Chapter 137: The End of the Age: The Digging Techniques of the Mechanicus

The vibrations that shook the earth reverberated throughout the land. The earthquake that seemed like the end of the world shook the earth. In the forest, birds flew up from the treetops in large numbers. Sika deer, wild boars, hares and other creatures fled from the forest. They emerged from the bushes one after another and then fled to various places.

The shaking of the earth caused the treetops to sway and rustle. The earth was being torn apart. The mountains were crumbling under the influence of huge forces. Countless gravel and dust flew up from the ground, as if some invisible hand had pulled them up.

The strata collapsed and cracked under the traction of distance. The huge mineral veins buried deep underground were pulled out abruptly. Steel and copper mines, rare earth and aluminum mines were dug out one by one. They were not dug out by miners over the years, but were directly pulled out of the ground by a huge force, just like a farmer pulling out potatoes.

The soil layer was thrown away, the rock layer was crushed, and the giant mineral veins rose into the air, which amazed the farmers and even the nobles who were watching from afar, or even frightened.

These ignorant people could not understand what kind of power did all this, crushing the earth and leveling the mountains and rivers. They firmly believed that it was the Emperor himself who was performing miracles.

Vito leaned against the wall of the blacksmith shop in the small village. He looked at the people who were looking at the excavation work at the edge of the village. They whispered to each other and discussed with amazement and shock. Most people thought it was a great miracle that only the Emperor could do.

Especially those priests, the local national team priests knelt on the ground devoutly, kneeling in the direction of the huge amount of dust, gravel and collapsed geological structures. They recited the words in the Holy Word, praising the greatness of the Supreme Lord.

He raised his head and looked at the sky. This "miracle" certainly did not come from the Emperor himself. It was a pity to disappoint them.

This unparalleled power comes from the kneeling of the planet. The gravity generator of the Infinite Frontier is acting on the surface of the planet. The huge gravity traction cannon will dig out the underground ore veins and directly turn it from a mine-like structure into an open-pit mine. Then the Mechanicus will be sent down to the ground to use the power of the God of All Machines to dig the ore.

Then it will be transported back to the warship, processed and forged in the furnace and workshop, and finally made into a qualified Mechanicus creation. Well, at least for the current situation, the standard cannot be set too high, after all, that place is not a forging world.

The children did not have so many concerns. They ran around with joy and excitement, looking at the direction of the excavation point and discussing various interesting possibilities. Most of them were playing, or at least there was no boring religious content.

Vito looked at them and smiled. He watched the children running in groups from the front, waving wooden swords and spears made of wooden sticks, playing and laughing, as if there was only beauty in this world and the dark galaxy outside the alien planet did not exist.

Vito likes everything here. Everything here is precious, something that is very rare and even cherished in the empire today.

Peace.

Everything flying in the air lost its power, and they fell from the sky with a bang. The huge impact caused a rolling dust to spread around.

The farmers took a step back in amazement, as if they had seen a fear like a divine punishment, and the priests bowed their heads and prayed devoutly more fanatically.

Well, at least Vito can be sure that the local cultists will probably hesitate again and again before rebelling after this, especially to instigate and seduce those stupid farmers. After all, after watching all these "miracles", when you think about betraying the emperor, there will be a voice in your heart that advises you not to commit suicide.

A roar came from the air, and Vito raised his head and looked at the things flying down from the blue sky. At first, it was a group of Valkyries and transport planes flying down from the sky. They broke through the clouds like a group of prey rushing to the earth and appeared in the field of vision.

But soon, a huge shadow appeared above the clouds, and the behemoth emerged from the sea of ​​clouds, just like a huge blue whale.

The behemoth was a Mechanicus exploration ship. Each Mechanicus exploration ship would carry one or two such exploration ships, which were usually attached to and moored on the belly of a large Mechanicus warship or at the docking point on the side. You could not even tell that the iron blocks were a ship operating alone.

Although it did not have any powerful weapons and was not equipped with a subspace jump engine, it was also an indispensable part of an exploration fleet, used for excavation, development and research on the surface of planets within the atmosphere.

The Mechanicus excavation system, huge servitors, mechanical units and heavy-duty equipment carried on the hundreds of meters long exploration ship can be used for efficient drilling and loading and transportation. After being deployed, it can also be used as a research station and fortress on the surface. It is one of the necessary products for the Mechanicus to go out to dig graves and scientific and technological archaeology!

Vito watched the giant falling from the sky, the raging flames caused by air friction burning under its hull, the thing fell to the ground with blazing flames, just like a meteorite hitting the ground.

The locals looked up at the falling divine weapon in amazement, the priests raised their hands and praised the Emperor's light loudly, the blazing fire lit up the sky, as if the Emperor's light really came.

The knights looked at the incomprehensible scenes in amazement, and the farmers immediately knelt down, praying and confessing to the sky. Many of them revealed the secret that they almost joined the rebellion. They sought forgiveness from the Emperor and vowed to be loyal to his great cause forever.

The 100-meter-long Mechanicus ship ignited the flames of the anti-repulsor in the air, and the giant plasma thruster ignited from below. The warship reversed the force of the fall during the descent in the near-ground range, and hovered steadily above the earth.

