Chapter 305: How to Return to the Angry Owl Star
"Ha! Our genius is here!"
The person who spoke was Zhang Guangen.
He was a man with a big belly and was currently at a banquet.
The people who participated in this banquet were mainly members of the Psychic Order - local psychics in the Pegasus region.
After hearing that an A-level psychic, Gu Hang, had appeared in this star region, many psychics rushed here from various planets; when they heard that Zhang Guangen, who was famous in the entire universe, had also come here, even more people came to visit.
Zhang Guangen is quite adept at interpersonal communication. Compared to a scholar or a lonely and sensitive psychic, he is more like a politician.
Gu Hang, a real politician, sometimes does not have the patience to receive each of the many visitors he receives, but Zhang Guangen is willing to do so.
This may be the difference between a ruler like Gu Hang who holds real power in a region and an official like Zhang Guangen who works under a large system.
At Zhang Guangen's enthusiastic invitation, Gu Hang joined the banquet.
As the glasses were clinking, Gu Hang chatted with the people present with some meaningless nonsense and a smile on his face.
He doesn't like this kind of scene, but that doesn't mean he's not good at it.
And Zhang Guangen is so considerate, how could he not know that Gu Hang came to visit him because he had something to ask him?
He enjoyed the feeling of being praised, but after arriving in the Tianma Star Region, the person he valued most was Gu Hang.
A-level psychics are very rare. In the Dragon Eagle Star Region, there is only one of them; in the entire Eastern Universe, there are more than 2,000 planets, and the total number of A-level psychics does not exceed 100.
Every A-level psychic is a valuable asset. Adding one more means that the entire star field will have a higher voice in the higher-level psychic order headquarters.
There is a lot of room for profit here.
The value of Gu Hang is many times greater than that of all the psychic orders in the Tianma star region combined.
Soon, Zhang Guangen asked people to continue the banquet and communicate with each other, while he himself took Gu Hang to a private room with a terrace.
"What's wrong? Xiao Gu, do you have something to tell me?" He asked with a smile, and his hands did not move, but tea cups, teapots, and plates flew over one by one, pouring tea and arranging the plates. On the small table on the terrace, in just a few seconds, a set of tea snacks for the conversation was already set.
Gu Hang didn't hesitate to try it, exclaimed in admiration, and then got down to business: "I want to leave Koroja 3 for a while and return to the Angry Owl Star."
Zhang Guangen frowned.
He took a sip of tea and said, "This matter... is not easy to handle. According to the requirements of the investigation team, no one is allowed to leave this planet. You are also a member of the investigation team, so you should know the rules."
"Well, so this is up to you?" Gu Hang would of course say something nice. "You have more face than I do. The rules are set in stone, there must be some workarounds, so please give me some pointers, Master."
"Hahaha!" Gu Hang said some flattering words, which made Zhang Guangen laugh out loud.
The happy wizard said, "If it were anyone else, they would definitely be ruthless and unyielding. However, if it were you... then there are some ways we can think of."
"Master, please help me think about it."
In fact, this is just an excuse.
Gu Hang himself is a member of the investigation team. From the star zone to the star field and then to the universe field, how could he not know about the work of the three-level investigation team?
In fact, up to this point, the work of the investigation team is not only not heavy, but it can even be said that there is nothing to do.
Half a year has passed since the incident. Are there any clues left?
It's nothing more than checking the people who were present at the time one by one, as well as checking the entire environment of Koroja No. 3.
After checking the personnel, it has been concluded that there are a lot of people with motives for committing the crime, and the War Apostles have offended too many people; however, no one has the ability to commit the crime.
If we must say that this was man-made, then the murderer must be a very powerful force that has mastered some unknown means to be able to do it. And the person who carried out the crime was definitely not at the scene, and he was not even in the Tianma Star Region.
The probability is very low.
Currently, all three investigation teams believe that this incident was most likely an accidental disaster.
This conclusion is also supported by the fact that the abyss erosion phenomenon on Koroga 3 has become increasingly serious over the past six months.
Logically speaking, the case could have been closed at this stage.
