After tens of thousands of years of development, the Cult of Mechanicus has gradually formed its own language - Mechanical Voices, which refers to some strange dialects spoken by the technical priests of the Mechanicus. These dialects combine the language of machines with a wide range of human languages. Fusion.
These languages include Lingua-technis, hexamathic code, noospheric bleed, and Novabyte, among many others.
Many Tech-priests have their jaws and throats replaced to better speak the languages designed only for cogitators - biocomputers made from human biological brains.
These binary languages just spoken by the technical priest are a local adaptation of Techna-Lingua. Essentially a binary machine code consisting of non-random static pulses emitted through implants found on most Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
It is not difficult for Xie Yuan to decipher this secret language. He only needs to carry a multi-purpose tool with him - as a microcomputer with quantum computing speed, deciphering passwords is the most commonly used function.
What the mechanical priest just wanted to convey was: "This captain of the human creature, please provide your identity information."
Good guy! Did I say what I said before in public?
But he guessed that the channel on the ship and on the platform were not the same channel, or maybe he hadn't listened just now, so Xie Yuan could only convey it once again in binary language: "I am the commander-in-chief of the volunteer patrol fleet of the Planetary Defense Force of Nuserria. , I hope to establish normal trade relations with you."
"10000100...(trade relations?)"
The mechanical priest's prosthetic eyes shined again, but he quickly shook his head: "Although I really want to do business with you, your concealment is the biggest obstacle, because Nusria does not have a ship of this level."
"Huh?!" Xie Yuan was quite shocked, "Why do you think it's impossible for Nusria to have such a ship?"
But the technical priest's answer left Xie Yuan speechless: "Our predecessors once visited Nusria, but sadly found that they had fallen... immersed in backward desires, and we have quickly stopped since then. All dealings."
"Okay! I admit that using Nusria PDF as a cover did have some thoughts to hide it from others, but I didn't know that I met someone who knew the business."
Xie Yuan immediately opened his mouth: "This is the N7 Special Forces Operation Team under the Star Alliance Council. I am N7 Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Xie Yuan. As you can see, I come from the past."
This time the technical priest could not find fault, but he fell into silence again. In other words, they can communicate with each other in the thinking network?
Xie Yuan still waited patiently, and then the technical priest began to speak again: "What do you want to purchase from us?"
Although there was no emotion in the technical priest's tone, Xie Yuan felt an inexplicable urgency, but he still said bluntly: "I want to order a boat from you, a new boat."
In fact, when this question was asked, Xie Yuan no longer had extravagant hopes: with so many shipwrecks nearby, they must be attacked by bandits every day. How can it be possible to build a ship with peace of mind in such an environment?
Sure enough, even though he seemed calm on the surface, Xie Yuan could hear the embarrassment of the mechanical priest: "I'm sorry, our world has been in a state of war, and even many facilities on the ground have fallen into the hands of aliens. We no longer have the capacity to start work.”
"We can't start work, right?" After hearing this reply, Xie Yuan said it in normal human language.
"Oh!!!" There was a whole group of frustrated and frustrated boos in the captain's room.
"Okay then!" Xie Yuan's regret flashed across his face, and then he replied to the Mechanic Priest in a very official tone, "In that case, I will take away the beautiful spaceships outside the orbit and the wreckage of other spaceships, as my The spoils of a victorious battle.
Seeing how difficult it is for you, as a human being of the same kind, I will do my best to the end and will not charge you any compensation. "
With that said, the communication was turned off, and everyone was preparing to leave the area.
"Wait a minute!" Mechanic Priest suddenly stopped, "Although we can't prepare a ship for you in the short term, I have a business deal that I want to talk to you about."
Xie Yuan took back his hand that was about to turn off the communication, and then looked at the Mechanic Priest: "I'm listening."
"Let me introduce you again. I am a sage from the Mechanicum, named Il Sartarel." Then he was afraid that Xie Yuan didn't know, so he quickly reminded me, "I am from the sage conference that dominates this forging world. One member.
As you can see, our world seems to be in a subspace ocean current. A large number of alien pirates are produced every year and come to the periphery of our world. They have developed unimaginable attacks on us, and we have lost a lot of land and facilities. …”
The Mechanic Priest paused for a while, as if he was brewing some emotion, and then said with Xie Yuan's gaze: "We have tried to conquer our land many times, but there are always many variables that make our actions unsuccessful... We...we need assistance, we need additional armed forces to help us restore the land and expel those damn aliens!"
