93: Chapter 91 Going Back

"This Mars is weighing heavily on you all!"

Through his observations of Tri-Faer during this time, Xia Xingchen quickly realized that many Tech-Priests, and even some Dominus, did not belong to Tri-Faer at all, but rather to Mars.

Their purpose was to steal the core technology of Tri-Faer, but unfortunately, Tri-Faer's vigilance against them was quite high, and these individuals could only perform menial tasks.

Tech-Priest Dominus Thalia finally revealed her true intentions:

"We can proceed with this transaction, but in return, I hope that if the Daxia Star System becomes powerful in the future, you will support our Triplex Phall Forge World."

Upon hearing this, it was clear to Xia Xingchen that Tri-Faer was betting on his future.

"I agree."

Xia Xingchen's voice was not loud, but his eyes revealed immense determination.

Hearing the answer she wanted, Tech-Priest Dominus Thalia nodded, stood up with satisfaction, and her tall figure loomed over Xia Xingchen.

"My logic engine determines that you are not lying. I am willing to provide guarantees for you and trust you."

After saying this, the Dominus turned and left.

Xia Xingchen did not know if what he had done was right, but at the very least, if he wanted to establish a foothold on the human political stage in the future, he needed to gather enough allies and absolutely could not fight alone.

Just then, a knock sounded at the door: knock, knock, knock.

Cassandra opened the door and then reminded Xia Xingchen:

"My lord, the warship is ready and can depart at any time. Captain Zheng Hai asks if you wish to stay here for one night?"

Xia Xingchen declined Zheng Hai's suggestion:

"No, there is no need. We are leaving now."

Xia Xingchen stood up. Cassandra and Hecuba packed everything up for him and followed closely behind him, while Xia Xingchen proceeded directly to the Space Elevator, accompanied by his guards.

At the Spaceport, the thousands of tons of adamantium that Xia Xingchen had brought served as the security deposit for the next 500 years of trade.

With all goods and funds exchanged, the dream star began to leave the port.

Several days later.

Xia Xingchen's warship returned to the Spaceport of the Vanad System.

Through the joint efforts of Saint Sabbat and Frankie, the entire planet had restored order and begun the process of expanding its military.

Of the original 600,000 Planetary Defense Force troops on Vanad Planet, 300,000 had been incorporated into the Astra Militarum.

But this was not the end.

Even with the 100,000 from the Daxia Star System, the entire expeditionary force had only mustered 400,000, not even reaching half of the target.

In particular, the Death Assault Army and the Ironclad Heavy Army also needed to be built and organized.

These two units were not conventional Astra Militarum; they were true elites. Just like the Krieg or Armageddon legions, they were Xia Xingchen's true elite forces.

The resources required for their formation were much greater than those for ordinary units.

These two units were to be built last, which meant that excluding these 200,000, Xia Xingchen still had a shortfall of 400,000 men.

Originally, Xia Xingchen had been worried that Frankie would not be able to meet the goal, but clearly, his worry was unnecessary.

As it turned out, in less than half a year since Xia Xingchen had arrived at Vanad, he had managed to assemble an army of 400,000.

Of these 400,000, one-third came from the common people, one-third from the gang members on Vanad, and the remaining one-third from the upper nobility.

Xia Xingchen looked at the report handed to him by the Servo-skull.

Xia Xingchen now had nearly 53 divisions under his command.

This number did not even fully account for the unformed Ironclad Heavy Army and Death Assault Army.

As troops directly commanded by Xia Xingchen, the scale of these two units reached 200,000 personnel.

Xia Xingchen had calculated that 53 divisions, combined with the Death Assault Army, the Ironclad Heavy Army, and the Star Guard, would be enough to muster a million-strong army.

This army would be collectively known as the Troy Expeditionary Army Group.

Next, Xia Xingchen's remaining primary focus would be on the construction of the Ironclad Heavy Army and the Death Assault Army.

Xia Xingchen checked; there was only one month left before the end of the year.

The 700,000 Astra Militarum troops training on Vanad Planet were basically finished with their training.

This year, Xia Xingchen intended to spend it on Vanad Planet.

On the last day of the year, Xia Xingchen paid 100 million points to the system on time and exchanged them for the third technology he wanted—Servitor efficiency enhancement technology.

There was only one year left until Xia Xingchen's final agreement; once this year ended, Xia Xingchen would need to have his army ready and wait for Inquisitor Kolo to arrive.