Chapter 9: The First Crystal
Mesa was silent as he was processing this ocean of information that he was deluged by. Eventually he asked Serene Bias a question on something that was nagging him.
"Serene Bias, a question if I may. Do you have any connection to one of the 99 other versions of you?"
"That is unfortunately not possible Reclaimer. When my creator had made the 100 versions of this alternate universe, that my creator refers to as The Hub, I have lost connection to my creator and I am unable to gain any connection to the other versions of me." Said Serene Bias.
"In fact, from my point of view it has been but a few days since I have lost connection to my creator."
"Understood. But hypothetically, let's say I refused to take ownership of The Hub. What would happen to it?" Asked Mesa.
"Well Reclaimer, if you were to, hypothetically, refuse to take ownership of the Hub than you will be ejected from it and it will disappear from this universe and appear in another version of this universe before another version of you."
"Alright understood. Final questions. How big is The Hub and where is the gateway located and what does it all contain and can I change its name?" Asked Mesa.
"That information remains classified Reclaimer and will only be made available to you upon acceptance of the Hub." Said Serene Bias.
"What is your opinion on all Invariant Bias, should I accept or not? Because I will be honest with you, I am personally inclined to accept." Said Mesa as he turned to the floating Metarch-class ancilla next to him.
"From what I have been able to ascertain Reclaimer is that this fellow Metarch-class ancilla Serene Bias is speaking the truth. And from what I am able to ascertain, acceptance of the Hub would provide an opportunity to recreate the Absolute Record within this Hub from all of the Forerunner technology you have brought with you from my home universe." Said Invariant Bias before it turned towards Mesa.
"So Reclaimer, if you ask my opinion on whether you should accept this, I would say yes."
Turning back to Serene Bias, Mesa accepted ownership of the Hub.
*PING [ Congratulations sir, you are now hereby the owner and master of The Hub, the alternate universe created by your alternate self.]
And with that ownership came a sudden influx of information about The Hub. The location of the gateway in the 40K universe, the incredible size of the Hub and how many planets exist in it what they have and the vast amount of Forerunner technology being constantly created here. But what surprised him most of all was the anti-Warp measures that its creator had taken. Now that impressed him greatly.
After a few weeks' travel, the ship in which Serene Bias had picked had come to orbit a planet. And looking down at it, Mesa saw that it was a highly developed planet with vast amounts of Forerunner architecture everywhere. When Mesa asked Serene Bias what this planet was, the answer that he got was that this planet is the Nexus of the Hub. It is here where the other side of the gateway that connects the Hub to the Warhammer 40K universe resides. Taking the shuttle that Serene Bias had picked them up in down to the planet's surface, the ride down went smoothly and as they came closed, Mesa saw a massive Forerunner tower construct. It was towards this construct that the shuttle was heading. Coming closer, he could see a platform that jutted out of the side of the tower and the shuttle smoothly touched down upon it. After stepping out, a great door in the tower opened up and group of Sentinels came hovering over with a hovering platform between them.
"Master, if you would, please step on the platform and I will take you to the Nexus of the Hub." Said Serene Bias.
"Sure." Said Mesa and complied with its request. Once he stood on the platform, he, Serene Bias and Invariant Bias hovered into the tower. And once inside, Mesa could see that it was basically empty on the inside with countless Sentinels hovering inside and doing, what he presumed, was maintenance work.
"Whilst we are on the way towards the other side of the gateway, I have something to say Serene Bias." Said Mesa as their group ascended into the tower towards its highest point.
"And what may that be Master."
"Can you stop calling me Master. I don't like being called that." Said Mesa
"My name is Mesa Uchiha. If you want to speak to me, you can call me by my name. Though if you want it to remain formal, you can call me sir. Or you can do just like Invariant Bias does and call me Reclaimer."
"Very well. I will call you sir henceforth." Said Serene Bias. After that, they ascended the tower in silence until they reached its peak. There Mesa could see a sphere of utter darkness the size of a basketball hovering in place.
"So this is the other side of the gateway that your creator made." Said Mesa utterly fascinated by it.
"That is correct." Said Serene Bias. "This the gateway that connect the Hub to the Warhammer 40K universe and the very center of the Hub. It was from here that my creator made the Hub and it is here that my creator had this tower created around it."
