As long as you die, you are invincible, but in 40K

Zhang Ge sighed in his heart, but did not show it directly. He just continued:

"Simply put, we need to transform a large portion of your people into a type of mechanical body called a 'Mechanical Servant'. You will then serve as the core of these mechanical bodies, and through you, you will command these mechanical servants and control the entire fleet."

"Okay, go do it."

On the final decision, it did not say much, but simply agreed to Zhang Ge's request.

"As I said, this plan requires your cooperation. Come with me."

"Isn't my promise enough? Well, I'll go with you."

There was another sound of friction, and the other party stood up again before he had sat on the throne for long.

It was at this moment that Zhang Ge noticed that although the opponent's overall movements gave people a slow impression, his speed was actually not slow, at least equivalent to the running speed of an ordinary person.

Of course, there is no intention to dwell on these details for too long.

After instructing the troops deployed in the surrounding area to control all passages and ensuring that the soldiers themselves kept away from the humanoid, Zhang Ge and his group led her out of the passage.

During the journey, the dense sound formed by the constant movement of countless parasites became the constantly echoing background sound for a while, until it was taken onto the fighter plane, transported into the Soul of Vengeance, and stood under the giant instrument put together by the Peace Order.

"Come on in."

Chapter 324: Giant Psychic Thinker - "Insect Nest"

"Are you...sure that this 'machine' won't harm me?"

"The technicians and I are sure."

"Okay, then I believe you."

The main body of the instrument in front of everyone was in the shape of a metal sphere, an extremely large sphere with a diameter of at least ten meters. It looked like a spherical building.

As for the surroundings of the sphere, there are a large number of pipes of unknown purpose connected to corresponding interfaces... To be honest, the messy lines combined with the overall black color scheme do not give this thing a good visual impression. Compared with normal instruments, it looks more like some special execution instrument.

I don't know where the Order of Peace put this thing together. Although its structure shows signs of temporary construction, considering the short time and the huge scale required, even if it is temporary construction, its efficiency is too high.

He had originally planned to find some reasons to delay the Mother of Thieves for a while.

His thoughts did not wander for too long. After realizing that the other party had crossed the team and came in front of everyone, Zhang Ge refocused his attention on its body that was still "moving".

As if the brief conversation before had made it really trust Zhang Ge, it did not show any more hesitation as it continued to move forward, and soon stepped onto the metal passage that directly connected to the central entrance of the sphere.

Immediately, the sound of metal colliding with the insect body echoed as "footsteps" over and over again in the slightly empty cabin, replacing the original subtle friction background sound.

He paused slightly just before entering the entrance - that was because the other party turned his "head" and looked at Zhang Ge again.

After this last glance, it stepped into the sphere.

Immediately afterwards, the instrument door closed with a slight mechanical sound.

Soon after, a mechanical servant sent by a high-ranking priest came to Zhang Ge and issued a low mechanical sound, reminding him:

"Your Excellency, you may give the order to begin."

"Then start the device."

After the order was given, the robot's head nodded slightly, and then it made no sound.

Instead... there was a faint, gradually increasing sound of electricity?

That's right, this is not an illusion, there is really some device nearby that makes such a sound.

Shortly after this noise was heard, countless blue lights began to fill the pipes woven into the network, flowing towards the sphere in the center like water.

To be honest, Zhang Ge didn't understand what was going on, but judging from the slight impact sound coming from the sphere, the effect should be significant.

This situation did not last long. After about half a Terra hour, the door of the sphere opened again.

“How do you determine success or failure?”

Looking at the darkness behind the door, Zhang Ge asked the mechanical servant beside him.

"Based on the data analysis, it was successful, but if you want to confirm it yourself, you can also go inside the sphere and take a look."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ge first waved his hand to refuse his followers' obstruction, and then took Amelia and Perveti with him and began to walk through the passage towards the entrance.

However, after arriving at the door, Zhang Ge looked inside and found that there was nothing inside.

What does this mean? Does this thing really seem to be modified from an incinerator?

However, just as Zhang Ge was puzzled, the mechanical servant who followed closely behind him came to his side and gave an explanation:

"Since we only need its psychic properties, this machine completely transforms it into a Warp lifeform... or more precisely, a Warp consciousness? It is then confined within the device, serving as a 'psychic central processing unit.'"

Hearing this, Amelia couldn't help but ask:

"Isn't this a blasphemy against machinery?"

"If converting objects from the physical universe into the Warp is considered 'blasphemous machinery,' then human society will collapse instantly—because in principle, the Warp hyperdrive is the largest 'conversion device' currently available, except that it is bidirectional, while this device is unidirectional."

"and many more..."

Just as the two were talking, Zhang Ge suddenly interrupted with a serious expression.

"Excuse me."

"Why is the way you talk, uh, so normal?"

Zhang Ge paused and chose a more euphemistic way of description.

"The current communication model was developed after the first major discussion among the priests of the order. The discussion concluded that using 'prayer language' when communicating with machines and 'normal language' when communicating with ordinary people would be more efficient than the original method."

"good."

Zhang Ge first praised the Peace Order for this historic step, and then brought the topic back on track:

"So? This means this device can be used normally?"

"Yes, if nothing unexpected happens, we can now use it to control other Genestealers belonging to its psychic network."

"..."

It sounds good, but Zhang Ge always feels like something is not right.

How is this a bit like...

"Have you named this thing yet?"

"Of course, we plan to name it the Giant Psionic Meditator - 'Hive'."

Holy shit, I was like, isn't this a miniature, controllable version of the hive mind? No wonder it sounds so familiar.

