Chapter 429, I am the ruling bishop!

Chapter 429, I am the ruling bishop!
Whether it is the training of military backbones, the construction of colleges, the loyalty training of Zhongsi College, or the targeted activation of naval engineers and special agents, they are all based on the most basic and most important resource of 'people' Invest.

Together with the previous 500,000 yuan investment in the factory, Gu Hang has basically spent most of the gift points he earned in this wave.

Apart from the remaining tens of thousands as a reserve fund, he planned to invest the rest in the technology tree lottery.

Not counting the previously drained prize pool, Gu Hang now has two choices: ten thousand, and one hundred thousand.

After thinking about it, he chose the latter.

Although the prize pool for the former has not yet dried up, the probability of shipping epic and elite items is no longer high.

Although, if you really have to draw ten times in a row, you might still be able to get something, but since you have 100,000 on hand, and the 100,000 prize pool is still a complete and high-probability prize pool, it is better to get a bigger one.

What Gu Hang hopes most is to get navy-related technology, which will directly increase the speed of the alliance's subsequent naval explosion.

However, after the 100,000 gift points were really spent, things backfired.

Although, there is a 50% chance of hitting an epic technology, which should not be considered unlucky. But the navy-related technology they wanted was not obtained. What came was [stellar energy technology].

But this is the normal construction cost, which is the price calculation of pulling out the production line and building it yourself using the technical blueprints.

Overall, it will take about 20 years to repay the investment.

And if enough collection stations are built around a star to completely surround the star, then a thing in Gu Hang's impression will be formed: a Dyson sphere.

The representatives of the former are the ships of the navy and the Titans of the army; the representatives of the latter are the shipyards.

The standard output value of such an energy mining station is 10,000 energy crystal blocks per year, which is equivalent to about 10 million tax coins. It takes half a year to a year to put into production, and a total of 100 million tax coins will be invested to build one. Subsequently, high maintenance costs will be required every year.

The Koroga Hive World, which has dried up, leaving only industrial wastewater, and relies on the water circulation system for most of its domestic water resources, is an example.

Moreover, if the number of them built is not large, the impact on the environment of many planets in the star system will be minimal.

Gu Hang put the black box into the black box factory located in the subspace Storm Kingdom. Under Gu Hang's instructions, the alliance's secret research institute began to prepare to produce things, and the corresponding construction instructions were also issued to the alliance government.

However, it is always easy to build a few energy mining stations.

However, this construction time will be relatively long.

But obviously, the alliance does not have planetary-level climate modification technology. Gu Hang doesn't even know if this technology is in the epic-level prize pool. Maybe its level will be higher.

At present, the population size has not reached a very dense level, so it is still relatively good. However, the energy consumption required by more and more developed industrial production has begun to appear. If we don’t care now, environmental problems will become serious in the future.

A standard compressed energy crystal block, worth 1000 tax coins, is enough to supply a town with a population of more than 10 for a whole year - of course, this cannot be counted as industrial electricity consumed by factory production. Such an energy crystal block is about a square shape with a length, width and height of 10 centimeters. If it is not used with compressed energy release technology, it will not explode, is not afraid of collision, and can even be cut. It is also more convenient and reliable to transport.

In the future, the alliance government will follow his orders and launch a certain number of energy station projects on each of the eight stars in the Pegasus sector.

Of course, there are many engineering and technical fortresses separated from this, and it cannot be done by simply accumulating numbers.

However, its energy source is a problem to be solved.

If possible, Gu Hang doesn't want to drain every world under his hands into that.

This is a cheaper energy source than reactors, and equipped with compression technology, it can not only solve the current and long-term future energy needs, but also after the war is over, the unused energy can be directly sold for money.

After carefully reading the blueprint's instructions, although he certainly couldn't understand the specific technology at once, he could probably understand the effect.

The energy solution for these things relies on the elite technology that Gu Hang has extracted earlier, [Compressed Energy Technology], to convert electrical energy or spiritual energy into energy crystal blocks - this is an ultra-high density Solid-state energy crystals can be compared to batteries with extremely high performance and storage capacity.

One energy crystal block can supply a small town for a year, so wouldn't a small power plant of this size be able to produce one energy crystal block a year?
This technology is currently mainly used in large-scale nuclear power plants in some urban and industrial centers, but it is mainly used to collect residual power or release power to correspond to peak power consumption when power consumption is flat and peak. Although some energy crystal blocks can also be produced, it is definitely unrealistic to expect them to be used for trade and supply wars. Even some large power plants need the waste energy conversion factory of Raging Star to supply energy consumption for industrial production. Only by exporting energy crystal blocks can the cost be guaranteed.

