Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 157

157. Chapter 157, Greenskin Battle Settlement

Gu Hang was surprised that Martins suddenly mentioned the secret research institute and the black box.

But his expression was still very stable.

He asked back: “Have you been there?”

“No, but Schneider has been there.”

“Huh…” Gu Hang let out a long breath, and he wanted to explode his Space Marines in advance.

Not to mention doing other things, it’s also good to guard the house! If there is a team of Space Marines guarding his research institute, it will not be so easy for Schneider to succeed.

The black box is his second biggest secret after the system. The confidentiality level there is very high. Under normal circumstances, no one can approach it, and those who do not listen to the warning will be shot.

But… I also said that it is a normal situation. For a master like Schneider, it is obviously not a normal situation. Wearing power armor and a black robe, sneaking in at night, the huge body moves without any sound, and the speed is very fast. Such a master found a way to sneak in and see everything. What can he do?

We can’t expect those servitors to defend against the Space Marines. That’s not realistic.

In the absence of sufficient security forces, there is no way to deal with this.

As for Martins’ questioning at the moment…

Gu Hang sighed and said, “Captain Martins, we are partners, so I don’t want to find any reason to deceive you. Please don’t ask where these manufacturing machines came from. I can only say that I have my secrets. Can you understand this?”

Martins remained silent.

Secret?

He instinctively felt something was wrong when he heard the word.

Is it a good thing for a planetary governor to have some secrets that cannot be told to others? The black box manufacturing machine itself is indeed not illegal. On the contrary, this super-technological product from ancient times is a treasure that the human empire has been tirelessly seeking throughout the universe.

But precisely because it is too precious, why does an ordinary, even somewhat down-and-out planetary governor have it?

And there is more than one.

Gu Hang chuckled and continued, “I really can’t tell you where these black box manufacturing machines come from. But please believe that my faith in the Emperor and my loyalty to the Empire are unwavering. You are on the Wrathful Owl Star, right next to my government and my city. You can open your eyes and see if there is anything disloyal here.”

“We are eliminating the cultists entrenched in the city, we are annihilating the green-skinned aliens that have emerged on the planet; we are building our cities and factories, and recovering those lands that can be said to be controlled by traitors. All of this is to ensure that the entire planet remains loyal and to be able to pay taxes to the Empire better.”

“Everything I do is completely in line with the Empire’s requirements for a planetary governor. In fact, I think I do better than most planetary governors.”

Gu Hang emphasized his loyalty and used what he did on this planet during this period to prove it.

After hearing these words, even Martins had to nod his head.

If you say that Gu Hang has a problem, there must be serious evidence, right? You can’t just use the black box to say something. There are treasures and it’s not illegal.

Martins did not see any signs of depravity, corruption, and disloyalty under Gu Hang’s power.

At this point, Martins had to calm his face: “Governor, I don’t doubt your loyalty, but…”

He didn’t know how to continue.

But Gu Hang followed his words and began to talk: “I just feel that these black boxes are of unknown origin. I think I might be deceived and seduced by some mysterious corrupt forces?” Martins

stopped talking, which was considered as tacit agreement.

Gu Hang smiled and said, “Then just wait and see, as I said before.”

Martins stared at Gu Hang deeply and said, “I will watch you, Your Excellency the Governor.”

“Hahaha!” Gu Hang laughed, very frankly, “Then it’s settled.”

After that, Gu Hang restrained his smile and turned serious: “But, Captain Martins, I hope you can help me keep a secret on this matter.”

“You understand the preciousness of the black box manufacturing machine, and you also understand how much trouble I will encounter if the news that there is more than one black box manufacturing machine on the Angry Owl Star spreads among the stars.”

“Captain, you need to understand that we are closely connected. The development of the Angry Owl Star is strongly related to the reconstruction of the regiment. The black box is not only a weapon I use to build the entire planet, but also a key factor in the reconstruction of the Phoenix. This news should never be leaked, what do you think?”

