Chapter 314, Cradle Project
[Mage Academy: After you build a school that teaches the ability to control psychic power and specific psychic spells and put it into operation, you can redeem this option and grant it to the designated school. It will slightly increase the learning efficiency of students and slightly increase the probability of activating loyal talents. You can train a new soldier: Psychics. Redemption value: 5,000 gifts. Training price: 100 gifts/person]
As an academy, the effect of this Mage Academy is similar to the other three, except that it puts the bonus of training general talents, training technical talents, and training loyal people on training psychics.
It is this price that has skyrocketed compared to when those colleges were first built.
But Gu Hang still clicked the redemption button without any doubt.
The main thing is the training of the psychic, it’s so awesome.
The key is that it is quite suitable for his current situation.
The training of psychics, even if there is a system, still requires the trainees to have psychic talent.
This is very normal. Just like when Gu Hang was training new blood for the Phoenix Regiment, he had to start from teenagers and train them all step by step from T5 to T1. In this process, when many people were promoted to T3 or T4 level, they could not continue to train upwards, which meant that this level had reached the person's highest potential.
The proportion of people with psychic talents in the population may be even lower than those who have the potential to reach the T1 level.
However, compared to the method of training T1 soldiers and cultivating new blood of Space Marines, directly training psykers is much "simpler".
First, there is no upfront investment.
To train a T1 soldier, you have to train him all the way up. Before training, no one knows whether a young man who has not yet grown up has the potential. Only after training can you know. Therefore, it takes 100 points of grace to train a T1 soldier and 100 points of grace to exchange a seed. But in fact, to train a new blood of the Space Marine, Gu Hang has to spend one or two thousand points of grace to screen, and it would be good if he can find two or three in the end.
Of course, the extra money is not worthless. They are all thrown into the 10th Brigade as special forces. Equipped with exoskeleton armor and more advanced weapons, they are also a strong force.
When training psychics, there is no such concern. One person can go to the training interface and take a look. If he can train, then he can train. If he can't train, then forget it. There is no upfront cost.
Moreover, the training of psychics is very suitable for Gu Hang.
Where does human psychic talent come from?
To put it simply, it is the sensitivity of the human spirit to the source of psychic power - the subspace.
Those with a high level of talent are talented.
In the past, this was a disaster. Psykers with psychic talents, or even those who naturally mastered certain supernatural powers without training, would constantly hear whispers from the Warp, would suffer tremendous mental pressure, and would go crazy. In addition, they themselves would be regarded as beacons connecting to the real world by the evil creatures that filled the Warp.
A person who has uncontrollable power and is prone to madness is also prone to attracting demons... Obviously, this is the source of disaster. In many places, there is a tradition of witch hunting, which is to eliminate these dangers in advance, thus forming customs and religious regulations.
In fact, in the entire empire in the early years, psychics were also subject to the strictest supervision, and even a large number of people with psychic talents would be directly executed.
It was not until the God-Emperor ascended and opened up a part of space in the subspace and established the spiritual network.
Uncontrolled wild psykers are still dangerous. They have talents, but they don't know it. Without anyone to teach and supervise them, they can easily fall into madness, lose their minds, and lose control of their power under the whispers of the warp, and even become a signpost for demons to invade reality.
However, trained psychics can direct their psychic acumen to the spiritual network constructed by the God-Emperor, so that they can use psychic power safely. They will not be targeted by the evil demons with malicious intent in the subspace, and the probability of falling into madness and losing control of their power is greatly reduced.
This makes psychics a truly usable part of humanity.
At the same time, this also laid the foundation for the importance of the Psychic Order. They not only train psychics, astropaths, and navigators, but are also responsible for collecting wild psychics.
Those who can still be saved will be trained to become legitimate psychics, and those who have gone mad or been corrupted by demons and are beyond help will be dealt with.
And in such an environment, Gu Hang 'happened' to have two things that could be linked to it.
First of all, he got the permission to establish a branch of the Psychic Order on the Wrathful Star from Zhang Guangen, the leader of the Psychic Order. This was something he had to do, and he could get an angle from the Psychic Order and gain access to the higher-level imperial power field.
Secondly, Gu Hang happened to control a piece of the Warp Kingdom. Psychics are essentially sensitive to the Warp, which is something that cannot be cultivated, but is innate. But for Gu Hang, it is not the case. Unless they are the so-called "untouchables" who are completely insulated from the Warp, as long as they have a little bit of psychic talent (in fact, most humans have it), Gu Hang can turn them into psychics.
Even if one has the most stubborn constitution, if he is stuffed into the Kingdom of God for ten days or half a month and thoroughly receives a wave of subspace baptism from head to toe, his sensitivity to psychic energy will be instantly improved. If he comes back and cooperates with the system and undergoes military training, he will definitely be able to become a psychic.
Of course, there is no need to take things to such an extreme. Gu Hang is not trying to create a society where all people are psychics. The reality veil between the Wrathful Owl and the Warp is much thinner than other planets due to the existence of the Kingdom of Storms. Otherwise, there would not be resources like spiritual gas fields. Gu Hang even suspected that this cult, that cult, and the Iron Man rebellion were all closely related to the thin reality veil of this planet.
Under such circumstances, the probability of psychics appearing among the Angry Owl people was higher. Not to mention that now that Gu Hang had taken control of the Storm Kingdom, it would have a harmless but large-scale impact on the entire planet, and there would be quite a number of psychic talents who would be influenced imperceptibly.
In fact, the original Wrathful Owl sect is an example. It is very rare to find a high-level psychic in other places, but there are a lot of sorcerers among them.
