Chapter 291 Population Policy: Become a Hymn Girl!

It has been several days since the battle with the Black Legion.

To this day, few people know what happened on that day. When the Empire's interception fleet returned from the stellar battlefield, the Senate Council established by the Ultramarines only hurriedly announced the news of the Empire's victory, and then ordered the blocking of all records of the battle without any explanation.

The sailors who returned from the battlefield were frightened, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying. As for the Astartes, who were called demigods, they were even more worried, as if they had encountered a huge crisis.

Such behavior did not look like a victorious return at all, and from the mouths of the Mechanicus priests who followed the fleet to the expedition, some low-level councilors accidentally heard such a strange news.

The followers of these Om Messiahs claimed that they saw a supreme miracle far beyond Om Messiah in that battle. In the face of such power, all resistance would become meaningless. Even the human empire would have no choice but to surrender in the face of such power.

After that, all the priests who made similar remarks were executed for blasphemy. The Senate seemed to have made up its mind to completely conceal the truth of the battle, which aroused people's curiosity even more.

-They didn't understand what kind of scene could scare these demigods so much.

"Master, Haven's ideal city is currently 80% complete. The alloy production area is expected to bring us 400 units of alloy production every month."

"In addition, the Blood Angels and the Gothic Fleet led by Spyr have begun to clear the designated area of ​​the Nakmond Corridor. Uriel and three clone legions totaling 100,000 people will assist them in their work."

At the same time, in the [Holy Light Prayer Hall] located in the Anthem Throne, Otto and others are now in front of the [Soul Crystal] located in the center of the hall.

"According to the current progress, we can open up a stable channel to the Solar Star Region in at most one month. According to Chamuel's report, there are many good things in the imperial people's treasury. Once the channel is stable, we can find a way to make these rotten old things explode gold coins safely~"

When she said this, the girl with long white hair couldn't help but wave her fist, looking quite arrogant. When she came to her side, the two of them immediately focused their eyes on the huge crystal column in front of them again.

After many attempts, a crucial ceremony is currently taking place in the huge Holy Light Church. The original knight named William has placed six gene cultivation chambers around the crystal column and used energy conversion devices to link the six chambers with the crystal column.

Through the hatch of the cultivation chamber, it can be clearly seen that the young women with human appearance are immersed in the biomass solution. They are the [Half-Elves] that William cultivated based on the Alliance's genetic engineering technology not long ago.

In order to get the support of his father Otto to prove his ability, and also to defeat his brother Gabriel's attempt to build a Gundam with his own [Iron Guard Plan], William put a lot of effort on these guys.

Due to different philosophies, the two brothers have now become completely competitive. One is the mechanical bishop who shouts that flesh and blood are weak, and the other is the genetic godfather who talks about the sanctification of the flesh.

According to the son's own "boasting", these new humans born from the combination of human genetic characteristics and the blood of the Aida Eldar will have powerful psychic talents, as well as the genetic characteristics of [intelligence] and [extreme strength]. The special physique of the half-eldars can also make them reproduce like insects.

The other party once patted his chest and promised Otto that it would not take long for him to offer his father a [Gene Corps] with combat power far exceeding that of the Astartes, but reality slapped him hard.

From the beginning of this plan, only one out of ten genetically modified half-eldar babies could survive the first three days, and the survival rate for fourteen days was less than 3%.

A large amount of biomass was consumed and many Eldar captives were lost. Judging from the results alone, this experiment has obviously failed. However, just when Otto was about to force a halt to this experiment, the [Hymn Rune] and the subsequent return of the [Hymn Throne] opened up a path that he had never imagined before his eyes.

Soon, as the energy in the incubator reached its maximum value, Clara, wearing a white prayer robe, stood on the steps under the [Crystal] in a holy posture, like a saint in a religious book holding up the rune in her hand to guide energy.

As the main members of the Ash Alliance, the conservative Hymn Girls do not rely on traditional fertility concepts, but use holy light and crystal technology to guide the purest souls in the virtual world to descend into a suitable body, so that the latter can give birth to new life through natural breeding.

This is a sacred tradition in the eyes of the hymn girls. Whenever a member dies, her soul will return to the crystal, and wait for rebirth while retaining some experience, talent, and even some memory.

Thanks to this experience and knowledge accumulation, almost all of the hymn girls, as the main ethnic group of the alliance, are knowledgeable scholars and excellent warriors.

And it is the first time to guide the soul into the body of a non-ethnic member.

After a moment, as the rune in Clara's hand was raised above her head, the crystal column that was originally dead suddenly began to boil, and the golden glow condensed in it was gradually becoming restless.

Under Otto's breathless gaze, some hazy hairsprings began to flow through the pipes of the cultivation chamber to the six fully developed bodies, until a dazzling light like a meteor flashed in the cultivation chamber.

Although he is the ruler of the alliance, due to the limitations of the macro perspective of the game, Otto actually knows nothing about the alliance and the life traditions of the hymn girls and the various cultures in private.

Watching Clara muttering on the stage, she was obviously a synthetic human with cutting-edge technology, but her movements like a shaman made Otto unsure for a moment whether the scene in front of him was science fiction or fantasy.

This situation lasted for about ten seconds. When the light of the crystal in the temple faded, everything on the scene returned to silence again.

Could it be that the ritual failed?

