god-made weapon that was born in the early days of human civilization was very puzzled by this—if Debit was here, as a visitor from another world whose technological level and social development were far inferior to that of this world, he would have the same confusion. In their concept, no part of a person's body should be replaced, and even if magic or science can do it, the parts that are added later are fundamentally different from the "original" parts.

Whether it is an ordinary person who has to receive a life-support device or replace someone else's organs because of an illness, or a magician who replaces a part of himself with a magic dress with a different effect or replaces someone else's magic eye for some purpose, even if they are indeed able to "use them as if they were their original limbs", subconsciously, they can still clearly realize that those things are "foreign objects that do not belong to themselves". Thus, in Enkidu's or Depit's concept, the fact that Ferus embedded the device he took from the treasury into his spiritual base did not change the fact that he took the goods from Jericho, even if it was successful.

But for the Iron Hand warband, who shouted "flesh and blood are weak" for 10,000 years, admired the power of machinery, questioned their own weak flesh, and even went astray because of this, in their collective subconscious, their views on the above issues are completely opposite. Over the course of countless mechanical modifications to the Sons of Gorgon over the course of 10,000 years, the Astartes' views on such things have been significantly distorted: they will believe that the so-called "original" parts of themselves should be discarded, and that the mechanical enhancements that have been surgically added are the "part of them" that can truly become the power.

- According to this logic, after Ferus successfully embedded the generator in his spiritual base, the "generator" itself will no longer be identified as an independent concept, but "a part of Ferus Manus". In this way, the whole thing becomes: Ferus goes to Jerick and then leaves with "a part of himself" - even the most unreasonable god should not be angry about this, and the corresponding "fate" is self-defeating.

And if any being wants to subvert this crucial "logical question", shout something "Only the Iron Hand thinks so!" Looking at the empire as a whole, this is definitely not mainstream! I'm sorry, Ferus has made it very clear: this is the Medusa Star Zone, the Star Field operated by the Iron Hand for 10,000 years, and the corresponding culture and history have been precipitated for 10,000 years, casting a solid and huge foundation. Now, the "Lord of Medusa", who is within the scope of the base, wants to call on the simplest of the basic functions, which is of course a default success.

This is not to say that this matter cannot be interfered with by external forces at all. But like Ferus, who is in a hurry to deal with the "Jericho problem", even if the Lord of Change wants to intervene in this "Medusa problem", it will take time anyway.

But in front of the phantom summoned by Debit from the end of the universe, everyone has little "time".

For some reason, at least for this moment, Tzeentch didn't manipulate time to make the next round of cheating. In what Debit called "Sixteen Minutes", for some reason incomprehensible to everyone present, even the purely mechanical built-in clock in the Iron Hand Power Armor was restored to normal functioning, as if time had regained its reason and logic, and decided to start running again in a state of precision in accordance with the laws of nature.

With nine minutes and forty-two seconds left in "Sixteen Minutes," Ferrus glanced at Enkidu, who still had the words "I don't understand" written on his face, and said almost anxiously: "I don't have time to explain." I will successfully solve this problem. ”

- Then, the outline of himself, between the light and arcs that flickered suddenly around him, quickly blurred:

Ferus Manus, taking advantage of the fact that this place has been confused by subspace, unfolds his own essence.

Miwoo (six o'clock)

(End of chapter)