From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

A few days later.

10 month 16 day.

The Trench Crusader universe, numbered "13", is located on the border between the Holy Roman Empire and the poisonous fog.

The extremely poisonous fog that had been a great nuisance to the humans of "One Three" had actually dissipated for the most part, along with the thick clouds that had enveloped and isolated the earth, which had also dissipated a lot, revealing a relatively clear blue sky.

The towns located in the border areas are "completely new".

A view from above;

The main structure of the frontier town still maintains the unique medieval appearance of the Trench Crusader universe.

The towering city walls, the "church" located in the center of the town, and the not-so-tall apartment buildings.

However, there are many "inharmonious" things inside the town.

For example, neatly arranged wireless base stations that do not affect the appearance can provide electricity and network for the entire town.

In addition, there are many hard light technology products in the town.

For example, hard-light holographic screens, signboards, assisted AR, etc.

The local residents living in border towns also changed into clothes similar to those of the residents of the main universe and other parallel universes.

It is warm and convenient, and does not affect people's normal activities. However, in terms of beauty and fashion, it is far inferior to other universes.

After all, the clothing and daily necessities of the residents of "13" are all "disaster relief" supplies distributed uniformly by the Human Empire.

The holographic screens displayed in the city also show local residents different jobs and working conditions.

Look around.

Most of the people wandering on the streets are underage children, disabled local soldiers, and elderly people who are frail and thin.

Residents in their prime, both men and women, work for factories, restaurants, shops and other "units" with red and white "Λ" signs.

In addition, a very small number of local middle-aged residents put on dark blue uniforms and light individual equipment, and carried AMWS series firearms, replacing clone soldiers and Terminators, and were responsible for patrolling the streets and maintaining law and order.

There are various signs that since this frontier town came under the rule of the Human Empire, the local residents have finally started to live more like human beings.

Although the overall prosperity level is far inferior to the New Accra City in the main universe or the New Paris in the Edge of Tomorrow universe, the residents of "One Three" no longer have to worry about food and clothing.

The most important thing is that as an "imperial state-owned enterprise", Atlas has also set up many jobs in the town.

Local residents only need to spend their personal time and physical labor to earn a reasonable salary, and buy daily necessities and even relatively low-priced entertainment products from the shops and supermarkets opened by Atlas.

Before Atlas opened jobs, the local residents used stupid AI and related personnel to calculate the purchasing power of the "One Three" universe and exchanged their original savings for paper cR currency in advance.

Then, Atlas officially employed the local residents to allow them to make a living with their own hands again.

Some of the residents were hired as "sheriffs" after the stupid AI and related personnel conducted repeated background investigations and local sentiments.

Atlas distributed a batch of obsolete individual equipment, weapons and ammunition to this group of sheriffs composed of local residents to replace the clone soldiers and Terminators that looked extremely terrifying.

Of course, there are still some investigators and advance teams using optical camouflage to lurk in the corners of the town for secret observation.

After all, the "faith" rooted in the "one and three" universe is extremely difficult to eradicate.

The Human Empire and Atlas withdrew most of their auxiliary troops, clones, and Terminators, ostensibly to reduce the pressure on local residents and complete recovery and transition as quickly as possible.

Secretly, they hope to use the "seemingly lax" defense to lure out those crazy believers who have a deep fear of God and heaven.

At this stage, the Hell Plane has become the "asset" of the Human Empire and the Human Emperor.

All the demons and lords, including Satan, the Lord of Hell, were completely eliminated by Galan Clovis and Athena.

The Hell Plane, along with the other planes, will become the "property" of the Human Emperor due to the "assimilation" effect of the Pure Flower.

Without Satan, the Gate of Hell connecting the Hell plane and the physical universe is still open as usual, but the Gate of Hell can no longer continue to corrupt Jerusalem as before.

And those creatures from hell became "wandering ghosts".

Anyone who is killed on the "One or Three" Earth in the physical universe and expelled back to the Hell Plane will become the "food" for the Human Emperor to increase his psychic energy.

