Chapter 52: Not a Beating
After activating the event [Phoenix is dying], Gu Hang still had 36 points of gifts left.
A lot, but not enough.
For a moment, he was itching to use this gift to draw a card.
The probability of delivery is 40%. How can you not get it after trying 3 times?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
But he ultimately chose not to do so.
He still wants to upgrade. When the monthly fixed income is paid, plus these 36 points, it will be enough. If he spends the gift now, he won't be able to upgrade in two days.
In the end, he resisted the urge to draw a card.
…
After Gu Hang finished working on various system functions, he also had a good rest.
Although my head still aches a bit, it is much better than when the battle just ended.
This also made Gu Hang feel more at ease: it seems that the previous depletion of spiritual energy was not serious and did not affect the foundation.
Leaving the infantry fighting vehicle, the work of cleaning up the battlefield continues.
The soldiers gathered together a large number of monster corpses or body parts that had been beaten to pieces. Since there were too many, they could not transport them all at once, so they piled the remaining ones together so that they could be transported again later.
These are the raw materials for the synthetic starch production line.
In other places, "corpse starch" might be a derogatory term, but in Gu Hang's case, it seems to be real...
Although the hungry people in the wasteland may not care much about this, as long as they are not sick after eating, or do not have serious problems, it is better than having nothing to eat. But Gu Hang still tried to hide the news. He could not keep it completely secret, but he certainly would not actively publicize it.
After all, it's not an honorable thing.
Just when the troops were busy, Yan Fangxu came to him again.
Seeing the captain's nose was a little crooked and there was a black bruise above his left eye, Gu Hang was stunned for a moment: "How did you get injured like this? This shouldn't be an injury caused by an abscess monster, right?"
"Uh...it's nothing..."
"Oh!" Looking at the captain's embarrassed face, Gu Hang suddenly realized and remembered something he had almost forgotten before, "You were beaten up by your old subordinates?"
Yan Fangxu immediately became anxious: "What do you mean by beating? How can you say it's a beating? It's just... I just accidentally lost one or two moves... It doesn't count as a beating..."
“Hahahaha!” Gu Hang was amused. “Yes, yes, it’s not a beating, not a beating, just a small beating.”
Yan Fangxu was speechless.
He didn't want to talk to the Governor anymore, but he couldn't help but feel itchy.
He stammered, but couldn't help but said, "Um... Governor... this intensive training... I..."
He was a little embarrassed to fully articulate the request.
He felt somewhat ashamed that he could not defeat his old subordinates and yet had to come to the Governor-General to ask for permission to participate in that special intensive training.
Gu Hang patted Yan Fangxu on the shoulder and said, "How could I not agree to this request? But not now. You have greater potential and you deserve more rigorous and valuable training."
Yan Fangxu's eyes lit up: "Thank you, Governor!"
"Don't thank me yet, but I have to say this in advance. If you want to gain something, you have to pay for it. Nothing in the world is without a price. If you want to receive a gift from me, you should be more loyal to me."
Yan Fangxu understood what Gu Hang meant.
But he didn't dare agree.
He is a member of the Imperial Navy, and his future is still in the sea of stars. Does he have to switch to become a planetary governor and join the planetary defense force?
There is a gap.
The Imperial military system consists of three parts: the Imperial Navy, the Imperial Astra Militarum, and the Planetary Defense Force. The first two are directly under the Empire and have a relatively high status. In theory, they are directly under the command of the Imperial Central Command and receive supplies from the Empire. The Planetary Defense Force (PDF) is only a planet-level defense force, which is established and led by the planetary governor.
The Empire would not care about the training, equipment, and supplies of PDFs, but sometimes they would conscript PDFs into the Astra Militarum or take them away as Imperial taxes. Often in high-intensity interstellar wars, PDFs would be used as cannon fodder by the Empire's main forces.
The navy masters don’t even look down on the privates in the Astra Militarum, so how could they be interested in being a PDF?
Comparing a captain in the Planetary Defense Force to a captain in the Imperial Navy, only an idiot would choose the former.
But what about a general in the planetary defense force compared to a navy captain?
This... is hard to say. A Marine Corps captain, such as Yan Fangxu, at most led a special marine company with a hundred men, and now there are only thirty men. But if he becomes a general, he may become an important figure on this planet.
But can you really become a general?
To agree to the governor's request is to put all your fortune on the line, betting that the governor will win.
Yan Fangxu was a little hesitant to gamble.
He is not a barefoot man, unlike the native residents of the Angry Owl Star.
Seeing Yan Fangxu in a dilemma, Gu Hang did not force him. He smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Don't worry, it's still early, you don't have to make a decision now. No matter what, you are my subordinate at this moment and you obey me. I believe you will make a decision in the future."
Yan Fangxu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Gu Hang with gratitude.
Fortunately, the Governor did not force him to make a choice at this moment.
He was worried that he had made the wrong choice.
"Okay, let's not talk about this. What do you want to see me about?"
"It is indeed a serious matter. A troop from Renaissance City is approaching us. They do not seem to be hostile. The leader claims to be the grandson of Hodgson, the president of the Alliance Parliament, and is here to protect the safety of the Governor."
Gu Hang had a strange look on his face, and it was unclear whether his tone was mocking or sighing: "The Alliance Council team... Whether they have bad intentions or really want to protect me, they are already a little too late."
"What do we do now? Disperse them?"
"No." Gu Hang waved his hand. "It's over now. I want to see what they mean. You take the 3rd Battalion up there, disarm them all, and then bring the people over. It just so happens that the battlefield needs more people to clean up. I also want to meet the grandson of the parliament speaker to see what news he will bring me."
"yes!"
Yan Fangxu went to work.
He didn't let Gu Hang wait for long and soon brought the person over.
About five hundred soldiers, unarmed, began to clean up the battlefield and carry the monster corpses together with the soldiers originally under Gu Hang's command.
In addition, a young man dressed in officer's uniform was brought to Gu Hang.
"Lambert Hodgson." Gu Hang read out his name.
Young Lambert saluted Gu Hang and greeted him loudly: "Hello, Governor!"
"Why are you here?"
"Come to protect the Governor."
"Does your grandfather know you're coming?"
"I am following the orders of the Speaker of the Council!"
"Then you came at a perfect time. My battle is over and the enemy has been eliminated. You should have come earlier, no matter what you were going to do."
Lambert said, "I'm sorry, Governor, we are late... I understand your concerns. But please believe that we are here to protect you. My men and I will obey any of your orders unconditionally and without regrets."
Gu Hang smiled.
Let me add a little more.
This book has an original world view + a lot of Warhammer 40k settings are sewn into the Star-Lord text.
There are only settings, but no specific characters, events, places or completely consistent history in Warhammer.
This book is mainly an interstellar science fiction, or it can be called a space opera.
If you really want to treat this as a hammer text... it's not impossible, but when you see some different settings, please follow the description in this book.
(End of this chapter)
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