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These days, Tracy Gray hid on the Purity to avoid the limelight, so there was no follow-up to her inquiring about the "Hall Camp" family.

Fu Qinghai didn't know how Ilia planned to deal with the Grey family's troubles, so he was busy with his own affairs, busy handing over materials and personnel to the technical priests of Mars, and frequently traveling between Liongate Airport and Scathhalax City.

In a normal hive world, it is very rare to see a tech-priest. The mechanics stationed in the hive are all guests of honor of the planetary governor. In the city of Scathhalax on Terra, the enclave of the Mechanicus, walking around are all tech-priests wearing red robes and hoods, with gear edges wrapped around their clothes.

On this day, Fu Qinghai was discussing matters with several of Master Quinto's students and old friends. Suddenly, a greeting caught Lehman's ear and caught his attention:

"Hey, Call, this way, follow me."

"Slow down, Friedrich."

Hmm? Kaur, which Kaur?

Fu Qinghai turned his head and saw a young technical priest in a red robe and hood walking forward among the bustling crowd. He had pale skin, short light brown hair combed back, a protruding forehead, and implants of varying sizes inserted on the back of his head. There was a gleam in his mechanical prosthetic eyes.

The voice came from his companion in front calling him.

Could it be that "Kauer"?

"Belisarius Kaur?"

Fu Qinghai tried to shout.

The young tech-priest turned around:

"Do you know me?"

Oh my god, it's really Kaur.

Fu Qinghai didn't know what to say for a moment.

The future Archmagus Cawl will look like all the bigwigs of the Mechanicus, with his body replaced and covered with a massive amount of mechanical prostheses and modified parts. His huge, hunched body is wrapped in a red robe, and he is not much shorter than the Primarch.

But the young technical priest in front of him looked "human-like", literally "human-like".

The problem is, according to the original history, Cawl should still be working in the Forge World of Riza, how could he appear on Terra? Could it be that the Forge Director who tried to take over his body has been assimilated by Cawl and absorbed into his personality?

Fu Qinghai tried hard to recall the original novel he had read.

It seems... I remembered.

The young man Kohl looked at Fu Qinghai strangely, feeling that this Astarte was a little bit inexplicable, and turned around to leave with his friend.

"Wait a moment."

Fu Qinghai called out to him.

Young Kaul stopped walking. Fu Qinghai stretched out his hand to push aside the crowd around him, strode over, stood in front of Kaul, looked him up and down, and said:

"Hello, Tech-Priest. Let me introduce myself. I am Qingshan Khan, Captain of the 11th Company of the White Scars Chapter, Brotherhood of the Divine Machine."

A powerful Astartes officer.

Kaul felt more and more puzzled, but still said:

"Hello, Qingshan Khan, I am Belisarius Kaul, you already know my name."

Fu Qinghai came closer and lowered his voice and said,

"Technician Kaul, I know this is a bit abrupt and it's hard to explain it to you in a few words. Let me put it this way: I have a deal to discuss with you. The reward is a large amount of throne coins, or guaranteeing the relic technology you are interested in."

"Ah, this…"

Kaul looked surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Fu Qinghai stared at the young man in front of him with burning eyes.

"Kaul, Lord Sedena is still waiting for us."

His companion pulled him and reminded him.

"Uh, this company commander..."

The incident happened suddenly and Kaur instinctively wanted to refuse.

"Aren't you curious about my conditions?"

Fu Qinghai interrupted his refusal.

"So what are your terms, Mr. Khan?"

Kaur asked.

"An endorsement deal, that's all."

Fu Qinghai looked at Kaul and said seriously.

"Endorsement contract?"

Young Kaur frowned, quite confused by this unfamiliar word.

"Yes." Fu Qinghai explained:

"You don't need to do any work, just rent the right to use your portrait and name to me, and I will pay you a large sum of money."

"As for the deadline, how about 10,000 years?"

As Fu Qinghai spoke, he took a piece of biochemical parchment and a mechanical feather pen from the technical priest next to him, and quickly drafted a simple contract document, handing it to the confused Kohl.

