Chapter 709: The Assassin's Court Greets You
Chapter 709: The Assassin's Court Greets You
Gu Hang was actually a little disappointed with the sacred object technology.
It can certainly be considered apocalyptic-level technology, and its effects are clear.
However, it is different from the Apocalypse level that Gu Hang wants.
The purpose is too narrow.
The enhancement of cutting-edge combat power plays a decisive role in some battles. But after all, it is not the kind of thing that Gu Hang wants that can subvert the alliance. He needs something more powerful.
The Apocalypse-class delivery rate has dropped by another 10 points. There are still six draws left, can I get it?
After another 4 draws, another apocalypse-level technology came out.
And when he saw its name, even Gu Hang, who had already become very calm, couldn't help but reveal an ecstatic expression!
[Apocalypse-class technology: Glory Queen battleship]
Queen of Glory, no further explanation is needed.
Gu Hang had only seen it display its power once: in the great battle to destroy the Zerg support fleet, a 'Phoenix Crown Feather' that had experienced a long journey through the subspace and whose condition was much worse than its peak moment, leapt out of the subspace and appeared directly at the core of the array of a huge Zerg fleet.
The destructive power it displayed in an instant played a decisive role in the battle situation. In addition to instantly destroying several key enemy warships, it also survived the long-term concentrated fire.
With one ship, it is the mainstay of the navy!
The number of Glory Queens in the entire empire is a fixed number. Only the major founding regiments have the Glory Queens left by the emperor to each legion when the empire was founded. Later, when the legions changed to regiments, the founding regiments naturally took the Glory Queens in their hands.
Now, even the Imperial Navy has no Glorious Queen!
Even after obtaining this technology, Gu Hang discovered that the production line of the finished black box plus some low-tech components pulled out through the mother machine black box, combined with the existing production capacity of the alliance... In short, if all available means and matching resources are used, and the entire alliance goes all out, it will take about fifteen to twenty years to build a Queen of Glory.
It’s a relatively long time, but so what?
If the Empire could produce a Glorious Queen every twenty years, the Supreme Commander of the Navy or the Prime Minister of the Empire would probably die of laughter!
Of course, even if this powerful weapon is created, it cannot be used easily.
Everything else is easy to explain, but if this top-notch ship, which not even the Empire or the Mechanicus' Mars headquarters can build anymore and which originated from the founding of the Empire and is said to have been designed by the Emperor himself, appeared in the hands of the Alliance, it would be inexplicable.
Therefore, whether during construction or after completion, the Queen of Glory project must be kept strictly confidential.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, with the Alliance's naval strength, there is really no need for the Queen of Glory to be dispatched.
Once the Queen of Glory is needed to take action, it is almost a matter of life and death, and there is no need to worry about keeping it secret.
But what Gu Hang hoped for most was another possibility: there was no need to keep it secret anymore.
When Gu Hang has a Glory Queen, he has to keep it secret;
When you have three, you can be bold;
When there are ten ships, we can sail to Holy Terra openly.
That might take two hundred years.
But it doesn’t matter, Gu Hang can wait.
Even ordinary mortal dignitaries can live to 200 to 500 years old by undergoing life-extending surgery, let alone Gu Hang.
He even suspected that he had reached the level of immortality.
They might be killed, but they probably won't die of old age.
He has enough patience to wait for the flowers that take a long time to bloom.
……
There are still two lottery draws worth tens of millions left, which have not been shipped yet.
It's not too regrettable. After all, after the Queen of Glory was drawn, the probability of getting an Apocalypse level in the 10 million level has dropped to %.
If you want to get another one, you either have to be really lucky and hit it with one shot; otherwise, just be diligent and save up another ten-shot combo, which is 100 million points of blessing, and then it will be more stable.
However, how easy is it to save up 100 million gifts?
Gu Hang achieved so much thanks to the Alliance’s navy and army as well as the Space Marines, who made huge sacrifices and won battles one after another over the past few years.
And now, peace seems to be coming - at least general peace. Without a star-field-scale war to fight, it is still very difficult to get so many gift points.
Of course, that’s not a bad thing.
If he can be given enough time to grow slowly, his monthly fixed income will be able to increase steadily.
Every ten or twenty years, a Glorious Queen, plus multiple battleships, aircraft carriers, and battlecruisers, would join the Alliance Navy.
In short, it will become stronger and stronger.
Gu Hang, who drew out the Queen of Glory battleship, was in a very good mood, and his outlook on the future also became optimistic.
Gu Hang was busy for a while and handed over the production tasks of the holy relic and the Queen of Glory battleship, including the black box, to the rear.
It is time to get things done.
He planned to get two holy weapons first, one for himself, in the shape of a scepter, and the other for Martins.
As for the construction of the Queen of Glory, it will not be completed in a short time.
Increase the confidentiality level, and then do it slowly.
Of course, the estimated cost of this thing is about one trillion.
