A huge black palace made of metal machinery is located on a lonely peak. Two mechanical islands that look like planets rotate slowly above the palace. An artificial sun as red as blood hangs in the sky, like a bloodshot eye.

, shining on this desolate land.

The land around the solitary peak is dotted with countless large-scale mechanical mine platforms. With the black hall as the center, a ring-shaped mechanical city with a strong industrial style is built. There are countless ant-like black spots moving in the city.

Mechanicum believers wearing power armor. Floating heat waves traveled through the city. Armored transport vehicles roared through the spacious roads. The armor plates collided in the bumps, making a clanging sound along the way. The sound followed the exhaust gas.

Far away, the air is filled with the smell of metal, engine oil, and industrial waste gas, adding a heavy industrial texture to the city.

This is a branch of the Mechanicus, located on a famous planet in the ancient star desert that explores the ruins of ancient battlefields. These mines excavate underground mechanical remains day and night and send them to the Mechanicus priests for reverse research.

, reading lost technology.

The black temple in the center of the city is the temple of the Mechanical God. Each mountain that carries the Mechanical Temple is called a Holy Mountain. Eight obsidian-like floating stairs extend upward from the eight directions at the foot of the Holy Mountain, connecting the Mechanical Temple.

The gate. According to the decree, if it is not an emergency, ordinary believers who want to visit the temple must climb a pilgrimage road with their own feet and cannot ride on flying vehicles.

On both sides of these eight pilgrimage roads, there are mechanical statues or metal monuments. The statues are different models of abandoned ancient machinery, which have gradually become more advanced from ancient times, and the metal monuments are full of teachings.

The fusion of mechanics and theology gives it a unique flavor.

The Mechanicus is a loose sect, not a unified religious organization. The common denominator is the worship of mechanical technology and powerful mechanics. However, according to different concepts, the Mechanicus is divided into many factions, specializing in different fields, such as

The mechanical and biochemical school that focuses on colonial equipment, the war-destruction school that is fanatical about super-destructive weapons, the firepower superiority school that believes in "big is beautiful, more is better", the virtual school that likes to study cognitive technology and thinking transformation, and likes to pinch planets

The natural reformists and so on.

This branch belongs to the believers of the Lost Sect. The Lost Sect is also called the Archaeological Sect. They are keen on finding and restoring lost ancient mechanical technologies. They are one of the oldest Mechanic theological sects.

At this moment, in the main hall of this mechanical temple, the priests from the local branch gathered here, and a large number of priests from other branches participated using remote projections. Everyone formed a circle, and in the center, there was a virtual screen.

, the video of the battle between Black Star and Overlord is scrolling.

"Everyone has seen that a new mechanical god has come to the world to spread the gospel to the entire universe."

Wearing luxurious heavy power armor, with only his head exposed, the great priest of the Lost Sect raised his arms and spoke like a pilgrim.

“It’s so spectacular and beautiful!”

"What a great creation this is..."

"It's been so many years since I saw the arrival of the mechanical god, I almost lost count."

Many priests were whispering, their eyes flashing with excitement and fanaticism.

"Quiet." The high priest pressed his hands with a solemn expression, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

Everyone stopped talking and looked at him.

The high priest took out a mechanical scepter that looked like a twisted branch, pressed a button, and a metal altar suddenly rose from the ground behind him.

He turned around and walked up, turning his back to everyone, facing the other side of the hall, and spoke loudly in a rich and majestic tone:

"Following the ancient edict, in the name of Nilfgaardi, the original god, I declare to all followers of the Mechanicum that we will jointly witness the birth of the new god. From now on, we will worship the new god. All living beings, please be sincere

Remember the name of the new god..."

Saying the prayer, the high priest opened the operation screen of the altar and entered the battle video and parameters. The next moment, the whole temple shook violently!

Rumble

Right in front of everyone, countless streams of metal and nanoparticles surged from the ground, combining with each other to form a statue, which was carved by the Black Star Mechanical God.

Next to the Black Star Statue, there are other statues, including the statue of Manison. These are all mechanical gods of the past, standing under the towering temple dome.

The largest and most conspicuous statue inside is that of a mechanic named Nilfgaardi. This person is the Prime, the first mechanical god worshiped by the Mechanicus. Even the Mechanicum worships mechanical gods.

All the decrees were formulated by him.

As the original God's Throne Mechanic, Nilfgaardi discovered the effect of the [Key of the Mechanicus], so he interfered with the Mechanicus at that time. The development of the Mechanicus into what it is now was largely influenced by him. The latter were

The mechanics who worshiped the throne are actually enjoying the benefits he left behind.

The Adeptus Mechanicus does not need to communicate with the object of worship. Sometimes...it worships you, Rain Girl Wugua.

However, only living divine mechanics can allow believers to receive the blessing of feedback. These dead mechanical gods of all ages have only commemorative significance. Nowadays, the vast majority of Mechanicus believers believe in the "Tool Nation"

Manison.

And now, the rise of Black Star has torn a small hole in the solid faith. This is something that even Manison cannot stop.

