Warhammer 40 Spring: Loyalty of the Multiverse

Chapter 254 Heretical Enough

"Alright, get in the car!" Bai Yuekui sat in the driver's seat and started the car. Only then did the others react, looking at their boss with horror.

"Boss, how about I drive?" Xu Tong said cautiously, but was met with his boss's impatient voice, "Stop talking nonsense and get on the bus! As has basically confirmed that those bullet marks were made by the weapon in his comrade's hand!"

Everyone nervously fastened their seatbelts, especially Shan Da, who was strapped to the roof with steel cables, and then ropes were tied to the four corners of the roof as well.

"Then it's very likely that there's a gathering place for Teacher As's comrades nearby!" Xia Dou pulled on her seatbelt, saying this with lingering fear, hoping to slow down her boss's driving time.

"Alright, enough talk, let's go!" Bai Yuekui floored the accelerator, and the car sped off into the distance with a groan, leaving only the wails of Xia Dou and the others in mid-air.

Watching the car drive away and the red dot flashing again on the display screen beside him, Tie Hui was already deep in thought.
What do you mean by bullet damage caused by the weapons equipped by one's own comrades?
You must know they are the Astartes of the Empire!
How could they possibly have any companions in such a world?
And you can even tell at a glance what weapon caused the damage?

"Keep an eye on them and find out where Dragonbone Village is!" Tie Hui looked at the food delivered by the Servo Skull, picked up a piece of iron biscuit, and crunched it into his mouth.

"Yes!" Upon receiving the order, the mortal auxiliary soldiers got into the vehicle, put away their weapons, and followed the tracker, quickly heading towards Bai Yuekui and the others.

"Make contact with Dragonbone Village the priority target!" After thinking for a while, Tie Hui changed the main objective.

After all, the information he received from Bai Yuekui was quite perplexing. He had to investigate further!

"Carol!" Tie Hui connected with Blue Can's communicator. "How's the construction of the lower space going?"

"We've reached the required depth..." Carroll reported, now outlining his task. His job was to oversee the construction of the entire lower level of the base.

They even had to find space to build small warships, a huge undertaking that even the mechanical priests had to utilize the AI ​​technology they had shared with the great sage Yuramirs.

But progress is still slow!
The slow progress in the early stages was not only due to a lack of manpower, but more importantly, it was due to the slow progress in collecting supplies.

Fortunately, the search teams managed to find a few veins, and there were still enough remaining mineral veins to complete the initial construction of the base.

Tie Hui looked down into the deep, vast space, where simplified iron figures and ordinary people were busily working.

Even some of the Astartes were involved in the construction command work, and the manpower shortage was too severe!

According to statistics, the number of mortal auxiliary troops is about 3000, while Astartes only has a little over 100.

For these people to do the initial land clearing is like ants climbing an elephant!

Furthermore, in order to ensure the orderly replenishment of supplies, nearly 1000 civilian auxiliary troops and more than 50 Astartes were dispatched to conduct continuous searches and inspections within a 200-kilometer radius of the base.

"Lord Tiehui!" Standing by the railing, watching the busy crowd below, a voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

The newcomer was none other than Carroll, the head of the blue can!

As a supersoldier, Guilliman's son!

Their operational capabilities are top-notch, so they delegated many of the base's affairs to them. Tie Hui didn't seem to mind at all; in fact, he felt quite relieved!
“The base construction is progressing a bit slowly because the priests have upgraded the equipment again. The existing mines are no longer enough to meet our needs! In addition, due to the shortage of manpower, many unnecessary construction areas have been halted!” Carol walked over with a tablet and handed it to Tie Hui.

The list above shows the various areas where construction has stopped or slowed down.

"Still a population shortage?" Tie Hui traced the reports with his finger, looking at the prominent ones, and stated the crux of the problem without even looking up. "Yes!" Carol nodded, then spread her hands and said, "We need to find a way to replenish our basic labor force!"

Tie Hui was in a dilemma for a moment, but the next second he thought of the lighthouse!
After all, it has a population of tens of thousands!

Let's leave aside the upper class for now and talk about the common people first. From the earliest record on the lighthouse, 0609, all the way to the latest record, the little girl with leukemia, 9033.

That's a span of nearly 8500 people. If you include any hidden cases, it's easily over 10,000!

Moreover, these 10,000 people are all high-quality laborers who have received basic industrial technical education!

Although I'm tempted, I'm powerless to help myself!
The actual flying vehicle hasn't been built yet, but the flying probe has. However, it's only big enough to carry the weight of one mortal!

More importantly, there is no void yet. If they rashly engage the Lighthouse, they can directly use the electromagnetic cannon in the center of the Lighthouse to blast through the base in one shot.

Starting over is so painful!
"Lighthouse!" He looked up at the ceiling and muttered to himself. He was planning to find an opportunity to recruit some people!

With Dragonbone Village...

Let's forget about it. The village in the original story only had a little over 100 people. That's less than the number of people needed to build a single house in an industrial society!

However, we still need to make contact. The technology they possess regarding the life essence and the ability to turn people into awakened beings is Tie Hui's main target.

Moreover, this technology was the most ruthless of Tarachin's works, as it could completely extract a person's life essence.

Moreover, the prospect of repositioning the astronauts in a new body almost drove those space skeletons crazy.

It is still uncertain whether there is a soul within these skeletons, or whether enough life essence can be extracted.

But at least there is hope, isn't there?
Because Tara was almost always alone, dressed in tattered clothes like a skinny bastard, she would come to Tie Hui to ask about the Life Source Technology.

And there he was, scurrying over with his head bowed and scraping like a fly rubbing its hands.

"Tara Singh!" Tie Hui was somewhat speechless. "We will definitely help resolve your issue, but right now we're stuck here with limited resources and manpower. Your Netherworld Scarabs aren't functioning at full capacity due to quantum limitations. So you'll have to be patient!"

Tie Hui explained to Tarasin as always, but Tarasin remained unrepentant, still shamelessly sticking close to him. "Hey—Tiezi!" he said, putting his arm around Tie Hui's shoulder like a brother, "You can't say that! I got word that you've already found the coordinates of that so-called Dragonbone Village?"

He patted his chest with great confidence and said, "Let me lead my men to take it over, how about that?"

"By then, you'll have the technology you want, and I'll have what I want—it'll be a win-win situation for everyone!"

Watching the two walk further and further away like brothers, Carol, standing behind, stopped and watched this scene with a constipated expression.

This is like... what? The Dark Angel saw the Fallen Angel and the Tyrande Warrior walking towards him arm in arm. The Fallen Angel then told the Dark Angel that these were his half-brothers!
Hmm... that's pretty heretical!

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(End of this chapter)