Immortal, My Desperate Journey at 40k

Chapter 954 Letter from Mars
"Finally, I can have some peace and quiet."

Wang Ming returned to Holy Terra. Looking at his desk piled high with documents and the entire warehouse behind it, he sighed deeply. Dealing with documents was no longer a big deal for him. After dealing with all the Chaos Gods, he was now greatly relieved. Without the threat of Chaos, he no longer needed to worry about the wars that would occur in the real universe. The war transmigrators in the galaxy would handle it all. Even if they couldn't handle it well, they could use his power to forcefully intervene on the battlefield.

Humanity is now truly free from worries and can continue its great revival expedition. Human civilization will once again become the dominant force in the galaxy.

Commands were issued from Holy Terra, and massive fleets traversed the galaxy. In this galaxy, all the humans on every world could see the fleets flying over their world every day. Almost every world had a massive fleet that had visited. The people on those worlds looked at those fleets. Originally, the arrival of these fleets should have filled them with fear, but now the arrival of these fleets filled them with joy and excitement.

The arrival of those fleets in those worlds today does not mean that those worlds are about to fall into war. Rather, it means that the Empire's troops and supplies have arrived. Taxes in all worlds have been reassessed. Unlike before, when the Ministry of the Interior would forcibly impose tax conditions from thousands or even tens of thousands of years ago onto those worlds today, reasonable tax assessments were completed long ago. The economic models in those worlds today are all based on the best possible solutions.

No one will starve to death in those imperial worlds anymore. Even the penniless commoners can enjoy the abundant resources of the empires today. The genetically modified wheat grown in the agricultural world is constantly producing large quantities of synthetic food, which is continuously transported to the worlds in the galaxy. In this era, the food and clothing of all imperial worlds can be guaranteed, and no one will starve to death on the sacred land of the emperors anymore.

"Now that the problems of the Chaos Gods have all been resolved, you should be able to relax a bit."

Inside the throne room of the Holy Terra Palace, Wang Ming looked at the Emperor on the golden throne, then at the human Federation engineer in his fully enclosed power armor repairing the throne, and the space necromancer tomb technician on the throne. He spoke casually to the Emperor before him.

Now they no longer need to worry about the chaos pollution in the High Heavens, nor about the chaotic evil gods in the High Heavens spying on the souls of all beings in the Milky Way. Moreover, the problem of those aliens that posed a danger to humanity has been almost completely resolved. Now, the Eldar and the Space Undead need humanity's help and are unlikely to wage any war against humanity. Instead, they will deal with the Undead dynasties among the Space Undead who are not so loyal to the Silent King. It is believed that the Silent King will resolve these issues on his own.

After all, judging from the Silent King's attitude towards its plan, it is quite supportive of the human body and soul transformation plan. It is unlikely that it would do anything to oppose humanity. After all, the bodies and souls of the space undead still need human technology to repair them. Only by relying on humans can they regain their bodies and souls. Although those bodies are human bodies and souls are human souls, at least they are real bodies and at least they are real souls, aren't they?
"Yes, at least I can focus some of my energy on my own humanity. After all, in these ten thousand years, I have almost forgotten what it feels like to be relaxed. And as you know, the pain brought by the Golden Throne is tormenting me all the time."

This time, the Emperor on the throne did not condense his spiritual avatar to speak with Wang Ming. Instead, he directly transmitted his voice to Wang Ming's ears. After hearing the Emperor's voice, Wang Ming nodded to him. Wang Ming had his own understanding of the Emperor's current state. After all, the Emperor was still sitting on the golden throne. However, he no longer needed to fight against those Chaos Emperors. He only needed to sit on the golden throne and ensure that he did not become a god.

Furthermore, if the Emperor were to one day succumb to his stagnation and become a god, Wang Ming would suppress him just as he suppressed the Chaos Gods. You must understand, if the Emperor were to truly become a god, the first thing he would destroy would be Holy Terra, and the destruction of the entire human civilization would be a foregone conclusion. If he were to become a being, the destruction of human civilization would be imminent; just think of the Eldar race.

After communicating with the Emperor for a while and then with the tomb engineer about the progress of the Golden Throne's restoration, Wang Ming returned directly to his office to continue his tasks. The empire was currently undergoing a period of reconstruction, with various new proposals, laws, and reform plans being put on the agenda.

Every day, countless fleets travel to and from Holy Terra and various worlds, and countless more return from the front lines, bringing news of victories. Whenever these messages reach Holy Terra, the Ministry of the Interior informs the entire Empire, letting everyone know of the Empire's victory and the triumph of the Revival Expedition. Just like the Great Expedition before it, this is the beginning of another great revival for humanity, the beginning of a bright future.

Just as Wang Ming was organizing the documents in front of him, a message suddenly appeared on his personal terminal. The message came from the current Mars Forging General, who invited Wang Ming to Mars for a meeting. He wanted to discuss some matters concerning the Mechanicus and also needed to discuss some issues related to the Mechanicus within the Empire.

