"Mars is the core world of the Cult of the Mechanicus, and the largest repository of technological knowledge in the Empire, where a vast amount of scientific and technological ...... are stored"

Linda and Ralph Jacob stood in front of the projected map, explaining everything about the Martian Foundry Base.

"Now, how many members of the Cult of the Mechanicus loyal to the Empire are willing to join?"

In the recent civil strife, the Cult of the Dark Mechanics was victorious, driving out the Cult of Mechanicus monks loyal to the Empire and taking over Mars once and for all.

However, because of Rogdorn's decisive decision, all the starports suspended on Mars were destroyed, and the airspace of the entire planet was completely occupied, so that those people of the Dark Mechanics Cult could only be trapped on Mars and could not go anywhere.

However, the Cult of the Dark Mechanics did not give up their struggle, they kept making all kinds of small actions, and even launched a small starport in a short period of time, hoping to reoccupy the airspace around Mars.

However, at Machado's behest, a large number of fleets have surrounded Mars, and Rogdorn has even placed a third line of defense around Mars, completely blocking the escape route of the Dark Mechanics.

"All the mechanical sages are willing to join in, let alone the mechanical monks, but I am in the process of screening, and with the huge amount of computing power, all their secrets are at a glance......

Linda said confidently.

Since she said so, Chen Guo didn't say anything more, because he knew that Linda was not the kind of person who liked to boast about Haikou.

She has always been very steady.

"How much do you know about the Hopeful Ark?"

"Hope's Mechanical Ark...... Ralph Jacob, you should know more than I do! After all, I remember that one of your genetic brothers seemed to be the previous Exploration Sage. ”

Ralph Jacob nodded vigorously, "Yes, that's exactly what it looks like.

I was once fortunate enough to walk aboard the Hope and have a brief conversation with the ghost aboard the Hope.

Before I saw a real artificial intelligence, she should be the most artificial intelligence-like ghost I've ever seen.

And, most importantly, I felt human emotions from her, as if I was facing a real person! Ralph Jacob, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slowly.

"What I'm saying may not be clear enough...... In my senses, she may not be a real person, but she is definitely a combination of some kind of personality and mechanical program.

She is very egoistic, she doesn't care about our lives like any other mech, and she can even control an entire huge ship to act alone without our presence at all.

And from what I've learned, she's been on many exploration missions trying to get rid of all the mechanical sages and controllers, and want to fly away on her own.

Because of this, she hasn't taken off again for many years, and as for her current position...... If I'm not mistaken, it should be here! Ralph Jacob, pointing to a dark-looking ocean in the center of the map.

Sea of Iron Curses

It is a sea of all kinds of wastewater, and it is also the largest artificially cast ocean on Mars, which is not only the largest source of drinking water for ordinary people on Mars who have not yet been replaced with mechanical digestive organs, but also the largest cooling processor on the entire planet.

Countless furnace forge workshops draw seawater from there at extremely low temperatures to help cool or shape their superheated machinery.

Many years ago, Mars was unable to preserve too much liquid due to low gravity, but under the transformation of the Mechanicus Cult, Mars has successfully possessed its own ocean.

Of course, there are actually more heavy metal molecules rippling in this ocean than water molecules in some way.

Looking at the black ocean carefully, Chen Guo shook his head, he really couldn't see what kind of relationship that ocean had with the Hope Mechanical Ark.

After all

According to the state of the planet shown in this real-time footage, there are no continents on the black ocean.

“…… It seems like there's nothing there? ”

Ralph Jacob smiled, his fingers sliding swiftly, and brought up another video projection map of Mars—on top of which the ocean was much smaller, and there was a large nest near it.

But at this moment on the map, the large nest has disappeared with many places around it, and has become part of the black ocean!

"Did she sink to the bottom of the sea?"

"Yes, after a brief meeting, we temporarily dismantled her engine and shoved it to the bottom of the ocean with a planetary gravity weapon, completely protecting it." Ralph Jacob shook his head with a wry smile, "But it's not protection at all, it's just that under her control, we don't dare to let her rise into the air anymore." ”

Chen Guo nodded thoughtfully, and after determining the location of the Hope, he began to ask it questions about the Exploration Sage.

The Exploratory Sage is one of many Sages of the Cult of the Mechanica, whose primary mission is not to be engaged in production, although many of them also hold other titles.

But their main job is to take the Mechanicus fleet to excavate the ruins of various ancient battlefields in the galaxy, or to trade in some alien civilizations, so as to obtain some technological and technological blueprints that the Mechanicus once lost or did not have!

Within the hierarchy of the Cult of the Mechanics, the status of the Exploratory Sage is generally high, but only for those who have achieved the corresponding achievements.

And for those who are obscure, and even constantly consume the corresponding resources of the Mechanicus God Cult, the status is much, much lower, even lower than some of the lowest-ranking data management sages.

There is a very old-fashioned dogma in the Cult of the Mechanics, that is, all exploration ships must be equipped with corresponding exploration sages, and the exploration sages must have a cordial exchange of consciousness with individual exploration ships, and even with the souls of all ships in the exploration fleet, and after their unanimous approval, they can assume the responsibility of the first leadership position of the exploration fleet.

However, once any of the Exploration Sages of the Exploration Fleet suffers an accident, then no matter what kind of science and technology the Exploration Fleet discovers, they must return to the Forge Casting World as soon as possible, and will not resume the exploration mission until the new Exploration Sage takes office.

