The player is playing like a god, and has already advanced to Space Marine level at the start.

Guilliman finally set off.

The regent had a much bigger plan in mind. The Makurag Glory had already warmed up its engines and was now slowly moving out of near-Earth orbit to re-establish its coordinates in this unfamiliar starry sky.

Belisarius Caul did not leave.

"Commander Lu Xiaozhan."

"The Regent thinks highly of you. This ship can serve as a place to stay, although it has all those demi-human aesthetic flaws, but the foundation is good, and it can still be used after some modifications."

Kaul slammed his iron claws onto the platform, making quite a commotion.

"I'll leave a team of technical priests to help you. But setting up the seed production line and armor foundry will take a lot of work. This godforsaken place doesn't even have a standard template, and readjusting the parameters of the bomb gun will be a troublesome task."

The old man spoke with disdain, but his words revealed the arrogance unique to disciples of the Myriad Machines God.

Lu Xiao stood on the steps, his red cloak draped over the back of his armor. He stared intently at this ancient relic who had lived for ten thousand years. To these mechanical cult madmen, knowledge was life, and unseen blueprints of life were ladders to heaven.

"The Great Sage".

Lu Xiao spoke, her voice echoing throughout the hall.

"There's a technology here called 'Divine Body'."

"Divine body?"

Kaul's eyes darted around, probably searching through the little database inside his stomach.

"Those little girls with wings just now? They are indeed sturdy, but that's about it; they haven't broken out of the carbon-based life form circle."

"No, that thing is even weirder."

Lu Xiao raised his hand.

A golden interface flashed on his retina, and the hall space rippled like water. A severed limb landed in his hand.

That's Morgana's left hand.

This severed hand wasn't quite dead yet. The area around the wound was still twitching, energy surging beneath the skin, the bone fragments glaringly white. It was writhing; it was still alive.

"This is a fourth-generation divine body."

Lu Xiao extended her hand forward.

"According to this explanation, the fourth-generation divine body can be reassembled at the atomic level. As long as there's enough energy, even if it's blown to ash, it can reassemble. In other words..."

Lu Xiao stared at Kaul's electronic eyes that were glowing red.

"This is true immortality."

Suddenly, the engine behind Kaul emitted a high-pitched roar. The old monster darted in front of Lu Xiao in a flash.

More than a dozen robotic arms popped out in unison, their multicolored scanning beams instantly surrounding the severed hand.

"Atomic positioning... Are you kidding me... This energy loop... It's completely defying the laws of thermodynamics! No, this is a whole new set of rules!"

Kaur's voice was shrill and urgent, sounding as if he had gone mad.

"The activity level is frighteningly high! The cells are still working at full capacity! This ability to repair itself... if only we could figure it out..."

He suddenly looked up, and although the metal mask was expressionless, the greedy energy seemed to burst forth from the gaps.

"Immortality".

Lu Xiao uttered those two words.

"Great Sage, in order to survive, in order to preserve that ten thousand years of wisdom, you've disassembled and reassembled yourself, ending up in this wretched state. It's true that you replace parts when your physical body fails. But what if the physical body itself were eternal?"

These words struck a nerve with Caul.

Ten thousand years. To work for Guilliman, to preserve the last embers of the Empire, he repeatedly cut off the rotten parts and replaced them with cold, hard lumps of iron.

My brain was forcibly cut into several pieces, my memory was suppressed again and again, and even my humanity was squeezed out, all to make room for data.

He had long since turned himself into a monster who relied on gears and potions to stay alive.

And now, the path to immortality is right before us. If only we could digest this technology, incorporate it into the modifications of Space Marines, or even use it on ourselves…

That's not as simple as just extending lifespan.

"I want this thing."

Kaul made no attempt to hide anything, gripping the edge of the severed hand tightly with his iron claws, as if afraid that Lu Xiao would change his mind.

"The entire field of human genetic engineering must be turned over a new leaf! To hell with genetic degradation and lifespan limitations!"

The old monster's logic core is probably burning out; he's frantically calculating how much this thing is worth.

"Lu Xiao, name your price."

Kaul turned around, and the mechanical arms on his back opened with a whoosh, making him look like an arms dealer ready to make a big splash.

"You've just become the battle group commander. Although you have a ship, you're essentially a commander without troops. You need men, you need guns, you need firepower that can burn through the sky."

Lu Xiao casually tossed the severed hand over.

Kaul caught those tentacles with incredible precision and immediately stuffed them into the force field box that had been prepared beforehand.

Lu Xiao remained calm. "I have the title, but I have to build my own wealth."

"Okay! Okay! Okay!"

Kaul called out three times. He was as generous as a gambler who had won the lottery.

"Since this is a group established by the Regent, and it's for this life-altering technology, I, Kaul, will not be stingy!"

Click!

As soon as the command was issued, the teleportation platform on the Skyblade-7 began to glow with golden light. The mechanical Ark Belisarius was clearly operating at maximum power.

Boom!

Large iron boxes came crashing down from nowhere, one after another, shaking the entire ship violently.

"The first batch, the Original Gene Seed!"

