Star Iron, conquer the world from Omphalos

Stubborn?

That will only send him into the arms of Senatos... Oh, there are no Titans here, so embrace destruction.

After conquering Obist, Ash quickly reorganized the government, and then unified the countries he had previously conquered into Obist. Finally, after spending a week, he integrated all the people on the planet Zarnak together.

This is not an easy job for Ash. He can easily destroy the entire planet, but to rule here, he needs not only fighting but also governance.

If there is no loyalty at all, chaos will break out again as soon as he leaves.

What Ash has to do now is to select suitable talents from the Imperial Guards to establish the Shurima regime. The management will eventually spread to the lower levels, and talents at each level need to be strictly selected.

At this time, Ash missed the team of priests led by Xiadie.

Not many people understand Imperial Truth.

The nature of religious propaganda work is somewhat special, and most people really can't do it.

Helplessly, he could only rebuild the Shurima faith from scratch, and make faith in Emperor Ash the only ideal of the empire.

Initially, the people of Zarnak were puzzled. Their world was not completely closed off. In fact, the entire planet once believed in joy. Although later, under a mysterious force, the internal faith collapsed and civil strife continued.

Normally, the highest belief of a civilization should be the star god.

"The Imperial Truth is the supreme ideal, and His Majesty Ash is the supreme faith!" - said the chief missionary from the Faith Order.

Established Shurima's state religion.

He didn't want to be like the yellow-skinned guy next door, who wanted the empire to give up its faith in God, only to cause endless infighting in the churches. In Ash's view, having faith was a good thing. There were gods everywhere in the Star Iron World. If you didn't let your people believe in you, they would believe in others.

Human beings are a race that needs spiritual support, and faith is conducive to unity.

In addition to the state religion, he also planned to establish an imperial parliamentary institution, appointing at least twelve managers to be responsible for all affairs of the empire, while he himself would hold all power as the supreme leader.

Although the current size of Shurima is far from requiring such sophisticated operations, a person who does not plan for the future will inevitably have immediate worries. Only by laying a solid foundation can he expand without worries.

Now, with Zarnak as the first planet he conquered, Ash needed to personally oversee the process of establishing the regime. There was no other way but to leave the Imperial Guards to manage it. He did not trust the people on this planet. As for the other people on his side, mortals were weak and short-lived, and were not suitable for long-term governance.

As for the Imperial Guards, even if they are not in a perfect state of ascension, their lifespan will far exceed that of ordinary people.

Those who can achieve the perfect ascension form, like Bronya, have a lifespan that is almost infinite, and no ascended warrior dies of old age.

While Ash was busy with the affairs of the planet Zarnak, Cocolia, who was far away on the planet Atia, also sent back a message - a large-scale fleet suddenly appeared and launched a crazy attack on the imperial guards led by her.

This fleet forcefully occupied the space orbit of Atiya, and Cocolia was forced to flee to the planet Atiya with the Imperial Guards. However, they were attacked by high-intensity firepower in the process, and more than 50 of the 150 Imperial Guards were killed.

As soon as Ash heard it, he knew it was definitely Schneider's doing.

Since the news of his appointment as ambassador broke, the company has almost completely frozen out Schneider and suspended him from all his positions in the company.

Normally, this situation will last for one or two Amber Ages. Once reconciliation is reached and the hatred is cooled, it will be almost time for them to become active again.

But Schneider was unwilling to give up.

He was originally going to attack the board members.

Moreover, as a well-known radical expansionist within the company, he would never be willing to wait for one or two Amber Ages to start over again.

Otherwise, he would not have secretly allied with the internal forces of Xianzhou.

But without the support of the company, all the resources at his disposal became particularly precious.

Atiya is rich in Brilliant Gold, which is extremely precious. Schneider didn't want to give it to Ash just like that, so he directly sent a fleet to destroy Cocolia's Imperial Guards.

Not only that, he even planned to use his fleet to directly destroy the planet Atiya, because of the solidity of the gold, it would be difficult to completely destroy it even if the planet exploded.

