Chapter 214: Heretic Demon Hunter
Another three months have passed quickly, and it is already the end of spring and the beginning of summer.
Gu Hang had thought about this question before.
The seasonal cycle of the Angry Owl was almost the same as the Earth in his impression. But this was actually the strange part: Isn't it an alien planet? Why are the daylight hours and seasonal changes so similar?
Later, he got a very likely answer from his memory: this is what the human pioneers of that time did.
That was the time before the Emperor became Emperor, known as the Golden Age of Humanity.
In that golden age, humans left their home planet and became the overlords of the universe with powerful technology, in-depth exploration of psychic energy, and super artificial intelligence. They opened one psychic tunnel after another and traveled at superluminal speeds; they transformed one planet after another with potential into an environment similar to that of the human home planet through climate modification technology and orbital change technology.
All of this suddenly ended at a certain moment due to a great disaster. The human civilization of the Golden Age collapsed in a very short time. The huge, unified, and efficient human federation disintegrated, and the superluminal navigation technology failed. The human colonized planets instantly became isolated islands in this dark and cold universe. It was not until the Emperor appeared and the human empire was established that countless human worlds were reunited again.
The Golden Age is a period that cannot be verified, and the related research is the most profound part of historical archaeology.
As far as current knowledge is concerned, the collapse of the Golden Age was related to two wars with certain alien forces; the core reason was the rebellion of artificial intelligence.
In the current human empire, computer technology is a taboo, because in the current era, all computer electronic products have the risk of "rebellion". Even if the network is physically disconnected, it is possible for the intrusion of psychic energy to cause electronic demons to enter, lurk, and cause heavy losses at critical moments.
Today, humans would rather develop and use wetware such as servo skulls, which seem inhumane, to achieve similar effects than use electronic computers.
Without electronic computers, this would obviously have a huge negative impact on social production. Many things in Gu Hang's memory could not be retrieved at all.
What a pity.
He had no intention of challenging the empire's ban in this regard, nor did he intend to see with his own eyes what the "electronic demon" was all about.
At present, all aspects of the development of Angry Owl Star are going smoothly, and Gu Hang doesn't want to find any extra stimulation. He just hopes those monsters don't come to him, but he has no interest in actively looking for trouble.
Just farm with peace of mind and develop steadily, and everything will be fine.
During this period, the entire alliance was indeed quite peaceful.
This is not to say that nothing has happened within the alliance. On the contrary, the changes in the alliance have always been huge, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as changing with each passing day.
There's a war going on in the east, and it's almost over.
Before setting out, Yan Fangxu made a bold statement, saying that it would only take three months to pacify the eastern provinces.
Now it seems that his promise has almost been fulfilled.
We didn't encounter any monsters in the east, just regular wasteland survivors, who were swept away.
Today, in the east, the framework of three provinces has been established.
Xiongya Province borders Gaota Province; Nanwan Province borders Beiqinggu on the south and the sea; Wangcha Province in the far northeast. The names of these three places are basically taken from the most famous cities in the area before the war.
Now, the alliance officials have moved in and are establishing the alliance's ruling system in the three northeastern provinces. The Central Army Group will continue to be stationed there for a while. On the one hand, there are still some injustices that need to be sorted out; on the other hand, they have to wait for the local defense of the eastern provinces to be built up.
In short, they are in no hurry to come back.
Here in the alliance capital, there are still regular garrison divisions, and several newly created main divisions have already taken shape, so there is no need to worry about the defense of the core area.
At this point, it can be roughly said that the eastern provinces have been pacified and the six million people have been brought under the rule of the alliance.
Currently, the process of unifying the entire planet is more than halfway done.
There are still three places missing: Western Desert, Northern Land, and Western Continent; in terms of population, the entire planet is estimated to have a population of about 40 million, and 20 million are already under the rule of the Alliance.
There are also many changes in the core areas of the alliance.
Weixing City is continuously absorbing population and establishing multiple new industries, especially the military production of the Lion tank. In all mechanized combined brigades, the five main combat battalions have tank companies. And now, this tank company can finally live up to its name. Each tank company is composed of three Lions, which are really top-notch players in attacking cities and strongholds; when necessary, the 18 Lions of the entire brigade are assembled and used, which is an even more terrifying armored group.
Don't mistake the Lion for an ordinary small tank.
A Lion tank crew consists of nine people, each of whom must perform their duties to drive the tank well. Although it is called a "light" tank, it is actually twice as big as a "Challenger" tank, and it drives like a moving steel fortress.
It is said that its upgraded version, the real Astra Militarum main battle tank [Lion Tank], requires a crew of twenty-one people. It is much larger than the Lion, and its firepower is even more exaggerated.
Although the Lion tank is powerful, it is also difficult to produce. The black box can only produce four tanks a month; the tank factory that has been built can only produce four tanks a month.
It takes two months to replenish the tanks needed for a combined forces brigade.
Infrastructure construction is being carried out in various parts of the three central provinces. With the help of superconducting power grids, basic engineering machinery, and construction engineering machinery, the overall construction speed has skyrocketed.
The spring ploughing in Beiqinggu Province has almost finished. According to Jason Morgan's report, it seems to be very successful so far, and the newly produced agricultural machinery has been a great help. It is estimated that by the end of the year, not only will the estimated production plan be achieved, but it may even be greatly exceeded.
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Although there are so many changes, these were all promoted by Gu Hang and the alliance government. These changes were expected, what he wanted to see, and there were no particular surprises.
Moreover, the monthly gift point income in various places is gradually increasing with the promotion of production plans.
The income for the last month has reached 2104 points.
In the last three months, the total income is 5988 points.
This number made him feel a little unreal.
When I was poor in the past, I only got a few dozen or a few hundred grace points every month, and I made my fortune through fighting wars. Now, my monthly fixed income alone is so high.
