From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 446 Meditation Throne "Contempt"

In another core area of ​​the Imperial Palace——

Inside the meditation hall;

This place is designed like an unimaginable magnificent palace, a combination of magnificent art and endless authority.

If we use the word "magnificent" to describe it, it still seems insufficient.

The floor is paved with intricately textured golden tiles, each of which is carefully carved to reflect a soft glow.

The walls and load-bearing columns are painted in different shades of gold and inlaid with tens of thousands of jade and precious metal ornaments, like stars dotted in the universe.

The walls and ceilings of the entire meditation hall are covered with exquisite murals.

These murals are not only works of art, but also the crystallization of history and the inheritance of culture. The paintings use Chinese characters to record the magnificent epic chapters of mankind, recording the heroes' great achievements and glorious battles.

Moreover, the expressions of the characters in the painting are lifelike, as if they could walk out of the scroll and continue writing their own legends.

However, in this meditation hall which covers an area as large as four football fields, the most eye-catching thing is undoubtedly the one in the center, which seems to represent the supreme authority.

The throne stands majestically in the center of the hall, made of pure gold and carved with intricate runes all over.

These runes seemed to carry some kind of extraordinary power, emitting a sacred light that was difficult to look directly at.

Around the throne are twelve giant golden pillars, each 44 meters long. Each pillar is coiled with a dragon sculpture with its head held high, demonstrating majesty and power.

A faint glow emanated from the base at the bottom of the throne, creating an invisible pressure that made everyone who stepped into the meditation hall feel an indescribable sense of awe and submission.

But the original intention of the empire, or Suiyang, to build the Meditation Hall and the Golden Throne was by no means simply to demonstrate supreme power and status.

The significance of this magnificent building and the throne that symbolizes authority goes far beyond its superficial majesty and decoration.

The real purpose of building them is to more efficiently "absorb" the power of faith of the people of the human empire and transform it into pure spiritual energy to protect the entire empire.

In this way, he can better provide psychic protection for billions of his people and lay the foundation for resisting the erosion of Chaos and the threat of the Warp.

Although the Empire now has a relatively advantageous situation, and Sui Yang is well aware of the intricate stories of "fatherly love and filial piety" in "Warhammer 40k", and is well aware of the various jokes about the "Zombie Emperor" and the "Golden Toilet", in the face of the Chaos God's gaze and other potential threats, and in order to consolidate the long-term stability and prosperity of the Human Empire, Sui Yang still resolutely built the Golden Throne out of rational considerations.

After the Meditation Hall and the Golden Throne were completed one after another, Sui Yang sat on this throne full of various "memes" for the first time.

In just a moment, the range of his psychic perception was enhanced unprecedentedly. The psychic field that originally could only cover part of the territory could now be easily expanded to a range of hundreds of light years.

However, the real breakthrough is that through various space gates, he can further spread psychic energy to the imperial territories of other universes.

This ability enables Sui Yang to provide extensive psychic protection to the people of the empire and build an invisible barrier for the stability and security of the entire empire.

Of course, this blessing is not given unconditionally.

In order to truly obtain the protection of psychic energy, the residents must trust and believe in the Emperor from the bottom of their hearts and regard him and even the Primarch as the spiritual pillar of the Empire.

This kind of inner resonance is the key to Sui Yang's spiritual connection.

Those groups that were hostile or rebellious towards him, such as the stubborn Na'vi, could not benefit from Sui Yang's psychic protection even if they were in Pandora, the core territory of the empire.

They are completely isolated from Sui Yang's spiritual realm, just like a lone boat floating in the ocean of spiritual energy that can never reach the waves.

There is no way. They have a mortal feud with humans and are naturally extremely hostile to the emperor as the leader of mankind.

As for the Jackals, Grunts, and a few other races from Terrala (Universe 07), even if they superficially obey the policies of the Empire, they are also unable to accept the protection of psychic energy.

The same is true for those human traitors, criminals, and mercenaries hiding in the chaotic star fields of the Halo universe.

At the same time, at this stage, Sui Yang, even with the assistance of the Golden Throne, cannot allow his spiritual power to cover every corner of the empire.

