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Chapter 49: The Luxury of the State Religion

Chen Xi's cleaning of the planet lasted for about half a month.

This is the job of an Inquisitor, even if he is an Inquisitor of the Anti-Xenophobia Order.

Don't think that the anti-foreign cultivation won't investigate corruption. The aliens have many ways to seduce and infiltrate the people of the Empire. Besides the Tau using the Water Caste's broken mouth to persuade them to surrender, there are also genetic modification, mind control, identity replacement, etc...

There are so many ways to do it, and it can be said that there is nothing that cannot be done.

Therefore, the Inquisitors of the Anti-Foreign Order, like the Inquisitors of the other two orders, are very good at catching their targets based on various clues.

It was also because of this that, under the auspices of the Inquisitor Governor, the traces of corruption on the Rostov II were almost invisible.

Nobles suspected of corruption were identified one by one. Aside from the true heretics who were sentenced to death by white phosphorus, these nobles were relatively uncorrupted, but their corrupt behavior was no less.

They are not Chaos heretics, but they have also betrayed the faith of the God-Emperor and betrayed humanity and the Imperium.

But compared to the heretics who turned to Chaos, they were still human.

But precisely because of this, the crimes of these people are even more heinous.

After all, the fallen and corrupt Chaos heretics can still find an excuse to say that they were corrupted by Chaos demons, but these Fallen who show no signs of being corrupted by the Warp can only be blinded by greed and betrayed the Empire because of their own ambitions.

Although many of the noble families on this planet are descendants of the Astra Militarum who retired on this planet, this does not mean that they all have irreplaceable loyalty.

In fact, with the exception of the Krieg Death Regiment, every Imperial Astra Militarum unit has had its share of loyalties wavering.

It is for this reason that the position of Political Commissar exists in the Astra Militarum, in order to maintain the high morale and loyalty of the Astra Militarum soldiers.

So it is not surprising that some people fall.

However, the punishment of these people is a little more complicated. We cannot just burn them with white phosphorus.

After fully considering the introductions and suggestions of two local people, Rachel and General Gregory, Chen Xi decided to excommunicate these traitors and degenerates in the name of the Inquisitor.

The main culprits were all executed without exception, but the method used was the rather classic method of execution, beheading.

Their families or other people implicated were forced to become slaves and work in mines on the planet until they had atoneed for their sins.

However, generally speaking, betraying the God-Emperor is an unforgivable crime, and they and their possible descendants will never be able to escape this identity.

To some extent, Chen Xi was still too merciful. Based on the Inquisitor's own experience, he would have killed all these people or turned them into atonement robots.

However, things like mechanical servants still don't quite fit Chen Xi's aesthetic taste, so he didn't do that.

Although doing so may leave some hidden dangers, Chen Xi feels that this price is acceptable.

After dealing with these valuables, he also received a star message from the capital of the star zone, that an investigation team initiated by the state religion would arrive at Rostov II soon to verify the authenticity of the consecrated wine.

Chen Xi wasn't surprised that the state religion came back to verify the authenticity of 'loyalty'. Or rather, it would be bizarre if the state religion accepted the authenticity of the item without even checking it.

Although the state religion canons anonymous saints and so on, just like mass production, the formal certification of the emperor's divine deeds is still very rigorous for the state religion and has a complete set of procedures.

After all, in the Warhammer world, it is too easy to forge a little "miracle" with various psychic spells or other technological witchcraft.

Even if someone really wants to cause trouble, it is not impossible to create some real "miracles" and disguise them as "miracles".

Therefore, it is understandable that both the Inquisition and the State Religion are cautious about such matters.

However, Chen Xi was not nervous or worried about this. The authenticity of "loyalty" was unquestionable. If someone said it was not true, then there was no doubt that this person must be a heretic or a traitor.

Of course, most of those who would do this are nobles or other forces, and the state religion is very trustworthy in this regard.

For the sake of their beliefs, these religious lunatics can really do anything, but as long as you can prove that you are loyal, then nothing will be a problem.

Although the state religion is crazy, it will really spare no effort in being loyal to the emperor.

Chen Xi informed Rachel of the matter and asked the palace lady to arrange various related matters. Chen Xi himself took the time to leave the 40K era and returned to the 3K era to send a courier.
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At the starport of Rostov II, a voidship with a huge statue of the Emperor hundreds of meters high erected outside its bridge docked at the starport's berth.

Looking at this huge light cruiser-class ship and the huge statue of the Emperor on the hull, which was absolutely a miracle in the 3K era and was purely decorative, Chen Xi's expression was somewhat indescribably strange.

Religious decorations seemed normal to Chen Xi. There was nothing wrong with having some exaggerated decorations on a huge void ship. After all, the state religion had practical propaganda needs. A ship filled with sacred aura could often bring great religious deterrence to the ignorant people of the empire.

But a statue of the emperor made of pure gold is still too luxurious.

You know, the pure gold used to cast this purely decorative statue could even be used to make a pure gold ram for the ship.

This hardest substance in the universe is extremely difficult to destroy. It is widely used in the empire's military industry. The keel, ram and front armor of the void ship are often made of large amounts of refined gold.

Even the Space Marines' power armor has a frame made of adamantium.

This ensures that even if an Imperial voidship is destroyed, its adamantine keel is often still intact and can be towed back for reconstruction.

The Space Marines' power armor lasts even after the soldier dies, and one piece of armor can be passed down for three generations.

It is easy to imagine how extravagant it is to use so much pure gold just to make a holy statue.

If these adamantium were used to make power armor for Space Marines, it would be enough to arm at least one regiment.

Just as Chen Xi was having these somewhat blasphemous thoughts, the Void Ship had already opened its boarding port, and several Ecclesiarchy priests, accompanied by Crusaders and combat nuns, walked down from the Void Ship.

"Welcome, the Emperor's devout servants." Chen Xi took the initiative to greet the arriving pastors of the state religion.

(End of this chapter)