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Chapter 71 Sixty Million Years of Temptation

With the Skitarii, the planet's defense forces are gradually becoming useful. If we add the Linguang family, which can currently spare one or two knights to form an attack team, the military force in Chen Xi's hands is now really not weak, and he can try to touch the grave of the Necrons.

Of course, I'm just trying to touch it. With this little strength, I can't really defeat the undead tomb.

At most you can go in and touch some gold.
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"So what's on this planet isn't some ancient alien ruins, but a dormant ancient alien city? And it's a fully armed one at that?" Tonya looked at Chen Xi with strange eyes. She originally thought it was just an ordinary alien relic, but she didn't expect that she would get lucky.

But it is obvious that good luck also comes with danger, and the two are directly proportional.

"Let me tell you, if we can analyze the technology inside this stasis sarcophagus, it can fully support a forging world with stasis technology as its main product. The Empire has always had a strong demand for stasis grenades and stasis force fields." Olivia preached to Tonya the benefits of excavating the tomb of the undead. In order to increase her persuasiveness, she even brought a stasis sarcophagus.

This sarcophagus was one of the few intact trophies she had brought out from the Tomb of the Undead.

"Of course I can see the benefits, but there are also dangers." Tonya was obviously much calmer than Olivia. Perhaps this was also influenced by her teacher, the foundry director.

She gently stroked the stasis sarcophagus with her own flesh arm, feeling the touch of its surface. Then she looked at Chen Xi and said, "Your Excellency, Governor, you said this alien race fell into a deep sleep about 60 million years ago, right? In other words, this sarcophagus has theoretically existed for at least 60 million years?"

Sixty million years! This is a concept that seems so long that it is terrifying just to think about it. What kind of thing can withstand the baptism and erosion of time for sixty million years?

Not to mention 60 million years, even many things from the Great Crusade 10,000 years ago have been eroded by time and are unrecognizable.

Only those precious relics preserved in stasis fields can survive such long periods of time.

Of course, some precious miracles of Om Messiah can also spend such a long time under the blessing of Om Messiah, but they need to be cleaned, maintained and repaired.

After all, even with the blessing of Om Messiah, it would be difficult for these divine machines to remain intact for ten thousand years without maintenance and upkeep.

But the sarcophagus in front of us has gone through a full 60 million years, which is 6,000 times the age from the Great Crusade when the empire was founded to the present!
Even if we count the time when humans first set foot in the starry sky from Holy Terra, the history of human civilization is only a mere 40,000 years. 60 million years is still 1,200 times longer than that!
What a long time it has been, and what a terrifying technical strength it has required!
The knowledge contained in it is so fascinating that people can't help but want to pursue it!

However, the danger also warned Tonya, and her hot heart was suddenly like a bucket of cold water poured on it.

If this is just a relic, then everything is fine and a little danger is not unacceptable.

But according to Chen Xi, it was a city built as a tomb, and it is still functioning well today. Everything is just dormant.

Excavating a dangerous relic and brazenly breaking into an alien city are two completely different concepts, and the dangers involved are naturally also completely different.

Tonya wanted to retreat, but as Olivia said, the technology contained in this sarcophagus alone was enough to support an entire forge world, let alone an entire tomb! Chen Xi stood aside, watching Tonya's conflicted expression, and did not speak to interrupt her.

It’s not that he didn’t want to persuade Tonya, but there was no need.

Chen Xi knew clearly that no mechanic in the Mechanicus could resist the temptation of new technology, and Tonya's hesitation was just because she was worried about the danger.

What's more, she had already boarded the boat, and now all she needed was the final push to convince herself.

In fact, just as Chen Xi expected, Dong Niya did not hesitate for long. She quickly made up her mind, turned to look at Chen Xi, and asked him, "Governor, based on your understanding of this race, are our current forces sufficient to explore this alien city?"

Tonya looked at Chen Xi with burning eyes. She had obviously made a decision, and this question was just to make herself make up her mind.

"If we just explore cautiously, the reaction of the Tomb of the Undead won't be that big, and we can handle it." Chen Xi didn't dare to guarantee this. After all, he didn't know whether the oil man would do something bad.

Although Tonya didn't look like someone who would do anything bad, Olivia... well, she almost did something bad once.

"Cautious? Can you explain in detail?" Tonya was eager to know more information at this time.

"The Tomb of the Dead has essentially fallen into a deep sleep, just like a person who has fallen asleep. Although some systems are still functioning, they are only there to keep the entire tomb running, just like a person who still breathes, has a heartbeat, and has blood flowing while asleep." Chen Xi used a simple and easy-to-understand metaphor to explain the Tomb of the Dead: "Entering the Tomb of the Dead to explore is like pulling the hair of a sleeping person. You pull carefully, one strand at a time, and the person won't react, or even feel any pain.

But if you grab a handful of hair and pull it down, he'd be considered good-tempered if he doesn't jump up and hit you.

The same is true for exploring the Tomb of the Dead. Although there is a defense mechanism inside it that is still in operation, it is not difficult to deal with. As long as you are careful enough and do not stimulate it to awaken the entire tomb, it is not difficult to excavate this Tomb of the Dead.

In fact, according to the records of the Inquisition, there are already Forge Worlds within your Mechanicum that have successfully excavated Necromancer tombs."

"So what preparations do we need to make?" Tonya finally made up her mind.

"First, prepare this ship for orbital bombardment. This is a last resort to ensure that these undead will not cause a disaster." Chen Xi carefully calculated the current strength and armament of his troops and made a request to Dong Niya: "Second, I need a group of excellent assassins or agents to go deep into the tomb to plant hot melt bombs to ensure that certain creatures will not suddenly resurrect, and at the same time, ensure that their dimensional portal cannot be opened.

As for the rest... I think the Linguang family should need a batch of knight mechas."

(End of this chapter)