Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 220 Strengthening the Intelligence on Caul and Cypher
It has to be said that it took a lot of effort to fit the behemoth that was Kaul into the God Machine.

Only after being persuaded by the Imperial Guard and in the name of the Emperor did Caul temporarily remove the unnecessary mechanical prosthetics from his body.

Kaul remained extremely wary when he saw the God's Machine.

Watching Kaul enter the divine machine, Gao Yi consumed 10 spirit energy crystals for him.

This is still the largest investment Gao Yi has ever made in enhancing individuals.

A large amount of psionic crystals transformed into a special energy that was injected into Kaul's remaining small amount of flesh and all his mechanical bodies.

When he was enhanced, Kaul was fully conscious, and even then he still curiously observed the machine he was in.

As the God Machine was activated, all the sensors on Kaul's body sounded piercing alarms.

An unknown form of psionic energy was being injected into his body.

But Caul did not panic.

No one knew the condition of his body, which he had poured countless efforts into, better than him.

In mechanical terms, his body's operational efficiency had suddenly increased by at least 50%.

Furthermore, the computing power increased by at least 30% without any hardware replacement.

This is an improvement on top of Kaul's already powerful computing capabilities.

This supernatural power, Kaul knew, could no longer be explained by scientific or physical knowledge.

As the divine machine opened, Kaul reconnected the disassembled mechanical prosthetics.

"How was it? Are you satisfied with the gift? You seem to be in a great mood!"

Gao Yi also walked towards Kaur.

"Excellent, better than ever before. All the performance aspects of this body have been greatly improved. I have already pushed the performance of this body to the limit I can reach, and now it has actually broken through the limit. What kind of technology is this?"

"Why don't you just see it as a miracle? There are always many things in this world that can't be explained. Let's stick to pragmatism! As long as it works for us!"

Gao Yi also couldn't explain it, so it was better to leave it a little more mysterious. Unlike other technologies that brought Warhammer, this thing didn't have physical or psionic energy to reverse engineer. The God Machine was purely a product of the power of cheat codes.

"As you said, knowledge is endless, so I collect and store as much knowledge as possible. After being enhanced by your mechanical creation, I actually felt a long-lost 'vitality'."

The various mechanical constructs on this body have become more compatible with me, and most importantly for me, the lifespan of these mechanical components will be greatly extended.

This allows my memory to store more knowledge without crashing.

Over these long years, I have lost too much technology. Although I have extracted and stored it in various places, ten thousand years is still too long for me.

I've even forgotten where part of the database is located.

This is not only my loss, but also a loss for humanity.

Given the capacity to absorb more knowledge, I believe I can overcome more technical challenges.

Lord Gao Yi, I wish to study the technologies you mentioned, including those alien technologies.

Of course, as you and I have mentioned, creating special genetic seeds to modify specific Astartes is not so easy.

This will take a long time, but I can provide you with the Astartes modification surgery methods. I can even have my priests perform Astartes modifications on your soldiers. My modification surgery adds two new modified organs, but without the gene seed, their combat effectiveness may not reach the level of normal Astartes.”

Kaur has been completely captivated by some of the technologies that Gao Yi mentioned.

However, Gao Yi didn't care about the lack of gene seeds. The Night Guardian's characteristics didn't require gene seeds; Gao Yi wanted a simple early-game advantage, which could be compensated for later enhancements with the Archon's Armor. "Of course, I very much hope you'll join my research, but we still need to wake up Old Thirteen first. Are you ready to experience the warp drive? Although Kadia received my assistance, we don't know how long it can last. We must hurry!"

"I am looking forward!"

With the Imperial Guard and Kaul accompanying him this time, Gao Yi could openly and directly travel to the Extreme Starfield.

To resurrect Guilliman, his fanatical offspring must be persuaded, otherwise they might attack anyone who comes near the place where Guilliman sleeps.

As they jumped to a nearby star system of Macragge, the Ultramarines, aware of the Imperial Guard's visit, guided the Star Pioneers to dock in Macragge's orbit.

But just as Gao Yi was about to board the Ultra Warrior Thunderhawk and head to Macragge, the communicator on the Star Pioneer suddenly rang.

The person who sent the signal turned out to be Lord Seifer, who was helping Gao Yi integrate Agrippina.

Damon, stationed in Lorissa, obtained Gao Yi's consent and allowed him to use the dynasty's quantum communication.

“Severus? What happened to Agrippina? Have the Dark Angels come to capture you? Why are they in such a hurry?”

"Real-time inter-sector communication technology?! What else are you hiding?"

"Let's get to the important stuff; I have more important things to do right now."

"The fallen angel lurking among the Red Pirates has sent me intelligence."

"The Red Pirates? The Lord of the Great Whirlpool? Huron the Timely Rain? You have spies among them?"

"Timely Rain? I've never heard anyone call him that."

Gao Yi thought about it and it seemed reasonable.

As the former leader of the Starclaws Chapter, he was forced to fall into the Maelstrom after refusing to pay taxes and losing the war against the Empire. He accepted the deal with the Four Gods and formed a massive Chaos Astartes force.

However, his acceptance of chaos is limited to sustaining his own life. If he so desires, the dark gods can elevate him to demonic status at any time, but he consistently refuses.

The Red Pirates were composed of a much more diverse group than Abaddon's Black Legion.

Unlike Abaddon, who inherited Horus's vast legacy and reputation and spent his days plotting to destroy the Empire, Huron opposed the Empire purely for more practical reasons and was truly self-made. Despite Abaddon's recruitment efforts, Huron persisted in developing his own forces.

Among the traitors, the Red Pirates are second only to the Black Legion in size, so much so that Abaddon gifted them a Blackrock Fortress in exchange for their assistance, though it was more of a show of force and a way to shift blame.

Huron welcomed all who came to him for refuge. As long as you demonstrated the necessary abilities and gained his favor, he would provide you with money, manpower, and warships as you wished.

Even if you once had a blood feud with him.

With his powerful eloquence and ability to win people over, he even managed to recruit a number of loyal members from the Red Pirates, and even persuaded members of the Space Wolves to join him.

It's unbelievable to think about these savage wolves roaming together.

Even some members of the Black Legion came to join them, offering them refuge when many loyal Astartes Chapters embarked on the Atonement Expedition.

If Guilliman had woken up a few years earlier and met Huron, the Red Pirates probably wouldn't exist. Guilliman would definitely have brought this capable protégé into his own forces.

"So what intelligence did your informants send back?"

"The forces of Chaos are making contact with Huron. I don't know if Huron has agreed, but a portion of his Chaos fleet has already begun operations. One of my fallen angels is in one of these fleets, and their target is Alteramar in the Limit Starfield."

Have you arrived in Altramar? Their target might be you, or perhaps the Primarch. You must warn the Ultramarines of a potential attack.

Having informants is great; you can know the enemy's movements without relying on vague predictions.

(End of this chapter)