The deepest part of the underground base. A dark cave, much wider than the base hall, was quickly dug out by David using his superior technology. The taciturn automatic servo robots, moving with surprising efficiency, carried earth and stone fragments that far exceeded their own weight. Slowly and firmly, they transported them outside.
"This is much more convenient than before." David, his metal back slightly hunched as he observed the process, shook his metal head in satisfaction. He kept commanding the obedient automatic servo robots to speed up the sorting process.
At this moment, a blue light flashed in David's eyes, indicating an incoming communication. "Heretic Robot, come and help!" A communication message from the servo-skull Reditus arrived at David's super processor, the voice urgent. However, David stood there with his hands behind his back, motionless. He stared at the automatic servo robots that were moving like ants, very leisurely. He hummed a passage of classical music, his mouth slightly open, ignoring the summons.
"Dear David... Could you please raise your hand and come to help the poor Tech-Priest Reditus?" A few minutes later, Reditus, who seemed to have changed his strategy to one of polite pleading, sent another communication message.
The next moment, David shook his metal head slightly. He stretched his arms and turned to walk out of the dark cave, leaving behind those hardworking and brave automatic servo robots to continue their labor.
Not long after, as David slowly walked, the surrounding environment gradually changed from exposed rocks to a completed area covered with sheet metal. After it passed through a metal passage that could accommodate large vehicles repeatedly entering and exiting, David entered a temporary foundry that was "in full swing."
This place was truly in full swing. Even the temperature in the air had reached an astonishing 100 degrees Celsius.
Boom, boom, boom...
Accompanied by the roar of a large number of machines, a large forging furnace, as high as 50 meters, stood in the center of the foundry. It continued to emit extremely shocking and terrifying high temperatures to the surroundings. Metal pipes with a diameter of two meters were connected to the top of the large forge. The other end led to the inside of the metal wall, and it seemed that more cooling and venting pipes were completely hidden.
"Reditus, you acted on your own again. The foundry is not yet completed, aren't you afraid of causing an accident?" David stepped easily into the high-temperature zone, the blue light in his eyes flashing, compensating for the heat. He stared at the automatic servo robots that kept feeding the heating fuel into the large forge. He turned his head and questioned the servo-skull that shuttled back and forth.
"Ah? What accident? Since the large forge has been built, why not use it? When will the copycat Terminator that the Primarch has been thinking about be manufactured? You, an uneducated heretic, know nothing!" The servo-skull Reditus, who was cursing, quickly stretched out two mechanical clamps. It angrily knocked on an automatic servo robot that was slow in its movements, rattling its metal shell. However, in the face of such a rough repair behavior, this automatic servo robot actually returned to normal operation.
David looked at the metaphysical maintenance method that was far beyond his logical understanding. He couldn't help shaking his metal head. "I'm too lazy to argue with you... Reditus, why did you ask me to come? You're not here just to quarrel with me, are you?"
"Aha... you guessed wrong." Facing the teasing in David's words, the unaware Servo-Skull Reditus drove its anti-gravity engine to fly in front of the other party and said: "I need you to help me build the internal skeleton of a power armor. The remains of the alien metal have been thrown into the forge and are still melting..."
Since it involved power armor, David naturally did not refuse. He followed below Reditus. He gradually came to the front of the large forge. At this time, waves of terrifying heat, enough to melt most metal, kept flowing out of the open furnace door.
"Although I don't have any feeling, I still seem to feel that nostalgic warmth..." The noisy Reditus floated up and down in the air. The two mechanical clamps stretched and retracted repeatedly, shaking constantly. It seemed to have returned to the forging world of the Mechanicus, ecstatic in the heat.
David shook his metal head. His blue eyes stared at the gradually melting Destroyer in the furnace, and he suddenly said: "According to some information known to my Lord, this unknown metal comes from another alien civilization that is a mixture of technology and magic... Reditus, have you figured out the mystery and structure of it?"
"Alas... David, this is difficult. Unless I can really get in touch with the systematic knowledge, from low to high levels, of that alien civilization, I can only make my own 'magic changes' based on my current understanding..."
"Moreover, although the basic knowledge on Terra fills a small gap in my knowledge field, it is also a piece of the puzzle that the old guys in the Mechanicus dream of... But it is not enough, it is far from the golden age of mankind!"
"The humans here have not even rushed out of the earth, which is simply an unspeakable shame! It is also a great disrespect to the Omnissiah!"
"They are too weak! So they need the guidance of the Primarch! They need the glory of the Imperium of Man!" With red light flashing in its eyes, the Servo-Skull Reditus became serious for a rare time. It seemed to have entered the true, zealous state of a Tech-Priest.
"Come on, David... Let's be the first to present a great gift to the Primarch!" Reditus quickly waved its mechanical clamps. Its mechanical sound, filled with high emotion, kept echoing throughout the foundry. For a moment, it seemed that even the roar of the large forge was covered.
"Toll the Great Bell Once! Pull the Lever forward to engage the Piston and Pump."
Countless automatic servo robots, obeying the instructions instantly, accelerated the process of adding fuel. More unknown machines that Reditus had temporarily assembled using ready-made products began to play a role in the forging process.
"Toll the Great Bell Twice! With push of Button fire the Engine. And spark Turbine into life."
The Servo-Skull Reditus flew back and forth around David, supervising every minute detail. As time passed, the terrifying high temperature had completely melted the remains of the Destroyer. Countless metal juices, containing magnificent, unsettling colors, appeared in front of the two, the molten alien metal boiling.
David followed Reditus's instructions and stepped forward. He was unconcerned about the terrifyingly high temperature that almost reached the temperature of the sun's surface, his superior suit protecting him. Two metal palms suddenly passed through the open furnace door. One hand reached directly into the depths of the boiling hot juice!
"Toll the Great Bell Thrice! Sing Praise to the God of All Machines."