Unlike Karn, who was negotiating with the leaders of the caravans, Elaine was resting on the Iron Throne in the depths of the castle.

The tattered power armor had been removed by her and replaced with the loose robes of a Greek monarch. The supple fabric was inlaid with rich pure gold textures, which accentuated her plump figure that even loose fabrics could not conceal, but she herself didn't seem to mind this, after all, from the arms that rested casually on the armrests, like the barrels of a main battle tank, and her nearly four-meter burly body, the characteristic of gender may have faded in the body of the lord of the red sand.

However, closing one's eyes and recuperating is nothing more than what outsiders can see.

At this time, Elaine was relying on the psychic network to schedule most of Nukeria's affairs, and it can be said that this way of working was almost engraved in her instinct - with the ultra-high computing power of the gene prototype and the real-time communication of the planetary range, Elaine alone could easily handle the huge and complex affairs of a star system.

However, in the face of the mess that followed, this level of processing speed alone was not enough.

She needed something more 'efficient'.

As soon as the pale golden eyes closed, her consciousness came to the world of casting on the moon of Nukeria.

[Let me see how your work progresses, Redjak.] 】

The thick knuckles continued to tap against the white jade skull embedded in the end of the armrest, and Elaine's psionic phantom also came to Redjak.

This was something she had learned from Magnus, and for those beings who had a psychic connection with her, it was not difficult to use them as a medium to project psionic energy, even if Elaine and Redjak were hundreds of thousands of kilometers away at this time, it was as easy as drinking water and breathing.

"Oh... Here you are, Lord Elaine. ”

Facing Elaine's scrutinizing gaze, Redjak immediately put down his work and saluted respectfully.

Beside the old sage was a young technical priest and apprentice, Ronald.

The two of them were working on the Iron Man technology that Elaine had brought back, but judging by their lack of concentration... Clearly, they were frustrated with the job.

"I'm sorry, sir. The current progress of reverse engineering is not too good... The intelligence core you brought back is a little too old, and the manic level of the machine soul is unimaginable. Moreover... Without access to a large computing center, this research is as fantastical as primitive man knocking on an ant cow can. ”

Before Elaine could ask about the progress, Redjak began to pour out his bitterness.

"My follower of Omni Saiah lasted the whole night, but the millennia of knowledge has also left me at a loss for this ancient technology - if our research on Blackstone before the Chaos Expedition was blind man touching an elephant, then my current subject is for me to measure the planet with my hands."

"Honestly, sir. We really need to plug it into the computing hub for parsing... Otherwise, I don't know how many millennia we'd have to take to fully resolve it. ”

"Honestly, sir. We really need to plug it into the computing hub for parsing... Otherwise, I don't know how many millennia we'd have to take to fully resolve it. ”

Seeing that the two of them were at a loss for this iron man core, Elaine frowned slightly.

[I don't think we need to parse it completely, do we?] We just need to work backwards to find the technology we need to solve the 'problem' that the current legion is not efficient enough. 】

[And, your good apprentice also said... This thing is an ocean from the Age of Dark Technology, and it only takes a scoop from it to seed a rudimentary interstellar civilization from a barren planet - a barren star sector like Damocles Bay, with some faint signals from before the old night. 】

Listening to Elaine's words, Redjak immediately glared at Ronald viciously, and then explained aggrievedly:

"But... If we can't do more in-depth research, then no amount of technology will be excavated, it will only be a layer of skin on the outside of the onion - my lord, you must know the value of the core of this ancient intelligent machine, it really can't be done in such a crude way..."

[Stop, Redjak. You know how dangerous it is for what we're working on, and you know that this filthy thing I dug up on an ascended iron man... If you want to plug it into an arithmetic hub, you need to consider the possibility of subspace erosion. Believe me, it's not like you don't know what awaits you at the end of knowledge. 】

Our legion needs to hurry back to the Great Expedition now, and you know what will happen after the millennium is over. As for research? That's for later, Redjak. Now, I need to be 'efficient'. 】

Elaine interrupted Redjak with some impatience, it was clear that what Redjak wanted to express was clear enough, this damn old bastard just wanted to integrate this iron man core into the computing center for full analysis, compared to those Martian oil guys, Redjak has fully embodied his potential from the future of the Dark Mechon.

Whether it is in the face of the fanaticism and unscrupulousness shown by artificial intelligence, or the indifference to the possibility of subspace erosion, it is enough for this great sage who has lived for thousands of years to die thousands of times.

Looking up at Elaine's unangry psionic phantom, Redjak couldn't help but pout, he knew that this Legion Lord would not easily believe his words, and the grievances and desire for technology that he had just shown were just a temptation to the taboo - under Elaine's nose, he had not yet had the courage to conduct research without permission.

“… Alas, I see, my lord—I'm going to call up our recent research for you..."

Subsequently, Redjak presented some of the results of reverse engineering research to Elaine.

In addition to the quantum communication technology mentioned by Ronald, the dimension-anchored cognitive system, which can provide efficient star-level communication efficiency and fairly stable subspace navigation for the Children of the Mountains, there are dozens of STCs related to logistics and medical aspects, including but not limited to high-speed regeneration technology for bones and nerves, and more effective rejection inhibitors.

Although the vast majority of them are just icing on the cake on the basis of the existing technology of the Empire, and the Astartes of the Children of the Mountains also have better medical conditions and technology, the most critical part of it is the low-cost and efficient treatment of the mortal auxiliary army, if it is immediately put into actual combat, then even the mortal auxiliary army and the grassroots soldiers of the empire do not have to worry about the attrition caused by serious injuries such as amputated limbs.

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(End of chapter)