The dark cultists who chose to betray humanity and degenerate, as well as the fallen knights and fallen nuns, are even worse than those "lonely ghosts".

When the creatures of Hell return to Hell, they will experience an instant "painless death".

They act according to their instincts and torture and kill humans because that's how they are.

Those who choose to betray humanity will naturally face the liquidation of the human empire without the protection of hell.

Currently, the main forces of the Dark Angels' 1st Company and the Inquisition, as well as the vast majority of the joint reconnaissance forces, are sweeping across the European and Middle Eastern territories of the former Hell forces, hunting down the cultists, knights, and nuns who chose to betray humanity.

Either use them as experimental materials for the Biology Department, or directly use physical elimination methods to send them to the hell plane of the "One Three" universe to await the judgment and torture from the Emperor.

At the same time, the Dark Angels' 1st Company and the Joint Reconnaissance Force were making a big fuss in order to create the illusion that they "don't care" about border towns to extreme believers in God and heaven, as well as the top leaders of the Holy Roman Empire.

The high-ranking officials of the Roman Empire might notice the deliberate flaws, but there is a great probability that extreme believers who fear God and heaven will take the opportunity to do some "small" actions.

Because the Human Code of the Human Empire and the existence of the goddess of war Athena seriously threatened the foundation of the church.

If all human beings in the "One Three" universe knew that hell was destroyed by the so-called goddess of war, who would still believe in God and heaven?

Hell, demons, and traitors have been wreaking havoc on the human world for nearly a thousand years. God and heaven say that they have "mercy" for humanity and have provided humanity with the "alchemy" of cloning flesh and blood, allowing humanity to cultivate knights, nuns, and other individually powerful warriors to resist the erosion and spread of hell.

Who would have thought that Athena, who had long been pushed to the margins and even forgotten in the Greek mythology system, would appear on the border of the Holy Roman Empire.

Moreover, within a short period of time, he penetrated deep into Jerusalem, went straight through the gates of hell, and slaughtered all the lords and demons of hell?

Of course, the church does not know what exactly happened in the Hell Plane.

However, the hundreds of thousands of elite troops who withdrew from the territory of Hell told the top leaders of the Holy Roman Empire everything they had seen.

After learning that the colossal Athena was 200 meters tall and had destroyed the army of Hell with overwhelming force, and that it also had a giant spaceship as big as a town, the Church immediately regarded the Human Empire and Athena as the biggest threats.

Because hell is hell and God is God.

Their church preaches that God is the only existence and nothing can save them as human beings except God.

But the reality is that it took Athena less than a month to successfully break through the bloody wall built by the army of hell.

Afterwards, the church discovered that the paladins they sent to the Hell plane had disappeared, and the number of creatures in Hell had drastically decreased. The fallen knights and fallen nuns who often invaded the border were hunted down by Athena's men.

It is obvious that Athena successfully broke into Hell and actually dealt with the Lord of Hell and the Great Demon of Hell.

Otherwise, the army of hell in the physical universe would never be in such a state of decline.

But if this matter were to spread, the "prosperous age" created by the church would instantly fall apart.

Even if the humans in the "One Three" universe are no longer educated, they still understand the basic logic.

What God couldn't do, the goddess of war accomplished easily.

So why do “we” still believe in God?

They suffer every day, all under the pretext of going to heaven and avoiding falling into hell after death.

The goddess of war, Athena, has destroyed the plane of hell, and anyone can tell who is strong and who is weak.

Once this spreads, God will no longer be feared by anyone, and the church will become a useless burden.

Therefore, the church ordered hundreds of thousands of elite troops to control their mouths and not discuss what happened in the territory of hell.

The church still understands that you can hide something for a while, but not forever.

Therefore, if one wants to maintain the "prosperous age" of the past, it is necessary to establish contact with the heavenly plane in order to obtain the true assistance of God.

Besides, it is impossible for the Heaven Plane to be unaware of the change of ownership of the Hell Plane.

