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Chapter 227 Phaeton Foundry World

"Try to contact Phaeton Forge World."

Fu Qinghai said.

"Seventh call made, no answer."

Xia Yu replied.

There is no news from the Phaeton Forge World, indicating two situations: either there are no astropaths in the Forge World, or the galaxy where it is located is shrouded in a subspace storm, and communication traffic is blocked.

But the navigator said that the fleet can travel to the Phaeton Forging World normally, so the latter possibility is ruled out.

There are not even astropaths, and the situation in this fringe foundry world may be even worse than Fu Qinghai imagined.

……

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

To put it simply, Mars' control over other foundry worlds is stronger than that of Feudalism, but weaker than that of the Commonwealth of Nations.

There are some foundry worlds that don’t care about sparks at all. For example, Huangquan No. [-], which is famous for its love of researching alien technology, and Huangquan No. [-], the "sleepless one-eyed", once attracted the attention of the Alien Tribunal because of their excessive obsession with alien technology. The main council dispatched dozens of Deathwatch killing teams to encircle Huang Ba.

There are some forge worlds that have a close relationship with Mars. For example, Reza, which is famous for researching and producing 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 foundry worlds that have a very close relationship with Mars. For example, the Voss main star known as the "Right Hand of Mars" and the steel ball known as the "Flashing Giant". These two foundry worlds fully agree with the ideas and teachings of Mars. Is loyal.

So what elements should a powerful forging world with a name and surname contain?

First, there must be at least one Titan Legion.

A pheasant 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 blockbuster products that can be sold.

The representative products of Agrippina’s foundry world are the Leman Russ Exterminator, the engineer-type sentinel mecha of the triple-Fall foundry world, and the justice-type armored assault launch vehicle of Zhao Arkada’s foundry world... Either Special products, or special models of ordinary products, if only some mainland products can be produced, it is obviously an unknown casting world.

In the end, 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 melting furnace with extremely high forging efficiency. Synthetic formula.

Lucius was attacked by the Leviathan Hive Fleet in later generations, and they finally drove the Hive Fleet away - the speed at which the Hive Fleet absorbed the biomass riots was not as fast as Lucius's speed of recasting mechanical parts , a forging world of the Mechanicus, defeated the Tyranid Zerg in a war of attrition, and the hollow forge became famous in the universe.

Having said so much, what kind of casting world is Phaeton Foundry World?

Standing on the bridge, Fu Qinghai fell silent as he watched the scanning screen of the augury instrument in front of him—the empty scorched earth scorched by the light of the stars.

……

Fu Qinghai drove the Thunderhawk gunship, brought Joestar, Camille and Satterfaran, and landed on the surface of the planet.

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

The fleet flew around the planet and found that this place is not a completely deserted dead world. It is not that simple. The shipboard auspicious instrument found several artificial structures similar to fortresses and shafts on the surface.

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

The field of view of the eyepiece is full of withered yellow haze.

"Air temperature, 79 degrees Celsius."

Reported by Joe Starway.

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

Camille added.

The power armor is completely enclosed, and the life support system in the power backpack is working to keep the space warriors' body temperature and moisture. Being in such a harsh environment, the four of them didn't 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.

And the "sun" in front of me is really too big, like a round table hanging in the sky, which means that the distance between the stars and the planets is too close to be suitable for human habitation, but the data shows that this is a casting world .

Well obviously.

Fu Qinghai led the three of them to 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 old helicopter with dried blood stains and blackened explosions on it. Fu Qinghai squatted down to taste the blood stains—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 the elevator, and the elevator was still running normally. Fu Qinghai moved the gear with the difficult handle, and the four space warriors took the elevator. Amidst the creaking and rumbling sounds, it slowly sank into the darkness. in the shaft.

The elevator continued to sink.

It was pitch black all around.

Only the Space Marine's scarlet eyepieces were lit.

Another small screen lit up.

Fu Qinghai held the handheld bird divination instrument and said:
"We have descended 300 meters so far, and the bird divination instrument has detected signs of life below."

As he guessed, this is an underground civilization.

The elevator continued to rumble and sink.

"Boom!"

The car shook and the elevator stopped.

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

"A melta bomb."

Fu Qinghai said.

Joe Star quickly arranged the melta bomb.

"boom--"

After the explosion, the Space Marines entered the outskirts of the facility through a smoking, slag-covered doorway.

"Click click..."

They were greeted by a circle of automatic guns, and the faces of the soldiers holding these weapons were all pale and terrified. Among them were children, women, and old people, but there were no cathars and intelligent control soldiers. Mech.

They are not soldiers.

Fu Qinghai made an instant judgment.