Facing the statues of past gods, the high priest and everyone behind him fell to the ground to pay homage and complete the ceremony.

"Welcome Black Star!"

…

"I always feel like someone is telling me I'm handsome behind my back..."

In the cabin of the battleship, Han Xiao pinched his nose and suddenly felt something.

"Hey, hey, don't get distracted when you talk to me." In the communicator, Tarrokov looked helpless.

Han Xiao came back to his senses and joked: "Sorry, I was just thinking about what to eat tonight. Where did we go?"

"You still need to think about it, do you think I don't know that you only take nutritional cream?"

"Hey, who leaked the news!"

"Okay, let's get down to business." Tarrokov was speechless and shook his head, "I can tell you that the empire's high-level development plan for Glittering World has been scheduled for the fourth phase. Only the first phase will give you enough time.

After that, more foreign capital will be introduced to build and develop at the same time."

"In other words, only when these three star clusters complete all construction, the empire will start the next phase of the plan. We, the allies, will have few opportunities to lay the foundation in Glittering World in advance." Han Xiao touched his chin.

Tarrokov was noncommittal, "In short, the current development progress of the three star clusters has exceeded expectations and is very smooth. We expect to complete the construction plan in 5 to 7 years and start the second phase of development at that time."

5 to 7 years, this time is not bad... Han Xiao nodded secretly.

When version 4.0 was launched, Glittering World was in the fourth phase of development. In other words, his main mission of [Glittering World] still had to go through several rounds. Completing the milestone of [Exploration Pioneer] was not a problem... He asked Tallo

Cove chatted with him just to get inside information.

After chatting for a while to keep in touch with each other, Han Xiao hung up the communication and began to ponder.

More than a month has passed since the defeat of Tyrant, and the impact is gradually emerging. During this period, the number of new people applying to join the Black Star Legion has increased by 43%, and the total amount of investment from major consortiums has increased by about 35%. In the war field, the expansion

The momentum was hit and the pace gradually slowed down.

As a news vane, Venn Card has made changes and issued a statement, announcing that the next version will have epic enhancements to the Black Star Legion deck, all-round weakening of the War Domain deck, and also updated the Star Domain Strongest Series commemoration

The deck, with the addition of Black Star, shows off its proficiency in gaining popularity.

Some Transcendent A Grade friends also sent congratulatory messages, including Sorokin, which once again refreshed Han Xiao's understanding of his thick skin.

It turns out that people can be really happy if they are shameless...

Now that the Black Star Legion has established its position as the strongest in the Star Territory, the competition between the Infinite Consortium has fallen into a long tug of war, and they cannot help each other in the short term. However, they have already completed the 300-level advancement, and the accumulated experience is not enough for the next advancement.

, so the next focus is on the construction of the site.

After wandering around the empire for so long, he has basically seen all the potential stocks that he should have seen. Han Xiao currently plans to return to Broken Starlink for a while. First, he will sit at the headquarters to digest the impact of this battle, and by the way, he will adjust the details of the site construction, and then

Use [Mechanical Fire Proliferation] to transform more first-generation mechanical lives and accelerate the development of mechanical civilization.

The second is to use the logistics capabilities of the base camp to start building secondary dimensional factories and a new generation of mechanical legions. Although they can also be built within the empire, the legions only have branches here, and their efficiency is far less than that of the base camp.

"Philip, set a course and return to Broken Starlink."

"Okay buzz!"

…

"The strongest in the star field? Haha..."

There were only a few customers in the retro-style tavern. A tall and thin man next to the wooden bar looked up at Han Xiao's figure on the virtual screen, showed a playful smile, and gently put down the wine glass in his hand.

This person is a cosmic human. His skin is unhealthy and pale. He seems to have been in a state of malnutrition and darkness for a long time. He has an ordinary appearance and is the kind of person who cannot be found if he is thrown into a crowd.

Staring at Han Xiao on the screen, the tall and thin man had memories in his eyes.

"It is the empire's blessing to have a pillar like Black Star." The owner of the bar sighed while wiping his wine glass and looking up at the screen.

"Yes, he is really a blessing to the empire. If there is a chance, I really want to meet him again."

"Have you seen Black Star before?" The bar owner became interested.

"That's right. Speaking of which, he even took some things from me. Haha, I just don't know if he still remembers a... little person like me."

The tall and thin man smiled slightly, stood up, picked up the clothes on the seat next to him, turned and walked towards the door.

"Or credit?" The bar owner put down the cup in his hand, his tone clearly familiar with this person.

"Well, it's the same as usual, wait until I get my salary, and we'll pay it together next month."

With a casual reply, the tall and thin man walked out of the bar and put on his clothes...a uniform of a junior officer of the empire.

…

The sea of ​​stars, somewhere.

In the room, a dozen guys of different species gathered around a long table, discussing something heatedly. On the long table were a dozen printed physical books with no titles on the covers.

"Start from the Central Star Sea? Are you crazy? This is not how you seek death!"
To be continued...