"I don't work for nothing, what effect do you want me to achieve, and what can you provide me?" Xie Yuan asked in binary language.
But the Mechanic Priest did not reply immediately, but fell into silence again, and Xie Yuan arranged for everyone to prepare to set sail.
Because Xie Yuan's order was not hidden from the technical priest in front of him, the latter immediately panicked: "Captain Xie Yuan, why did you leave so suddenly? We haven't finished talking yet!"
"Okay!" Xie Yuan looked directly at El, "Tell me, what can you give to help you regain the whole territory?"
"Uh... we are still discussing this..." El looked a little hesitant.
"That doesn't mean you're not in a hurry at all!" Xie Yuan felt that these mechanical priests were really cute - they actually had the same characteristics as the 3K capitalists: they wanted to do their best, but they didn't want to pay the price they deserved.
But the problem is, after knowing that Enkara Dean has no way to achieve what Xie Yuan wants, what else is there for Xie Yuan to miss? !
Are they really willing to become a sage themselves?
Xie Yuan retorted: "If you are not very active in regaining lost territory, why should I waste time with you?"
"We can give you a very discounted ammunition replenishment. As long as you help us, I am even willing to make the decision and charge you at the cost price..."
But Xie Yuan choked Yi Er with one sentence: "I'm sorry, the individual infantry weapons in the hands of my men never need to prepare ammunition."
"How is this possible?!" Even in the middle of negotiations, Il showed a desire for knowledge like a curious baby, "Any weapon requires ammunition, even laser weapons and even plasma weapons must require energy batteries. This is a It’s a big expense – we can make it very cheaply.”
"But in fact, Nuo, give me a particle rifle." He took the particle rifle brought by his men and showed it to him up and down. "Now, from top to bottom, did you see a magazine that needed to be replaced?" Where is the energy battery? No? This is the evidence."
"Can you come closer and let me take a closer look?" El showed his desire to study new technologies.
Xie Yuan handed it over in a gentlemanly manner and came closer... and allowed the Il Sage to scan it with his prosthetic eye - the technical content of this gun was so high that Xie Yuan spent 10 years of research on it before initially deciphering it and reaching the official level. For mass production, if you can reverse engineer it just by looking at it, then all of Xie Yuan’s research experience can be thrown into the drain.
"Ah...I can't understand anything!" El looked very angry.
But Xie Yuan was not so generous as to send a gun over - the cost of deciphering would also be charged.
"Then how about you take a look?" El continued to suggest, "Your ship seems to have been damaged, and its function has dropped by 20%. How about we come to help you repair and strengthen it?"
"I know how to repair this ship myself, so I won't use your precious manpower to condescend to serve my ship." Xie Yuan said directly that there was no need, "In fact, you can tell from the weird style of this ship. This is not a human ship - it is my original ship that was damaged, captured by force, and repaired along the way to bring it to a usable state.
The reason why I looked for a boat was to replace the boat under my feet. "
"How come you know how to repair a ship?!" Even though his face was expressionless, Xie Yuan could feel a hint of admiration and respect flashing through the eyes of the technical priest.
Only then did Il realize that Xie Yuan really had hard goods, so during a data transmission that started to emit white smoke, Il initially gave Xie Yuan a reply: "Captain Xie Yuan, after discussion in the parliament, the You have a diverse plan.”
"Say it."
"Our most basic requirement is that we must regain our mines. With mines, we can do many things."
Ir continued to add: "As a reward for recovering the mine, we will prepare for you to produce a sword-class frigate that is opposite you at the moment. However, during the construction process, I hope you will protect our construction team, otherwise everything will happen." They will all fall short.”
"Does the ship have supporting personnel and equipment?" Xie Yuan asked for verification.
"Uh...this is another price..."
"How could I trust you and waste my time?"
Xie Yuan looked at the little angel speechlessly and directly ordered: "Set the ship!"
Just when Xie Yuan was about to kill the link on the other side, the screen turned, and a face with more mechanical parts - almost an iron man - turned to the opposite side of Xie Yuan.
This person made an old voice: "Kid, don't pinch me in a hurry. I have a private idea to share with you."
"Who is the old gentleman?"
"I am the first person in charge of the Enkaradian Forging World, Director of Casting, Jabalson." The man in the iron mask with blue light in his eyes introduced himself humbly.
"Great Sage Person, it's a great honor to meet you, but I'm sorry, there's really nothing I can do to help you." Xie Yuan looked embarrassed.