But... Raging Owl Star and Black Arrow Star can develop on a large scale because there is abundant water resources, but if time goes by, the sea will be drained.

But this depends on the weather.

Similarly, energy crystal blocks can also be converted into electrical energy again. When interstellar-level energy trade is required, there is no need to actually build a transmission network to send it to another planet - that is also impossible to achieve. On the contrary, it is more convenient and faster to transport a ship of energy crystals and send it to the power plant on the other side's planet to be used as fuel.

Even on the two ruined continents of Raging Owl Star, storms don't blow every day.

Another relatively stable means is power generation supply.

Build compressed energy plants directly in areas where waste energy storms have been raging for a long time. When a storm blows, the waste energy storm technology is used to collect it and poured into the energy compressor in the factory to create energy crystal blocks.

He was a little disappointed, but Gu Hang quickly accepted the reality and believed that this [stellar energy technology] was actually quite good.

Although the petroleum industry now has alliances, they basically supply some mid- to low-end vehicles and machinery that use stone engines. The energy used by high-level machinery is all energy crystal blocks.

The alliance is now in a stage of explosive production capacity, and on the frontline battlefield, the energy consumption every day is astronomical.

He has two ways to go: calm down the storm of the Raging Owl Star, and repair it into a spiritual energy field.

It is definitely unrealistic to rely on fossil energy. What's more, many core war machines and many high-level manufacturing plants cannot use fossil energy at all.

Compressed energy technology can only convert available energy into this kind of energy crystal block, but where does the source of the converted energy come from?
The alliance's current main source of energy is the waste energy storm of the Raging Owl Star.

[Stellar Energy Technology] is another route.

Gu Hang has a black box hack. He uses the finished black box to produce key components and then transports and assembles them. The construction cost can be drastically reduced to almost only the cost of production, and the construction period can be shortened by half.

Needless to say, by collecting and manufacturing energy crystal blocks from the Guangling Gas Field, Nuo Xiaoxing can earn a net income of 80 billion tax coins a year. This is already equivalent to half of the current annual output value of Angry Star.

There are even critical moments when the fossil energy reserves on the frontline battlefield are insufficient, but in order to move the machine, the grindstone engine must be supported by energy crystal blocks. At that time, we don’t consider the cost-effectiveness, we just get started first.

As more and more starships were built,
The alliance's current main means of generating electricity is controllable reactors. Using air and water, you can generate nuclear fuel and generate electricity. This is a high-tech technology, and the cost of generating energy is low enough.

Just by building a huge stellar energy collection station around the planet, and adding the supporting compression energy technology, we can continuously extract stellar energy and create energy crystal blocks.

Gu Hang's Chief Technology Officer, Ms. Wu Jiarong, is currently not in the Tianma Star District.

Moreover, even if they have the technology, the current alliance certainly does not have the qualifications and financial investment to build such a super megastructure. At present, several galaxies in the Tianma star region do not have this condition. Creating a Dyson sphere will plunge the entire galaxy into death.

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In the distant Iron Fire Dragon Star District, the core forging world of the Adeptus Mechanicus-Ming Yang Sect: in the orbit of the Golden Di Star, a huge fleet of the Adeptus Mechanicus slowly departed from the port.

The painting of all ships is different from the common red of the Adeptus Mechanicus, but is mainly bright yellow with bright red as embellishment.

The leader is a square 'battleship' that looks a bit bloated. Just in terms of size, it is much larger than the flagship of the Yunluo Fleet, the 'Dragon Eagle', and is even larger than the main battleship in the human empire navy. Even bigger.

The actual combat effectiveness may be slightly worse. Because the mechanical ark of the Mingyang Sect, the 'Jin Di', is also responsible for certain research and manufacturing functions, its structure is not entirely designed for war. The firepower and protection have reached the level of a battleship, or even exceeded it by a lot, but there are gaps in structural strength, agility, speed, and steering, and the overall combat power may be slightly weaker.

But in general, when the green skins invaded, the Mingyang Sect did not stick to their forge world, but clearly chose to stand with the star domain government and take the initiative to deal with the disaster. This made the entire Dragon Eagle star domain government They were all very excited.

The originally hopeless atmosphere has changed.

