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He is the lowest-level engineering robot, and is based on a force of 10 tons.
The war began, and a brutal massacre ensued when the mining robots charged into the horde of Khorne demons.
With a single-handed strength reaching 10 tons, these mining robots encountered almost no obstacles as they ruthlessly annihilated all enemies amidst the hordes of Khorneas.
In just the first round of combat, Khorne's demons were melted away like snowflakes encountering flames.
Their charge failed.
The industrial robots even launched a counterattack against them.
Meanwhile, the Planetary Defense Force also launched attacks in some of the more peripheral areas of the battlefield.
These powerful planetary defense forces, which bear the name of the Planetary Defense Force but are in reality no different from Space Marines, stormed into the demon horde and wreaked havoc with their power swords.
No one could withstand a single sword strike from them. They charged into the crowd and, with just a gentle swing of their weapons, wiped out rows of demons.
A relentless stream of demons charged toward Lionsgate, only to be annihilated in turn. Khorne's Dark Lord had met his greatest adversary.
After all, those industrial robots are too monstrous. You have to understand that even the Emperor-class Titans only weigh tens of thousands of tons.
In other words, at this point, the industrial robot could lift an Emperor-class Titan with one hand.
Under such terrifying force, any unit that wants to engage in physical combat or close-quarters fighting with them is simply courting death.
The defensive cannons on Lion Gate continued to fire, but they were mostly observing the battle below, watching the machine army push back.
The only thing that could be effective against these units was the ranged attacks that Khorne's demons had always looked down upon; those Imperial weapons could still be somewhat effective.
Even heavy artillery or the main cannons of Marauder-class and Battleship-class Titans can still inflict considerable damage on these industrial robots.
The Solar Fury missiles can also inflict devastating damage on industrial robots, all of which are captured weapons of the Human Empire.
In addition, the continuous attacks by numerous explosive weapons can also cause corresponding damage to industrial robots, although such damage is negligible.
These are the ranged attacks that the Khorne demon despises the most.
Unfortunately, the Khorne Demon can only make a breakthrough through these ranged attacks.
Chapter 73 How can there be so many people?
A large number of Khorne demons are now being pushed back.
However, due to the Horde's invasion of the human empire, the weapons captured there were so numerous that even Zhou Qing's engineering legion could not be deployed.
However, because the metal materials used by the Engineering Corps are not high-end, the number of Engineering Corps members is gradually decreasing.
Of course, this rate of reduction was exceptionally slow; after a full eight hours of fighting, only 16 engineering robots were lost.
The Battle of Lionsgate seems to have reached a point where it's almost over. It can be left to the siege legion and the regular planetary defense forces. As for the other units, they can continue to attack according to the pre-arranged plan.
"Trajan is leaving this to you. I am handing over command of the mechanical legion to you. You can now command them in battle."
Zhou Qing had no interest in wasting any more time here. He turned to look at the commander of the Imperial Guard and then handed over command of the mechanical legion directly to him.
"Alright, you can now command this force in battle. Command of the Empire's army is now in your hands. I have only one request: annihilate these demons, wipe them out completely!"
After saying that, Zhou Qing patted Trajan's shoulder and then left the command room for the battle between the sects. He felt that he was no longer needed to command.
While working together to fight these demons, Zhou Qing was more concerned about the livelihood issues on Terra, as the lives of his fellow humans were simply appalling.
Why did demons appear on Terra so easily?
Why do demons appear so easily in the capital of the human empire?
Isn't it because the human empire's livelihood issues are just too terrible?
If these people in the human capital can live a good life, why would they follow the devil? Isn't that just plain stupid?
Therefore, there is no point in continuing to kill demons here.
Don't be fooled by the fact that killing these warp demons on the battlefield is no different from killing dogs; this is not a fundamental solution.
As long as chaos magic persists, warp demons will continue to emerge in an endless stream, since few units besides the psionic legions can completely eliminate them.
Even if this time the troops were mobilized to launch a full-scale counterattack and eliminate those who practiced heretical magic.
But what about next time?
Unless the situation on Terra is effectively changed, this situation will inevitably recur sooner or later.
Is it really possible to rely solely on the light emanating from that god called the Emperor to ensure that no evil god will appear on this planet?
Such methods are undoubtedly somewhat inadequate. Is it still a civilization to entrust the life and death of an entire civilization to a powerful being?
This is nothing but a vassal!
A true civilization should not be a vassal of its leader, but rather the leader's strongest support. The current human empire can be said to be merely a vassal of the god called the Emperor.
Once that god disappears, the entire empire will fall apart.
Meanwhile, the human kin called the Emperor could not receive aid from his own civilization; he had to rely on himself to maintain this vast empire.
Such measures are nothing more than a slow death.
Zhou Qing left Lionsgate, handing over command to Trajan, the commander of the Royal Guard, while he himself went to the Ministry of the Interior in Terra Palace.
At this time, Guilliman was already holding a meeting with the Highlords in the Highlord Council, while Zhou Qing appeared at the Ministry of the Interior.
