From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

The words fell.

Hera, who was more than a head taller than an ordinary human, looked around the palace. When she saw the streets filled with disarmed captives, she looked up at the sky.

Then, her eyes began to be filled with a light red light.

boom----!

Accompanied by a sonic boom-like sound, a shock wave emitting a light red glow quickly swept across and enveloped the entire Vienna, with Hera's body as the center.

The "one or three" humans who were subjected to what looked like magic but was actually a psychic attack felt inexplicably palpitating.

For example, people living in slums will unconsciously recall the memories that they are most reluctant to mention and are hidden deep in their hearts, such as stealing food, stealing money, or impulsive thoughts such as wanting to retaliate or assassinate those high-ranking nobles and officials.

After all, the first thing these "13" residents think about when they open their eyes every day is how to survive and how to have food to eat.

They didn't have much time to think about their faith in God and heaven, much like Christopher Roland's family in a frontier town.

Of course, there are also many "13" residents who see that life is hopeless and devote their whole body and soul to God and heaven.

They believe that if they suffer bitterness and torture while alive and still maintain devout faith and awe, they can ascend to heaven and enjoy bliss.

But this does not mean that they are fanatical believers in God and heaven.

When people are hungry, cold, and sleep deprived, especially when they are half-dead, they are extremely susceptible to being brainwashed by “beautiful visions”.

The church uses this to brainwash and manipulate the residents of "13".

If the residents of "Yisan" were given the rights that humans should have, and could eat and drink enough every day without having to worry about life,

Who the f*ck still believes in God?

Just like the frontier towns under the rule of the Human Empire, the ordinary people seemed to have an extremely pious and respectful attitude towards God, but when the town was rebuilt and gradually transitioned to a modern stage, and they had meat for every meal, they directly regarded the Human Emperor and Athena as "true gods."

The poor people have not received formal education, but they know who to follow to get enough food.

Therefore, these poor people living in Vienna are not "die-hard fans" of God and heaven.

On the contrary, the middle class who work, serve and fight for the church, such as the families of elite knights, or businessmen who run businesses and have frequent private dealings with the church, have a stronger and more firm "faith" and "loyalty" to God and heaven.

The reason is simple. They are able to live like human beings on Earth 13, which is like hell on earth, because they know how to make friends and collude with the church after earning money.

Even if such people experience the social welfare provided by the human empire, they will still think that things were "better" in the past.

They have no shortage of food, drink, or entertainment.

The middle class in frontier towns enjoyed eating and drinking their fill, then patrolling the streets with their servants and slaves, watching the masses struggling for food, clothing, shelter and transportation but barely maintaining a baseline.

Facing the envy, awe and longing gazes from the public, the "spiritual world" of these middle-class people is satisfied.

However, with the intervention of the Human Empire, life in border towns has made a qualitative leap. How can the people have the time and leisure to envy and be jealous of the former middle class?

People are busy earning the wages they deserve with their own hands to make their lives more "interesting".

What's more, the middle class no longer has the relative privileges to enjoy the so-called "entertainment projects" as they once did, and naturally they are dissatisfied with the rule of the Human Empire.

There are many middle-class people in border towns who collude with the church and attempt to retaliate and attack the human empire.

However, their every move could not escape the "attention" of the Investigation Department.

The Knight of Apocalypse was sacrificed and summoned to a frontier town by the church using fanatical nuns as carriers, but was killed instantly by Leon. After that, the Investigation Department secretly arrested all the middle-class people who had connections with the church.

Currently, these guys, totaling nearly a thousand people, have been escorted to the outskirts of Vienna by the Investigation Department to serve as living sacrifices for the sacrificial ceremony.

The number of middle-class people in Vienna who were subjected to the impact of Hera's psychic energy, examined their inner selves, and colluded with the church may not be hundreds of thousands, but there are still tens of thousands.

After all, the Vienna of the "One Three" universe is much larger and more "crowded" than the Vienna of the main universe, with a total population of 35 million.

Just seconds.

Hera released her psychic energy and selected more than 60,000 people who met the conditions for sacrifice, would not violate the empire's ideals, and met the conditions for living sacrifices.

