Exorcising Spirits in the Dead Domain? Fine, I've Offended Another One

Blackstone was a universal key Cisrain had acquired.

Its function was to format systems, restart locks, store data, and carry out reverse engineering. It was basically an oversized USB drive. Of course, in a critical moment, it could also be swung at someone.

The great door slowly activated.

The black door gradually rose, revealing the scene within.

A black corridor bore witness to the former glory of this buried empire.

The corpses lining the corridor represented the brutal war that had once erupted here.

Servants of Chaos, shattered skeletons, mountains of corpses, flayed skin, severed bones, gouged-out organs, torn metal... The Necrons and Chaos had fought an unimaginable battle here.

And in the end, Chaos had broken in and built a beacon.

"Captain Cyrus, all these xenos weapons are broken. Not a single one works."

Someone tossed aside a weapon they had picked up. "What a waste."

"Not a waste. All this technology can be reproduced through reverse engineering."

Cisrain glanced at the corpses and weapons on the ground and spoke calmly.

The other teammates did not understand the weight of Cisrain's words, but Cyrus did.

It was not as though the Imperium had never fought the Necrons before, yet even the Imperium had failed to reverse-engineer and manufacture Necron weapons. And he was saying he could?

What kind of joke was that?

Did he think he possessed knowledge as vast as the Emperor's and limitless wisdom?

The Imperium's technology was far too distant from the Necrons' level.

So distant that it could not even comprehend how their technology worked.

Cisrain said nothing more.

Once they saw a few of their research projects, they would understand that their so-called Adeptus Mechanicus and Mars Forge were just a bunch of idiots. They had researched for ten thousand years and still only had that pile of junk, without the slightest improvement.

He inserted the black stone into a black monolith on the pyramid before him.

[Linking. Inputting data.]

[loading]

[Overwriting encryption.]

[Deleting.]

[Overwriting encryption.]

[Restarting.]

[Downloading.]

Cisrain's panel displayed the download speed of the universal key.

Bzzzt.

Bzzzt.

Above their heads, a projection of the void appeared.

It seemed to depict the final battle of this dynasty.

This dynasty appeared to have been a minor one that had entered a great slumber after some massive war.

After being awakened by Chaos, the enraged Necrons had fought a battle against Chaos.

But because they had slept for too long, they had been unable to organize an effective fighting force when they first awakened.

Chaos launched a surprise attack and broke into the dynasty's interior.

Large numbers of Necrons who had just awakened from slumber were killed. Chaos daemons invaded the system and destroyed their resurrection protocols. The Necrons no longer had souls; all their memories and actions had become data. Destroying the resurrection protocols meant destroying their chance to be revived again.

In the end, their phaeron pressed the distress button.

The image of the signal being sent at the end was no different from the four glowing blackstone pillars they saw now.

By restarting the system, Cisrain had effectively resent the distress signal that the Necron dynasty had failed to finish transmitting.

"..."

"Well."

"Now we've offended another top-tier power."

The Necrons already had few numbers to begin with, and most Necron dynasties were still asleep.

No matter what the Necrons were like now, they had once been wealthy. They had once ruled the galaxy.

They had colonized someone's Necron "tomb world."

And now the entire dynasty that had been wiped out had been discovered.

If the Votann found out, they might first write them into the Book of Grudges.

But if the Necrons found out, they would most likely send a fleet here to wipe them out.

One was Chaos, a top-tier power in the Warp.

The other was a bunch of skeletons, a top-tier power in the physical universe.

And on top of that, this planet was suspected to have once been a colony of the Tau Empire.

Wonderful.

Right from the start, they had drawn the hostility of two top-tier powers, plus made an enemy of a minor empire.

But they had gotten what they came for.

Cisrain could not be bothered to consider things called consequences.

The mission was complete. He only needed to keep moving forward step by step.

Besides, the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar, home to those blue cans, was right next door. The next step was to bring the worlds of Ultramar into the troop-production plan. As for Chaos schemes, why think so much about it? Just fight.

If they could not win, then they would keep stockpiling troops and churning out more.

[Download: Complete]

"The download was pretty fast."

[Reverse-engineerable technologies: Gauss energy weapons, living metal technology, soul exchange protocol technology]

[Gauss energy weapons: Instantly annihilate the nerves of all organic lifeforms]

[Living metal technology: Metal with a structure like that of the human body, but performance far surpassing the human body. Can be used for mechanical ascension]

[Soul protocol technology: Soul storage technology. This technology can unlock the Stellaris Chief Necromancer (this position can greatly extend the working lifespan of those who sign the agreement)]

[Mission complete: Synapse Condenser technology reward issued]

[Synapse Condenser technology: Can be used to obtain research points. Usage method: Link brains in series to provide endless computing power. Can directly reverse-engineer a specific technology. Research time decreases with the number of linked people. Usage requirement: None]

"Finally got it."

With the Synapse Condenser, Cisrain could directly conduct research in any field.

Even a farmer who could not recognize a single word could be stuffed into the Synapse Condenser to provide him with whatever technology he wanted.

"Everyone, the mission is complete. Let others handle the rest."

As soon as Cisrain finished speaking, Brown ran in from outside with a group of soldiers.

They truly could not stay out of his sight for even a minute.

Cyrus was somewhat puzzled. Was this mission really that simple?

He had even prepared himself for a major battle, but it never came.

Though disappointed, he looked at his unharmed teammates and felt relieved as well.

Cyrus also received a signal from Talon. "Captain Cyrus, this is Talon. I've arrived at Vulkan Castle, where the human garrison is stationed. You would never believe it—they actually want to build research stations across planetary orbit. And some of the stuff in their armory is even more advanced than what we use. They said our power armor is too fragile and that they could modify it. I looked at the equipment. It's really bizarre."

"..."

Listening to Talon, Cyrus hesitated.

Talon was the engineer of their squad.

If even he acknowledged the technology, then the other side truly had something.

"If you can't return for now, you can come back to my homeworld with me."

Hearing Cisrain's invitation, Cyrus paused, then nodded. "All right. We really do need to rest and recover."

"My lord, leave the rest to them. You should hurry back to the homeworld. The government affairs on Gamma Planet need you to handle them."

"Got it, got it. You're so annoying."

"My lord, if you find it annoying, that's fine. I can remind you from somewhere you can't see. Would that be far enough?"

And in a certain silent dynasty.

A distress signal from Ozrax arrived.

A map of the galaxy appeared before him.

The metal skeleton holding a scepter looked at the Necron dynasty that had vanished from the map.

He remained silent.

Yet the vanished patch of red grew ever more glaring.

"..."