Chapter 1009, The Prize Pool is Dried Up

Chapter 1009, The Prize Pool is Dried Up

For quite some time now, Gu Hang has been in a pretty good mood.

Although there was still a lot to do, especially after becoming the Imperial Prime Minister—and a centralized one at that—his workload was even greater than before. However, thanks to the increasingly sophisticated alliance government and the assistance of the new Imperial government, everything was running relatively smoothly.

What made him happiest was that the scars were fading.

What has the greatest impact on the current empire?

It is undoubtedly this scarlet scar.

Communication and transportation, the two things most important to a regime, were both deeply negatively affected by the scarlet scar.

If the Crimson Scar is repaired, the difficulty of the Empire's current expedition will be greatly reduced!

In some ways, an expedition could even turn into a rapid armed march.

Many parts of the world today are not actually corrupted by chaos, or conquered by rebels or aliens; they are simply people who have lost contact with the central government of the empire for decades or even centuries and then started to seek independence.

That's perfectly normal.

If we consider a hundred years, that's five generations. No one on the entire planet, unless they've undergone life-extending surgery, has ever heard the voice of the Empire. That so-called human empire, to them, is merely a page in history, something only their grandfathers, or even their great-grandfathers, had ever seen.

Moreover, the empire's image, as portrayed in these oral traditions and historical records, may not necessarily be positive; it could very well be a regime that constantly exploits its local population. If the corruption within the local planet is not severe, the alien threat is not significant, and they do not crave the empire's military protection, then they will naturally have a very strong separatist tendency.

But if the scars disappeared, the voice of the Empire could be clearly conveyed to every world; voyages to these worlds would not be so dangerous due to the obstruction of the warp waves, and there would be no need to install the Thunder Torch Towers one world at a time. In that case, many places could be settled by issuing a proclamation.

Even if there are many major problems in the world, as long as there are survivors, the expeditionary force can confirm the specific situation in the region based on information sent by the locals, and thus decide how many troops to send to solve the problem, which will greatly increase efficiency.

Furthermore, the weakening of the crimson scars will also reduce the impact of the warp waves on the real universe. This makes it less likely for the corruption of chaos to erode reality; not only will it be much harder for demons to manifest, but people will also be less likely to hear inappropriate murmurs. Dark thoughts that might occasionally arise in normal people will remain merely thoughts, less likely to be detected by evil spirits and catalyzed into the corruption of the soul, thus lowering the probability of cults emerging.

In conclusion, the fading of the scars is a very good thing, a sign that the disaster is over.

However, at present, there are only signs of weakening, and the degree of weakening is far from enough to cause a change.

Gu Hang wished the scar would heal by tomorrow, but unfortunately, there was nothing he could do to help in this matter.

We can only keep the Emperor busy.

He was the main contributor to the reduction of scarlet scars.

Gu Hang's main focus remains on the real universe.

One part, of course, is to protect the country by sacrificing oneself, reducing the erosion of the real universe by the subspace—commonly known as 'going to jail'.

Another part is that, as the de facto ruler of the new empire, Gu Hang has a great deal of work to do.

Even if the new imperial government can assign him a considerable portion of the work, there are some tasks that cannot be delegated to others and must be done by him alone.

For example, major, overall decisions definitely require Gu Hang, as the leader of the Imperial Government, to make them. Osena, as the Prime Minister of the Alliance and the Prime Minister of the Imperial Executive Yuan, is of course a high-ranking official of the Empire, but there are some major decisions that she cannot make herself. Another aspect is the consumption of Grace Points.

No one can help him with this.

For a long time, Gu Hang's main expenditure on his Blessing Points was actually on the lottery in the Technology Pool. Spending on technology didn't require much thought—all you needed was anticipation.

After all, whether or not goods are shipped out cannot be determined by mere thought alone.

The most important reflections actually came after the technology lottery ended.

How to use the science and technology awards we receive, and how to set up new industries—these are all quite challenging questions.

However, as time went by, in recent decades, Gu Hang has stopped using his Blessing Points for the lottery in the Technology Pool.

Such a waste.

The main reason is that the technology pool has been drained, resulting in very low returns.

At this point, Gu Hang had a general understanding of the nature of the entire system. The technology and black boxes that could be extracted from the system were not created out of thin air; they were basically technologies that had appeared in the history of the empire.

Gu Hang's maximum spending on the Gift Point lottery is only up to the 100 million Gift Point tier; there's no higher. But even at the 100 million Gift Point tier, there's nothing good left to draw.

They always pull out some elite-level and ordinary-level technologies, and most of them are technologies they already own, just with different models.

The value of the items drawn is quite limited, at least not in the same league as the hundreds of millions of grace points required to draw them.

Admittedly, there are still some high-level rewards in the prize pool, but the probability has become too low, and it is very difficult to draw them.

Therefore, in recent decades, Gu Hang has spent most of his blessing points elsewhere.

Talent development, military building, building exchange... these things actually bring about a huge boost to the alliance's strength, far greater than drawing from the already depleted prize pool.

And all of this requires Gu Hang to spend a lot of effort.

The relevant data was provided by the government. However, this is only part of the evidence. Gu Hang can also see a lot of data in the Grace Points settlement interface.

Both sets of data have their own advantages and disadvantages.

The data submitted by the government departments is abundant and diverse. If Gu Hang needs any data, he can make a request at any time, and the government departments will definitely provide it.

However, the problem is that the data may be distorted or even incorrect.

The data in the system is completely accurate, but the content is too limited.

The two factors combined allow Gu Hang to make decisions about where to spend his blessing points.

(End of this chapter)