Imperial Cult Infighting

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For quite a long time afterward, Li Qinwu's people were busy transporting the Walking Mechs back and forth.

The Walking Mechs in those warehouses had engines full of preservation oil. They could not be started, their batteries were dead, and they needed maintenance before they could be activated.

Each Walking Mech weighed around eight tons. Moving several hundred eight-ton metal hulks up to the surface was a tremendous hassle.

Fortunately, the Tech-Priests came up with a plan.

They first planted explosives on the surface to blast the pit wider, then flew the Camel Shuttle directly down and landed it on the upper levels of the Lower Hive.

The Tech-Priests drove cranes, forklifts, trailers, and other support equipment into the lower warehouses, moved the Walking Mechs onto trains, sent the trains to the upper level, and then transferred the mechs onto the Shuttle.

The entire transport operation lasted more than two days. Throughout the process, scattered Ork forces occasionally launched charges at them.

Those halfhearted attacks were easily driven back by the troops stationed in the plaza.

Once Li Qinwu's side had transported all the Walking Mechs to the orbital battle fleet, Sage Rob sent word.

He had finished copying the STC Template. The STC Cube had been restored, and Li Qinwu could take it back to report completion.

Li Qinwu's troops were then ferried away by Shuttle in batches. He had prepared plenty of fine food and alcohol aboard the warships and let them celebrate for three days.

He himself took the STC Template and flew to the Titan Temple to report to Tech-Priest Busi.

Busi personally received the cube and inspected it.

After the inspection, he gave Li Qinwu a meaningful look.

Li Qinwu remained perfectly composed and pretended