92: Chapter 92 Secret Talk

"Your power armor." Reis arrived, clearly pausing halfway through his sentence; his logic engines were running frantically, trying to find the best possible words to explain.

"Under what circumstances would you be able to accept the state of your power armor?"

Xia Xingchen was stunned upon hearing this; he didn't understand what Tech-Priest Reis meant at all.

Seeing this, Tech-Priest Reis had no choice but to pray in his heart:

"Omnissiah, may you forgive me."

Reis quickly reported the status of his power armor to Xia Xingchen.

"How should I put it, your power armor... it has been taken apart."

Xia Xingchen was completely dumbfounded when he heard this.

What do you mean my power armor has been taken apart?

Reis quickly led Xia Xingchen towards the laboratory.

After arriving at the laboratory, Xia Xingchen saw not only Tech-Priests but also an old acquaintance, Dominus Thalia.

At this moment, Thalia, along with a group of Tech-Priests, had completely dismantled Xia Xingchen's power armor.

When Xia Xingchen arrived, he saw the internal structure of the power armor for the first time; it resembled muscle fibers, which could be understood as thick hemp ropes bundled together.

The Dominus and the Tech-Priests were intermingled, carefully inspecting the power armor before them.

"Dominus, what do you think of this power armor?" Xia Xingchen walked over to the Dominus and asked.

Xia Xingchen did not express any dissatisfaction or emotion regarding the Dominus dismantling his power armor.

Thalia did not answer directly. Upon seeing Xia Xingchen arrive, she touched his power armor and immediately stated:

"Please rest assured, we will definitely reassemble your power armor."

After Dominus Thalia finished speaking, she felt it was a bit unfair to Xia Xingchen, so she added:

"Do you like Bolters and Chainswords? I will give you some I have personally crafted."

Before Xia Xingchen could react, Thalia pulled a Bolter and a Chainsword from beneath some unknown mechanical interface on her body.

Then, as if they were apology gifts, she handed them to Xia Xingchen.

Xia Xingchen took the Bolter and discovered that, although this Bolter had no model number, its craftsmanship exceeded that of every Bolter he had ever seen.

It had been personally crafted by the Dominus, and as such, she had even luxuriously used adamantium as a reinforcing material.

This Bolter could also be considered a one-of-a-kind item. As for the Chainsword, it was much simpler and more brutal.

The Dominus had used adamantium directly for the teeth of the Chainsword.

Looking at the Bolter and the Chainsword, Xia Xingchen thought to himself that his Plasma Pistol could now be retired.

"Thank you."

Xia Xingchen took the Bolter from the Dominus's hand; its greater power and penetration capability truly delighted him. It seemed his Plasma Pistol could indeed be retired for now.

"Rest assured, we have finished studying everything inside this power armor, and we will return it to you shortly."

The Dominus quickly set to work, rapidly reassembling the power armor while adding some extra auxiliary equipment to it.

Under Xia Xingchen's incredulous gaze, the Dominus easily reinstalled all the components back onto the power armor.

As expected of an Archmagos; indeed, a Tech-Priest who could climb to the position of Archmagos—one might question their motherboard, but one must never question their technical skill.

Immediately after, the Dominus demonstrated the newly installed auxiliary equipment to Xia Xingchen. The Dominus quickly opened a cover on the arm, then lightly tapped it; a massive shockwave instantly erupted from the power armor itself, spreading outwards.

The immense power instantly filled the entire laboratory with chaos, as the powerful electrical shockwave sent surrounding papers and objects flying.

"Governor, your power armor certainly has advantages in single-target combat, but it lacks area-of-effect attack capabilities when facing groups of enemies."

The Dominus quickly pointed out the flaw in Xia Xingchen's power armor.

"Therefore, I have installed an electrical shockwave generator to ensure you can increase your survivability when facing multiple enemies."

Dominus Thalia's Servo-skull flashed with red light; she had finished collecting all the data, and the data collection work for Xia Xingchen's power armor was now complete.

She allowed Xia Xingchen to retrieve his power armor.

Over the next three months, all the equipment Xia Xingchen had purchased was produced.

Under the almost ceaseless manufacturing in the Tri-Faer K1 District, all the equipment was neatly parked in the Spaceport on the final day.

At this moment, Xia Xingchen was watching from The Spire as the last batch of equipment was loaded onto the Space Elevator and subsequently transported to the Spaceport.

The brief three-month period was coming to an end.

Xia Xingchen picked up some unknown black tea and took a sip.

"The Dominus needs to see you." Cassandra reported the message from the doorway.

Xia Xingchen immediately put down his cup, then turned and said to Cassandra:

"Very well."

Dominus Thalia clearly intended to have an exceptionally mysterious conversation with Xia Xingchen; after entering, she immediately expelled everyone present, even having the Servo-skulls driven out.

"It seems you have something to say to me?"

Dominus Thalia approached Xia Xingchen, and for the first time, Xia Xingchen could discern something like an expression on Thalia's face.

Thalia was silent for a moment, seemingly having made up her mind, and asked Xia Xingchen:

"Do you truly intend to collaborate with us long-term?"

Before leaving, Xia Xingchen had provided the Tri-Faer system with a cooperation order lasting 500 years.

It included everything from the most basic flak armor to warships.

In other words, over the next 500 years, at least one location in all of Tri-Faer would have to continuously produce equipment for the Daxia Star System.

Upon seeing this order, even the Fabricator-General couldn't help but be surprised!

Fabricator-General Helios O'Brian immediately dispatched Dominus Thalia to investigate the situation and see if it was true.

"Regarding the order you requested, we have always had questions."

Sitting at the table, he met Dominus Thalia's gaze, then took a sip of black tea.

"Oh, are there any problems?"

"Do you know what the total value of this 500-year equipment order will reach?"

Xia Xingchen, upon hearing this, had not made a precise calculation and casually stated a number:

"It might be in the tens of billions, I suppose."

Just throwing out a number, he felt that was roughly the amount.

Dominus Thalia heard this and said:

"It is far more than you imagine."

"It is fully in the hundreds of billions, and could even reach trillions of throne gelt."

Is it that much?

Xia Xingchen was stunned when he heard this value.

"In what manner will you make payment?"

"Ores, agricultural products, lost technology, necessary military aid, or other areas you desire; as long as I can do it, I will assist you."

The Dominus looked at Xia Xingchen; in reality, she had been pondering one thing all along: was Xia Xingchen intentionally luring them to meet with him?

Xia Xingchen's intention was for the Tri-Faer system and the Daxia Star System to establish a relationship, much like that between Terra and Mars.