Infinite Metaverse

"Try contacting the Phaeton Forge World."

Fu Qinghai said.

"Called for the seventh time, no answer."

Xia Lu replied.

No news came from the Phaeton Forge World, which meant two things: either there were no astropaths in the forge world at all, or the system where it was located was shrouded in a subspace storm and communications and traffic were blocked.

But the navigator said that the fleet could sail to the Phaeton Forge World normally, so the latter possibility was ruled out.

There are not even astropaths. The situation in this marginalized forging world may be worse than Fu Qinghai imagined.

…

The relationship between Mars and many forge worlds is somewhere between "the common master of the world under the Western Zhou ritual system" and the "Commonwealth of Great Britain".

To put it simply, Mars' control over other forge worlds is stronger than the feudal system, but weaker than the Commonwealth.

There are some forging worlds that do not rely on Mars at all, such as Huangquan No. 8, which is famous for its love of studying alien technology. The "sleepless one-eyed" Huangquan No. 8 once attracted the attention of the Alien Tribunal because of its excessive obsession with alien technology. Gao Ling The Lord Council dispatched dozens of Death Watch killing squads to encircle and suppress Huang Ba.

There are some forge worlds that have a close relationship with Mars, such as Reza, which is famous for its research and production of plasma weapons, "Furnace Starlink" Reza, and all the plasma pistols used by Fu Qinghai are produced in the Reza forge world. .

There are also some forge worlds that have a very close relationship with Mars, such as Voss Prime, known as the "right hand of Mars" and Steel Ball, known as the "Flash Giant". These two forge worlds completely agree with the ideas and teachings of Mars, and they are very important to Mars. It is loyal.

So what elements does a powerful forging world with a name and surname need to contain?

First, there must be at least one Titan Legion.

A forge world that cannot even support the Titan Legion must be a pheasant forge world, and some extremely powerful forge worlds, such as Mars, even support more than one Titan Legion.

Secondly, there must be a few competitive products that are available.

The representative products of the Agrippina Forge World are the Leman Russ Eradicator, the Engineering Sentinel Mecha of the Triple Far Forge World, the Inquisitor Armored Assault Launcher of the Zhao Akada Forge World...either Special products, or special models of ordinary products. If it can only produce some mainland products, it is obviously an unknown casting world.

Finally, you have to go through the test of war.

For example, "Hollow Forge" Lucius is a hollow planet with an artificial sun surrounded by the earth's crust. The entire planet is a super-large furnace with extremely high forging efficiency. It also masters the power of a special alloy "Yangyan". Synthetic formula.

Lucius was attacked by the Leviathan Hive Fleet in later generations, and in the end they drove the Hive Fleet away - the speed at which the Hive Fleet absorbed biomass troops could not keep up with the speed at which Lucius could recast mechanical parts. , a forging world of the Adeptus Mechanicus, defeated the Tyranids in a war of attrition, and the Hollow Forge became famous throughout the world.

So having said all that, what kind of forging world is Phaeton Forging World?

Fu Qinghai stood on the bridge, looking at the auspicious scan in front of him - the empty, scorched earth burned by the light of stars, and fell into silence.

…

Fu Qinghai piloted the Thunderhawk gunship and landed on the surface of the planet with Joestar, Camille and Satfalan.

The light here is hot and dazzling, the earth here is cracked and warped, and the air here is twisted and hot.

The fleet flew around the planet and discovered that this was not a completely deserted and dead world. It was not that simple. The ship's auspicious device discovered several man-made creations similar to fortresses and shafts on the surface.

The bow hatch of the Thunder Eagle gunship opened and fell, and four space warriors walked out along the deck with weapons in hand. Fu Qinghai's magnetic shoes made a crisp "click" sound when they stepped on the dry ground without a trace of moisture.

The field of vision in the eyepiece is filled with a dull yellow landscape.

"Air temperature, seventy-nine degrees Celsius."

Joe Star Report.

"The main component is carbon dioxide, which is not breathable."

Camille added.

The power armor is completely enclosed, and the life support system in the power backpack is operating to maintain the body temperature and moisture of the Space Marines. In such a harsh environment, the four people did not feel any discomfort.

Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the super "big sun" in the sky.

Fu Qinghai has been to many terrestrial planets. Those terrestrial planets may have three "moons" and four "moons", but their "suns" are all the same, almost the same color and size as the sun seen on the earth.

The "sun" in front of us is too big, like a round table hanging in the sky. This shows that the distance between stars and planets is too close and is not suitable for human habitation. However, the data shows that this is a forging world. .

So obviously.

Fu Qinghai led the three people towards the huge steel building standing on the scorched earth, an abandoned shaft.

The four of them came to the top of the shaft. Inside was an ancient helicopter with dried blood stains and black smoke from the explosion. Fu Qinghai squatted down to taste the blood - human blood. Other than that, he didn't get any information. .

High temperatures have destroyed the activity of DNA fragments.

Fu Qinghai tried to operate it, and the elevator could still operate normally. Fu Qinghai moved the difficult handle of the gear, and the four space warriors boarded the elevator. Amidst the creaking and rumbling sounds, it slowly sank into the darkness. in the shaft.

The elevator continues to sink.

It was dark all around.

Only the Space Marine's crimson goggles lit.

Another small screen lit up.

Fu Qinghai held a hand-held auger and said:

"We have descended three hundred meters, and the auspicious device has detected a life signal below."

As he suspected, this was an underground civilization.

The elevator continued to rumble and sink.

"Boom!"

The car body shook and the elevator stopped.

Fu Qinghai and others walked out of the elevator, and in front of them was a huge steel door.

"Melta bomb."

Fu Qinghai said.

Joestar quickly deployed the melta bomb.

"boom--"

After the explosion, the Space Marines entered the perimeter of the facility through a doorway that was smoking and covered with molten slag.

"Click click click..."

What greeted them was a circle of automatic guns, and the faces of the soldiers holding these weapons were all pale and frightened. Among them were children, women, and old people, but there were no Skitarii and ICPs. Mechs.

They are not soldiers.

Fu Qinghai made a judgment instantly.

Fu Qinghai's muzzle drooped slightly and said:

"I am Qingshan Khan of the White Scar Legion Divine Machine Brotherhood. Put down your weapons and inform me of the situation here."

The fear did not fade from the faces of mortals.

Until Fu Qinghai took off his helmet and revealed his face. Seeing that there were no protruding sharp corners, sharp teeth or long tongue on his face, the old, weak, women and children present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're late, White Scar."

An old man pushed through the crowd and stood in front.

His eyes contained sorrow and anger, and he shouted:

"Aren't you the fastest army in the universe? Why are you here now?"

"Be careful what you say, mortal."

Qiao Shida couldn't help but said:

"We are not here under orders, we are just passing by."

"Haha." The old man laughed miserably:

"See, this is how Terra and Mars treat us, indifferent and indifferent."

Fu Qinghai probably understood what was going on. He strode forward, picked up the old man's collar, lifted him in front of him, and said lightly:

"If you really have the courage, you should die fighting against the enemy instead of living until now to get angry at us. Now, tell me, what happened?"

…

"They easily killed all the skitarii and cybernetics, and killed all the tech-priests who were unwilling to obey them."

"They took away all the supplies, STCs and young adults they could."

"They raided the population like crazy, filling every deck with slaves until there was no more space left."

An old woman lay crying in front of Fu Qinghai.

"Whatever they couldn't take away was blown up by them. The light energy grid array was blown up, the geothermal power station was also blown up, all the forges, all the crucibles, all the foundries and production workshops... woo woo Oh, God of all opportunities is above."

Another elderly man added hoarsely.

Fu Qinghai roughly restored what happened from the survivors' word-for-word narrations.

Three months ago, the defeated remnants of the Sons of Horus passed by here and easily defeated the weak defenders of the Phaeton Forge World. The Sixteenth Legion began to plunder this place. Materials, population, and technology were all that they could not use. The principles left to the pseudo-emperor and the facilities and equipment that could not be taken away were all blown up.

The old, weak, sick and disabled people in front of them were hiding deep underground. The traitors were in a hurry and could not bear to capture them as slaves, so they had a chance to escape.

