Warhammer 40: Mortal Gods

"We now have to think ahead to a problem."

After Qin Mo left, Guilliman slowly spoke.

All eyes were on him.

Ten thousand years ago, Guilliman did not have a great voice, and he aroused vigilance and hostility due to certain actions. But now, with the complex affairs of the empire weighing on him, even Lion will mention something to Guilliman. Listen patiently when something happens.

"There are still many troubles in the galaxy, but they are not existential threats."

"The star god named Star Scroll has been found, and the research on the curtain of reality can proceed normally. Assuming that nothing unexpected happens, assuming that the fiercest internal fighting among the gods does not end, the research is successful, and the real universe will no longer be affected by Asia. Space is easily eroded.”

"At that time, human beings will no longer be as closely united as they are now due to existential crises."

“Many issues that have been hidden and repressed will explode in the future.”

Guilliman spoke as implicitly as possible, and it was enough for everyone to understand what he wanted to express.

"Are you worried about the civil war?" Ryan sneered, "You just glanced at me because of my reminder to my father. Now aren't you also speculating like me? If your good friend knew that you were speculating on him like this, what would he do? reaction?"

Guilliman was stunned for a moment: "I guess Lao Qin? How should I put it? Ryan, this is not a matter between two people, this is a matter between two ruling entities. Just as our relationship has eased, but the two of us The relationship between the heirs is still extremely tense. Could it be that because the relationship between you and me is okay, Calgar will not want to take revenge on the Dark Angel Legion for plotting against the Ultramarines in the operation involving the Fallen Angels one day? ?”

Ryan fell silent. It's not that he doesn't understand Guilliman, it's that he has thought about these things, but the result is negative.

"Talon is still a star sector in name, and its combined size is not as huge as the Empire." Sanguinius said, "You seem to have put the Empire on the weak side from the beginning."

"The huge advantage is not comprehensive, brother." Guilliman looked at Sanguinius, "Let's not care about the productivity of a world for the Tyrone people. Let's just talk about taxes. A sum of money is handed over from a world. If it is an Imperial world, After being exploited by the Governor and various organizations around the world, it would be good to have only one percent of it in my hands. This is still under the beautiful situation that we use the dimension engine and there is no subspace transportation loss. "

"But for a sum of money or supplies from the Tyrone people, the AI ​​will collect and transport them as usual...except for the energy consumption of the AI ​​carrier and the fuel consumption of the transportation process, I can't think of anything else that will consume part of this money."

"You all don't care about finances, but I do. I know why the Tyrones paid taxes according to the standards of the empire's richest star sector hundreds of years ago after they decided to improve relations with the empire. The taxes of several worlds are enough to pay the tithe." Until several years later.”

Sanguinius raised an eyebrow and nodded thoughtfully.

"I once calculated the output that their population needs to consume to support their soldiers." Ryan was slightly surprised. "I thought that with the level of force and the number of soldiers of the Tyrone people, they almost squeezed everyone dry to get it together."

Guilliman looked at Lion again, opened his mouth, and closed it again.

The conversation fell into silence.

Now that the Necrons have not been dealt with yet and the technology to repair the veil has not yet taken shape, it seems a little premature to start discussing future matters within the human race.

But for someone like the Primarch who is at the top of the empire, some things are too late to consider until they have to.

Neither military nor rule can be maintained without foresight.

After a period of silence, Jaghatai spoke to Guilliman: "Everyone has more or less considered things in the extremely distant future. You should just say what you want to say. Only your brother and father are present. No one is here. other people."

Guilliman nodded: "It is impossible to rely on the good relationship between a few high-level figures to easily solve future problems in a few words. The Empire and Talon are indeed fighting side by side, but the Empire is biased against the Talon people. Talon People have it against Imperial people too.”

"If it really comes to the point of war, I personally will not join the war for the existence of the empire, and I will try my best to prevent my descendants from participating in the war."

After hearing what Guilliman said, the Emperor said: "I will also try my best to avoid unnecessary sacrifices. Human beings should not die or be injured in a war with another group of humans, so I think you still think too much and are too pessimistic."

"You are our father." Guilliman asked, "One of our father's wills, you would think so, what about the other wills in the cold sun? Just like you regard me as your son, but your other wills Call me a thief, a traitor, a tool, a hope, everyone has their own ideas.”

With that said, Guilliman looked at the other brothers: "It's the same with us. To be honest, I've been worried that the Dark Angels would be in conflict with Lion, but Ryan has changed and he can be explained. If it were Dorne, he would still be there. "General Manager Terra, during the meeting where Tyrone and the Empire decided to ease their relationship, I thought the Tyrone people would be kept out of Terra by him."

Ryan looked away and thought for a moment. He felt that Guilliman wanted to express one thing, that is, stubborn people would make the Imperial people pay unnecessary sacrifices in the future.

Looking at Dorne from Guilliman's perspective, just thinking about this brother's stubbornness can make one predict Dorne's position before he returns and has not yet understood everything and made a decision. Feeling of numbness in scalp.

"Speak directly. You still haven't said what you really want to say." Chagatai said.

"Okay. Okay." Guilliman waved his hand, turned around and sat on the chair next to Vulkan, who was confused. He hesitated before speaking, "I suggest that if other brothers can be found, we try to let as many En will return later, until the human race is completely calm."

Jaghatai, who had been urging Guilliman to speak out, was now satisfied.

"But the Lord of Tyrone himself did not allow Dorne to return any later," Sanguinius said.

"Otherwise, what would he say?" Guilliman asked Sanguinius, "It doesn't matter whether Dorne comes back or not. In the most extreme case, it will just be destroyed by the attack of the celestial engine, except for the Phalanx and the Emperor's Fist. Another Primarch?"

The conversation fell silent again.

It was Vulkan who finally broke the silence: "We are too pessimistic. Roboute is right. We can't make the entire empire act completely according to our will, but we can influence the empire. Besides, there are many En hasn't come back yet. We don't know how he will react after seeing everything now. We can't directly think that he will be so stubborn that he will be recklessly hostile to all forces other than the Empire that he thinks cannot make mankind better. "

Hearing this, everyone nodded silently.