Warhammer: The Beginning is the Crisis of Annihilation Chapter 182

   Traveling to other universes has always been Guilliman's plan.

  Especially after communicating with the dark watchers left behind by those ancient civilizations in the monastery of the Dark Angel - Megalith Fortress.

   strengthened his idea of ​​going to other universes.

  If a civilization cannot guarantee enough curiosity and continues to expand outward, it is tantamount to taking chronic poison.

  The ultimate security of mankind can only come from outward expansion and colonization.

  In the ruthless competition of civilizations, only export-oriented civilizations can survive, and conservative civilizations that live in a corner will eventually perish.

   Now, Guilliman has not completely rescued the human empire, but he must make a plan and plan for the future

  Humanity must be prepared to colonize other galaxies and other universes.

  Of course, he summoned Kaul, and forming a different universe exploration team was just a casual move, reserving enough living space for human beings as a backup strategic plan.

  The current focus of the empire is still to fight against chaos, against traitors and enemies in the galaxy.

  The ruling great sage stared dumbfounded at the primarch sitting on the wide chair, such absurd words, but when the other party recounted them, his tone was so serious.

  For a moment, he didn't know whether Guilliman was joking or serious.

   "Exploring other universes?" Kaul said hesitantly, "My lord, please forgive my ignorance, can you tell me exactly, are you joking?"

  The human empire is the largest empire in human history.

   But it only occupies 2/3 of the territory of the galaxy.

  That is to say, human beings have not even been able to completely control the entire galaxy so far.

   Don't even talk about going to other galaxies.

  Compared to the vast universe, the human empire is really too small to be worth mentioning.

  It's like a grain of sand in the frenzy of the waves, so small that no one cares about it.

  Under such circumstances, Guilliman actually wanted to travel to other universes.

   If this is the case, it is like a village boy who has not even made a monthly income of 3,000, but wants to be a guest at the home of the richest man in the world.

  Cauer couldn't help but have a slightly disrespectful thought.

   Primarch This is too delusional.

  Guilliman looked at Kaul with a playful smile.

   "Does the great sage think that I am a person who likes to joke?"

  Cauer was also silent for a moment, and then the sound of gears and mechanical roar came from his neck.

   The head covered with metal and precision gear structure shook slightly.

   Thinking about it carefully, Guilliman is indeed not someone who likes to joke.

   During the period from waking up to the present, the various plans that Guilliman launched are really crazy.

   But in the end, those crazy plans often come true.

  Guilliman promoted those plans with his frightening perseverance and wisdom.

  Sometimes, many plans seem useless, but they will play an amazing role in the future.

  The links are intertwined, and once you think about it, people are frightened by his vision.

"How do we go to other universes? We can't even go to other galaxies? So far, the empire has never reached other galaxies. Maybe some people have gone to other galaxies, but they have never been able to come back. Such exploration is meaningless. Big."

  Cauer's mechanical arm extended with a buzzing sound.

   A holographic projection interface pops up on the thick metal arm.

  In the projection, countless stars are suspended, moving around the core inside the galaxy.

   It is worth mentioning that the positions of stars in the universe are not less than 10%, and they also move.

  The distance of the stars in the first few hundred years is different from the distance in the next few hundred years.

  Humans are too small to feel the movement of the Milky Way.

   It's like a person standing on the earth, he can't feel the movement of the ground under his feet.

  The cosmic background of the stars is changing every moment, and the solar system is moving with the many stars in the Milky Way.

   This is one of the reasons why the warp needs lighthouses.

  If there is no lighthouse as a reference, those ships entering the warp will easily get lost in the frenzied etheric currents, and eventually be wrapped in the depths of the warp.

  Once the cosmic coordinates of the stars change, the ship continues to enter that area according to previous cognition.

   It is very likely that it will plunge headlong into the star, or appear in the void outside, and will not reach the galaxy at all.