Although the revitalized Yunluo fleet, even with the addition of Jin Di's Mechanicus fleet, is still far behind the main greenskin force led by Titus in terms of overall size, in terms of main ships, with Jin Di The addition of No. Ark has reached a level where it can be fought.

At this moment, the huge fleet of the Mechanicus is about to attack and head to the Upper Plateau Star to join the Yunluo fleet.

According to the agreement between Jin Di's casting general Chen Haixu and the star domain leader Tan Jiuyi, the two fleets will be reunited and take the initiative to fight against the greenskin fleet.

It's not a fleet battle, but it can give us the confidence to defend the Upper Plateau Star, which is considered a transportation thoroughfare.

Titus has already shown his strategic intentions, and the fleet has made a clear stance from the Snow Eagle sector to the Steel Fire Dragon sector. Between Yunluo Star, the capital of the Star Territory, and Jindi Star, the forging world, Chief Irontooth chose Jindi Star as his primary target. And Wu Jiarong is on this ship at the moment.

More than a year ago, she finally accepted the invitation of Wang Zhaoran, the technical director of Feiyi Star Shipyard and the ruling bishop of Mingyang Sect, and came to Jindi Star.

For more than a year, she was able to get along like a fish in water in Jindi Star.

The internal struggle within the Mechanicus is relatively fierce and cruel, and Wu Jiarong understands this very well. She was born in Jindi star back then, and she became a victim and was taxed due to ignorance.

This is of course unreasonable. Jindi Planet is the founding world of the Mechanicum. This type of world does not even need to pay imperial taxes. She was completely tricked into death.

However, the person who tricked her never imagined that she would come back one day, and as an important guest.

While the internal struggles within the Mechanicus are fierce, the entire sect also has a very strong worship of technical abilities. After Wu Jiarong returned, she gave several speeches and participated in several project guidance, all of which showed her full level. This is the basis for her to win respect.

Furthermore, many of the techniques she mastered were not even available within the Mingyang Sect itself.

It is also normal. It is true that Wu Jiarong's academic foundation comes from her studies at Jindixing, but the subsequent growth in technical and academic abilities is basically due to the growth brought about by the research on black boxes.

She studied every finished product directly produced by the black box, scrutinizing what these most accurate products represent, and gained insights.

The so-called technology she has mastered that the Mingyang Sect does not have does not roughly mean that she has mastered the production blueprint of the War Dog Titan, but Jin Dixing cannot build a Titan. Of course, Jindi Star can create war dogs, and even Jindi Star has the ability to create higher-level warlord-level titans.

Still taking the War Dog Titan as an example, Wu Jiarong mastered some special technical details. For example, she learned the specific technical details of a certain weapon installation component by studying the key components produced by the black box. This detail can increase the power of War Dog Titan by 7% when assembling melt weapons, and make it safer and more stable. Not only does she know what can be done, but she also knows how to improve the production line to achieve this goal.

This is a technical detail that she has mastered that is not available on Jindi Planet after studying the absolute standard parts produced by the black box.

And there is no doubt that such details are quite important.

There are many similar things. As long as the alliance's black box has output and she has studied it carefully, there will be more or less similar gains. It is nothing more than the value of this harvest.

Of course she wouldn't throw all these things out stupidly, then what she would win would not be admiration, but suspicion and greed.

The current level is just right.

The things she took out were all discussed with Gu Hang before she came here. These efforts can be exchanged for the recognition of the Mechanicus and a serious title, and by the way, some skills can be exchanged for it. This transaction can be done.

She successfully passed the review conducted by a review committee composed of six Opus Dei sages and obtained the title of Ruling Bishop.

In the past, she only met the standard of ability; now, after she has obtained the exact identity, the corresponding honor, status, and authority will follow one after another.

Then, she did a 'little thing' besides her normal activities: she checked to find out who was responsible for the fact that she was sent to work as a tax and became a technical specialist who could not be separated from the Pegasus fleet. ?
Later she discovered that it was really a small thing. One of her 'colleagues' at the time was also competing for the opportunity to be promoted to a mechanic, but he couldn't beat her through the normal assessment route. In addition, the two had a feud, so she started some relationships and gave him gifts. A relative. That person was just a mechanical priest, and then she was sent away.

After finding out about the matter, she originally didn't want to pursue it any further. That's not a bad thing. If she hadn't been sent away and not met Governor Gu later, she would have been hanging out on Jindi Star for fourteen years. She might still be at the level of a mechanic now. What a waste of time.

Without special opportunities, it would be too difficult to rise to a higher level. It's amazing that she found someone to take care of her, but that's enough to reach the level of a mechanical priest, and I'm afraid that's where she will end up.

