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In the human empire, the only regions where large-scale military buildup is possible, especially large-scale Space Marine production, are the 500 worlds centered around Alteramar.
Only in this most prosperous region of the human empire can a large-scale troop buildup be achieved.
(I still want to use Macurag, so let's use Macurag from now on. Damn translation!)
As the homeworld of Markrag, the absolute core of Ultramarines, Robert Guilliman's homeworld naturally caught the eye of Nurgle.
He wanted to get revenge on Guilliman, just as Guilliman had waged a war against him on the internet.
He was going to teach Guilliman a lesson he wouldn't forget, and cause irreparable damage to Guilliman's Limit Starfield 500 worlds.
A huge conspiracy is brewing, and Zhou Qing is also facing some difficulties.
With the Grey Knights now able to be mass-produced, and the Psionic Legion unable to manufacture them, he shifted his focus to the Imperial Guard.
In Zhou Qing's eyes, the Imperial Guard, with only 1 men, was far too weak. Such a small force was not only incapable of fighting, but also of protecting the Earth.
The next step was to mass-produce the Imperial Guards. To this end, he had a special discussion with Old Man Huang and studied how he had created the Imperial Guards.
After getting a bunch of random documents from Old Huang, Zhou Qing started studying them. He threw away the documents from Old Huang after studying them for five minutes.
This guy's technique is less about creating something and more about forcibly sculpting it using his powerful spiritual energy; the success rate of this technique is frighteningly low.
If this thing were placed in the Federation of Humanities, it wouldn't be enough for scientists to study, let alone for elementary school students to complete their homework.
This is not even feasible!
If this method of training were adopted, how many Imperial Guards would die? This is absolutely unacceptable.
In his laboratory, 20 imperial guards were assisting him in conducting experimental research. After a month of research, Zhou Qing came up with an alternative solution.
The Imperial Guard 2.0 Upgrade and Transformation Method
This modification plan can greatly increase the production capacity of the Imperial Guards, making their production speed much faster.
This level of army can probably be mass-produced in the same way as the Grey Knights.
The problem is that although the production of the Imperial Guards has increased, Zhou Qing has not yet been able to enhance their combat capabilities.
He had considered adding the Super Strong trait to the Imperial Guard, but one volunteer immediately went ballistic when he tried to add it.
Zhou Qing still hasn't figured out why the super-strong trait, which is usable by Federation humans, can't be successfully incorporated into Imperial humans.
Moreover, Zhou Qing was unable to save the volunteer in the end. He successfully sacrificed himself for the technology of the human empire, which made Zhou Qing feel somewhat frustrated and guilty.
Because a volunteer died right in front of Zhou Qing, and Zhou Qing was unable to save him, he felt extremely guilty.
So much so that for two days after the volunteer's accident, Zhou Qing did not continue any research; he was reflecting on himself.
"Am I being too abstract, or have I become too eager for quick results since arriving in this universe? How can I use technology on humans before it's even mature?"
"Logically, I should have tested this technology on prisoners first. Why did I believe it? Trajan, that bastard, used it directly on the Custodians as a test subject."
In his office, Zhou Qing reflected on his actions, wondering if he had been assimilated or influenced.
Logically, he should have first used this technology on death row inmates for experiments, but Trajan at the time expressed absolute protest against Zhou Qing's idea.
A month ago, Zhou Qing proposed the idea of strengthening the Imperial Guard in the laboratory.
After Zhou Qing proposed the idea, it immediately received Huang Laohan's support.
As a staunch supporter of the old man, Trajan naturally expressed his agreement, and he even thoughtfully provided a large number of candidates for the Imperial Guard as test subjects.
These were all preparing to undergo the Imperial Guard's modification surgery and then become Imperial Guard test subjects.
Since Zhou Qing's technology was mature and brought from the Human Federation, he agreed to the request and made these volunteers his experimental subjects.
Perhaps it's because the Level 10 scientists are too arrogant, or perhaps these technologies are already proven and mature.
Although Zhou Qing suggested finding a death row inmate to study whether the technology was universal at the beginning of the experiment, Trajan dismissed Zhou Qing's idea with a single sentence.
“I don’t think we should let death row inmates or prisoners use this technology. You also said that super strong means having great strength, which is simply against the laws of physics, just like you.”
"If an ordinary prisoner possesses the strength of over 3 million tons with one hand, then stopping them within the Empire would be far too troublesome."
"What if you are deceived by him, and he betrays your trust and then betrays you in the end?"
That would have a terrible impact on the human empire, so I request that you place the experimental subjects on our Imperial Guard's volunteer candidates.
Zhou Qing didn't even understand why he was persuaded by Trajan.
After all, this statement is not convincing at all; it can only mean that after simulating large-scale warfare and commanding wars for so long, one's mind has become somewhat muddled.
This led to the subsequent tragedy when the super-strong genes were added to the candidates for the Imperial Guard, triggering a massive explosion.
The experiment was unsuccessful; the candidate was blown up into a pool of blood mist.
It was clearly a very serious experimental failure. Zhou Qing had not encountered such an experimental failure since 350 years ago, and he had only encountered it once in his 400-year scientific research career.
