The Psychic Church had not been some spur-of-the-moment idea of Li Qinwu's. In the belief-driven universe of Warhammer 40,000, some churches that enshrined Saint's Remains really were Psychic Churches.
These churches could provide spiritual strength to everyone on an entire planet, raising their morale.
On the battlefield, they could suffer higher death rates and show greater resistance to Chaos Corruption.
As for Saint's Remains, Li Qinwu maintained that his entire body was full of them. He had no shortage whatsoever, and with the Green Needle, he could even farm an infinite supply!
Once he returned to his warship, he would find Father Anthony and have him extract his bones.
Extract one, grow one back. Grow one back, extract it.
Then he would give the bones to the Silent One to make a large Psychic Amplifier, with a brazier in the middle burning the God-Emperor's holy oil.
That would complete the core components of the Psychic Church. As long as the holy oil kept burning, the whole planet could bathe in a faint wash of the Emperor's psychic power, bringing Chaos corruption almost down to zero!
Li Qinwu did not know whether this would actually turn Agricultural World 496B into a pilgrimage world, but if it did, he wondered whether he should get into the human bone business.
His bones had practically unlimited production capacity anyway. If some pilgrims offered a high enough price, making his bones into little souvenirs and selling them sounded pretty good!
Li Qinwu realized he really was a little business genius. For now, though, he had to focus on dealing with the Adeptus Mechanicus.
The Adeptus Mechanicus had only a weak presence on Agricultural World 496B, with a single underground Temple of the Machine God that could not manufacture much.
Their presence served only to maintain