Chapter 522, I Want It Too!!!

Chen Haixu could use his veto power to veto Gu Hang's proposal at this meeting despite the unanimous consent of the other eight main industry sages.

But if he does this, what will he face next?

What secret agreement did Gu Hang reach with these eight people that could make them all jump back?

Will these secret agreements go further and threaten him?

The eight main industry sages may not be able to directly threaten his position, but if a powerful foreign aid like Gu Hang is introduced, will he, the foundry general, be able to sit firmly?

All these factors were placed before Chen Haixu's eyes. He saw the smile on Gu Hang's face, which seemed to be asking him:

Do you really have the ability to forcefully veto this proposal?

He hesitated.

He really didn't dare.

The situation was beyond his imagination.

But it is equally impossible for him to be coerced into voting in favor without knowing anything.

Not daring to veto or agree, under the gaze of everyone, General Chen Haixu, the supreme leader of a mechanical sect, was embarrassed for a moment.

After a while, he slowly said: "The meeting will be suspended for a while, and Governor Gu will also be asked to avoid it for a while. We need to discuss with each other for a while..."

Gu Hang stood up and said, "Okay, but please don't make me wait too long."

Chen Haixu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the matter has not yet been resolved, what he is most worried about is that Gu Hang will use the current voting situation to force him to make a decision immediately.

The scene will become ugly and even push both parties into a situation where there is no way to resolve it.

Fortunately, this did not happen. Gu Hang is very...' considerate'.

He was somewhat grateful to Gu Hang.

After Gu Hang went out, Chen Haixu glanced at the sages.

Everyone's attitude was different, but most of them were too embarrassed to look at him.

Only when his eyes finally fell on Wu Jiarong, he could clearly see that the youngest sage who was the main business sage whom he had single-handedly supported was looking at him fearlessly.

It seems that the key lies here.

"Tell me, what's going on!" Chen Haixu stared at Wu Jiarong closely.

Wu Jiarong smiled: "Actually, the situation is not complicated at all..."

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It's really not complicated.

Just a black box.

Gu Hang has extraordinary charm and also possesses mental and psychic abilities. However, Gu Hang's use of the latter has always been relatively restrained.

If Gein wants to achieve a better control effect, then the manifestation of the target being mentally controlled will be more obvious and very easy to detect;

If you want to avoid detection, then the idea of ​​implanting the transformation needs to be very similar and consistent with the target's own ideas, and it also needs to be controlled for a relatively long time to perform a 'psychic surgery' on the other party. Just like what Gu Hang did to Gallardo.

Gu Hang could neither use his psychic powers too crudely to influence the thoughts of these sages, nor could he control these sages to perform psychic surgery.

In fact, there is no need.

Convince them that Gu Hang really does not have and does not bother to use any special means.

Just take out the top killer weapon like the black box, that's enough.

For these senior members of the Mechanicus, the many reconstruction and revival plans they consider for the sect are of course very important and they care about them very much. However, the importance of all this is not as important as 'technology' in their eyes.

The more advanced the Mechanicus members are, the deeper and more irresistible their desire for technology is.

And how will new technology come about?

Low-level members of the Mechanicus may still have a way to learn and inherit. But for high-level Mechanicus members, there is very little room for learning and inheritance.

Perhaps everyone has different unique technologies. However, on the one hand, these unique technologies are sometimes just a small trick, some unique precision product designs that cannot be mass-produced; on the other hand, the reason why they are 'unique' technologies , then naturally they will not be handed over to others easily, even colleagues.

Preserving one's own broom is a problem that can easily arise within the Mechanicus. No matter how much they publicize internally and try to break this status quo, the central government of the empire and governments at all levels are still trying to continue various technical cooperation and exchanges with the Mechanicus.

However, this trend within the Mechanicus has lasted for thousands of years, how could it be easily changed?

It is difficult to learn and inherit some unique technologies. This not only causes serious problems in the internal circulation of technology, but also causes the Mechanics to be severely restricted when researching and innovating technologies, and a large amount of resources are wasted. .

There are many technologies that probably already exist and are even mastered by many people. However, due to the lack of dissemination, in many cases, when the person who mastered the technology dies, it means that the technology is lost; even if he is not dead, as long as he is unwilling to spread the technology to others and other people have similar technical needs, resources will still be consumed. Go and research again.

What's more, the Mechanicus itself is quite resistant to 'innovation'.

Technology is the ancestral method, a means that has been effective for tens of thousands of years, so it is best not to change it. Even if a small change is effective, it may be a temptation from the abyss, which will eventually lead to some bad problems. Not to mention some real big innovations, producing a new product, it is very likely that it comes from the unclean knowledge and taboo knowledge of the abyss, and the final product is very likely to be a conspiracy from the devil, leading to very, very bad consequences.

This point has a very painful record in the history of the Mechanicus.

Without others doing it, their own internal review of similar situations will be very strict.

Under the combined effect of these factors, it is so difficult for a Mechanicus to obtain new technology, especially safe new technology.

Learning, inheritance, research and development... After these are not very reliable, what is left?

Archaeology and plunder.

The latter refers to plundering the technology of some alien races to see if it can be used for oneself. But this is also something that requires considerable caution.

It is difficult to analyze alien technology, such as the technology of green skins, how do humans use it? Even the reference is very weak.

Some alien races have very powerful technologies, such as the so-called Eldar and Smart Machines.

However, these technologies also have adaptability issues, and it is very difficult to obtain them.

