It's fine if they just quarrel.
Hades expertly picked up the command board, lowered his presence, and expertly ignored Neos and Malcador who were struggling in front of him for the nth time.
It turned out that Neos learned quickly when it came to attracting Malcador's wrath—perhaps a lot of it was from the experience he gained from Hades.
Maybe they enjoy it.
It doesn't matter.
Hades didn't care.
Month after month, sun rising and setting, with the "joint" efforts of the three people on the scene, Terra, which had cleared a wave of insects, began to prosper.
Hades can solemnly guarantee that two-thirds of Terra's political affairs should be attributed to him - Nirvana will handle one third, the Ultramarines will handle one third, and he will approve some odds and ends here and there.
Well, Malcador still does most of the work, but most of the information that passes through Malcador is approved by the Ultramarines in advance.
Ultramarines, good job.
During this period, the Lord of Mankind and Malcador were clearly in a state of vying for power, but Hades didn't care. He would help the weaker side.
But it was important to keep the Lord of Mankind slightly on Malcador's side, and then while they were arguing, shove the Ultramarines into the corner.
It was obvious that when the fight started, both sides wanted Hades' help, and in front of the enemy, Hades' dream of getting some Macragge blue became insignificant...
Thanks to Hades, the Five Hundred Worlds soon ushered in a new conscription season.
Hades still has a dream. Perhaps he should encourage the Macragge people to colonize Terra... Maybe the Barbarus people can too, but so far, except for the followers of the Cult of the Underworld, the Storm Segment still maintains a cold attitude towards Terra.
Hades could understand them. With Barbarus as an anchor and Graeae as a springboard for transportation, Mortarion built the southern part of the Tempest Segmentum into his own fortress—
A military state that is only loyal to the Primarch, or in other words, only loyal to the Death Guard Legion...
Cough cough.
It is a miracle that this autonomous region has not yet become a thorn in the eyes of the central government.
It may also be related to Mortarion’s previous efforts and Buzz’s efforts.
Although the Hades Cult has also taken root in the Storm Star Region, their pragmatic creed makes them appear more restrained... Perhaps they don't care what Hades looks like at all, but only care about whether the blessing can still be used after Hades returns.
After sending a bishop to ask Pluto whether the doctrine needed to be changed and whether Pluto could go to the Storm Star Region to live permanently - after receiving negative answers, the Storm Star Region fell silent.
After the Death Guard entered the warp, the Storm Segmentum was in a semi-production state as a whole, and Hades could not just abandon the two people on Terra who were busy with the work every day, so he had to carry out semi-management through the Death Guard's agents stationed on Terra.
Although it was called management, it was just helping to see if there were any other emergencies. The Pale Lord's plan was very detailed, which saved Hades a lot of time.
Sometimes, in front of his desk, looking at the documents written by Mortarion thousands of years ago, Hades would sigh and wonder, when did Mortarion become a little... smooth in government affairs
I hope the Pale Lord returns soon.
Hades was silent. It would be soon, it would be soon - when he asked Vox, Vox would only give him this answer.
The time in the warp is not logical. Time may be fast or slow. The battle in the garden may have ended, and the Pale Lord is about to leave.
Hades scratched his head.
There is no benefit in thinking too much. Fortunately, he was born with white hair. Caught between two people who don't get along with each other, Hades deliberately put aside the political affairs - let them fight.
In the past few months, Hades has been mainly managing and integrating the Mechanicus.
Fortunately, both Neos and Malcador had some instinctive aversion to the Mechanicus, and both acquiesced to Hades' direct management.
As of now, Hades has the unconditional support of twenty-one large forging worlds, including Mars, Graeae, Phaos, and Mint - the sages can give everything for Hades.
This is the foundation of the Mechanicus laid for him by Phaos and the Death Guard.
The knowledge of the Mechanicus must be integrated.
Hades knew this very well. In this world, many sages could come up with extremely outrageous unique technologies, but if they were not used on a large scale, even the most powerful technologies would disappear into the galaxy.
In fact, ten thousand years ago, the sages of the past had an information sharing network, but with the influence of electronic waste code and chaos... this period of time was quickly abandoned by the current self-enclosed sages.
