Warhammer: I live under the watchful eyes of the gods

Chapter 243 Receiver

"In this way, with the fall of Cadia, the dark side of the empire we are in now is formed in the galaxy."

The long narration came to an abrupt end, and only Loken was left alone in the wind.

That kind of feeling is probably——how could an emperor at my age be gone!
Looking at Loken, who was a little out of breath, Karl decided to let him cool down naturally first.

"Abba, look at Loken first, I'll go meet those important officials outside the door."

Karl deliberately raised the tone of the word "vital personnel", reminding Abba to find an opportunity to tell Loken about the Wind of Recovery.

Otherwise, he couldn't stand being suspected of being a Chaos spy all day long.

Especially in the face of Loken, who likes to peel off cocoons and make crazy associations, this kind of concealment can easily cause some unnecessary misunderstandings.

Of course, this does not mean that all the truth should be given to Loken at once.

In fact, the next thing does not require Karl to do it himself.

It may be the best choice for Abbadan to gradually present all the truth in front of Loken.

=Unblock=
With the order issued, the surrounding doors that were originally closed began to slowly rise.

As Karl expected, the door was already crowded with nobles waiting for orders.

After all, with the wind of recovery as a foreshadowing, these remaining nobles can be regarded as absolute emperor loyalists.

And these surviving loyalists represent the core of power in the entire B-13 hive.

It can be said that the ownership of the B-13 hive capital changed from the moment Karl opened the wind of recovery in the center of the venue.

This is exactly the reason why this group of nobles squatted here even though their feet were trembling, and their upper and lower eyelids were fighting wildly.

There is no fool who can get into this position.

Even if there is, it has become the experience package of Abbadan in the previous clearance.

So they all know that the next step is the most important link --- reconstruction of order (distribution of spoils)
What is - too big to fail

These families that have stood for thousands of years perfectly interpret this law that was originally used to describe financial giants.

Even if more than half of the core members were lost in an instant, they completed the reorganization within a day.

They believed that the Emperor needed their power.

At least according to what their leader Luc told them at the moment, Frank III is on the verge of collapse, and they are the only choice for Karl or the Emperor.

Seeing the gate slowly rising, Luc was the first to come to Karl on behalf of the remaining major family forces.

"Dear Emperor's Envoy, I only accept the command of the Empire on behalf of all the forces in the B-13 hive capital."

This sentence represents the attitude of the entire B-13 Hive City at the moment—surrender
On the one hand, it directly established Karl's supreme command;

On the one hand, it expresses the position of the remaining nobles who are loyal to the empire;
After all, following Luc's kneeling, all kinds of nobles in fine costumes knelt and half knelt in the somewhat narrow passage.

Looking at the golden scepter that Luc handed over, Karl understood his thoughts.

Indeed, such an important moment requires some small rituals.

Because this is the first step to stabilize the morale of the army.

The moment he took the golden trumpet scepter, the entire hall rang with music that would only be played when high-ranking imperial officials came to visit.

At this point, as if he had completed the evolution from a single-celled organism, Karl officially became the speaker of the B-13 Hive City.

Because of their absolute belief in the Emperor, this group of nobles will not question any orders issued by Karl.

Just like the Black Rat Gang in the Bottom Nest before, the wind of recovery brings complete loyalty.

But having said that, it wasn't until Karl really saw the real side of B-13's hive capital that he understood what a "taker" is.

This is simply a complete mess.

==Half an hour later, in a luxurious office at the top of the tower==
"So we only have one month left in our food reserves?"

Faced with Karl's question, Luc didn't even dare to look up into his eyes.

Looking at the report placed in his hand, Carl felt a little bad all over.

A few days ago, he was eating and drinking casually at the top of the tower. He never thought that the food crisis was so imminent.

One month.

This is still the result of frugality.

In fact, the reason why there are still three weeks' worth of food left is entirely due to the previous explosion in the next-door nest.

If the railway hadn't been blocked, this group of nobles would have taken the last train to run away.

