From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man - Chapter 396

c386 Church “collapse” “Imperial Church”

A few days later.

October 16.

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

The poisonous fog that originally troubled the “13” humans has faded away by more than half, and the thick clouds that covered and isolated the earth have also dissipated a lot, revealing a relatively clear blue sky.

The town located in the border area is “completely new”.

Looking down from above;

The main structure of the border 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 “discordant” things inside the town.

For example, the 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, auxiliary AR, etc.

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

Warm, convenient, and not affecting people’s normal activities, but in terms of beauty and “fashion”, they are far inferior to other universes.

After all, the clothes and daily necessities of the “13” residents are all “disaster relief” items uniformly distributed by the Human Empire.

The holographic screens presented in the city also show the local residents different jobs and work benefits.

Looking around.

Most of the people strolling on the streets are underage children, or physically disabled local soldiers, and elderly and frail old people.

The middle-aged residents, both men and women, work for “units” such as factories, restaurants, and shops with red and white “Λ” signs.

And a very small number of local middle-aged residents changed into dark blue uniforms, as well as light individual equipment, holding AMWS series of firearms, replacing clone soldiers and Terminators, and patrolling and maintaining public order on the streets.

All signs indicate that since this frontier town came under the rule of the human empire, the local residents have finally lived like human beings.

Although the overall prosperity is far less than that of 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 Atlas, as an “imperial state-owned enterprise”, has also set up many jobs in the town.

Local residents only need to pay personal time and physical labor to earn a reasonable salary, and buy daily necessities and even relatively cheap entertainment products from the stores and supermarkets opened by Atlas.

Before Atlas opened jobs, the original money of the local residents was calculated by using stupid AI and related personnel to calculate the purchasing power of the “One Three” universe, and the paper CR currency was used in advance to exchange the original savings of the local residents.

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

Some of the residents were hired as “sheriffs” after the stupid AI and related personnel repeatedly investigated their backgrounds and local opinions.

Atlas distributed a batch of long-obsolete individual equipment and weapons and ammunition to this group of sheriffs composed of local residents to replace the clone soldiers and terminators who 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 Three” universe is extremely difficult to eradicate.

The Human Empire and Atlas withdrew most of the auxiliary troops, clones and terminators. On the surface, it was to reduce the pressure on local residents and complete the recovery and transition as soon as possible.

Secretly, it is hoped that with the help of “seemingly lax” defenses, those crazy believers who have been in awe of God and heaven to the core will be drawn out.

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

All demons and lords, including Satan, the Lord of Hell, have been completely purged by Galan Clovis and Athena.

The Hell Plane, together with the Hell Plane, will become the “property” of the Human Emperor due to the “assimilation” effect of the Pure Flower.

Without Satan, the Hell Gate that connects the Hell Plane and the physical universe will still be open as usual, but the Hell Gate will not be able to continue to corrupt Jerusalem as before.

And those Hell creatures have become “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 “rations” for the Human Emperor to increase his spiritual energy.

The dark cultists who choose to betray humanity and degenerate, as well as the fallen knights and fallen nuns, are even worse than those “wandering ghosts”.

The Hell creatures will get an instant “painless death” when they return to Hell.

They act according to their instincts, and their actions of harming and killing humans are because they are like this.

Those who choose to betray humanity, without the protection of Hell, will naturally face the liquidation of the Human Empire.

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.

Or let them serve as experimental materials for the Biology Department, or directly use physical removal methods to send them to the hell plane of the “One Three” universe, waiting for the judgment and torture from the Emperor.

At the same time, the 1st Company of the Dark Angels and the Joint Reconnaissance Force made a big fanfare in order to create the illusion of “ignoring” the border towns to the extreme believers who believe in God and Heaven, as well as the high-level officials of the Holy Roman Empire.

The high-level officials of the Roman Empire may notice the deliberate flaws, but the extreme believers who fear God and Heaven are very likely to take the opportunity to make some “small” moves.

Because the “Human Code” of the Human Empire and the existence of the goddess of war Athena seriously threaten the foundation of the church.

If all the humans 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 destroying the human world for nearly a thousand years. God and Heaven said that they “compassionately” provided humans with “alchemy” such as cloning flesh and blood, so that humans can cultivate knights, nuns and other strong warriors to resist the erosion and spread of hell.