"Going to other universes is easier than we imagined, Cawl. Do you remember the Mordor I went to last time?" Guilliman stood up, his tall body cast a shadow on the room, and he walked to the bookshelf. Next to him, he continued to speak: "Moduo is a very special place, it originated from those ancient races."

"In the Stone Fortress. I talked to those Dark Watchers. They told me that before the Eldar appeared, and even their creators did not lead the galaxy, the first civilization war broke out in the universe. The races involved in the war forged these roads to other universes to escape disaster. Ermodor is the entrance of such a road, which is laid along the territory of the gods and extends to other universes."

"Our current work is to explore along this road. In the early stage, we aimed to familiarize ourselves with the roads to and from other universes. Being able to go there and come back is the goal of the first stage. Then there is the second stage of development, as far as possible Familiarize yourself with the technology of making roads, widen the roads, and strive to allow established troops to pass. The third step is to master the road technology proficiently, and mobilize the troops of the empire to colonize other universes. In this way, even if we are defeated here, we can Withdraw to other universes and preserve vitality."

   "The original casting technology in the second stage has matured. I need you to sit in Modo, conduct various tests, and equip them with different abilities to ensure that they can enter other universes and return safely."

   "Such a plan is very difficult to implement." Even if Kaul lived for 10,000 years, he has seen any big scenes.

   But now, he really can't accept it.

  The Regent of the Empire is so arrogant that he wants to get his hands on other universes.

  The Primarch is more rampant than his father.

  The Emperor is only creating the webway, he is crazy enough to build inter-universe roads.

   "If there is no difficulty, we must do it. If there is difficulty, we must do it." Guilliman spread his hands, "You will be fully responsible for this matter in the early stage. After I solve some problems in the empire, I will personally lead this project."

   Seeing Guilliman's resolute attitude, Kaul could only nod his head, and the appointment continued.

   After talking about going to other universes, Guilliman sat back on his chair and clicked on a holographic projection covering the entire room, showing the picture of the Milky Way.

   Hundreds of millions of light spots appeared in the room, forming a white haze of light.

  Light fog is composed of densely packed light spots, with a large number, and each point is emitting light.

   Exudes a faint silver glow.

  Guilliman waved his hands and zoomed in on the partial scene.

  The little particles have turned into shining stars.

  The two of them seemed to be in the Milky Way.

   "This is the display of all the stars in the entire galaxy." Guilliman zoomed in as he spoke, and did not stop until he could clearly see each point of light.

  The sea of ​​stars composed of hundreds of billions of stars coated their bodies with a faint silver edge.

  Carl keenly noticed that there was an area mixed with golden light in the holographic projection.

  The light spot composed of gold and silver two-color light only occupies about one-twentieth of the entire picture.

  When the starry sky image is not enlarged, it is difficult to notice this detail.

  The light spot composed of gold and silver two-color light radiates out thin tentacles to the surroundings. These countless tentacles constitute the intricate links between them, forming an infinitely fine network structure.

"It seems that you have noticed this place." Guilliman said, "This is the area covered by the lighthouse project. Those tentacles are a dense shipping network composed of lighthouse nodes, which can effectively reduce the impact of warp space storms and maintain the Empire. The normal operation of the system does not need to rely on Terra's Astronomical Torch."

  Kauer stared at it for a while, feeling a little turmoil in his heart.

   Since the establishment of the empire for thousands of years, it has relied on the guidance provided by the emperor's astronomical torch.

  The State Church and the Council of High Lords have always maintained the doctrine of the sacredness of the Astrotorch, and regard this as a strong proof that Terra ruled other regions, representing the legitimacy of the Emperor.

   Some people have also questioned whether the human empire is too dependent on the Astro Torch. Once there is a problem, human beings are likely to be in trouble.

  It's a pity that anyone who dares to question the end result is not very good.

   In front of the state church and high lords, this kind of questioning is unbearable for them.

  To question the Astronomical Torch is to question the Emperor, to question the Emperor is to question Terra, and to question Terra is to question the legitimacy of their rule.

   If you dare to question legality now, you may rebel in a few days.