How could it be that now, he has officially obtained the status of the ruling bishop and is considered a big shot in the entire Jindi Star?

However, there was no need for her to do anything herself.

Her actions to investigate this matter naturally attracted the attention of interested people.

Then, the mechanical priest and his whole family soon became slave labor.

Wu Jiarong also asked if this was a bit too much.

One of the engine prophets responsible for the inspection humbly smiled and said no.

That person was not clean to begin with, so if he was dealt with, it would still be considered as removing the moth.

Wu Jiarong said nothing more.

She remembered that day, she looked up at the dim sun hanging in the sky of Jindi Star and was filled with emotion.

All past grudges have disappeared.

Dissipated at the same time, there was also the little thought of returning to the Mechanicus that was still in my heart.

According to her original plan, it was time for her to return.

She has become the ruling bishop recognized by the Mechanicus, gained some fame, and even avenged her past. The things to be done on Jindi Star have been basically completed, and it is time to go back and prepare to establish a branch of the sect of one's own.

The level of ruling bishop is enough.

At that time, this small branch sect established will be part of the Mingyang Sect.

This situation is quite common. A ruling bishop or Opus Dei Sage has some special ideas of his own, unites a circle of Mechanicus members around him, and forms a branch sect that is attached to the main sect in the past. .

Generally speaking, it is not certain whether the attached sect will have a supportive attitude, an indifferent attitude, or even a hostile attitude. Look at the popularity of the ruling bishop in the original sect and the motivation and goal of establishing a branch sect.

As for Wu Jiarong specifically, she had already talked privately with some other bishops and even two sages with whom she had been in contact and had a good relationship. It is unrealistic for the new sect to get the support of the Mingyang Sect, but from the current situation, it should not be hostile, at most it will be indifferent.

The argument used by Wu Jiarong was that he first promoted a wave of alliances and developed extremely rapidly. The governor-general was indeed quite reliable and seemed to be quite wise and powerful. Moreover, she also played some role in it. The alliance can achieve its current development because of her contribution. The alliance is also a part of her life and career, and she is reluctant to give up.

With the foundation of Winged Star and the population of Koroga, the future development potential of the alliance will be very great. She can establish a branch of the Mingyang Sect there, and Bishop Wang Zhaoran at the Feiyingxing Shipyard can also provide some help. During Wang Zhaoran's years on the Winged Star, the expansion of religious influence of the Mechanicus has not been very good. She will change this situation.

In fact, the Mingyang Sect is not particularly interested in what Wu Jiarong said. In other words, the Mechanicus is not that persistent in expanding the influence of religion in the traditional sense, unlike the state religion. Anyway, as long as an imperial world needs machinery and technology, it is inseparable from the Mechanicus. Beliefs and the like are not that important.

What they care more about is where there are special technologies, where there are precious resources, and where there is the potential to build a new foundry world.

However, they will not hinder the expansion of religious influence.

To sum it up, Xiaowu, if you want to help us expand our religious influence, that's great. We are a sect. If you build a branch, you can build it. There will be no obstruction. In name, you may even support a few words; but this It's not that important, so don't expect actual support.

Wu Jiarong fully accepted this.

However, just as she was about to leave, the Iron Teeth War broke out.

The green-skinned orcs penetrated the Dragon Eagle Star District, cutting off traffic between the east and west, making Wu Jiarong unable to return.

She was also involved in this war and began to work for the Mingyang Sect in Jindi Star.

Supervise factory production and personally engage in the production of some high-precision equipment...

It's not without its benefits, she has even mastered the ability to rub Titan with her hands now - it's just that it's a bit slow for her to do it alone, and she can't do it on a large scale. But at Jindixing, she was only responsible for hand-rubbing the core components, and the main production was left to the factory.

Moreover, she also used Jin Dixing's resources to perform a series of body modifications on herself. Currently, although she still looks like a human girl, in fact, she has four metal brackets extending from her back, supporting a mechanical vehicle about the same size as herself, which is part of her body.

It seems to be just a transportation tool, but when necessary, it can transform into a variety of powerful weapons, both for melee and long-range combat. In a one-on-one fight, it shouldn't be a problem to kill an ordinary Space Marine.

To be honest, she didn't want to undergo such a large-scale body modification.

But, during the war, she had to be. Otherwise, if an accident happened, she would be dead without the ability to defend herself.

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There is also a star map at the back.

(End of this chapter)