But it does not have to be paid out all at once. The black box can save a considerable amount of cost, and other unavoidable costs will be paid slowly over a construction period of fifteen years or more.
This is of course a huge project and will cause a lot of noise, but there is actually no need to worry too much.
Keeping secrets is one thing. Even if some information leaks out, no one would have thought that the Alliance is creating the Queen of Glory.
From the outside, that seems impossible.
After finishing all this, Gu Hang finally had time to return to the Governor's suite on the starship.
He had been working hard for a long time, so he should take a break when he was in a good mood. But as soon as he entered the door, his brows furrowed.
Someone, a stranger, had come.
It was swaggering, without erasing any traces of its presence, and even left something behind.
It was a letter placed on his bedside.
In an instant, Gu Hang spread out his psychic perception.
As far as he could tell, there were no enemies or danger around.
There was nothing on the letter, just an ordinary letter with no trap.
At least Gu Hang didn't notice it.
The contents inside were all visible under the psychic's perspective. He didn't need to open it to see the contents:
"Grand Master Jefferson Clement sends his regards to Commander-in-Chief Gu."
Of course Gu Hang remembered this name.
Clement currently ranks as one of the thirteen high lords of the empire.
The reason why he can hold a high position is naturally because he has a base that is unique to him and no one can ignore: the Assassin's Court.
He is the Grand Master of the Assassins' Court.
Silently, an assassin from the Assassin's Court entered the Emperor-class battleship 'Jinguan', which had always been used as Gu Hang's office and palace, and then bypassed countless defenses, left a letter at his bedside, and then left without disturbing anyone?
In fact, his whereabouts were so strange that even Gu Hang had difficulty tracking them clearly using his psychic powers!
What does it mean?
Means a warning.
What if it wasn't a harmless letter, but a carefully prepared ambush and assassination?
Given the abilities he displayed, even if Gu Hang possessed powerful psychic powers, it would still be dangerous if he was caught off guard.
Not to mention life and death, maybe you'll get hurt?
If the letter can be placed quietly, what about poisoning it?
The Assassin's Court really doesn't have a poison that specializes in targeting powerful psychics and can even poison great demons?
Even if Gu Hang couldn't be harmed, what about the others in the alliance? Those Space Marines, the high-ranking marshals in the alliance army, the high-ranking prime ministers in the government... could they hide?
This is what makes the Assassin's Court so terrifying.
They can't fight a war, and they won't go to war, but they can almost do it to the extent that whoever they want to die will die.
Repeated physical annihilation, even if it cannot destroy a regime, is enough to bring great disruption.
In the history of the empire, there was a Grand Master of the Assassin's Court who briefly controlled the power of the empire through assassination and spy politics.
Of course, things were finally rectified, and at the same time, the power of the Assassin's Court was also put into a cage.
But no matter what, they hold this power, and the Grand Master will naturally be respected and have a place among the high lords.
That year, when Gu Hang went to Holy Terra for the first and only time, the then Prime Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Norberto, was expelled from the Supreme Council. After being tried, Clement replaced Norberto and was added to the Supreme Council.
That time, inside the palace, Gu Hang was even assassinated by the Assassin's Court. It was later proved that it had nothing to do with Clement, but was an act carried out by someone who secretly summoned the assassin.
Afterwards, the Grand Master of the Assassin's Court who entered the Supreme Council also gave Gu Hang the status of a 'sponsor', which allowed him to assassinate the target by paying money or some other price, without violating the imperial laws.
Legal murder for hire.
Of course, that is subject to the authority of the target of the assassination, and the Assassin's Court will review it.
Although Gu Hang obtained the status of sponsor, he never used it once.
He can't use it.
If they really want to do dirty work, the Alliance has its own secret service.
But even though it was not needed, Gu Hang had always had something to do, so he asked the Alliance's diplomats stationed in Holy Terra to send some money to the Assassin's Court. It wasn't much, probably tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, to fulfill the responsibility of "funding".
It's not about getting people to work, it's just about building relationships.
Gu Hang even occasionally had private correspondence with Clement to talk about current affairs.
Occasionally, people would write back, showing a willingness to get close.
In fact, from some of the news sent back by Gallardo, Clement's presence in the High Lords' Council has always been relatively low. He is relatively low-key, rarely speaks, and just votes silently. When it comes to Gu Hang, the alliance, and the southern battlefield in the previous war, Clement's attitude is basically neutral and slightly close.
This is good, as it makes Gu Hang feel that his money was not wasted; and since he was assassinated by the Assassin's Court and was not held accountable, he also got some reward.
So what is the situation now?
say hello?
He and Clement have a private communication channel. If he really wants to say hello, why not ask normally?
In such a sensitive way?
Is this a warning?
Is it a malicious warning or a well-intentioned warning?
Gu Hang thought in silence for a long time.
I have some ideas.
However, he quickly decided not to make any guesses on his own.
Why don’t you just ask and find out?
He also has two good targets for inquiry.
The first is Gallardo.
The second is Clement himself.
(End of this chapter)
