Many people are acting around Guilliman, implementing her will and executing her orders.
Make sure the empire is run according to her will.
Countless troops and heroes are fighting the war outside.
Use courage and sacrifice to forge the immortal glory of the empire, and seek the path for mankind to move towards the future and towards the heavens.
In a sense, each department on the Emperor Supreme is also facing a war.
Bureaucrats battle with paperwork and data.
From the fragmentary reports, obtain data about the front line and assess whether they need the reported reinforcements and supplies.
The resources of the empire are precious.
But the Holy Emperor's ambitions are so huge.
Don't waste it at will.
We must ensure that resources are used where they are needed most.
Men and women in various uniforms ran back and forth in several huge strategic halls.
Levitating servo skulls and information windows followed them around.
They are the lubricant and heart of this huge empire, ensuring the operation of the empire.
Without them, the Holy Emperor would be unable to effectively control the Empire.
Kaur moved among the clerical staff.
He did not come alone.
But with a team.
Walking in the front, the mechanical priest wearing a red robe held a flag and sprinkled sacred oil on the road ahead.
Sages of various professions surrounded Kaur, forming a well-organized team with clear class distinctions.
The servitors that served them emitted the aroma of oil smoke and the humming rhythm of data transmissions, and the flying jar-born angels chirped out binary blessings.
Imperial bureaucrats along the way paid tribute to the Chief Sage.
Kaur's reputation was high.
It took him ten thousand years to bring the Holy Emperor back from his coma.
If it weren't for him, humanity would have quickly perished after Abaddon destroyed Cadia.
His achievements are enough to enter the history books of the empire and leave a strong mark.
At present, he is also the Holy Emperor's most trusted assistant.
Kaul ignored the many clerks and bureaucrats who were bowing.
With his status and position, he no longer needs to participate in those energy-wasting personal relationships and political struggles.
He led the team straight through the inner corridor with no external windows.
Walk through the beautifully carpeted corridors where large machines and equipment are buried.
Priceless golden sculptures are set into shrines covered in coils of electrical cables.
Murals depicting the eight heroic primarchs and the Holy Emperor, as well as numerous heroes of the Empire, were engraved into the shiny metal surfaces.
Some mechanical personnel were busy back and forth, maintaining and repairing the operation of the machines.
Kaur and others arrived at the huge vaulted antechamber.
Sicarius and Marshal Valanor were there.
Above them, a crystal chandelier gleamed.
Under their feet, the carpets were finely woven and intricately designed.
"Chief Sage." Sicarius walked up to Caul.
"Where is your majesty?" asked Kaul.
"She is handling some urgent government affairs in her study. Please follow me."
Valanor wore a tall conical helmet that hid his face.
Through the eyepiece of his helmet, Valanor stared silently at the team of sages.
He only nodded to Kaur when he passed by.
The Grand Marshal of the Guards who commands the Order of the Guards has a status no less than that of the Chief Sage.
For this, there is no need to perform the same rituals as others.
Valanor is always on guard against everything.
His helmet scanned the sages.
Several sages are outlined in red, indicating that they are in extreme danger.
Data labels flash a small amount of data about them.
Cawl's ranks of Magos include powerful figures from many of the Grand Orders of the Mechanicum.
They all underwent crazy mechanical modifications and genetic upgrades on themselves.
The strength of a sage is not only reflected in his knowledge, but also in his martial arts.
Many sages would embed world-destroying weapons into their bodies.
Valano assessed the threat posed by these people.
Calculating how long it would take to kill them all.
This is the duty of the Imperial Guards.
The Ten Thousand Men must eliminate all threats to the Holy Emperor.
The struggle for power is everywhere.
The achievements of the empire inspired countless people.
But the greed and selfishness of those bad guys can never be satisfied. They will not care about the achievements of the empire, but will focus short-sightedly on their own interests.
Killing the Holy Emperor and disrupting the situation would allow them to gain more.
There are also some people who are in high positions but have forgotten their original intentions.
They are enslaved by desire and power, secretly carrying out various illegal activities that are not permitted by imperial law.
They are eager to restore the old system, pass on their despicable genes forever, and poison the human empire.
The existence of the Holy Emperor is destined to make their ideas impossible to realize.
Only by killing the Holy Emperor can they mobilize enough power to abolish the current system and restore their former noble status.
Kaur's entourage waited there.
The First Magus himself followed Sicarius to Guilliman's private study.
The huge gilded door slowly opened.
Kaur walked in with a pious look.
It was a high-ceilinged room, cold and devoid of warmth or luxury.
