Chapter 145 Uninvited Guest

Being favored makes one feel fearless, this sentence may be referring to Hogg himself!

In the Imperial Palace on Terra, the Emperor and Malcador were squatting on the steps, drawing a sample of the "Emperor's Spirit" called the True Nail that was given to them for their experience.

As three streams of green smoke rose, the juice extracted from the Catachan man-eating tree was atomized and sucked into the bodies of the two men and the cat. The slight corrosiveness burned their organs, causing the Emperor to sigh:

"This thing is really powerful!"

"I'm right, right? That big guy with a cool golden color is the great victory of the modern school. Those traditional scum will surely be eliminated by the times, and I, Rick, am the real hero!"

Looking at the mechanical life forms below that were dancing and showing exaggerated expressions, Macador felt that he might have to work overtime again. What Hogg was doing this time would definitely attract the attention of various forces.

"What a mess! Lord, can't that kid just be a little less worried? He just does this kind of big things when he has nothing to do. Doesn't he know that I was the one who cleaned up the Zerg issue last time?

Because of this, the Ministry of the Interior has exhausted 17 skilled political workers, and now they have come up with an 'Emperor Spirit'. I really want to beat him to death."

As if he had already seen himself working overtime in the future, Macador took a deep breath helplessly, contributing a little to the air pollution on Terra.

The old friend's complaints did not make the Emperor feel annoyed with these robot cats. After excluding his initial rage, the Emperor found that these interesting little things were really pretty good.

As the Lord of Humanity and the highest military force of the Empire, the Emperor could see that this individual named Zhending had peculiar soul fluctuations, and seeing through the phenomenon to the essence, he discovered that this was a machine soul that had become a spirit.

Recalling that the Alpha Report said that Hogg obtained a fragment of the Star God from Sanguinius, and created this group of little things not long after that.

The Emperor could easily guess what had happened, and after scanning with psychic energy, he did find psychic energy on Zhending that matched the energy fluctuations of the Star God.

Coupled with the detailed experimental records included in the Hogg Report, the Emperor began to seriously consider the possibility of making them vassals of humanity, and the result was obviously feasible.

Although he knew that the appearance of these little guys would definitely have an impact on the empire, the merits outweigh the flaws. Rick could indeed enhance the combat effectiveness of the imperial army.

The most important thing is that the emperor likes this little thing very much and agrees with his taste, unlike some rebellious son who only makes him angry.

and so……

"My friend, you are carrying the weight of the empire on your shoulders! Please work harder for the revival of mankind. I agree that this race called Rick will become a vassal of mankind and grant them the title of 'Emperor Spirit'."

In terms of being inhuman, the Emperor and Hogg are exactly the same. Just as Hogg has the Grand Steward Emilia, Old Man Huang also has the Sigillant Malcador.

The Regent, who was just making a few complaints, was shocked by the shamelessness of his old friend. It turned out that you two, father and son, were happy, but in the end, I was the one who suffered.

But Malcador, who had boarded the Emperor's pirate ship, had no choice but to do as he was told. He was born to be a hard worker. It can only be said that good people are often bullied. Without Malcador, the Empire could not function.

Soon, a vassal race named Rick appeared in the Imperial archives, and as the Black Watch ran around everywhere, humans also saw these little creatures.

The Rick clan was given the title of "Emperor's Spirit" by the Emperor, which successfully dispelled the investigation of most forces. However, they found that this group of Ricks was very fond of selling tobacco.

They are also divided into three factions, one is the orange Rick who advocates electronic cigarettes, the other is the black and white Rick who advocates traditional cigarettes, and the leopard Rick that combines the ancient and the modern. The most ridiculous thing is that it really attracted a group of people who like to watch the fun and don't mind making trouble. After they chose a large camp that suits their preferences, they actually formed a party and fought with other forces.

In this regard, Hogg, as the initiator, can only sigh that no matter what era it is, the nature of human camp division will never change.

………………

The forge world Sphinx, located in the Alicia sector, was chosen by Hogg to be the breeding base for the Rick clan.

The mechanics on it also like these clever little creatures very much, not to mention that they can make strange inventions just like the greenskins, which makes these tentacle monsters exclaim that this is the manifestation of Om Messiah.

As the main location of Rick's production base, there is a whole company of Black Watch stationed here, most of whom are Space Marines with a high degree of adaptability to psionic energy.

The main job of this group of people is to hunt subspace creatures, throw these energy-rich corpses into the psionic furnace as firewood, and provide energy for Rick's birth.

What no one knew was that an uninvited guest sneaked into the warehouse where the machine soul attachments were stored and secretly replaced the core materials used to produce Rick.

Looking at the report of Sphinx's stable production, Hogg suddenly found that the probability of Rick's birth was a bit high recently, but this did not attract Hogg's attention.

"Maybe it's because the new machine soul attachment is better! After all, this thing depends on probability."

Putting down the report in his hand, Hogg was curious why Old Man Huang had actually been sensible this time and did not come over to beat him up. Could it be that he was impressed by his genius creation?
Just when Hogg was sighing about his talent, an alarm came from the planet's defense satellite, an unknown ship crossed from Mandeville Point to Alicia.

Taking a quick look at the satellite footage, it was clear that the damaged ships were not from the Empire, but were undoubtedly junked ships of another race.

"Father, we have come into contact with the wreck. The situation here is a bit special. I think you should come and take a look."

The voice of Captain Li Ang of the Ninth Company was heard through the mental network, which made Hogg interested in this ship. He called his guards and flew to the star port on a landing ship.

The first thing Hogg saw when he arrived at the starport was that the alien wreck had a hole cut by plasma, and a group of oil men were going in and out.

Leon, wearing power armor, was waiting for Hogg at the gap. When he saw him coming, he immediately ran over and guided Hogg through the gap into the wrecked ship.

The moment Hogg entered the ship, he discovered something was wrong. At first he thought it was an alien spaceship, but the technology used inside the ship was very similar to that of the Empire.

As they continued to go deeper, Hogg became more and more certain that this was a human spaceship. It was just that their technology was different from that of the Empire, but the general direction was the same.

Soon Hogg saw an intact corpse. Testing showed that the DNA code of this creature was basically the same as that of humans. They were humans, and even more genetically similar to humans than humans.

What’s interesting is that most of this corpse is made up of mechanical parts, with only the spine and brain being living tissue. After comparing more corpses, Hogg had a guess.

"They are the Jingyuan Federation!"

(End of this chapter)