"Try to contact the Phaeton Casting World."

Fu Qinghai said.

"The seventh call was contacted, and there was no answer."

Xia Hao replied.

There is no news from the Phaeton Casting World, indicating two situations: either there are no Star Whisperers in the Casting World at all, or the galaxy is covered by a subspace storm, and communication and transportation are blocked.

But the navigator said that the fleet could travel normally towards the Phaeton Casting World, then the latter possibility was ruled out.

Not even a Star Whisperer, this casting world on the edge, the situation may be even worse than Fu Qinghai imagined.

……

The relationship between Mars and the many casting worlds is between "the co-lord of the world under the Western Zhou Rite System" and the "Commonwealth of Great Britain".

To put it simply, Mars' control over other casting worlds is a little stronger than that of the Seal, but a little weaker than that of the Commonwealth.

There are some casting worlds that do not hang Mars at all, such as Huangquan 8, which is known for its love of studying alien technology, and Huangquan 8, the "sleepless one-eyed", once attracted the attention of the alien court because of its excessive addiction to alien technology, and the High Lords' Council sent dozens of death watch killing teams to encircle and suppress Huangba.

There are some casting worlds that have a close relationship with Mars, such as Ruiza, who is famous for researching and producing plasma weapons, Ruiza, the "Furnace Starlink", and all the plasma pistols used by Fu Qinghai are all produced in the Ruiza Casting World.

There are also some casting worlds that have a very close relationship with Mars, such as the main star of Vos, known as the "right hand of Mars", and the steel ball, known as the "glittering giant", these two casting worlds fully agree with the ideas and teachings of Mars, and can be described as loyal to Mars.

So what elements does a powerful casting world with names and surnames need to contain?

First of all, there must be at least one Titan Legion.

What even the Titan Legion can't afford to support must be a pheasant casting world, and some extremely powerful casting worlds, such as Mars, even support more than one Titan Legion.

Secondly, there must be a few fist products that can be used.

The representative products of Agrippina Casting World are Riemann Ruth's Rooter, the engineering sentry mecha of the Triple Farr Casting World, and the ** official armored assault launcher of Zhao Arcada Casting World...... Either it is a special product, or a special model of an ordinary product, if it can only produce a little mainland goods, it is obviously a casting world without a reputation.

In the end, we had to go through the test of war.

For example, Lucius, the "hollow forge", is a hollow planet with an artificial sun surrounded by the earth's crust, and the whole planet is a super-large furnace with extremely high forging efficiency, and also has mastered the synthesis formula of a special alloy "Yang Yan".

Lucius was attacked by the Leviathan Hive Fleet in later generations, and finally they beat the Hive Fleet away - the speed at which the Hive Fleet absorbed biomass rioters could not keep up with the speed at which Lucius recast mechanical parts.

So having said all this, what kind of casting world is the Phaeton casting world?

Fu Qinghai stood on the bridge of the ship, looking at the scan of the bird in front of him—the empty scorched earth scorched by the light of the stars, and fell silent.

……

Fu Qinghai piloted the Thunderhawk gunboat, took Josda, Camille and Sutterfarran, and landed on the surface of the planet.

The light here is hot and dazzling, the earth here is cracked and warped, and the air here is twisted and hot.

The fleet circled the planet and discovered that it was not a completely barren and dead world, it was not that simple, and the ship's orniths found several artificial structures on the surface that resembled fortresses and shafts.

The bow hatch of the Thunderhawk gunship opened and fell, and four Space Marines walked out of the deck with weapons in hand, and Fu Qinghai's magnetic shoes stepped on the dry ground without a trace of moisture, making a crisp sound of "Kacha".

The vision of the eyepiece is a blank yellow scene.

"Air temperature, seventy-nine degrees Celsius."

Joshida reported.

"The main component is carbon dioxide, which is not breathable."

Camille added.

The power armor is completely enclosed, and the life support system inside the power pack is working, keeping the space marine's body temperature and hydration, and the four of them did not feel any discomfort in such a harsh environment.

