Chapter 520, Come to Steal
In the Dragon Eagle Star Region, no one can ignore the existence of the Mingyang Sect.
These oilers suffered a great loss in the Iron Tooth War. Their pride, the precious mechanical ark, was destroyed in the war. In addition, Jindi Star was directly attacked by the Iron Tooth Greenskins on the ground. This forge world was even the primary target of the Greenskins. The tragic ground war may not have lasted too long, but the intensity of the war was quite high.
This kind of war that takes place in one's own core base is extremely destructive.
A large number of industrial facilities were damaged to varying degrees, and there were considerable casualties, which led to a significant decline in Jindixing's productivity.
In addition to these basic things, the more serious loss was the loss of senior technical personnel in the war.
More than twenty ruling bishops died in the war. As for the next level up, which can be considered the high-level leaders of the Mingyang Sect, the level of sages of the main occupation, there were deaths.
The Mechanicus is very special in this respect. As high-level personnel, they hold power and command military forces. When a war breaks out, they will at least be in the army, if not in the vanguard. Many of the fighting methods and war weapons of the Mechanicus do require high-level Mechanicus members to master, otherwise there will be problems with operation.
The ruling bishops who have undergone a lot of mechanical modifications and even directly control certain war machines, and even the sages of the main business, actually possess quite powerful combat capabilities.
However, although these ruling bishops and main business sages have the combined value of management, command, and high-end combat power, in the final analysis, their most important identity is still technical value.
Almost everyone above the level of ruling bishop possesses some key and irreplaceable technology.
When they die, the technology is not lost, usually there are some records. After all, they are dead, so it is not a problem to search their independent laboratories and workshops.
However, once you get the data, you have to master it again and relearn it, not to mention that in case the data is damaged or missing, or the laboratory was simply destroyed in the previous war... These will result in loss of technical details, which in turn will affect the production capacity of certain equipment.
It's not just the mass-produced equipment. After the loss of these Engine Prophets, Dominant Bishops and even Main Occupation Sages, the production of some precision products has been completely ruined.
The production of precision products requires top technicians like them to perform manual polishing and manufacturing. The so-called "manual" is put in quotation marks because the bodies of senior members of the Mechanicus have been greatly modified, and the mechanical arms that extend from their red robes are more precise than conventional lathes and machines.
Their body is essentially a high-precision integrated workbench.
And with the absence of a considerable number of senior members, the number of these non-mass-produced precision products that symbolize the heritage of the Mechanicus will be greatly reduced.
Loss of production capacity, technology, and personnel... The Iron Teeth Green Tide was a catastrophe for the Mechanicus.
And after winning the war, they didn't even get any benefits.
Although the Mingyang Sect expanded its influence from being limited to the Jindi Star to the entire Steel Fire Dragon Star District after the war, it also occupied the surrounding Dragon Tamer and Dragon Pass star districts.
But in Gu Hang's opinion, it was an operation more inclined towards self-preservation.
As for the Mechanicus, they don't really care about territory. What they care about most is technology first, precious raw materials second, and production capacity third...
Everything else should be put at the back.
After winning the Iron Teeth War, did they get enough reinforcements in these three areas?
No.
Expanding the controlled area was something they had to do. They had to replenish the supply of raw materials and manpower from the places they occupied to ensure that the reconstruction and recovery of Jindi Star would be smoother.
But they don’t have to.
These planets were once the most important sources of raw materials and manpower for the Ming Yang Sect.
However, in the green tide, these places were also invaded by the greenskins.
In order to eliminate the greenskins' invasion of the sources of raw materials and manpower as quickly as possible, they went out to clean up everywhere.
Later, when the Alliance and the Fury of Flame Legion started a confrontation, the Ming Yang Sect had no interest in it. They simply firmly occupied their own sphere of influence, ignored the disturbances in the outside world, and only cared about licking their wounds.
