Compared to ordinary mortal soldiers, the investigation of Astarte is a higher priority and much faster, basically only need to check whether there are signs of corruption on the body, and whether there is anything suspicious in the combat records in the helmet, and after confirming that they are correct, they can be safely released.

Now that the Maelstrom Expedition has ended, there is no reason for the Guardians to keep them by their side, and the Empire still needs them.

After completing a new round of supplies, the three unlucky people who were fooled by Huron and rebelled together, the Praying Mantis Warriors, the Weepers, and the Executioners officially completed their atonement and returned to their home planet after many years of absence.

The Maneater Shark once again plunged headlong into the Dark Outlands, where the Torch could not reach, and continued its battle against unimaginable evil.

The remaining warbands have returned to their original posts, guarding their territories while waiting for the next summons of the Empire.

Without them by his side, Wei Mu, the festival envoy, can no longer enjoy the feeling of following an army of Wuyang and Wuyang when he is away.

However, he also obtained his favorite trophy - the Blackstone Fortress that he had stolen from the Red Pirates.

The Blackstone Fortress was first discovered and put into use by the Empire, and it is said to be made by the Ancients, a big killing weapon used to fight against the space necromancers, also known as the "Vaal Amulet", and Vaal is the god of craftsmen of the Spirits.

There are currently six known Blackstone Fortresses, and recently there are rumors that a seventh has been discovered, and I don't know if it's true or not.

However, due to the limited skills of the Empire's technical sergeants and oilmen, they could not figure out how it worked, so they could only use it as an ordinary defensive platform, that is, to station troops on it and deploy various equipment.

Abaddon learned some of the uses of the Blackstone Fortress through his deal with Chaos, and he realized that it was a very powerful weapon, and the foolish Empire held it in his hands without knowing it, so the Great Marauder launched an attack and robbed all six fortresses in the Empire's possession, and then escaped through the Eye of Fear.

When it reappeared, the Great Marauder completed the transformation of the Blackstone Fortress, and suddenly changed the shotgun to the cannon.

He relied on the power of these ancient relics to deal a serious blow to the Imperial forces defending the Eye of Fear, and finally directly forged the success of the 13th Black Expedition.

However, with the destruction of the fortress world of Cadia, all five Blackstone Fortresses in Abaddon's possession have been destroyed by the Empire, and the only one that remains was given to the King of the Red Pirates as a reward for Huron's betrayal of the Empire.

And now, this thing is Wei Mu's, and he naturally has to transform it.

It just so happened that the casting general of Cologne still owed him a favor, and Wei Mu opened his mouth without scruples.

"There is a foundry here, an arsenal here, and a medical room, a monastery and a research institute here, all the turrets of the weapon modules are full, the caliber is the largest, and the materials in the warehouse are best enough to maintain the daily supply of the five Astral Army troops, and you have to get some Knight Titans or something"

Arriving at the office of the casting general, Wei Mu pointed to the model of the Blackstone Fortress in his hand and talked to Andre about his thoughts.

He had already decided that he would use this thing to rampage through the dark side of the empire and slash those chaos traitors to death.

After the network is completely cleared, if he encounters any difficulties, he can directly use the network gate on the fortress to shake people from the rear, which is simply unscrupulous and does whatever he wants.

"Wait!" Listening to Wei Mu's words, the more energetic he became, the casting general hurriedly stopped him, "Do you know how much material this will cost?" After the previous big battle, the little money we saved was about to be wiped out, and now not only is there a shortage of manpower, but also a large number of facilities are paralyzed, it's not that I don't want to help, but the situation is too bad, so let's stop a little, postpone for ten or eight years, and let Cologne recover a little. ”

Andre is not crying poor, at first because of Luo Ning's betrayal, the small treasury was emptied by the Inquisition, not to mention for the time being, most of the materials for the war were supported by him, and then they were attacked by the Red Pirates, and now they are the ones who supply the troops after the war, even if the casting world is rich, it is really unbearable.

"You don't have to worry about that at all." Seeing Andre look like he was about to be stripped of his underwear, Wei Mu explained with a smile, "The Red Pirates are the biggest threat to the Empire in the Maelstrom region, after they are destroyed, there will basically be no large-scale looting in the Maelstrom area, after all, the Chaos Rebels who replaced the status of the Red Pirates can't rush out of the eye of the Maelstrom to grab things, so the trade here will become prosperous, and the materials produced will be endless." ”

In a way, this was what the Warband Leader of the Starclaw Warband, Ruft Huron, fought for, but ironically, it was all achieved on the basis of his downfall.

Andre looked down and thought about it, it seemed that this was indeed the case.

Without the scourge of the Red Pirates, the development of the Maelstrom will surely get better and better in the future, and the prosperous trade will bring countless riches to Cologne, and it will be no problem to restore the glory of the past.

"Well, I'm right, right?" Wei Mu asked again.

This is a long-term benefit, and Cologne will not be able to suffer from it.

"You have brought unimaginable victories to the Empire and the Om Messiah, and the Celestial Envoy deserves to repay your contributions."

The Casting General finally nodded.

For a long time to come, Andrei and his men had to work overtime.

"But I'm curious, what are you going to use this place for?"

André then pointed to the large blank space in the center of the model.

In such a core location, what key facilities should be placed?

"You say this, didn't I plan to build a psionic academy before? This space is set aside for this purpose. Wei Mu explained.

He has always been obsessed with the promotion of all employees.

One day, humanity will inevitably be a race of all psionic beings, followed by all immortals, just like the ancient saints of the past.

While the right path to advancement is currently being suppressed by the dark gods, that doesn't mean they should stop.

The Empire's current training of psionics is too rigid, and most of them are designed to allow them to take on some kind of function in the future, as if they were forging the right tools, rather than allowing them to forge new paths in the psionic realm.

Of course, this also has to do with the environment in which the empire is located, and the conditions that make it impossible for them to go far on this path.

And now with Blackstone technology as a guarantee, the subspace demons can't covet their delicious souls, and the human psionics under his care can thrive in a milder environment.

"You're going to take those untrained kids with you?" Andrei was somewhat surprised by this decision.

Although it is necessary to go through a storm to gain a foothold in this dark and chaotic universe, anything can happen during the expedition, and the Casting General doubts that the little ones will be able to hold on.

"It's only 10,000 people, just a group of interns in the army." Wei Mu replied.

He still had to take the time to plan the details of the academy.

The knowledge of psionic abilities is mainly taught by clowns.

If possible, he also wants to hire Tarasin and Orekander, two space necrons, as honorary professors of the academy, and Clone Fogen can come over and make a cameo if he has nothing to do, I don't know if he has a head.

(End of chapter)