Machado also knew this very well, so he gave Chen Guo this task.

As an exploration spaceship, the Hope must also be equipped with the corresponding exploration sage to be able to take off normally.

Therefore, as long as the current Exploration Sage is killed, the plan of the Cult of the Dark Mechanic can be directly destroyed.

As a ship as large as the mainland, once it lifts off, I am afraid that even the Empire's Yamamasa Battle Fortress will not be able to match it at all.

This is the fundamental reason why Machado wants to relaunch his attack on a planet that has temporarily lost the ability to travel in space.

Of course, if Chen Guo can defeat the Dark Mechanical God and reclaim Mars, that would be excellent. After all, as the oldest foundry base, it can produce any kind of equipment and ships that the Empire has at its disposal.

If it falls into the hands of Horus, the strength of the rebel legion will be multiplied several times in a short period of time, and even a few more Emperor-class Titans may be added.

"This Exploration Sage is called Kaprun, a very old-fashioned old fellow and a cruel butcher.

Even before the split, he was already conducting covert and brutal human experiments...... I'm glad I'm not his genetic offspring......"

Before Linda's words were finished, Chen Guo already knew what the words she hadn't said were!

He slowly hugged Linda from behind, directly ignored Ralph Jacob, who kept rolling his eyes next to him, and said softly: "Do you remember how I promised you at that time? ”

"Of course I remember, you said you were going to burn the Mechanicus to the ground, but I said I was going to build a new machine on top of the ashes that didn't cool down

Mechanic Church! Linda rarely showed an embarrassed smile, "I also quarreled with Soni several times for this, and now it seems that I was really naïve not long ago!" ”

"Why, have you changed your mind and don't want to build any new Cult of the Mechanica?"

"No, that's my wish.

However, I think the statue standing in the center of the church is no longer the face of Omnisaiah! ”

"Then who do you want to replace Omnisaiah with!"

"What do you say? My dear husband, the great Marshal of the Empire, the future Prince of the Empire! Linda raised her hand and touched Chen Guo's heart.

Hades, who was hidden in his heart, seemed to like Linda very much, and controlled his heart to start beating violently.

"Okay, then put my statue in the center of the church!

But do you, as the new Chief Sage, need to take the lead in praying to me? ”

"Think beautifully!"

"Uh-huh!"

Ralph Jacob, who really couldn't stand the flirting between the two, immediately said that he still existed, and grabbed the topic and continued: "Now it can be learned that except for the two great sages who have not betrayed the empire, the master of all things and the old master of the machine, all the other great sages have all betrayed the empire and chose to join the camp of Horus.

This includes the Chief ......"

Ralph Jacob didn't go any further, knowing that the Chief Sage was none other than Linda's genetic father.

In addition to Linda's genetic father, there are also the Lord of the Catechism, the Elder Commander, and the three data predators, which are high-ranking and powerful sages.

Although it is not known what benefits Horus promised them, they have all fallen into the camp of chaos and become the Cult of Dark Machines.

"According to the information provided by the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs, the One Who Acquired Everything is dead, and the Old Master of the Machine is secretly imprisoned in the Primordial Land...... If I could, I think it would be better to get him out. This lord has a large number of primitive mechanical legions, and is owned by a large number of cronies.

If you can get his help, you may be able to save a lot of effort to regain the Mars Foundry Base in the future!

Of course, this is just a suggestion, I am just providing the corresponding information, and the specific actions are up to you! ”

"There's no need to save him!" Linda's tone was cold, "Whether he betrayed the empire or not, he must die...... All the great sages must die, and I will personally execute the death penalty for them! ”

Ralph Jacob pursed his lips a few times, but finally did not speak.

As a first-hand experiencer, he deeply understands why Linda hates these great sages so much. And unconsciously, Ralph Jacob suddenly had some rejoicing.

He was glad that he was not a daughter, and that he had left the Martian Foundry early on.

Otherwise, with the degree of his genetic father's perversion, I'm afraid his fate will be even worse than Linda's.

Chen Guo didn't say much, just silently pressed Linda's shoulder to show his support for her, and then opened his mouth to ask, "Is there any news from Mintis?" ”

"There's no news, but if I'm not mistaken, she's supposed to be locked up here - the Temple of the Forge of Marriotis!"

"That's where the casting is what?"

"It's not a foundry base, it's a hidden prison. It's also the birthplace of the Martian Electric Monks, the Monks with Electromagnetic Weapons covered in inscriptions, the guards of this prison and the watchdogs of the damned ones! ”

Surveying the distance between the Forge Temple of Mare Otis and the Sea of Iron Spells, Chen Guo nodded, placing his finger on a hive world in the middle of the distance.

"What is this place?"

"This is the Broadsword Nest, one of the largest on Mars. Hundreds of millions of cloned babies are born from here every month, and I came from here! Linda's eyes kept flickering, and it seemed that it wasn't all painful on Mars, at least there were some good memories.

"You're so lucky, I was born in the Acid Drop Nest, there are exhaust fumes everywhere, I almost didn't survive when I was born!" Ralph Jacob said with some envy.

"Then it's here, the location of our raid is here, so that whether it's rescuing Mintis or killing that exploration sage, the distance and time are just right!"

Chapter 140: The God of Mars—Hope's Mechanical Ark.