The Ministry of the Interior is arguably the largest, most bloated, and most crucial bureaucracy in the human empire.
Zhou Qing had never seen an interstellar civilization's Ministry of Internal Affairs so large, with 100 billion staff members just responsible for managing the operation and internal affairs of such a small place as the Imperial Palace.
When Zhou Qing's spiritual energy enveloped the entire Ministry of the Interior and he took a headcount, he was shocked by how inefficient the Ministry of the Interior was.
He couldn't understand why a palace would need so many internal affairs personnel; it seemed a bit outrageous.
Aside from this incredible feat, Zhou Qing also felt a kind of pressure, which came from the sheer number of people. With so many people, wouldn't their meals become a problem?
The number of officials alone exceeds 100 billion, and that doesn't even include ordinary citizens—
After all, the human empire's greatest strength lies in its large unofficial population, including petitioners, slaves, laborers, civilians, visitors, pilgrims, and illegal immigrants.
When Zhou Qing used his spiritual power to scan the entire palace and count the number of people, he was annoyed to discover that such a small place as the palace was actually crammed with a total of 800 billion people.
Zhou Qing felt a sensation called numbness for the first time.
Are you crazy? ! !
Zhou Qing simply couldn't believe the number of people he had counted. How could such a small place have a total of 800 billion people?
It should be noted that after the Human Federation destroyed the Earth Federation, it also successfully reclaimed Earth, humanity's home planet.
After 100 years of rule by the Human Federation, the population of Earth's home planet is only a mere 70 billion, which is the optimal population that the Human Federation has maintained after detailed calculations.
At its peak, the population of the earth never exceeded 100 billion, and what did he see now?
He saw a palace that was crammed with a total of 800 billion people.
This is absolutely defying the heavens.
According to the calculations of the Human Federation, such a large number of people would need to consume 80 units of food per month.
This is just the amount of food needed by the people in such a small place as the palace. If the entire population of Holy Terra is added up, Zhou Qing roughly estimates that at least 2000 units of food are needed here every month.
For a moment, Zhou Qing felt as if he had been completely stunned.
How could he possibly not be able to produce so much food from his empty hands to keep the planet running?
Although he is a scientist, he did not say that scientists are omnipotent. Scientists will naturally find a way to solve this problem, but which method does not take time?
At this moment, Zhou Qing felt the immense trouble brought about by the sheer size of the human empire.
At present, it is not easy to build any food production building in the Human Federation here.
It seems that everything points to the last resort, the last way to quickly obtain food: the Green Farm.
Chapter 74 Green Farm
The Green Farm is the only production facility Zhou Qing can think of that can effectively solve the food problem, since any production facility in the constellation takes time to build.
Such construction is based on the terrifying construction speed of the Human Federation itself. If it were the Human Empire, it would be different without his help.
Even if you give them the blueprints and the construction methods, it would still take them more than ten years to build a hydroponic farm.
Even if he could send out engineering robots to build the hydroponic farm, there is a limit to how many engineering robots there can be, and it would take at least 200 days to build it.
Therefore, building food production facilities is too difficult; in comparison, green farms are a more suitable option.
The Green Skin Farm is not a technology of the Human Federation, but a technology developed by Zhou Qing in this universe, composed of Green Skin Spores.
These green-skinned buns can grow in any environment, and factories equipped with phase weapons can obtain large quantities of green-skinned meat in just a few weeks.
In half a month, you can train a qualified green-skinned kid, or even a qualified green-skinned boss.
The growth and development of green skin is influenced by Waaagh energy.
The denser the Waaahg energy, the faster they grow.
Of course, this is not fixed.
Zhou Qing also discovered some other things during his long-term research.
The Green Farm is a very useful thing, so Zhou Qing is naturally willing to spend some time and energy to study the farm's production capacity.
In his research, he developed a growth nutrient that can promote the rapid growth and development of green skin.
With this nutrient spray, a green-skinned boy can grow in just one day.
It will also cause it to grow more flesh, turning what was originally a 50/50 mix of fungi and flesh into a 2/3 flesh and 1/3 inedible fungi mix.
Under the operation of the automated harvesting device at the green farm, the mushrooms are directly thrown back to the farm to continue growing and developing.
Meat, on the other hand, can undergo standardized processing to remove those that don't taste good, leaving enough high-quality meat to be served on people's tables.
Moreover, Zhou Qing could easily make the potion that accelerated the growth of green skin by hand.
This fully provides the standardized production modules for establishing a rapidly growing green farm.
Most importantly, the green spores in Zhou Qing's hands are no longer the original green spores. He has made some genetic modifications to them, adding some delicious qualities to these green spores.
At the same time, he also made some minor modifications to the genes of these green-skinned creatures, since these green-skinned creatures are intelligent beings, and killing them might cause discomfort to some people.
As a top scientist in the Federation of Humanity, he naturally took this into consideration, in order to ensure that all humans could safely consume these foods.