There is no need for the Church to find a way to establish contact, the heavenly plane will intervene proactively.

On the other hand, in the frontier towns that were first brought under the jurisdiction of the human empire;

The "church" located in the center of the town.

The walls of the church were painted gold, and the original statue was replaced with an Astartes holding a chainsword in his right hand, a bolter in his left hand, and wearing a "▼皿▼" helmet.

At the same time, in the center of the square in front of the church, there stands a statue of Athena in the pose of throwing the spear of victory.

Two company guards holding giant shields and equipped with Titanium-7 power armor stood at the entrance of the church like statues.

The local residents who came here to see the "angel" were so excited that they knelt down and saluted after seeing it with their own eyes. The "angel" was stronger, taller, and more majestic than the knights of the Knights Templar.

Most of these residents are "believers" from Universe 13 who hold a paper version of the "Human Code" in their hands.

Under the influence of the church, believers living in frontier towns had extremely devout faith and awe in the so-called God and heaven.

However, when Athena performed her "miracle" and helped the life of the town get better and better, and people no longer had to worry about food, the believers "naturally" changed their faith.

There is nothing wrong with being pious.

But if believers experience heavenly treatment while alive, even the most devout ones will be shaken.

According to the church's description, if one endures hunger and hardship during life, one will ascend to heaven after death and enjoy eternal bliss.

However, no one can be sure whether they are qualified to go to heaven after death, or in other words, no one can be sure what will happen after death.

After all, the dead cannot describe the scene after death to the living.

Even if the dead return to the world, they are the living dead affected by the Black Holy Grail. They are unconscious servants of hell, so it is impossible for them to describe the scene after death to the living.

In addition, the Inquisition intended to use religion to transmit the Human Code and the Imperial philosophy to the residents of the "One Three" universe, so it rebuilt an "Imperial Church" in the center of the town.

In addition, the personnel members of the Inquisition personally taught the first people who came to the church to kneel and pay their respects to understand the deeper meaning behind the "Code of Humanity".

at this time.

A brother and sister, who had changed into fitted clothes, were looking up at the two company guards from a close distance with their eyes wide open and expressions of surprise.

The appearance, age and other features of the brother and sister indicate that they are native locals, namely, Cronto and Carrie Lorraine.

Their father, Christopher Lorraine, was hired by Atlas as a sheriff because of his background and good reputation, and is currently patrolling the streets of the town.

The brother and sister are at an age when they are very curious and yearning for everything. In addition, the town is under the control of the human empire, and after Athena destroyed the hell plane, the personal safety of the residents is guaranteed. Naturally, the brother and sister took the pocket money given by their father and toured the "reborn" town.

The two of them bought a lot of potato chips and drinks from the supermarket.

After sending him home, we wandered around and finally arrived at the Imperial Church, which was not too far from home.

Hearing that the "Angel of the Empire" had some free time and was stationed in the church for people to worship, the brother and sister naturally wanted to join in the fun.

But after seeing the two company guards up close, Kronto and Carrie were stunned.

Their town was once besieged by the army of hell. When their father took them to escape, they witnessed the arrival of the goddess of war Athena, and Carrie even talked to her.

However, when Athena treats humans, especially children from the "One and Three" universes, she will deliberately restrain her aura and show her gentle side as much as possible.

The Dark Angels' Company Guards, on the other hand, are "aloof" and "mysterious".

Moreover, these two company guards had been to hell with their company commander not long ago, so they would unconsciously exude an aura of "keep away from strangers".

In addition, they were unable to find a way to heaven in hell, so their mood was naturally not very good.

The combination of various factors makes many believers believe that this is the unmistakable majesty of the "Emperor Angel".

“So tall and handsome.”

Carrie was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but praise him.

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The two company guards couldn't help but straighten their chests a little when they realized that they didn't really scare the little girl and were even praised for being "tall and handsome".

then.

Krontor and Carrie continued walking into the church.

After passing through the gate, the first thing that caught the eyes of the brother and sister was the statue of the emperor.