Some small races discovered in the exploration of the universe, or even some abandoned and independently developed human colonies, may have some special technologies. However, these technologies also need to be carefully identified. After all, who knows how those who mastered the technology obtained it? Is this technology itself contaminated by demonic knowledge?

It is not impossible.

In this way, the only remaining "archaeology" is the safest and most profitable source of technology.

The technological capabilities of the empire have not regressed for thousands or tens of thousands of years, at least there has been no progress.

Even many technologies in the founding war organized and led by the Emperor himself when the empire was just established ten thousand years ago have been lost after ten thousand years of confused inheritance.

Not to mention, going back further, before the establishment of the empire, in the so-called "golden age" before that dark age, the ancient technologies mastered by humans at that time were even more exaggerated.

If we can find an ancient relic from the Golden Age, even if it is just some lost technical equipment from the founding expedition period ten thousand years ago, it will be a huge harvest.

In fact, the technology that the Human Empire has now, including the technology of the more developed and rational Human Empire ten thousand years ago, is generally based on the legacy left over from the Golden Age.

And the black box is the product of the Golden Age.

The Human Empire cannot produce such a thing until now, and has not even fully analyzed its working principle.

But it does not prevent the Mechanicus from fanatically collecting all black boxes.

On the one hand, these black boxes can be used as the core of an industry. Obtaining them means that a production line can be built from scratch quickly;

On the other hand, the huge technical value contained in them is enough to bring great inspiration to high-level Mechanicus members.

This kind of technical inspiration is not only reliable, but also very safe.

The technology left over from the Golden Age of Humanity is usually problem-free.

If you simply find a relic, you still have to worry about whether it is a "wisdom trap" or whether it is a knowledge demon disguised as ancient technology, which needs to be carefully distinguished; the black box has no such concerns at all. It is absolutely safe and absolutely passed down from the golden age.

Therefore, when Gu Hang took out the black box as a reward to these main business sages, he deeply moved these people.

Gu Hang could see the deep desire and greed in their mechanical eyes.

They agreed to the conditions proposed by Gu Hang almost instantly.

Isn't it just a few dozen resource stars? Give it to them!

It originally belonged to the star region government. Giving it to the alliance does not mean that they will be out of stock. On the contrary, the alliance also promised to increase the intensity of mining and import raw materials from resource stars controlled by other alliances.

Isn't it just taking orders? Take it!

The starships built are meant to be used. Seeing that the greenskins have been driven away, our Mingyang Sect can't use them for a while, so it's better to give them to the alliance first. Anyway, the alliance is not taking the ships for free, and they have to pay for it.

What's more, what can I do if I raise my hand and vote in favor?

There are nine people in the Sage Council, and my vote in favor will not affect the overall situation at all.

Let's get the black box first.

Under greed and desire, the appearance of the black box reversed the balance in their hearts in an instant.

As for what to do if Gu Hang really gets most of the main business sages and passes these proposals in the Sage Council...

Isn't there General Casting?

You, Chen Haixu, have a veto power, so you must use it well.

What if Chen Haixu doesn't veto?

Then you, General Casting, have voted in favor or abstained, so what qualifications do you have to say about us?

Under this guiding ideology, Gu Hang went through the homes of eight main business sages and won their consent.

It's not that he was unwilling to find Chen Haixu, but the general had been in seclusion for some time, and Gu Hang couldn't see him at all.

……

After understanding the whole story, Chen Haixu's expression has become extremely gloomy.

Even gloomier than when he saw eight votes in favor except him.

His anger has been felt by everyone else.

"In other words, you were bought by the alliance just like that?"

"Ahem..." Sage Ke Zonggang coughed twice and said, "It's not considered buying, right? I haven't done anything to let down the sect or Jin Dixing! They have proposed a proposal, and the process has been submitted to the parliament. I just voted."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"We just voted!"

"Don't you still have it?"

"If you don't agree, just veto it!"

The sages spoke one after another.

Chen Haixu was even more angry: "That is to say, each of you got a black box, right?"

"Uh..."

"Only I didn't?!"

"Uh..."

"You took all the benefits, and then expected me to be the bad guy, and finally got nothing?"

"Uh..."

"How unreasonable!" Chen Haixu finally stood up in anger, and the red robe of the casting general was separated from his body. The octopus-like mechanical limbs supported him very tall, and the booming white steam filled the entire mechanical throne.

The remaining eight main business sages were all trembling.

It was still a bit scary when the casting general was angry.

Although everyone was at the level of the main business sage, Chen Haixu was able to become the casting general for a reason. He was almost the longest-lived person in the entire Mingyang Sect, with an age of more than 900 years. It has been at least 600 years since he became the main business sage.

Although he still hasn't crossed or even seen the opportunity to become a great sage, such a long accumulation has given him deep strength, enough to pose a great threat to the other eight.

Then, the eight sages heard the furious order of the casting general:

"Hand over all the black boxes that Gu Hang gave you!"

?

Other things are easy to say, but this is not okay!

The eight main sages all stood up, each revealing the mechanical body originally hidden under the red robe.

"That's absolutely impossible!"

"This is private property!"

"The black box was rented by Gu Hang, and he has to return it in a few years. He must abide by the agreement!"

The sage who said the last sentence completely ignored the fact that when he first signed the lease agreement, he had a hundred ways to breach the contract in his mind.

Chen Haixu was furious.

"I don't care! I absolutely can't accept that I don't have a black box!"

"Governor Gu! Come in!"

His voice penetrated outside the conference hall.

"I want three black boxes! At least three! Otherwise I will veto it!"