Chapter 224, Message from the Hive World
Ms. Wang Qi comes and goes in a hurry.
After spending the night that day, she left on the spaceship.
From the Raging Owl Star to the Black Arrow Star, you only need to travel through the astral tunnel once. Including the time required for normal navigation in the starry sky, the total is about six or seven days.
There is still some time before the family meeting is held. However, she must arrive earlier. She needs to eliminate some uncertain factors and make things more certain before the conference starts.
After bidding farewell to his mother and three divisions, Gu Hang returned to his normal working state.
He was waiting for the results of the family meeting, waiting for the crown of his family head, and waiting for the five million tax coins that his mother planned to give him.
With so much money, you can buy a lot of good things.
For example, Space Marine power armor; Terminator armor; key components for building a star port—can be produced, but too slow. If you have money, you can import them to speed up the progress.
He even thought about making some bigger moves by saving more money or asking his mother for more sponsorship.
For example, the transformation of the planet's surface environment.
The three central provinces and the three eastern provinces, this vast land is dominated by wasteland, which is difficult to plant, the environment is harsh, and waste energy storms are raging... The empire must have special technology that can change the planet's environment.
This itself is the prerequisite technology for large-scale interstellar colonization. His ultimate goal is to subdue the waste energy storm.
The greatest value of Nuo Xiaoxing before the war was the energy extraction of Linghua Gas Field.
Nowadays, the waste energy storm raging in many places on the planet is essentially the spiritual power transmitted through the crystal wall of the spiritual world. It has lost its environment of being bound and settled in a certain place, and can no longer form a spiritual gas field; but this The energy exists again, so it becomes an uncontrollable storm.
And if the wasteland environment of Raging Owl Star can be re-corrected, and the method of binding and settling spiritual energy can be rediscovered, and a spiritual gas field can be formed, then the value of the entire planet will suddenly soar to an extremely high level.
Of course, this price is very expensive. To complete a major transformation of the entire planet's climate and environment, it would easily cost tens or even tens of billions of tax dollars.
The empire is generally not willing to invest huge resources to change the environment of a certain planet and carry out interstellar colonization. If you have that kind of money, you might as well build a fleet. Maybe you can take back more than one planet from the enemies of the empire in a certain war.
Of course, if something is really of great value - whether it is the value of the planet itself or the strategic value of its location, then the empire will still invest in this area.
Because of this, the relevant technical capabilities still exist.
Gu Hang couldn't afford this money.
If he could scrape together tens of billions of tax dollars to transform the planet's environment, he would probably not lack the income to re-immerse the Waste Energy Storm into a spiritual gas field at that time.
After all, no matter how mouth-watering the output of the Linghua Gas Field is, the huge initial investment is here, and it will take many years to recover the investment cost.
However, just because Gu Hang couldn't afford the money at the moment didn't mean that he couldn't find it from other sources.
For example, Gu family.
With such a good investment project, wouldn't the Gu family be interested?
I, the head of the family, am moved!
……
Before the results of the family meeting held on Black Arrow Star arrived, Gu Hang received another piece of news.
This news comes from the planet Koroga 3.
There are two planets in the Koroga system. Among them, Koroga 1 is a planet with mineral resources, but its livability is very poor. The permanent population may only be one million, mainly miners and some industries that serve miners.
Koroga 3, which is in the same galaxy next to it, is the largest and most populous hive world in the Pegasus sector.
There are 41.8 billion people living there!
To be honest, it was really hard for Gu Hang to imagine how more than 40 billion people could be crammed into one planet.
He had never been to Koroga 3 in person, but he had heard that the wild environment in that world basically no longer existed, and it was all desolate land. The huge population lives in about twenty ‘hives’.
The so-called ‘nest’, as the name suggests, is a huge ‘nest’.
Human lair.