After seeing the message on his personal terminal, Wang Ming immediately understood what these guys were thinking. Anyone with eyes could see that the situation within the Empire was quite different now, and the Mechanicus, a huge force within the Empire and the other eagle head on the Empire's double-headed eagle, was now also contemplating its own problems.

The Mechanicus can no longer operate as independently, ignoring all orders from the Empire. Wang Ming forced the Mechanicus's forging worlds to reform production, while simultaneously securing control of the technology and equipment. He wanted to forcibly bind the Mechanicus to the Empire, preventing it from becoming a powerful force within the Empire. Frankly, Wang Ming deeply distrusted the Mechanicus. Having a thorough understanding of the universe's history, he knew that during the Beast Wars, the Mechanicus's members had considered turning Mars into a rogue planet, abandoning Holy Terra, which was under attack from the moon during the Beast Wars, and leaving the solar system. This act caused Wang Ming's trust in the Mechanicus to plummet. Furthermore, as a transmigrator, he was well aware of the Mechanicus's beliefs, its immense power within the Empire, and the Empire's indispensability to it.

Therefore, ever since Wang Ming began reforming those forging worlds, he has always wanted to replace the indispensability of the Mechanicus to the Empire, forcibly binding this huge force within the Empire to the Empire, weakening its independence, and truly integrating this massive force into the Empire, rather than making it a loose force dependent on the Empire. Moreover, Wang Ming also needs to solve the problem of the Empire's dependence on the production of the Mechanicus. In the Empire, apart from a few finely crafted weapons forged by artisans, almost all the mass-produced weapons and equipment come from the forging worlds.

Initially, the industrial world clusters that Wang Ming created did forcibly divide up some of the Mechanicus's productivity, but the effect was minimal. After all, although the number of industrial world clusters Wang Ming created was huge, they were still too small compared to the entire Empire's casting worlds. But now, when Wang Ming's reforms truly began, when he had the Titan Legion forcibly force the casting worlds to open their doors and accept the Federation's industrial production lines, the situation is completely different. The Empire no longer needs to rely on the production lines of those casting worlds. Instead, those casting worlds need the Empire to provide them with the Federation's production line technology and resources, while their only responsibility is to maintain those production lines and kowtow to the God of Myriad Machines every day.

The Mechanicus of today is no longer the enormous force that once seemed independent of the Empire. It has now become a massive internal department of the Empire. Under Wang Ming's reforms, all production in the Forging Worlds has been transformed, and their production modes have all shifted to the semi-automatic operation mode mostly used in Federation factories. Tens of thousands of complete production lines, coupled with tens of millions of skilled workers, allow the entire Forging World to reach its maximum production capacity.

As for those people deemed superfluous by the forged world, they can also leave their home planets and venture into the galaxy, beginning their colonization in newly developed worlds every day. Speaking of which, the Empire has actually made a rather amusing mistake: the Empire, which has never lacked human resources, is now experiencing a shortage of people. After all, there are simply too many uncolonized worlds in the galaxy. Thanks to the planetary terraforming technology of the Human Federation, even those dead worlds near their stars can be forcibly transformed into artificial ecosystems for human habitation. Currently, the revival expeditionary forces in the galaxy are not only engaged in reconquest and conquest, but they are also carrying out terraforming work on all the possible colonization worlds in the entire galaxy.

Countless worlds were transformed into vibrant blue worlds by their expeditions, and the star maps they drew would become the maps for subsequent human empire colonists to come to those worlds. New worlds were developed, and colonists left their own planets to go to the newly developed colonies, as if the scene of the human federation era had returned. Humans boarded starships and rushed into the vast stars, determined to sow the seeds of their civilization on every world in this galaxy.

"What this guy wants to talk to me about is the current position of the Mechanicus in the Empire. He probably also wants to ask me for some technology or have some discussion with me about the current situation of the Mechanicus."

Getting back to the main topic, let's shift our focus to where Wang Ming is now. He's currently in his office with Guilliman and Dorn, discussing what the Martian Mechanicus is planning. The Forging General only mentioned wanting Wang Ming to go to Mars for a conversation, without specifying the content of the discussion. Wang Ming will discuss this with his two brothers beforehand.

"Your reforms have already touched the core interests of the Mechanicus. You forced your Titan Legion to reform the production models and technologies of the Forgeworld, and at the same time, you have significantly weakened the Mechanicus's influence and independence throughout the Empire. It is quite normal for them to come to you for some exchanges of benefits, after all, everyone can see that you are weakening the Mechanicus."

Guilliman looked at Wang Ming and, from his perspective as a politician, began to analyze what the Mars Forging General really wanted to achieve by searching for Wang Ming.

Dorn frowned slightly, the heavy power armor making a slight metallic scraping sound on the chair. He stared at Wang Ming with his deep gaze, and then spoke to Wang Ming in a steady voice.

"But the Cult of Mechanics will not easily give up its own interests. The invitation to forge the general may be a test, or even a trap."

The Primarch of Emperor's Fist crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes revealing the wariness of a seasoned veteran. He had also read Wang Ming's reform proposals. While he agreed with them, he also felt that Wang Ming's reform proposals were too radical.

(End of this chapter)