Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

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 100% outbreak of the "Intelligent Crisis" event.

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 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 not have "artificial intelligence"?

Not really, it's just that "it" exists in a vague way.

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

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 grenade gun, the Mechanicus can modify it, increase the caliber, increase the power, and reduce the recoil.

They can manufacture any parts of the grenade gun, and can modify the size of the grenade 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 fuel, and what the principle is, they don't know anything.

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", also known as "automatic construction module", can make anything humans need based on existing resources.

For example, a spacecraft carrying "STC" arrived on 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 allow a colony to quickly go through the process from scratch.

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

But in the end, due to the "Iron Man Rebellion", the golden age of mankind ended.

And because the subspace set off an unprecedented subspace storm, the various human colonies lost contact.

Since then, mankind has entered the dark age.

One day, on Terra, the home planet of the human empire, a new star rose rapidly.

He was as legendary as a god.

He was the Emperor.

He unified Terra and conquered the Martian "Mechanicus".

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

Finally, he launched a great expedition to the star regions that humans had lost.

In the following 10,000 years, the star regions that humans once owned were incorporated into the empire's territory one by one.

Under the leadership of the Emperor, humans returned to the dominant position in the galaxy.

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

In the following era, many things happened in the history of the empire.

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

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

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 guidance of the Emperor, 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 again 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.

Seeing this, Li Meng rolled his eyes.

Still quite imperial style...

Isn't this a replica of the "Fire Storm Class"?

It should be based on the hull template of the "Firestorm-class" escort ship.

It's stretched a bit and a bit bloated, but the appearance is still more church-like.

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

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

Even as an industrial ship, the ship still has a huge collision angle.

They are said to be three new types of spaceships, but they all seem to be basically used for the same purpose.

Seeing this, Li Meng secretly shook his head.

Come on, it seems that he has a high regard for the self-research ability of the Mechanicum.

What is he expecting?

Forget it, as long as it works.

An Imperial battleship is inherently a large platform.

Appearance is not important, function is important.

Although the industrial ship uses the "Firestorm-class" escort ship platform.

But the internal structure should be optimized.

Mining barges are used for mining and must have large enough storage bins and mineral refining equipment.

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

Information from mining barges shows all of the above.

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

You must know that the "Iron Slave" mining boat is not small, with a length of more than 100 meters.