Don't both of you have any ideas. I won't help anyone. I will deal with whoever provokes me.
That's about the attitude.
Naturally, neither Fury nor the Alliance would provoke them.
After the confrontation between the Alliance and Fury ended, the Ming Yang Sect still occupied three star regions. The Alliance had just taken over a large area of the entire Dragon Eagle Star Region, and it was too busy digesting these fruits, so how could it have the time to attack the Ming Yang Sect?
However, not caring about it for a while does not mean not caring about it forever.
The three star regions of Steel Fire Dragon, Dragon Tamer, and Dragon Pass are all part of the administrative division of the Dragon Eagle Star Region. As a forge world certified by the Mechanicus, Jindi Star has no subordinate relationship with the star region government. However, they are located within the star region after all, so it is impossible that there is really no connection between the two sides.
In fact, Gu Hang has ambitions for Jin Dixing.
It’s not that Gu Hang wants to risk the world’s taboo and forcibly occupy and control Jin Dixing.
It is neither possible nor necessary.
However, as a legitimate forging world, Jindi Star is the strongest in the entire star field in terms of production capacity.
The Mingyang sect is not famous for its shipbuilding industry, but the shipbuilding industry that the alliance has developed is no more than that of Jindi Star.
They have announced the restart of the construction of mechanical arks; in addition, they have suspended all external orders. The two battlecruisers and eight cruiser docks are operating at full capacity, and all ships built will remain in the new fleet.
The Ming Yang sect has indeed not suffered such heavy damage directly for many, many years.
After this incident, they decided to learn their lesson.
External orders are bullshit, the most important thing is to become strong yourself!
If the Ming Yang Sect had not sold every battlecruiser it had produced in the past, and had kept six, seven, or eight more in its fleet, would it have been in such a miserable situation during the Iron Teeth and Green Tide incident?
Absolutely not!
The situation is similar for other production capacities.
On the Jindi star, the most serious issue now is the construction of starships.
The other production capacity is not to the point of not accepting external orders at all, but at least it has been greatly reduced. The Mingyang Sect is determined to significantly strengthen its military strength until they feel safe. In addition, a considerable part of their production capacity must be invested in the reconstruction of their own planet, and they are not so rich that they can accept external orders.
But Gu Hang’s headache lies here.
He now has a lot of money in his hands. Not only the financial income of the Alliance and the saved imperial taxes, but also the war support from the Eastern Universe. With this money, he hopes that the Mechanicus can manufacture some equipment for the Alliance.
Especially starships.
However, during many communications, the Ming Yang Sect decisively rejected the alliance's request to purchase ships.
Even if Wu Jiarong tried to mediate, it wouldn't work.
…
All this information was revealed by Wu Jiarong in her repeated communications with the alliance and Gu Hang.
Her current status and position is incredible.
Back then, when she was sent by Gu Hang to the Ming Yang Sect for "exchange and learning", she obtained a formal identity certification in the Ming Yang Sect and became a full-fledged ruling bishop.
Logically speaking, this was Wu Jiarong's ultimate goal when she came to Jindixing.
After becoming the ruling bishop, she should return to the Alliance and continue to preside over the work of the Alliance's secret research institute. By the way, she can also start planning to establish a small Mechanicus sect belonging to the Alliance.
The ruling bishop is barely qualified for this.
However, no one expected that the Iron Teeth War would break out so suddenly and progress so quickly.
Everything within the star field is isolated, and Wu Jiarong cannot return, so she can only stay with the Mingyang Sect.
As a ruling bishop, she of course also participated in this war.
And the performance is very, very impressive.
The many unique techniques she mastered helped her gain a large number of supporters during the war, and she was also appreciated by the Casting General Chen Haixu, who provided her with a lot of additional resource support.
With the help of this support, she built up one strong army after another and led them to fight many battles with good results.
As her achievements and reputation grew, Wu Jiarong soon discovered that she might even be able to take this opportunity to go one step further and be promoted from the status of a ruling bishop to the level of a master sage in a short period of time.