The first step in technological explosion is information sharing.
Establish an academic platform and break the boundaries of time and space - since Hades and Neos can ensure the purity of knowledge, there is nothing to hesitate about.
After consulting with the Lord of Mankind, Hades created the Nirvana Unit-2, based on the Unit-1, with lower intelligence and thicker firewalls. The Emperor's psychic powers were forbidden to interfere with Unit-2.
But every year, Unit 1 and Unit 2 will be updated synchronously and exchange information - after that, if Unit 1 is proven to be reliable, Hades may consider making Unit 2 more intelligent, more... psychic.
Compared to the Abomination Intelligence, Unit 02 is more like an advanced version of The Thinker, which only retains the data of Unit 01 and does not simulate a personality.
After all, if you are just sharing and transmitting knowledge, there is no need to be too advanced.
But in the Emperor's words, it sounds like Necron technology.
Hades tapped his head, perhaps the Emperor was right.
One hundred days after he had cursed the sages at Kirkland Hill, Pluto set foot on this red soil.
It was a routine meeting, but on a larger and more grand scale. It was the first time Hades saw a welcome ceremony that spanned an entire continent.
In order to cooperate with Kirkland, Hades had to release the Star God Lightning and Void Dragon Metal in the clouds released in advance by the sages - Mars once again ushered in a metal rain.
He does not need to say much, as there are people who will argue for him.
Hades had nothing to say about this, and everyone except him thought it was a good idea for him to keep quiet.
On this topic, everyone put aside their differences and reached a consensus.
999.M41, United 21 Forge World, Pluto signed the Athens Call on Mars,
Using the Nirvana Unit 2 - Academy of Athens located on Mars as the data center, all the sages of the twenty-one forging worlds uploaded all their scientific research results to the cloud.
Hades knew that even if he said it was all, the sages would definitely have some hidden treasures, but this step was enough.
Or maybe... In the private room above the hall, Hades lowered his eyes and looked at the slightly fanatical sages. Some of them even hugged each other and cried - every sage knew what this meant.
As for the reputation guarantee... The credibility of [Athens Academy] comes from Pluto and the twenty-one forging worlds that have actually joined it.
In the Mechanicus, knowledge is money, and the more knowledge one possesses, the higher the level of the sage will often be.
Hades did not break this point directly and completely place knowledge as [priceless]. Terra's internal affairs were already chaotic enough, and he did not want to usher in a big chaos from the Mechanicus.
After that, if you want to acquire knowledge again, you can upload the knowledge you have for exchange - unclassified technology, or knowledge that improves on the original technology will be judged as [valuable] and further classified and exchanged.
Hades himself also wrote a lot of papers to the [Academy]. Except for the category of [War] which requires the exchange of knowledge, the rest are free.
In the [Athens Academy], in addition to the knowledge that needs to be exchanged, there is also completely free knowledge, among which the transformation of the agricultural world, basic medical care, large ship casting assembly line, environmental transformation, slingshot... are all resources that can be directly obtained -
But the prerequisite is still to join the [Academy of Athens].
In addition, sages who frequently upload valuable high-tech content will be evaluated by the academy for upgrading. There are seven levels in total. Sages who are willing to share their knowledge for free will gain experience points faster.
Hades also established a forum for the sages to chat and gossip. The first document Hades uploaded to the forum was the [Mars Technical Sergeant's Guide].
Hades had hardly imagined that he would be able to see the ridiculously abstract stuff he wrote ten thousand years later, but in fact, this "book" that had been copied out of a bookcase had actually been passed down.
On the day of the ceremony, when the knowledge offered by various worlds was accepted, the technical soldiers of Iron Hands and Imperial Fists entrusted it to Hades.
After the technical sergeants of the two legions are the technical sergeants of most of the legions and chapters of the current empire.
On the red carpet, under the gaze of all the sages, the unexpectedly intruding warriors walked in, the colorful ocean shone with metallic luster, and the technical sergeants who were not very popular in most legions or chapters announced that they would join the Academy of Athens.
At some unknown point in time, the technical sergeant of the Death Guard revealed the true identity of "H" - Pluto to the apprentices on Mars.
Hades was stunned.