Fu Qinghai raised his head and looked at the super "big sun" in the sky.

Fu Qinghai has been to many terrestrial planets, and those terrestrial planets may have three "moons" and four "moons", but their "suns" are all the same, almost the same color and size as the suns seen on Earth.

The "sun" in front of me is so big that it looks like a round table hanging in the sky, which means that the distance between the stars and the planets is too close for human habitation, but the data shows that this is a casting world.

Then obviously.

Fu Qinghai led the three of them to the huge steel building that stood on top of the scorched earth, an abandoned shaft.

The four of them came to the top of the shaft, inside was an old helicopter with dried blood stains and the blackened appearance of the explosion, Fu Qinghai squatted down to taste the bloodstains—human blood, but other than that, they didn't get any information.

The high temperature has destroyed the activity of the DNA fragments.

Fu Qinghai tried to operate it, the elevator was still running normally, Fu Qinghai moved the handle of the difficult gear, and the four Space Marines took the elevator, and in the creaking and rumbling sound, they slowly sank into the dark and lightless shaft.

The elevator continues to sink.

It was pitch black.

Only the Space Marine's scarlet eyepiece is lit.

A small screen lit up again.

Fu Qinghai held the hand-held bird divination instrument and said:

"We've descended three hundred meters now, and the orniths have detected a sign of life below."

As he had guessed, it was an underground civilization.

The elevator continued to rumble and sink.

"Boom!"

The envelope shook and the elevator stopped.

Fu Qinghai and a few people walked out of the elevator, and there was a huge steel door in front of them.

"Hot Bomb."

Fu Qinghai said.

Joshida quickly set up the hot melt bomb.

"Boom-"

After the explosion, the Space Marines entered the perimeter of the facility through a smoky, slag-strewn doorway.

"Click......click"

They were greeted by a circle of automatic guns, and the faces of the soldiers who wielded them were all pale and frightened, among them were children, women, and old people, but there were no cathars and intelligent controllers.

They are not military men.

Fu Qinghai made a judgment in an instant.

Fu Qinghai's muzzle drooped slightly, and he said:

"I'm Aoyama Khan of the White Scar Legion's Brotherhood of Divine Machines, lay down your weapons and inform me of the situation here."

Fear did not fade from the faces of mortals.

It wasn't until Fu Qinghai took off his helmet and revealed his face that he saw that there were no raised sharp horns, no sharp teeth and no long tongue on his face, and the old and weak women and children present finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"You're late, White Scar."

An old man pushed the crowd away and stood in front.

His gaze was filled with grief and indignation, and he shouted:

"Aren't you known as the fastest legion in the universe? Why only now! ”

"Be careful when you speak, mortal."

Qiao Shida couldn't help but speak:

"We didn't come by orders, we just passed by."

"Haha." The old man laughed miserably:

"Look, that's the way Terra and Mars treat us, ignoring and ignoring it."

Fu Qinghai probably understood what the situation was, he strode forward, lifted the old man's collar, lifted him in front of him, and said:

"If you really have the courage, you should die fighting against the enemy, instead of living up to this time and losing your temper at us, now, tell me, what happened?"

……

"They easily killed all the cathars and the Controllers, and all the technocrats who were unwilling to obey them."

"They took everything they could take with them, STCs and young adults."

"They plundered the population on a frenzy, and every deck was stuffed with slaves until they couldn't fit it anymore."

An old woman lay in front of Fu Qinghai and cried.

"What they couldn't take away was blown up by them, the solar grid array was blown up, the geothermal power station was blown up, all the forges, all the crucibles, all the foundries and production plants...... Woo woo, the god of all machines is above. ”

Another elderly man added hoarsely.

From the survivor's narration, Fu Qinghai roughly restored what happened.

Three months ago, the remnants of the defeated army of the Sons of Horus passed through here, and then easily defeated the weak defenders of the Phaeton Casting World, and the 16th Army began to plunder here, and the materials, population, and technology, in line with the principle that they could not use it and could not be left to the puppet emperor, all the facilities and equipment that could not be taken away were also blown up.