"It's okay, Captain Xie Yuan. It's already very valuable to get your help so that our remaining fleet can survive." The iron-faced old man didn't seem to care much, and even said in a grateful tone, "I have to thank you for this." You, it’s a pity that we are really short of money and have nothing to repay.”
"Uh, no need, Your Majesty the Great Sage, I have no idea of getting anything in return - I just hope to get my own spoils." Xie Yuan showed courtesy to the sudden appearance of the Great Sage, neither humble nor overbearing.
"This is what you deserve... However, does Captain Xie Yuan intend to go to the triple Fal casting world this time?" The blue eyes of the iron-faced old man suddenly flashed.
"I guess there's no other world around here that can afford the size of a ship I want to buy, right?" Xie Yuan guessed that even if the other Angel Muse Forging World wasn't as turbulent as this one, it probably wouldn't have the size to handle it.
"But the ship you have now is not a normal ship carrying a subspace engine and a Geller force field, but a near-light speed ship... Triple Farr is estimated to be more than a hundred years away from me... It will take a long time... All this time just for a boat?”
"Then... does the great sage have any suggestions?" Xie Yuan crossed his arms and listened to the suggestions that the old guy in front of him was about to make.
"I can't speak of suggestions, but I have a little opinion..."
Great Sage Persson flashed his blue eyes and continued: "The only difference between our world and building a normal ship is the loss of some factories and mines - as long as we regain these places, then we You can be sure to build 1 to 3 frigates at the same time within 3-4 years. We are willing to give you one of the frigates plus a full crew as a gift.
With this ship, you can quickly travel through the subspace to the triple Farr world and buy the larger ship you want.
How do you feel about this deal? Is there any opportunity that can be discussed? "
Xie Yuan did not answer at the beginning. Instead, he touched his chin and pondered for a moment, and then simply made another suggestion: "If you want me to help you, yes, but I also need a piece of land on your planet. It will serve as a combat readiness base for military preparation. At the same time, I need to obtain one of your sage titles in order to cooperate and jointly defend."
"Your request is too high!" Great Sage Person flatly refused, "The Mechanicus has never allowed any outsiders to stay on our land, and each of our sage titles is extremely noble. Absolutely not for sale!”
"Then forgive me for not being able to help." Xie Yuan spread his hands, "I only have a boat with about 800 people, plus a Marine Action Team of more than 100 people - I can easily handle general operations, but a single An operation to take back the world?!
I need a base to produce soldiers, light weapons and heavy equipment, and even a vehicle repair station and raw material collection station - I have all the equipment, but I need space to lay it out. "
The dim light in the eyes of Great Sage Person suddenly condensed: "Do you have equipment that can produce soldiers? Can soldiers be produced?! What kind of soldiers are these?"
"I have a mutant breeding facility and an MEC robot production line on my ship... Although they are both small, they are modular and can be moved down and used at any time as long as there is space... But we must first have a space."
After Xie Yuan finished speaking, he continued to add: "Secondly, we have a production line, and we also need to invest in raw materials. This is because if my ship wants to hold the sky, you have to pay the first payment for materials."
"..." Great Sage Person fell silent again.
"However," Xie Yuan suddenly changed the topic, "When I came this time, the warehouse was not unprepared. I brought a warehouse of naval alloys and raw materials used to make weapons and engines, which can be synthesized according to the formula. Come out – I can provide the recipe.”
"So Great Sage," Xie Yuan took a step forward, letting his face completely occupy the perspective of the Great Sage, "I will solemnly ask you one last time, as the casting director, can you agree to my request? If not, I am really ready to leave this time - even if it takes 100 years to reach Triple Fal, I can only do this."
"Captain Xie Yuan, your request is too high. We really need to seriously consider it..." At this point, for fear of being contacted by Xie Yuan, he immediately changed his explanation, "...but we are indeed very interested, so we want to invite you. Can you come down and talk to us first? You should have the means to go down to the atmosphere, right?"
"There won't be any sinister thoughts here, right?" Xie Yuan raised his chin and looked at the Great Sage with a teasing look, while suppressing the restless crew members around him with his hands.
"I want to say no, but I can't guarantee this 100%, because after all, you are talking about something that goes against our traditions. You need to have the power to allow us to ignore our traditions - this may give you life Danger."
Great Sage Persson pointed at Xie Yuan with a finger: "But as long as you can let us feel your talent and strength, what's the harm in making some concessions? And at this step, we have already made an invitation, There's just one problem now."
Great Sage Persson's blue eyes shone brightly: "Do you dare to come down?"