Cawl took it and saw that the signature was not from the Brotherhood of the Divine Machine of the White Scars Chapter, but from a Forge World he had never heard of:

Phaeton.

Before Kaul could react, Fu Qinghai stuffed a servo skull and a mechanical feather pen into Kaul's hands and said,

"The Thinker system stores an ancient subspace engine model called the 'Oscillating Point Drive'. I'll use this technology in exchange for you. How about it? Sign it."

Cole's brain, which had been enhanced through illegal enhancement surgery, was now a little confused. His companions beside him also found it unbelievable - could such a good thing as pie in the sky really happen?

"You can inspect the goods on the spot."

Fu Qinghai reminded.

Cole took the servo skull doubtfully, connected the connecting cable under the skull to the reader implant behind his brain, and quickly scanned the approximate contents inside.

This White Scar Captain was not lying. There was indeed a type of subspace engine that had never appeared before.

"I, sign... and then I can take this servoskull and the technical data inside, right?"

Kaur said with a skeptical look on his face.

"Yes."

Fu Qinghai said with great certainty:

"I guarantee the validity of this contract in the name of Chagatai Khan, the Eagle of War."

The Primarchs have all been brought out.

"Okay, I'll sign."

Until this moment, Kaul was still very confused. He took the mechanical feather pen and carefully read the contents of the contract. There were only a few simple sentences. He felt that he didn't need to pay any price, and there were no constraints or traps. He signed his name at the end of the biochemical parchment:

Dominius Belisarius Caul.

"Deal, Mr. Call."

Fu Qinghai stood there holding a biochemical parchment, watching the young version of Belisarius Cowl and his good friend Frederick Chuffer disappear in the crowds of people in the city of Scathhalax.

The three technical priests around him were still confused.

I don't understand why Fu Qinghai suddenly did this.

Only Fu Qinghai knew clearly in his heart:

today, and after today, Belisarius Caul would no longer be an ordinary technical priest who was unknown and mediocre. He would inherit all the knowledge of the most powerful biological scientist in the underground laboratory of the palace, and would rise to the top from then on.

In short:

if you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again.

…

As the future ruling sage, the chief agent of Om Messiah, and one of the iron triangle of the empire, Belisarius Cawl never imagined that his name and portrait would appear on the packaging of a beverage.

At that time, he had a multiple personality matrix inside and a giant cybernetic body outside, commanding the army of the Mechanicus. Whenever he thought about this, he couldn't help but complain to his assistant and good friend, the 88th clone of Qiu Fu Frederich:

"When I came to my senses, I thought he was going to name something powerful after me, like the Leman Rust tank, the Malcador heavy tank, or the Macharius heavy tank."

At this point, Kaul shook his head helplessly:

"But he put me on the packaging of a radioactive drink and added the slogan: 'Everyone says it's good' - I never said that."

What the great sage Kaul did not expect was...

This incident actually became one of the reasons for the opponents within the Mechanicus to criticize him:

"You, Belisarius Cole, don't even have a tongue, intestines, or stomach, and you're being the spokesperson for Nuka-Cola. Isn't this clearly a fraud to consumers?"

…

Thanks to the dual enhancement of Fu Qinghai's brain area by Tony Stark's electronic soul backup and M.O.D.O.K's Brain, Fu Qinghai can recall many details of the original Warhammer 40K novel that were so old and vague that he could only think about it briefly.

The life of Belisarius Caul involves many original novels, such as "Wolfsbane", "Belisarius Caul: The Great Deed", etc. They are relatively fragmentary, and it took Fu Qinghai some time to recall them.

He knew why the young Kaur was in Terra.

During the Horus Heresy, Cawl and his friend Qiufu, by chance, witnessed the entire process of Leman Russ stabbing Horus with the Spear of Dionysus. The Space Wolves and the Sons of Horus fired their naval guns at each other and boarded each other in a bloody and brutal battle.

It so happened that Cawl's female superior at the time, Hester Asputia, the forge director of the A4 forge world of Talisarion, decided to surrender to the Warmaster and wanted to possess Cawl's body. However, she was possessed by Cawl and became the first member of the "Belisarius Intracranial Orchestra".

