Warhammer: Rebuilding the Golden Age Starting with Farming.

Andy knew very well that although the Cult of Mechanics seemed eccentric, they actually had a stockpile of these things.

Although Forge VII is not a casting world, as an industrial world, the Cult of Mechanics must have troops stationed here, macro-cannon arrays, and may even have orbital defense lasers.

Once the New Bond broke through the surface of the earth, it caused such enormous destruction.

The casting director Sigma-7, who has been absent from the scene, will definitely be furious.

He would consider this a serious blasphemy, a sabotage by technological heretics.

At that time, the Imperial Guard's iron-clad walking mechs, and even the Imperial Knights, might be brought out if they are well hidden.

In addition, there's the locking mechanism of the orbital defense system.

The newly emerged Banghao was like a chick just hatched from its shell, at its most vulnerable moment.

The shields are overloaded and need to be restarted, the engines need to be cooled, and the hull structure may have been damaged.

If you were hit by an orbital laser at this moment, or bombarded by a large-caliber macro cannon, you would be instantly eliminated.

Therefore, Andy had to act quickly.

He set an extremely strict timetable.

From the moment the New Bang broke the surface of the sea, to its entry into the dry dock, and then to the completion of initial repairs that gave it secondary defense capabilities.

This process must be compressed to within three hours.

Three hours.

This is the shortest reaction time that Andy calculated for the Mechanicus leadership to go from being "confused" to "enraged" and then to "assembling troops to launch an attack."

If this time is exceeded, Andy will have to be prepared to use his half-crippled spaceship to withstand regular army fire.

To achieve this goal, Andy thought of pre-positioning resources.

We must never wait until we reach the shipyard before figuring out what parts are missing or what armor plates need to be built.

By then the daylily buds will be cold.

We must start preparing now.

All ship repair goods produced during this period at the shelter must be transported to the rail dock in advance.

All maintenance facilities should be deployed in advance.

The goal is to transform that dock into a supreme luxury store where, as soon as a ship enters, it can immediately begin offering "massage" services.

But this brings up a new problem.

Confidentiality.

This isn't just about transporting two boxes of apples; it's about transporting tens of thousands of tons of supplies, requiring a massive convoy of transport vehicles to frequently enter and exit Zhongchao.

Even though Zhongchao is in chaos right now, such a large-scale commotion is obvious even to a blind person.

Once Helios or the Mechanicus discovers that someone is transporting things to that abandoned shipyard, even a fool could guess what they're up to.

At that time, they won't even need to wait for you to fly out; they can just set up their cannons at the dock entrance and wait for you to come to them.

Therefore, I have to act.

Andy tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

He needed to find a pretext for this large-scale mobilization of supplies.

such as……

Send Sisyphus to spread rumors that a mysterious force is fighting with certain gangs in Zhongchao and needs a lot of supplies.

Or they might use Old K's smuggling channels to disguise the materials as ordinary industrial waste and transport them in batches and along different routes.

It could even be more radical.

Directly create several explosions or launch several feint attacks to attract the attention of Helios and the Mechanicus, making them think that Andy is about to break out from the ground, thus ignoring the actions above them.

These all require meticulous planning and coordination.

Andy felt his core temperature rise by two degrees.

Calculating the detonation point, calculating the trajectory, calculating resource allocation, calculating the enemy's reaction, calculating the success rate of deception tactics...

Each step is linked to the next.

If any link in the chain goes wrong, the entire plan will collapse.

This kind of multi-threaded, strategic-level, ultra-high-intensity computing even made Andy, who is an iron man, feel a little strained.

He was, after all, just an engineering unit.

His specialty is hand-making parts, repairing and patching, and construction.

Although his computing power is billions of times stronger than that of ordinary people, he does not have a dedicated auxiliary module for such macro-strategic deduction.

"Ugh……"

Andy couldn't help but sigh inwardly, feeling a little nostalgic for those support characters who only existed in legends.

"It would be great to have a think tank at this time."

"Even a slightly smarter tech priest, or a less insane Thinker array would do."

"With just my brain, I have to be the chief engineer, the tactical commander, and the logistics captain all at the same time."

Even the donkeys in the production team donkeys don't do that!

Despite the complaints, the work still needs to be done.

