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Chapter 34: Thirty Years of Service

The arrival of the casting master undoubtedly made Olivia feel a sense of crisis.

She took the initiative to find Chen Xi and told him that she could go and find her sisters to discuss cooperation.

"Before, there was no Voidship to take you to the Forge World. Now that your ship has arrived, you can naturally go to the Forge World to seek cooperation." Olivia handed Chen Xi a gear emblem of the Mechanicus and urged him, "This emblem is the symbol of the industrial world I came from. If you take it to my sister, she will know that you and I are connected, without having to say it explicitly.

She's now with the Foundry Director. You can try to get in touch with him through her. If he's interested in the alien ruins in this world, he should be willing to invest in you to help you excavate them."

Chen Xi remained silent as he listened to Olivia's words. He simply asked, "If the foundry director knew about the existence of this alien ruin, he might not leave any soup for you. Have you thought this through?"

The oil guys all have the same nature. They can't move when they see alien ruins, and they want to take ancient technology for themselves when they see it.

These guys often act like a group of robbers and bandits, and are very short-sighted. They are more like a group of misers who hold a large amount of advanced technology and ancient artifacts, treating them as treasures, instead of thinking about using these technologies and ancient relics to improve the current situation of the empire.

Chen Xi had already experienced what kind of person Olivia was. From this, he could imagine what kind of person a casting director would be.

Although there are some anthropomorphic characters among the oil men, most of them are just crowd-pleasing people.

Facing Chen Xi's question, Olivia was silent for a moment, but she still explained: "A casting director would not look down on what you have brought out. He is looking at things at a higher level. This thing may attract his interest, but it is more like a subject for his subordinates.

After all, a casting director has a lot of responsibilities, and he is unlikely to do it himself, but rather hand it over to his confidants.

As my sister is the person who will be in contact with you and is also the casting director, she will be the first choice to contact you.

So although I need to give up some profits, overall I won't lose anything by cooperating with them. I can even use this opportunity to invest in the foundry director and return to the foundry world.

And you, Your Excellency the Governor..."

Olivia looked at Chen Xi, with an indescribable complexity in her eyes, which contained both dissatisfaction and contempt, but more of a melancholy and helplessness.

Her tone was flat, but Chen Xi could hear her mood at the moment: "You can get everything you need from it. I believe that the foundry director will not be stingy with the resources for building a planet.

Whether you want to build this planet into an agricultural world, an industrial world, or a garden world, I believe the foundry director will not mind paying for your expenses."

"But the prerequisite is that he can get enough benefits from this planet." Chen Xi was not fooled by Olivia's not-so-clever skill of drawing big promises.

Although what Olivia said was true, cooperating with the Mechanicus has never been a good choice.

The Mechanicus is indeed rich, one could even describe it as filthy rich.

But these oil men are well-known in the Galaxy for their stinginess. What benefits can we expect to gain from them?
Look at their Skitarii, folks! The Oil Man could equip the Skitarii with the most advanced weapons and prosthetics in the empire, but he was so stingy that he was only willing to use a leather bag as the Skitarii's stomach.

This was the Oil Man. He could spend lavishly when he needed it, but when he didn't, he was as stingy as the Merchant of Venice, unwilling to part with even a pound of flesh. "As long as the ruins are thoroughly excavated, the gains from that ancient tomb will be enough to meet all our needs, right?" Olivia tried to persuade Chen Xi further.

Chen Xi did not deny this statement.

But he still asked Olivia, "Why don't I use the power of the Inquisition and Death Watch? I have a good relationship with Master Guterres. I think Death Watch wouldn't mind building a new watchtower on this planet, right?

At the very least, through Master Guterres' cooperation with Forge World, I think we can gain more benefits, right?"

The so-called Overwatch Fortress is a fortress built by the Deathwatch on various imperial worlds. Usually, there is at least one kill team of Space Marines stationed there, responsible for protecting the safety of the imperial worlds around the fortress.

This special chapter, created by the Inquisition and the Adeptus Astartes, is very different from regular chapters in terms of numbers. Its soldiers are not recruited like ordinary chapters, but are selected from various chapters.

This also means that there are Space Marines from various Chapters within the Death Watch, and even a squad of ten Astartes may come directly from ten different Chapters.

Theoretically, if necessary, a large number of wargroups can be pulled in through Deathwatch.

The Inquisition itself, in particular, is also very concerned about these alien relics.

Olivia was silent.

Chen Xi's identity as an Inquisitor sets him apart from ordinary planetary governors, and this identity also allows him to take more initiative in his cooperation with Olivia.

"I can contact my mentor for you, and I can also work for you for ten years." Olivia added.

The chips she could offer were too few, and working for Chen Xi was the most valuable part of the chips she could offer.

However, this is nothing, after all, it is not uncommon for Mechanicus priests to work for the Inquisitors and become Inquisitor Acolytes.

Many mechanical priests who have not yet obtained the title of sage will choose to do so in exchange for the help and support of the Inquisitor.

But generally speaking, the status of a sage is no less important than that of an inquisitor, and there is usually more cooperation between the two rather than one working for the other.

"Ten years is too little. Thirty years." Chen Xi offered his price, shutting down Olivia's bargaining. "Work for me for thirty years and complete the ecological transformation of this planet. I will help you return to the Forge World and reclaim your teacher's forge."

"Thirty years...Okay, deal." After considering it, Olivia agreed without much hesitation.

Thirty years is not too long for Olivia. If it can be exchanged for Chen Xi's help and support, it would be a good deal.

(End of this chapter)