Fu Qinghai's gun muzzle drooped slightly, and he said:
"I am Qingshan Khan from the Brotherhood of the White Scars Legion, put down your weapons and tell me the situation here."

The fear hadn't faded from the faces of mortals.

It wasn't until Fu Qinghai took off his helmet to reveal his own face, and saw that his face had no protruding horns, sharp teeth or long tongue, the old and weak women and children present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're late, White Scar."

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

There was grief and indignation in his eyes, and he shouted:
"Aren't you the fastest legion in the universe? Why are you here now!"

"Be careful what you say, mortal."

Qiao Shida couldn't help but said:

"We didn't come by order, we just passed by."

"Haha." The old man said with a miserable smile:
"Look, this is the attitude of Terra and Mars towards us, they don't care, they don't care."

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

"If you really have the courage, you should die in the battle against the enemy instead of living until now and throwing a tantrum at us. Now, tell me, what happened?"

……

"They easily killed all the cathars and cybernetics, and killed all the tech-priests who refused to obey them."

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

"They plundered the population like crazy, stuffing every deck with slaves until they couldn't fit any more."

An old woman was crying in front of Fu Qinghai.

"Those that couldn't be taken away were blown up, the light energy grid array was blown up, the geothermal power station was also blown up, all the forges, all the crucibles, all the foundry factories and production workshops... blah Oh, the God of Myriad Opportunities is here."

Another elderly man added hoarsely.

From the narration of the survivors, Fu Qinghai roughly restored what happened.

Three months ago, the remnant soldiers of the Son of Horus passed by here, and easily defeated the weak defenders of Phaeton Forge World. The No.16 Legion began to plunder here. Materials, population, technology, in line with what they can't use, can't The principles reserved for the false emperor and the facilities and equipment that could not be taken away were all blown up.

The old, weak, sick and disabled in front of them relied on hiding deep in the ground, and the traitors were in a hurry to look down on capturing them as slaves, so they escaped by luck.

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

Because there is nothing in the Eye of Terror, no human beings, no facilities, no supplies... Even a sip of clean drinking water and a piece of intact ceramic steel armor can cause bloody competition among Chaos war gangs.

I really don't know what they are trying to betray.

How did the first large-scale conflict between the few traitor legions that fled into the Eye of Terror detonate?It means that the slaves of the Emperor's Children are not enough, and they are going to rob the slaves of the Sons of Horus.

Space warriors are all masters, they are used to being served by mortals, how can they do without slaves?Not only do you need slaves for work, but you also need slaves to create new space fighters.

The people here are fortunate that the traitor they met was the son of Horus. Although Hezi was also corrupted by the forces of chaos, most people don't believe in the four gods of chaos. They believe in chaos or have no belief at all.If you encounter the Death Guard, the Emperor's Children, or the World Eaters, the starting point for those people to consider 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, and he will definitely not be able to catch up with him. If he catches up, he may not be able to beat him. Now Fu Qinghai only cares about what is left in the whole casting world.

……

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

Fu Qinghai said to Master Kunto.

"I looked through the management log of the former casting director. Their core technology is mainly geothermal energy and solar energy extraction equipment. Apart from that, there is nothing special about it. The traitors of these large facilities cannot take them away, so they are all taken away. Blown up, but should be fixable."

The Phaeton Forge World is really not good, the location is far away from the core area of ​​the empire, and close to the edge star area of ​​the Obscure Star Field.

An example can give a glimpse of the leopard: Fu Qinghai saw at first glance that they are still adopting natural breeding methods even to increase the population, while forging worlds like Mars have long since had no children, and the population is from Born in a clone culture factory.

Belisarius Kaur was born in the mechanical test tube and biochemical chamber. Like most Martians, he didn't know who his parents were.

The foundry world is also divided into levels. The production capacity of the foundry world is not necessarily higher than that of the industrial world. The real difference is: the foundry world is governed by the Mechanic God, and the tax level is the same as the home planet of the Astartes Chapter, which is a super class Tax-free, while the industrial world is under the control of the human empire, and industrial products need to be paid as tithes.

Why did Mechanicus choose Phaeton as the foundry world? During the Great Crusade, this place was originally defined as an advanced base for further conquest and development of the Obscure Star Territory. As a result of the Horus Rebellion, subsequent development plans were shelved.

"The only good news, Master."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Kunto:

"The former director of foundry, the blacksmith with the title of the master of the forge, Buck Heslett, led some technical priests, as well as the components and blueprints of the STC, and hid in the ancient labyrinth deep underground. The son of Horus also Couldn't find them."

……

The fleet hovers in space orbit.

Camille is going to perform remodeling operations on 130 five school-age teenagers, and he is very busy during this time.

