Warhammer 40: Saviors Emerging from the Bottom

"Your Excellency, this is the list of materials required for the reconstruction of 34 factories, including the Lower Nest Weapons Manufacturing Plant, the Corpse Starch Processing Plant, and the Laser Battery Processing Plant."

"This is a list of materials and costs required to repair the Starport defenses. Some of the equipment cannot be repaired by the local Cult of Mechanics and can only be repaired by hiring the Cult of Mechanics sages from the nearby Forge World Atlak Magnus."

"By the way, this world still owes General Kalisker tens of billions of tons of casting materials to repay."

Upon hearing this number, Xiao Yi, who had been lying on his desk pretending to be dead, instantly straightened up.

"Why so much? And how come I didn't know I owed so much money?"

"This is a debt incurred by the previous governor of the planet to enhance the starport's defenses and renovate the governor's mansion. Because the agreement stipulates that the entire planet is responsible for repaying the debt, I must fulfill this contract regardless of whether the governor changes."

"Unless you are mentally prepared to default on your debts and become an enemy of the world of forging."

Upon hearing this answer, Xiao Yi could only suppress the anger that was about to erupt within him.

Having regained his body, B-59 has become the governor's assistant.

Having gained the experience from the first attempt, creating another identical body for him was not difficult for Xiao Yi.

After confirming that the new governor's emotions had basically stabilized, B-59 flipped through the memos in his database and continued, "By the way, next you will also be meeting with 11 tribal chiefs, four mine chiefs, Atlak Magnus's representative in Bakhda, and representatives of Aurora and other imperial worlds around it."

"As fellow people from Aurora, you should have a lot in common with them."

"I don't think so."

"No matter what you think, that's what everyone else thinks, after all, you've set yourself up as a mysterious Saurian from Terra."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi grinned, revealing an ugly smile.

"I designed you to be a taciturn bodyguard, so why can't you talk less?"

"But besides me, there's no one else who can help you with these mortal problems."

B-59 instinctively tried to shrug, but the Casterland mech's inflexible joint mechanism made it impossible for it to perform the action.

Finally, it could only shake its arm helplessly.

Killing people is fun for a moment, but after you're done, you realize that no one will do your work for you anymore.

Human empires that restrict the use of AI rely on human computers to process many documents, namely, the knowledgeable nobles and officials.

In order to purge the Chaos believers who might be hiding among the nobles, most of the suspicious persons were physically eliminated, which led to some vacancies in the Governor's Office.

The vast majority of Xiao Yi's subordinates are commoners from Zhongchao and Xiachao, and they have not undergone systematic training. Letting them take over will only create more trouble.

Ultimately, they had no choice but to ask B-59, which had surplus computing power, for help.

Incidentally, at Xiao Yi's request, Aria also joined the governor's mansion's cattle and horse team, but the little girl never mentioned that she came from a noble family in Shangchao.

Unfortunately, her family had already perished in the brutal aristocratic struggles, otherwise she wouldn't have been imprisoned as an illegal psychic.

Looking at the mountain of files on his desk, Xiao Yi felt hopeless about his future.

He finally understood why the High Lord of Terra, despite having the most advanced life-extending surgery, had worked himself to death.

There was simply no time to rest.

This imperial world, named Bakda, was in the second tax bracket and originally had several large hive cities that could provide the empire with a continuous supply of high-quality minerals and manpower.

However, due to an orc invasion and various geological changes, the remaining nests were abandoned one after another, leaving only the largest one.

The humans who fled from the city did not succumb to their fate. They lived a very primitive life in tribes on this planet, which is twice the size of Earth.

But their leaders did not forget their duties. Whenever a new governor was sworn in, the tribal leaders would bring what they considered their most precious tribute to Bakda's capital to show their loyalty.

In addition, there are four noble families that control the vast majority of the planet's mineral resources.

They possess vast tracts of land and private armies, serving as the vanguard of the empire's development of the planet, constantly plundering its resources.

However, the governor's approval is required to convert resources into tangible wealth.

Only Bakda Hive City has the capability to further process these ores, and only Bakda Hive City's starports can sell these ores to other Imperial worlds in exchange for the resources they need.

Therefore, their loyalty is beyond question.

However, under normal circumstances, the tribal chief and the mine owner would not meet together, since the two sides had had some unpleasant conflicts in the past.

In addition, to repay the aforementioned debt, Atlach Magnus's previous Forging General dispatched a group of Mechanicus Sages to repair part of the mines.

All the ore produced there will be transported to Atlak Magnus via transport ships.

To facilitate management, the current foundry general, Calisco, dispatched an administrator named Gleix to oversee the mine's production operations.

This representative, to some extent, represents the attitude of the world-building organization: it is necessary to find a way to manage relations with the other party, and if necessary, even sacrifice the interests of Bakda.

The other party's help is indispensable in order to build a powerful fleet that can operate freely in the Far East star system.

Unfortunately, the STC buried in the secret laboratory at the bottom of the nest cannot be retrieved immediately, otherwise there would be no need to waste brain cells here.

Besides the aforementioned forces, there is another group of people Xiao Yi must meet, and he must find a way to keep them at least neutral.

That was his neighbor, the governor representative of another imperial world.

Besides Aurora, which has been trying to annex Bakda, there is the feudal world of Vornheim, the homeworld of the Knight family that has a deep cooperation with the Mechanicus, the death world of Vorn, and the hive world of Katostos.

Their attitude will determine whether Xiao Yi can continue to rule.

However, according to unreliable rumors, Lord Liu Yi of Zhendan seems to have encountered some minor troubles and may be unable to attend to matters in other imperial worlds for the time being.

With his obstruction gone, Xiao Yi's chances of gaining recognition have increased considerably.

Having combat heroes recognized by the Martian Mechanicus Sages, the Astartes Chapter, and the local nation, replacing nobles who had sided with Chaos to rule a planet under the Emperor's control, the obstacles themselves were not significant.

The next step simply involves a series of wrangling and some exchange of benefits.