Andy has no assistant, and Xiao Liu has computing power, but he may not be able to coordinate things, so he can't be relied on.

Gamma-9 is loyal but not very bright. He's good at tightening screws, but asking him to do strategy is asking too much of him.

Although Sisyphus is shrewd, he only has the mindset of a businessman. Telling him about something that could puncture a hole in a planet would only scare him to death.

As for others, there's no way to count on them.

Therefore, you can only rely on yourself.

Andy refocused his attention on the complex holographic map.

He began to deduce and optimize the parameters again and again.

……

……

Time passed by, second by second.

Time is running out for him.

A warp storm is approaching, and the shadow of the Tyranids has already loomed over the sector.

If he can't get the ship away before then, all his previous efforts and all the fields he's cultivated will become meaningless ruins.

at last.

After 36 hours of continuous calculations.

On the screen in front of Andy, the densely packed red boxes turned green one by one.

Finally, only one "takeoff window" remained, marked in striking red to represent extremely high risk, but logically entirely feasible.

[Plan confirmed: Lightning breakout.]

Success rate: 40% (theoretical value).

40%.

For a machine that demands absolute rationality, this probability is ridiculously low, making it a high-risk task that should absolutely not be performed.

But for Andy, who possesses a human soul...

That's enough.

In the Warhammer world, where everyone is worse off than the rest, having a 40% chance of surviving is an immense blessing.

Andy stood up.

The cooling fan on his body gradually stopped roaring, and the scorching heat gradually dissipated.

He felt his mind was clearer than ever before.

Decided!

That's it!

Chapter 74 Xiao Liu Returns

Twenty-four hours have passed.

For ordinary people, this is just the time it takes to sleep a couple of times and eat a few meals.

But for Andy, those twenty-four hours felt incredibly long.

He completed the insane plan of using the starship as a drill, and also prepared a complete list of all the supplies.

Now, everything is ready, except for that most crucial brain to wake up.

In the core temperature-controlled workshop of the Acid Swamp base, Andy took out a black metal box that served as the key to the new system.

The box is now connected to the huge robot "Cleaner One," with many thick data cables extending from the black box and inserting directly into the robot's chest and back of the head.

It does seem a bit hasty, since this box is normally inserted into the starship's main control panel, but the black box in Andy's hand is not some unreplicable artifact at all; it is essentially a mass-producible physical key carrier.

As long as Andy's highest-level code from the Golden Age remains, this thing can theoretically be transmitted remotely.

Of course, this is on the premise that the compatibility of electronic components must be taken into account, and the interfaces must be compatible.

However, as things stand now, Andy could easily send the protocol into the starship's interior and into Little Six's body remotely.

This is also thanks to the excellent adaptability of the STC black box as the STC. The underlying architecture that supports hot-swapping and plug-and-play is actually quite accidental. If it were an architecture like the one from Mechrevo that has been modified countless times, Andy would probably be driven to the brink of collapse by modifying the interface.

"almost."

Andy reached out and switched off the main power switch.

"Om-"

A surge of electricity crackled, and the massive robot shuddered.

The electronic eye that had been flashing red light, exuding a madness and murderous intent, lit up again.

But this time, the color is no longer a frenzied red, but a deep, calm, and rational blue.

"Self-check complete."

"Logic core... online."

"Emotion simulation module... is suspended."

"Navigation protocol... has been loaded."

Sound came from the robot's voice unit.

It was still the same female voice, the timbre unchanged, but the tone was completely different.

The Xiao Liu who used to spout witty remarks, liked to be sarcastic, and was always ready to cut people into sashimi is gone.

Instead, a standard military AI with a steady speaking pace, stable emotions, and a cool, aloof demeanor was introduced.

She looked up, her blue eyes locking onto Andy.

"Mr. Andy, this is Xiao Liu."

Xiao Liu's voice was so calm it was a little unsettling.

"This machine has restarted and completed its self-repair."

"Thank you for your maintenance. After clearing out the redundant crew data, the system load on this machine has decreased by 95%."

"This machine feels... very comfortable right now."

Andy looked at her and breathed a sigh of relief.

Great, the surgery was a success!

He didn't kill Xiao Liu. As an Iron Man, Andy also knew how precious an AI with self-awareness was.