Divine Tribulation of the Star Civilization - Chapter 1132. Misfortune arises from Xiao Qiang

[1132. Misfortune arises from Xiao Qiang]

The army, which just wanted to live a good life, had not fought in a war for a long time. After several defeats, it had no choice but to stay behind closed doors and cower in passive defense.

Everyone knows that this place will be breached sooner or later, so they can only send urgent messages overnight, hoping that the empire will send more reinforcements. However, no one has hope, because this request is basically a delusion. Everyone has heard of the empire’s “Northern Expedition” plan and knows that there is no possibility of reinforcements, but it is better to have hope than no hope.

Blessings never come alone, and misfortunes never come alone.

On the other hand, Gudos’s name was reported.

The reason for the report was colluding with different parties, inciting rebellion, and finally being labeled as attempting to subvert the imperial power.

Some people don’t know where they heard the news – the aliens will send powerful assassins to kill all the masterminds involved in the god-making plan.

The culprit of this incident seemed to be closely related to the priestly class, and it soon became the news that everyone in the empire’s rulers and nobles talked about and changed their expressions after dinner.

At that time, the tide of opposition to the “human gods” within the empire was rising, and the plan for the Northern Expedition had not yet seen results. The riots were gradually rising, and they were so violent that they were uncontrollable. Dominated by the fear of the last clan war, many imperial nobles still remembered it, so they believed this rumor.

For a time, everyone in the ruling class was in danger and panicked.

The cause of this incident was that several serious murders and rebellions occurred in the southern territory of the empire’s vast territory – the deceased were all highly respected imperial priests, psychics and soul forgers.

Groups of angry villagers surrounded the temples and residences of the priests, demanding a reasonable explanation for the missing villagers.

These priests and clergymen are all close associates sent by the rulers of the empire. The purpose is to collect the soul crystal resources there, provide long-term religious beliefs to the local people, maintain the stability of the region, and monitor the hostile forces outside the country.

However, some of them went too far. Under the guise of religion, they secretly used villagers and believers to conduct various experiments and perform necromancy. Then he relied on the local army to protect the peace and deceitful people, trying to hide the truth.

In this way, the locals will inevitably detect it over time.

These priests are usually domineering and powerful, combining military and political power. They are not easy to mess with. Facing the tide of ignorant people, they certainly would not give in easily, so they launched several purge operations, which only aroused public anger even more.

However, these targeted sieges, protests, and murders were obviously secretly used by certain forces. Because even the religious altars established by the empire and the white rose symbol symbolizing the rulers were burned by the incited people.

It happened that these things came together to form a surging undercurrent within the huge empire.

Due to the crazy retaliation of the people, after resisting for several weeks, the priests stationed at the border saw that the situation was over and had to leave the temple and believers and retreat in panic, fleeing into exile, allowing the local armed forces to serve as a shield.

The dispatched priests fought their way out and fled back to the imperial capital like lost dogs.

At this time, the priests who represented the empire’s supreme authority were shocked when they received the news.

In the empire’s religious system, whether it was out of jealousy or self-protection, they needed to end the matter and find someone unlucky to cover up their crimes.

Soon, these people secretly conspired to win over the psychics of Abyss Sun, and reached a consensus almost overnight – to sacrifice someone in the god-making plan to serve as the scapegoat for the entire incident.

So, the innocent Gudos was chosen.

⑧boOK. The reason why

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chose him is very simple: the so-called first shot, who made him so popular some time ago?

For Gudos, he had no knowledge of this incident and could definitely be considered a deadbeat.

But he didn’t lie unjustly. Politics always serves class interests, and he is the person who best represents the priestly class. After all, Gudos had always been high-profile, mediating with various nobles and clans, and he was behind many things. He secretly formulated plans, which led to the implementation of the two plans of “Artificial Gods” and “Northern Expedition to Foreign Races”.

It just so happens that Gudos is no longer in the empire, leaving only a mess. It is not difficult to reach a consensus this time. The person who represents the priest class will definitely have to make sacrifices at some point. At this time, where can we push this kind of bad thing if we don’t push it on his head?

So it was right to choose him.

They reached a consensus and fed back the reasons for people’s anger to the top management. The blame was put on Gudos, and it was linked to the god-making movement, making the ruling class think that Gudos and his psychics were engaging in malpractice for personal gain, causing public dissatisfaction. boiling, thus bringing unwarranted misfortune to the empire.

However, these people think simply, and the ruling class is not stupid, so this approach of killing one thousand enemies and damaging oneself ten thousand has not achieved the desired effect at all.

At that time, the empire’s northern expedition plan had just begun, and it had already consumed a huge amount of manpower and material resources. Now that the ship was in disaster, there was no way to turn back, and it was even more impossible to terminate the plan.

And even if Gudos did something extraordinary, it was for the benefit of the ruler, and everyone knew it.

The senior officials of the empire are still restless, anxiously waiting for the good news of the Northern Expedition advance team. It is absolutely impossible to accuse him of any unfounded charges at this time. Everything depends on the outcome.

The rulers had the wishful thinking that once the Northern Expedition was successful, all problems would be non-issues, and they turned a blind eye to this.

Not only that, they secretly decided to increase the number of troops for the Northern Expedition, and rushed the army to cross the natural chasm frantically, so they were very dissatisfied with the priests’ private condemnation.

However, the priests are not easy to mess with.

They constantly put pressure on the rulers of the empire, secretly contacted powerful families, talked about these nonsense every day, and wanted the empire to send troops to quell the rebellion and suppress the southern mobs.

The two sides came and went, causing the court to become filthy and no one could be at peace.

Seeing the disaster coming from Xiao Qiang, he killed the chicken to scare the monkeys and calm down the public opinion. In anger, the ruling class led troops to arrest several high priests who were leading the trouble, imprisoned them in dungeons, and chopped off the heads of several less important priests.

The world suddenly became quiet.

But is it really peaceful?

This approach had an immediate effect. The imperial ruler’s face was saved, and the court was indeed calm for a few days. But the problem is that after someone is killed, his head is hung on the highest stone pillar in the city. This effect cannot be said to be completely absent, it can simply be said to add fuel to the fire!

After hearing the news, the priests in the temple were all in fear and kept silent. In the days that followed, their response was beyond expectations.

These priests went on a hunger strike in anger and refused to conduct any rituals, including daily prayers; everything related to religion was suspended, and the army that was about to go on an expedition was not spared and would not receive any blessings from the priests; even the Sun of the Abyss All the god-making projects were immediately stopped; psychic masters and soul forging masters also went missing one after another, and the chaotic situation became even more complicated and confusing.

Priests and clerics are the cornerstone of the empire, and without them, almost nothing can be done effectively.

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