Of course, there are some differences. After all, psychics are "scholars" and "mages", and they are people with psychic talents who have been trained. The so-called sorcerers are directly infused with the power of evil gods, which is a bit similar to Gu Hang's previous idea of "stuffing a person into the kingdom of God for baptism", and the requirements for talent are greatly reduced.
Let’s put this matter aside for now. After being able to cultivate psychics almost at will, the benefits that Gu Hang can get are obvious.
First of all, the number and quality of psychics doubly determine the status of the Angry Owl Star Psychic Order he leads in the entire Psychic Order system. This is the quality of the "entrance ticket to the high-level power field" he had thought of before.
Moreover, the Psychic Order can ask the Empire for funding, and the amount of funding directly depends on the size of the order.
Secondly, if more psychics are trained, they will be of great value in themselves.
The combat power of psychics is very strong. At low levels, they are not very reliable and may not have a powerful laser gun, but who stipulates that psychics cannot hold a gun? Moreover, they have a higher development ceiling. When they reach the level of C, which is about the ability of Gu Hang himself at level two or three, they can already influence the victory of a company-level battle.
They also have strong functionality and are a good supplement to conventional elite forces in reconnaissance, interrogation, infiltration, special operations...
Moreover, we should not just focus on fighting and killing. After the Astropath is trained, we can build the Astropath Tower, which is a powerful export weapon; the Star Guide is a must-have for ships during interstellar navigation.
After these people are trained, whether they are used by Angry Owl Star himself or sent out to work for others to earn a salary, it is all good.
Especially the matter of going out to earn a salary, it’s not that Gu Hang is mean, but it is a common practice under the system of the Psychic Order.
The navy, various planets, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, the Mechanicus, the Ecclesiarchy... even the Space Marines, as long as there is a need for interstellar navigation and interstellar communication, they have to ask the Psionic Order for people. If people go, they have to pay, and part of this money will belong to the order that trained the psionicist.
Whether it is a regular profit sharing or a lump sum training fee, it is a huge profit if you raise one.
And the most interesting thing is that although psychics go out to work for others, the actual jurisdiction still lies with the monastery to which they belong. If they are summoned, they can be called back, and the only thing they have to do is pay some money. When the contract expires, they can simply not renew it.
As an organization with the highest level that can even enter the Imperial Supreme Council, the Psionic Order is not as large as the Mechanicus and the Ecclesiarchy, but it still has a certain confidence.
Gu Hang has great motivation to train psychics.
The construction of the Mage Academy is already in the process of selecting a site. The Minister of Education even came to ask about the name of the academy, and Gu Hang almost blurted out "Hogwarts", but finally held back.
He decided to be honest.
"Let's call it the Storm Mage Academy. The future mage group will also be called this name."
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In terms of construction, Gu Hang spent a total of 11,500 points of grace.
He still has more than 40,000.
The second biggest expense is on talent.
In the alliance, Gu Hang activated people like Ossena, Yan Fangxu, Perbov, Thadius, Wu Jiarong and others using the [Hero] system.
He has already experienced the benefits of activating heroes. No matter what their initial qualifications are, after being activated as heroes, not only will their current abilities be greatly improved, but they will also gain high growth potential.
Not only can the level be improved with the work experience, thus improving the ability, but the so-called rarity will also increase - but it is much more difficult, and it seems to require some key opportunities.
But no matter what, these "heroes" who were activated early on have now grown into independent figures in various fields of the alliance.
Then next, we must continue to work hard.
In the past, when the Alliance had only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people, or at most a few hundred thousand or a million people, there were several candidates who could be activated. Now, with a total population of 45 million, including non-military government officials, the number has reached nearly 130,000. The number of [Heroes] that can be activated has naturally increased significantly.
So far, Gu Hang can see more than 500 activatable [Heroes] in his talent interface.
That's a big number.
Gu Hang was also complaining in his heart, how can this be called a "hero"? This is just wholesale, right?
However, from another conceptual perspective, it can be understood as a person with the potential to become a hero.
The vast majority of them were of the most common N level. There were less than twenty who reached the higher R level, and only one who reached the SR level.
Gu Hang planned to activate them all, which would only cost him about 6,000 yuan.
Among them, some have already held important positions; some are still unknown.
As for the former, there is nothing much to say, and Gu Hang will not give them any special treatment. After their [Hero] attributes are activated and their abilities are greatly improved, I believe they will be able to stand out in their original lives and work under the alliance system.
As for the latter, Gu Hang planned to promote them to higher positions.
Talents in government affairs and business will be assigned corresponding positions under the alliance system. The salary will not be too high, but at least it will be a position that can give full play to their abilities to a certain extent. For example, the deputy director of an office, the assistant of a project, the deputy manager of a factory...
In the army, command-type talents will be given positions around the deputy company level or platoon level; individual soldiers will be transferred to the 10th Brigade.
Among these positions, Gu Hang believes that most of them will be able to show their talents.
Of course, before that, they have to undergo a special training.
Gu Hang wrote a list of these more than 500 people and handed it over to the Alliance Government. Later, officials from the Ministry of Education would check their resumes according to the list, mainly to see if they had studied at Zhongsi College.
Gu Hang also specially marked out the twenty R-rated ones and one SR-rated one.
They will not be forced to grow, and they will be treated the same as others. However, in the alliance's top management, the names of these people have been specially marked, and they will also receive more attention.
As for the training of such a large number of people, Gu Hang gave it a name, called the "Cradle Plan".
I hope that a group of true heroes will emerge from this cradle.
(End of this chapter)
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