Chapter 910: Building the Imperial Guard

There is no doubt that the Custodians are powerful.

During those visits to the Holy Terra Palace, Gu Hang was deeply impressed by every Imperial Guard soldier he met.

Especially the Imperial Guard Marshal Yan Xinzhen whom Gu Hang had met before. This Imperial Guard Commander, the chief steward of the Imperial Palace, left a fresh memory in Gu Hang's mind. At that time, he was actually very strong, but looking at Yan Xinzhen, he still felt that the other party was extremely threatening.

Looking back now, Gu Hang believed that Yan Xinzhen's individual strength should surpass that of all the Space Marines he had ever seen, but should not reach the level of the Son of God.

At this level, he currently seems to have a particularly good match - the Bone Crusher King.

It would require three or five people of the level of the God-chosen Champions to take action, and dozens of people at the level of the regiment champions to assist, and Gu Hang would also have to use some tricks to be able to surround and kill the target.

At this level, Yan Xinzhen can tear apart multiple big demons with his bare hands and fight against the big demon of the God level alone.

In addition to their cutting-edge strength, the strength of individual imperial guards is also very strong.

In comparison with Space Marines, a company champion may not be able to defeat an 'ordinary' Custodian Guard. And of course, Custodians can also grow and improve themselves. When they reach the so-called 'champion' level, they will definitely beat the Chapter Champion among Space Marines.

The 'tribunes' under the Grand Marshal of the Imperial Guards are at the level of the God-chosen champions.

This shows how powerful the Imperial Guards are.

Judging from the strength, the Imperial Guards are so powerful, Gu Hang is of course very happy.

If he could build a bunch of imperial guards, especially train some cutting-edge combat power among them, things would be more stable in the future.

However, he also remained fairly calm.

If the Imperial Guards are so powerful, why are the protagonists of the entire Empire either Space Marines or trillions of mortal warriors during the Great Crusade, the subsequent Imperial Civil War, and the next ten thousand years?

The reason is very simple, the number of imperial guards is too small.

And now, after Gu Hang extracted the Imperial Guards training technology, he also knew why the number of these golden guards was so small.

They are too difficult to manufacture and too expensive.

The transformation process of the Custodes does not require gene seeds, and after the transformation is completed their size is much larger than that of the Space Marines.

The transformation process of the Custodians needs to start from infancy and lasts almost throughout their growth. Many candidates go crazy or die in the middle. They do not need gene seeds to be involved in their transformation, and their size is much taller than that of the Space Marines.

The transformation program of the Custodians is not as standardized as that of the Space Marines. Each Custodian candidate will receive customized services to create or enhance certain characteristics based on their unique genetic potential, creating an unparalleled and unique Golden Guard.

In other words, the Imperial Guards training technology is not so much a set of standardized operating procedures as it is a set of transformation ideas and the technical capabilities required to support this set of transformation ideas.

It is precisely because of their "customizability" that they are not mass-produced products produced industrially, and their positioning is quite clear: bodyguards, messengers, commanders, but not soldiers.

To date, the Custodians can still be considered as advanced genetically modified products in terms of their capabilities, but they are not born to conquer. Whether when the Emperor was still alive or now, thousands of years after the Emperor's ascension, their main job is to serve as the Emperor's bodyguards. Their work content and way of thinking are different from those of the Space Marines, who are the main force of the Great Crusade. Although there is no lack of friendship among the Custodians, they do not regard their comrades as genetic brothers like the Space Marines do - they really have no "blood" or "genetic" relationship.

The Imperial Guards basically fight alone and never expect support from other Imperial Guards. However, although they always fight in the form of scattered soldiers, each Imperial Guard can still instinctively predict the next action of their comrades and cooperate when it is convenient - this means that when multiple or even groups of Imperial Guards cooperate together, they are still very scary and will not become worse in group battles.

However, Gu Hang always felt sorry that such a powerful warrior had a very low presence in the empire. They stayed in the palace of Holy Terra every day, saying that they were defending the palace and the Golden Throne. But what was there to protect?

In the ten thousand years of history since the Imperial Civil War, the number of times the Terra Palace has come under direct threat can be counted on one’s fingers.

Terra's defense system was so complete that the Imperial Guards had no need to take action. Even if something really happened in Terra, it seemed that as long as it did not threaten the palace, they would just pretend not to see it.

From the perspective of the Empire as a whole, they are very isolated and have always believed that they are only responsible to the Emperor and not to the entire Empire.

If Gu Hang wants to build an imperial army in the future, this will definitely not be his idea.

It would be a waste to have such a precious warrior serve as a bodyguard or a messenger to convey orders.

In addition to their outstanding combat capabilities, they have also performed very well in literature, art, science and technology, and other areas.

No wonder he is called the 'perfect human being'.

With the technology to cultivate the imperial guards, the high cost and time cost meant that even if Gu Hang had the ability to cheat, it would be impossible to build the imperial guards on a large scale. Gu Hang planned to put each of the customized imperial guards in the appropriate position.

They have to contribute their strength to the dark expedition and the alliance.

However, the process and method of manufacturing the Imperial Guards is one of the highest secrets of the Empire. Even the High Lords of Terra have no right to inquire about it. The entire production process is completed in the Golden Laboratory of the Imperial Palace.

This is just like many highly confidential and highly sensitive technologies. There is a problem: If Gu Hang creates the Imperial Guards and the golden corns in the Holy Terra Palace find out, what will be their attitude?

Although he had a relatively friendly exchange with Marshal Yan Xinzhen, Gu Hang did not think that the marshal would forgive his behavior of privately building an additional imperial guard.

I'm afraid they would come to cause trouble even if they are across half the empire.

As mentioned before, the Imperial Guards are not soldiers. While they are bodyguards, they must also be proficient in assassination, sabotage and other activities.

Gu Hang didn’t feel that he would be threatened, but there would be some trouble.

Moreover, if the imperial guards couldn’t kill him, could they kill others?

Gu Hang cannot reveal this matter until he has come up with a proper solution.

Even if he created the Custodes, he could equip them with the kind of pure, finely crafted, non-standard armor and weapons, and they certainly wouldn't be painted in golden colors, nor would they imitate the Custodes in appearance, but would try to create a difference and declare them to be a Space Marine Chapter - after all, the Primaris warriors were taller and stronger than the old version. Although not as good as the Custodes, it could be said that the Primaris was a new technology after all.

Anyway, even if we start training the imperial guards now, it will take decades to reach the scale of dozens or hundreds, so there is no need to rush.

(End of this chapter)