The Emperor’s Angel of Death

“Gellan.”

Illyrian was so shocked at this moment that his entire brain seemed to be frozen. His tongue seemed frozen in his mouth, and he stammered, unable to utter a complete word. He could only walk down the slope in a daze.

At this moment, they should be located on a high tower observation deck, surrounded by some artificial buildings that looked huge and impressive. Although the distance was still far, they could already vaguely see connecting ports and connecting pipes extending to the steel sky. At the edges of the structure, they could also see traces of some metal constructs, the scale of which was exceptionally large, comparable to all the forge worlds Illyrian had ever seen.

One could imagine what a prosperous scene it would be when they were fully operational.

At this time, the world seemed to be in the night. Looking around, it was dark and silent, and the horizon was immersed in a faint blue light, giving it a sense of vicissitudes that had been soaked in time.

When he raised his head, he could see stars. Those were not stars, but the scenery simulated by the lights on the huge metal structure dome.

“What exactly is Gellan…?”

Illyrian frowned. Sorshyan, who was in front of him, lowered his arm and introduced politely:

“What you are seeing now is a high-tech artificial star system manufactured by the Terran Federation about 20,000 years ago to explore the edge of the Dark Galaxy and study various warp space anomalies.”

In the next moment, strong lights shone from top to bottom, and they were instantly in the cold and vast space, but their bodies still felt the warm and humid atmosphere, as if reminding them that this was a realistic holographic image.

Illyrian walked to the edge of the platform and looked down. Under his feet were countless layers of steel structure buildings. They surrounded the high tower and formed a huge mechanical city. Moreover, unlike the mottled, dirty, and decayed forge worlds of the Adeptus Mechanicus, everything looked brand new and had a sense of technology that was completely different from the existing Imperium.

More importantly, there was no exaggerated smoke, no huge roar, no pungent smell. It was so quiet here, with only a slight hum. The air was so fresh that it reminded him of the cold peaks of Macragge. It didn't seem like a highly mechanized world at all, or not the world as he knew it.

“…Perhaps you have heard that human civilization was almost destroyed by an artificial intelligence rebellion, and Gellan was a scientific star system completed before this upheaval. It came to the edge of the galaxy, but was never able to return to the place where it was manufactured. Even the people it was supposed to protect slaughtered each other and perished in the chaos of the Long Night. In the end, it drifted aimlessly for 20,000 years until I found it.”

As he spoke, Sorshyan suddenly clapped his hands gently, and Illyrian then heard a huge roar, as if a sleeping giant was slowly awakening.

When he realized that the sound was coming from above, Illyrian raised his head.

Just above the tower, a huge circular hole suddenly appeared and quickly filled the entire field of vision, turning into a starry sky.

Illyrian wasn't sure if this was the real void or some kind of projection, but he saw a crowded nebula composed of a large number of asteroid fragments and ice meteoroids. If this represented their current location, then they were in the asteroid belt.

Are there any asteroid belts near the Amara star system?

Of course, but it's almost four light-years away, which means…

Illyrian had briefly estimated the time when he arrived. They should have been traveling for about two hours.

Two hours to travel almost four light-years is completely a joke, unless they are traveling through the warp, but if it is warp travel, he would definitely feel it.

Suddenly, Illyrian narrowed his eyes. As if receiving his conscious command, his vision began to extend, and finally allowed him to see a shocking scene.

In the chaotic asteroid belt, dazzling blue-white beams of light constantly flashed. They were extremely precise and powerful, smashing asteroid fragments into smaller pieces. At the same time, a large number of cylindrical aircraft shuttled through the various fragments. Their heads and tails seemed to have engines, allowing them to move forward and backward at will, allowing them to move freely in the complex environment. At the same time, their torsos had many mechanical arms, giving them some of the characteristics of insects. These small mining ships shuttled back and forth, grabbing the shattered asteroid fragments and stuffing them into the cylindrical hulls, but they didn't seem to be simply collecting them, and were also constantly discharging something from several opened windows.

This looked simple, but Illyrian wasn't someone who hadn't seen the world. In fact, his interests were very broad, and he had also come into contact with many technology books. Although asteroid belts have always been regarded as high-quality mining areas, because the asteroid fragments inside are easier to mine than those on planets, mining in the complex environment of an asteroid belt is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing. Many asteroids stirred by gravity are constantly moving from the outer edges of the galaxy toward the center of the star.

The structure of most asteroid belts is actually unstable. The ice meteoroids and asteroids in the nebula will constantly break away due to collisions. They are very fast and difficult to detect. Once hit, almost no mechanical equipment can survive, and even ships are very dangerous.

However, there were so many of these mining ships, which showed how efficient their control system and early warning system were.

In addition, Illyrian also saw a flat aircraft. Except for a small part of the bow, most of the hull was an engine. They often traveled side by side in several ships. Behind them were slowly moving large pieces of asteroid fragments, which looked like tugboats used in ports to drag those asteroid fragments, and they were all heading towards Gellan, eventually disappearing from view.

“Chapter Master Sorshyan, where did you find it?”

“Well, I don’t know where it is, anyway, it’s not very far.”

Sorshyan's words were very vague, and Illyrian wasn't sure if they were true or false, but in this kind of matter, whatever the other party said was what it was, and he wasn't qualified to get to the bottom of it.

Or rather, Sorshyan was willing to bring him to see this thing, which was already incredible.

Illyrian knew very well the value of this thing. If the news were to leak out, all the Magi of the forge worlds would flock here, bringing their most powerful fleets and using every means to fight for and occupy it.

This is both a treasure and a root of disaster, and it depends entirely on who controls it.

“So the Randle was repaired here?”

“That’s right. When I first found Gellan, it was severely damaged. Fortunately, the core equipment and systems were fine, and it had a strong self-repair ability, and it only needed to provide enough raw materials and energy.”