As a Level 10 scientist of the Human Federation, he shouldn't have made such a mistake.
This was a disgrace to him.
Chapter 108: Mass Production of the Imperial Guard, End of the Terra Trip
Zhou Qing felt somewhat guilty as he reflected on his mistakes in his laboratory and analyzed why the experiment had failed.
Trajan, the one who started it all, did not think that Zhou Qing's failed experiment had any serious consequences.
He felt no guilt whatsoever, because he didn't know where he was.
This is the human empire of the Dark Galaxy.
It's just the death of one human being.
So what if a candidate for the Imperial Guard dies?
What is this supposed to be?
The transformation of the Imperial Guards required the deaths of many people to create a qualified Imperial Guard.
Sacrifice is the cornerstone of empire.
Trajan didn't see it as a sacrifice at all.
This can only be described as normal wear and tear during scientific research. After all, look at how many people die in a single experiment by those madmen in the Mechanical Engineering Department, while Zhou Qing...
All told, he has only killed one person so far, which makes him practically a living saint.
Therefore, Tula felt that the death of one person was nothing. At the same time, he did not think that Zhou Qing was reflecting on himself; he thought that Zhou Qing should be thinking about why he could not strengthen the Imperial Guard.
This is the most significant difference between two universes and two human civilizations; the Human Federation values its human people highly.
The human empire does not value humanity highly.
The human empire values not its subjects, but the concept of the human race itself.
Meanwhile, under the influence of the state religion, everyone in the human empire is characterized by a spirit of sacrifice.
This is one of the main reasons why both Zhou Qing and Guilliman wanted to abolish the state religion directly, because they had no hope for such a civilization!
A civilization like this, where everyone takes pride in sacrifice, has no hope whatsoever.
They don't value human life; they only care about the existence of the human race as a whole. This may be true, but it will cause something bad.
The reason why the human empire is still functioning normally is because the human empire has the existence of an immortal being, the Emperor.
If the Emperor had not existed, then even the concept of valuing the human race itself would have disappeared.
This is not something a normal civilization should experience!
This failure made Zhou Qing feel somewhat guilty, but he quickly readjusted his mindset, gave up on continuing to strengthen the Imperial Guards, and instead began to produce Imperial Guards on a large scale.
Just one month later, 79 Imperial Guards emerged from Zhou Qing's laboratory—
Meanwhile, thanks to Zhou Qing's technology, the Radiant Gold Armor was rapidly mass-produced, and a large number of power armors exclusively for the Imperial Guards began to be equipped on these newly produced Imperial Guards.
Trajan was promoted; he became the instructor of the 80-strong Guards.
However, along with his promotion, he also received his first instruction from Zhou Qing.
"I will provide you with another 300 million or so Imperial Guards later. You are to deploy them throughout the galaxy and have them patrol."
"The Imperial Guard's mission verification mechanism is instructing us!"
"If the Mechanicus continues its chaotic, large-scale live experiments, resulting in the sacrifice or senseless deaths of countless humans and citizens, then the Imperial Guard must execute them, regardless of who they are or which of the Mechanicus's great sages they may be!"
"If the Mars Forging General has any objections, let him come to me. The Mechanicus is a deformed cult that should not exist!"
“If he continues to disobey, then let Caul become the Forging General of the Mechanicus.”
This is the first truly significant order that Zhou Qing issued to the Imperial Guard after becoming the Sun Lord, the Imperial War Marshal!
Logically, this order should have been sent to the Ministry of the Interior to be issued directly to the entire Empire in the form of an Imperial Code, but everyone knows how inefficient the Ministry of the Interior is.
It would take far too long for the Ministry of the Interior to process it, so Zhou Qing simply issued the order directly to the Imperial Guards while following the Ministry of the Interior's procedures.
There are not many forces in the human empire that can be at odds with the Mechanicus.
So far, the Imperial Guard is basically the only force capable of antagonizing the Cult of Mechanics and simply ignoring their counterattacks.
Of course, after Zhou Qing appeared, there was another Zhou Qing.
In Zhou Qing's eyes, the Mechanicus Cult was just a bunch of ordinary idiots playing around with scrap metal.
Their technology was so inferior that he didn't even want to look at it.
During the time he spent reflecting in the laboratory, the Imperial Guards brought him research reports from the Cult of Mechanics. It was because he saw these research reports that Zhou Qing made the above decision.
He believes that science should be regulated, and that such crazy behavior as that of the Mechanics Church is utter nonsense.
If this were placed within the Federation of Humanities, this cult would not survive beyond the second day.
"Understood, we will carry out your orders, Sun Lord."
Turalyon indicated that he would execute Zhou Qing's instructions 100%.
Zhou Qing's expression softened somewhat only after the Imperial Guards agreed.
"Then I'll leave the work to you. This laboratory will be sealed off, and you'll only be allowed to enter it when you need to use it."
"I'm leaving Terra. I've done everything I needed to do here. As for that human comrade sitting on the golden throne..."
I also need to go to the Milky Way to see if there's any way to solve his problem.
By now, Zhou Qing had essentially completed his mission on Terra and was preparing to leave.