Caul pointed to the ten silver boxes at the very front, which were emitting cold air.

"This is what I pulled out from the very bottom of Mars, the purest and most stable. Enough for you to perform two thousand surgeries! As long as you can find some greenhorns, even if you expand the war effort to an insurmountable limit, I'll cover for you!"

In this unregulated universe, this old guy clearly wants to throw away all the rules of that tattered holy book.

"Second item: Mark X power armor, a complete set!"

The Kaul robotic arm swings.

The mountain of crates behind them opened by themselves, revealing rows of neat armor plates. The grayish-white of the terracotta steel looked chilly under the light.

"Stealth and heavy armor sets, two thousand sets here! If that's not enough, I'll just give the word and we'll print them out on the spot!"

Lei Zhan and his group stood at the back, their eyes practically bulging out of their sockets. This was real money, the capital of war; with this, they could raise an army that could do whatever they wanted. The Ultimate Warriors were indeed wealthy.

"We still have some equipment!"

Kaul hadn't finished showing off yet.

"The bomb gun was a freebie. Look at all this!"

Several boxes with danger signs slid over.

"Heavy missile launchers, plasma missiles, thermal blasters—I've even provided you with twenty anti-gravity tank chassis and main guns!"

The old monster's voice suddenly lowered, revealing a mysterious air of showing off his treasure.

The landing of the last four large containers was more significant than all the previous ones combined.

The moment the door opened, an ancient, oppressive aura of killing intent rushed out. This was no ordinary armor; it was an iron shell designed to withstand heavy artillery bombardment. The shoulder armor was frighteningly thick, and the helmet was deeply embedded in the armored collar, covered with densely packed scriptures.

"Iron Cavalry Terminator"

Kaul's electronic eye was flashing red light erratically.

"These are treasures left by our ancestors. Even in Macragge, only the company commander's guard is entitled to use them. They've slept in the force field for tens of thousands of years and have seen the world of the Great Expedition."

"Four hundred sets."

Kaul extended four iron fingers.

"Lu Xiao, I'll give you four hundred Terminator suits. That means you can field four assault companies! Even those veteran combat regiments don't have that kind of financial strength!"

Four hundred sets.

Upon hearing this number, even a veteran like Titus gasped in astonishment; it was incredibly wealthy.

"I appreciate this favor."

Looking at those heavily armored figures that resembled sculptures, Lu Xiao's heart churned. This wasn't a deal; it was Caul making a desperate gamble.

"If you can uncover the secret of this severed hand, forget about the Terminator; if you want a Glory Queen-class battleship, I can even assemble one for you!"

Kaur turned around and stared at Lu Xiao.

"I've given you the capital, and I've left the people with you. Now, let's see if your 'Burning Heaven' battle group can set this sky ablaze."

Lu Xiao steadied himself. He turned around and looked at his brothers behind him.

"Thunder Battle!"

"arrive!"

Lei Zhan took a step forward, his heavy footsteps echoing in the hall. This former king of soldiers now had a face as taut as a stone.

"Take some people and pick up these things."

"Move it into the lowest warehouse and set the security level to the highest."

He walked up to Lei Zhan, his voice extremely low, but his killing intent was not concealed in the slightest.

"Besides me and the mechanics Caul left behind, no one is allowed near. If anyone tries to force their way in, we don't care if they're demons or those winged creatures."

"Stop talking nonsense and send them on their way." To prevent any accidents, Lu Xiao even set up a psionic barrier.

"Yes, Commander!"

"He Chenguang, Wang Yanbing!"

"arrive!"

"These big guys are heavy, not just anyone can handle them. I need a sharp knife, a knife that can tear the enemy's defenses to shreds in the most desperate moment."

"clear!"

He Chenguang stared at the heavy armor, his eyes shining with a frightening light. As a Space Marine, who could resist donning such invincible gear to smash the enemy's skull?

"Get moving!"

Lu Xiao waved his hand, and the hall immediately sprang into action amidst the chaos.

Kaul looked at the scene and shook his head in satisfaction.

"He's got a lot of energy; he looks like he's going to do something big."

He fiddled with the box containing the severed hand, eager to find a place to start working.

"Lu Xiao, find me a quiet place. It has to be a place that blocks all signals, a place where even those wormhole users can't get in."

"become."

Lu Xiao beckoned over an Imperial crew member.

"Take the Great Sage to the core server room. That's the most secure place on the entire ship."

Right now, in the corridor.

Lei Zhan was directing people to move those incredibly heavy armor plates.

"This thing is really powerful."

Wang Yanbing leaned closer and touched the thick shoulder armor; the cold touch gave him goosebumps.

"With this thickness, even if that Thorton jumps out again and tries to break through it with an axe until the blade is dulled, he still won't be able to penetrate it."

"Stop talking nonsense and be more careful with your hands."

"This is our lifeline. Next time we encounter someone like Morgana, we won't have to watch our leader risk his life all by himself."

Lei Zhan glanced back at the hall.

"The Chapter Master has brought back the best of his forces. If he can't make a name for himself, he shouldn't be a Space Marine."