Fu Qinghai knew why the traitors would smash, loot, burn, and scrape the ground like a bunch of beggars.

Because there is nothing in the Eye of Terror, no humans, no facilities, no supplies... Even a mouthful of clean drinking water and an intact piece of ceramic armor can cause bloody battles between Chaos warbands.

I really don’t know why they rebelled.

How did the first large-scale conflict between the several traitor legions that first escaped into the Eye of Terror erupt? There are not enough slaves for the Emperor's Children, so they want to grab the slaves of the Sons of Horus.

Space Marines are all masters, and they are used to living a life of being served by mortals. How can they do it without slaves? Slaves are not only needed to do the work, but also to create new Space Marines.

The people here were fortunate that the traitor they met was the Son of Horus. Although Hezi was also corrupted by the power of Chaos, most people did not believe in the Four Gods of Chaos. They believed in Chaos without distinction or had no faith at all. If you encounter the Death Guard, the Emperor's Children, or the World Eaters, the starting point of these people's consideration of the problem is not pure efficiency and profit. They will kill and torture for love.

The Son of Horus has been away for three months. He will definitely not be able to catch up with him, and he may not be able to defeat him if he catches up. Fu Qinghai is only concerned about what is left in the entire forging world.

…

"This is an emerging forging world. Only a small part of the underground city has been developed, and many places are still blank."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Quinto.

"I looked through the management log of the former foundry director. Their core technology is mainly geothermal energy and solar energy extraction equipment. Other than that, there is nothing special. The traitors in these large facilities cannot take them away, so they were all taken away. It blew up, but it should be repairable.”

The Phaeton Forge World is really not good. It is far away from the core area of ​​​​the Empire and close to the edge of the Hazy Star Territory.

An example can tell the difference: Fu Qinghai saw at first glance that they were still adopting natural breeding methods to increase their population, while in forged worlds like Mars, no one had given birth to children for a long time, and the population was from Born in a clone culture factory.

Belisarius Cawl was born from a mechanical test tube and a biochemical chamber. Like most Martians, he did not know who his parents were.

The Forge World is also divided into levels. The production capacity of the Forge World is not necessarily higher than that of the Industrial World. The real difference is that the Forge World is under the control of the Mechanicus. The tax level is the same as the home planet of the Astartes Chapter, which is special level. There is no tax exemption, but the industrial world is under the management of the human empire, and industrial products need to be paid as tithes.

Why did the Adeptus Mechanicus choose Phaeton as the forging world? During the Great Crusade, this place was originally defined as an advance base for further conquest and development of the Obscure Star Territory. However, with the arrival of the Horus Heresy, subsequent development plans were shelved.

"The only good news, Master."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Quinto:

"The former Director of Forging, a blacksmith with the title of Lord of the Forge, Buck Huslett, led some technical priests, as well as the components and blueprints of the STC, and hid in the ancient labyrinth deep underground. The Sons of Horus also We couldn’t find them.”

…

The fleet hovers in space orbit.

Camille had to perform reconstructive surgeries on one hundred and thirty-five school-age teenagers, and she was extremely busy during this period.

Qiao Shida is leading the training of the new recruits who have successfully survived the reconstruction surgery, and he is also very busy.

Fu Qinghai would go to the stage of the Star Language Choir every now and then to deliver false information with Xia Lu.

"The cruiser Fierce Horse sent a letter to the respected Martian Forge Temple: The Orc fleet is currently launching a siege on the Phaeton Forge World. The God-Machine Brotherhood and the enemy are engaged in repeated battles for the space port. The battle is fierce, requesting support..."

"The cruiser Fiery Horse sent a letter to the respected Forge Commander Cain, the Great Sage: The orc fleet has occupied the space port, and we cannot leave the planet's surface. The orcs tried to land, but were blocked by the Skitarii led by Qingshan Khan, and the orcs attacked Suffering heavy setbacks and suffering heavy losses, we returned to space orbit to continue the blockade..."

"The cruiser HMS Fierce Horse writes to the distinguished..."

