The Emperor’s Angel of Death

#3398 - Galen is recovering

"Outer structure damage area has been repaired 22%, main sensor array repaired 97%, non-main sensor repaired 45%, defensive weapon array repaired 13%."

"Traffic layer damage area has been repaired 58%, all main closed channels have been restored to use, 12912 secondary system channels have been restored 86%, 88617 branch system channels have been restored 81%, all attached pipelines have been restored, vascular mechanisms are operating normally."

"Manufacturing layer damage area has been repaired 87%, all 50 high-speed construction bodies have been restored to operation, all main living and residential facilities have been repaired, No. 1 dock has been completed 76%."

"Reserve layer, dispatch layer, fusion core all damaged equipment and areas have been repaired."

The vast central control room of the Galan star has been transformed from its original dilapidated state into a brand new look. The gray walls emit a soft light, and there are lumen strips in various functional areas as prompts. There is no huge array of contemplators, nor noisy mechanical noises. This place is more like a square for people to rest.

Solshen stood on a floating circular anti-gravity board, with a young woman wearing glasses, dressed plainly but with a very intellectual temperament floating in front of him. Under her guidance, the anti-gravity board constantly passed through extremely realistic pictures, and Solshen even had the illusion that he could reach out and touch the objects on the other side of the picture.

Suddenly, Solshen noticed a picture, which was a honeycomb-shaped building with a silver structure. Automatic machines with tentacles like some kind of aquatic mollusks were constantly flying out of its holes.

"This is the so-called high-speed construction body, right? Are those intelligent machines?"

"They can't be called intelligent machines, they are just basic maintenance mechanics, mainly responsible for maintaining the various pipelines to ensure they can be used and transmitted normally."

"How many types of mechanics are there in the star?"

"The general categories are 9, and the subdivisions are 25."

"What is the number... Uh, no need to be very detailed, roughly, is there 100,000?"

Galan's artificial intelligence projection, Qingzhao, looked at Solshen, with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Million level."

"So many..."

"The standard operating volume is 2 million level of various types of mechanics, not including nano-mechanics, a type of ultra-micro mechanic."

"I see."

Solshen turned his head and looked at the construction body with mechanics constantly entering and exiting. After pondering for a moment, he asked:

"Can you produce combat-type mechanical bodies?"

"Of course."

"Not the original design here?"

"20 of the 50 high-speed construction bodies are general-purpose construction bodies, and there are also 25 general-purpose facility manufacturing bodies in the manufacturing layer. You can imagine all the machines, I can produce almost all of them here. Of course, if it involves some rare materials, it requires the support of corresponding raw materials."

"What about weapons?"

"Large composite production bodies can meet all your needs."

"Well, it's really convenient. That is to say, you don't need any personnel to assist you, and you can operate and produce independently?"

"Of course, do you have any questions about this?"

"Qingzhao, I want to bring you back to the galaxy."

She stared into Solshen's eyes, seemingly considering his emotions. After a moment, she said calmly:

"Commander, is it for war?"

Solshen did not avoid it, but nodded in response:

"Yes, but I don't want you to directly participate in the war. I brought some things, I want to show you."

Saying that, he took out a memory storage chip from the Mechanicum. Qingzhao stretched out her hand, and she, who was originally a virtual shadow, actually held the memory storage chip.

After a few seconds, her expression changed subtly.

"War is as cruel as ever."

Obviously, she used a few seconds to read more than 500 hours of audio-visual data inside, which were all combat images collected from land to void during the previous Amara campaign.

"How can humans degenerate to the point where they can only use cold weapons to wage war?"

"You are not completely unaware of the process of all this."

"Sad, sigh."

"This enemy is very powerful, and I cannot directly confront it with my existing strength, so I need your help."

"Don't you still have those subordinates named Eldar?"

"The Imperium of Man cannot accept the assistance of alien races, at least not on the surface, and my identity cannot be exposed."

"Then can the Empire in your mouth accept my existence?"

Seeing Qingzhao's smile, Solshen understood that the other party knew everything.

"My power can cover up your existence."

"So, why don't you build a country that fits your ideals, but cling to that piece of deadwood and struggle in the stinking ocean? Your wisdom, strength, and charm should not be wasted on a pile of mud. In fact, you can completely restart the golden age of the past."

Solshen smiled slightly.

"The reality is far more complicated than you think. The circuits composed of electrical signals and data sparks are not enough to calculate everything in this galaxy, because there is also space that cannot be calculated and measured by any physical conditions. There are terrifying things that are not bound by time. Any careless decision will lead to unexpected consequences. I admit that the Empire has few advantages, but the price to change the status quo is too great, and may require all mankind to bear it. No matter how you look at me, I hope it can be healed as much as possible and be better. This may take a long time, maybe I can't see that kind of future... But thanks to the teachings of Master Ananda, at least I am not so anxious, and I will not force the result. I have done my best, and I will gladly accept the result."

The artificial intelligence stared at him, and after a moment, said softly:

"Commander, you don't need to explain to me, because you have the highest level of control. Just issue instructions if you want to do anything."

"Ha, I know, but I feel that you are different from the Myriad Minds. You have the kind of sensibility that they don't have."

Solshen's words seemed to be pointing to something, but the other party did not respond directly, but turned to say:

"Then when are we leaving? I've had enough of those Eldar who like to scream and abuse."

"Soon, I brought craftsmen here, and the separation work is already in progress. What is the overall situation now?"

"83.1% of the equipment and systems can be used normally, and the number of various maintenance and execution mechanics has also reached the minimum limit value. All permanently damaged core components have been repaired, and the circulating energy intensity has also reached the minimum operating limit value. Space warp can be performed, but the reserve of reproduction data is still relatively low, only 14.1% of the standard capacity."

"I remember that some areas of Galan are not completed, right? If there are sufficient raw materials, how long will it take to complete it completely?"

"In an ideal state, the current estimated time required is 44,000 standard solar hours."

Solshen roughly calculated in his mind, it doesn't seem to be too long, and continued to ask:

"If we prioritize completing the construction of all the docks?"

"About 9,000 standard solar hours."

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, Lao Mo may take a day off.