These old, weak, sick and disabled people in front of them escaped by hiding in the depths of the earth, and the traitors did not look down on them as slaves in a hurry.

Fu Qinghai knew why the traitors would smash, loot, burn, and scrape the ground like a group of people called Huazi.

Because there is nothing in the eye of fear, no human beings, no facilities, no supplies...... Even a sip of clean drinking water and an intact piece of terracotta armor can cause a bloody scramble between the Chaos Warband.

I really don't know what they are trying to do.

How did the first large-scale clash between the first legions of traitors who fled into the eye of fear detonate? That is, the slaves of the son of the emperor are not enough, and they want to rob the slaves of the son of Horus.

Space marines are all masters, and they are used to being served by mortals, how can they do it without slaves? Not only do you need slaves to work, but you also need them to make new Space Marines.

Fortunately, the traitor encountered here is the son of Horus, although the lotus son has also been corrupted and corrupted by the power of chaos, but most people do not believe in the four gods of chaos, they believe in chaos or no faith at all. If they encounter a Death Guard, a Son of an Emperor, or a World Eater, the starting point of the group's thinking is not pure efficiency and profit, they will slaughter and torture for the sake of love.

The sons of Horus have been gone for three months, and they will definitely not be able to catch up, and if they do, they may not be able to fight, Fu Qinghai only cares about what is left in the entire casting world now.

……

"It's a new world of foundry, and only a small part of the underground city has been developed, and many places are still blank."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Kunto.

"I looked through the management log of the former director of foundry, their core technology, mainly geothermal energy and solar energy extraction equipment, but there is nothing special in addition, these large facilities traitors can't take away, so all of them were blown up, but they should be repaired."

The phaeton casting world is really not good, the location is far away from the core area of the empire, close to the edge of the hazy star field.

An example can be seen in the leopard: Fu Qinghai saw at first glance that they were still adopting the method of natural breeding even to increase the population, and the casting world like Mars had no children for a long time, and the population was born from the cloning and cultivation factory.

Belisarius Kaur was born from a mechanical test tube and a biochemical chamber, and like most Martians, he didn't know who his parents were.

The real difference is that the casting world is under the control of the mechanical gods, and the tax level is the same as that of the Astarte Warband, which is a special tax exemption, while the industrial world is under the management of the human empire and needs to pay industrial products as tithes.

Why did the Mechanics choose Phaeton as the casting world, during the Great Expedition, which was originally defined as a forward base for further conquest and development of the Hazy Star Field, but the Horus Rebellion arrived, and subsequent development plans were put on hold.

"The only good news, Master."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Kunto:

"The former director of foundry, the forger with the title of Lord of the Forge, Buck Heslet, led some of the technical priests, as well as the components and blueprints of the STC, and hid in the ancient labyrinth deep underground, and the sons of Horus were unable to find them."

……

The fleet hovers in space orbit.

Camille had to perform reconstructive surgeries on one hundred and thirty-five school-age teenagers, and he was too busy to keep his feet on the ground.

Joshida is training with the recruits who have survived the reconstructive surgery, and they are also very busy.

And Fu Qinghai went to the high platform of the Xingyu choir every once in a while, and passed on false information with Xia Hao.

"The cruiser Blazing Horse sent a letter to the esteemed Martian Foundry Temple: At present, the orc fleet is besieging the Phaeton Casting World, and the Brotherhood of Divine Machines and the enemy are repeatedly fighting for the spaceport, and the battle is fierce, and the ...... requests for reinforcements"

"The cruiser Blazing Horse has a letter to the honorable Casting Commander Grand Sage Kane: Now that the orc fleet has captured the spaceport, we cannot leave the planet's surface. The orcs attempted to land, but were blocked by the cathars led by Aoyama Khan, and the orc attack was frustrated and suffered heavy losses, and they retreated into space orbit to continue the blockade ......"

"Cruiser Liema Letter to Honorable ......"

SMS bombardment, oh no, it's star language bombing.

Annoyed with the Great Sage of Kane.