Essentially, it's a city. It's just that there is a huge difference compared to the city in Gu Hang's concept. It often hollows out the underground part of an entire area. As the bottom layer of the hive city, a large number of low-level people live here; the middle layer of the hive city may have some industrial output value; the upper area is mainly administrative, business, and the residence of the powerful. These are key industrial areas.
People who live in the middle and lower classes, accounting for the vast majority of the population, may never see the sun throughout their lives.
Chaos, death, disease, poverty...these things entangled the people of the hive city.
Their average life span may only be around forty years.
Disease, death from overwork, malnutrition, vendetta... these are their main causes of death.
In addition to these, the main population loss of Koroga 3 comes from... imperial tax.
If there is a specialty product in Koroga 3, it is the population.
The empire defines the annual standard gross production value of an empire member as 1 tax coin. A living young person is worth 5 tax coins when paid as tax.
Obviously, under the empire's value system, human life has a price: only his five-year production value.
Koruga has a population of over 40 billion, and the taxes they have to pay every year reach 4.2 billion tax coins. Among them, more than half of the taxes are met by paying people.
They pay 500 million people every year to offset 2.5 billion tax coins; they also pay another billion in industrial products, processed food and the like. This is the source of their tax structure.
Koruga No. 3 is very poor and miserable, and the people there are in dire straits. But actually, overall, this is a powerful and wealthy planet.
A population of 40 billion is the largest source of wealth.
The entire Pegasus sector, including Koluga 3 and the capital Feiyi Star, can reach 4 billion tax revenue per year. Wing Star is developed because of its development, and Koruga 3 is due to the large number of people.
At this moment, on Gu Hang's planet, there were indeed a group of guests from Koruga 3 - the battle nuns of the Holy Mercy Lily.
This interstellar phone call was also for them.
The caller was a bishop of the Empire’s State Church on Koluga 3, named Zhao Qinghong, who was the person in charge of the State Church’s diocese in Koluga. He asked Gu Hang about the whereabouts of Sister Gerrit, and after learning that he could not be contacted for the time being, he left a message:
"Please ask Sister Garrett to reply to my message as soon as possible. I have urgent matters that need to be informed to her."
"No problem." Gu Hang agreed first, and then couldn't help but ask: "But...can I ask, what is the specific matter?"
Bishop Zhao Qinghong hesitated for a moment, and finally gave the answer: "On Koroja, unstoppable cult incidents have broken out in several hives. We need the power of Sister Gerrit. She must come back as soon as possible."
This statement made Gu Hang feel a little surprised.
What kind of emergency requires nuns from other planets to come back to help?
That seems to be quite serious. But if it was really serious, how useful would it be if Garrett went back with twenty or thirty battle nuns?
No matter what you think, it feels weird.
As if sensing Gu Hang's doubts, Bishop Zhao Qinghong on the opposite side gave an answer: "We need a head nun who can control the 'Valkyrie' armor to solve some problems that cannot be solved under normal circumstances."
Valkyrie Armor...
This is really the first time Gu Hang has heard of it.
But he couldn't ask more details, because he obviously had something else to do.
After hanging up the communication, Gu Hang sent a message to Gerrit.
Speaking of these battle nuns, they had helped Gu Hang a lot.
When he took back Fuxing City, the Sisters of the Holy Mercy Lily and the Space Marines of the Phoenix used high-end combat power to help him overcome the situation.
Then, this group of battle nuns, who couldn't sit still and lost another sister, came into direct conflict with the cult members of the original Angry Owl sect.
Garrett even brought over a group of people from her hometown. Now, there are more than 30 battle nuns active on the Raging Owl.
They have been conducting in-depth investigations into the situation of the cult members, chasing clues, and heading north for a year.
Of course, they didn't always stay in the north. They would come back from time to time to rest, replenish ammunition, heal their wounds, and summarize intelligence.
At the same time, the alliance has always maintained a military force in the Central and Northern Provinces.
The Alliance's 9th Garrison Division has always been there. In addition to suppressing the local area, they also have an important task, which is to cooperate with the actions of the battle sisters.