But according to the information provided by Serin, in order to open the portal to the heavenly plane through a sacrificial ceremony, at least 100,000 living sacrifices are needed.

So Hera focused her energy on selecting qualified "candidates" from the knights of the Knights Templar, the nuns of the church, and the army of the Holy Roman Empire.

The reason why Leon did not directly use these military units as living sacrifices was that many of them were knights, nuns and soldiers who were fighting sincerely to protect their homes and bless humanity.

Faith and the fear of God are only ways to avoid being corrupted and eroded by the demons of hell.

Just like Isabella de Kellul, the church nun who first chose to cooperate with the Human Empire.

Excluding those who stick to their bottom line and have their own beliefs, the ones left are those who have been severely brainwashed and have completely become the church's "thugs."

After comprehensive screening and elimination.

Hera successfully collected the necessary "materials" for the subsequent sacrificial ceremony.

Immediately afterwards, Hera once again released an even stronger psychic shock that could be clearly observed by the naked eye, forcibly controlling the guys who met the conditions for sacrifice to move towards the eastern suburbs of Vienna without the need for the Dark Angels' custody or transfer.

Because the Dark Angels' shipborne engineering team, as well as various corresponding intelligent machines, took advantage of the fact that the main force had fully occupied Vienna to dig and build a simple sacrificial altar in the eastern suburbs.

"What the hell is wrong with me?!"

"Why won't my hands and feet obey me?"

"She is a witch! An extremely evil witch!!"

Most of the living sacrifices whose bodies were controlled by Hera shouted and yelled in panic.

At the same time, they are also suffering from severe mental and physical pain.

If this goes on for too long, their brains will be "burned" by Hera's spiritual power.

Moreover, continuously releasing psychic energy and directly controlling hundreds of thousands of humans with souls is more complicated than using the Orc Queen to control the orc army that already has telepathy, and the psychic energy consumed is also much greater.

Leon, who was standing next to Hera, noticed that Hera was continuing to consume her psychic energy, so he opened the communication and ordered the clone soldiers and T-800 Terminator to quickly take over the escort duties.

It won't take long.

Simple altar in the eastern suburbs of Vienna

In fact, it is built with wooden boards and stones, on a platform only half a foot above the ground, where hundreds of thousands of living sacrifices who have close ties with the church and have been brainwashed by the church and have fanatical faith and loyalty to God and heaven gather.

This platform was then engraved with densely packed "inscriptions" by Hextech robots using a laser spray pen in a short period of time.

Such as the Ten Commandments of the Bible in Universe 13, or the records of "General Theory of the Sacraments", as well as the information obtained by the Inquisition through the Hell Plane, and the symbols inferred to be related to the Heaven Plane.

The Ten Commandments in the Bible were ready-made, and the "General Theory of the Sacraments" were all provided by fanatical believers and nuns who were jointly arrested by various departments.

As for authenticity?

Not to mention Hera, who is good at using psychic powers and can examine souls and obtain the truth, even the biological department can directly "dig out brains" and read memories.

However, the biology department's approach is extremely inhumane, and trainees who are tortured will suffer permanent injuries or even die suddenly.

But since the trainees are brainwashed fanatics, it is "natural" and there are no moral constraints or humanitarian condemnation.

Therefore, there is no problem with the inscriptions and symbols carved on the altar, but it is still unknown whether the portal can be successfully opened after the sacrifice is completed.

After all, humans in the "One-Three" universe have never opened a portal to heaven, and the influence of heaven on the earth in the "One-Three" universe is also pitifully small.

Moreover, the inscriptions and symbols on the altar are a hodgepodge.

The most dangerous person in this sacrificial ceremony was Hera.

Leon is not good at these "spells" and "rituals", and he mostly relies on instinct to use his powerful psychic energy, so Hera is responsible for performing the sacrifice.

If the activation fails, Hera will suffer extreme backlash.

But Hera, who knew all this, did not have any psychological burden. Although in the myths and legends of the main universe, she was often portrayed as the "jealous", "mean" and "queen of gods" who often quarreled with Zeus, she was also the main god in charge of marriage and fertility.

