The voice of the Mechanical Sage came from three silver-plated skulls suspended in the air.
Those skulls were connected by exposed nerve cables, speaking for his will.
Qiu Chen didn't like the sound made by Sage Stern.
It sounds very mechanical and emotionless.
It's like a computer making sounds.
But he didn't show any abnormality.
Stern Sage is in a highly respected position, and any contempt for him may bring disaster to himself.
The other party came from far away from that mysterious empire.
A great man serving the great man.
Compared with time travelers like him, they can be said to be people from two completely different worlds.
For ordinary people, the empire is undoubtedly an unimaginable behemoth, with a complex and complete military, scientific research, economy, education, and religion, ruling over a vast territory, and having countless populations.
Qiu Chen thought that he couldn't have such a high position in such a huge organization.
Ordinary people like him may never have the chance to meet the person behind the scenes who drives all this in his entire life.
That is, the ruler who rules this vast empire.
People like Sage Stern can talk with each other, plan the future of the entire empire, and decide the fate of one world after another.
Inside the hall are the most powerful men and women in the base city. They each have their own responsibilities: expel demons, maintain faith, spread hope, and establish a new order.
After hearing what Stern said, they all started discussing in a low voice.
"Please give a more detailed report." Inquisitor Grey said, "How should we use those coordinates? What are the differences between different universes? What are the uses of these strangers? Should we rely on them to lead the way? Or what?"
Sage Stern nodded, and a mechanical tentacle slid through the air with a buzzing sound. The light spots suspended in front of everyone moved with it, forming videos.
"This is what we extracted from the subconscious of these people, their memories of those worlds."
Qiu Chen looked at the scene displayed on the projection.
A guy in a tights swung quickly between tall buildings.
His perspective was like that of a room in one of those tall buildings.
The perspective moves as the guy in the tights moves at high speed.
The other party rushed to the ground with quick means and jumped onto the car of the masked gangster who was armed with weapons.
"Mr. Bad Guy, hi, my name is Spider-Man. You can also call me Web-Bag Man or Mr. Marvel. What you are doing is not very good. We suggest that you put down your weapons immediately and surrender to the police." said the man.
Afterwards, he subdued the masked gangsters with his flexible fighting skills.
Then, a white spider web spurted out from his hand, and it swung away in the sky.
In addition to this video, other videos are also shown in the projection.
A huge bat symbol projected high in the sky above a city was particularly conspicuous.
Qiu Chen watched the videos one by one.
In your mind, associate these videos with different time travelers.
Without a doubt, the first video is John's.
The guy wearing a tights, swinging in the air, and subduing bad guys should be the New York good neighbor he mentioned, Spider-Man.
This guy often complains about why he traveled through time instead of Spider-Man.
He just wants to be an ordinary person, why is it so difficult
Time travel is something that should be done by superheroes.
The second video, the one with the bat symbol over the city, is probably Sam's.
Sam talked about what happened before he traveled through time.
Living in a terrible city with soaring unemployment and rampant gangs, it's a hopeless city.
There's also this jerk out there who calls himself Batman, being a superhero and fighting crime.
As a result, he couldn't even earn extra money and was so poor that he almost had to eat dirt.
"That damn Batman, if he's so capable, why doesn't he just kill those bosses and give me some money so I can survive? He only knows how to catch street thugs, which is a natural offense. Don't let me go back, let me go back, I must break his hands and feet, and then let him beg on the street, and then persuade him earnestly to be a good person."
Sam gritted his teeth every time he said this.
Obviously, in his mind, superheroes and the like are all shit.
I can’t even afford to eat, yet you still tell me to be a good person.
Such a saint, why don't you go to the church and replace Jesus with your own
Qiu Chen watched a few more videos and found the corresponding people in each video.
There are many travelers in the foggy world.
In addition, people have no habit of keeping their identities as time travelers secret.
When they were drinking, they even wanted to bring out all the bad things in their past lives and use words to whip up those who had offended them.
For example, a soldier who was shot in the knee during a war and had to retire would always brag about how he had killed the Skaven rats with his own hands, saying that he had gone in and out seven times and killed those rats so badly that they were completely defeated.
There is also a cynical keyboard warrior who always says when he drinks recently that when he returns, he will use his own force to kill all those damn Kamen Riders, because it was those idiots who caused his tragic death.
Qiu Chen suppressed his wandering thoughts and focused his attention on the meeting, watching Sage Stern use his mechanical tentacles to scroll through the videos.
"From their memories, we can see that the world these people live in has complete laws of time and space. Of course, the time and space they live in, the subspace is also relatively peaceful, without so many strange things. The road we built is located deep in the subspace. To do this, we must break the curtain between reality and the Supreme Heaven to open a passable road."
"After years of research, we have discovered something about the will of the world. If a planet has life on it for such a long time and believes in something, a pan-concept of a guardian will be born. For example, the soul of the Frost Wolf of Fenris, the fire dragon of Nocturne, etc. These are pan-concepts of guardians. Salamander Warriors and Wild Wolf Warriors can draw strength from their beliefs and even make concepts such as Frost Wolf and Fire Dragon become entities."