Of course, even Luc didn't know about this plan before.

Because he was not on the final evacuation list.

According to the leaked information, the group of nobles who held the core power had long been prepared to flee secretly.

And the train that Karl saw before was exactly the way they were prepared to retreat.

Through various digital games, they successfully fooled almost everyone in the hive.

Only when those granaries marked as full are actually opened will the fear of famine truly descend upon the hive.

But by that time, in the B-13 hive capital, only Luke and the group of "back-up men" will bear the bitter fruit alone.

As for the noble evacuation plan put on the surface?

I'm sorry, the hive circles controlled by the royal family simply can't support so many people.

It can only be said that this group of aristocrats were planning to make a fuss, and they almost let them run away with their dirty hands.

Although Karl has a void food production machine, even if there are enough parts for those things, they will not be productive in a short time.

If it weren't for this month's advance payment of food, the order in the B-13 Hive City would have completely collapsed before those machines started to operate.

Putting the report aside, Karl looked at Luc who was in charge of sorting out the report.

"What advice do you have for this situation?"

Instead of directly choosing to reveal the cards, Karl wanted to test Luc's adaptability.

For Luc who takes the management route, loyalty alone is not enough.

After all, although Karl can solve the famine problem with a wave of his hand, simple charity can't solve any problems.

This time Karl did not plan to distribute the food directly.

Sheng Mien, fight against Mien.

He didn't want to bear such an inexplicable infamy one day.

Facing Karl's question, Luc pondered for a moment.

For him, this is not an easy problem.

He didn't know that Karl had plans for the Void Grain Maker and the Seed of Hope.

Therefore, he could only vaguely give a rough idea.

"Maybe we can limit food distribution, or go out and find everything else."

Here, the word "method" was bitten heavily by Luke.

Smart people know that things are definitely not clean behind this approach.

But this is the best way Luc can come up with.

His tone reveals helplessness, because this is the best portrayal of the last days.

Those nobles who are really at the pinnacle of power have already planned their escape route,
They had already planned to make a fortune, and they didn't plan to leave any way for the rest of them to survive.

Ironically, in this case, perhaps "death" is the best relief.

Well, they can't die yet.

At least not until the last drop of blood was shed for the Emperor.

"Then if I can provide you with unlimited food, how can you use it?"

As soon as this statement came out, the four were shocked.

Even Luc had actually done a lot of homework on these issues before.

The previous report on Carl's desk was actually written by him.

Although relatively euphemistic terms have been used in it, and try to separate himself and his party from the previous group of nobles.

But Luc really didn't expect that he would face such a joking question.

"My lord, let me say one more thing. We should focus on solving the food problem at this moment. Even if we continue to plan rationing, we will not last three months."

The attitude is Chen Ken, just right.

Unfortunately off topic.

"I don't have time to joke with you and answer my question directly."

At this moment, Lu Ke was in a daze.

What a joke.

It is impossible for the grain ship to come, and it depends on Nurgle's blessing to grow grass in the surrounding environment.

At this moment, Luc, who has already done homework for almost a whole day, understands the current situation in the B-13 hive capital.

He sent his cronies who had just been released to measure every warehouse on the spot.

In this case, it would be hell if Karl could conjure food out of thin air.

You must know that most of the nobles in the surrounding hive capitals are planning to drag their families and take refuge in the royal hive capital circle.

What is this for?
It is nothing more than the food problem is really unbearable.

Those seemingly mighty troops on weekdays, once they run out of food, the first to be cut are these noble grandpas who usually have to confess.

It is these reasons that make Carl's question seem a bit whimsical in Luc's eyes.

Are you talking nonsense, whoever has food in this world is the boss.

But if you want to think that way, you can never say that.

After carefully choosing his words, Luc carefully elaborated his point of view.

"Assuming that we have unlimited food, we can immediately indirectly control almost all the surrounding hives through various methods, so that our strength will expand several times in an instant, but at the same time, we must also be careful of those greedy people in the dark .”

