Warhammer: Empire Reboot

“Your Excellency, in my logical assessment, this is not a flaw at all.”

“I have long ago sworn allegiance to you. In the power structure of the Mechanicus, obedience from subordinates to superiors also requires the implantation of neural bombs or obedience codes. The only difference lies in the sophistication of the methods.”

“You possess the technology I most desire to analyze, you can provide me with the computing power to overthrow Belissa Kour, and you can fulfill my ultimate dream of mechanical ascension. Apart from you, no other force in the entire galaxy can satisfy these needs of mine. Not even those chaotic demons in the Eye of Fear.”

Kexas retracted all eight robotic arms to his sides.

"I accept all the conditions and swear to serve you to the death."

At this point, Krus paused, a distinctly mocking glint flashing in his electronic eyes.

"My lord, the synod of the Mechanicus has excommunicated me, issued a warrant for my arrest throughout the sector, and accused me of being an untouchable 'dark heretic.' They claim that my code is filled with chaotic filth and unspeakable malice."

Krus pointed outside the hall to the T-series mechanical assassins operating the Suppressor bomb gun assembly line.

"However, after witnessing the research of your technicians, after witnessing the technology that ignores the prayers of machine spirits, arbitrarily splices together living metal, and completely violates the ten-thousand-year-old dogma of the Mechanicus."

"I must admit that compared to your technical staff, my past research was as pure as a blank sheet of paper with no data written on it. I only changed one parameter, while you are rewriting the common sense of the entire universe."

Krusa exhibits a sense of satisfaction in finding a home.

“My lord, this place is paradise for people like us who pursue pure truth.”

After hearing this statement, Lawson nodded.

"Transformation begins."

A T-series mechanical assassin, which was in a silent standby state, appeared out of thin air.

This body was not infused with a soul; it was a perfect vessel.

Lawson initiated a deep intervention protocol for swarm intelligence.

Thousands of data cables dangled from the robotic arm at the top of the hall, precisely connecting to the life support tank interface that kept the brain alive in the Xander Cage.

"Start uploading."

From the macro-computing perspective of swarm intelligence, a sophisticated data migration is underway.

Xerox's consciousness is not a simple copy and paste.

Swarm intelligence first took over all the electrical signals of the remaining neurons in his brain, converting them into a pure data stream.

In this transformation process, swarm intelligence demonstrated its absolute dominance.

It began cleaning up a large amount of redundant and obsolete code within the Kexas logic core.

Some of these obsolete codes are invalid prayer programs accumulated by the Mechanicus over thousands of years; some are junk cover codes he wrote to evade pursuit during his escape; and some are trace fragments of chaotic logic he picked up when he came into contact with knowledge of the subspace.

Swarm intelligence works like the most ruthless antivirus software, deleting all code that affects operational efficiency and poses security risks.

This kind of deletion is brutal at the data level, but it is exquisite at the reconstruction level.

After stripping away the obsolete code, swarm intelligence gave Xarth a more advanced code structure.

It greatly optimizes the data transmission path and increases the upper limit of logical operations.

Lawson did not leave any backdoors.

Because it is not needed.

The hardware and operating system core of this T-series assassin's body were branded with absolute loyalty to Lawson during the exchange.

Kassa's consciousness was infused into it, like water being poured into a fixed-shape steel container.

The shape of the container determines the form of the water.

If any untrustworthy computing power is used in the Xenosonic system, it will not only cause a software crash, but also a direct hardware meltdown.

In the final stage of the reconstruction, Swarm Intelligence set up a unique node module at the connection point between the logical hub of Texas and the external network.

One-way data valve.

This is a defense mechanism that Lawson specifically developed to counter the massive array of Thinkers in Agrippina's Forged World.

When Xerath heads to Agrippina in an attempt to take over or hack into the network of the Forged World, he will inevitably face a furious backlash from the entire planet's machine spirits and defense systems.

Agrippina's Thinker Array possesses tens of thousands of years of technological accumulation, and its computing power counterattack is devastating.

If Krus, as a node, is traced back by the other party's logic demons or garbage code viruses, it is very likely that the connection will be traced back to the source, threatening Lawson's swarm intelligence backbone network.

One-way valves perfectly solve this problem.

This valve only allows data and computing power to flow unidirectionally from the swarm intelligence to the Texas system.

When Kassa needs massive computing power to crack the firewall, Swarm Intelligence can unreservedly pour tens of millions of node computing power into him, giving him computing power that surpasses that of planetary computers.

