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Chapter 660: The hive will become history

Early morning sunrise on the Kuitun-1 satellite.

The light is far more dazzling than the planets.

A giant bed four to five meters wide, with white bedding and pillows and snow-white thighs stacked messily together. Next to the bed lay several empty crystal wine bottles, which were used to replenish the water lost in Zhang Yuning's body last night.

Fu Qinghai opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling.

Then he steadily turned over and sat up and started dressing.

"Well~where are you going..."

Zhang Yuning, whose head was buried in the quilt, let out a groan. The hand on the side of the bed subconsciously pulled the man next to him, and his black hair covered the pillow like a waterfall.

"I gotta go to work, baby."

Fu Qinghai said jokingly with a smile. Iron-gray nanoparticles began to cover his entire body along his ankles, and outlined upwards along his calves to create the shape of the armor.

After saying that, he leaned down and kissed the woman's smooth and beautiful back, shoulders and neck. At the end of her mutated shoulder blades, a pair of small and slender black bat wings were folded.

After a while he fell asleep again.

Fu Qinghai pinched his chin to recall.

Not just power armor and guns and ammo.

It’s not something that can be accomplished overnight.

The Phaeton Forge World has a large demand for metal raw materials. Thanks to the ultra-high mining efficiency of planetary cracking technology, the Forge World can not only meet its own needs but also export low-priced ore raw materials. As mentioned before, it is cheaper and more efficient to crack small celestial bodies such as meteorites than to crack a planet, so the mining fleet prioritizes targeting the asteroid belt.

As an ancient planet with a population of tens of billions and a history of thousands of years, the situation in the Schwerin Hive World is very complicated. There are deep-rooted local forces here, even if they have been cleared out by Fu Qinghai a long time ago. But one Space Marine cannot kill everyone, and various guilds and families are still intertwined in the hive.

Schwerin hive world.

In the past, Phaeton built an export-oriented production and manufacturing system. Because it mastered a variety of unique and exclusive technologies, Phaeton's products were exported to the Hazy Star Territory, the Solar Star Territory, and even the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar in the Extreme Star Territory (Yolanda· Altera Family Trade Route), while also importing large quantities of raw materials and spare parts from other forging worlds and industrial worlds.

There are also fighter planes, tanks, mechs and titans.

But the industrial system must be completed sooner or later.

"Phaeton United Mining Group Summary..."

Zhang Yuning closed her eyes and twisted twice comfortably.

Fu Qinghai picked up a document and read.

Fu Qinghai carefully read the actual combat exercise evaluation report written by Qiao Shida. It is certainly feasible to use planetary disintegration technology in war, and it can even be regarded as a low-end version of the cyclone torpedo, but it is not as direct as the cyclone torpedo. As has been introduced in detail before, cracking a land plate requires a lot of preliminary preparations, which may take up to several months, and it takes several years to completely crack a planet.

The Forge World is the absolute core and top priority of the entire Marquez King Star District. Fu Qinghai's original idea was to drive the development of the entire Star District through the Phaeton Forge World.

Qing Ming stood next to him and added.

First up, Phaeton Forge World.

Phaeton Forge World was established too young.

Cloudstown Chapter Fortress Monastery.

Fu Qinghai opened another pile of thick documents.

There are many reports about hive worlds.

Fortunately, this is a border star area to be developed, and the demand for industrial products is strong. There is no need to worry about insufficient domestic demand and overcapacity. All the forge workshops in the Forge World are still operating at full capacity. The only problem brought about by the transformation is that all raw materials and spare parts cannot be obtained through imports, and they have to rely on the oil guys to solve the problems themselves.

Due to the strong planned economy in the early days of its establishment and the development line of military-first development, the Phaeton Forge World has a large number of arsenals. The Iron Buddha Chapter began to expand its army at this time, so the military industrial system does not need to worry about production stagnation. On the contrary, it has to work overtime. Production and manufacturing to meet the massive equipment needs brought about by Qingshan Khan's military expansion plan.

The pile of parchment is almost half a meter high.

Qing Ming took out a document and put it on top.

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But that's not a bad thing.

"Okay, I see."

United Mining Group continues to explore.

and the upgraded space fleet.

The rust ring of the Phaeton Galaxy is almost gone.

Finished reviewing documents related to Phaeton Foundry World.

The files come from four planets.

"The asteroid belt in the Phaeton Galaxy is almost completely mined, and the mining fleet is currently expanding outwards."

