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Chapter 1000, There is only one God Emperor, but not necessarily a God.

It's perfectly normal that they both valued Mattings and the Imperial Guard.

They had a thousand questions they wanted to ask.

However, it seems unnecessary to ask too clearly.

Some questions don't actually need answers; you can find the answer in your mind just by thinking about them.

However, the people on the alliance side could also see their doubts and were not stingy in giving an answer.

Martins gave a self-introduction:
"Martins Salas, from the Phoenix Chapter, the sixty-fourth Chapter Master. He is also currently the Chairman of the Imperial Dark Side Expedition Committee - Space Marine Management Association, and the Supreme Commander of the Imperial Dark Side Expedition Southern Front."

Robert and Yan Xinzhen remained expressionless after hearing this.

Aren't these all common-sense news?

Although the latter two identities, namely the so-called Chairman and the Commander-in-Chief of the Male Army, sound very high-ranking and powerful, symbolizing how important the leader of the warband who initially joined the Alliance played in the political power of the entire Alliance.

However, his political identity was clearly not of concern to the regent and the marshal of the Imperial Guard.

Martins knew what they were interested in, and he smiled and continued:
“You might think that I am not quite the same as the average Space Marine now, but rather somewhat similar to His Highness the Regent… I do not deny that, but please allow me to keep the reason why I have become like this a secret for Lord Gu Hang.”

Although it was supposed to be 'secret', this answer has already revealed everything.

What Robert and Yan Xinzhen cared about wasn't the methods Gu Hang used to "create" Martins. What they cared about was the fact that Gu Hang was able to "create" Martins at all!

what does this mean?
Can Gu Hang create a son of God?

So who is Gu Hang?
Upon further reflection, even the two of them felt it was blasphemous!
There can only be one God Emperor!
But it doesn't seem to contradict this point.

There isn't necessarily only one God.

No matter how much you deny it, you have to admit now that there are four evil gods in the warp.

Besides those four, isn't it a good thing to have another god, a new god from the human side?

This statement is, in reality, just a statement. Whether it counts as deceiving oneself... well, it shouldn't be considered that.

After all, that's the truth.

Everyone risked their lives to kill Qi Bodu, who was protected by dozens of unclean beings, but Gu Hang appeared and killed him instantly. What else is there to say?

Leaving aside Gu Hang's individual strength, let's look at the league.

If the human empire wants to continue, the alliance is the most important thing.

Whether the alliance wants to keep the "empire" brand depends on whether they want to keep it.

If you want to use them, then keep them; if you don't, they have territory, an army, Space Marines, Battle Sisters, a new state religion, an Assassin's Creed, an Inquisition, and an intelligence agency—even the Custodian Army has them!
They're just called the Imperial Guards.

At this point, Yan Xinzhen was too lazy to ask about the situation of the Imperial Guards.

The earth-shattering news that Gu Hang was able to create his own Imperial Guard seemed less shocking compared to his ability to create a Son of God.

The two exchanged a glance and both sighed inwardly.

……

The war on Holy Terra, marked by the death of Zeppelin, actually lasted for more than fifteen years afterward.

The battlefield surrounding the Palace of Light Terra, a siege stretching over a thousand kilometers in cross-section and nearly a thousand kilometers in depth, took more than three years to essentially wipe out the enemy forces. Furthermore, it took more than fifteen years to eliminate the Chaos Cult and rebels openly throughout Holy Terra.

In the meantime, there were many back-and-forth battles on local battlefields. The enemy even launched a major counter-offensive in some of their strongholds, but it was quickly suppressed again.

After this entire war, the population of Holy Terra decreased by more than 300 billion.

This is almost equivalent to the population loss when an entire star system is destroyed elsewhere.

Not to mention, the massive population loss severely damaged Holy Terra's once-powerful industrial production capacity, leaving behind countless social governance problems.

In particular, with the government's functions failing, the reconstruction of the imperial central government is of paramount importance.

And this reconstruction—both political and economic—was actually carried out concurrently with the war.

Robert was practically never idle during this period, and he couldn't even attend to the war itself. The subsequent battles on Holy Terra were entirely entrusted to Yan Xinzhen.

As for why it wasn't Martins—Martins was the commander-in-chief of the Southern Front of the Dark Side Expedition. He was temporarily transferred to fight the Holy Terra campaign along with Dante and Raymond Vis. After completing the most important and difficult part, he would definitely have to return to his original post.

Moreover, during these fifteen years, Martins also took on a new role—Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Dark Side Expedition.

I got promoted.

Gu Hang simply couldn't manage so many things on his own, and Martins, after undergoing the modification of the progenitor, had honed his skills over the decades. Coupled with his sufficient qualifications, achievements, and credibility, he was quite suitable to be the Dark Side War Commander.

Returning to Holy Terra, Robert gradually rebuilt a new imperial government structure over the next fifteen years.

This structure is similar to the model he had previously discussed with Gu Hang.

Under the government organization of this new empire, the sources of bureaucrats were divided into three parts.

The largest group consisted of native Terrans and former imperial bureaucrats.

Although this group is large, they are generally in the lower to middle classes of power.

The second and third parts consist of bureaucrats from the Infinite Starfield led by Robert, as well as bureaucrats from the Alliance.

In a general sense, there is no difference in hierarchy between the two. Basically, the higher the level and the more important the position, the more people come from these two areas.

However, in terms of total numbers, the number of Alliance members far exceeds that of the people in the Infinite Starfield.

This is inevitable.

How large is Robert's Infinite Starfield? How many useful and capable talents can be extracted from it?

The league is much larger.

Besides Robert, the second most powerful person in the executive branch of Holy Terra was Jason Morgan.

This man, who rose from an ordinary public servant on the planet Wrathful Owl to become the planetary governor, then the star field leader, then the chairman of a space field after the Dark Side Expedition began, and now, appointed by Gu Hang as the proxy of the Prime Minister of the Empire, has walked this path for 150 years.

Now that the overall situation in Holy Terra has finally stabilized and the power of the Imperial Central Committee has been reorganized, they face a major task:

The ceremony marking the return of the Imperial Regent, the inauguration of the new Imperial Prime Minister, the reorganization of the Imperial Supreme Council, and the resumption of the Great Expedition...

All these important ceremonies, taken together, have a name:
The founding ceremony of the new empire.

In the future, this will be officially referred to as the beginning of the Third Reich.

(End of this chapter)