Mars.
This once rust-red planet of death had been utterly transformed.
The planetwide sandstorms had been completely tamed by powerful environmental regulation fields. The sky now displayed a strange pale blue, streaked with flowing energy.
Across the surface, majestic geometric metal structures rose like mountain ranges. Countless transport ships and engineering robots formed a bustling tide, displaying unprecedented vitality.
Under the forceful promotion of Mars's Fabricator-General Belisarius Cawl, with the support of Regent Guilliman and several Primarchs, the restrictions on low-level artificial intelligence were finally conditionally lifted despite enormous resistance.
Within the security framework and technical guidance provided by the Hilling Empire, AI capable of a degree of autonomous decision-making was cautiously reintroduced into Mars's industrial and research sectors, bringing a leap in productivity.
The radiance of order and technology shone once more upon this former holy land of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Deep beneath Mars, within a cutting-edge biological and mechanical augmentation laboratory personally designed by Angel King He Xi and enhanced with Hilling technology.
Several enormous holographic displays refreshed immense streams of data and complex genetic-chain models at a dazzling speed.
He Xi wore an immaculate white research uniform, her arms folded as her focused gaze swept across the screens, her brows slightly furrowed.
She was engaged in an intense academic debate with Carl, who stood beside her in a dark-blue scholar's robe, her eyes gleaming with an almost fanatical thirst for knowledge.
"Phased augmentation is currently the optimal solution, Carl." He Xi's voice was cool and rational, carrying unquestionable professionalism. "Though the process is longer, it offers the greatest safety and control. It can preserve and fully develop his potential foundation to the utmost, leaving ample room for further optimization in the future. Your proposal to inject all enhancement units at once and install an experimental Void Engine