Some colonies in remote star regions were still beyond his perception, like untouchable glimmers, flickering faintly in the vast galaxy.

Therefore, only by relying on the Golden Throne to "absorb" the power of faith and gradually enhance one's own spiritual energy can one become a true "pillar" of the empire.

Moreover, during his first test of the Golden Throne, he encountered a double test of his soul and spirit.

At that moment, hundreds of billions of pieces of information flooded into his mind like a tide.

Some of these messages are residents' sincere prayers, some are dissatisfied complaints, some are hopeful praises, but more are filled with emotional feedback such as anxiety, pain, confusion, joy, satisfaction, etc.

The unstoppable spiritual wave like a mountain torrent instantly overwhelmed Sui Yang's consciousness, making it difficult for him to breathe. The splitting headache made him almost relieve it by holding on to the armrests of the throne.

Fortunately, Sui Yang was prepared in advance and resisted this mental wave. If he had really grabbed the armrest tightly, he might have "crushed" the entire throne.

After Sui Yang adapted for a while, the headache finally eased gradually. With the help of the Golden Throne, he also truly felt that his spiritual energy volume was slowly and steadily increasing.

This growth is like a river. Although the process is slow, it gives him a sense of steady control.

However, just as Sui Yang was about to fully develop his perception and take this opportunity to search the territory covered by his spiritual power to find out if there were other hidden dangers -

His attention was suddenly drawn to two familiar waves of emotion.

It was derived from his two sons, Horus and Magnus.

The two of them seemed to convey strong emotional fluctuations without any warning, like two dazzling lightning bolts across the dark night sky, extremely conspicuous and disturbing.

Especially Magnus' consciousness seemed to be blocked and imprisoned by some force, and even Sui Yang found it difficult to directly spy on the specific location and truth for a while.

So he did not hesitate, and immediately concentrated his mind, consuming nearly 90% of his spiritual energy, and took action in an extremely secretive and swift manner.

The "full-strength attack" released by Sui Yang was like a dazzling lightning in the night sky, crossing the vast universe and accurately hitting the subspace barrier.

Even Horus did not realize that he used Magnus' body as a medium to directly launch a reverse "erosion", locking the root of Magnus's consciousness, that is, the heretical book full of chaos.

He sensed twisted weirdness and trickery, and the "things" that were trying to use the barrier to block his psychic energy from penetrating.

But in the final analysis, Sui Yang, who is in the physical universe, can fully utilize his "home advantage" and directly cause the chaotic space that imprisoned Magnus to completely disintegrate.

And the whole process only takes a moment.

And now, on the Golden Throne—

"call"

Sui Yang slowly exhaled a slightly heavy breath, his expression showing a hint of fatigue.

His palms rested lightly on the armrests of the chair, and a fine layer of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead.

After a moment, Sui Yang opened his eyes and his gaze slowly swept across the meditation hall, as if to confirm whether everything was normal.

In the meditation hall, everything is in order.

In the beautifully decorated space, the "guard" team is particularly conspicuous.

The imperial guards, equipped with exclusive golden terminators and holding thunder-powered halberds, have already shouldered the responsibility of protecting the emperor.

The armor of the imperial guards "sparkled" under the light as they stood guard and patrolled in the meditation hall.

On the left and right of the base of the golden throne stood two slender figures, two intelligent AIs with physical bodies, Apu and Melissa.

They were dressed in black imperial uniforms, simple yet dignified in design, with the imperial emblem inlaid on the collar.

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As if he noticed Sui Yang's rapid breathing, Apu, who was standing on the left, turned around first and looked up at Sui Yang who was sitting above him.

"Your Majesty." A Pu, whose pupils glowed red, took the initiative to ask:

"Excuse me, are you feeling unwell?"

While speaking, Apu's electronic eyes quickly scanned Sui Yang's physiological indicators, trying to find anything abnormal.

However, her analysis showed that all of Sui Yang's physical signs remained within the normal range and no obvious problems were found.

This made Apu a little confused, but her face still showed indifference.

