Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1309 - 743: Visit from the Great Sage
Chapter 1309: Chapter 743: Visit from the Great Sage
The other aspect of the Imperial Double-headed Eagle is the Mechanical God Cult, which everyone must acknowledge.
Without the Sect of Mechanics, a significant portion of the Empire’s Navy and Star Realm Army would lose sources for equipment and supplies; a considerable part of the battle groups would suddenly face a food shortage.
This is their most important value—the largest party for the Empire’s industrial production.
Whether in technical level or productivity, this is the case.
Additionally, from the perspective of their own strength, the Mechanical God Cult also possesses powerful military might.
Within the Mechanical God Cult, the status of the Martian Sect is undoubtedly the most important.
Even though various sects exist within the Mechanical Cult, many sects are not entirely obedient towards Mars, the sect leader.
However, regardless of how covert they act, they must outwardly comply.
Plausible displayed ambitions must be hidden away, and minor actions can only be done secretly.
If not, once truly reprimanded by the sect leader, few branches of the Mechanical God Cult within the entire empire have the ability to endure it.
And within the Martian Sect, the most revered and also the leader of the Martian Sect is the Mars Founding General.
The Founding Worlds controlled by the Martian Sect are certainly not limited to just Mars; there are many. However, the most important among them is Mars. The Mars Founding General is the highest leader of the entire sect. Moreover, the high lord position of the Mechanical God Cult in the Supreme Council has always belonged to the Founding General since the council’s inception ten thousand years ago, never having been relinquished.
Beneath the Founding General, the Martian Sect has the largest number of Great Sages among all the sects.
This is an existence that ranks higher than the Principal Sage.
The intelligence department of the Alliance is quite focused on the Martian Sect, especially the division of the Foreign Affairs Bureau that Salihoovich brought to Holy Terra.
Although, until now, the Alliance has hardly interacted with the Martian Sect. However, their mere existence should not be overlooked.
Of course, ultimately, the Foreign Affairs Bureau has not directly planted operatives within the Martian Sect; at most, a few dozen people have been sent under various identities to Mars. All they can do is periodically gather some routine intelligence.
In publicly searchable reports, Mars has seventeen Great Sages. It’s not ruled out that there might be quite a number of Great Sages who have not been exposed.
Within these seventeen, Kao’er’s name is listed.
However, in general, he is quite a low-profile, somewhat mysterious Great Sage. He rarely makes public appearances, and it’s rare to see him at many of the Great Sage lectures on Mars. What direction of research he is currently pursuing, and what key achievements he had in the past, are all unknown.
The only thing that can be said is that this Great Sage comes from a very ancient era. It’s unknown exactly how old he is, but there are records of him at least five hundred years ago.
He might be the oldest of all the Great Sages on Mars.
Upon hearing his visit, and without prior notice, already at the door, Gu Hang pondered slightly but felt this meeting should indeed happen.
Not meeting would be inappropriate.
He couldn’t help but wonder, what is Kao’er’s purpose in seeing him?
However, it wasn’t left up to him to guess blindly.
This Great Sage, hunched over, entirely cloaked under a robe, with a mask covering the entire face, revealing all sorts of modified facial organs and hardly any skin left, directly stated his purpose once confirming there were no other people nearby after entering.
“Mr. Gu Hang, I’m here for three matters.”
“Please speak.” Gu Hang was not surprised by the other party’s straightforwardness.
It’s quite normal for an uninvited person to be direct.
Recently in the past month, there have been quite a lot of roundabout conversations, so a bit of direct style is well-received.
The slightly piercing electronically synthesized voice of the Great Sage continued to sound:
“Firstly, I’m here to inform you that Yasida once issued an assassination order against you to the Assassin Court.”
“Hm?”
Gu Hang did not expect it to be about this matter.
This issue had always been under investigation, with Salihoovich’s Foreign Affairs Bureau having a skilled team specifically responsible.
There’s also a line to the Assassin Court.
However, up to now, no results have been seen. The matter is too confidential, and the Foreign Affairs Bureau simply can’t uncover it; the Assassin Court strictly adheres to the rules and isn’t willing to reveal anything.
Gu Hang had almost given up hope. After all, they are enemies, and they would eventually confront each other; we’ll see what each side can do from then on.
Yet, unexpectedly, a lead was obtained in this manner.
Yasida, this person Gu Hang knows.
That’s the Devouring Stars Sector President, currently one of the High Lords in the Imperial Supreme Council.
Cosmic Domain Chairs have the qualification to elect High Lords, but the likelihood of being elected is quite low. Among over fifty Cosmic Domain Chairs, each batch of High Lords has only one or two who are elected, and sometimes there are none.
Moreover, they are often the ones with the lowest status within the High Lords. They’re often departments with the qualifications to elect; for instance, currently, the Legal Department, the Psychic Cultivator’s Association, and the Imperial General Chamber of Commerce haven’t obtained positions yet.
Apart from this, there might be some additional seats, but they aren’t regularly established, such as the Supreme Grand Master of the Battle Nun Association, or the Sun Lord once occupied by Suo He Kaim.
Sometimes, when the personnel holding these positions or these departments themselves are too weak to assume a High Lord position, the vacant seat is filled by an elected Cosmic Domain Chair.
To put it bluntly, it’s just a number among the High Lords.
However, regardless of being just a number, it’s still a High Lord. Setting aside status, within the Supreme Council, one vote from them is no different from anyone else’s.
Due to this, some strong High Lords, especially those whose interests are closely tied to local governments, like to support a Cosmic Domain Chair with whom they have a good relationship, one who listens to them, to enter the High Lord Council.
Is this vote not equivalent to one’s own?
For instance, currently, the high lord position of the Devouring Stars Sector Chair is upheld by the Prime Minister, and when the Prime Minister needs support, the vote follows the Prime Minister.
Of course, considering one is at least at the level of a Cosmic Domain Chair, plus the identity of a High Lord in hand, they wouldn’t be barked around like a dog. When there isn’t a clear demand from the Prime Minister, Yasida can still vote according to his own ideas, especially concerning matters closely tied to his domain’s interests.
For instance, regarding the Iron Armor War.
The Devouring Stars Sector is somewhat dissatisfied with the urgency of detonating conflicts, leading to damage to its sector.
Therefore, it seems natural for Yasida to feel some displeasure.
But would the disagreements escalate to the point of resorting to assassination?
And why is this info delivered by a Great Sage from the Mechanical God Cult?
Staring at the face that’s been transformed beyond recognition, the uncertainties in Gu Hang’s mind grew even more.