  Only a person with such courage as the regent of the empire can say that breaking the intricate chain of interests of those vested interests in the high lords and state religions, and promoting this kind of lighthouse node.

   Decades ago, who would have dared to publicize such a thing? After finishing speaking today, the State Church and the court of justice would come to the door the next day. On the third day, even the ashes could not be found.

"When everything is formed and mixed with Jinhui, it will represent the success of the Lighthouse Project, and humans will no longer be so passive in the face of the subspace." Guilliman said, "The subspace is very dangerous for humans, but It is very important. If the subspace is lost, I am afraid that the human empire will fall apart in a few years. For this reason, we must tame the subspace and let it become our help rather than our doom."

   "When you sit in Modo, you also need to pay attention to this matter to ensure the perfect promotion of the Lighthouse Project. This is the most important step for human beings to achieve glory."

  Guilliman explained to Kaul the importance of the Lighthouse Project.

  Once completed, mankind will get rid of the Terra Astronomical Torch, get rid of the inefficient communication efficiency, and strengthen the empire's control over the worlds.

  In the past, the astronomical communication was extremely inefficient.

  A message in astronomical language calling for urgent help may drift in the subspace for decades before being finally received by Terra.

   It would be decades before Terra responded by sending troops to the area to deal with it.

   Such a situation makes the empire's ability to deal with various crises simply unbearable to look directly at.

   can be expressed in the word garbage.

   This is the main reason why Guilliman gave each planet democratic autonomy.

  Tera really has no way to control every colony. They can only let them choose the person who can represent their own interests, and then let that person fight for their interests.

   Moreover, the absolute dictatorship, which firmly controls the tentacles, is completely unworthy for the empire, and the costs and benefits paid for this are not equal.

  That is a lack of self-confidence, fearing that one's power will be eroded and eventually lose everything.

  Absolute dictatorship will make officials of all classes pay more attention to the interests of their superiors than to the residents he rules.

  When an official can be rewarded without taking into account the interests of the ruled civilians, then there is no need for the official to protect the interests of the residents.

  There is no way to solve the root problem of human selfishness and greed.

  Any forces that claim to use ideals and beliefs to eliminate selfishness and greed in human nature are all lies without exception.

  If an official wants to achieve a certain position, if it depends on the opinions of the residents in his jurisdiction, then he will inevitably serve the residents in the area and fight for their interests in order to gain support.

  If an official can be promoted, it depends on his leadership.

  Then he only needs to serve his boss well and please his boss.

  In this process, if he is still willing to fight for the interests of the local residents, then he is really a rare good person, a good official, and he can be called a saint in terms of ideology, morality and consciousness.

Why?

  In an absolute dictatorship system, fighting for the interests of local residents is a matter of no benefit at all, or very little benefit.

  The boss will not praise that person because of this, let alone promote that person's position.

  The local residents have no way to benefit that person.

   Just dedication without any return, isn't this a saint?

  Guilliman only allowed the centralized power of Terra to be concentrated in star regions, sub-star regions, and even galaxies, but not in the field of planets, which is the reason.

  Once these officials appointed to the planet give up fighting for the interests of the local residents and choose to please the above, then his reforms will lose all meaning.

  The higher-ups ordered a task, and the lower-level ones performed even better in order to improve their political capital.

   Directly squeeze the residents of the planet and force them to complete the task, even if the residents of the planet cannot survive, so what?

  When the local people die, they die. The boss's task cannot be violated. If he violates the hat, he will not be guaranteed.

   If you dare to rebel, you dare to kill, and after you kill them all, hide the news.

  As long as the boss doesn't speak, even if half a planet's people died for the mission, they will still be promoted and raise their salary.

  Terra is tens of thousands of light-years away, who knows what happened, at most, he saw that person get promoted.

   It is even more impossible for Guilliman to check every planet to see whether the officials appointed by Terra are responsible and whether they are good officials who plead for the people.

  Human nature can only be guided, not blocked.