The light came from the lumen lamp on the roof, illuminating the huge study.
"Your Majesty." Cawl saluted Guilliman, who was standing behind his desk.
"You go out first, Sicarius." Guilliman said gently.
The door closed as Sicarius walked out.
Isolate the noisy sounds outside.
Silence fell upon the room.
Only the soft hum of the data device echoed in the room.
"How are the various research works going?" Guilliman put down the data crystal in his hand and rubbed his forehead to relieve the fatigue brought by work.
"Everything is on the right track. Several sages who are exploring outside have brought us many new ideas and technical directions. Sage Sigma has entered a world where she can use the power of emotions to transform into a giant. She is trying to analyze the principles of how those powers work. If possible, this technology will soon be available to us."
"Your brother, the two Primarchs Ferrus and Vulkan have also made outstanding achievements. The microcosm miniaturization project proposed by Ferrus has achieved a theoretical breakthrough, but only lacks the technology to transform the theory into practical use. Vulkan has made a new application in weapons. The rule-based products collected in the inter-universe tunnel have given him new inspiration. He plans to create a batch of weapons that can distort the rules. If successful, the inter-universe expeditionary force can use these weapons to gain greater advantages."
"Preliminary results have been obtained for the background analysis of Universe 04 and Universe 05. One is a ruined universe left behind by a supernatural civilization, and the other is likely a digitized experimental universe created by another civilization."
Guilliman listened to Cawl's report.
The sages are currently working hard to update the various technologies needed for the cross-universe expeditionary force and the empire's economy and politics.
Develop specialized restraining technologies for the various enemies encountered by the Imperial Expeditionary Force.
Guilliman synthesized this information, thinking about which technologies would require more resources to ensure they could gain a greater advantage for the Imperium in the upcoming war.
The Empire must rule a universe before he can obtain the fifth-stage database.
The best choice is naturally the local universe.
But the threat from the four gods made Guilliman a little worried.
He defeated the opponent's minions and traitors who defected to the opponent.
But to the Chaos Gods, these are nothing more than chess pieces in the game getting out of control, far from threatening their own foundations.
Guilliman was worried that if he invested too much in the native universe, the Four Gods would take advantage of the situation and repeat the great rebellion, which would be very troublesome.
To this end, after careful consideration, he decided to focus the task of conquering a universe on Universe 04.
It was a ruined universe left behind after the collapse of a transcendental civilization.
Compared with other universes, it is less difficult.
Universe 01 is a purely corrupt universe, and the Empire must conquer and cleanse those worlds before it can colonize them.
The only ones who have appeared in Universe 02 and are fighting against the Empire are the captive superheroes and the Pantheon members who are nurtured by the beliefs of civilization.
The real mastermind behind the scenes, the so-called First Cause - the minions of the Supreme God, has not appeared yet.
To conquer that universe, one must face an omniscient and omnipotent being of the same level as Yog-Sothoth.
From the data read from the cosmic background and the words of some captured observers, we can know that the Supreme God is the ultimate existence of Universe 02 and the creator of that multiverse.
Behind Universe 03 is the creator of the reincarnation game, and also a terrifying existence that holds countless players in captivity. If the Empire wants to rule that universe, it must fight against the other party.
Guilliman is not going to give up on rescuing and conquering these three universes, he just needs to prioritize.
The current main task is to obtain the fifth-stage database so that humans can acquire more powerful technology.
It is a good thing to put energy and resources into the abandoned Universe 04.
The civilizations in Universe 04 are all extraordinary civilizations built on the basis of subspace technology, and have now collapsed.
The cause of the crash is currently unknown.
The technological level of most of the worlds detected is only at the agricultural feudal era.
The local indigenous people have preserved certain ancient skills and mastered spiritual powers through practice.
They call it spiritual practice.
The more important point is that the scale of Universe 04 is not as large as that of other universes.
It may be that some war broke out between those civilizations at their peak, causing the size of the universe to shrink.
According to the calculations of the Mechanicus, its diameter may be only more than 300 trillion light years.
The Empire was able to quickly take control of Universe 04 and meet the mission requirements of the fifth phase.
It can also keep away from the Four Gods and leave a follow-up base for humans, which can be said to be the best solution at present.
Guilliman waited until Cawl had finished speaking before stating his purpose.
"I summoned you here because I hope to establish a scientific research project on Universe 04. The focus of the Empire's conquest will be on this universe."
"Excuse me for being blunt, but Universe 04 is not a very worthy universe to choose. It is a ruined universe left behind by a supernatural civilization. Although its strength is the worst, its resources are also the worst."