However, if Agrippina's defense system attempts to reverse-engineer the system, or releases a massive amount of logic viruses to infiltrate the swarm's network, it could be disastrous.

When they touch the one-way valve at the Texas port, they hit an absolute wall of data entities.

Both the physical and logical levels completely block the possibility of reverse intrusion.

It can only use swarm intelligence to unidirectionally access computing power via the tilting of the Kreiss.

Three minutes later.

The data transmission cable automatically detaches and retracts to the top of the hall.

The remaining brain in the life support tank had completely lost its activity, turning into a mass of grayish-white, lifeless protein.

Beside it, two eerie blue lights suddenly shone from beneath the black crystal helmet of the three-meter-tall T-series mechanical assassin.

Krus woke up again.

He found himself in a new mechanical body.

There was no longer the heavy drag of the tracks, and no longer the constant low-frequency noise from the life support system.

He felt an unprecedented lightness and density.

He tried sending movement commands.

The three-meter-tall new mechanical body responded immediately.

He raised his arm; the built-in drive mechanism was quiet and efficient.

Behind him, eight multi-functional robotic arms moved as flexibly as native limbs under his commands, perfectly matching his every computational intention.

He turned his head, and the optical sensor array built into the black crystal helmet provided him with a full-spectrum, 360-degree absolute field of vision.

Texas first checked its core database.

This was his biggest concern. He needed to confirm whether his "self" was complete.

Data retrieval is completed within microseconds.

completely fine.

His mind, the forbidden plasma technologies he possessed, and the star map memories of his escape route were all intact.

He even retrieved long-forgotten data archives, data that he himself thought had been overwritten by the underlying system.

He vividly recalled the first time he smelled the odor code of high-purity promethium burning in a secondary foundry on Mars when he was still a junior technical apprentice.

He recalled the various parameters he had when he first disassembled the servo skull.

Even my most private childhood memories are included, and they have been reorganized and archived by the system without any data loss.

Moreover, he found his thinking to be clearer than ever before.

Complex plasma magnetic confinement equations that used to take hours to derive can now be solved perfectly in a tenth of a second.

The advanced algorithms and enhanced hardware computing power provided by swarm intelligence gave him a kind of illusion of omniscience and omnipotence.

This mechanical body not only healed his damaged form, but also, on a data level, fulfilled his perfect vision of mechanical ascension.

Texas knelt on one knee.

"Praise your will. You are the truth."

"All my computing power and my body are at your disposal."

Lawson nodded in satisfaction.

"Adapt to your new body. Produce the Suppressor Storm Bomb Gun at full speed."

“Yes, sir.” Krusa stood up.

Chapter 155 Xiong Wei's Debut: Tearing Apart Five Knight Mechs

The massive mechanical body of Xander was withdrawn from the Adamantite Hall.

The heavy armored gate closed again, shutting out the creaking of gears and hydraulic pressure.

Lawson sat in the command seat, lost in thought.

Some things require planning ahead.

Within the political landscape of the empire, the Mechanicus was a state within a state.

They possess independent laws, an independent army, and a monopoly on industrial capacity. Lawson was well aware that the Mechanicus's synod and those high-ranking forging generals were unlikely to easily obey his commands as the "Shadow Hand."

They dared to outwardly obey the orders of the Primarch, let alone a palm print that suddenly appeared.

Verbal alliances and formal appointments are meaningless in the face of the logic of gears and steel.

In chaotic times, swift and decisive measures are necessary.

He absolutely had to obtain Agrippina, the world-forging machine. It was the ultimate arsenal to support his future galactic-level wars. Subduing Xerox was a crucial step in that process.

On a tactical level, the Suppressor Storm Bomb Gun's production is perfectly timed. The first batch of 100,000 Suppressor Storm Bomb Guns will all be equipped by the Death Squad.

In addition, with the Ironbone Project operating at full capacity on the seventeen agricultural planets, the life points provided by the Green Skin Farms are accumulating at a rate of one cycle every fourteen days.

Lawson allocated resources and expanded the Bear Guard force by three thousand men.

These three thousand elite Oglin soldiers completed their formation in the underground training ground.

From this group of new recruits, Lawson selected an elite suicide soldier who had performed exceptionally well in tactical simulations.

He named him Jason Mormont, or simply Xiong Er.

Xiong Da and Xiong Er will each lead a Xiong Guard force of three thousand men.

Lawson retrieved the memory data previously extracted from the brain of Grendel, the blacksmith of the Steel Warriors.