A week later, Xia Hao found Fu Qinghai:

"Mars has asked to speak to Quinto alone."

"Uh, okay."

Fu Qinghai agreed to come down and notify Master Kunto on the scientific research ship to come over.

Master Kunto came to the high platform of the Star Choir.

said that it was a separate conversation, and Fu Qinghai stood next to him.

After a while, Xia Hao said:

"Mars asks Quinto how long it will take for the orcs' siege of the Phaeton Forge World to be lifted."

Fu Qinghai said: "It is estimated to be two years. ”

Master Quintor nodded.

Xia Hao summoned him, and after a while, he said:

"Mars asks the Sage of Quintor if the two STCs are intact?"

Master Kunto said, "It's intact. ”

Two-way star-language communication, at a frequency of ten minutes, proceeded slowly until ......

"Mars asks the Sage of Kunto if he would like to lead a Foundry World alone."

Here it comes!

Master Kunto was about to agree, but Fu Qinghai pressed Xia Hao:

"First of all, ask which casting world it is."

Xia Hao summoned him, ten minutes later.

"Phaeton Casting World."

Fu Qinghai laughed and said, "Sure enough." ”

Not at all surprising.

"Yes."

In the last wave of star language transmission, it took a long time for Xia Hao to receive the message, and finally, she slowly read:

"The Great Sage of Kane sent a letter to the Sage of Quinto: The great faith of the God of All Machines needs to take root in the distant hazy star fields, and the revival of a casting world is the best reward for the Ohm Messiah. As the agent of the machine god on earth, take charge of her palace and guard her territory, Quintor Anastasiao, this is the most glorious task, and you vow to hold on to the last inch of the sacred territory, and never be occupied by the aliens! ”

This means that you can die, but STC must not be taken captive by orcs.

"You are officially appointed as the casting director of Phaeton today! After the turmoil and catastrophe, too many casting worlds have forgotten the core essence of truth and logic, reversing the direction of rotation of gears and bearings, Quintor Anastasiao, be sure to inherit and strengthen the faith of Mars! ”

Fu Qinghai laughed when he heard this, thinking that your political trial on Mars is really not good, Master Quintor is a great heretic who loves to study alien technology, and when he transforms a space soldier, he dares to add material to it without authorization, and his classmate friend Master Vanak is also a big heretic who has drilled into nanotechnology, and this, he also asks Master Quintor to "inherit and strengthen the faith of Mars"?

It's good that Phaeton didn't become the second Huangquan Eight.

Xia Hao continued to repeat the words of the Great Sage of Kane:

"Finally, I will personally send a letter to Chagatai Khan, asking the Primordial to order the Brotherhood of Divine Machines to garrison the world of Phaeton's Casting until the orcs retreat, or the arrival of reinforcements from Mars."

"All glory be to the God of all machines."

……

The small fleet split again.

Both the research ship and the transport ship remained in the world of Phaeton Foundry.

Fu Qinghai patted Sutter Farran on the shoulder and said:

"You stay here, protect Master Quintor closely, and help him control this casting world, the Shiweilin Nest will replenish the population here, you can try to go to the ancient labyrinth to find the missing forge, but don't put yourself in it."

Fu Qinghai glanced deeply at the Crow Guard:

"No matter who the other party is, any ...... that prevents Master Quintor from controlling this casting world"

Fu Qinghai made a throat-slitting gesture.

Sutter Farran nodded:

"Understood, Khan."

Fu Qinghai continued:

"I'll leave you a Thunderhawk gunboat, and remember, your two lives are more important than any STC when it matters."

Master Quintor smiled:

"Little Locke, don't be so nervous, the cathars and armed servants are on my side, strictly speaking, I have more troops than you."

Fu Qinghai said: "Be prepared. ”

……

Three months later, the fleet was adrift on its way back.

Xia Hao passed the star language:

"The cruiser Blazing Horse sends a letter to the honorable Foundry Commander Grand Sage Kane: Thanks to the tireless efforts of Aoyama Khan and the Brotherhood of Divine Machines, the orc fleet has retreated."

…………