Even if there's less than half left, it's better than letting Ash take it away.

Unfortunately, what Schneider didn't expect was that the Zerg had already set off long before. When they drove Cocolia's Imperial Guard to Atiya and the fleet was preparing to attack the planet, the Star-Breaking King Zerg suddenly appeared and directly smashed a battleship into pieces!

After this period of development, the size of the Zerg almost doubled again. Ash himself didn't notice it. He had previously thrown the Zerg to the end of the Griffith Galaxy to fight with the Antimatter Legion, but he didn't expect Xiao Jin to give birth to another nest for him.

Faced with the Zerg attack, the fleet was unable to resist at all.

The end result was that the fleet retreated in a panic after losing half of its forces, and the entire planet of Atiya came under the jurisdiction of Shurima.

Then Cocolia soon discovered that these Atiya people were somewhat special. They seemed to be born warriors, and there was a power in their blood that could greatly enhance their combat effectiveness.

Precisely because of this bloodline, even though Atiya's technology is not advanced, it still causes huge trouble to the company's governance.

However, the number of Atiya people is small, and they have been fighting with the company for so long. Cocolia estimates that there are no more than 3,000 people on the entire planet who possess this bloodline power.

Natural born berserkers, if one can gain their loyalty, they will make excellent ascended warriors.

Even if only half of the five thousand people can succeed, it will be a qualitative leap in the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Guards.

For this purpose, Ash personally went to the planet Atiya.

At this time, Cocolia has already taken control of the entire planet... In fact, before she arrived here, the most powerful force on Atiya had already been eliminated by the company, and the remaining Atiya who resisted simply refused to submit to the company's rule.

These people have the same attitude towards Cocolia's arrival.

When Ash saw those 'mortals,' bathed in blood-red power, engaging the Imperial Guards, he couldn't help but marvel. Although the Imperial Guards weren't using their full strength, the Atias' combat skills and experience, like those of seasoned lions, allowed them to coordinate perfectly, leveraging their strengths to strike their targets.

Yes, a pride of lions.

Ash felt that these Atiya people were like brave lions.

They are physically strong, have natural bloodline advantages, and are not afraid of life or death.

Unfortunately, the gap in hard power was too big, and their attacks couldn't even penetrate the armor of the imperial guards.

It was not until the attacking Atiya people realized the absolute gap in strength and wanted to withdraw from the battlefield that Ash released his will and suppressed all the wolf warriors in place.

"Roar!"

These Atiya warriors looked at Ash falling from the sky and roared in unwillingness.

"Brave Atias, submit to me. I will lead you away from this land and into the vast universe."

"Despicable invaders, no matter how many times you come, we will never surrender!" A strong man who looked to be two meters tall in the crowd shouted angrily.

"Are you their leader?" Ash approached him, gazing at him calmly. "I recognize your courage, but you may have misunderstood something. I'm not with those guys from before. In fact, they were my enemies, and my loyal subordinates have already torn them to pieces."

A hint of suspicion flashed in the sturdy man's eyes. He looked at the imperial guards and suddenly realized that they were different from the mechanical monsters that had originally attacked their home.

"Outsider, I challenge you!" the strong man roared.

"You? Challenge me?" Ash smiled faintly, "I'll give you this chance, but if you fail, you and your people will follow me."

"Defeat me first!"

Roar!

The burly man roared, and his body, which was already two meters tall, suddenly grew even taller. Then, with a loud bang, an air wave exploded on the spot, and his whole body rushed towards Ash like a chariot!

Boom!

There was a loud bang.

The surrounding imperial guards turned their heads away, unable to bear to watch.

The burly man punched the golden shield surrounding Ash, but not a single splash was made.

He was stunned for a moment, then he swung his fists quickly in defiance, bombarding at an extremely high speed of ten punches per second.

The surrounding Atiya warriors were cheering for their leader's heroic performance.

"These guys, don't they have brains?" Cocolia in the distance shook her head secretly.

She had led the Imperial Guards in battle for such a long time, and had long known that there were many races with unique styles in the galaxy, so she was not surprised.

but.