It's no wonder that the Mechanicus Church has listed many technological innovation projects as taboos - if the forces that understand the operating mechanism of the Tyranids get to know about this thing, they will directly send people to fight an apocalyptic-level war with Zhang Ge.

Eh, isn't that right? Isn't this exactly what Zhang Ge wants?

This is a completely forbidden technology. Not to mention other people, even other normal Mechanicus monks would be killed overnight if they saw it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ge, who was originally planning to ask them to change their name, changed his words and said:

"Very good, that's what I'll call you."

"I understand. Praise your wisdom."

"Oh, yes, one last question. Does it still have self-awareness in this state?"

After moving away from the sphere and before leaving the cabin, Zhang Ge asked this question casually.

The answer he got perfectly met his expectations:

"Unfortunately, before we understand the specific principles behind this, if we want to utilize its psionic network, we'll have to allow it to maintain self-awareness. Otherwise, it'll just be an ordinary thinker with slightly more computing power."

Not only is there the risk of being discovered by external forces, but there is also the risk of it rebelling in anger after discovering that it has been deceived.

Peace Order, you've killed two birds with one stone. Well done.

Chapter 325: Absurd Dream

However, before Zhang Ge's slightly cheerful mood could last long, as soon as he left the cabin, a piece of bad news reported by Endymion himself reached his ears via the sound array communication.

"A section of naval officers has launched a mutiny."

"Now?"

"Yes."

"Armed rebellion?"

"Correct."

Logically speaking, this should be good news for Zhang Ge himself, but in the current situation, this kind of thing really does not make him happy.

The aliens that were originally planned to be liquidated became available aid, but the naval officers who were supposed to be part of the aid launched an armed rebellion.

This contrast even made Zhang Ge stop and think about a question:

Did he really do something wrong in his previous behavior?

However, he did not dwell on this self-doubt for long, and he quickly came to a conclusion:

Doubt? I'll have to beat their brains out first.

If Zhang Ge killed too many people at once without considering the overall situation, then why didn't these rebels consider the overall situation after their own people were killed?

It seems that there is a lack of pictures.

Must hit hard.

"What are the rebel ships?"

"They haven't yet taken control of any ships. Over two hundred Space Marines have been deployed as ordered to seize the command centers of those ships at risk of rebellion. As for the number of rebels, it's difficult to count at this time."

Hearing this answer, Zhang Ge couldn't help feeling a little nervous.

Quite humorous.

They said they had started a rebellion, but in the end, not only did they threaten Zhang Ge's life, they couldn't even seize the ships under the rebels' own butts in the first place. If Zhang Ge had been a little more ruthless, he could have let the Space Marines physically destroy the command system and then evacuate, and then ordered all ships to directly fire at the rebel ships, and the rebellion could have been completely ended in less than an hour.

They dared to rebel just like that? What were they thinking? Zhang Ge was a little confused about their logic.

"Where's the leader?"

"Not yet. Anyone who tried to take the lead before was eliminated by the hunting team."

"..."

It is said to be a rebellion, but in fact it is the opposite of loyalty, right? He took the initiative to jump out to seduce other rebels so that they can be eliminated by Zhang Ge.

He had originally planned to send Perveti to behead them, but now it seems like he is using a Nova Cannon to kill a mosquito. These people can't even stop a small group of Space Marine champions...ah, that's normal. It would be strange if ordinary people could gather guards that can defeat Space Marine champions.

After playing so many high-end games, I have forgotten what it feels like to bully noobs.

"It seems I don't have to personally end this rebellion?"

"If all goes well, you'll wake up to the news that the rebellion has been quelled."

Zhang Ge had no doubts about this. Judging from the current situation, it would be a conservative estimate to say that the problem could only be solved by a good night's sleep.

Thinking of this, after the sound array communication ended, he asked Amelia the question he had forgotten to ask Endymion:

"How far away is the Zerg fleet from us?"

"At their current speed, it will take several Terran days."

A few days may sound slow, but it is actually an exaggeratedly high speed for the navigation method of a biological ship.

You know, the distance between the ice crystal belt and the castle lord's ring belt is as high as several astronomical units. In a few days, this means that the biological ships have increased their speed to thousands of kilometers per second by "farting".

If they wanted to at that time, as long as they did not slow down, these countless biological ships would turn into equally countless high-speed artillery shells, directly hitting the fortresses in the castle lord's ring... No wonder the swarm had no intention of bypassing them.

If they had the time to circumvent it, wouldn't it be much faster to just crash into it? Moreover, aside from the bio-ships that crashed into the void shield, the others that smashed into the fortress structure wouldn't be wasted. Almost all of them would be converted into new biomass, consuming only a small amount of energy from dragging, disassembling, and reassembling.

Moreover, considering that the battlefield is outer space and the number of hive fleets, this simple and crude combat method is extremely difficult to defend effectively.

Even if you kill a bio-ship, it will be useless. Its corpse will continue to hit you at the same speed. Unless you can forcibly stop it with the corresponding kinetic energy, or completely wipe out its body with some weapon, otherwise it will just change from a "conscious" shell to an "unconscious" shell.

Well... if you think about it carefully, this is quite scary for ordinary people. It feels like a building is about to collapse but you are powerless to do anything.

It’s a pity that the person the hive consciousness is facing is Zhang Ge, so - in fact, the hive consciousness is the challenger.

Zhang Ge, who was aware of this, did not worry about it at all. After confirming that there was no other urgent matter to deal with today, he said goodbye to most of his followers and returned to his bedroom to rest.

I really hope time will pass quickly, and it would be best if I could sleep until the Zerg bio-ships come crashing down on me...