86: Chapter 85 Psionicists

Xia Xingchen and Katrus arrived at the cargo elevator landing platform and saw Katrus's crew unloading cargo from it in a continuous stream.

Xia Xingchen came over, looked around, and saw tens of thousands of slaves.

However, slaves were no longer Xia Xingchen's most pressing concern; after Xia Xingchen conquered Vanad Planet, the population pressure had been greatly alleviated.

The items Katrus brought the most of were Imperial standard issue M36 laser guns, flak armor, and weapons like hellguns.

However, there were differences in the standards and quality of these weapons and equipment.

Overall, they were decent equipment.

Among them, one item was covered with a red cloth, and Katrus's guards did not allow anyone to approach it; even their own people were roughly interfered with.

"What is that?"

Xia Xingchen's gaze immediately focused on that object; it was simply too eye-catching.

Katrus clearly treated that item as his trump card, having first shown Xia Xingchen the slaves.

"This time, I have brought you nothing but excellent technicians and skilled slaves; they are high-quality resources in any world."

Watching the large number of Servo-skulls and Servitors conducting inspections, Xia Xingchen heard Katrus's words and simply stated heroically:

"You name the price."

Xia Xingchen did not need to worry about money at all, because the underground battlecruiser was being mined on a large scale.

Now, Xia Xingchen was able to fully begin salvaging that battlecruiser, especially since its keel was made entirely of adamantium.

Just imagine, a battlecruiser with a million tons of adamantium was enough for Xia Xingchen to buy anything without blinking.

If it weren't for the fact that the Ultima Segmentum truly lacked a market, Xia Xingchen wouldn't be holding onto a mountain of gold with no use for it.

Like a salesperson, Katrus began to lecture Xia Xingchen on how excellent his equipment was.

"This time, the 30,000 slaves I brought you are just the foundation; these weapons and equipment are the real bulk, and they are enough to arm an elite force of 100,000 for you."

Listening to Katrus's sales pitch, Xia Xingchen asked a question at this moment:

"I took a look, and it seems the vast majority are infantry equipment. Are there no armored weapons?"

Upon hearing this, Katrus felt annoyed in his heart: Damn it, it seems the Archon has discovered this issue. He quickly explained:

"Apologies, my friend, I have already placed an order for armored equipment."

Katrus was also helpless; if it had been before the Ramon Dynasty collapsed, Katrus could have completely cut the line to get the equipment, but now he couldn't.

"Please rest assured, when I come next year, I will include armored equipment in our trade list as well."

Hearing this, Xia Xingchen comforted Katrus, telling him not to be so flustered:

"Oh, don't worry, my friend, I was just a little curious; I have no dissatisfaction whatsoever."

Xia Xingchen then immediately waved his hand:

"I will take all the slaves and equipment you have brought." He then added, "Everything will be settled in adamantium. Of course, if you want throne gelt, gems, or artwork, I can bring some of those out for you as well."

After conquering Vanad Planet, Xia Xingchen had also obtained quite a lot of Imperial throne gelt and other items, such as gems and artwork; no matter what Katrus wanted, he could provide it.

After all, Xia Xingchen was truly uninterested in these gems and artwork.

"Oh, no, no, no, my Archon friend, I think using adamantium for the trade is very reasonable."

Xia Xingchen nodded; indeed, compared to throne gelt, precious mineral resources were the hard currency.

The finance officer had already arrived before Xia Xingchen with a Servo-skull; after calculating, they printed out the price list for the goods via the Servo-skull.

"Archon, this is the quote we have provided."

Xia Xingchen took the quote and began to look it over.

First was the weapons and equipment; there were both good and bad ones, totaling around 10 million throne gelt.

As for the 30,000 slaves, there was no doubt about these; the ones Katrus gave him were the best technicians and the strongest slaves, basically all able to sell for over 400 throne gelt each.

The quote for this was 14 million throne gelt.

The total value was 24 million throne gelt.

Calculated according to the price of adamantium, it could be exchanged for three tons of adamantium.

Xia Xingchen then handed the list to Katrus, asking him to check if there were any problems, and if there were no questions, they would proceed with the transaction according to the price list set by the finance officer.

Katrus saw it and had no questions, but he called a halt to the transaction:

"Wait a moment, Archon, our transaction is not completely finished yet!"

Xia Xingchen was stunned upon hearing this; not completely finished, what did that mean?

But all the items to be traded had been brought, right?

Katrus immediately led Xia Xingchen to the cage covered by the red cloth:

"Archon, I spent a great deal of effort to get this item from inside the black market, and you will absolutely, absolutely love it."

Katrus personally led Xia Xingchen to the front of the cage, then yanked the red cloth off the cage.

Xia Xingchen looked closely.

The girl on the left had long, clean blue hair like a clear sky, draped softly down to her waist, with the tips of her hair shimmering with a faint luster; those ice-blue pupils were clear and bright, as if containing an entire deep ocean, carrying a trace of cold aloofness.

The girl on the right had long, mysterious violet hair like violets, with the same length and the same hairstyle; only those deep purple pupils were as profound as the night, flowing with a cunning and enchanting light, as if they could suck a person's soul in.

Completely identical, world-shaking appearances; eyes like rippling autumn waters, jade noses and cherry lips, skin whiter than snow; the proportions of every facial feature were perfect to the point of being impeccable.

Are they personal maids prepared for me?

"Archon, these two Psykers are what I have prepared for you; they are Cassandra and Hecuba, respectively."

Hearing this, Xia Xingchen turned to look at Katrus:

What does that mean? Psykers? The two of them are Psykers?

"Mr. Katrus, I don't think these two Psykers of yours are recorded in the Imperial archives, are they?"

Xia Xingchen pulled Katrus aside and asked quietly.

The Empire was extremely strict about the supervision of Psykers, and Xia Xingchen really wanted to know how these two Psykers had escaped the scrutiny of the Imperial Black Ships.

Hearing this, Katrus didn't care at all and smiled, patting Xia Xingchen on the chest.

"Why, don't you like them?"