Conquest and "Reckoning"

Several days later, Aegis VII no longer bore its initial miserable appearance of being "torn to pieces."

The planet, which had once drifted through the void like wreckage, gradually regained a stable form under the full intervention of Imperial engineering vessels.

Vast fissures had been "filled," collapsed strata had been "fitted back together" through gravitational calibration, and those bottomless chasms had been sealed off as restricted zones to prevent further collapse.

The vast numbers of robots, nanite repair swarms, and engineering modules equipped with automated smelters and 3D printing equipment mobilized by the Engineering Department operated day and night, like a pack of mechanical behemoths slowly "stitching" the wounds of this suffering planet.

Meanwhile, beneath Aegis VII's orbit, the area containing the Space Gate had been completely transformed.

The once-chaotic, desolate region of space had now been replaced by an enormous Frontline Base.

Rows of docking ports and floating fortresses hung high above, like an iron city-ring surrounding the Space Gate, their cold and solemn lights glittering.

Defensive fire platforms, Energy Shield projection towers, and railgun arrays interlocked with one another, ensuring that any unknown vessel attempting to approach would be reduced to cosmic dust within seconds.

The Engineering Department's work did not stop at structural repairs.

They began rebuilding Aegis VII's ecological environment—

This had originally been a long and arduous task, yet it was greatly accelerated by the efficient operation of Imperial machinery.

Artificial water-cycle networks gradually spread across the planet, while atmospheric generation devices were installed in stable sections of the crust to filter, synthesize, and release breathable air.

The Heretic Inquisition Department cooperated with the Engineering Department and planted several Flowers of Purity across the planet's surface.

These creations, containing highly concentrated Pure Psychic Energy, emitted constant radiation waves capable of neutralizing residual contamination and accelerating