After buying a bunch of stuff and doing ten consecutive draws from the 1,000-level technology pool, I was left with only over 500 points of the 18,000 points of grace I had before.
As a result, the total amount now has reached more than 6,000.
Gu Hang spent three thousand to find ten new Space Marines and added more than five hundred elite soldiers to the special operations brigade.
He thought about the remaining grace points and built the two new buildings that he had unlocked before.
[State Church] and [Inquisition].
These two buildings are new things that appeared in his building list after the event of [The Great Unclean One: Gowaja] ended.
However, Gu Hang did not set their priority too high. When he was planning to use the 18,000 grace points, he did not allocate them to these two things.
And now, Gu Hang has grace points again, so he can consider them.
The main reason is that it is not easy to draw technology cards. On the one hand, the last time the 1,000-point technology cards were drawn, they were quite bad. Not getting any cards was a good result. Now the cost-effectiveness is not high. If you get any cards, it will be a big loss. On the other hand, even if you don't get any cards, the Alliance is unable to absorb more high-level technologies.
Since the grace points wouldn't play any role anyway, Gu Hang simply spent them to see how much help these two new buildings could provide.
[State Church: When you build a church that believes in the Empire's state religion and put it into operation, you can redeem this option and grant it to a designated church. It will increase the firmness of faith of the people in the area covered by the church, reduce various types of corruption, and slightly increase the probability of the emergence of activatable religious talents. You can train a new soldier: the Chaplain. Redemption value: 1500 gifts. ]
[Inquisition: After you build an organization dedicated to the Empire's state religion and the elimination of evil, you can designate the organization's headquarters building as the Inquisition. Improve the efficiency of all law enforcers belonging to the Inquisition in eliminating designated evil targets. New soldiers can be trained: Demon Hunters. Exchange price 1500 Gifts. ]
[After building the Inquisition, you must select a special target to attack. There are three options: Demon, Alien, and Heretic. ]
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Gu Hang suffered a bit of a loss in the construction of the church.
Perhaps because of his social cognition before he traveled through time, he never felt that religion was important.
But in fact, it is possible that he has always ignored this point.
As a planet that had been destroyed once, the religious atmosphere on the Wrathful Owl was not that strong. But in general, almost everyone had heard of the state religion, and remembered that some of its doctrines and even some customs were developed from the religious traditions left over from the past.
When the Angry Owl people encounter something, they also like to use the phrase "God is above" to express surprise, anger, or joy... just like the people in Gu Hang's previous life said "Oh my God".
However, Gu Hang still has doubts about whether to strengthen religious construction.
As for the new type of soldier, the military chaplain, he took a look at it and didn't take it too seriously.
The price and rating are the same as the company political commissar, and even the functions overlap in many places. One emphasizes loyalty, and the other emphasizes faith. Both are to boost morale and enforce strict military discipline, but the forms and methods are different.
Then there is not much need.
Among the many specific effects of the [Church], he only values the one that reduces corrosion.
In addition, the construction of the courtroom behind it required a church as a prerequisite building, so he had to build one reluctantly.
The location chosen was Weixing City.
In fact, if there is a need, it must be the Northern Qinggu Province. Although the problem answer in the Qinggu area has been solved, if you are not at ease, it is more reliable to build a corrosion-resistant building.
However, the church's coverage area is limited, and the Beiqing Valley area is vast and sparsely populated. After many farms were established, the population became particularly dispersed, and the value of building a cathedral was greatly reduced.
On the contrary, in the future, Weixing City will definitely be the most central and populous city in the entire alliance. In fact, Weixing City has recently absorbed a population of two million people.
When there are more people, the difficulty of management will inevitably increase.
Gu Hang didn't want the future Weixing City to become like the bottom layer of some nest world in his memory, with heresy and cults rampant everywhere.
It still makes sense to build a church to suppress corrosion.
The [Tribunal] at the back is more interesting.
There is indeed no relevant spy agency among the alliance's current institutions.
The establishment of the [Tribunal] is a good opportunity.
Of the three optional categories, demons are not worth mentioning, and aliens mainly refer to interstellar races that attack non-humans. But Gu Hang doesn't have much use for this.
The only option that is the most interesting is 'heretic'.
Heretics are traitors among humans. Essentially, they are those who do not believe in the Lord of Mankind, but this is often exaggerated. If one believes in the Emperor but believes in the wrong way, he or she can also be labeled a heretic.
Well, since it’s dealing with human enemies, it becomes more interesting.
If one day in the future, Gu Hang has to go to war with Blackbird Heavy Industries, which is entrenched in the westernmost part of the continent on the other side of the planet, what does he need?
In addition to all aspects of hard power such as military and economy, politics cannot be ignored.
Blackbird is not a local force, it has the support of the Fachers family. If Gu Hang wants to take action, he has to consider the impact of this aspect.
If there is a relevant inquisitor who collects some evidence that can prove that Blackbird Heavy Industries is a heresy, then would it be "legitimate"?
This is called claim making.
On the other hand, Gu Hang didn't know much about the situation in the westernmost part of the continent. He really needed a team to go there and see what the situation was.
So he first instructed the Chief Justice of the Alliance, Lambert Hodgson, to set up a tribunal organization and recruit two teams.
Next, the function of the building was added and it was chosen to be the Inquisition.
Then, the two teams of recruits were all trained to become 'heretic demon hunters'.
A team of people was sent to the west with the mission of "investigating the heresy in the Western Desert and the western region of the continent", and their actual job was to collect intelligence.
The other team secretly patrolled the various territories in the alliance's homeland, with the mission of "investigating heresy within the alliance", and was actually doing anti-corruption work.
In the alliance system, corruption is heresy, no problem.
(End of this chapter)
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