Chapter 505 (4K) Horus arrives on Terra
Over time, the Coalition comes into contact with more and more universes.
The coalition government selects suitable forces from these universes to join the exploration team based on existing policies, and it has always been working well.
On the one hand, it reduces the work burden of the coalition government and reduces the casualties of the coalition government headquarters; on the other hand, it can also share knowledge with human compatriots in other universes, so that the results achieved can benefit the multiverse; at the same time, it can open the eyes of human compatriots in the multiverse. .
But now, the gap between the exploration team and the exploration team has become so wide that it is abnormal.
The Atreides family in the "Dune" universe overthrew Emperor Padisha and became the new galactic royal family. The patriarch, Duke Leto, also became the new galactic emperor, able to mobilize the manpower and resources of the entire galaxy.
They put the new empire's focus on exploring the multiverse.
Their exploration teams are larger and more powerful than those in other universes combined.
The number of wormholes that the coalition government can open each month is limited. The Atreides family uses private transactions to encourage many exploration teams to give up exploration opportunities, and then takes these exploration opportunities for themselves.
This has nothing to lose but nothing to gain for the coalition government.
Because the exploration teams of the Atreides family have received professional training within the Atreides family, they can perform tasks more efficiently than other exploration teams.
But this goes against the original intention of the exploration team policy and prevents the coalition government from spreading its achievements to the multiverse. This also leads to the fact that although exploration teams in other universes have been established, they have few opportunities to leave their own universe.
The Atreides family is just the beginning, and other giant exploration forces will inevitably appear in the future.
These giant exploration forces will divide exploration opportunities, resulting in many weak exploration teams not even having the opportunity to enter other universes.
The coalition government had to change policy to change the situation.
Things wouldn't be so troublesome if the United Government directly ruled over fellow humans in other universes.
The coalition government can directly share technologies with fellow humans in other universes and impose strong regulatory measures to ensure that these technologies are not abused. There is no need for policies like the exploration team to share their own technological achievements.
But the United Government has no intention of directly ruling fellow humans in other universes, because the United Government is different from human civilizations in other universes.
The coalition government is not so much a human civilization as it is an earthly civilization that has good intentions towards mankind.
All creatures in the United Government can assemble into a common earth consciousness, which makes the United Government essentially different from other human civilizations.
The coalition government has set boundaries for itself, that is, it does not directly rule other human civilizations, but only builds itself as a hub connecting human groups in the multiverse, helping human civilizations in other universes to reasonably accelerate their development.
Because there are boundaries, you have to think more when doing things.
"That's basically it. You can sign up to join the Exploration Guild on your own. Each guild has a quota. Guilds with full quotas cannot be selected."
Cheng Xin introduced the new policies of the coalition government in detail.
The coalition government established twelve large-scale exploration guilds and divided all exploration teams evenly into these twelve guilds. From then on, the contribution of each exploration team was no longer calculated separately, but only the contribution of the entire guild. Unless a certain exploration team The team's contribution is too outstanding.
The Atreides family suddenly became the focus.
There are many exploration teams under the Atreides family. Judging from the current quota of exploration guilds, they alone can fill six large exploration guilds.
If you can sneak into the Exploration Guild where the main force of the Atreides family is, you will undoubtedly win.
"Ms. Bai Yuekui, on behalf of the Atreides family, I sincerely invite you to join the No. 2 Exploration Guild."
Paul Atreides walked up to Bai Yuokui.
The coalition government was very interested in Paul's physique and took the initiative to help Paul develop his body. At this time, Paul awakened the memory of his ancestors from his bloodline, and his every move revealed some inexplicable temperament.
Bai Yuekui nodded slightly: "Thank you. On behalf of the Spirit Cage Exploration Team, I accept your invitation to join the No. 2 Exploration Guild."
Paul gave Bai Yuokui a friendly smile. Seeing that Bai Yuokui had no intention of continuing to talk to him, he turned and walked towards the other exploration teams.
"It's entirely because of the boss that they invited us, right?" Xia Dou revealed his little head from behind Bai Yuokui.
The people in the "Spirit Cage" exploration team are self-aware.