"The planetary cracking-class mining ship can not only be used as a civilian mining spacecraft, but also as a weapon. I remember that I asked Joestar to study it before, and the planetary cracking-class mining ship can be used for tactical exercises in actual combat."

"Here, Master."

Qingshan Khan sat in his spacious office and began to review the various documents stacked on the table one by one like an extreme warrior. Qing Ming is very qualified as a secretary. She has already sorted out all the submitted documents for him in advance and marked the key points and reminders.

Fu Qinghai made instructions on the document.

Only in this way can planet-level destructive power be achieved.

Therefore, corresponding tactical plans are needed.

Now, due to the blockade of the subspace storm, which has cut off all communication with the outside world, the Phaeton Foundry World can only be forced to transform into a production and manufacturing system based on domestic consumption. Without the ability to export, many production orders would have to be reset. Without the ability to import, Phaeton Foundry World would have to build its own complete industrial system from scratch, piece by piece.

Fu Qinghai did not directly intervene in the jurisdiction and governance of the Schwerin Hive World, but instead entrusted full authority to the agent he supported, the planetary governor Gladys Sommerfeld, and provided military support behind the scenes. Although Gladys is a young woman, she has some skills. She manages the hive world in an orderly manner and has never caused any trouble.

But from another aspect, there has been no trouble in the hive world so far, also because Fu Qinghai has very low requirements for Schwerin. In the early stages of the development of the star sector, the main role of the hive world was to provide population and migrate a large number of people to the other three planets. This was the only role. Otherwise, Fu Qinghai does not make any demands on the Schwerin Hive World.

When it comes to stimulating domestic demand, we have to mention the population issue. In the real world, many countries are facing the problems of population aging and declining fertility rates, and they are trying every means to solve these difficulties. But for a cyber science fiction universe, population has never been an issue.

In the forge world in the Warhammer 40K universe, in vitro fertilization technologies such as in vitro fertilization and artificial wombs are extremely mature, and the matter of breeding offspring has been completely socialized and industrialized. The technical priests compulsorily collect the seeds and eggs of all residents of the forging world, then select and combine them, and culture the embryos in vitro, directly instilling the scientific and cultural knowledge that needs to be mastered before adulthood, eliminating the need for complicated growth and education links.

Note that this is not human cloning. The population born through this method is a legitimate natural person. It is just that it is more efficient than the traditional social reproductive model. It completes a series of eugenics and eugenics to compulsory education to social upbringing in one go. Process, it is a brand new consumable when leaving the factory.

In addition, this method of breeding offspring completely frees women from the responsibilities and shackles of childbearing, allowing them to engage in more productive work. At least in the forging world of the Mechanicum, there is almost no difference between men and women, gender has lost its meaning, and cyber equality has been achieved to a certain extent.

As for the population born in this way, will there be any physical defects? No need to worry at all. For example: Belisarius Caul was born in a cultivation tank on Mars in this way, and he can be said to be one of the smartest humans in the Human Empire. Although this method is good, it also takes time.

By adjusting the hormone ratio and nutrient supply, the growth and development time from embryo to baby to teenager can be greatly shortened, but it still takes five or six years of cultivation to give birth to a teenager with a biological age of sixteen. In the short term, it is most convenient and quickest to directly force the population to migrate from the hive world to populate other planets.

After several wormhole bridges are completed, population migration will be faster and more efficient. The Schwerin Hive World has been continuously exporting population to the Forge World and the Agricultural World, including the Kuitun-1 satellite, and the entire Hive is about to be emptied.

There was a Nurgle cult rebellion in the Bottom Nest area before, and after being infused with the Radiant Corpse Virus, there was no longer a single living person left. There are no gangs in the lower lair area now. They have all been captured by the Space Marines and used as coolies.

Including the Shangchao area, this is the most densely populated place in the entire Chao City. It is no longer as crowded as it used to be. Many places are even completely empty and no longer require the major trade unions to provide basic living services, clean drinking water or clean air. So they chose to seal off these areas.

This kind of population migration actually broke the original social structure of the hive world in disguise - there were fewer people for the spire nobles to exploit. Therefore, several major families and the unions controlled by them actually had some complaints against Gladys, but they did not dare to show it because of Qingshan Khan's evil reputation.

These complaints appear in the report.

Fu Qinghai actually saw it clearly.

It's not like they haven't done anything small.