The voice fell, which was beyond Luc's expectation.

Karl actually clapped his hands and cheered.

"Okay, that's it."

"what?"

Carl is so heroic that Luc can't be punished directly.

(Brother, the problem is that we have no food!)
(This thing is not something that can be conjured out of thin air by just thinking about it.)
Seeming to see through Luc's careful thinking, Karl stood up and waved to Luc.

"Let's go, then it's time to perform real skills!"

(???)

Along the way, Luc was in a trance.

The faith in his heart did not allow him to question the promise Carl had made.

But this kind of joking promise is really hard for Luc to choose to fully believe.

With the closing of the elevator door, a somewhat dazzling sunrise appeared on the surrounding transparent glass.

But this warm sunshine is as fleeting as Luc's beautiful mood.

As the elevator gradually descended, at the moment when it passed through the clouds, Luc glanced at the button that Carl pressed with the last afterglow.

It was this glance that shattered the illusion in his heart.

He had thought that Carl would take him to search for some blueprints of hidden granaries, but in fact this was the most likely speculation.

But the floor Karl was going to had nothing but those cold parts.

There are often few people there.

Because few nobles would be interested in those things.

Genuinely interested and gifted nobles have long since gone to the Adeptus Mechanics.

Who is still here to play with this pile of junk that ordinary people would feel dizzy looking at.

Thanks to the big guys in the B-13 hive capital who need some simple repairs from time to time, otherwise the nobles would have stopped this maintenance room, which they regard as pure waste.

And the following script is basically the same as Luc's guess.

Looking at Carl, who was dancing up and down next to a pile of unnamed parts.

Luc frowned even more.

"Do you understand this stuff?"

He turned to ask the administrator standing beside him.

Although he is not very hopeful about Carl's "masterpiece", Luc has no choice.

Even if the machine couldn't move at all, he could only bite the bullet and agree, otherwise the person standing in front of Karl would have to change tomorrow.

You know, this is a circle of mutual "loyalty".

The reason why Luc was able to stand in this position was pure luck.

Therefore he must do all the work before the Emperor's Envoy.

Even at this moment, he has already started to desert, thinking about how to use a "slightly aggressive" method to obtain food to maintain the operation of the hive capital.

"I've never seen it, and the structure isn't even on any documented drawings."

In an instant, Luc's mood fell to the bottom.

Do not design according to the existing drawings at all.

It's Om Messiah's blessing that this thing won't blow up later.

Now it's not about whether it can be used, because it's time to think about whether it can get out of the workshop alive.

However, just when Luc was tangled with black lines all over his face, the administrator of the workshop gave him another knife.

"Oh, that's a concentrated energy device. This thing can even power giant industrial machines."

Concentrating energy devices, giant industrial machines, energy supply?
These seemingly unfamiliar words seemed like murder to Luc.

But he couldn't leave.

The belief in the Emperor was frantically hinting at him, and this was the answer to the crisis he was looking for.

(Is it possible to solve the food crisis by blowing me up?)
At first glance, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

If you can't solve the problem, just get rid of the person who raised the problem.

Looking at the gradually formed production line, Luc swallowed silently.

Although rudimentary, it still has all internal organs.

The bright blue crystalline energy-concentrating device on it is eager to try.

The blue electric current that flashed from time to time made Luc extremely uneasy.

Have you never eaten pork or seen a pig running?

Unlike the common people in the Bottom Nest, the educated Luc is very aware of the danger in front of him.

This equivalent is light enough to lift up this floor directly.

Seeing Carl's right hand pressing the switch, Luc's heart rose to his throat.

"buzzing"

Nothing seems to happen.

There was an annoying engine sound, and then pieces of black bricks were slowly sent out from the conveyor belt at the back of the machine.

"Well, would you like a piece of wolf, phew, Luc?"

Seeing Carl shaking the slightly colloidal protein block in his hand, Luc's brain crashed on the spot.

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(End of this chapter)