"If this is the case for a planet, we have reason to suspect that this will also be the case for a universe. The subconscious desire for survival of many lives will cause the subspace to give birth to a subspace entity similar to a guardian. This guardian will expel those who may harm native creatures. Outsiders like us who may bring danger may be directly rejected."
"Can it be solved?" asked the Imperial Guard Valerian.
"It depends on the situation. In some worlds, the concept of guardian is very fragile. The emotions of living things do not accurately point to its existence, so there is no way to make it stronger. It's like many worlds have similar world consciousness, but people don't believe in them, so they are very fragile. Some worlds clearly regard them as gods and judges, which can strengthen this concept and make them have unimaginable abilities."
"There is absolutely no need for us to pay attention to those guardians. First, the guardians exist in the subspace. As long as the life in the local universe still has the desire to survive, it will not be completely destroyed. Second: At this stage, we do not have the ability to deploy such force, and the exploration team that set out this time is only to collect intelligence."
"When the Empire is able to deploy large-scale military forces to a universe, those guardian concepts will be powerless to stop it and will not pose any threat at all."
Qiu Chen was secretly shocked in his heart, isn't this guardian just another way of saying the way of heaven!
This empire is too brutal.
Still want to break the will of heaven and force it!
"Why weren't we blocked at all when we entered this foggy world
"Sister Alayya at the side asked.
Sage Stern was about to explain, but then he stopped when he remembered something.
It is indeed a bit difficult for people here to explain this matter using professional terms.
He should probably keep it simpler.
"Will there still be loyal guards for a kingdom that has been declared destroyed? This universe is shattered, just like a kingdom that is about to be destroyed. The ministers have fled, the king is nowhere to be found, and the generals are either dead or surrendered. Do you think there will be any defense line to stop the foreign enemies?"
"And those universes where the laws of physics and space have not been distorted are kingdoms where kings are still in power and generals still control their armies. In addition to providing us with coordinates, these foreigners can also reduce the trouble of entering those universes for us, just like when you sneak into another country, having a local to help you can always get twice the result with half the effort."
The simple explanation made everyone look enlightened.
I also have a clear understanding of the so-called guardian concept.
The Warp is able to materialize the emotions and beliefs of all living things.
This has been proven by many examples.
The universe where the Empire is located has become chaotic due to the war, and horrible creatures that only exist in nightmares have been born.
It even caused the subspace to devour the real universe.
The same thing happens in other universes.
Under the catalysis of biological emotions and beliefs, there will also be various powerful subspace entities.
The guardian is a general concept.
In the subconscious of all living things, survival is the most important thing.
The subspace echoes caused by the subconscious can also form powerful entities.
Forming something like planetary will or cosmic will.
Some entities, when believed in and worshipped by living beings, will gain powerful powers like the Four Gods.
There are some entities that go unnoticed by people and their power is weak.
Sage Stern looked at everyone, and when he saw their understanding expressions, he nodded and smiled with satisfaction.
In fact, we cannot blame everyone here for their lack of understanding in this field, nor can we say that they are uneducated.
The division of labor within the empire was so clear that it was difficult for people in one area to understand another.
It would be a torturous task for Sage Stern to understand the meaning of a tactical gesture in different environments.
In addition, research in the subspace field only officially began after the revival of the Imperial Regent.
Even within the Mechanicus, there are not many priests and sages who understand this field.
"Yes, is there any problem in reopening the exploration of the alien universe?" Sage Stern asked again just in case.
Agman looked around and saw that no one asked questions, so he said, "Let's move on to the next topic. This time, there are a total of eight teams, and we need to discuss the composition and allocation of personnel.
The completion of the tunnel allowed the base city to receive assistance from the empire.
There are a lot of backup personnel.
To this end, it is more than enough to set up eight exploration teams.
Taking into account that there may be some individuals with special abilities in some worlds, which will have a certain impact on the empire's exploration work, strong military force is also needed to ensure the progress of the exploration mission.
Each exploration team has a size of about three hundred people. In addition to conventional military forces, there are also silent nuns and state religion personnel who specialize in fighting against demons.
Qiu Chen was assigned to one of the teams, and his mission was to assist the Imperial Exploration Team in entering the universe where he originally lived.
"It feels like the 50-cent party leading the way." Qiu Chen secretly complained in his heart.
If he had a cell phone, he would have wanted to immediately find a forum to ask, this situation couldn't be considered cosmic treason.
After the team members were assigned, for safety reasons, Qiu Chen and other traversers stayed in the tower. They needed to learn some knowledge about the depths of the subspace and make necessary transformations to avoid being unable to withstand the journey in the subspace and causing the operation to fail.
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The heart of the empire - the solar system.
The prosperity of this place is a thousand times greater than it used to be.
Countless imperial ships came and went, and every shipping lane was filled.
These ships set sail from all over the galaxy, delivering massive amounts of supplies and selected talents to Terra, and then sending Terra's supplies or scientific research teams to various places.
Under the will of the Imperial Regent, human genius was tapped through various means and resource allocation was optimized to the extreme.