Further north from the Central North Province is the so-called Northern Region. According to the clues obtained by the Battle Sisters, the original lair of the Angry Owl sect and the place where they have the greatest influence is there.
Their operations in the north were always supported by the 9th Garrison Division.
The alliance is not without its benefits.
The most direct manifestation is that the Ninth Division of the North-Central Province has obviously never had any major military operations, but the area of the province has also expanded a lot in this year.
That's all thanks to these battle nuns.
During this year, they conquered many settlements - not necessarily all by force, but sometimes also by preaching.
Often when they find clues or traces of a cult somewhere, they rush there, remove the influence of the local cultists, and then leave in a hurry to go to the next target.
The alliance's army happily followed behind and took over the settlement.
Of course, the 9th Division is not completely playing tricks and taking advantage.
In fact, the Sisters of Battle sometimes still encounter some troubles that are difficult for them to deal with.
In a small number of small-scale confrontations, the battle nuns with nun power armor and the blessings of the divine religion were not afraid of the indigenous cultists. However, after all, the original Angry Owl sect is deeply rooted in many places in the north. Sometimes they would mobilize the masses, use the power of the settlements, and gather a large number of manpower and armed forces to encircle and suppress them.
And often at this time, it is the time for the Ninth Division to take action.
Although it is a garrison division and a second-line force of the alliance, it is still a regular army. There are more than 6,000 soldiers, 60 artillery pieces, and more than 300 trucks. Every time when the nuns were in action, there were always soldiers from the Ninth Division waiting outside.
When they ran into big trouble, with a call, 155 howitzers descended from the sky, blasting in front of their enemies and opening a bloody path for them.
If necessary again, troop transport trucks will rush over with at least one battalion, and if more, several battalions of soldiers.
At present, this combination seems to be invincible.
In the Northland region, the several encirclement and suppression operations carried out by the original Angry Owl Sect so far have failed to do anything to the Battle Sisters.
For example, in Fuxing City, the reason why they were able to stage such a big battle was because they had prepared for it several years in advance, built a windmill formation, and summoned the evil god to come.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, who would be the opponent of the Battle Sisters.
To be honest, Gu Hang was quite reluctant to leave the Battle Sisters.
Who doesn’t like working for free?
The original Angry Owl Sect has never caused trouble in the south for more than a year. That's because the Battle Sisters are in the north, which puts a lot of pressure on them. They have too much time to take care of themselves. How can they have time to go to the south to do things?
But now that they are leaving, they have to bear the pressure from the north.
However, Gu Hang couldn't do anything but keep silent about the news.
That's so shameless.
The key is that it will be easy for the originally harmonious relationship to turn into hatred in the future.
no need.
In the past, he would still be worried about whether the original Angry Owl Sect would have a relatively large negative impact.
But now, the alliance has long since escaped the fragile period of its infancy. The alliance that unites a population of 22 million is already a behemoth that the original Angry Owl Sect can only look up to. Even if they want to cause trouble, the best they can do is hide in the dark and act like mice.
What's more, now he also has other options that can be used to deal with these guys.
He planned to recruit a group of heretical demon hunters, train them, and then send them to the north to take over the unfinished business of the Battle Sisters.
……
Three days later, Gu Hang met Gerrit in Fuxing City.
Through the smooth communication between Zhongbei Province and Geruit, Gu Hang had already told her about the letter from her hometown.
In the past year, they had actually met more than once.
When someone came back to rest after working a day job, Gu Hang, the boss, wanted to go and express condolences no matter what.
But this time when they met, just like in the past, Gerrit looked dusty.
"Bishop Zhao is asking me to go back now, but it's really not the right time." Sister Gerrit looked helpless. "We have obtained key clues. The sisters have found the core stronghold of the original Angry Owl Sect. We even have a grasp of what they will do next in a desperate move...but this is the time!"
She was very unwilling.
(End of chapter)