In a remote star system in the Storm Star Territory, a planet with a lavender halo suspended abruptly in the void. The huge criss-crossing structures on the planet's surface made it seem incompatible with everything around it.
If a spaceship passes by, they will be shocked by this miracle and wonder why there is an unknown forging world here.
It is the terrifying predatory star, Ulan Huda.
If there was any chemical or neural reaction to inspire awe in the meager organic part of the brain of the Dominant Sage Quincy Edu, he would surely have thought that the view of the void looking out through the polarized glass was Magnificent.
This place is different from the dark outer realm. Whether it is the colorful asteroid belt or healthy stars, everything is precious there.
But now he can hardly think rationally, except for anger and power.
Below him, the vast foundry complex stretched out of sight, towering manufacturing plants, refineries, worker quarters, machine shops, and final assembly hangars covering thousands of square kilometers of surface.
This vast industrial hive city is home to billions of devoted followers of the Machine God, most of whom believe that the great Machine God rules over every aspect of the world, from the humblest slave laborer to the most powerful forge. The Lord is no exception.
The largest of the buildings before him was the Temple of Knowledge, a tall pyramid of pink and black marble, topped by a dome of gleaming blue rock and a forest of steel spiers that pierced the sky. Continuously spewing clouds of toxic smoke into the thin artificial atmosphere.
The bottom of the temple is a wide gate guarded by numerous pilasters. Millions of mathematical formulas and proof methods are engraved on the marble of the pilasters.
As one of the nine great sages of Ulanhuda, Quincy Edu should be proud of his achievements, but the pride, like many other emotions, has disappeared from his body. The organic calculation that once existed in his head The structure has been gradually replaced with synthetic synapses and efficient conduits for logical thinking. More than 80% of the body is reinforced parts, and there is nothing left that can be called the flesh and blood he was born with as a human being. , and he was extremely pleased with this fact.
Although the flesh and blood tissue still remained in his head, he felt that every biological part in his body was aging all the time. Every time the clock chimed ruthlessly and unstoppably, he was one moment closer to the grave. All the centuries of study he had gained would be in vain.
But Ulanhuda never lacks forbidden technologies. Quincy Edu has many ways to continue his life, so he never worries about his lifespan.
Far below his feet, numerous workers were walking on the stone pavement of the Omnisiah Avenue. The pavement of the avenue had been trampled by the feet of billions of people into ravines. Thirty strange-looking battle titans stood on the avenue. On either side, their majesty and power serve as a constant reminder to the city's denizens of their place in the equation that makes the Forgeworld tick, though they don't need reminding.
Although there are nine great sages in Ulan Huda, their status is not equal. For example, Quincy Edu is not only the master of the "Devouring Mouth" forging furnace, but also controls five points of the planet. One of the Skitarii, and actually controls the Phantom Legion.
The only thing that prevents him from ascending to the position of great sage is the joint confrontation of the other eight sages, and the core of Ulan Huda's three religious keys-only three keys are activated at the same time, and Ulan Huda's mysterious The ancient warp engines can be activated.
Quincy Edu only holds one key, and the other two are in the hands of his opponents. This is the key to why he never dares to unify the planet by force.
But now the situation is about to change. With the help of a certain Chaos Creation, he gained some supernatural allies and controlled two people in the meeting. One of the two people who held the key began to waver.
But this is not enough, Quincy Edu does not care about falling to Chaos, but he also realizes that the planet needs to rest and use some external force to speed up the pace of his unification.
As long as the planets are unified, the former allies will have no value. Maybe he can find an ally with a higher price.
For example, Black Legion.
However, the sages felt that it was not the time to think about this. They had to find a safe area within the empire first to let the planet that had been struggling to breathe for a while, because they had just escaped a Tyranid hunt and then ran into it again. A whiff of green skin.
Quincy Edu opened the shielded window and used his own visual equipment to observe the outside world. Obelisk-like buildings were dotted on both sides of the avenue - factories, temples, and sacred relics halls, all of which were for praise and worship. Omnisiah, only a very small number of blasphemers would deny the existence of the God of All Machines. There used to be many such people in Ulan Huda, but now they have basically been purified.
Just as Quincy Edu was staring at the outside world, he suddenly heard a binary current sound coming from the bodyguard robot standing behind him. The ruling sage turned around from his fiefdom.
The robot's appearance is smooth, dynamic, and unremarkable. If it were covered with a layer of skin, it would be no different from a human being.
Although it looks unarmed in appearance, it is equipped with a large number of weapons internally, so that its fingers can be used to kill, and the blades wrapped with energy can be ejected from the limbs in an instant.
More importantly, it uses some kind of alien biotechnology, and actually has two brains, mechanical and biological, which allows it to react at the millisecond level.
The robot warned Quincy Edu that life supplies were approaching, so the ruling sage turned his attention to the limit of vision behind him.
When he meets his servant, a pale, rubber-covered humanoid mask slips from his mechanical face, which has been unrecognizably human over the years.
A wide silvery metal disk, surrounded by brass and steel guardrails, rose upward with a hiss of pneumatic force.
There is only one person on the disk, wearing the dark robes of an ambassador.
Seeing the person coming, the circuitry on the back of Quincy Edu's mask matched the mechanical part of his face, and the features of the mask were adjusted to be close to a human welcome expression.
"Looks like our Mr. Rakhi Bangura has gained a lot."
He blurts out his words in precisely tuned binary language to convey his authority and wealth of knowledge, and which leaves no room for uncertainty or ambiguity.
Lachi Bangura, wearing a red robe with black edges, stepped down from the turntable and faced the ruling sage. His skin was as dry as wax, and his black eyes were as gloomy as those of reptiles.
Quincy Edu has always felt that Lucky Bangura was too eccentric. He sacrificed the gift of further mechanical transformation just to strengthen his ability to communicate with ordinary people. For this reason, Quincy Edu never regarded Lachi Bangura as a genius. Treat this person as a potential threat. A person who can't even achieve mechanical transformation will never be able to threaten him.
"Lord Edu."
Rakhi Bangura said and bowed deeply, and the metal-reinforced joints exposed under his robes made a clicking sound.
"How will the other party respond?"
Quincy Edu's question seemed very casual, but in fact he was the first to receive the news as soon as Lucky Bangura's spaceship entered the port, and the other party also came to report as he wished - he was conducting a parliamentary report. forward.
This would give him an advantage in subsequent parliamentary votes.
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