141: Chapter 141 The Arrival of the Transmigrator

Xia Xingchen came to his senses and noticed the haggard appearance of Cassandra and Hecuba, so he asked:

"Have you two not been resting?"

Cassandra and Hecuba nodded.

Xia Xingchen looked at their weary expressions and the obvious dark circles under their eyes, and immediately said:

"Go get some rest quickly."

Cassandra and Hecuba nodded upon hearing this, turned around, and retreated.

Xia Xingchen took a shower, changed his clothes, and went to the Supreme Administration.

When he walked into the Administration, the entire massive administrative institution was filled with the clacking of typewriters; one could clearly feel the entire administrative system running at high speed.

One government decree after another was drafted here and immediately issued to various places.

As soon as Xia Xingchen sat down at his seat, Ma Pingliang quickly handed over several reports.

Xia Xingchen carefully opened the first one; it was a proposal regarding the expansion of the Hive City and housing renovation.

The industrial production demand on the entire planet was constantly being raised, so more land was needed to build factories, and these factories could not be too far from energy sources.

Otherwise, energy transmission, road construction, and the like would be a huge expense, so the only solution was to demolish the places where residential houses were originally built.

And rebuild resettlement housing in the surrounding areas.

Xia Xingchen flipped through it roughly, didn't find any problems, and directly signed his name.

The second report was related to military affairs: some nobles had embezzled the relief grain and relief funds issued to the Lower Hive.

Seeing this, the hand Xia Xingchen was holding the pen with tightened slightly.

The report stated that the court's verdict was to punish all of them with burning at the stake.

Xia Xingchen felt it was reasonable and immediately signed his approval.

The entire stellar polity under Xia Xingchen's rule was very direct, highly centralized, and everything took Xia Xingchen's will as the highest execution standard.

The third report was an equipment list that needed Xia Xingchen's review, or more accurately, the details of the equipment shipped back from the Tri-Faer star system.

Xia Xingchen scanned it:

One million sets of standard issue body armor, five hundred thousand standard issue Astra Militarum laser guns, as well as carapace armor, chimera armored vehicles, and various other equipment.

With a wave of his hand, he immediately signed the payment approval.

Soon, news came from the Spaceport: "Two unknown spaceships are approaching our star system."

"They did not show any hostile intent; instead, they sent a friendly communication, expressing their willingness to follow your orders, saying that you summoned them here."

Upon hearing this, Xia Xingchen naturally knew it was the two people he had selected.

He immediately received them in the banquet hall.

When Xu Jian and Su She entered, they were dazzled by what they saw along the way; they couldn't believe that a lone Transmigrator could develop a force to this extent.

When they saw Xia Xingchen, the two realized he was even younger than they had imagined, only with a hint of fatigue between his brows.

This was simple to explain, because before rushing to meet them, Xia Xingchen had just finished dealing with a mountain of documents.

To be precise, he hadn't finished dealing with them all; he had just briefly reviewed the important affairs, and as for the specific implementation, it still had to be left to Ma Pingliang to follow up. But just this review work alone had almost exhausted Xia Xingchen.

Xia Xingchen saw that both of them were Chinese, and a sense of intimacy arose in his heart at seeing fellow countrymen in a different world.

The last time he saw a fellow countryman was when he met Chen Yuan a few years ago.

"You two have come from afar; it has been a hard journey."

Saying this, he reached out and shook hands with both of them one by one.

After a few pleasantries, Xia Xingchen invited the two to sit down. In a simple conversation, Xia Xingchen learned that their experiences were similar; they both relied on the cargo ships and civilian ships in their hands to trade between stars, a bit like unlicensed black market merchants, basically following the information in the chat group, buying low and selling high to earn the price difference.

The first year was very comfortable; relying on engine technology that surpassed the level of warhammer 40k, they didn't need to travel through the Warp.

But soon the system started to reclaim points, and the two had no choice but to dismantle the special engines first to fill the point gap.

The money earned in the previous year was used to buy a Warp engine from the Adeptus Mechanicus, and a Geller field was also added.

After hearing this, Xia Xingchen had only one evaluation: the mysterious foundation of the Adeptus Mechanicus is always unfathomable.

"What kind of life do you hope to live in the future?"

The two looked at each other. Before coming, they had discussed what position to seek under Xia Xingchen, and the final conclusion was that it would be best to be a leisurely noble and live a stable life for a lifetime.

As for their descendants, if they could be taken care of, they would be, and if it really didn't work out, they would let them stand on their own feet.

The two then told Xia Xingchen their thoughts.

After listening, Xia Xingchen had a general idea in his heart, and then with a wave of his hand, he enfeoffed the two as counts, with an annual salary equivalent to that of a general in the Astra Militarum.

He also arranged a manor for each of them in the Upper Hive world, complete with villas, gardens, and swimming pools; everything they could think of was available.

The two didn't need to work, just enjoy themselves with peace of mind, and the servants would take care of all matters.

Xia Xingchen also arranged a leisurely official position for the two; they only needed to sit in the office and sign documents daily, and often they didn't even need to pick up a pen.

Su She and Xu Jian were very satisfied with Xia Xingchen's arrangements and handed over all the technology and assets in their hands without hesitation.

After dealing with all this, Xia Xingchen returned to his bedroom.

At the same time, in order to have an explanation to the outside world, he moved the hibernation pod into the bedroom, claiming to the outside world that he was going into hibernation, but in reality, it was to enter that Warp to hone his martial arts.

He gave instructions that if any major affairs occurred, they should send a message directly to the hibernation pod, and the pod would sound an alarm to wake him up.

After Xia Xingchen finished his instructions, he returned to the bedroom.

And this time, holding mourn-bane, the surrounding environment changed instantly.

Xia Xingchen took a deep breath and stepped forward to grasp the magic sword mourn-bane.

He only felt the surrounding scene flicker, and he returned to that golden, resplendent space again. Before he could react, his head was directly cut off.

After Xia Xingchen resurrected, he pointed speechlessly at the golden-armored Custodian in front of him:

"Are you kidding me? Playing a sneak attack?"

The Custodian, upon hearing this, just calmly said one sentence:

"Treat me as your enemy. Enemies will not reason with you; to win, they will do anything."

As the voice fell, the Custodian killed towards Xia Xingchen again. Xia Xingchen hurriedly raised his sword to block, the Custodian immediately changed moves and slashed horizontally, and Xia Xingchen hurriedly swung his sword to block it again.

"Not bad."

This was the first time Xia Xingchen heard praise from the golden-armored Custodian, but immediately after the third move, he was beheaded by the Custodian on the spot.

"Again!"

Xia Xingchen probably didn't think at this moment that this practice would last for a full ten years.