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

And in a short period of time, she went deep into Jerusalem and went straight through the gates of hell, slaughtering all the lords and demons of hell?

Of course, the church did not know what happened in the hell plane.

But the hundreds of thousands of elite troops withdrawn from the territory of hell told the top leaders of the Holy Roman Empire what they saw and saw.

After learning that the colossus Athena was 200 meters high and destroyed the army of hell with overwhelming strength, and had a giant spaceship comparable to the size of a town, the church immediately regarded the human empire and Athena as the biggest threat.

Because hell is hell, and God is God.

Their church’s propaganda is that God is the only existence, and nothing can save them except God.

But the reality is that Athena successfully broke through the bloody wall built by the army of hell in less than a month.

Later, the church found that the paladins they sent to the hell plane had no news, and the number of hell creatures had dropped sharply. 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 solved the Lord of Hell and the Great Demon of Hell.

Otherwise, the army of hell in the physical universe would never be so decadent.

But if this matter spreads, the “prosperous age” created by the church will also fall apart in an instant.

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

What God can’t do, the goddess of war can easily accomplish.

So why do “we” still believe in God?

We have to suffer every day, in the name of going to heaven and avoiding falling into hell after death.

The goddess of war, Athena, had destroyed the Hell Plane, and everyone could tell who was stronger and who was weaker.

Once the news spread, no one would fear God anymore, and the church would become a useless burden.

Therefore, the church ordered hundreds of thousands of elite troops to keep their mouths shut and not discuss what happened in the Hell Territory.

The church still understood that it was possible to hide something for a while, but not for a lifetime.

Therefore, in order to maintain the “prosperity” of the past, it was necessary to establish contact with the Heaven Plane to obtain the real help of God.

Moreover, the Heaven Plane could not be unaware of the change of ownership of the Hell Plane.

There was no need for the church to find a way to establish contact, as the Heaven Plane would take the initiative to intervene.

On the other hand, in the frontier town that was first 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 statues were replaced by Astartes with a chainsaw sword in his right hand, a bolter in his left hand, and a “▼盘▼” helmet.

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

And two company guards holding giant shields and equipped with Titanium VII power armor also stand at the entrance of the church like the statues.

After seeing the “angel” who is stronger, taller and more majestic than the Knights of the Knights, the local residents who came here excitedly knelt down and saluted.

Most of these residents are “believers” of Universe 13 holding the paper version of the “Human Code”.

The believers living in the border towns, under the influence of the church, originally had a very devout belief and awe of the so-called God and heaven.

But when Athena showed 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 beliefs.

Piety is right.

But if you experience the heavenly treatment while alive, even if the believers are pious, they will be shaken.

According to the church, those who have suffered from hunger and hardship in life will be able to ascend to heaven after death and enjoy eternal bliss.

However, no one can be sure whether they are qualified to ascend 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 they cannot 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 an “Imperial Church” was rebuilt in the center of the town.

And the personnel members of the Inquisition personally taught the people who first came to the church to kneel and salute to understand the deep meaning behind the Human Code.

At this time.

A pair of siblings who changed into fitting clothes were looking up at the two company guards at a close distance with their eyes wide open and surprise on their faces.

The appearance, age and other characteristics of the siblings all indicate that they are native locals, namely Krontor and Carrie Loren.

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

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

They bought a lot of potato chips and drinks from the supermarket.

After sending him home, they wandered around and came to the Imperial Church, which was not too far from home.

Hearing that the “Imperial Angel” was free 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, Krontor and Carrie were stunned.

They had been besieged by the army of hell in the town. 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 Three” universe, she will deliberately restrain her aura and show her gentle side as much as possible.

The Dark Angels’ company guards, on the other hand, were “cold” and “mysterious”.

Moreover, these two company guards had recently gone to hell with their company commander, so they unconsciously exuded an aura of “keep away from strangers”.

In addition, they failed to find a way to heaven in hell, so they were naturally not in a good mood.

All these factors combined made the believers think that this was the “Emperor Angels”‘s awe-inspiring power.

“So tall. So handsome.”

Carrie was stunned for a moment, and then she couldn’t help but praise him.

“.”

Realizing that they didn’t really scare the little girl, and were praised for being “tall and handsome”, the two company guards couldn’t help but straighten their chests a little.

Then.

Krontor and Carrie continued to walk 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.