novel-bin Chapter 338: Retirement and Eternal Immortality
Chapter 338: Retirement and Eternal Immortality
[Supreme God (only)]
[God of Order and Hope: Emperor]
【Lord God (19)】
[God of Friendship: Sanguinius]
[God of Loyalty: Ferrus Manus]
[God of Devotion: Rogal Dorn]
[God of Faithfulness: Angron]
[God of Kindness: Corax]
[God of Humility: Magnus]
[God of Valor: Chagatai Khan]
[God of Mercy: Vokhan]
[God of Self-Discipline: Lorca]
【God of Reason: Mortarion】
[God of Wealth and Power: Perturabo]
[God of Democracy: Robert Guilliman]
[God of Civilization: Fulgrim]
[God of Freedom: Leman Russ]
[God of Harmony: Alpharius]
[God of Justice: Omega]
[God of Justice: Horus]
【God of Equality: Lion El'Jonson】
【God of the Rule of Law: Conrad Kurtz】
【Secondary God (One Hundred and Eight)】
【God of Health: Elsa】
【God of Medicine: Vitamin】
[God of Disease: Nakro]
[God of Love: Alice]
[Goddess of Beauty: Betty]
[God of Desire: Sally]
[God of Strength: Hercules]
God of War: Ares
【…】
(A few hundred words more.)
The above is the "Atlas of the Gods of the Warp" officially released by the Empire.
There are detailed text and exquisite illustrations on it, describing the situation of the Lord of the Warp.
It is not only one of the compulsory basic textbooks for primary school students, but also common sense that the citizens of the empire need to master and be able to recite.
Citizens of the Empire can go to the church to worship their favorite gods and choose their favorite gods to worship.
But no matter which god you choose, the Emperor must be the first choice.
The supremacy of the Emperor's existence is unquestionable.
The government prohibits private religious activities, and all religious activities must be carried out in accordance with the law and under supervision.
Especially against some controversial gods.
For example, the [God of Desire] prohibits the private ritual of summoning succubus!
All illegal sacrificial rituals will be severely punished.
Zhang Hong is already familiar with the matter of deifying the gods.
It happened once before.
This time it's simpler.
Arrange for the eldest son to take the position of the main god, and let good qualities and correct values occupy the mainstream of human beliefs.
Ensure that positive energy always dominates the subspace.
The origin of the evil god was split and reorganized into many parts, and more than one hundred secondary god positions were designed.
Ensure that the power of these deities that are at risk of deterioration is limited and controllable.
In particular, if the four evil gods want to be resurrected, they must first kill a large number of gods and reintegrate the scattered fragments of the origin.
This is basically impossible.
At the same time, documents such as "Regulations on the Management of Citizens' Beliefs in the Empire" and "Core Values of the Empire" were formulated.
Give religion (actually the gods) the power to interfere in the politics of the empire.
Ensure that the ideology of all mankind is in a normal, healthy and stable state.
It is up to the Gods of the Warp to ensure that the original will of the Lord of Mankind is long observed.
It is equivalent to that although our ancestors have retired and gone to the subspace to retire, they still supervise their descendants.
If the descendants are unfilial and rebel against their ancestors, the ancestors can jump out from the subspace and beat them.
That's the truth.
The two groups of people in the human empire in the physical universe and the subspace provide mutual insurance and balance.
Make sure you don't go astray like the Eldar.
And because the entire empire is religious and there are laws to regulate religion, there will not be any embarrassing incidents like those in the Dark Ages or the Bloody Ages.
Our ancestors held the right to interpret religion and mythology in the subspace.
It is also impossible to start a religious war or something like that because of faith.
As for those young people in the empire who have been harmed by the "evil gods" such as Slaanesh... ahem.
The Imperial Law Department will teach them a lesson.
A university dormitory on a planet on the edge of the empire.
Several college students are secretly performing a ritual to summon a succubus.
An ancient magic parchment that was found from somewhere, and it records ancient magic rituals.
Just when they were halfway through the ceremony.
The planet's psychic regulatory department detected abnormal psychic reactions.
Legal personnel were immediately dispatched to break in.
Before the boys could summon the succubus, they were captured.
"Let me go! Why are you arresting me?"
"According to the Civil Law, I have freedom of religion!"