Talent and resources are channeled into various large-scale scientific research projects, allowing them to become screws in the process and drive the development of those projects.
These projects, in turn, drive the development of the empire, allowing the empire to have the funds and technology to discover and train more talents.
After forming a virtuous circle.
The strength of the empire also grew rapidly like a snowball.
Today's empire is like an electric car that can accelerate automatically, running wildly on the road of technological research and development and military expansion.
Terra's current development is even more astonishing.
Magnificent cities are everywhere, and tall man-made buildings and green plants form a harmonious scene.
On every level of the city there are a large number of green parks and botanical gardens simulating various ecological environments.
When pilgrims came to Terra from all over the galaxy.
They would all sincerely think that heaven is just like this.
Terra has many magnificent buildings, each with its own historical significance.
For example, the Government Tower, the Legal Tower, the Courtyard of Judgment, etc.
But none of them is more memorable than Heroes' Square.
If tourists go near the Heroes' Square, they will definitely see the magnificent statues of the primarchs, Rogal Dorn, Sanguinius, Russ and so on.
The most breathtaking is the sculpture of Guilliman, the Imperial Regent, standing side by side with the Emperor.
The two sculptures are hundreds of meters high and majestic.
This is not the most awe-inspiring thing about Heroes' Square.
Beneath the feet of the Emperor and the Imperial Regent stands a prison where those Primarchs who once betrayed him are imprisoned.
Armed guards guarded the prison and patrolled the Heroes' Square, ready for battle at any time.
In addition, there are Grey Knights, Inquisitors, and Imperial Fists who form patrols.
The security was so tight that there was no possibility of a breakthrough.
And no one is allowed to approach the entire Heroes Square.
Those Primarchs were imprisoned in special force fields that cut off the source of their power, blocked the warp, restricted their cellular activity, and suppressed their souls.
The multiple security measures fundamentally eliminate the possibility of these guys escaping from prison.
Unless a force could capture the Imperial Palace, there would be no way these rebellious Primarchs could escape.
For educational purposes, the Empire allowed people to pay to watch the prison life of several imprisoned Primarchs from an observation deck three kilometers away from the prison.
The project has been very popular and has generated a lot of revenue for the empire.
The rebellious primarchs could only protest against this offense against their dignity with angry roars.
Fulgrim screamed that he would massacre all of Terra to wash away his humiliation, and for this reason became a favorite tourist attraction.
After all, there are few things in this universe more interesting than the incompetent roar of a Primarch.
Unfortunately, traitors have always had no human rights in the empire.
The traitorous primarch could change nothing except his own behavior.
They are still being visited like monkeys.
Placed in the Heroes' Square together with those brother sculptures that were praised and admired.
The whole thing was done by Dorn, even the observation deck was a project he specially commissioned to set up.
It can be said that the killing and heartbreaking performance is performed vividly.
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Next to Heroes' Square is the Royal Palace.
After Guilliman took control of Terra and abolished the High Lords Council, many of the rooms within the Imperial Palace were re-used.
The work of many departments was transferred to the palace to facilitate cooperation among departments.
After all, they no longer serve the warring High Lords, but the already dictatorial Guilliman.
In this case, it is no longer necessary to separate the departments.
In the past, high lords would never allow the departments they controlled to be combined with other departments, for fear that the other party would seize power.
But now, the supreme ruler is Guilliman.
There is no point in seizing power between departments anymore.
To this end, working together is the most efficient approach.
Imperial Prime Minister Penny has been working in the palace for many years.
The news that the tunnel to the other universe had been opened was conveyed to several important figures in an encrypted form.
One of them was placed on her desk.
Penny flipped through it, extracted some elements from it, and then put it aside.
Regarding the matter of the channel to the alien universe, she is currently in some trouble.
The Imperial Regent places great emphasis on science and technology, maintaining a high status for scholars and scientific research staff within the Empire.
This also caused some problems.
Some people have formed cliques and factions, and their thoughts are not on how to conduct scientific research, but on how to enhance their own voice and seize the power to distribute the cake.
In front of her were several videos submitted by a secretly formed Men in Black organization.
"Young people nowadays don't know how to be grateful. How can they put their own names first when submitting scientific research results? They should put their supervisors and the names of our seniors. They want to stand out without working for decades. They are too impatient. We should fight back and not encourage this unhealthy trend of not knowing the rules and maliciously signing papers."
"As long as you follow me, I guarantee you will get a degree certificate. I will let you take a sinecure at the Imperial Research Institute, and I will give you the results of several projects to gild you, and guarantee that you will be promoted all the way."
"The Empire is supporting geniuses now. We will use the scientific research results on your child to ensure that he will be successful in the future."
"It's just a fake. It's fine to criticize this kind of thing, but don't post it online."
"We are all brothers from the same school. We must support each other in the future and not help outsiders. Scientific research is not about fighting and killing. It is about human relationships and worldly wisdom."
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As Penny watched these videos, the blood vessels in her forehead began to beat fast.
If the imperial regent knew about these things, I'm afraid there would be another bloody storm.