What is most important to a vast empire in turmoil that rules a galaxy the size of the galaxy?
One hundred people may have a hundred different answers, ranging from military to political, from economic to cultural, as well as the strong centrifugal force and independent tendencies generated by too long a distance.
But for the Human Empire, which relies mainly on violent machines such as the Astartes Space Marines to achieve its rule, there are only two problems that really bother them and cannot be solved, namely transportation and communication.
This is also the decisive factor that most of the time determines how effective a regime can be.
Communication means that no matter how far away from the ruling center there is a war or rebellion, the central decision-making body can obtain the news as soon as possible and respond promptly and effectively to ensure that all threats are nipped in the bud as much as possible.
You don't have to wait until the opponent has established a large scale to discover it and send troops to encircle and suppress it.
The Human Empire obviously does not have a mature method of inter-galactic communication, and can only use a group of psykers called "Astropaths" to transmit information through the subspace.
Psykers are well known to be unstable and extremely dangerous, and are also very susceptible to the influence of subspace storms, which can completely cut off the connection with the center.
Therefore, the empire's rule over various star regions has always been very loose and fragile. It can only adopt a method close to the feudal system of governors, lords, and nobles to ensure that each region can maintain its own existence even if it cannot contact the central government.
It has certain military strength to resist foreign invasion.
Transportation means that all planets within the entire vast dominion can be closely connected, whether it is trade or cultural exchange, or large-scale mobilization of resources and troops.
What's more, the powerful genetically modified Astartes warriors claim that a hundred people can capture a city, a thousand people can capture a planet, and ten thousand people can destroy a civilization.
As long as they can be mobilized efficiently, let alone the subspace evil gods and demons, there is absolutely no problem in launching another Great Crusade in the real universe to make the human empire great again.
So when Zuo Si took out a mass-produced subspace protection device that was more advanced and safer than the Geller force field, both the Sister Grace who represented the Terran Council and the Great Sage of the Mechanicus were instantly confused.
Uncontrollable excitement and excitement.
The latter even made a request to test, dismantle and study it.
Because once the Imperial Navy's space fleet is equipped with such protective devices on a large scale, it means that safety and stability can be greatly improved when traveling through subspace, and at the same time, the probability of being attacked by unexpected situations or even demons is reduced.
This obviously hit a sore point in the Empire, and it was also a temptation that neither the Council nor the Adeptus Mechanicus could refuse.
Zuo Si responded affirmatively to the great sage's request without hesitation, and even packaged the relevant knowledge and technology and gave it to him.
The reason why he is so generous is that this knowledge has nothing to do with science. It is completely esoteric content on the magic side. It is fundamentally different from the theoretical basis mastered by the Mechanicus.
In fact, the subspace of this universe is essentially a chaotic and unreconstructed source of magic.
All psykers are actually spellcasters.
It's just that this magic source is not stable at all, but is somewhat similar to the chaotic and wild magic area of ​​Faerûn.
Even those who have undergone rigorous training cannot guarantee what kind of effect they can create by using subspace energy in the next second. Whether it is lightning, flames, explosions, thoughts, or other unexplainable things.
Therefore, without a large number of stable spellcasters, it is basically impossible for the Mechanicum to replicate these devices that use magic as the core.
The only one who can achieve similar operations in this universe full of darkness and depression is the Shuoyou that has been upgraded and strengthened through countless rounds.
First of all, becoming an indispensable part of the human empire is the first step in Zuo Si's plan, and it is also the most important step.
He wants to inject the shining oil into the interior of the empire, and then disintegrate and control it bit by bit from the middle, making it his own.
As for the emperor who sits on the golden throne and claims to be not a god...
Zuo Si felt that this guy was not so much a person, but rather the aggregation of consciousness of the entire human race.
He is not a specific life, but like the evil god of subspace, he is shaped by various human emotions, consciousness, hope, hatred, anger, belief and worship.
This is why when he first appeared and began to establish human hegemony, the imperial truth he emphasized was typical materialism, rational thinking and collectivism, and opposed all religious superstitions.
Because in the eyes of humans who have just ended their golden age, this is the most ideal and perfect concept and social form.
For this reason, the Emperor even severely punished the Primarch's son, who worshiped him as a god, and the Legiones Astartes under his command.
But the problem is that after the Horus Heresy, the Emperor himself fell completely silent and could no longer continue to rule and manage the Empire. Moreover, the plan to rebuild the Ancient Saints' Webway was completely scrapped. Even maintaining the Empire's hegemony over the galaxy was in jeopardy.
It was at this time that the state religion came into being. On the one hand, it provided the emperor with stronger power by condensing faith. On the other hand, it used religion as the basis to unite the entire human race and reduce the tendency of division and independence in remote areas.
