Chapter 359: The nobles know how to reconcile
Chapter 359: The nobles know how to reconcile
“It has that flavor.”
Li Zhongren nodded, turned around again and looked at everything outside.
Through the special windows on the top floor of the hive, Li Zhongren can clearly follow his own will and look at everything around him.
This window is like a telescope.
He saw his people leaving the hive on their vehicles and going outside the hive to mine the planet's resources.
Busy.
Just like a worker bee.
The material output of this planet all comes from them, but they have the lowest level of income.
Even their basic rights cannot be guaranteed.
This is the reality of a world set by capitalist ideology.
Especially, the taxes just mentioned.
Even more so.
This proves that the social structure of capitalism, to some extent, may even be inferior to that of the ancient feudal dynasties.
At least, the feudal dynasties knew that the subjects under their rule were their property.
We have digressed. The conversation just now mainly made Li Zhongren realize another thing about the feudal dynasty.
That is, why did the imperial power have to use aristocratic families even though it knew that they were a cancer?
The answer is simple.
It was the optimal solution under the circumstances at that time.
If you use the aristocratic families, you can at least maintain your rule. The aristocratic families are the tentacles extending out from the imperial power.
If you don't use aristocratic families, the whole world will be in chaos.
Your political decrees cannot even be separated from the palace.
It wasn't a rebellion, but the people at that time didn't have enough brains to understand and execute the emperor's orders.
It's that simple.
The same is true in the hive where he is.
As the governor of the planet Raphael, he possesses supreme authority and absolute military power on this planet.
So, he can do anything.
But the only thing that cannot be reformed is that it will not affect the interests of the nobles on a large scale.
Because these nobles are the key to helping him absorb spiritual energy and pay taxes to the empire.
Kill them, easy.
But if the taxes cannot be paid, the power center that now controls the empire will not hesitate to launch an attack on him.
Therefore, it was not until this moment that Li Zhongren understood the helplessness of the ancient emperors.
It's a disgusting family, but we have to pretend to be nice to them.
So, it’s actually not difficult to change all this.
Ancient emperors chose the imperial examination.
So can he.
After all, this world was designed by him, and no one knows the nature, characteristics, and secrets of this world better than him.
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Planet Rafire, Psychic Academy.
Every administrative planet has such an institution, which is dedicated to providing a certain degree of training for psychic reserves.
After training, qualified psychics will be recruited into the Imperial Army, while unqualified psychics will be directly turned into fuel and thrown into the Astronomican.
This is not a score-only theory.
Because the so-called failure means that it cannot resist the pollution of the evil god of the subspace.
It has turned into a monster.
Everyone accepted this result, especially the nobles on each administrative planet. As the saying goes, every man has his own job. Their status on each administrative planet is hereditary, and will be passed down from generation to generation, endlessly.
Every year, the newest psykers produced on an administrative planet are actually potential enemies to these nobles.
Therefore, it is a good thing for these nobles that these people are recruited by the Empire to join the Imperial Guard to fight against the evil gods of the Warp.
It not only resolved potential dangers, but also prevented them from usurping their own interests as nobles.
So, basically speaking, as long as the governor of an administrative planet does not deal with nobles inexplicably and does not recruit psychics wantonly.
Then, the position of the governor will always be stable.
It's that simple and direct.
This is the tacit understanding between the governor and the nobles.
However, there are always exceptions to everything.
That is, if a planet is targeted by an evil god, the governor has the right and the excuse to recruit psychics on a large scale to resist the evil god's offspring from the warp.
And this is Li Zhongren's plan.
"Students, you will spend the next three years in this Psychic Academy. I don't want to say anything extra. You study for yourself, for your family, and to change your own destiny. So, study hard."
"crash"
Below, there was warm applause.
And it was from the heart. After all, these students from all over the hive found that the current governor, the honorary dean of the academy, was not at all empty when he spoke. Study, for whom? Of course, for yourself, not for the empire.