When he said this, Gu Hang’s attitude was sincere.

Martins still had to admit that Gu Hang was right.

When the fate of the regiment is already tied to the development of the planet, what reason does he have to sell out the news?

He even remembered what Gu Hang said when he persuaded him to stay on the Angry Owl Star with the regiment.

At that time, Governor Gu boasted that he would turn the entire planet into a forging world.

At that time, he thought that was just Gu Hang drawing cakes and bragging. But now it seems that he really has the capital to realize it.

No wonder Schneider said such a thing before he died, which made him firm up his will, stop wavering, and stand on the side of Governor Gu.

I am still too indecisive. At the beginning, Schneider didn’t like Governor Gu very much, but after seeing the black box, he swallowed the secret in his stomach and even changed his mind, hoping that the regiment would cooperate with the governor with all his strength.

But he was shaken…

He smiled bitterly and said to Gu Hang: “I will keep the secret for you, Your Excellency the Governor. The future reconstruction of the Chapter needs your help very much.”

“Don’t worry, I will not forget the outstanding contribution that the Phoenix has made to the safety of the Wrathful Owl Star. The gene seed implantation equipment needed by the Chapter will be ready soon.”

…

After sending off Martins, who was full of worries, Gu Hang was also slightly relieved.

In fact, he was not too worried that Martins would tell others about the secret of the black box after knowing it. He communicated with him so sincerely, just hoping that the Chapter Master would not make a mistake.

As long as his head is not confused, when the fate of the Chapter is tied to the development of the planet, even if it is for his own interests, he should not sell out the planet.

And now that Martins has made a guarantee and promise, there is no need to worry about anything.

Without thinking about it any more, Gu Hang continued to act according to his established plan and went to the underground pre-war research institute where the Space Marines had fought to their death.

When he arrived, the place was already under the control of the soldiers of the Wind-Quieting Brigade. The soldiers also conducted an in-depth investigation to ensure the safety of the place, and marked the general functions of each room and area.

Further exploration, or even the excavation of research materials inside, is not something that the soldiers can do.

Gu Hang has sent a message to the secret research institute in Weixing City, asking Wu Jiarong to bring people to take a look. If the research materials here are really valuable, the lady, whose level has actually been raised to the level of a mechanical priest, will stay here for a while; if the value is average, then a few ordinary technicians will be left to do archaeology.

This time, Gu Hang came here in person, not for the technical information that might be hidden in this research institute.

He just wanted to know the historical records of why greenskins appeared on the Angry Owl Star.

It was not to satisfy curiosity, but the requirements on the [Event] panel were just like that.

And it was not difficult to get what she wanted to know, and he soon found some simple records.

It turned out that before the war, this was a biological research institute, employed by the planetary government.

They asked someone to get a living greenskin craftsman technician to try to study the biological form of greenskins, how their brains grew, and why they could create such special greenskin technology.

They had some research results, but they were not critical, and most of them were just theoretical things.

However, just when they were about to destroy the experimental materials, the war broke out and this place was quickly captured.

After the full blockade of the laboratory was activated, there was no need to worry about being breached by the Chaos traitors, but this place had not been opened for a long time.

There was no record of what happened later, but Gu Hang could roughly guess it.

After all, after such a long time, the security system may no longer be able to support it, and this is also a place that scavengers and adventurers will explore. For some reason, the research institute was reopened, and the sealed experimental specimen, that is, the green-skinned craftsman technician, was released. It is also possible.

No wonder, this green-skinned tribe will develop faster.

The craftsman technician from a space green-skinned tribe that can cross the sea of stars is the starting point. This green-skinned tribe cannot be regarded as starting from scratch.

Although the environment is not suitable and there is only one old orc at the beginning, a powerful green-skinned tribe still stubbornly appeared here ten years after being dug out.

