Sharpfang led the enormous Gretchin construction crew close behind.
"Move, move, move! The Big Boss has already cleared the third world!" Sharpfang shouted, waving his baton. "First construction crew, move in now! Second construction crew, get ready to take over!"
Tens of thousands of Gretchin engineers shouldered tools and materials and surged like a tide toward the scorched earth, which was still steaming.
"Dig the foundations! Hurry!"
An engineering foreman shouted.
The Gretchin immediately began digging.
Their tools looked crude, but they were astonishingly efficient.
Some Gretchin used "soul-version" power drills that could bore straight through the hard crust of a Daemon World.
Some Gretchin used "Graviton Hammers," each blow punching a perfectly square pit into the ground.
Others simply summoned small "Digging Squigs."
In just one hour.
The foundation on the first world was ready.
Fifty meters deep, twenty meters in diameter, and perfectly cylindrical.
"Ghazghk! The foundation's ready!" Sharpfang shouted over the communicator.
"Roger!" Ghazghk's voice came back. "Technical squad, move in!"
Hundreds of Gretchin technicians carried a massive "Flesh Keystone," radiating an eerie glow, into the pit.
Liu Zhipeng had created that keystone by combining his own flesh with blackstone.
Its surface looked like a dark purple crystal, but a closer look revealed countless golden patterns flowing within.
Those patterns were the "Reverse Blackstone Energy Circuit" Ghazghk had designed.
"Careful! Handle it gently!" a technician shouted. "This thing's expensive! The Big Boss used loads of energy to grow a piece this big!"
The keystone was slowly lowered to the bottom of the pit.
Then the technicians began connecting the "Flesh Cables."
Those cables were also creations of Liu Zhipeng's flesh, but Ghazghk's modifications had given them the ability to transmit Warp energy.
"Connections complete!"
"Begin the test!"
Ghazghk pressed a button.
The keystone began to glow.
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