The Atiya people are indeed very powerful.

If the Silvermane Guards were to fight them head-on, the outcome would definitely be a one-sided crushing defeat.

Bloodline is a familiar word.

But looking across the entire galaxy, it is rare to find a bloodline that is so good at fighting.

"Outsider, is all you can do to defend?!" After bombarding for several minutes, the strong man finally couldn't help but roared.

He was responded by a sudden shock wave, which sent him flying hundreds of meters away, and he rolled over dozens of times before coming to a stop.

The cheers of the Atiya people stopped abruptly.

Ash walked up to him step by step.

"Warrior Atia, tell me your name."

The silence lasted for a full minute.

"Ryan."

Ash was stunned.

There was also a minute-long silence.

"Then, from now on, you and your men will be at my service."

...

The surrender of the Atiya people gave Ash the idea of formally establishing the Shurima Empire's military organization.

Previously, due to the severe shortage of manpower, the imperial guards were all crammed together, but now he plans to establish an ascending warrior organization based on legions.

The Atiya people led by Llane will become the first truly ascended legion of the Shurima Empire.

As for the Imperial Guard sequence, it will still be retained, but it can be used as one of the empire's trump cards in the future. Under normal circumstances, external expansion will only require the Ascension Legion.

But before that, he needs to increase the loyalty of these warriors.

And, do a little experiment.

He wants to create Atiya warriors by cultivating gene seeds.

The number of Atiya people was too small, and after all of them surrendered, there were only more than 2,600 of them.

It is impossible to provide fresh blood for the legion by having babies, so Ash thought of genetic breeding.

The blood of the Atiya people is very special and has value in genetic cultivation.

As a top genius in the field of biological sciences, Ruan Mei is obviously very good at this kind of thing. She can even train fake envoys, so she can easily control the mere Atiya people.

And unlike the training of an envoy, the time required to train an Atiya warrior is not long, at least much shorter than making a baby.

However, the cost is relatively high.

Well, it’s much higher than making a baby.

"How many people do you want?" Ruan Mei asked.

"At least get 10,000 people first. Ask Black Tower for anything you need first, and I'll settle accounts with her later."

If ten thousand people were to undergo an ascension ceremony, even if the success rate was only 30%, there would still be three thousand people.

It’s not that Ash doesn’t want more, but putting aside the training period, the cost of creating each ascended warrior is too high, and the expensive cost of the armor is not something that Shurima can afford now.

You can't always take advantage of Black Tower, right?

Therefore, build up the army in the early stage, obtain more resources through expansion and plunder, and then snowball.

Fortunately, the Brilliant Gold on the planet Atia gave Ash a break. He planned to transfer a large number of people from the planet Zarnak to establish a mining base. Part of the material for manufacturing the armor was Brilliant Gold, which could help him save a lot of money.

However, the initial investment in the mining base still needs to be obtained from the Black Tower.

This made old lady Heita finally unable to hold back her curses.

"You think of me as your vault, don't you?" The Black Tower's projection vented as soon as it appeared. "That Ruan Mei girl asked me for a huge sum of money for her experiments right away, and now you're asking for it too. I'm the Black Tower, not the Gold Tower!"

"Don't be impatient, Black Tower. What you borrow must be returned. The relationship between us cannot be measured by mere credit points." Ash smiled.

"Hmph~ Don't give me that, I'm broke anyway!"

"How could that be? You're the Black Tower, how could a genius be without money?"

"Don't you have any idea of what's going on? I had a falling out with the company before, and my business took a hit. Besides, my expenses have been too high recently. I have no money. Anyway, I have no money. Go find someone else to ask for it."

No matter what Ash said, Black Tower said that he had no money left, not a penny.

Finally, when Ash suggested asking Estelle for it, Heita suddenly fell silent.

"Um...um...Esther seems angry."

Ash was puzzled: "What's wrong? He's fine."

"Well... I was working on a simulated universe, and a few days ago, it accidentally, um, exploded. It was pretty serious this time, and a lot of equipment was damaged, so Ester..."