The "Spirit Cage" universe is in dire straits. They simply cannot spare enough manpower to form a powerful exploration team. They are at the bottom among the two thousand exploration teams of the United Government. Logically speaking, the Atreides family will not look at it at all. Get on them.
Fortunately, Bai Yuekui stood up for them.
Bai Yuekui lightly shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "It's not because of me, but because I work for the coalition government."
"My stomach doesn't hurt anymore. I'm going back."
The Luna Wolf fleet slowly sails into the solar system.
"what happened?"
"Why is there no atmosphere of celebration at all?"
"These mortals are so lazy!"
The Wolves of the Shadow Moon felt something was wrong as soon as they entered the solar system, because the solar system was too peaceful.
It stands to reason that Horus is about to be crowned Warmaster on Terra. According to the nature of the empire, the bureaucrats will definitely make arrangements for this matter, filling the entire solar system with an atmosphere of celebration.
But after entering the solar system for so long, there was only ordinary fleet parking guidance.
What's more, the solar system's defense system has locked onto them, seemingly ready to attack them at any time.
How is this the treatment you get when you come back and be granted the title of war commander?
"Primarch, I feel something is not right." Abaddon frowned. "The atmosphere is too dull. Those mortals are still scanning us with their radars and don't have any respect for us."
Abaddon was the captain of the First Company of the Luna Wolves and a key figure in the future fall of Horus.
When Horus was seriously injured in the future, he sent Horus to a temple controlled by the evil god of subspace for healing, which provided a huge "help" for Horus's fall.
Further in the future, he will become the new Four Gods after Horus is killed by the Emperor.
However, at this time, he was still a little fan of Horus.
He inherited Horus's attitude towards mortals, and he also hated the empire's political system and the mortal bureaucrats who were full of lies.
Horus waved his hand: "Don't think too much."
He stood by the porthole, looking at Terra, with joy written all over his face.
As the capital of the human empire, Terra's natural environment cannot be complimented due to certain historical issues. Even the sea is gone, and it can be described as a smoky mess.
But it is the capital after all, and he came back to be the war commander!
This time it’s a homecoming.
"Primarch, we have received news from Malcador." Abaddon said with a hint of worry, "He asked us to park the fleet at the Mars port, and then you will go to Terra alone to meet the Emperor."
"I still feel that something is not right. Please negotiate with Malcador and allow you to take me with you."
Horus was slightly startled.
After receiving two consecutive reminders from Abaddon, he gradually broke free from the complacency of returning home in glory.
Something is definitely wrong with the solar system.
Being named Warmaster is a big deal. Those mortal bureaucrats who are keen to flatter the powerful should send a steady stream of communication requests to the Vengeful Spirit at this moment, just like flies smelling shit.
But why is there no movement?
Horus had a strange feeling in his heart and frowned unconsciously.
He thought of the burning of Prospero.
Although Magnus had himself to blame, the Emperor was being too harsh on Magnus.
What were these Primarchs in the eyes of the Emperor?
son?
Or is it just a tool to rule the galaxy that can be destroyed without any emotion after it breaks?
But he still comforted Abaddon in a gentle tone and said: "There is nothing to worry about. Could the Emperor still do harm to me? Besides, if he really wants to do harm to me, it doesn't matter whether you are here or not."
The corner of Abaddon's mouth twitched.
He knew that the original body was trying to comfort him, but could you not say that he was irrelevant? After all, he was also a company commander and had been working hard to improve his combat skills.
But he knew that Horus was right.
If the Emperor really wanted to do something to Horus, there was no point in him going with Horus.
That's the emperor!
Horus walked out of the command hall, took off his combat power armor under the service of a mortal, and replaced it with a relatively gorgeous set of ceremonial power armor.
This set of power armor is not only decorated with satin, but the joints are also engraved with exquisite reliefs.
"If I never come back, you will command the Wolves of the Moon on my behalf." Before leaving, Horus told Abaddon, "I have only one request for you, and that is to persist until I come back."
Perhaps because he was more timid about being close to home, Horus was also a little uneasy at this time.