Gu Hang can even imagine that if it weren’t for him, what would this green-skinned orc clan develop to after completely conquering the garbage town and slaughtering and enslaving the two or three hundred thousand people there? Especially after leaving the ruins of the tower, which is not suitable for the growth and development of green-skinned spores, and arriving at a place with abundant water, relatively fertile land, and even using living people as waste, their number will probably begin to grow explosively in a short period of time.

By then, what he has to deal with is not a green-skinned orc tribe of tens of thousands.

As long as the number increases three or five times, and their technological level far exceeds that of the original orcs, the trend of the greenskins wreaking havoc on the entire planet will be unstoppable.

With the current state of the Angry Owl Star, how can it withstand the crazy development of hundreds of thousands of greenskins?

It can only be said that fortunately this worst situation did not happen.

…

After Gu Hang figured out the information about the origin of the greenskins on the Angry Owl Star, the second stage of the event [Greenskin Threat] in the [Event] panel was also completed.

The so-called important information as a phased reward also lay obediently in the panel, and he could get it as long as he thought about it.

However, before that, he was attracted by another message.

The entire war against the greenskin orcs finally came to a settlement page.

Before, there were more than one back-and-forth battles, but there was no battle settlement data in the system interface.

At that time, he guessed that those battles would probably not be calculated separately, but would be incorporated into the entire battle of [Greenskin Threat]. He would not be rewarded until the entire battle was over.

And now, his guess seemed to be true.

[Slightly in the upper hand, 2189 points of grace]

[Total losses 9144, 37823 eliminated, 0 prisoners]

[Junk Town Militia (Allied Forces): 3447 losses, 217 eliminated]

[Governor’s Legion: 5697 losses, 15022 eliminated]

[Phoenix Warband (Allied Forces): 2 losses, 230 eliminated]

[Imperial Navy (Allied Forces): 0 losses, 22354 eliminated]

…

2189 points of grace gain!

Seeing this number, Gu Hang had only one thought in his mind: fighting is still a fast way to make money!

It’s just a pity that only more than 15,000 kills were counted as his actual kills.

The item of the Junk Town Militia can be ignored. It is estimated that before the Junk Town Reorganization, the adventurers there were counted as allies and not regarded as his troops. Anyway… the militia of Garbage Town at that time was really rubbish. More than 3,000 people died, but only more than 200 people were killed. It didn’t have much impact.

The Space Marines’ exchange ratio was really fierce. In the situation of being completely at a disadvantage in numbers, they not only exchanged one for a hundred, but also the orc warrior who was the supreme leader of the orc tribe. If they appeared on the front battlefield and slaughtered ordinary soldiers, they might be able to kill hundreds of human soldiers.

However, their overall number was small, and they didn’t kill many enemies, so the results can be ignored for the time being.

The most important thing was the Imperial Navy’s “Quinte”, which killed more than 20,000 greenskins in a full round of orbital bombardment.

This victory will not be counted on Gu Hang’s head, let alone a gift reward.

But it is also very important.

If there were no 20,000 greenskins killed by orbital bombardment, and it was all Gu Hang’s troops who advanced on the front, I don’t know how much he would have to pay.

He couldn’t risk ruining the victory of the entire battle for the gift points he could get by killing the enemy.

Besides, even these two thousand plus points of grace are already very satisfactory.

Counting the previous surplus, Gu Hang now has 3079 points of grace points in his hand!

So far, he has been very relieved.

After having so many grace points, many of Gu Hang’s ideas can finally be implemented.

The building system that has never been done before can now be built with money, especially the Zhongsi Academy that he has been thinking about.

The exchange of Space Marine gene seeds, which he had been hesitant about before, was too expensive, but now he has abundant grace points and can exchange some to try the water. The wandering merchant he contacted brought him several sets of Space Marine power armor during the journey. He can finally experiment and get a few Space Marines of his own to see.

He can also continue to work hard on the technology system, expand the technology level of the territory, and build a few more industrial lines. Every technology extracted before has played an effective role.

In short, with enough grace points, he can do a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)