"Now, who was in favor and who was opposed?"
When Lox's voice echoed through the vast hall, the entire room fell silent.
Though he had endured countless hardships and trials, he still felt nervousness surge within his chest. Perhaps only when he had agreed to the Chief's request and carried out the Future Reinforcement Project had he felt this tense.
In the past, he had considered himself an ordinary man, an insignificant figure, and had held many powerful beings in awe.
But after learning of his true mission, Lox had awakened to the fact that he was already a very important piece on this grand chessboard.
Since someone had to do this in the end, why couldn't it be him?
Although the loyalist Adeptus Mechanicus had been defeated in its struggle against the Dark Mechanicum and had even been forced to reorganize into the Mechanicus Order under Arkhan Land's leadership, losing its former status as an equal to the Imperium, it was still an ancient and enormous organization.
They were the inheritors of ancient Mars, explorers who unearthed precious relics from the ruins of the past. It was this immense organization that had supported the Emperor's Great Crusade.
And now, Lox intended to try gathering these people around himself. How arrogant and presumptuous was that?
Yet Lox seemed to truly possess that ability. He was not indulging in fantasy.
"Those in favor, stand to my left. Those opposed, stand to my right," Lox said.
The silent crowd suddenly stirred. People bumped and brushed against one another from time to time, yet no one complained about such trivialities.
As the first Tech-priest moved his massive body, the crowd seemed to find someone to follow and began moving with him.
On one hand, Lox had plainly laid out the benefits: human scientific