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Melissa, who was standing on the right, also turned around, but this intelligent AI with a more "introverted" personality did not take the initiative to ask questions like Apu did.

Her pupils were also flashing with lavender light, and she was staring at Sui Yang quietly, as if she was analyzing the emperor's condition in her own unique way, while waiting for Sui Yang's further instructions.

The two intelligent AIs, one active and one quiet, both reveal loyalty and meticulousness, and seem to add more rationality and order to the meditation hall.

"No problem."

Sui Yang replied in a calm tone with unquestionable dignity, and waved his hand lightly, indicating that Apu and Melissa should continue to focus on the affairs of the empire and not worry too much about his physical condition.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two intelligent AIs responded in unison.

Apu turned his attention back to the various data analyses she was responsible for, while Melissa turned around quietly and continued to monitor the overall operation of the empire.

Sui Yang couldn't help but sigh inwardly. His gaze passed through the golden dome of the Meditation Hall and seemed to fall on a more "distant" area.

That is the subspace full of strangeness and danger.

It turns out that none of those so-called evil gods are easy to deal with.

This time, Magnus' consciousness was imprisoned, and his psychic power almost got out of control and exploded.

If Magnus from Warhammer 40k were to deal with this imprisonment incident, he would probably choose to go all out, or even directly detonate his own psychic power and die together with the enemy.

To do so would result in an irreparable disaster.

Fortunately, as his son, Magnus is no longer the "One-eyed Ogryn".

After his and Alexia's teachings, Magnus had already learned to be restrained and calm, which also made Sui Yang feel a little relieved.

As for Horus.

To be honest, Horus in "Warhammer 40k" was indeed unhappy with the Emperor's "favoritism" for mortals, and jealous of his brothers taking away their father's love, but Horus never rebelled from beginning to end.

Horus Lupercal, who walked out of the temple, was already a puppet "container" of the Chaos God.

This incident also dealt Sui Yang a "heavy blow", making him truly feel a sense of "tiredness" and a vague fear for the first time.

Before this, whether it was the invasion of Chaos Demons or the gods who had fallen into puppets, they were all easily cleared and destroyed by the joint efforts of him and his sons.

This made Sui Yang unconsciously have the same thought: "Chaos is nothing more than this."

But he himself was not even aware of this idea.

However, this crisis was like a loud alarm bell ringing in his ears, causing him to pay more attention and examine the threat of chaos and the unpredictable cunning.

If one is not careful, Pandora may become a smaller Eye of Chaos due to the "overload" of Magnus' psychic energy.

In this way, the colonies that originally belonged to the core of the empire, especially the planets with space gates, will completely become the source of disasters, and countless innocent lives will be reduced to ashes in an instant.

Or perhaps, in order to prevent Magnus from causing a disaster and to curb the continued deterioration of the situation, Horus had to commit the act of "killing his brother".

No matter which outcome, Sui Yang could not accept it.

"It seems that we must not relax even a little bit."

Sui Yang gradually recovered from his fatigue and sighed inwardly again.

His eyes dropped slightly, as if he was thinking about his next response.

Then, as his fingertips moved lightly, a brilliant golden light quickly gathered and formed a hard light screen with a physical touch in front of him.

He summoned the hard light screen and prepared to have a conversation with his two sons in the Avatar universe.

However, as soon as the screen was generated, Horus and Magnus took the initiative to send a communication request.

Seeing this, Sui Yang immediately chose to answer the call.

"Father, just now."

After Horus and Magnus appeared on the screen, Horus quickly explained what had happened on Pandora and the plan he had agreed with Magnus.

Hearing this, Sui Yang naturally had no objection and immediately approved all the applications of his two sons.

After the call ended and the screen disappeared, he instructed Apu and Melissa:

"I remember that in Universe 36 (Halo), the main fleet closest to the Chaos Star Region is the th Fleet. Have them rush to the Chaos Star Region immediately and launch a cleanup operation against the remnants of the Star Alliance, interstellar pirates, and those mercenary groups composed of traitors."

"Yes, Your Majesty."