We will not go into detail about what happened afterwards, except that he managed to escape and then worked as a handyman on the Forge World of Riza. The reason Cawl appeared on Terra was because of a man - Azekel Sedena, a scientist who had assisted the Emperor in developing the first generation of Space Marines. The nineteenth transformation surgery, the "Black Shell", was invented by this man.

That's right, scientists, not technical priests, because when the Emperor was planning the Primarchs and Space Marines, Mars and the Mechanicus did not yet belong to the Imperium of Man.

Although Sandina looks not much different from the technical priest, with large areas of his body replaced by mechanical prostheses and having tried all kinds of life-extending surgeries and immortality potions, there is a core difference between the two - Sandina is an atheist, and he does not believe in the God of All Machines or Ohm the Messiah.

At this time, Sandaina was already very old and had no way to prolong his life. He was dying, but he didn't want to die, so he planned to find a few candidates to take over his body, and Kaul was one of them. In the end, he threatened Kaul's friend Qiu Fu's life and forced Kaul to merge his mind with his.

Unexpectedly, he was possessed by Cawl again. This time, not only the knowledge in his brain belonged to Cawl, but also his status and authority in the Mechanicus. He became the second member of the "Belisarius Cranial Orchestra".

Here is a very interesting detail:

When Sandaina was doing experiments with the Emperor in his early years, the Emperor suddenly said to him: "Cawl, no matter what problems you encounter in the future, you must follow your heart and not be bound by the rules and regulations of the Mechanicus..." and so on. Sandaina was very confused at the time - my name is clearly "Sandaina", why did the Emperor call me "Cawl"? At that time, Sandaina thought that the Emperor remembered his name wrongly.

When Cawl and Sandina's minds were completely merged, Cawl "saw" this memory from it. He realized that the Emperor had foreseen what would happen in the future as early as the Terra Unification War. These words were not spoken to Sandina, but to Cawl after he successfully took over Sandina's body.

Fu Qinghai only wanted to say: The Emperor of God is awesome!

At this point in time, Fu Qinghai ran into Kaul and Qiufu in the city of Scathhalax. The two of them didn't know what dangers were waiting for them in the future, but Fu Qinghai knew that the young Kaul was about to rise to prominence.

Fu Qinghai didn't dare to say too much to Cawl. He was worried that due to his butterfly effect, Cawl would not be able to merge his thoughts with Sandina's. In the future, the human empire would lose this great sage, and Robert Guilliman might not survive.

Fu Qinghai never thought of pulling Kaul into the Phaeton foundry world. He was not the hero in the old online novels, who was so domineering that all the younger brothers bowed down to him. Kaul was no less ambitious or knowledgeable than himself, so why should he live under someone else's roof?

At this moment, he just had some emotions and a sense of pride in participating in a major historical event - he witnessed the rise of Belisarius Caul's great cause with his own eyes.

As for that endorsement contract...

Talking about money is too vulgar, so it's better not to mention it.

…

Solar system.

A brand new escort fleet is heading towards the gate of Hades.

The major plot event "The Great Purge" has ended.

But it does not mean that the entire galaxy is at peace.

Pirates, aliens, heretics, traitors, chaos... are still wreaking havoc in the Empire. No one knows whether a mere battle barge and a strike cruiser are enough to resist the greedy eyes cast upon the Goliath-class factory ships.

Fu Qinghai strode through the corridor of the warship.

The attendant Lin Yu followed closely behind him.

Lin Yu is not very old. Whether before or after entering the reincarnation world, he is only about sixteen or seventeen years old. Young people of this age can easily develop an inexplicable sense of admiration for others, and Fu Qinghai can feel it.

Fortunately, Lin Yu's performance and evaluation from Qiao Shida were quite good, and he usually did things efficiently and effectively. Fu Qinghai allowed this admiration to ferment and promoted him to be his own aide-de-camp, just like Vlahos's aide-de-camp.

It had nothing to do with his identity as the son of the Minister of Justice. After all, Fu Qinghai had no intention of having anything to do with Terra's political arena, nor was he interested in flattering the High Lord and being a politician's lackey.

Think about the bosses in the previous life, a male assistant and a female secretary, isn't this the standard configuration when going out?

