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Chapter 1310: Chapter 744: The Final Battle?
Gu Hang’s mind was filled with doubt.
He couldn’t understand why Yasida would trouble him and even resort to assassination.
He was even more perplexed as to why the Mechanical God Cult, with whom he wasn’t particularly close, suddenly approached him with this information.
If there are doubts, you might as well ask.
However, his questions went unanswered.
The Great Sage seemed to enter a predetermined program, merely continuing with what had been said before:
“The second thing I want to discuss with you is to hope to promote a trade agreement between the Mechanical God Cult and the Alliance. The total trade volume should reach fifty billion within three years and two hundred billion within ten years.”
Gu Hang nodded slightly.
Who wouldn’t want to reach a trade agreement with the Mechanical God Cult and the Martian Sect?
This is pure money.
Gu Hang became even more curious about the Great Sage’s intentions.
He noticed that the other party didn’t want to explain more, so he decided not to ask further and waited quietly for the third matter the Great Sage would talk about.
“The third thing I want to discuss is to hope that you, as the Chairman of the Spiderweb Domain, strive for the position of High Lord in the current re-election.”
“Wait…” At this point, Gu Hang finally couldn’t hold back and continued with a wry smile, “This is too incredible… The ’Union Plan’ hasn’t been formally signed yet, and the appointment of the Chairman of the Spiderweb Domain hasn’t been officially decided, and you want me to compete for the new High Lord? Even if I participate in the competition, there needs to be a vacancy.”
Gu Hang felt that what the Great Sage said was absurd.
There are only thirteen High Lord positions in total; even if Gu Hang wants to strive for one, there must be a position available.
Unless he could initiate an impeachment against a currently serving High Lord and overthrow them.
But how easy would that be?
With the signing of the ’Union Plan’ documents imminent, Gu Hang didn’t want any complications.
However, this time he got an answer.
The Great Sage said, “The position, as I mentioned before, is with the Star Devouring Cosmos; it’s one that can be vacated.”
Gu Hang fell silent.
After a while, he spoke, “So, Great Sage, what about the cost? What do you need?”
The three things mentioned by Kao’er were all benefits for Gu Hang and the Alliance.
The first was purely one-sided intelligence.
The second was essentially handing over money. The Martian Sect was not lacking in trading partners.
The third was political support.
It was like receiving free lunches falling from the sky.
Gu Hang was worried.
Why?
Upon questioning, he heard Kao’er’s low laughter, “You will pay the price…”
“Great Sage, please speak clearly.”
“You will be involved in a war.
A final battle concerning the survival of the entire Empire and the fate of humanity.
You will play a significant role in that war and a crucial part.
This is an unavoidable fate, or rather, no one can escape it.
And all I hope is that you will get to that key position sooner than later.”
After hearing this, Gu Hang could hardly control his expression.
This is too mysterious!
From the literal meaning, Gu Hang could roughly understand some content; it talked about a future final battle, a bit like an apocalyptic theory, where he would be very important.
Such a shaman? The Sect of Mechanics, albeit a sect, does have some religious beliefs, but since Gu Hang himself isn’t interested in that area, the overall atmosphere of the Alliance doesn’t lean towards that. Whether for the National Church or the Mechanical God Cult, the Alliance’s overall attitude is that if you want to preach, go preach; if you want support, we’ll give fixed funding, but you have obligations to fulfill, and you can’t make me believe in what I don’t.
Gu Hang’s contact with the Sect of Mechanics mainly focuses on technology, production, and development. He’s had little contact with their religious side.
To the extent that, at this moment, suddenly encountering such an occult expression from a Great Sage, he felt quite uncomfortable: Aren’t Great Sages supposed to be particularly rational and wise?
Why engage in ’prophecy,’ which sounds so unreliable?
But speaking of prophecy, Gu Hang suddenly remembered another thing.
That was when he learned from the Alliance headquarters about the prophecy extracted from the captured Dark Spirit Race during his own investigation of the visual events.
It was a Dark Spirit Race prophecy, and it stirred clear ripples in the Subspace, displaying a clear visual portrayal.
In that portrayal, seemingly unrelated to him, the main content depicted the moment when the creator of the Infinite Corps, the Son of God, finally stood up after ages.
However, he didn’t forget the fleeting star map in the prophecy, which seemed to show the entire universe burning. It was as if a superscale warfire had swept through the entire Human Empire.
If one had to speak of a final battle, what Gu Hang saw in his Divine Realm could perhaps be considered a precursor to that great war.
Warfire sweeping the Empire, heroes awakening…
Thinking to this point, Gu Hang intended to put on a smile but failed.
Kao’er’s prophetic-like words seemed genuinely not just simple mysticism.
But if all this were true, it was somewhat chilling.
A war that would engulf the entire Empire and might decide the life and death of the human race: a final battle Gu Hang couldn’t even imagine how terrifying it would be.
He had been through the largest-scale war, the Iron Armor Insect Swarm War, battling for fifteen years, mobilizing hundreds of billions of troops, including insects, affecting tens of thousands of worlds, with an over two trillion human deaths…
Yet, such a scale was still far from a final battle.
It couldn’t shake the Empire.
The Empire could even sustain another war, which was the turmoil in Solaria. The full-scale uprising there had lasted over thirty years, slightly less intense, unlike the Spiderweb Domain’s intense decisive battle, yet comparable in scale.
And smaller-scale wars of one or two levels were always occurring throughout the Empire.
Why else would they say the Empire’s sustainability is a pill?
Even that’s sustainable. Facing catastrophic collapse, at least now, it hasn’t been seen.
Then, a far more intense and terrifying overall war situation than now: a final battle?
If it’s real, then the Alliance can’t possibly stand aside.
Or rather, in this dark, frightening universe, no matter how problematic the Empire is, it remains humanity’s most reliable defender.
While Gu Hang was deep in thought, Kao’er’s voice rang out again, “What I need most directly from you is, after an uncertain number of years, for your Alliance to accept my call to head to the five hundred worlds of the Infinite Starfield to assist me in completing a crucial task.”
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Another Chapter tonight
