Chapter 214, Heretic Demon Hunter

Another three months passed quickly, and it was 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 Star was almost the same as the Earth in his impression. But this was the strange thing: 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 was how the human pioneers of the year made it like this.

That was the era when the emperor had not yet become the emperor, and it was called the golden age of mankind.

In that golden age, humans walked out of their home planet and became the overlords of the universe with powerful technology, in-depth exploration of psychic energy, and super-strong artificial intelligence. They opened one psychic tunnel after another and sailed at super-light speed; they transformed one potential planet after another into an environment similar to the human home planet through climate modification technology and orbital change technology.

And all this suddenly ended at a certain moment because of some huge disaster. The human civilization of the Golden Age collapsed in a very short time. The Human Federation, which had a huge, unified and efficient system, 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 was already an unverifiable period, and related research is the most profound part of historical archaeology.

As far as current knowledge is concerned, the collapse of the Golden Age is related to two wars with certain alien forces; the core reason is the rebellion of artificial intelligence.

In the current human empire, computer technology is a ban that cannot be touched, because in the current era, all computer electronic products have the risk of "rebellion". Even if the network is physically disconnected, it is possible that the electronic demon will enter it due to the invasion of psychic energy, lurking, and causing heavy losses at critical moments.

Today's humans would rather develop and use servoskulls, which seem to be inhumane wetware, to achieve similar effects, and dare not use electronic computers.

Without computers, this will obviously have a great negative impact on social production. Many things in Gu Hang's memory cannot be taken out at all.

It's a pity.

He did not intend to challenge the empire's ban in this regard, let alone see with his own eyes what the "electronic demon" thing is.

At present, all aspects of the development of the Angry Owl Star are very smooth, and Gu Hang does not want to find any extra stimulation. Amitabha, those monsters and demons don't come to the door, he is not interested in taking the initiative to find trouble.

Farming in peace, stable development, everything is fine.

During this period, the entire alliance has indeed lived a very peaceful life.

This is not to say that nothing happened within the alliance. On the contrary, the changes in the alliance have always been great, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as changing with each passing day.

There is a war in the east, and it is almost over.

Before leaving, Yan Fangxu made a bold statement that it would only take three months to pacify the eastern provinces.

Now it seems that his promise has almost been fulfilled.

There were no monsters and demons in the east, just regular wasteland survivors, who were swept away.

Nowadays, in the east, the framework of three provinces has been established.

Xiongya Province bordering Gaota Province; Nanwan Province bordering Beiqinggu on the south by the sea; Wangcha Province in the far northeast. The names of these three places are basically taken from the most famous city names in the region before the war.

Now, officials of the alliance have moved in and are establishing the alliance's ruling system in the three eastern provinces. The Central Army Group will continue to be stationed there for a while. On the one hand, there are still some uneven places 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.

In short, they are not in a hurry to come back.

There are still regular garrison divisions in the alliance capital, and several newly created main divisions have been formed, so there is no need to worry about the defense of the core area.

So far, it can be said that the eastern provinces have been pacified and the six million people have been incorporated into the rule of the alliance.

At present, the process of unifying the entire planet is more than halfway.

There are still three places missing: West Desert, Northland, and West 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.

In the core area of ​​the Alliance, there are also many changes.

Weixing City is continuously absorbing population and landing multiple new industries, especially the military production of [Lion Tanks]. In all mechanized synthetic brigades, the five main combat battalions originally have tank companies. And now, this tank company can finally live up to its name. Each tank company consists of three "Lions", which are really top-notch players in attacking cities and capturing strongholds; when necessary, the 18 Lions of the entire brigade are assembled and used, which is an even more terrifying armored group.

Don't think of the Lion as an ordinary small tank.

A Lion crew has nine people, and they need to perform their duties to drive the tank well. It is called a "light" tank, but it is actually twice as large as the "Challenger" tank, and it feels like a steel fortress moving when it is driven.

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 currently under construction can only produce four tanks a month.

It takes two months to replenish the tanks needed for a combined brigade.

The three central provinces are all engaged in infrastructure construction. With the help of superconducting power grids, basic engineering machines, and construction engineering machines, the overall construction speed has skyrocketed.

The spring plowing in Beiqinggu Province has almost ended. According to Jason Morgan's report, it seems to be very successful at present, and the newly produced agricultural machinery has helped a lot. It is estimated that by the end of the year, not only will the estimated production plan be achieved, but it may also be greatly exceeded.

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Although there are so many changes, these are all driven by Gu Hang and the Alliance Government. These changes are expected, what he wants to see, and there are no special surprises.

Moreover, the monthly gift point income of various places is also gradually increasing with the promotion of production plans.

The income in the last month has reached 2104 points.

And the income in the last three months has added up to a total of 5988 points.

This number makes him feel a little unreal.