A long time ago, Gladys suffered an assassination. Later investigation revealed that the mastermind behind her assassination was not the Bentham family in charge of the Slave and Corpse Unions, nor the Cronin family in charge of the Promethium and Electrical Unions, but her family, the Sommerfeld family. Some powerful figures within the family believe that Gladys is too obedient to Qingshan Khan and has no consideration for the interests of the family at all.

So I want to get rid of this planetary governor.

Forcing Qingshan Khan to find another obedient person.

Fu Qinghai was very angry when he found out about this, so he sent No. 56, Satfalan and Kalamanda to the hive world to deal with the matter. The chief intelligence officer, chief executioner, and chief assassin of the war group caused a bloody storm throughout the hive. During that time, everyone in the tower area was in danger, fearing that the three terrifying murderers would come to their door. Then the consequences are not just as simple as death.

The Sommerfeld family was directly involved.

The family's population dropped by two-thirds.

The Benthams and Cronins knew nothing about it.

The family population also dropped by half.

The murder was so bloody that the tortured screams resounded throughout the entire tower area. Afterwards, according to insiders, the corpses at the interrogation scene could not be pieced together intact. After that purge incident, horrific legends such as "The Three Shadow Pillars of the Iron Buddha Chapter" and "The Dark Side of Qingshan Khan" were spread throughout the hive world, which could stop children from crying at night.

Since then, the three major families have been at peace, and no matter how resentful they are, they dare not show any signs of it. However, these were just a few complaints made when drunk or later, but they were still captured by the Space Marines and submitted to the Chapter Master's desk for his review.

In fact, Fu Qinghai was partly responsible for the assassination of Gladys - in order to expand the number of mortal auxiliary troops, the Schwerin Corps, he transferred Koshvito's troops to station in the wilderness outside the city, resulting in a bit of emptiness inside the hive.

Nowadays, the nobles at the top of the tower are very law-abiding.

But Qingshan Khan is still not satisfied.

It's not that he is not satisfied with the nobles at the top.

But he is dissatisfied with the entire hive world.

"I don't like the hive world format."

Fu Qinghai said while flipping through.

"But Terra is also a hive world."

Qing Ming, who was standing next to him, reminded him.

"That's right, including Terra, I don't like Terra at all. It's not what an imperial capital should be like. It's crowded, dirty, poor, criminal..."

Fu Qinghai shook his head and curled his lips.

"Oh yes, and superstition. Terra, the city of pilgrims."

After thinking for a while, he added another shortcoming.

"What are your plans?"

Qing Ming asked tentatively.

"I want to completely change this hive world."

Fu Qinghai said firmly:

"The Schwerin Hive World will become a piece of history. In the future, it will become a civilized world, and at worst an industrial world. After that, the entire star region will not accept the existence of the Hive World. It is too low-level and too chaotic. "

Yes, the hive world is a characteristic setting of the Warhammer 40K universe. It is very dark and depressing, and very cyberpunk. Fu Qinghai was once obsessed with these settings, but if the hive world was his own territory, he would not like it. .

"Contact Master Quinto immediately."

Fu Qinghai turned to look at Qing Ming and said.

In just a few words, a grand blueprint had been constructed in his mind, and a rough plan was made up.

"I want to transfer some of the low-end industries in the Phaeton Forge World to the Schwerin Hive City World, such as the breeding of two-headed cows and various fungus cultivation industries. From now on, the Hive City World will be the downstream raw material production area of ​​the Forge World. .”

Fu Qinghai said while thinking:

"But before that, I need to thoroughly clean up the entire hive city. First, let Phaeton send a group of technical priests to cooperate with the exploration and then issue a transformation plan. I also have to have a good talk with Gladys about what this planet should look like in the future. , she is the planetary governor, she has to know it well."

"Okay, master."

Qing Ming nodded and took note and began to arrange the itinerary.

"As for the last two planets..."

Fu Qinghai quickly looked through the following documents.

Kuitun Recruitment World.

Cheslatan Agricultural World.

The Chapter's home planet, the Yunzhong City Chapter Fortress Monastery on the Kuitun-1 satellite, has been completely completed and passed acceptance inspection. A majestic interstellar fortress stands in the star area. There is nothing to say about this. After the agricultural world resumed production and planting, it received a large amount of population input from the hive world, and it was also operating step by step. There is nothing to say.

"That's it."

Fu Qinghai stood up and left his seat and said:

"Make arrangements for me."

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(End of this chapter)