Warhammer: The Time Traveler

Chapter 236 Passed Review (Fourth Update)
Inside the Night City temporary workshop, Chen Yu's tall, dark red figure stood in front of the temporary control panel, his crimson optical lens locked onto the slowly rotating dimensional teleporter.

Several nimble mechanical tentacles silently emerged from his back and under his sleeves, like precision tools with independent will, performing preliminary simulation and parameter calibration of the energy circuit of the large teleportation array.

In Chen Yu's processor backend, data from the city management system flowed smoothly, and various efficiency indicators were steadily improving under mandatory regulations, although beneath the data lay widespread tension, repression, and sporadic but quickly extinguished sparks of resistance.

He is observing the preliminary results of these social experiments, but his current attention is fully focused on the key technology projects at hand.

The stability and large-scale development of the Dimensional Teleporter is the key to connecting two worlds and mobilizing resources, and it is currently the highest priority among all the projects Chen Yu has in hand.

However, limited by the site conditions, energy supply, and physical limitations of local materials in the temporary workshop, the dimensional rifts opened at this moment can only maintain small-scale, short-term passage, mainly used for the transmission of critical information and the exchange of small supplies, and cannot support the cross-dimensional delivery of large equipment or ships.

Following Chen Yu's command, the servo skull's eye projected a deep blue beam of light, precisely focusing on a specific point in space.

A low humming sound arose, and the ozone smell in the air suddenly intensified.

A thin, eerie blue rift with constantly twisting and flickering edges was forcibly torn open, connecting the cyberpunk world to the Deathworld base in the Warhammer universe.

The discomfort caused by the stretching and twisting of the spatial structure was clearly perceptible even to Chen Yu's heavily modified mechanical body.

On the other side of the rift, the main control system of the Death World base immediately detected the establishment of the channel. Pre-set data packets surged in like a burst dam, rushing through the encrypted data chain. Chen Yu's receiving array was instantly at full capacity, and the processing core began to analyze this torrent of information from another dimension at high speed.

Unlike typical interstellar communication, which relies on telepathy and is often vague and subject to subjective interference, this information stream carries faster-than-light communication from within the Cult of Mechanics.

This is a secret communication method within the Cult of Mechanics, but it is very expensive and is rarely used even by the Cult itself.

But it can transmit near-lossless, structured, and precise data, even faster than interstellar communication.

Therefore, when it is necessary to transmit important messages, the Mechanics Cult will still use this communication method.

The information stream that Chen Yu received mainly consisted of two parts, the highest priority of which was the official communication from Casper Vox, the great sage who oversaw the casting of the Neksam casting world, transmitted through this precious link.

“To the sage of exploration, Chen Yu,” Vox’s voice came, even after being compressed across dimensions, it still carried that unique mixed texture—the old man’s hoarseness mixed with electrical noise, his tone revealing a hint of familiarity within its formulaic tone, “May the wisdom of the Om Messiah continue to guide your exploration. We have just achieved an important breakthrough.”

"In accordance with our previous agreement and the basic data of the 'Ancient Logic Core' you provided, the research team in the Forging World has completed the first round of trial production." A faint mechanical whirring sound came from the background of the communication, as if Vox was excitedly manipulating his mechanical tentacles. "This core... its potential is exhilarating."

The accompanying document included a technical report summary and several video recordings.

In the image, a metal unit roughly the size of a standard Thinker core is placed on an experimental pedestal that meets the highest safety standards of the Mechanicus.

Its surface is etched with intricate, antique patterns, a style distinctly different from the typical Thinker. A faint, "active" glow flows from the energy conduit connections, a quality unlike that of ordinary data streams. "Initial activation testing is complete," Vox continued, his tone brimming with barely suppressed excitement at the technological breakthrough. "Its logic processing unit has demonstrated unexpectedly high efficiency in parallel processing and pattern recognition."

When processing specific types of complex unstructured data—such as battlefield environment awareness, multivariate production line optimization, or non-standard ballistic prediction—its response speed and optimization scheme generation capabilities are on average 37.4 percent faster than the standard Thinker Core.

The report clearly states that the core has passed the highest level of joint certification within the casting world.

Logicians and doctrinal examiners unanimously agree that although its operating mode presents an "ancient style" and its logical path has "non-standard deviations," its essence is a "highly complex automated logical unit" that operates entirely within a pre-set parameter framework and does not possess "self-awareness" or "independent intent."

“The review has been passed, Chen Yu,” Vox’s voice carried an unusual warmth. “This is a blessing from Omnisiah. Our furnace will once again rekindle its former glory.”

This conclusion clearly draws a clear line between "aversion to intelligence" and "intellectual delusion," removing the biggest doctrinal obstacle for its subsequent application.

"Based on the successful trial production," Vox turned the topic to the actual engineering, his voice still brimming with excitement, "in accordance with the agreement, the construction of the NXS-07 Lunar-class cruiser has been officially restarted, with its priority set as the second highest, second only to the production of the Ancient Logic Core."

At this moment, I can hear the construction hymns rising again from the orbital dock, and the stalled gears begin to turn once more.

"Currently, the shipyard's basic maintenance and energy supply have been fully restored, and the construction sequence, which had been stalled for a century, has been reactivated. The main keel has been inspected and reinforced, and about 40 percent of the original structure is undergoing non-destructive testing and necessary upgrades."

The video feed switches to the live feed from the orbital dock.

Compared to what Chen Yu had seen last time, there was a significant increase in activity within the star ring framework: more engineering priest teams were driving maintenance platforms between the ship's framework, the cleaning servitors' work area had expanded, and the frequency of welding sparks had increased markedly.

A giant gantry crane is hoisting and positioning prefabricated structural components.

Although progress is still in its early stages, the long period of stagnation has been replaced by a slow but steady recovery.

“Based on current resource allocation and production line load calculations,” Vox gave a key timeline, “if there are no major interruptions in subsequent resource supply and no force majeure events, it is expected that within three standard years, NXS-07 will complete the basic structural construction and core system integration, reaching the minimum standard for short-distance voyages detached from the dock.”

Vox then posed the core question of the communication: "Chen Yu, the construction template for the standard Moon-class Foundry has been loaded into the Master Thinker. Given that this is your exclusive flagship, Foundry World respects your personalized needs."

Do you require special adjustments to the warship's basic structure, internal compartment layout, or non-core system configuration?

His mechanical tentacles hummed with anticipation: "Let us work together to build this ship that can carry the hopes of Neksam's revival. Of course, unless there are special requirements, we will strictly follow the standard template to advance the construction process to ensure the stability of the schedule and quality control."

(End of this chapter)