Text message bombing, oh no, star language bombing.

Sage Kane is annoying to death.

A week later, Xia Long found Fu Qinghai:

"Mars requests to speak alone with Sage Quinto."

"Uh, okay."

Fu Qinghai agreed and notified Master Quinto on the scientific research ship to come over.

Master Quinto came to the Star Language Choir's high platform.

It was said that it was a private conversation, and Fu Qinghai was standing nearby.

After a while, Xia Long said:

"Firestar asked Sage Quintor how long it would take for the orc siege of the Forge World of Phaeton to be lifted."

Fu Qinghai said: "It is estimated to be two years."

Master Quinto nodded.

Xia Lu passed the message, and after a while, he said:

"Mars asked Sage Quinto, are the two sets of STC intact?"

Master Quinto said: "Intact."

Two-way astrological communication was carried out slowly, every ten minutes or so, until...

"Firestar asked Sage Quinto if he would be willing to rule a Forge World alone."

coming!

Master Kuntuo was about to express his agreement when Fu Qinghai held down Xia Lu:

"First ask which forging world it is."

Xia Lu passed the summons ten minutes later.

"Phaeton Forge World."

Fu Qinghai chuckled and said, "Sure enough."

Completely as expected.

"Reply yes."

The last wave of star language transmissions took Xia Long a long time to receive the message. Finally, she slowly read:

"Great Sage Kane wrote to Sage Quinto: The great faith of the God of Machines needs to take root in the distant hazy star field, and reviving a forging world is the best feedback to the Ohm Messiah. As a God of Machines in the human world, Agent, take charge of his palace and guard his territory, Quinto Anastasio, this is a supremely glorious task, you swear to hold on to the last inch of the sacred territory and never let it be occupied by aliens!"

This means that you can die, but the STC must not be kidnapped by the orcs.

"You are officially appointed as the Foundry Director of Phaeton today! After the turmoil and catastrophe, too many forging worlds have forgotten the core essence of truth and logic, and reversed the rotation direction of gears and bearings, Quinto Anastasio, We must pass on and strengthen Mars’ faith!”

Fu Qinghai laughed when he heard this, thinking that your Mars political review really failed. Master Quinto is a heretic who loves to study alien technology. When transforming the space warriors, he dared to add materials to it without permission. His classmate and friend Wa Master Nack is also a big heretic who has delved into nanotechnology. So, he still asks Master Quinto to "inherit and strengthen the faith of Mars"?

It would be a good thing if Phaeton didn't become the second Huang Quan No. 8.

Xia Lu continued to repeat the words of Great Sage Kane:

"Finally, I will personally send a letter to Jaghatai Khan, requesting the Primarch to order the Brotherhood of the God Machine to guard the Forge World of Phaeton until the Orks retreat or reinforcements from Mars arrive."

“All glory to the God of all opportunities.”

…

The small fleet split up again.

Both the research vessel and the transport vessel remained in the forge world of Phaeton.

Fu Qinghai patted Satflan on the shoulder and said:

"You stay here, personally protect Master Quinto, and help him control this forging world. The Schwerin Nest will replenish the population here. You can try to find the missing blacksmith in the ancient labyrinth, but don't get yourself involved."

Fu Qinghai took a deep look at the Crow Guard warrior:

"No matter who the opponent is, anyone who prevents Master Quinto from controlling this forging world..."

Fu Qinghai made a gesture of cutting his throat.

Satfran nodded:

"Understood, Khan."

Fu Qinghai continued:

"I'll leave a Thunderhawk gunship for you. Remember, your lives are more important than any STC at the critical moment."

Master Quinto smiled and said:

"Little Locke, don't be so nervous. The Skitarii and armed servitors are all on my side. Strictly speaking, I have more troops than you."

Fu Qinghai said: "Be prepared."

…

Three months later, the fleet was adrift on its way back.

Xia Lu conveys the star language:

"The cruiser Fierce Horse sent a letter to the respected Foundry Commander, Great Sage Cain: Due to the unremitting efforts of Qingshan Khan and the Brotherhood of God and Machine, the Orc fleet has retreated."

…………