With the final conclusion of the investigation team sent directly by the Eastern Cosmic Domain Government, the persuasiveness should be high enough. Next, the investigation team will finish their work, and the matter will be basically concluded. The conclusion will be reported to the central government of the empire, and the Supreme Council of Holy Terra will sign it, and the whole matter will be completely concluded.
However, Gallardo's identity is special in that his death will directly alarm the Sun Lord himself.
This person directly led the Terran Council and could be considered the de facto supreme ruler of the empire. He was not so easy to believe the conclusion of the local government. He did not even ask the central government of the empire to send an investigation team to investigate, but directly formed an investigation team from his own expeditionary force.
There's nothing we can do about it, everyone has to wait here.
Even if there is no work to do, I can't leave.
We still have to wait nearly a year.
There are more than one or two people who have big complaints. Including the three levels of the investigation team themselves, they are also resentful. Who would be happy to come all the way to your Tianma Star Region and end up spending an extra year here for nothing?
In this situation, some things are bound to happen.
They are all well-known figures, each with their own talents, so it is not so unacceptable for them to leave for a while.
A more risky approach is for people to pretend to stay here, but actually leave, and then rush back before the Sun Lord's envoy arrives.
Of course, the risk is high because of being reported, which is quite troublesome; someone has to take this risk for you. Local people in the Tianma star region basically can't expect this treatment, especially Pei Desi and Akuna, the two key people with leadership responsibilities, because they are afraid that they will run away.
In addition to the risks, there is another disgusting point, which is that after leaving in this way, you cannot be too high-profile when doing things outside, otherwise the evidence of pretending to stay in Korojia will be exposed.
But Gu Hang was obviously not willing to take this approach.
Here, Zhang Guangen provided Gu Hang with a second idea:
"Aren't you the governor of Angry Owl Star?"
"Yes."
"A year and a half ago, there was a sign of a demon invasion on the Wrathful Owl Star. Even a very powerful demon incarnation appeared, but it was suppressed by you, right?"
"Yes."
"Your planet has had cult activities before, and even had an Iron Man rebellion, and it was only just put down?"
"Yes."
"Hiss... Xiao Gu, if you don't listen to my advice, just forget about this planet and come with me to Yunluo. Together we can make the Psychic Order bigger and stronger. How great is that?"
"Master, you are joking." Gu Hang was also a little helpless.
This kind of talk was fine when I was on Angry Owl Star, but when I came to other places, whenever people heard about what happened on Angry Owl Star in the past, they would invariably say the same thing.
"Okay, I won't try to persuade you any further." Zhang Guangen said, "However, since these things happened on Angry Owl Star, the investigation team should go to Angry Owl Star to check. Maybe there will be some clues, don't you think?"
Gu Hang acted as if he had suddenly understood something.
Of course, he had thought of this idea a long time ago, but it would be best if it was Zhang Guangen who proposed it. It would not be right if he proposed it himself.
Zhang Guangen chuckled twice: "You are a member of the investigation team, so of course you can go. However, the identity of the star zone investigation team is still not enough, you must at least join the star field investigation team. What do you think about the thing I told you before?"
Gu Hang said seriously, "I have considered it. I am willing to join the Star Law Hall of the Dragon Eagle Star Region Psychic Order and serve as your deputy to contribute to the development of the order. However, I should establish a branch of the order on the Wrathful Owl Star and develop the order's power in the Pegasus Star Region. I will fully support every decision you make regarding the affairs of the order."
Zhang Guangen felt a little regretful that he could not bring Gu Hang to the Star Region Capital. But he soon felt relieved. This might not be a bad thing. He was the only A-level psychic in Yunluo Star, the Star Region Capital. If there was one more person, what would happen? Gu Hang seemed to be a polite person who had no ambitions, but who knows if he would change when it came to that.
He is outside, but he can contribute the influence of an A-level psychic, can hold the scene, and can even leave when necessary, so this has achieved his goal.
