"So that was it. So that was it."
Arkhan Land muttered to himself. He finally understood why Lox had been able to so openly establish an entirely new Forge World on Ganymede.
Why the Sigillite had tolerated such sweeping actions. Without permission, Terra would never have allowed an entity using Abominable Intelligence and forbidden technology to appear so close to the Throne World.
Ganymede was too close to Terra. If anything went wrong, the entire Solar System might fracture and collapse.
Mars was already troublesome enough, constantly causing disturbances to intimidate Terra.
"I have already met with the Emperor. He permitted me to reasonably lift the ban on artificial intelligence technology, provided Blackstone technology is used."
"The Blackstone Array has demonstrated exceptional effectiveness against the Warp. The productive capacity we were forced to abandon out of fear of Warp corruption may perhaps be gradually restored."
Lox was not speaking nonsense. He had indeed received authorization from the Lord of Humanity upon the Golden Throne.
Without artificial intelligence, humanity could still maintain the Imperium's operations through cogitator processors such as wetware, but such inefficiency was undoubtedly a form of slow suicide.
"Then do you mean that only by following you can we legally research artificial intelligence, including the Iron Men and Stone Men?"
Magos Land's breathing quickened. Even the Adeptus Mechanicus colleagues behind him began to grow excited.
They could barely restrain themselves from shoving Arkhan Land aside and rushing forward to reach an agreement with Lox. That was the relic technology they had dreamed of day and night. No Adeptus Mechanicus scholar could turn a blind eye to artificial intelligence. After all, humanity's civilization had once gradually built a galaxy-spanning empire on the foundation of advanced Iron Men and Stone Men.
Abandoning the Iron Men and Stone Men had dealt