Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1018

Chapter 1009, the prize pool is dry

. Gu Hang had been in a good mood for quite some time recently.

While there was still a lot to do, especially since becoming the Prime Minister of the Empire—and a centralized one at that—his workload was even greater than before. However, thanks to the increasingly mature Alliance Government and the assistance of the new Imperial Government, everything was running smoothly.

What made him happiest was the weakening of the Scarlet Scar.

What was the single most significant factor impacting the Empire right now?

Undoubtedly, it was the Scarlet Scar.

Communications and transportation, two essential elements of governance, were both negatively impacted by the Scarlet Scar.

If the Scarlet Scar were repaired, the Empire’s current expeditions would be significantly less difficult!

In fact, to some extent, they might even become swift armed marches.

Many worlds today weren’t corrupted by Chaos, conquered by rebels or alien forces, but simply lost contact with the Imperial central government for decades or even centuries, leading them to establish their own independence.

This was perfectly normal.

If we calculate a hundred years, that’s five generations. Unless they’ve undergone life-extending surgery, no living person on the planet has ever heard the voice of the Empire. To them, the so-called Human Empire is just a page in history, something their grandfathers, or even their great-grandfathers, had witnessed.

Furthermore, the image of the Empire in these oral and historical records isn’t necessarily a positive one; it’s likely a regime that continually exploits the local population. If the corruption within a local planet isn’t severe, the xenos threat isn’t serious, and they don’t crave the Empire’s military protection, then they’ll naturally harbor strong separatist tendencies.

But if the Scarlet Scar disappears, the Empire’s voice can be clearly heard on every world. Travel to these worlds won’t be so dangerous due to the Warp’s hurdles, requiring the installation of Thunder Torches world by world. Then, many places can be controlled by a single message.

Even if many worlds truly face significant challenges, as long as there are survivors, the expeditionary force can use the information provided by the locals to determine the specific situation and determine the appropriate force to dispatch, greatly increasing efficiency.

Furthermore, the weakening of the Crimson Scar will also lessen the impact of the Warp’s influence on the real universe. This will make it less likely for Chaos’ corruption to erode reality, making it much harder for demons to manifest and for people to hear unwanted whispers. The dark thoughts that once occurred to normal people will be reduced to mere thoughts, less likely to be captured by evil gods and catalyzed into the corruption of the soul. This will also reduce the likelihood of cults flourishing.

In short, the weakening of the Crimson Scar is a good thing, a sign of the end of the catastrophe.

However, at present, it is only a sign of weakening, far from a significant transformation.

Gu Hang wished the Crimson Scar would heal tomorrow, but alas, he could do little to help.

He could only leave the Emperor to his responsibilities.

He was still the primary driver of the Crimson Scar’s weakening.

Gu Hang’s primary focus remained on the real universe.

Part of it, of course, was to protect the nation by personally protecting it and reducing the encroachment of the Warp on the real universe—commonly known as “going to jail.”

Another part was that, as the de facto governor of the New Empire, Gu Hang had a vast amount of work to do.

While the New Empire government was able to assign him a significant portion of the work, there were certain tasks he couldn’t delegate and had to handle himself.

For example, major, overarching decisions, such as those dictated by the Imperial government, would undoubtedly require Gu Hang’s decision-making as the head of the Imperial government. As Chancellor of the Alliance and the Imperial Executive Council, Ossena was undoubtedly a high-ranking official in the Empire, but she couldn’t make the biggest decisions herself.

There was another aspect: the consumption of Grace Points.

No one could help him with this.

For a long time, Gu Hang’s Grace Points had been primarily spent on technology pool draws. Spending on technology didn’t require much thought—just the expectation. After all

, whether or not a product would be produced wasn’t something you could just think about.

The most important considerations came after the technology draws were over.

How to use the technology rewards and how to deploy new industries took more thought.

However, over time, in recent decades, Gu Hang had stopped spending Grace Points on technology pool draws.

It seemed too wasteful.

The main reason was that the technology pool had been drained, and the returns were very low.

At this point, Gu Hang had a general understanding of the nature of the entire system. The technologies and black boxes that could be extracted from the system weren’t created out of thin air; they were essentially technologies that had appeared in the empire’s history.

And even at the highest level, Gu Hang’s Grace Points spent on the draws only reached 100 million Grace Points, no higher. But even at the level of hundreds of millions of Grace Points, there’s nothing much left to draw.

They only yield elite or ordinary-level technology, often with different models already owned.

The value of these items is quite limited, at least not on par with the hundreds of millions of Grace Points spent on a single draw.

While there are still some high-level rewards in the prize pool, the chances have become incredibly low, and the difficulty of obtaining them has become immense.

Consequently, in recent decades, Gu Hang’s Grace Points have primarily been spent elsewhere.

Talent development, military development, building exchanges… these things have directly led to significant increases in the Alliance’s strength, far greater than simply drawing from the already-depleted prize pool.

And all of this requires Gu Hang’s considerable effort.

The relevant data is provided by the government, but that’s only part of the story. Gu Hang can also see a wealth of data on the Grace Point settlement screen.

Both streams have their pros and cons.

The data submitted by government departments is rich and diverse. If there’s any data Gu Hang needs, he can always request it, and the government will definitely provide it.

The problem, however, is that the data can be distorted or even incorrect.

The data in the system, on the other hand, is completely accurate, but the content is too limited.

Combining the two, Gu Hang can make decisions about where to spend his grace points.

(End of this chapter)