This is the title within the Mechanicus, second only to the Great Sage.
There is no true great sage in the entire Ming Yang sect. One needs to go to the solar system or the world of Mars and gain recognition and assessment from the Mechanicus headquarters before being promoted.
In fact, the main business sages also need to go through this process. However, there are eleven main business sages in the Mingyang sect. If the quota is not exceeded, the main business sages elected by the sect can also be recognized.
In the past, an outsider like Wu Jiarong, no matter how great her achievements were, would never have been able to grab such a scarce spot.
But didn’t it mean that many sages of the main profession died in the war, leaving a lot of positions vacant, and many ruling bishops who were qualified to compete for these positions also died?
This gave Wu Jiarong hope.
Chen Haixu has hinted to Wu Jiarong more than once that as long as Wu Jiarong promises not to return to the alliance and stays in Jindi Star wholeheartedly in the future, the position of the main occupation sage can be given to Wu Jiarong.
Wu Jiarong agreed without hesitation.
She had made her own judgment in her mind at that time, and it was impossible for her to make any other reaction in front of Chen Haixu.
Otherwise it would be too abnormal.
In the "hometown", in such a serious forging world as Jindi Star, the title of a main occupation sage, what a great temptation is it for a member of the Mechanicus?
If it was just the identity of the ruling bishop, it would be fine. On Jindi Star, there are many ruling bishops, dozens or hundreds of them, and their value is limited. Outside, for example, in the alliance, there are at most two or three ruling bishops, and their status is different.
Some ruling bishops who do not want to continue to fight in the Forging World will indeed choose to jump out.
But the sages who focus on their main business are different.
Once she becomes a master sage, Wu Jiarong will become one of the eleven people with the highest status on Jindi Star and a true ruler.
Normally speaking, if she had the slightest hesitation, it would seem very fake.
However, she knew clearly that she could not leave the alliance so easily. The secret she knew about Governor Gu was too important. If she left, Governor Gu would definitely kill her.
It only takes a thought. Her soul had already been sold to Governor Gu.
As long as she was possessed by the devil and dared to betray him, Gu Hang could easily wipe out her soul and there would be no loss: with so many black boxes, if he could train her, he could immediately train another senior member of the Mechanicus.
And even if this didn't happen, she didn't really want to leave the alliance.
She used to be just a low-level technician who could be easily driven out of the Forge World. What made her grow up in just twenty years?
There are countless black boxes kept in Governor Gu’s hands.
She feels she still has room for improvement.
Everyone thought that the fastest progress would be made in the Forging World, but she knew that the fastest progress would be made in the Alliance's secret research institute.
Although she had studied many of the black boxes that the alliance had in the past, she knew that Governor Gu would be able to come up with a new one every once in a while. Moreover, the technology represented by these new black boxes was often constantly improving.
Having been away from the alliance for such a long time, she had no idea what black boxes Governor Gu had gotten his hands on, and she was extremely itchy.
Therefore, after agreeing to Chen Haixu on the surface, Wu Jiarong immediately reported the text message to Gu Hang, and found an opportunity to have a Star Language conversation with Gu Hang.
During the call, she fully expressed her loyalty and said in a very sincere manner that she would completely follow Gu Hang's instructions on what to do next.
In fact, Gu Hang was not worried that Wu Jiarong would leak the secret.
She can't do it.
When Gu Hang sent her to the Mingyang Sect, he had already processed her soul.
But now, when he knew that Wu Jiarong had an opportunity to make further progress, Gu Hang rejected the idea of going to pick up Wu Jiarong who had secretly run away.
He asked Wu Jiarong to accept Chen Haixu's conditions and become one of Jin Dixing's eleven main sages.
Since the Mingyang Sect cannot be dealt with by conventional means, why not use other methods to "steal" Jin Dixing?
(End of this chapter)
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