The empire has betrayed the emperor, but they are still fighting for the empire. Are they crazy?
"Then, let me tell you about the only rule of the Psychic Academy. You must remember it clearly."
"Before graduation, you are not allowed to use psychic powers privately. Those who violate this order will be sentenced to death."
"Remember?"
"remember!!"
"Very good, solved."
Li Zhongren waved his hand and was about to let the crowd disperse.
Then, the whole world seemed to stop suddenly.
Quiet, silent, even the color tone turned light blue.
Those who know the matter know that this is a sign of the subspace invading reality.
To put it more bluntly, the real world in a certain area is covered by the subspace.
Now it seems that they see that the surrounding environment has not changed, but in fact, at this moment, with this room as the center, all people in a certain area around have been transferred to the subspace world.
This is the most typical subspace invasion overlap event.
After the overlap, people in the area will not be able to leave the subspace. At the same time, as time goes by, it will attract the descendants of the evil gods of the subspace. These descendants can break through the barriers between the subspace and the real world through flesh and blood, psychic energy, and overlap, and thus invade the real world.
"Everyone, be quiet."
Looking at the noisy environment, Li Zhongren roared and instantly quieted the scene.
"This is an emergency, everyone, follow my orders."
After that, Li Zhongren issued orders as the governor. The nobles and officials on the scene also responded accordingly under Li Zhongren's orders. For example, they built a barrier to protect all ordinary people and psychic reserves.
It's not that these people are really so selfless, because they know very well that human flesh and blood is the most delicious delicacy in the subspace. If you don't block it, the descendants of the evil god will soon chase you.
"All nobles, step out and work with me to open the passage between reality and the subspace. We must do this before the descendants of the evil god come to pursue the taste."
"Yes! Governor." "Boom!!"
After saying that, Li Zhongren raised his hand, and blazing flames gushed out from his body, and he turned into a fire giant.
Although the other psychic nobles were surprised that their governor suddenly used such an ability, they were not too curious. After all, everyone has trump cards, and now that it has come to the critical moment, it is normal for the governor to bring out some of his trump cards.
Then, all the attacks, under the coordination of Li Zhongren, were wrapped in flames and bombarded into a void.
"Ka~~Ka~~"
as time flows.
Cracks began to appear in the void.
Then, the cracks spread like broken glass.
Finally, with a crash, everything fell apart and a gap was opened.
"Let the ordinary people go out first, and the others will follow. I will cover the rear to prevent the descendants of the evil god from appearing."
"Yes!"
Because Li Zhongren chose to be the last one to leave, even the nobles did not dare to say anything. You are noble, but are you as noble as the Governor?
Soon, hundreds of people in the auditorium quickly passed through space and left the subspace, but at this time, a rotten and foul smell began to appear in the air.
"Damn it, he is the offspring of the God of Filth."
If we ask who is the most powerful of the four evil gods in the subspace, there may not be a standard answer, but if we ask who is the most disgusting, it must be the God of Filth.
This thing, no amount of human words can accurately express how disgusting it is.
"boom!!"
Li Zhongren, without hesitation, spewed out flames towards the distance, and all these flames formed a wall of fire.
Those descendants of the God of Filth who looked corrupt, decaying, or grotesque were burned to ashes the moment they hit the flames. Seizing this opportunity, Li Zhongren left the subspace and returned to the real world.
However, in the real world, instead of feeling relieved, he increased his strength and released fire towards the gap in the warp. Other psychics did the same. All their abilities intertwined to form a line of defense, preventing the offspring of the God of Filth from passing through. At the same time, the gap in the warp was also healing itself.
Finally, after a few minutes, it was completely shut down.
Everyone present couldn't help but take a deep breath.
Li Zhongren stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked around.
"Students go to school as normal. Notify all nobles on Raphael Star to go to the top floor conference room for a meeting in one hour."