  Even if the Tribunal has the time and energy for a year to launch purges again and again to clean up all those officials who are greedy for profit and ignore the people of the empire, more officials will take this road.

  When one corrupt official falls, tens of thousands of corrupt officials will stand up.

  To curry favor with high-level officials, murder and set fire, violent suppression, promotion and salary increase.

   Pray for the people, be fair and honest, be kind to the people, and be a scumbag all your life

  Saints are always a minority, and the world itself is mercenary.

  Using interests to guide them is the right way.

  If the interests lead to bad people, the society will inevitably go to moral decline.

  If interests lead to good people, then the society will be fair and clean, and the accounts will not be closed at night.

   Taking the planet as the unit, it is very important for the bottom layer to fight for their own interests and make their own voices heard.

   With opposition, those talents dare not act recklessly.

   Those officials in high positions will focus more on formulating reasonable plans instead of playing power.

   Only by balancing the interests of all parties can it be possible for the planetary governor to implement it.

   Otherwise, if the other party directly throws back the plan, it will only appear that you are incompetent and become a laughing stock.

  The governors of those planets will not oppress the local residents too much for the preferences of the above.

  Standing in the position of the planetary governor, pleasing the higher-ups, will not be promoted.

   Provoking the anger of the people below, he was about to resign in desperation instead, without gaining any benefits.

   Absolute dictatorship is undesirable.

  Absolute democracy is even more undesirable. The economy is easily decoupled and becomes a behind-the-scenes existence that manipulates politics, and the country will also become a business-based country.

  For this reason, the military and the economy must be separated from politics and incorporated into the empire's control system, providing the empire with military support and a large enough flow of funds to maintain technology and various military equipment.

  Otherwise, the entire empire will easily fall into a vicious cycle of being controlled by large political and economic groups.

  Once the country becomes a business-based country, the situation will be as bad as falling into an absolute dictatorship, or even worse.

   After all, being an emperor has to protect his own regime and benefit the people.

  Businessmen can only **** blood, but they don't know how to spend money on people's livelihood.

  They will only continue to extract benefits until all contradictions are out of control.

  The Lighthouse Project, in conjunction with Guilliman's reforms, can be said to be the best system for the empire today.

  It can effectively reduce the possibility of the governor of the local planet doing evil in the case of poor communication, and prevent people from falling into ignorance and ignorance again, and living a life that is worse than death.

  Absolute freedom and democracy will turn human beings into little lambs in the mouth of evil gods, with power scattered, and all forces fighting for their own interests until their brains fly out.

  Absolute dictatorship will turn the empire into another hell, people will lose their freedom of thought, and civilization will regress.

   A balance between the two is the best.

   "I understand." Kaul bowed slightly, indicating that he knew his mission well.

  The two talked again, and made a judgment on the current situation of the empire, as well as some details of the next plan.

   Afterwards, Guilliman let Kaul go out and let him go about his own business.

  And he stayed in the strategy room and continued to deal with the government affairs of the empire.

  As long as the time comes to return to Terra and solve some problems, Guilliman will set sail again.

   Hand over the affairs of Terra to the bureaucrats headed by Penny.

  As the actual ruler of the empire, the new Lord of Humanity, Guilliman will not interfere too much with the operation of the empire.

   His character is by no means an ancient emperor.

   but the savior of mankind.

  There is an essential difference between the two. Those emperors chose dictatorship for their own benefit.

   Guilliman chose dictatorship for the overall benefit of mankind.

  His duty is to save the empire and lead mankind out of this dark universe.

   Dictatorship, dictatorship is only a means, not the ultimate goal.

   Sitting in the golden palace of Terra, there is no salvation.

  He must take the lead in the front line of the battlefield in order to inspire the soldiers of the empire.

  Any grand narrative death or injury will always be the bottom layer of those who have faith.

  Guilliman must let them know that the interests of the rulers of the empire and their interests are one.

  The next phase of the Indomitable Crusade must begin.

Chapter end