Regardless of whether this plan was due to the emperor's own wishes or some people were smart, it undoubtedly pushed the emperor towards the position of the evil god of subspace.
After all, if the emperor is really born from the collective consciousness of mankind, then as the entire human empire becomes more and more ignorant, stupid, barbaric, arrogant, arrogant, and hundreds of billions of people are enslaved, the bottom of the oppressive society will be in their hearts.
Full of anger and hatred, he will naturally be seriously affected.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So from the moment the state religion was born and became the pillar of the empire, the fate of the emperor himself and even the human race was doomed.
no future!
hopeless!
There is no redemption!
There is no such thing as a savior!
There is just endless darkness and despair, and the cold sun projected in the subspace!
If you want to change all this, it is simply impossible to do it with the power of this universe alone.
Unless all living things in the real universe are completely dead in a disaster, the Chaos God in the subspace who can draw power from the violent emotional fluctuations of mortals will never die.
Therefore, the best way to deal with the evil god of chaos in subspace is to ban all religions and faith worship as much as possible, like the imperial truth promoted by the human emperor before, promote materialism and rational thinking, and let more people believe in science instead of God.
It's a pity that what he did during the Great Crusade was too impatient. In many cases, he only required the conquered planets to nominally submit to the rule of the Terran government and pay taxes on time, without completely purging and rebuilding the originally decadent and backward ruling class.
, and there is no emphasis on education to help those primitive and ignorant people re-establish their outlook on life, world view and values.
Therefore, when he himself sat on the Golden Throne, the imperial truth that he originally insisted on fell apart in an instant. The state religion, which had always been regarded as heresy and needed to be suppressed or even violently eliminated, took the opportunity to rise and become the mainstream thought.
I have to say, this is really full of black humor and irony.
After all, there is nothing more ridiculous than a staunch materialist and anti-religionist becoming the omnipotent god worshiped by everyone.
If there is a chance, Zuo Si really wants to go to Terra to meet the human emperor and ask him about his views on the current situation of the empire. I believe it will be a very interesting meeting.
But it's a pity that Zuo Si can't do this now.
Because Regent Robert Guilliman would never allow an unknown creature of unknown origin to get close to his great father.
Just as Zuo Si was standing on the planet that had been completely eroded and transformed by Shimmering Oil, he was bored and looked at the various weapons and equipment, ammunition, powered mechas, large war machines similar to magic mechas, and part of the space battleship from all over the world.
During the spectacular scene of the automatic assembly line being transported to the designated location by the New Phyrexia creations, a transport ship of the Human Empire suddenly jumped out of the subspace and arrived in the planet's orbit.
It seems to be about thirty kilometers long. Even in this era that advocates the concept of giant ships and cannons, it can definitely be regarded as a big thing. However, it is equipped with very few weapons. There are only some small and medium-sized energy weapons and two rows of them.
The black hole muzzle located on the side.
However, considering that the main purpose of the spacecraft is to transport personnel and supplies of materials and ammunition, it is not surprising that it has fewer weapons.
Obviously, it is absolutely impossible for a battleship of this size to land on the surface of the planet.
Because once it is firmly bound by gravity, the energy it needs to consume to fly into space with its own weight is completely astronomical.
So the huge transport ship quickly docked at the space port in high Earth orbit.
About half an hour later, the soldiers above escorted countless mortals with shackled hands to take the space elevator and descend to the ground.
Grace, the nun who was ordered to stay here for a long time, appeared in front of Zuo Si for the first time, put one hand on her chest and bowed gracefully.
"Good afternoon, Your Excellency Soth.
According to the agreement we reached before, the first batch of five million souls has just arrived and is waiting for you to receive it.
There are also 30 billion souls being transported here from various planets.
The Council hopes to obtain more of these subspace shield generating devices as soon as possible to equip more Imperial Navy fleets.
In addition, we also hope to obtain some shimmering oil to use against warp creatures including daemons.
Of course, all demons that have been completely transformed by Shimoyou will be sent back to this planet for you to deal with."
It is not difficult to tell from these words that after obtaining the subspace shield device, Shuoyou and other gadgets provided by Zuo Si, the Human Empire quickly conducted a series of actual combat tests, and without exception the results far exceeded expectations.
results.
At this moment, both the Mechanicus and the Council have realized that this unknown being who claims to be from another universe has enough technology and power to help the empire get out of the current desperate predicament.
Therefore, they decisively changed their previous strategy of vigilance and precaution, and wanted to establish a stable alliance with them.
As for mortal souls…
Sorry, let alone tens of billions or even hundreds of billions, even if you add a few zeros, it will be fine.
After all, any planet with a certain technological level has a population of at least several billion or even tens of billions. Every day, the Parliament receives at least three to five reports that colonial planets have lost contact or been invaded.
There were as many as ten or twenty cases, and the death toll was often measured in billions or tens of billions.
To be continued...