"Yes, Governor!"
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"I believe you are all aware of how serious today's incident is."
After all the nobles had arrived, Li Zhongren came out late, sat on the throne with his horse and sword, and spoke.
"No one is using psychic power. Just so abruptly, the subspace overlaps with reality. Do you know what this means?"
The scene was very quiet, and the nobles were breathing carefully.
"Because they all know it."
Generally speaking, if there is no psyker going out of control as a springboard, there are only two possibilities for the Warp to invade reality.
The first is that the psychic field in the area where the real world is located is abnormal and resonates with the subspace, but this is impossible. The psychic field of the planet Raphael has always been stable. All the psychics present can feel this, because the psychic field is like the ripples caused by a stone thrown into the water.
Once it appears, it will quickly spread to the entire planet of Raphael, and any psychic will be able to feel the ripples.
But the reality is, no.
The second possibility is that there is a traitor, or in other words, one or several psychics have been secretly corrupted by the evil god, driving the evil god's power and setting up a reverse summoning array to achieve this effect.
"housekeeper."
"I'm here, Governor."
"Turn on the evil god's power detection device."
"Yes."
"Om~~"
"Om~~"
"Om~~"
A huge radar-like detector extended from the ceiling and aimed at everyone in the room, including Li Zhongren himself.
The nobles felt oppressed, but they dared not move. If they moved now, they would be labeled as infected by the evil god.
Then, a golden light burst out from the radar, and the light fell like a flame, landing on everyone.
The sizzling flames seemed to be burning their skin.
In fact, this is an illusion.
This kind of flame does not burn flesh and blood, but only burns the power of the evil god.
So, if you have the power of the evil god in your soul, you will be ignited in an instant.
Of course, the price of this test is pain.
After a long time, the flames dissipated and Li Zhongren's expression seemed to be a lot more relaxed.
"Very good, there are no evil god infected people among you. I feel a little relieved. However, this is even more terrifying. This means that there is one or more unknown evil god infected people in the nest. They can even designate me, including the governor, and all of us."
"So, I want to set up a special operations team and draw people from the nobles. Is there a problem?"
The meeting was over when the sun set.
Li Zhongren was still standing in front of the transparent floor-to-ceiling window in the conference room, looking at the scenery outside.
Behind him was the butler, who was recording and organizing the contents of the meeting.
"Governor, how do you know that they will agree to recruit civilian psychics to form this special operations team?"
"Because the nobles know how to reconcile."
Li Zhongren smiled and spoke.
"If I ask them to form a special operations team directly, they will definitely worry about dividing their rights and will refuse. But if I ask them to personally fight against the evil god, then they will agree to form a special operations team with civilians."
"These people have been rich for many years, and they have long lost the blood and energy of their pioneer ancestors."
"But, Your Excellency Governor, the question is, if the investigation does not reveal the offspring of the evil god, what should we do?"
"Can't you find out?"
Li Zhongren turned around and looked at his butler, Li Deoff.
"Some things, if you don't check, may not even be worth four carats, but if you really check, then four thousand carats may not be enough to stop it."
"Are you saying that there are descendants of the evil god in the hive city of Raphael?"
"This is for sure."
Li Zhongren nodded.
"It is normal for the lower class people in the hive to live such a miserable life and be bewitched by the evil god."
"However, the power of the four evil gods has been suppressed by His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, they cannot, like in ancient times, deceive humans, open channels, and instantly release planetary-level power to destroy the human regime."
"Without the power of the evil god, they would not be able to build a portal of this scale."
"Therefore, the evil gods chose a completely new way to develop in secret, cultivate believers, and then use the power of the evil gods' faith as the source to build the portal."
"How do you know this?"
"Nonsense, I set this up, how could I not know it?"
Li Zhongren thought so in his heart, of course, he didn't say anything. As a superior, one should keep things mysterious and let others use their imaginations.
(End of this chapter)