Fu Qinghai likes his flagship very much, it's a brand new warship and even the air is refreshing.

The interior decoration of the human imperial warships is divided into two extremes: Emperor's Children and Death Guard.

The decoration of the prince's warship was extremely gorgeous and luxurious, with various banners, flags, relief murals, carved beams and painted buildings, and emerald surrounds. It was dazzling and magnificent, which was in line with Fulgrim's pretentious character.

The decoration of the Death Guard's warships is extremely simple and even crude. Mortarion hates all flashy designs. There is no decoration inside the Death Guard's warships, and even the cables and pipes are exposed.

The tone that Fu Qinghai set for the battleship's decoration was moderation, without excessive extravagant decoration, but not too simple either. The battleship's interior and exterior decorations only retained three classic elements: the skull, the eagle and the gear, the three major symbols of the empire.

The fleets entered the gate of Hades one by one.

The turbulent subspace suddenly appeared.

At this time, in a cabin inside the battleship.

Half of the cabin was a huge immersion tank. A woman wearing only underwear was immersed in the liquid. Her brown hair fluttered in the waves. Her eyes were closed, but the single eye on her forehead was still open, penetrating the barrier of material reality and seeing through the treacherous waves in the subspace.

This is the Warp Sextant, one of the "relic technologies" included in the additional facilities aboard the Resolute.

It's called "Sextant", but it looks like a large water tank. It can enhance the navigator's psychic ability and use the special liquid in it to simulate the ebb and flow of the warp outside the ship. The broad-spectrum sensor measures the strength and current of the warp outside the ship. The cogitator circuit further helps the navigator identify known routes and calculate their current stability.

Fu Qinghai walked to the cabin door, turned around and said to Lin Yu:

"You stay outside the door."

"Yes, Khan."

The hatch slid open and closed, and Fu Qinghai came to the huge water tank, just as Tracy Gray walked out of it. Her simple underwear was soaked with liquid, her wet hair stuck to her neck, and the water flowed down her slim and tight figure in strands. She showed off her figure generously, and slowly walked towards Fu Qinghai with a smile on her face.

"Well, pilot?"

Fu Qinghai asked.

"It's a great experience, Khan. I have never felt the energy tides of the warp in such a magical device before. It's like being there, giving me insight into everything."

Tracy was generous with her praise.

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"I'm not asking about your experience, I'm asking about the results."

Tracy blinked.

"The voyage time was shortened by one third compared to the estimated time."

This time, Fu Qinghai nodded with satisfaction.

By using the Subspace Sextant to re-plan the route, the fleet can reach the destination faster than expected. The relic technology is indeed worthy of its reputation, making Fu Qinghai more and more looking forward to the role of other additional facilities of the relic technology.

Fu Qinghai fantasized about it, then looked down and saw that Tracy's three eyes were staring at him.

"What's wrong?"

Fu Qinghai touched his face.

I felt uneasy when being looked at by the navigator's eyes.

Tracy suddenly stepped forward and stood on tiptoe, reaching out to put her arms around Fu Qinghai's neck, pressing her soft face against the hard breastplate, closing her eyes and whispering,

"Thank you, Khan."

Fu Qinghai laughed dumbly and patted her waist:

"Return to your post, navigator."

…

Star Language Choir Room.

Xia Long Frospin stood in the middle, surrounded by eight astropaths, both male and female, who were older than her. However, Xia Long was not at all nervous. She calmly directed everyone to debug the psychic signal amplifier and prepare for a new round of information communication.

It was completely different from the timid look he showed in front of Fu Qinghai.

As everyone chanted in unison, Xia Long slowly raised her face, and a blazing white light shot out from her blind eyes, penetrating the white lace strips and shooting towards the top of the cabin.

Amid the whispers and obscure riddles that echoed throughout the warp, Xia Long caught an unusual message.

...

　Forgot to mention: the throne coin comes from the Hive World game rules, and the various battleship additional facilities that appear in the book come from the Gothic Fleet game rules. Although this book is based on the original novel as the main setting, the original novel's Spring and Autumn style is vague, so occasionally it also borrows from peripheral settings.

(End of this chapter)