When I was poor, I only got a few dozen or a few hundred points of grace every month, and I made a fortune by fighting. Now, my fixed monthly income is already so high.

After getting a lot of things and drawing 1000 technology prize pools in a row, I only have more than 500 points left of the more than 18,000 points of grace in my hand.

As a result, the total has increased to more than 6,000 now.

Gu Hang spent 3,000 to find ten new blood of space warriors and add more than 500 elite soldiers to the special operations brigade.

He considered the remaining grace points and built the two new buildings that were unlocked before.

[Ecclesiarchy] and [Inquisition].

These two buildings are new things that appeared in his building list after the event of [Great Unclean One: Gowaga].

However, Gu Hang did not set their priority too high. When planning to use the 18,000 grace points before, he did not allocate them to these two things.

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 I drew a thousand-point technology card, I was quite exhausted. Not having an empty army was a good result. Now it is not cost-effective to draw it again. It will be too painful if I draw it empty a few times. On the other hand, even if I don’t have time, if I draw it, the alliance is unable to digest more high-level technology.

Anyway, the grace points won’t lay eggs, so Gu Hang simply spent them to see how much these two new buildings can help.

[State Church: When you build a church with the Empire State Religion as your faith and put it into operation, you can redeem this option and grant it to the designated church. Improve 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. New soldiers can be trained: military chaplains. Redemption value: 1500 grace. ]

[Tribunal: When you build an organization with the Empire State Religion as its purpose and dedicated to clearing evil, you can designate the organization’s headquarters building as the Tribunal. Improve the efficiency of all law enforcers belonging to the Tribunal in clearing designated evil targets. New soldier type that can be trained: Demon Hunter. 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 is a bit at a loss in building the church.

Maybe it’s because of his social cognition before crossing over, he never thought that religion was so important.

But in fact, he may have overlooked this point all along.

As a planet that has been destroyed once, the religious atmosphere on the Angry Owl Star is not that strong. But in general, almost everyone has heard of the state religion, remembers some doctrines, and even some customs are developed from the religious traditions left over from the past.

When the people of the Angry Owl Star encounter something, they also like to use the phrase "God Emperor Above" to express surprise, anger, and 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 soldier type of military chaplain, he took a look 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 no need.

Among the many specific effects of the [Church], only the one that reduces corrosion is relatively important to him.

In addition, the construction of the subsequent court must have a church as a pre-construction building, so he pinched his nose and built one.

The location chosen is Weixing City.

In fact, if there is really a need, it must be Beiqinggu Province. Although the problem of the Qinggu area has been solved, if you are not at ease, it is more reliable to build a corrosion-reducing building.

But the coverage area of ​​the church is limited, and the Beiqinggu area is vast and sparsely populated. After many farms were established, the population is particularly scattered, and the value of building a cathedral is greatly reduced.

On the contrary, in the future, Weixing City will definitely be the most core and populous city in the entire alliance. In fact, Weixing City has recently absorbed a population of two million people.

With more people, the difficulty of management will inevitably increase.

Gu Hang does not want the future Weixing City to become like the bottom of some nest worlds in his memory, with heresies and cults everywhere.

It is still meaningful to build a church to suppress corruption.

And the latter [Tribunal] is more interesting.

There is indeed no relevant spy agency in the current institutions of the alliance.

And the establishment of [Tribunal] is a better opportunity.

Among the three optional categories, demons need not be mentioned much, and aliens mainly refer to the fight against non-human interstellar races. But Gu Hang doesn't use this.

Only the option of "heretic" is the most interesting.

Heretics refer to traitors among humans. In essence, they do not believe in the Lord of Humanity, but they are usually magnified. They believe in the Emperor, but the way of belief is wrong, and they can also be labeled as heretics.

Since it is to treat human enemies, it is more interesting.

If, one day in the future, Gu Hang wants 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 the hard power in all aspects such as military and economy, politics cannot be ignored.

Blackbird is not a local force, and it has the support of the Fachers family behind it. If Gu Hang wants to take action, he must consider the impact of this aspect.

If there are relevant inquisitors who have collected some evidence that can determine that Blackbird Heavy Industries is a heresy, then is it "justified"?

This is called making a claim.

On the other hand, Gu Hang doesn't know much about the situation in the westernmost part of the continent. He really needs a team to go there and see what the situation is.

So, he first instructed the Alliance Chief Justice, Lambert Hodgson, to establish an inquisition organization and recruit two teams.

Then, the building function was added and it was selected as the heresy inquisition.

Then, the two teams recruited were all trained as "heretic hunters".

One team was sent to the west, with the mission of "investigating the heresy in the western desert and the western region of the continent", and they were actually doing the work of collecting intelligence.

Another team secretly patrolled the various territories in the alliance's homeland, with the mission of "investigating the heresy within the alliance", and they were actually doing the work of anti-corruption.

Under the alliance system, corruption is heresy, no problem.