Warhammer 40K in a Box
Chapter 11

Future Plans

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After showing off his power sword, Chen Xi didn't immediately return to the Warhammer world.

Rostov II was in good shape, and there was nothing that required his immediate attention. Besides, the pawn itself could be left on autopilot, operating according to Chen Xi's pre-set instructions, without needing his constant monitoring.

Moreover, according to the information provided by the Servo-skull, Chen Xi's proper use of his authority in the 3K era was to manipulate the pawn remotely through the box.

Possessing the pawn and traveling to the Warhammer world was more for the convenience of micromanagement.

After all, as his authority increased later on, and the points he could use increased, Chen Xi might be deploying as many as tens of thousands of points worth of pawns.

If he still had to personally command and micromanage so many pawns, it would undoubtedly be a huge test of his abilities.

Relatively speaking, using the box's assistance to conduct sandbox-style remote command was undoubtedly much simpler.

However, these were things that Chen Xi could think about later. What he was more concerned with now was whether he could bring things from the 3K era to the 40K era.

"Can I bring things from this world to that world?" Chen Xi asked the Servo-skull.

"According to the Emperor's regulations, you may carry materials not exceeding your personal carry limit to the 40K era, and vice versa," the Servo-skull's answer was simple and direct.

This answer was acceptable to Chen Xi. After all, although he didn't know how the Emperor managed to allow him to travel between two worlds and also move things around, it was clearly not a simple matter.

Being able to carry some personal belongings was already very good in Chen Xi's opinion.

He had even originally prepared for the possibility of not being able to move things between the two worlds. Now that he could carry personal items, many things would be much more convenient and simpler.

Not to mention, getting various crop seeds from the 3K era to Rostov II was much easier than getting seeds in the 40K era.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's an interstellar era where technology has developed to an unbelievable degree, their logistics convenience may not even be as good as that of the 3K era's Seres.

This is not an exaggeration. In the 3K era, thanks to convenient logistics and online shopping, Chen Xi could easily get at least a hundred kinds of crop seeds, and they were cheap, plentiful, and guaranteed.

As long as he wanted, he could open a shopping website, and people could directly pack and send him over a hundred kinds of crop seeds, with the price only being a few dozen yuan.

But in the 40K era, it would be troublesome. Not to mention, just finding the source of crop seeds would be a very troublesome thing.

The Adeptus Mechanicus does have a lot of high-quality seeds, but firstly, not every Forge World has a complete selection of seeds to choose from, and secondly, how to buy seeds from the Adeptus Mechanicus is a troublesome matter.

The Tech-priests will often sell as long as you give them money, but the key is that Chen Xi can't afford to buy seeds from the Tech-priests right now.

Things that can be done for a few dozen yuan in the 3K era, put in the 40K era? You're probably going to have to empty out a planet to get them.

Don't find it strange, the Tech-priests are all like Pi Xiu, they only eat and don't poop!

Hoping that they can be generous is like hoping that the Emperor can pull his ass off the Golden Throne.

Don't think that Chen Xi can get a lot of help from Magos Ovilia, that's because Ovilia is a Magos who is ostracized, even persecuted!

Ask yourself, which Adeptus Mechanicus Magos in the Imperium doesn't have a formed Adeptus Ministorum around them? This stuff isn't issued by the Adeptus Mechanicus, but modified by the Magos themselves!

If a Magos doesn't have an Adeptus Ministorum around them, there are only two possibilities, one is that they've been wiped out, and the other is that they've been confiscated.

And Ovilia undoubtedly belongs to the latter. She was politically persecuted by her Forge World, not only was she deprived of the treatment that a Magos should have, but she may have even been exiled.

According to Ovilia, she has nothing left, except for her knowledge, she has no bargaining chips to offer.

It is precisely because of this that she is so easy to talk to, and looks like she has already gone all in.

If it were any other Magos with normal treatment, Chen Xi could be sure that even if he sold Rostov II, he might not be able to get as much help from Ovilia as he does now.

Of course, the Necrons' grave on Rostov II should be worth a lot of money. If he sells this information to the Adeptus Mechanicus, Chen Xi should still be able to get a lot of things in exchange.

But with the stinginess of the Adeptus Mechanicus, it is more likely that he will not get any benefits, but in the process of the Adeptus Mechanicus excavating the Necron grave, the planet will be blown up by the war launched by the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Necrons.

The best possibility is that the entire planet's population will be taken away by the Adeptus Mechanicus and made into assembly line parts literally welded to their workstations, to be free servitors for the Adeptus Mechanicus for hundreds of years.

These Tech-priests can really do this kind of thing, especially Necron graves, which are related to both alien technology and Heretic technology, the Adeptus Mechanicus is unwilling to let the Imperium know that they are studying this.

Even within the Adeptus Mechanicus, one faction would not want other factions to know about this.

More extreme, some Magos may even exterminate all the people on the planet who know about this...

However, these have little to do with Chen Xi now. He has already settled Ovilia, and she obviously would not want others to know that there is a Necron grave on Rostov II.

Provided that Chen Xi doesn't leak the news, it is unlikely to attract the prying eyes of other Tech-priests.

After all, Rostov II is a frontier world, which in the Imperium of the 40K era is a backwater that may not be visited for hundreds of years.

"Since there are no immediate threats, then development is the focus of attention at the moment, at least the Planetary Defense Force must be pulled up, don't let the Necron grave explode and there are no troops on hand to deal with it." Chen Xi found paper and pen, and listed the problems he was facing and the things that needed to be solved on the paper, and then sorted them according to priority.

Undoubtedly, what he needs to do most urgently now is to develop Rostov II and boost the planet's economic level.

As the saying goes, money is not a panacea, but without money, nothing can be done.

"Speaking of which, I still have more than two hundred points unused, should I invest in some more units?" Chen Xi stroked his chin, seriously calculating: "There is the Adeptus Ministorum on the planet, maybe I can invest in more Sisters of Battle, and then cooperate with the Sisters of Battle and the Adeptus Ministorum to pull up a convent on Rostov II, and train a batch of Sisters of Battle?

Self-training should be more efficient than me throwing in pawns, right? Now it's only 500 points, these pawns are really only enough to be used as seeds."

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