"I see. And from the information that I was given, this tower is the first line of defense against incursions from the other side." Said Mesa which Serene Bias confirmed.
"But tell me Serene Bias, in the event of an incursion, what would be the reaction to it?" Asked Mesa curiously.
"Well sir, allow me to explain." Said Serene Bias and went on to explain.
In the case of an incursion, the tower that they are in is made up of thousands of Sentinels that would immediately assault the intruders. If the intruders somehow made their way out of the tower, then they would be assaulted by the billions of Armiger, Warsphinxes, mechanical Promethean Knights and all the other millions of aircraft and ground craft stationed upon Nexus, the world that they stood upon. In the event that the intruders have somehow repelled their assault and established a permanent beachhead upon Nexus, then Nexus would dissolve its artificial crust and the trillions of Onyx Sentinels that make up its crust would assault the enemy. And in the event that the intruders have somehow brought in void ships, then Serene Bias could call in more than 3 billion void ships of all sizes and classes from all across the Hub to destroy the intruders. So in short, if there was an incursion, then the fate of the intruders would be certain death. Suffice to say, Mesa was very impressed. In the lore of 40K it was said that Holy Terra was the most heavily defended planet in the Milky Way galaxy. But compared to the Nexus, Holy Terra looked like it was being defended by toddlers.
After that, Mesa decided that it was time to head out and start collecting the crystals in order to find that Soul Stone. As for all of the Forerunner technology in his inventory, he left behind several clones that could work together with Invariant Bias and Serene Bias to integrate it into the existing structure that Serene Bias had set up. Though before he left, he was given his personal Forerunner style armor. And to match his Infinity Gauntlet, he had it made golden and put it on. When the armor was fully equipped, Mesa felt a presence appear in the back of his mind, the armor's AI spirit. This was unlike the times when he merged his body and soul with Ddraig and Albion. This was just a voice in the back of his mind. The first thing he asked his armor's ancilla was to establish a connection with Serene Bias and Invariant Bias and when this was achieved he finally left to go searching for the first crystal.
When all was said and done, Mesa opened up a portal and left the Hub. After leaving the Hub, Mesa appeared on the surface of the planet that housed the gateway to the Hub. Looking around, he was met with a barren wasteland of hills and mountains of black rock. Looking up at the sky, he was met with the blackness of outer space and the uncountable numbers of twinkling light in the sky on account of the planet not having an atmosphere. Turning to look at a specific light, he pointed his finger at it till it sat right at its fingertip.
"You know what that little speck of light entails guys?" Said Mesa.
"The Milky Way Galaxy." Said Ddraig as the Boosted Gear appeared on his left hand. "The fucking location of all this grimdark shit."
"Be that as it may, I am honestly ecstatic to go and fight those horrors and show them the overwhelming power of the Heavenly Dragons." Said Albion as the Wings of Light appeared on Mesa's back.
"I agree. But a question to you guys. We are currently so powerful that the only practical threats to us would be the Chaos Gods, the Emperor and Horus at the end of the Heresy. And yet we are just 6'5" (195.6 cm), though taller than the average human, we still look just like some regular human. Should I change our body to reflect our power and become a titan of force like the Emperor?" Asked Mesa to his Heavenly Dragons companions knowing what their answer would be.
And when they answered that he obviously should their body to reflect their power, Mesa simply grinned with anticipation and with a quick use of the Reality Stone, enlarged his body to be 15 feet tall. So there he stood, a 15-foot-tall godlike being in hyper advanced golden Forerunner armor that was so much better than anything the Imperium of Man had at its disposal, ready to make his debut in the Milky Way Galaxy. Taking out the crystal from his inventory, Mesa infused it with Profound Energy and it started to glow up. And immediately, the information about the location of the first crystal was imprinted in his mind.
(Infinity Trial #4 - Location of Crystal #1: Isstvan 3 - Time period: 005.M31)
"Wow! Just fucking back that bus all over me; why don't you." Were Mesa, Ddraig and Albion's reaction upon learning the location of the first crystal.
"Just straight up the ass and not meal even beforehand to wine and dine us." Said Mesa angrily. After a few seconds, he took a deep breath to calm himself down and just activated the Space Stone and Time Stone to transport them to the location of the first crystal.
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