Just as he was still confused by the phenomenon in front of him, Clara, who was standing on the steps, walked quickly to one of the culture chambers. After glancing at it, she couldn't hide her excitement and shouted in the direction of Otto.

"My Lord! We succeeded!"

Hearing this, he first looked at Huifeng and William on his left and right, and then the three of them came to one of the culture chambers together. Through the translucent cover, they could clearly see a naked girl floating in the emerald green biomass liquid.

Beautiful rune marks appeared faintly on the other party's flat belly, neck and forearms on both sides, and similar situations also appeared on other half-elven experimental subjects. At this moment, Otto felt that something seemed to be wrong in front of him.

Soon, after jogging to record and check the data in the incubator, Clara came to the three people with different expressions with a relaxed look, and then told an interesting result.

"Although there are some deviations in the process, the problem is generally not big. The holy light power in the crystal has successfully integrated into the bodies of these half-elven people, but it is not in the way of maternal gestation, but reshaped their bodies. Those marks are the best proof."

Clara's words successfully attracted Otto's attention.

"Shape? Do you mean that the bodies of these half-elven people have been possessed?"

"I think that's right. As for whether the fused body can still retain the original memory and whether it can inherit and accept the alliance's technology, it is still unknown."

Looking at the other party's serious eyes, Otto couldn't help but think of two words.

——【Assimilation】

Population, for Otto now, this is indeed an issue that cannot be ignored.

After all, there are hundreds of billions of indigenous people in the Empire in the three hundred worlds centered on Haven. Although these hundreds of billions of high-quality Palu have rich experience in mining and screwing after years of training by the Empire.

However, due to the difference in education and the concepts between the two sides, most of these people are destined to become only durable screws. If they want to have a longer-term development in technology and strategy.

Thinking of this, Otto glanced at William, who was lying on the hatch and carefully observing the girl in the tank. He always felt that he looked a little bit

vulgar

"William, I will continue to allocate resources for your laboratory after this, whether through cloning or other methods, anyway, I need more suitable materials."

When he said this, Otto looked up at the half-elven members in the culture chamber again, and he couldn't help but murmured in his heart.

If only there was a way to transform ordinary Imperials into hymn girls.

By the way, isn't this the same idea as the Emperor's new human plan?

In the future, if an Imperial wants to be promoted, he or she must first use genetic modification technology to turn himself or herself into a superman, and then receive the baptism of holy light.

No, what if the other party is a man?

So if you want to be a superior person, you have to become a woman in advance?

This sounds really weird.

Thinking of this, Otto silently looked out the window.

At this moment, the Sky Fortress named [Anthem Throne] has already arrived above the North Pole of Haven through the jump technology, hovering outside the Hell limit distance of Haven. The huge space fortress is like a floating continent. According to simple calculations, its internal area is even more than 16 times the total habitable area of ​​the entire Haven planet.

Such a magnificent space fortress has naturally become a beautiful landscape unique to Haven. The reason why Otto will display it in such a high-profile manner in front of everyone is to prove the absolute dominance of the Alliance here to some restless existences in the territory recently.

Looking at Haven at his feet, the continent made of alloy steel plates has now covered most of the surface of the planet, wrapping those wastelands that were originally filled with radiation and high temperatures and could not support the survival of organisms. The mountains have been flattened one after another, and the straits filled with nuclear waste in the past thousands of years have been transported to those barges of the Mechanicus one by one to those barred satellites.

In the sky, the orbital platform built around the equator has already completed docking. It can be said that whether in the sky or on the ground, this barren world that originally had nothing has now become a giant city full of factories and commercial blocks, and the cosmic beacon named Farrow Lighthouse stands in the center of those steel continents.

An ideal city built by Star Technology.

At present, it has been less than a year since Otto traveled through time and became the governor. If it weren't for seeing it with their own eyes, ordinary people would probably never dream that in just one year, the situation of the entire Haven, and even the entire galaxy, would have changed so much.

"My Lord, there is something I want to discuss with you."

At this time, Clara came behind Otto with steady steps.

"As you mentioned before, the construction of the giant dock has now entered the stage of preparation for construction, but according to my calculations, we are still facing the problem of material shortage. The reason for this situation is that after calculating the output of each colony, I think it is not a problem of output but a shortage of transportation capacity."

"The raw materials produced by our various mining planets are sufficient, but not all planets have the ability to refine and process minerals. Therefore, in most cases, they need to concentrate the minerals on a designated casting planet. This process takes time and the transport team is very likely to be harassed by pirates and hostile forces. The refined alloy needs to be concentrated in the already congested Haven to supply the construction of the giant dock."

Hearing this, Otto turned and looked at the young woman behind him.

"I know what you are going to say. I have considered laying hyperspace repeaters in the territory, or even building star gates directly, but either one is a huge investment and takes a lot of time."

"Now we don't have so much time to waste. Although we have achieved all the achievements we have made today in just seven months, it is not fast enough. We need to have a fleet that can protect ourselves as much as possible in a short period of time, instead of relying on destroyers to drive away the enemy as we do now. Only by giving priority to the guarantee of strength can we survive in this dangerous galaxy."

In response, Clara was silent for a moment, and then continued slowly.

"Of course I understand your careful consideration. I have a suggestion for this."

"Perhaps we can use the Anthem Throne as a giant ark with the ability to colonize, transform the planet and carry cargo, so as to further speed up the progress of territory construction and material transportation."

"What do you think?"