"What's wrong with believing in the God of Desire!"
The bailiff smiled coldly and looked at the young man as if he were a mentally retarded person.
"Haha, idiot."
"The Empire gives you freedom not to let you break the law."
“Citizens have freedom of belief, but do you know that this freedom is also subject to legal constraints?”
“Unrestricted freedom often comes at the expense of the interests of others.”
"The ancients understood this truth tens of thousands of years ago."
"You college students who claim to be intellectuals don't understand?"
"A bunch of idiots!"
"Take away!"
These college students paid the price for their reckless behavior of secretly engaging in religious activities.
People who seek death like this occasionally appear in the empire.
But not much.
As long as the state machinery can function normally, the mental and ideological state of citizens can still be controlled.
Zhang Hong is not worried that humans will follow the same path as the elves.
Because he deliberately restricted humanity from developing life-extending technology.
To prevent some people from living too long and getting bored and messing around.
This is how the elves are. Because they are immortal, they become more and more perverted as time goes by.
The upper limit of human life span can be gradually extended to about 500 years.
If it's any longer, it won't be beautiful.
……
M42.110, Zhang Hong amended the Imperial Constitution and announced that he and the Primarchs would no longer intervene in the governance of the Empire unless the Empire encountered a fatal crisis.
The daily governance of the empire is handled by the Galactic Council, which is composed of mortals.
A leader is elected by the Galactic Senate to serve as the Imperial Regent.
The term of office is twenty years, and the president is renewed every twenty years.
M42.117, "The Imperial Centennial Development Plan" was completed ahead of schedule and exceeded targets.
The Galactic Congress has formulated the "Second Centenary Plan of the Human Empire", whose main goals are to develop technology, expand the population, and develop more galaxies in the Milky Way.
The secondary goal is to launch the "Across the Galaxy" plan, develop "hyperspace jump" technology, and send advance teams to explore other galaxies.
Prepare for human colonization of other galaxies.
With current human space jump technology, it is possible to reach any location in the Milky Way within a week.
But for galaxies that are millions of light years away, this technology is not efficient enough.
And the delay in faster-than-light communications is also a huge problem.
If humans want to expand their territory beyond the Milky Way, they must solve these problems.
M42.217, the 42th year of the 217nd Imperial Millennium.
After the empire completed its second centenary plan, its strength increased significantly and a large number of advanced technologies emerged.
Historians have concluded that the technological level and economic strength of the human empire have surpassed their former golden age.
Human civilization has once again taken a big step forward!
At this time, Zhang Hong, who had disappeared from the public eye for a long time, appeared.
He has not appeared in public for decades, and ordinary people subconsciously think that the emperor has become a historical figure.
Zhang Hong announced a piece of news that shocked the whole human race.
He said that after a hundred years of observation, he could now safely leave the empire to be ruled by humans themselves.
Mortals manage their own kingdoms.
He decided to retire with the Primarchs.
Of course humans were reluctant to let go, and countless people cried out to the heavens, begging the emperor not to abandon them.
Zhang Hong said: "Children, I am always here. I will always be in the subspace watching over you and the human race."
On this day, under the live broadcast of the entire galaxy, the Emperor personally presided over the "funeral" of himself and the Primarch.
He flew towards the sun with nineteen huge golden coffins containing the "corpses" of the nineteen Primarchs of the Sons of God.
The Emperor himself, wearing his iconic golden armor, has his back to the camera, steps on the void, and slowly walks into the flames of the sun.
The Emperor buried himself and his Primarchs within the sacred Sun.
The live broadcast screen was facing the sun and did not turn off for a long time.
The scene of the Emperor and the golden coffin disappearing into the golden sun was forever engraved in the minds of the citizens of the Empire.
Afterwards, the Imperial Regent read out the Emperor's "last will" on behalf of the Galactic Senate.
"The Emperor and the Sons of God have not left."
"They simply shed their mortal bodies and returned to the holy realm of the Warp."
"From this day forward, the Emperor and his Sons will forever protect the Imperium in the form of the Gods of the Warp.
"Always protect mankind!"
“Fellow citizens, please let us continue to work hard.”
"Follow the direction guided by the Emperor and push human civilization forward."
"The Emperor is immortal!"
"The Empire Lives Forever!"
"Humanity will live forever!"