This is a pleasant surprise.
He originally wanted to deal with the sages first, and then reach out to the legion...
But the willow tree that was planted accidentally ten thousand years ago has now grown into a vast ocean. Ten thousand years ago, when Hades was grinding his teeth and scribbling on the biological sage's thesis materials, he never thought of this scene today.
Hades didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He had thought that the Legion would be the Emperor's base, but now it seems... it's not so absolute.
Most of the first edition of this "book" had even been iterated away, leaving only a blurry stick figure. Hades made some random changes and used the stick figure puppy as the logo for the "Athens Academy - Forum" section.
Maybe the overall style doesn't match the style of The School of Athens, but Hades is happy with it.
At this point, the [Athens Academy] was officially established. Because the information communication problem was still not solved, the forging world with the [Quantum Slingshot] was used as the hub. Each forging world was equipped with a copy template of all the information of the [Athens Academy] as a regional server.
…
By the way, the central hub of the Academy of Athens on Mars is located in the underground cave where the Emperor imprisoned the Void Dragon. Now it is completely empty - the dragon was beaten up by Angron and Mortarion, and then Mortarion took the dragon away.
Hades found a piece of paper in the middle of the old battlefield.
[Wait for you to come back, good brother.]
The handwriting appeared to be Angron's.
…
He would retrieve the Primarchs.
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Within the coverage of the regional server, sages can connect to the Academy of Athens through their devices.
And every standard Terran month, the branches of the Academy of Athens would use slingshots to conduct completely physical information transmission, and coordinate updates between the branches and the center - big trucks pulling memory sticks.
The highest-level sage of the Forge World who possesses the slingshot has the power to access all information, but is also responsible for verifying the falsity of knowledge - the Academy of Athens also has some automatic falsification capabilities.
Hades met with these sages one by one. As sages who withstood the pressure and built the slingshot during the Psychic Rebellion, or the descendants and apprentices of the sages of that time, their loyalty seemed quite reliable.
Hades built the framework and became the supreme manager of this system. After ensuring that no unexpected problems would occur, Hades returned to Terra to watch the Lord of Mankind and Malcador quarreling, and let the sages do whatever they wanted.
The system had to run independently, he couldn't keep an eye on it all the time.
The sages automatically upgraded their new business. They packaged a bunch of free knowledge and low-level knowledge into small STCs and sold them directly to worlds with lower levels of technological civilization, or to marginal planets where it was inconvenient for the sages to go.
This fits Hades' stereotype of sages very well.
Three months into the trial run, Hades, who was tired of Neos and Malcador tripping each other up on Terra, came to Mars, connected to the hub, and prepared to check the results.
The spread of the Academy of Athens was very high and fast - after all, joining would allow one to get some knowledge for free, which almost hit the Achilles' heel of the sages.
Getting something for free is the innate instinct of every mechanical sage.
Even within these three months, thirteen forge worlds have sent in drafts to start building the [Quantum Slingshot]. Hades ordered that the first fourteen forge worlds with the Quantum Slingshot will become the next batch of branch nodes of the [Athens Academy].
As to why it is fourteen, this is a suitable number that was arrived at after precise calculations, perhaps with a little bit of numerology involved, but not much.
This is also Hades's conspiracy. Now the Star Whisper Court, the Navigator Family, and the Astronomican Court are being torn apart by the Grey Knights.
It turned out that Hades was too merciful, and the Grey Knights killed these psychics even more cruelly.
At first he said he didn't want to be in charge... But if he was really given the power, Hades thought, he would still be willing to wield the sword.
He even needed to warn the Grey Knights not to overfish.
However, Hades does not need to worry too much about this. He only needs to release Magnus, and Magnus will automatically awaken the conscience of his children ten thousand years later - telling them that psychics should help each other and not kill innocent people.
This way Hades can get on with other work.
Hades reviewed the sages' applications for slingshots, drank a sip of wine, and approved the information transmission application of the [Academy of Athens].
"?!!!!"
"What??! Ugh—cough cough cough cough—"
Hades spurted out Barbarus's secret brew. Apparently, the data accumulated in the past three months was a bit too much - so much that he was a bit stuck for a while.
(End of this chapter)