Chapter 51: Ninglu's Request

Kivior-2 was silent for several seconds, then an electronically synthesized voice sounded.

"This riot has been premeditated for a long time."

As he spoke, he inserted the mechanical tentacles on his back into the Cogitator interface, and the video screen above his head lit up.

Lines of dense 0s and 1s, the language of technology, flashed by rapidly, and images appeared on the screen.

【Kemerovo Hive City, Altar No. 2.】

A strange man wearing blue robes had the back of his neck split open, growing a long neck like a Vulture, and a sharp, piercing beak poked at his bald head from time to time.

He bowed and opened his mouth, the bird beak opening, while simultaneously spewing blue flames, swallowing a dozen Skitarii.

"Altar No. 2 has fallen, and the Machine Spirit is burning in the heretic's evil flames."

Ninglu felt a trace of sadness in the Sage's tone; he pondered for a moment before realizing this was an emotion captured by "Warp Insight."

Although it was difficult to find traces of flesh and blood inside Kivior-2, he still had a soul, and his cold logic was not everything; he would still project emotions into the Sea of Souls.

The Sage changed the subject, his tone full of admiration.

"The Lukebo and Teziwoke you control are the Hive Cities that reacted most rapidly and effectively during this riot; not only did you suppress the mutant riot, but you even killed the heretical believers."

Ninglu had not yet received the report, and upon hearing this, a smile could not help but appear on his face.

The image shifted, and the video screen presented a scene of Thierry piercing an enemy with a sword.

【My judgment is not bad; those leading the mutant riot are clearly followers of Tzeentch, and they have received the blessing of the "Changer of Ways." Howard and Thierry actually managed to take them out.

His sword strike embodies his understanding of "Osber-Waya" reaching a new level, and he has also found the true meaning of playing the "Warrior."

Their performance makes what I am about to say more persuasive.】

Ninglu then spoke: "The riot stirred up by the heretical believers has caused huge damage to Vostonia."

"I can end all of this quickly, and I need the support of the Omnissiah's servants?"

Kivior-2's logic engine module began to run at Rapid speed.

【Ninglu boards Xenos warship // secures victory // he clears the Xenos from the Cradle of the Sea // his combat power is like the machine of a god.】

"I am willing to provide you with all support; the Skitarii can be at your disposal."

"No," Ninglu shook his head, "I need the support of the Skitarii, but what I need more is for the servants of the Omnissiah to acknowledge my legitimate rule over Vostonia."

"What?"

Kivior-2 asked in surprise, his anger shining in the Sea of Souls.

"The order of Vostonia has continued for thousands of years; the Machine God will never allow you to subvert Vostonia."

"Does the existing order truly unleash the full potential of Vostonia?"

Ninglu's "Extraordinary Eloquence" triggered contemplation in the Sage and the others.

"The measures I adopted previously have significantly increased the efficiency and production capacity of the Hantemansi Dome in a short time, and Howard Fender has also proven the replicability of this system."

"With me becoming the monarch and ruling Vostonia, this world will enter a prosperous golden age."

He did not voice all his inner thoughts; the Vostonia he wanted was not just this.

Although no census had been conducted, he knew that the total population of Vostonia had always been about one billion.

This was too little; a small population was also an important reason why Vostonia was classified as an Industrial World rather than a Hive City world.

The Telaciaoer Hive City of Necromunda had once conducted a census; the Upper Hive of this one Hive City alone had one billion people, equivalent to the total population of Vostonia.

A Hive City is a pyramid structure; the Zhongchao, Lower Hive, and Underhive would only have more people.

There were still many Hive Cities like Telaciaoer on Necromunda.

Although the Hive City population in the Solar Segmentum was generally higher than in other sectors, Vostonia's one billion people were still too few to shoulder the heavy responsibility of being the core world of Ninglu's future empire.

Ninglu wanted to carry out a series of reforms on Vostonia to establish a capital world for a future empire with huge development potential.

Luoxiji and Woyiqiehe looked at each other; only then did they realize that the title Ninglu used when signing the agreement was his way of expressing a great deal of his ambition through the change in title at that time.

They looked at the Sage again at the same time; would Kivior-2 accept?

They thought not.

The mechanical tentacles on the back right of Kivior-2 inserted into the Cogitator interface, relying on the highest authority of the Omnissiah's servants in Vostonia to mobilize the data of the four altars controlled by Ninglu, especially Teziwoke.

His logic engine module ran at high speed, performing calculations and deductions.

【Logic verification passed // he has the ability to significantly increase work efficiency.】

The Sage's logic engine conducted a game analysis, and after another few dozen seconds, the synthesized sound array spoke again.

"The Omnissiah has entered into an agreement with the kings; your proposal is rejected."

Ninglu's gaze turned cold; he had tried to cooperate with the tech-priests to develop Vostonia as quickly as possible, never expecting these tech-priests to care so much about tradition and agreements.

【Since that is the case, I can only create a fait accompli and force them to accept.

If they do not compromise in the end, I can only slightly relax the selection criteria for the "Perfecter."】

While Ninglu was deep in thought, the Hive Tower suddenly sounded a rapid alarm, and the altar's lights also shone with a red glow.

Kivior-2 issued an order to the Tech-Priest standing in front of a huge screen composed of sixty-four split screens.

"Trace the source of the alarm signal."

Dozens of seconds later, the Tech-Priest operated the screen to display a series of images.

Ninglu scanned them and found that they included not only images of Miha Yiluofusike-chaodu but also images of the Songqisangdeqijia Hive City where Altar No. 9 was located.

The Tech-Priest stared at the screen and reported to the Sage.

"Tech-Priest Zelinsiji has fallen into heresy; he killed Sage Kivior-25 who managed Altar No. 9."

"Piyangteke Xiwiedersiji has also fallen into heresy; they held a blasphemous ritual in Songqisangdeqijia Hive City."

Ninglu saw in one image tens of thousands of hive citizens being driven by mutants toward a factory.

In another image, countless beastmen with bird-like features walked out.

【Tzaangors!】

Ninglu knew that some people had been corrupted by Tzeentch for a long time and turned into Tzaangors, but most were taken as captives and then forcibly transformed to please the Changer of Ways.

Kivior-2 looked at the bird beak and the sharp claws on the limbs of Piyangteke Xiwiedersiji, feeling disgust and anger.

"Piyangteke has abandoned the faith of the Omnissiah; he is a blasphemous heretic!"

"Dispatch the Skitarii and demand that King Kapusiteka mobilize; this is the requirement of the Machine God for him, and he must kill the heretic."

Ninglu crossed his arms over his Heavy Halberd, staring at the video screen.

King Kapusiteka quickly responded to the request of Sage Kivior-2, leading his subordinates to purge the heretics invading his territory—Miha Yiluofusike-chaodu.

Clad in Precision Power Armor, he pointed his Power Sword at Piyangteke.

"Die, heretic!"

"Fool!"

Piyangteke raised his curved blue shield, parrying the Power Sword.

King Kapusiteka's gaze met the eye on the top of the shield, and he immediately let out a scream.

Piyangteke swung his curved blade, severing King Kapusiteka's head.

"Heretic!"

Seeing that the battle-hardened King Kapusiteka had been killed by the heretic in an instant, Kivior-2 incorporated the combat power of heretics like Zelinsiji and Piyangteke into his calculations, searched his database, and immediately realized there was only one choice.

(End of this chapter)