Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 194 High-Level Phase Technicians and the Purifier Project

Gao Yi opened the system, clicked the conversion button, and the stagnant infinite loop started running again.

A massive amount of energy once again flowed throughout the entire ark.

The original Ark skeletons began to transform, and the overall structure changed.

Meanwhile, changes also occurred in the hall where Gao Yi and Artanis were located.

The Protoss's architectural style began to replace the original style.

Within the infinite circuits before them, psionic energy and physical energy began to coalesce, recombine, and transform into the most important system of the Spear of Adun.

The Solar Matrix, as its name suggests, is a small artificial star made of an extremely rare material called solar fragments.

At this moment, a dazzling star is bound by psionic energy and special materials.

He began to replace the Infinite Circuit on this ark, providing not only endless energy but also nourishing the Protoss's physical body.

Looking at the solar matrix in front of him, Gao Yi thought of the fragments of the Star God. He wondered if stuffing a fragment of the Star God into the Spear of Adun would make it even more powerful.

The heat emanating from the solar matrix is ​​reshaping this ark, dissolving and condensing the useless parts.

Gao Yi looked at Artanis beside him.

At this moment, Artanis was also staring intently at the core before him.

The Spear of Adun will once again bring hope to the Protoss.

The buildings on the Ark that had been reduced to ruins due to the battle began to be replaced by special buildings belonging to the Protoss.

The Protoss weapons manufacturing plant, named Starforge, replaced the Ark's original industrial zone.

It not only replaced the original Protoss production buildings, but also took into account the capabilities of warp units.

Gao Yi's powerful forging and gathering abilities also allow him to avoid providing resources to the Protoss separately and give them the ability to colonize any habitable planet.

The Protoss's original firepower system has been replaced by their unique attack and support systems.

Military industrial matrices can be directly warped across the ground on a large scale without the need for portals, crystal towers, or warp prisms.

The powerful purification beam, the time-stasis bomb that can freeze a large area without affecting friendly forces, and the solar rays that can melt almost anything.

In terms of support, it can not only repair damaged war machines, but also temporarily provide friendly forces with an absurdly thick temporary shield and a psionic matrix energy field that enhances their various stats on the battlefield.

It can be said that the entire Ark of Adun is extremely comprehensive. It allows the Protoss to continue their civilization even in the face of the apocalypse, truly deserving of the name "Ark".

Unfortunately, there are also drawbacks. The fact that there are no other fragments of the sun in this world means that the abilities of these Spears of Adun have a long cooldown period after use.

Gao Yi still needs to find materials that can replace it.

The entire Spear of Adun is forever enveloped in a shield composed of psionic and conventional energies.

From the void, the 1000km-long Ark of Koror was being compressed. Under normal circumstances, the Spear of Adun was only 74km long, but just when Gao Yi and Artanis thought it would also be compressed to 74km.

The compression process stalled at 100km.

This makes the Spear of Adun, despite being several times smaller than the Ark of Koror, still appear as a colossal object in the void.

Even the Star Pioneer, Gao Yi's largest warship, looked like a tiny speck next to him.

With the Spear of Adun fully transformed, Gao Yi began converting the Eldar souls extracted from the Infinite Circuit into Protoss.

One by one, the Protoss began to warp onto the Spear of Adun.

Originally there were only about 10,000 Protoss, but now the number has soared to 150,000, including ten high-ranking Templars.

These are the prophets whose souls were saved from the dead throughout the ages of Koror. Now, all of Koror's efforts have become a wedding dress for the Protoss.

Had a significant portion of the Koror Eldar not fled, and had a large number of souls not been extracted to power the Netherguards, the Protoss population would have been even greater. Unfortunately, these fearless war machines, constructed entirely of spirit bones, require an immense amount of firepower to destroy.

Gao Yi could not possibly use the lives of his soldiers to forcibly preserve these soul stones.

Destroying the Soul Stones is the best way to halt these constructs.

The spirit soul stones that led Gao Yi on the path of craftsmanship also allowed him to acquire some new star spirits.

They are the Kalai class of the Protoss. These Protoss have not been particularly gifted in psionic abilities, which resulted in their low social status among the Protoss before Artanis came to power. They can be considered commoners of the Protoss. Their class was fixed from birth, and they could never be on equal footing with the Templars and Archons.

However, many Protoss in the Khalai hierarchy knew that their psionic talents were lacking, so they devoted their energy to technological research and development.

This group of Protoss is the Protoss researchers, the Phase Technicians.

The Templars, who are responsible for combat, alone cannot steer this powerful ark.

Using the soulstone of Salam, the most skilled craftsman in Krol whom Artanis killed at the beginning, Artanis also summoned his friend Karax to the Warhammer world.

As the Protoss's technology expert in StarCraft, Gao Yi believes he can use his knowledge of different systems to help Pavian and the Holy Machine Order develop technology and perform reverse engineering.

He was still a little scared of the near-disintegration of the Star Pioneer caused by the forced warp.

Gao Yi didn't want to gamble his life again on whether he could successfully leapfrog.

One by one, warp phase engineers began filling various positions in the Spear of Adun and maintaining its normal operation.

When Karax saw Artanis, he greeted him respectfully. It was Artanis who had broken down class barriers and given them, the Caarai, room to rise in social standing.

"Kaelax, we will fight side by side for the Protoss once again."

"High Priest, I will continue to use my knowledge and skills to contribute to the Protoss."

Kairax also looked at Gao Yi beside him.

His soul was also imbued with loyalty to Gao Yi.

"Great Creator, Karax is at your service!"

"Kellax, welcome. I think I'll need your help soon."

Led by Artanis, Gao Yi and Karax arrived at the Hall of the Spirits, where the Spirit Guardians were once kept.

At this time, there were still many unused Netherworld Guardians in the hall, as well as a large number of destroyed wreckage.

Even the two enormous Nether Knights were among them.

All usable soulstones have been removed.

Looking at these unique creations, Karax immediately thought of another unique branch of the Protoss, the Purifiers.

As mechanical constructs of the Protoss, they do not need to be powered by soulstones like the Eldar.

The Protoss who initiated the Purifier Project believed that souls could exist again as data. When all memories were imported into the bodies of the Purifiers, which had been pre-made by machines, war machines that could reduce casualties and enhance the Protoss's war capabilities were created.

"Kaelax, do you have a way to create Purifiers in this world using these Eldar Nether technologies?"

“I think it’s possible. This material called Spirit Bone is very special. It’s very strong and highly adaptable to psionic energy and other forms of energy! Perhaps I can use this material to create unique units, and these two creations called Ghost Knights have given me a lot of inspiration.”

Rest assured, my lord, the Starforge and industrial facilities on the Spear of Adun will help you complete your mission as quickly as possible.

Furthermore, I checked the Spear of Adun's database, and some of the Eldar technologies were also incorporated into the Spear of Adun. Although the systems are different, I believe that I and the other engineers can use this knowledge to achieve a technological breakthrough as quickly as possible.

Gao Yi felt relieved after hearing what Kairax said.

Seeing the Dark Knight's combat power, he was extremely envious. If Kairax could complete the relevant technology, then the Dark Knight would no longer be subject to the limitations of the Soul Stone and the Twin Pilots.

(End of this chapter)