Kaiser Weinstein felt as if his body drifted in the void.
That was when he noticed:
He had no body.
No weight. No breath. Yet his consciousness existed-clear, intact, floating in an endless expanse of white.
There are no limits.
At first, his thoughts were sluggish, like waking from a long nap. Then, memories came slowly-his name, fragments of life, a computer screen filled with stars and glowing borders.
He remembers it. The digital empire that he had built for the past two weeks in Stellaris.
As his awareness sharpened, the white before him began to change.
Light gathered, folding inward, shaping itself into something immense.
A throne appeared.
Golden. Colossal. Ancient.
Seated upon it was a figure clad in intricate armor of gold and adamantium, cables and ancient machinery fused into His form. His presence pressed down on reality itself, vast enough to make Kaiser's thoughts tremble.
Kaiser didn't need an introduction.
"...So," he thought weakly, "this is what's happening."
The Emperor of Mankind looked upon him.
That gaze pierced everything-memory, intent, potential. Kaiser felt as though his entire existence had been laid bare.
"Your soul is... untainted," the Emperor said.
His voice was neither loud nor soft, yet it filled the void completely.
"It does not originate from this universe."
Kaiser tried to respond, only to realize he had no mouth.
The Emperor continued, studying him with something close to fascination.
"You have unified stars. Ruled countless worlds. Commanded fleets that spanned the galaxy."
Images flashed before Kaiser's consciousness-vast star maps, megastructures encircling suns, fleets moving in perfect formation.
The Emperor's eyes burned brighter.
"What I failed to completed, you achieved."
Kaiser nearly laughed.
Those weren't memories of conquest. They were save files. Mouse clicks. A strategy game played far too late into the night.
But the Emperor did not know that.
Nor did He doubt it.
"You are the variable humanity requires," the Emperor declared.
"You will carry my will beyond my reach."
Before Kaiser could protest-before he could even think-power surged.
Blinding and overwhelming.
A fragment of the Emperor's psychic might was poured into his soul. Not imposed-but fused. Kaiser's essence expanded, sharpened, reforged into something far greater than human.
Then came the pain.
Gene-code rewritten.
Structure redesigned.
Potential pushed to its absolute limit.
A body was forged-perfected, powerful, transcendent.
A form comparable to the Primarchs.
When it was done, the white light collapsed inward.
Darkness followed.
As his consciousness began to fade once more, the heavy voice followed:
"You will be the sanctuary humanity needed."
---
Kaiser gasped.
Air rushed into his lungs as he bolted upright.
Soft fabric met his skin. He looked down-his body was recreated.
Strong. Far stronger than before.
He stood slightly above three meters tall. Muscle packed dense within.
His senses have amplified, every part of it became stronger than ever.
"This has to be a joke."
He is covered in white clothes-not a suit-but a Toga.
It's an ancient Roman clothing, which revealed his right muscular arms.
Kaiser then scanned his surroundings.
The room around him was oddly familiar.
Luxurious, yet unmistakably reinforced. Smooth alloy walls hidden beneath elegant panels, soft lighting glowing with a faint blue hue.
Holographic interfaces rested silently along the walls from different devices.
The design is futuristic.
"This is..."
Kaiser slowly stood, his heart pounding.
"No way..."
He walked to a wide viewport.
Beyond it lay space-and something impossible.
A colossal orbital structure stretched across the stars, elegant rings interlocked with weapon platforms and habitat sectors.
The designs look exactly like that one structures from Stellaris.
The Gaia Orbital Complex.
Far below, a blue planet rotates silently, its surface indicates life.
His breath caught.
That wasn't from Warhammer.
That was from his Stellaris nation.
His own "Mankind" Empire.
Memory after memory clicked into place. A star system. Human colonies. Megastructures. Fleets. An empire he had built for fun-
"Now it's real... so that's how it is," Kaiser muttered.
He hadn't just transmigrated alone.
He had brought an entire system with him.
A starter pack... in the Warhammer 40K universe.
But before he could celebrate, realization struck.
Kaiser was the ultimate Interstellar-Weeb.
He is a fan of many space related sci-fi works-including Warhammer 40K. He knows the lore better than most people do.
And that includes the grimdark civilization surrounding them.
The world of Warhammer 40K was extremely brutal, with the life of its people nothing more than numbers.
For the ordinary people, if you ended up in hiveworld, you would grind yourself to death-only to be reused as a corpse-starch.
For a lot of the Imperium citizens, it's normal.
If you get conscripted to the Astra Militarum, then your fate is no different than death. The frontline has creative ways to take your life, after all.
However, the worst is when your mind is corrupted with chaos.
They would twist your body into a wretched creature, forever tormented in agony.
Only then would you seek death.
And now, Kaiser has arrived in this world.
He needs a plan.
"Pardon me, Your Majesty..."
A soft-feminine voice echoes behind the door.
Kaiser turned, his thoughts immediately recognized the face displayed on the slide metal door projector.
Hima!
She was his Head of State from his own empire in Stellaris.
Her alluring face showing concerns.
Looking at the realistic version of her, Kaiser raises his brows.
Apparently the people have also transmigrated.
When Kaiser stepped in front of the door, it automatically slid sideways.
In an instant, his gaze met the lady wrapped in a neat gray uniform.
"Your Majesty," Hima bowed in reverence.
"What is it?" Kaiser asked, cold and heavy.
This is embarrassing. He is not suited to act as some kind of overlord.
But regardless, he played it perfectly.
"It appears that there are a lot of issues to be discussed, Your Majesty," she replied solemnly. "The other High Lords have been summoned to the meeting room."
Kaiser nodded silently.
This has to be something related to the transmigration.
Then, he made up his mind.
"Very well. Lead the way!"