She once threw Hephaestus out of Mount Olympus because of his deformity and ugliness, but she also saved many human women who were on the verge of death due to difficulties in childbirth.

In addition, she has lived in human society for thousands of years and was influenced by Sui Yang's psychic power, so she naturally became a "goddess" who truly cares about humanity.

Hera chose to ignore the danger and the consequences of failure.

Even if she died, Hera was willing to bear it. After all, she had lived for tens of thousands of years and had long since let go of "eternal life" and "death".

soon.

Under the supervision of biological weapons and mechanical armies, as well as Astartes and auxiliary troops, all living sacrifices were placed on the sacrificial altar.

Hera also released her psychic power and forcibly controlled their bodies again to avoid sudden riots and waste of sacrifices.

then.

The main force of the Dark Angels, the Greek demi-gods of the Inquisition, and the Grey Knights, who were ready for the raid, gathered at the edge of the altar and waited patiently.

Leon, who was standing in front of the Honor Guard, saw that everything was ready, and said to Hera, whose eyes continued to emit a light red light,

"Ms. Hera, we may begin."

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Hera nodded in response.

Then, she opened her arms and raised her head slightly, allowing her entire body to be enveloped by the light of psychic energy.

Then, Hera's feet gradually left the ground and finally floated above the center of the altar.

As Hera intensified her psychic release, making the reddish light even more dazzling, the inscriptions and symbols carved by the Hextech robots also began to emit psychic light.

It was dim at first, then extremely bright, until the light replaced the sunlight, enveloping and radiating the whole of Vienna.

!!!

The hundreds of thousands of living sacrifices bound by Hera seemed to have sensed that their death was approaching and were struggling frantically.

Unfortunately, they were unable to break free from Hera's psychic control and could only watch the scene around them being completely replaced by a light red light.

Moreover, at this moment, they did not even have the chance to regret becoming the "loyal dogs" of the church and heaven, or to admit their mistakes. Instead, they simply dispersed their consciousness, sacrificed their souls, and became sacrifices to open the portal.

When the light, with Hera as the center point, suddenly intensified to the point that all the elite soldiers of the empire, including Athena, except for Leon, the Primarch, had to slightly close their eyes to protect their vision—

boom----! ! !

An extremely strong impact began to sweep around with Hera as the center.

Even the biological weapons and mechanical armies on guard near the altar were unable to maintain their balance due to this impact.

But next second.

All the abnormalities disappeared instantly, and everyone's vision gradually returned to normal.

However, Leon witnessed the whole process without blinking.

Tens of thousands of living sacrifices "vanished into thin air" under Hera's operation, and a portal with a size of 77.7 x 77.7 meters, like a space gate, was "generated out of thin air" at Hera's feet.

However, the body of the sacrifice was burned by the golden flames.

This is obviously the work of my father.

Presumably, the Ten Commandments of the Bible, the General Theory of the Sacraments, and the summarized symbols of hell obtained by the Inquisition through torture cannot truly open the portal to the heavenly plane.

But tens of thousands of living sacrifices "met the standard", so the father secretly took action to help Hera avoid backlash and successfully open the portal.

In other words, my father did not want to interfere too much in the war, and instead focused on handling government affairs, dispatching various resources, and distributing opportunities to gain merit and "political achievements" to various corps and departments.

Otherwise, if my father went to the "One Three" universe in person, he might be able to eliminate all the things that are hostile to humans and want to exploit them in less than a day.

Wait until everything returns to normal.

Seeing Hera extremely weak "flying" to Athena, Leon did not point out that it was his father who provided assistance. He immediately rushed towards the portal and gave the command through the communication:

"Invade heaven as planned and capture and kill God."

From Leon's tone, attacking heaven and hunting down God seemed like an extremely trivial matter.

"For my father!"

"For the Emperor!"

"Kill! Kill!!"

The Dark Angels, who had just come of age and were not yet veterans, could not help but let out a metallic war cry because of the presence of their Primarch, and rushed into the portal with Lion.