The Protoss in Warhammer

Chapter 455 443. The road ahead

When Artanis led his fleet back to the territory of the Kalai Empire, they immediately received news from Aiur. The Ancient Sage wanted to meet the young executive privately.

After Artanis heard this, he was filled with excitement and unspeakable excitement, and he immediately came to Ayr without stopping. However, what made him a little surprised and a little bit disappointed was that he did not receive any advice from his teacher. It was as huge a welcome ceremony as the return.

He went down at the military port and only saw an honor guard welcoming him. It was obvious that this expedition did not have such a huge welcome ceremony. Artanis was even sure that this expedition had not even been officially notified. The people I had no idea such an expedition was taking place.

The executive thought this in his heart, but he could understand it. Currently, the empire, which still maintains a strange peace with the human empire on the border, has successfully established an isolation line on their own planet that is thousands of light years long. They forcibly took away everyone there, even organic matter, building materials, and recyclable ores were taken away, leaving nothing behind except the bare surface of the planet. Hundreds of planets have been turned into isolation zones in this way, and hundreds of billions of people have fled their homes.

However, this does not mean that the empire has given up everything outside the isolation zone established by the empire. Some of the planets connected to the subspace route nodes have not been abandoned. The Empire still has a large number of planets on the border that are inhabited, including agricultural planets and forging worlds.

The empire had no reason to give up these valuable properties. However, in order to protect those more important facilities, they built a large number of fortress worlds there to prevent Kalai's attack.

The situation now is that the two sides are guarding each other's defense line, staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes. In fact, neither the Damocles Gulf Front nor Kalai were sure that they could completely eliminate each other. In other words, Gray was not sure that he could completely wipe out an imperial expeditionary force, and later he actually had an open fight with the empire.

First of all, he can't do it. Secondly, Gray has his own plan for the future. That plan will be related to Karai's fate, and even the fate of the entire galaxy. Of course, it also includes his own orders, so he can't destroy it no matter what. Such actions.

And if a huge publicity was carried out after this expedition, then humans may not have discovered this matter originally. As a result, such publicity may very well lead those people to make some very inappropriate decisions.

So this is a special military operation, a covert special military operation, not a high-profile war.

Welcomed by the military band, and before the eyes of Artanis, there appeared a robed man who was obviously, according to his costume, a divine messenger, an advisor to the elders.

The former sage was asked by Gray to come out and take over, and he was happy to do such a job. From his current master, he knew very well that what he was about to welcome this time was a group of STC and STC from the oldest era. There are a lot of technologies, both from the ancient golden age of mankind and from the ancient golden age of Kalai.

There is no doubt that for a former Mechanicus personnel, it is an exciting thing to be able to come into contact with the most precious heritage of these all-machine people, and he is also happy to decode the knowledge inside these precious machines.

Salva looked at Artanis in front of him and said a brief sentence, but it was enough to make Artanis feel happy and joyful.

"The elder will meet you in the temple. He is satisfied with your action and your contribution to the entire empire."

For an executive officer and the eldest son of a god, being recognized and praised by the elders is better than endless honor and wealth.

Under the leadership of Salva, Artanis arrived under the Great Temple through teleportation. Salva just grabbed the hand of the executive in front of him, and then with a flash of white light, the two disappeared and appeared in front of Gray.

Artanis blinked his eyes and looked around cautiously. The elder was sitting in front of him, wearing a traditional costume, slowly pouring a pot of tea into the cup in front of him. The executive officer looked at Gray in front of him, who was pouring it. After two cups of tea, he placed a cup of tea in front of Atanis and said calmly.

"Thank you, Executive Officer, I hope you can taste this cup of tea."

Artanis raised the glass of water soaked with the shriveled leaves of the plant to his face. When these water droplets touched his skin, they were immediately absorbed, and the sense of taste was transmitted to his brain by the psychic cells.

When Artanis drank such a cup of tea, the first thing he felt was bitterness. The bitterness was unforgettable and unforgettable for a long time. It is a kind of bitterness that comes from the depths of the soul, but after this bitterness, it is as sweet as jasmine.

Gray slowly took a sip of his tea, looked at Artanis who had some wrinkled eyes in front of him, and said with an apologetic smile.

"This cup of tea may be a little bitter, because now I can't taste the taste of food. I can only inject some psychic energy into it to let me taste the taste I tasted in the past."

After Artanis heard this, he quickly shook his head, and then took another sip of the bitter tea, but this time it seemed a little better, but the sweetness after the bitterness seemed to become weaker.

Gray looked at the tall executive in front of him and asked calmly

"Artanis, let me ask you a question. What do you think of the current situation of our empire?"

After hearing what the other party said, Artanis thought carefully and replied

"Compared with other political systems in the galaxy, our political system is undoubtedly the most honest and efficient. In this galaxy, our system has no problems."

"So, is there room for reform?"

After hearing the elder's words, Artanis trembled and thought carefully about why the other party asked him such a question, and Gray quickly answered his inner doubts. The elder stretched out his hand, and a map was pushed out from behind him. This map was the latest version of the entire map of the empire.

In the empire territory of Kalai, Gray specially drew the planets outside the Damocles Gulf that had been conquered for hundreds of years, more than 100 in total. Artanis looked at Gray's map, thought of what he said before, and immediately understood what the elder wanted to do.

In the initial conquest, most of the planets, especially those recovered by the human empire, a large part of the governors still held power. In the past, these powerful governors were trying to gain power quickly.

But now, these people have become the biggest destabilizing factor. Some planets' governors are mercenaries who are too self-respecting to even pay some taxes again. There are a lot of tariffs, and resources cannot be effectively mined. Their people still live a miserable life compared to the Empire period. This is what the kind elders don't want to find, and it is also an obstacle for the entire empire to move forward.

Obviously, Gray is going to take action.

The elder looked at the tea that was about to be finished, and finally asked

"Artanis, now, do you think our empire still needs reform?"

Looking at Gray pouring tea on the tea pet made of pottery in front of him, Artanis knew very well what answer he should make

"It's time to reform, elder."

(End of Chapter 10)