He felt that the Emperor's quest to bring him back was not simply about making him Warmaster. There were probably other things to discuss with him face to face.
But what will it be?
When changing his power armor, he carefully recalled everything he had done in the past two hundred years, especially those related to psychic energy and subspace.
He felt like there was nothing wrong with him.
But the tranquility of the solar system gave him a bad feeling. He felt that his position as War Commander might not be easy to obtain.
What will happen will likely depend on something other than the Warmaster.
Abaddon nodded solemnly: "Yes, the original!"
Horus took a deep breath and smiled as warmly as the spring breeze under the gaze of all the Moon Wolf warriors. He waved his hand: "You may have to change your words next time you see me."
Horus turned around and boarded the ship to Terra alone.
"Your Majesty, Horus is here to see you." Malcador walked into the palace and bowed slightly to the giant on the throne. Every word and action was in line with etiquette.
Perhaps because the Emperor changed his mind and stayed in the Human Empire, Malcador's attitude towards the Emperor was much better at this time and he no longer called the Emperor by his first name as before.
The emperor nodded slightly: "Let him come in."
He has been thinking about how to deal with Horus these days. Although Horus will become the co-choice of the four gods in the future, it will cause unprecedented trauma to both him and the human empire.
But Horus was still good at this time.
Unlike Magnus, Horus had nothing to do with the warp at this time, and the events that led to Horus's fall had not yet occurred.
He couldn't treat Horus the way he treated Magnus, or he would be on the completely wrong path.
The coalition government has not been idle during this period.
In order to allow the Emperor to "work" with more confidence, experts from the United Government carefully collected information about Horus and presented it to the Emperor.
The Emperor now understood the full extent of Horus' fall.
He realized that he had lacked care for the Primarchs in the past, and Horus had a deep misunderstanding of him, thinking that he regarded the Primarchs as tools and destroyed them when they were broken.
While this was indeed the case, he did not want the Primarchs to realize it themselves.
Once a tool awakens its self-awareness, it is easy to turn back on its owner. The hateful intelligence rebellion in the golden age is a lesson learned from the past.
In addition, Horus also hated the political system of the Empire and wanted to carry out a radical reform, drive away the mortals in high positions, and let the Primarch and the Astartes have the say in the Empire.
The Emperor could understand Horus's idea, but it had little effect on improving the political environment of the Empire.
Because the number of Astartes is too small, even if only one Astartes is allocated to a living planet, it will not be enough.
Allowing the Primarchs and Astartes to rule the Human Empire is actually replacing the people who formulate policies with the Primarchs and Astartes. After the policies are formulated, they must be implemented by the mortals below.
But execution is where evil and corruption really thrive.
The execution process has not changed. The people who formulate policies have changed from politicians to Primarchs and Astartes who need the muscle of strategy, the muscle of the overall situation, and the muscle of human sophistication. Can the Empire get better?
It’s weird to get better!
Compared to Horus's naive idea, the Emperor had a better and more mature plan, which could only be implemented after the Stargate project was completed, so he had never told the Primarchs before.
He decided to enlighten Horus, correct Horus's wrong views, and let Horus turn back before he was hopeless.
"Father, I'm back!"
Horus walked into the hall and looked at the Emperor with burning eyes.
From his perspective, the Emperor's face seemed to be covered in a divine light, and just looking at it filled him with awe.
It had been a long time since he had seen the Emperor.
He was eager to share his joy with the Emperor and inquire about his appointment as Warmaster.
But the Emperor spoke first.
"Horus, what do you think the Primarch is?"
Horus was shocked.
The emperor's eyes were like the deep Milky Way. He could not see through the emperor's thoughts, and a certain uneasy feeling arose spontaneously.
He thought to himself, it is really not easy for the emperor to ask me to come back this time.
He answered carefully: "The Primarch is your son, the pride of mankind, the future of the Empire"
Horus was worried that his wrong words would cause the Emperor's dissatisfaction and cause him to lose the position of Warmaster, so he chose his words very carefully, and they were all false and empty words.
"Isn't it a tool?" the Emperor interrupted.
What? !
Horus showed an astonished expression, and his huge pupils shook violently. (End of chapter)