Qiao Shida is leading the training of the recruits who have successfully survived the transformation operation, and is also very busy.

And Fu Qinghai went to the high stage of the Xingyu choir every now and then, spreading false information with Xia Yu.

"The cruiser Litma sent a letter to the respected Martian Forge Temple: At present, the orc fleet is besieging the Phaeton Forge World. The Brotherhood of Gods and the enemy are fighting repeatedly for the spaceport. The battle is fierce. Please support..."

"The cruiser Litma sent a letter to the respected founding commander Kane Great Sage: At present, the orc fleet has occupied the space port, and we cannot leave the surface of the planet. The orcs tried to land, but were blocked by the cathars led by Aoyama Khan, and the orcs attacked Frustrated and suffered heavy losses, they returned to space orbit and continued to implement the blockade..."

"Letter from the cruiser Ridgema to your esteemed..."

SMS bombing, oh no, star language bombing.

The great sage Kane is annoying.

A week later, Xia Yu found Fu Qinghai:
"Mars requests a private conversation with Sage Quinto."

"Uh, good."

Fu Qinghai agreed to come down, and informed Master Kunto on the scientific research ship to come.

Master Kunto came to the high stage of the Star Language Choir.

Said it was a private conversation, Fu Qinghai stood beside him.

After a while, Xia Yu said:
"Firestar asked the sage Quintor how long it would take for the orcs to lift the siege of Phaeton Forge World."

Fu Qinghai said: "Estimated two years."

Master Quinto nodded.

Xia Yu sent a message, and after a while, said:

"Mars asks the sage Quinto, are the two sets of STC intact?"

Master Kunto said, "It's intact."

The two-way astronomical communication is carried out slowly at a frequency of more than ten minutes, until...

"Mars asked the sage Kunto if he would like to lead a forging world alone."

coming!

Master Kunto was about to agree, when Fu Qinghai held down Xia Yu:

"Ask which casting world it is first."

Xia Yu sent a message, ten minutes later.

"The Phaeton Forge World."

Fu Qinghai smiled and said, "Sure enough."

Not at all.

"Reply yes."

It took a long time for Xia Yu to accept the last wave of astronomical messages. In the end, she read slowly:
"The great sage Kane sent a letter to the sage Kunto: the great faith of the God of Mechanism needs to take root in the distant hazy star field, and the revival of a forging world is the best feedback to the Ohm Messiah. As the God of Mechanism in the world Agent, take charge of his palace and guard his territory, Quinto Anastasio, this is an extremely glorious task, you swear to stick to the last inch of the sacred territory, and don’t let it be occupied by aliens!”

It means that you can die, but STC must not be taken away by orcs.

"I officially appoint you as the foundry director of Phaeton today! After the turmoil and catastrophe, too many foundry worlds have forgotten the core essence of truth and logic, and reversed the direction of rotation of the gears and bearings, Quinto Anastasio, Be sure to pass on and strengthen the faith of Mars!"

Fu Qinghai laughed when he heard this, thinking that your Mars political review is really not good enough. Master Kunto is a big heretic who loves to study alien technology. Master Nak is also a big heretic who has delved headlong into nanotechnology. Just for this, he also asked Master Quinto to "inherit and strengthen the belief in Mars"?
It's fine if the Phaeton doesn't become the second Huangquan No. [-].

Xia Yu continued to repeat the words of the great sage Kane:

"Finally, I will personally write to Jaghatai Khan, requesting the Primarch to order the Brotherhood of the God Machine to garrison the Phaeton Forge World until the orcs retreat, or Martian reinforcements arrive."

"All glory to the God of Myriad Chances."

……

The small fleet split again.

Both the research ship and the transport ship remain in the Phaeton Forgeworld.

Fu Qinghai patted Satterfaran on the shoulder and said:
"Stay here, protect Master Kunto personally, and help him control this forging world. Schwerin's Nest will replenish the population here. You can try to find the missing blacksmith in the ancient maze, but don't put yourself in it."

Fu Qinghai took a deep look at the Raven Guard soldiers:
"No matter who the other party is, anything that prevents Master Kunto from controlling this forging world..."

Fu Qinghai made a gesture of cutting his throat.

Saterfaran nodded:

"Understood, Khan."

Fu Qinghai continued:
"I'll leave you a Thunderhawk gunboat. Remember, the lives of both of you are more important than any STC at critical times."

Master Kunto smiled and said:

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

Fu Qinghai said: "Prepare for nothing."

……

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

Xia Yu conveyed the star language:
"The cruiser Litma sends a letter to the respected founding commander, the great sage Kane: Under the unremitting efforts of Qingshan Khan and the Brotherhood of God Machine, the orc fleet has retreated."

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(End of this chapter)