The fire from its reverse thrust engine ignited the forest, and the raging flames spread everywhere along the treetops, but there was no need to worry about it. Several Valkyries immediately flew over the sides of the transport ship. They passed under the giant hull, dived through the forest and dropped a large amount of fire-extinguishing gas. The white gas spilled into the forest, almost instantly interrupting the progress of the fire.

Vito looked at the Valkyrie who was pulling up and taking off and saluted the sky, and then watched the huge transport ship land on the ground. Several supporting landing gears extended from the belly of its hull. Those giant legs fell on the charred ruins of the forest, crushing the fallen trees, and also allowing the transport ship to land steadily.

The giant whale landed, and many falcons circled around it, and Valkyries and small transport planes circled above it.

Lancelot appeared silently beside Vito. He lowered his head and looked at the direction Vito looked in. The Inquisitor also looked at him.

"We will be able to set sail again soon. I believe the Mechanicus will complete its mission as soon as possible." Lancelot said, his voice coming from under the winged helmet, mysterious and full of deterrence.

Vito smiled and folded his arms, "What's wrong with you? You feel like you're home, so you're bringing up the etiquette of the knight class? You're not like this usually."

"Not really, Inquisitor, but... this place does make me a little homesick, and it also reminds me of the life of the war group. There is a clear hierarchy between knights, and it must not be transgressed."

"Come on, forget it here, we also need to pretend to be nice to the locals, and there just happened to be a rebellion, so we need to show off to them and scare them."

Vito said with a smile, pointing to Lancelot's head, or to be more precise, his helmet, "But if you dare to act like this when you go back, I'll let Ragnar beat you to death."

"Haha, it's not certain who will beat whom to death, but I'll remember it." Lancelot said with a smile.

"How is it? Does it look good?" A pleasant voice attracted the attention of Vito and Lancelot. They looked to one side. Lilith was walking on the street of the village. She was wearing a beautiful local costume, with a long skirt swinging under her body, and bright but not bad colors matched on the dress.

She was wearing an open-chested lace top and a long skirt on it, which made her coveted breasts stand out. The long silver braids hung behind her head, making her look beautiful.

This immediately attracted the attention of the young people around. They all looked at Lilith, as if the giant transport ship was not worth mentioning now.

Pairs of eyes did not hide their admiration and enthusiasm. Even the young knights looked over. They watched Lilith walk by and followed her figure intently.

Lilith turned around in front of Vito, her long skirt fluttering around her, and her long legs were exposed as the wind blew through her skirt, which attracted the attention of the young men.

Their wives and partners looked at them with great dissatisfaction, and vicious curses came one after another. The term "witch" soon appeared, and it must be said that it really felt like the Middle Ages.

But you know what? In a sense, they were not wrong, although... it might be further than they thought.

"Where did you get it from?" Vito asked after thinking for a moment. Lilith stopped and lifted her skirt to playfully bend her knees to greet, as if a dancer had finished the last dance step.

"Well, I borrowed it from a noble lady, probably the daughter of a knight or something?" Lilith said as she rolled up her long silver braid with her hands. Vito raised his eyebrows and looked Lilith up and down, "Really? How did you borrow it?"

"Just introduce myself, I'm the inquisitor and I want to borrow her skirt for something, you know, and the person agreed." Lilith's charming smile was on her face again, and Vito looked at her strangely, then touched his chin.

"Ah, I think it might be better to call it a threat."

"Agree," Lancelot said silently.

Really, an inquisitor comes to you and asks you for something, do you dare to refuse? Dare? Then you are really a brave man.

Vito looked Lilith up and down, she really looked like a beautiful girl in the Middle Ages now, the tight dress showed her perfect figure, and the almost perfect curves were like a plaster statue carved by the most outstanding artist.

He glanced at the young people around him. They were all staring at Lilith. It was certain that her involuntary succubus power must have worked again. For the ignorant people in the area, that kind of charm might be irresistible. After all, from their perspective, they could not see many things that could be called "beautiful".

The local rebellious knights were probably also fooled by her and her sister.

Vito cleared his throat and looked at Lancelot, "Use your knightly majesty to make them take their eyes off my girl, okay?" "With pleasure."

Lancelot raised his head and stared at the young knight. The man immediately woke up as if he had been hit by a heavy punch. He looked at the scarlet eyes of the angel of death and trembled all over, and quickly understood.

He hit the knight companion next to him. The man didn't realize what he meant at first, but he soon noticed Lancelot's silent but intimidating eyes.

The young knights immediately bowed in shame and apologized, and then waved their swords to drive the peasants away. They cursed these ignorant fools who dared to look at the emperor's messenger with dirty thoughts.

The farmers were driven away by the knights' threats, curses and beatings. They were driven back to their jobs, farmlands, blacksmith shops, leather workshops and mills.

Vito stretched out his hand, and Lilith naturally took it, "We'd better leave quickly before you further disrupt the local production order."

"I thought you were enjoying it." Lilith took Vito's arm and the two of them walked towards the forest outside the village.

Vito shrugged, "I don't want to explain to them what the Mechanicum's transport ship and other things are, as well as more outrageous theological issues, as if I am an inquisitor and can deeply understand the Book of Holy Words. , so yes, we better run before they surround us."

Vito said and turned to look at Lancelot who was following behind him. The latter followed behind him without saying a word. Vito laughed, "Why are you here too?"

"Same reason," the knight said.