The Soul-Purging Dead Zone is not a new phenomenon; it appeared during the War in Heaven between us and the Old Ones, solely to prevent the galactic rift torn open by the Old Ones.
Even before his living conversion, Trazyn was a knowledgeable scholar. After achieving an immortal metal body, he devoted more energy to the study of history and culture.
The various campaigns of the War in Heaven were also within his scope of study.
Towards the end of the War in Heaven, the Old Ones were losing ground in the war.
To reverse the situation, they attempted to fully introduce the power of the Warp into the Reality universe.
This way, they could gain a greater advantage.
The current Great Rift was, in fact, torn open by the Old Ones.
However, when the Warp was torn open, the demons born from negative emotions like slaughter and despair did not obey the Old Ones' commands; instead, they attacked the Old Ones.
Later, the C'tan built Blackstone Fortresses to mend the rift.
"I suspect this time's Soul-Purging Dead Zone is being led by the returning Silent King, Szarekh, and the Illuminator, Szeras, with other dynasties providing assistance."
"Once the Soul-Purging Dead Zone is activated, the only way to stop them is through an all-out war, destroying all the obelisks."
"An all-out war, destroying all the obelisks?" Alex closed his eyes in contemplation, pondering the thought.
The Silent King, Szarekh, was the last and most powerful Silent King of the Necron.
During the Necron era, many Phaeron ascended to the Silent King's throne.
But as the clock of destiny gradually pointed towards the Necrons, only Szarekh had the last laugh.
When he ascended, the first battle between the Necron and the Necrons had already been lost.
They were forced to abandon a large amount of territory and retreat to their core domains.
To win victory and prevent the extinction of their race,
Szarekh chose to cooperate with the C'tan. Ultimately, the Necron gained immortal bodies, achieving mechanical ascension, but at the cost of their souls' annihilation.
After the Old Ones' defeat, Szarekh chose to lead his people in regicide, eventually defeating the C'tan one by one and imprisoning their main fragments using dimensional cubes.
The War in Heaven ended, but what awaited the Necron was not a bright future,
but a shattered galaxy full of enemies.
Although the Old Ones were defeated, their creations, such as the Aeldari and Orks, were still very powerful.
At that time, the Necrons could no longer support another racial war.
Ultimately, the Silent King made a decision to put all dynasties into slumber until they would reawaken sixty million years later to reclaim dominion over the galaxy.
After all dynasties fell into slumber, he destroyed the 'master protocol' controlling the Necrons and piloted his flagship, the Song of Oblivion, out of the galaxy, beginning his long self-exile.
The Silent King traveled for tens of millions of years, returning from beyond the galaxy only in the 38th millennium.
No one knows what he experienced, nor what strange things he found out there.
To be honest, Alex was very wary of this fellow.
The Necrons possess faster-than-light travel technology that does not rely on the Warp.
If Szarekh had been traveling at faster-than-light speeds during his time away from the galaxy,
tens of millions of years would be enough for this king to visit many places, reach many galaxies, witness their development, and learn their mysterious technologies.
Such a well-traveled being, even if not supported by Phaeron like the Storm King, would definitely be a formidable opponent.
Szarekh might be the Imperium of Man's most troublesome enemy in the Reality universe.
If he could be dealt with, the Imperium of Man would have no formidable enemies left in the Reality universe.
The T'au, despite its seemingly advanced technology, is walking the same dead end that humanity once did.
They are merely replicating the glory that humanity once had.
In the future, even if they are not annihilated by the Imperium of Man, they will perish due to the Warp.
After all, they do not have a Human Lord comparable to a god to turn the tide and fight against the Warp.
The Orks, this race is also showing signs of resurgence now,
but unfortunately, their internal strife is severe, and merely recovering to their Great Crusade era scale is likely their limit.
Weapons are ultimately just weapons; they cannot become true rulers.
The Aeldari have declined and are now vassals of the Imperium of Man.
It is unknown how many years it will take for them to rise again.
As for the Squats, they have been stagnant for many years, overly reliant on their Ancestor Cores, and pose no threat.
After a thorough review, the only force capable of stopping the Imperium of Man is the Necrons led by Szarekh.
The Illuminator, Szeras, who is allied with Szarekh,
is also an extremely troublesome fellow; he possesses bio-transferrence technology and is one of the culprits behind the birth of the Necrons.
He is obsessed with unraveling the mysteries of life and attempting to become a god.
As Alex pondered, Cortana, maintaining her loli appearance, stood behind him, intimidating the two Necron Overlords.
Orikan and Trazyn dared not speak much. They both knew the terror of the C'tan.
Even if they were Necron Overlords capable of making the entire galaxy tremble, in front of the C'tan, they were merely ants that could be crushed at will.
They had personally witnessed the terrifying power displayed by the C'tan in their prime.
In an instant, they could destroy a planet and slaughter countless lives.
If Szarekh hadn't taken advantage of their internal weakness to shatter them all, the galaxy would have long become their playground.
After weighing his options, Alex looked at Trazyn, "Then let's go to war. First, defeat the Silent King, Szarekh, and then we'll talk about the rest."
"Saint, this is the best method. Please allow me to be your vanguard and win this battle for you."
Trazyn volunteered.
He had already made up his mind, planning to harvest a good haul of those fellows' collections, and then rule the remaining Necron as their savior.
At that time, with the help of Cortana and the Saint, he would restore the Necron' physical bodies.
That way, he would become the greatest hero of the Necron.
"What kind of war can a scholar fight? You should just leave it to me." Orikan saw through Trazyn's intentions and also offered his own idea.
"You—"
Trazyn stared intently at Orikan, "I kindly brought you into the Saint's camp, and you immediately try to stab me in the back?"
"I am serving the Saint," Orikan snorted coldly.
First, bio-transferrence.
Now, setting an ambush to make me fall into a trap.
You've done all the shameless things; if I don't trip you up a bit, I'd be letting myself down.
"Cortana."
Alex ignored the bickering duo and turned to Cortana in her loli state.
"Master." Cortana tilted her head, looking at her master.
"Create a new data patch targeting the Soul-Purging Dead Zone," Alex said. "For the next period, we must focus our main efforts on resolving the Soul-Purging Dead Zone."
Cortana nodded, "Okay, Master."