Chapter 189: No Smoke without Fire

Although the subspace storm is everywhere, its intensity is very low, and it is still calm, which is most suitable for sailing.

But as time goes by, he becomes more and more powerful, and his perception of psychic energy becomes more and more sensitive.

Now he enters the subspace, and the subspace gives him a feeling that it is no longer as calm as before.

Under the calm, undercurrents are surging, and the evil consciousness is sleeping, and it may suddenly wake up one day.

Once they wake up, the Milky Way will usher in a real dark age.

The gears of fate will be turned again, ushering in a new reincarnation.

The evil god who has been sleeping for millions of years will eventually wake up, and the bloody soul feast will spread throughout the Milky Way.

Considering the "Intelligent Crisis" event that will definitely break out.

And in order to avoid being invaded by demons, Li Meng gave up.

However, Li Meng did not give up completely.

Although the "artificial intelligence" path is not feasible, the empire still has another way to go.

That is "wetware", a "human brain neuron culture".

Although it cannot be compared with "artificial intelligence" in terms of function, it is safe.

However, does the Empire really have no "artificial intelligence"?

In fact, it is not entirely true, but the existence of "it" is relatively vague.

It exists in various vehicles of the Empire as an auxiliary AI.

But "whether" they exist is a mystery.

The Mechanicus calls "them" machine souls.

Why can the Mechanicus create things with "machine souls" but cannot know whether "machine souls" really exist.

The reason is actually very simple.

Because the technology owned by the Mechanicus is just a piece of data.

Although they can understand it, they can use STC to materialize the data.

They can also integrate the data to get what they want.

But they don't know the basic principles of "technology".

For example, a bolt gun, the Mechanicus can modify it, increase the caliber, increase the power, and reduce the recoil.

They can make any parts of the bolt gun and modify the size of the bolt gun.

But they can't understand why the bullet can generate thrust and come out of the barrel.

They can't understand where the "force" comes from, why the rocket fuel in the bomb can be used as fuel, and what the principle is.

They only know how to use this thing, but don't know how it works.

This is related to the history of the empire in the old era.

In that era, the empire had a golden age.

In that era, the empire was not an empire yet, it was the golden age of mankind.

In that era, mankind's understanding of technology has reached its peak.

It can even control time, and artificial intelligence has reached its peak.

STC is the product of that era.

"STC" is also known as "automatic construction module", which can manufacture anything humans need based on existing resources.

For example, a spacecraft carrying "STC" arrived at a strange planet.

Even if the resources of this planet are very poor and lack common minerals in the universe.

It can build any tools humans need with existing resources.

It can quickly make a colony go through the process from scratch.

In that era, human footprints almost covered the entire galaxy.

But in the end, due to the "Iron Rebellion", the Golden Age of Humanity ended.

Because of the unprecedented Warp Storm in the Warp, the various human colonies lost contact.

Since then, humanity has entered the Dark Ages.

One day, on the home planet of the Human Empire, "Tara", a new star rose rapidly.

He was as legendary as a god.

He was the Emperor.

He unified Terra and conquered the "Mechanicus" on Mars.

He created the Astartes Legion, giving the Empire an unrivaled force.

In the end, he launched a great expedition to the star regions that humanity had lost.

In the next 10,000 years, the star regions that humanity once owned were incorporated into the Empire's territory one by one.

Under the leadership of the Emperor, humanity returned to the dominant position in the Milky Way.

However, just as the Empire was thriving and returning to the Golden Age.

Under the conspiracy of the evil god, a great rebellion descended on the Empire.

Although the rebellion was eventually quelled, the Emperor was also severely damaged.

On his deathbed, he had to sit on the Golden Throne.

In the imprisonment field, the Emperor's time stopped at the last moment.

In the later era, many things happened in the history of the Empire.

In the endless foreign wars and internal conflicts, a lot of technology was lost.

Although the technology of the Empire was backward compared to the Golden Age during its heyday.

The "Mechanicus" also obtained new technology by digging out the STC left over from the Golden Age.

But under the guidance of the "Emperor's Truth", the technology of humans in that era was progressing, not regressing.

Since the Great Heresy, without the Emperor's guidance, many struggles have occurred within the "Mechanicus".

As a result, a large amount of technology has been lost, and each forge world has become more self-contained.

In more serious cases, new research is regarded as rebellion and will be severely punished.

In this way, the technology priests gradually became a group of mechanical lunatics who love archaeology.

"King, please name the new ship!"

Donald's voice interrupted Li Meng's random thoughts.

Name it?

Li Meng looked at 001 on the side.

001 then floated over and stopped beside Li Meng.

Blue light shot out from its electronic eyes, forming a holographic screen in front of Li Meng.

As the screen flickered, three ships appeared in Li Meng's eyes.

At this sight, Li Meng rolled his eyes.

Still quite imperial...

Isn't this a replica of the "Firestorm Class"?

It should be the hull template of the "Firestorm Class" escort ship.

It was stretched and a little bloated, but the appearance is still more like a church.

The overall color is dark, with a heavy dark style.

The only difference from the "Firestorm Class" is probably the deletion of the weapon system.

Even as an industrial ship, the huge ram on the ship still exists.

It is said to be three new types of spacecraft, but it looks like they are basically used for the same purpose.

Seeing this, Li Meng shook his head secretly.

Forget it, it seems that he overestimated the self-development capabilities of the Mechanicus.

What is he expecting?

Forget it, as long as it can be used.

The Imperial battleship is originally a large platform.

The appearance is not important, what is important is the function.

Although the industrial ship uses the "Firestorm Class" escort ship as a platform.

But the internal structure should be optimized.

The mining barge is used for mining, and it must have a large enough storage warehouse and mineral refining equipment.

"Iron Slave" mining boats and "Slave Worker" mining machines are naturally required.

According to the information on the mining barge, all of the above are available.

A mining barge can carry 20 "Iron Slave" mining boats.

You should know that the "Iron Slave" mining boat is not small, more than 100 meters long.