"Okay, it's settled then! I will issue you a letter of appointment from the Star Law Office and recommend you to join the Star Field Investigation Team. After the information is reported, you will lead a team to the Wrathful Owl Star to investigate the root cause of the abyss erosion and whether it is related to the disappearance of Apostle Gallardo. The investigation time... will be three months. If it is not enough, you can renew it later. However, during this period of time, you have to come back often to report the situation. You can't really stay on the Wrathful Owl Star for three months. Do you understand?"
"I see."
Gu Hang was actually still a little unhappy.
From the Korojia Galaxy to the Angry Owl Galaxy, although only one star jump was required, a single trip still took at least six days, and a round trip would waste twelve days on the road. With several round trips like this, half of his three-month investigation period would probably be wasted on the road.
But there is nothing to be done.
After all, he was the one who caused the trouble, so just bear with it.
As for the fact that there will be an investigation team that will go to the Angry Owl Star with him... come on, the person leading the team is Gu Hang himself, what can he find out about himself?
Even if there really was someone who was stubborn and wanted to investigate the leader, Gu Hang was not afraid. The third-level investigation team couldn't find anything about Gu Hang himself on Korojia 3, so how could they gain anything by going to Angry Owl Star?
There is only one thing he is really afraid of being investigated - the black box.
But he decided that this time when he returned, he would put all the black boxes into the Kingdom of Storm God.
No one can enter the Kingdom of Storm God without Gu Hang's permission.
Unless, call in.
Gu Hang didn’t think there were many people in the entire empire who had this ability, let alone the possibility that they existed here.
As for Gu Hang himself joining the Psychic Order, that is not a big deal.
What does he need to pay?
It's just the title and influence of an A-level psychic.
On the contrary, you can gain something.
There is no need for him to do anything specific.
If he really had to fight, he would just refuse.
The Psychic Order does not have such strong constraints, especially on people like him.
…
It will take some time to wait for the investigation team's approval of the procedures.
While waiting, Gu Hang had nothing to do, so he went to the nest city - Fino City.
That is the occupied area.
Fino City, with a population of one billion, has turned into a huge devil's den, a veritable abyss of hell.
An imperial army numbering at least tens of millions was fighting among them.
Of these, 7 million are the native planetary defense forces on Koroja 3.
The strength and equipment level of this army... completely fits people's stereotypes about planetary defense forces.
The troops are incompetent, the equipment is lousy, and the discipline and morale are worrying.
Although Koroja 3 has a population of 40 billion, the productivity of this planet is completely incompatible with this population. A considerable proportion of the population is essentially no different from raising pigs, and is used as a source of tax.
If you say Korojia is rich, then it is indeed rich, as it pays 4 billion in imperial taxes a year; if you say it is poor, then it is really poor, as not only are its people poor, but the burden of supporting such a large population, coupled with serious corruption and administrative inefficiency, has resulted in almost no good output other than population.
Under such circumstances, they simply could not afford an army that was too large or too elite.
The number of troops on Koroja 3 is approximately 200 million, accounting for 0.5% of the total population. Most of them cannot be mobilized and are responsible for suppressing various hives and preventing riots.
Under each nest, the lower class people who are worse off than pigs and dogs are rebelling almost every moment. They can't survive anyway, so if there is a little incitement, wouldn't it be a riot? I will fight you with an iron rod.
Those troops are responsible for suppressing the rebellion and cannot be moved easily.
7 million was transferred out, which is not bad.
They were mainly responsible for blocking the entire hive from the outside. In addition, some were used as "cannon fodder" and were deployed by the Astra Militarum.
This Star Army refers to the 3 million soldiers of the Dragonhawk 3rd Legion.
Originally, the first batch had only one million people, but in the past six months, the troops were reinforced four times, and now there are nearly three million people.
The commander in charge was an Imperial Lieutenant General named Jaden Hansen.
He is the deputy commander of the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion.
In addition to the Dragon Eagle 3rd Legion, this star army also has a less noticeable force.
That is half of the Angry Bear Legion with a total of 77,000 people coming from the Angry Owl Star.
The commander of this force was Colonel Ruggie Likoshi, commander of the 3rd Killer Brigade.
(End of this chapter)
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