Warhammer: The Time Traveler

Chapter 102 Forging the Ship (Nine Updates)
Turning our attention to the Warhammer world, Ignis's report indicated that his base remained solid.

“With Ignis at home, things are definitely less stressful,” he assessed.

Those three thousand highly modified, well-equipped, and absolutely obedient Guardians formed a solid barrier around the Death World stronghold and surrounding area, ensuring absolute control and security of the region.

The initial functional modifications made to the site containing the original teleportation device have transformed it from a simple archaeological site into a cutting-edge base and laboratory with basic operational capabilities, providing the necessary physical support for subsequent in-depth research or operations.

Meanwhile, the crucial step in his future development—the plan to be promoted to a sage—has been launched in strict accordance with the pre-set procedures.

For him, the core value of this promotion lies in the increased authority it represents, a necessary qualification to obtain higher-level resources and autonomy, rather than an empty title.

"The status of a sage... is just a beginning, a necessary credential." Chen Yu's thoughts were clearly directed toward what would happen after the promotion.

His plans for the post-promotion period were coherent and practical.

Promotion itself is not the goal; its true significance lies in the qualification gained—to apply for and own a castling ship that is entirely under one's personal command.

His goal was pragmatic and clear: not those massive casting arks that consumed resources like bottomless pits and inevitably attracted excessive attention, but a cruiser-class casting ship that was specifically modified from mature Imperial Navy ship types—such as the Luna-class cruisers or similar models.

These ships strike a good balance between size, function, and cost, with enough internal space to accommodate their core laboratories, supporting small refining facilities, basic manufacturing workshops, frigate quarters, and necessary technical priest teams, while also possessing reliable self-sufficiency, versatility, and relatively manageable daily operation and maintenance costs.

“A ship of our own… a true mobile outpost.” His synthesized voice carried the deliberate caution of someone planning something.

In his strategic vision, this customized cast vessel will play an irreplaceable core role—it will become his true mobile base and research hub.

At that time, he will be able to integrate Ignis, the elite Guard of the Church, all the key research equipment, the accumulated technical database, and unique samples from different worlds onto this unified platform.

This will give him unprecedented strategic mobility.

“Think about it,” Chen Yu’s mechanical tentacles tapped unconsciously on the edge of the control panel, as if sketching a blueprint for a future ship, “whether it’s operating within the Empire’s territory under the guise of ‘compliant exploration,’ or using our unique channels,” he meant the dimensional teleporter, “to travel to that neon-lit cyberpunk world, or other unknown realms that might be connected in the future… it will all become as convenient as routine operations.”

This ship will essentially become his strategic fulcrum for connecting different universes and freely traversing the sea of ​​stars, a true interstellar mobile base that can support his continuous exploration and long-term plans.

With all his thoughts cleared, Chen Yu refocused his gaze on the constantly updating data stream in front of him.

We must take things one step at a time. Our primary task at present is to thoroughly digest all the lessons learned from this experiment and lay a solid foundation for the next leap forward.

At the same time, Chen Yu did not overlook the unique value and strategic positioning of the cyberpunk world he was in.

He clearly recognized that although the overall technological level of this world was lower than that of the Warhammer universe, it exhibited qualities worthy of in-depth study in several specific areas, such as highly advanced neural interface technology, experience in the miniaturization and large-scale application of bionic prosthetics, unique local network architecture, and the network-roaming AI entity with abnormal behavior patterns that he had captured.

More importantly, this dimension is completely independent of the Warhammer universe in terms of physical rules. It is neither affected by the chaotic and unpredictable nature of the warp nor directly supervised and restricted by the complex dogmas within the Cult of Mechanics.

This provided him with an extremely valuable, relatively "clean" and "private" experimental site, ideal for conducting research projects that might be considered taboo, too radical, or politically sensitive in the Warhammer world. For example, conducting undisturbed in-depth analysis and functional testing of the roving AI, verifying prototypes of new materials or energy weapons that had not yet received formal approval from Imperial technical standards, or utilizing local resources for small-scale, inconspicuous secondary verification of cross-dimensional technologies.

Based on the above judgment, Chen Yu clearly realized that the key to achieving complementary advantages and efficient integration of resources between the two worlds lies in establishing a stable, efficient and fully controlled cross-dimensional channel for the exchange of materials and information.

The current transmission methods, which involve high energy consumption, forced cooling cycles, and significant physiological burden on living units, are clearly insufficient to meet the needs of long-term, large-scale resource scheduling and strategic collaboration.

Therefore, concentrating resources to further improve the overall performance of dimensional teleportation technology—including its operational stability, energy efficiency, transmission security, and compatibility with the types of teleported items—has become the core premise and the highest priority for technological breakthroughs in driving all subsequent plans.

His gaze shifted to another set of data displayed on the main control panel—feedback from the workshop's internal monitoring system and the sensors implanted in the bodies of Mann's team members.

Data shows that after returning to the base, most team members entered a state of deep rest, and their physiological indicators are gradually returning to normal.

Their bodies will fully adapt to the effects of this transdimensional journey in the coming days.

Chen Yu silently updated the task list: In the next seventy-two hours, complete the comprehensive physiological data collection of the members of the Mann Squad, focusing on analyzing the long-term effects that dimensional transmission may have on their modified prosthetics and nervous system; assess their subsequent mission execution capabilities based on their recovery status; at the same time, continue to collect samples of high-performance prosthetics and technological creations from the cyberpunk world through them and Gloria and other channels to further enrich the local research database.

Regarding any doubts or psychological fluctuations that the Mann team might have, Chen Yu believes there is no need for proactive intervention.

As long as they can regain their fighting strength and clearly recognize that the power boost and potential benefits of following him far outweigh the risks, their loyalty and obedience will naturally remain at a usable level.

Efficiency and tangible growth in strength are the most effective bonds that hold this team together.

Chen Yu's mechanical fingers input a series of commands on the control panel, bringing up the detailed operation log and energy flow dynamic analysis diagram of the dimension teleporter.

His full attention was once again focused on analyzing and simulating massive amounts of experimental data.

Every teleportation experiment, regardless of the outcome, is a valuable source of data.

He needs to extract patterns from this, optimize the curve parameters of energy injection, improve the material formulation and structural design of the resonant cavity, and calculate feasible solutions for achieving more stable transmission under existing resource conditions.

Inside the workshop, only the low hum of the equipment, the subtle hiss of energy flowing through the conduits, and the almost imperceptible electronic whispers of Chen Yu's tireless mind processing data remained.

The turmoil of the outside world, the confusion of Mann's team, and even the grand backgrounds of the two vast universes were all transformed into cold parameter variables and probability calculations in the core of his logic.

His goals were clear and unwavering: to perfect teleportation technology, acquire casting ships, integrate resources from both worlds, and move towards a broader field of research.

Every step requires precise calculations, absolute patience, and a continuous pursuit of efficiency.

And all of this is just beginning.

(End of this chapter)