The influential figures kneeling in the square looked at Alex with pleading eyes.
They hoped to get a chance to atone for their sins.
However, Alex's next sentence plunged them all into hell.
"Sage Kaska, convert these grave sinners into Servitors and let them continue to serve the Emperor."
"As for the children of these sinners, hand them over to Colonel Aying."
"Form a penal camp and enlist those children into it."
"Tell them that it is because of their fathers' sins that they are forced to atone."
"Only when their crimes are repaid can they receive forgiveness."
Alex's voice was not loud, but to the nobles' ears, it was like a thunderclap.
"No!"
"Please, great Living Saint."
"..."
Those nobles cried out.
However, no one pitied them.
"Guide is after all a Living Saint, too merciful to these rebels."
Hyderak preached to the surrounding populace.
"Praise the God-Emperor, who sent such a merciful Living Saint."
What these nobles did was no different from rebellion.
Compared to the punitive measures of the Ecclesiarchy and the Inquisition, Alex was truly merciful.
The Tyreen Spring operation ended amidst the desperate cries of the influential figures.
To reward the soldiers and players, Alex announced a decision.
He allowed them to plunder the mansions of the rebellious families.
They only needed to hand over 50% of the plundered spoils, and the rest would be theirs.
The players and soldiers cheered upon receiving the order,
and then swarmed towards the mansions of the rebellious families.
A wolf-like plunder began.
Not to mention the cabinets in the rooms,
not even a loose floor tile was spared.
Especially the players, they even tore down walls just to find hidden treasures.
"I'm rich, it's all mine!"
Desert shouted excitedly while frantically digging for the treasures he found.
Several soldiers next to him looked at him with shocked eyes.
After all, Desert and the others, in their eyes, were God Chosen sent by the great God-Emperor to save them.
Now, their appearance was truly more like bandits than bandits.
Desert felt something, turned his head to look—noticing the strange gazes of the soldiers, he subconsciously tried to explain a few words.
"Actually, I don't really want treasures; I just want to use them in more appropriate places."
"I'm serious, you'll definitely believe me, right?"
The soldiers didn't reply, lowered their heads, and walked away.
As they walked, they whispered to each other, just like bored people gossiping.
Desert sighed when he saw this scene.
"My reputation is probably ruined."
"Those NPCs must be secretly talking about me behind my back. Games being too realistic isn't necessarily a good thing."
But when he saw the treasures he had painstakingly plundered,
the vexation on his face vanished, and a smile reappeared.
Forget it, no reputation, then no reputation.
.......
With the obstacles to development swept away,
Tirien Hive City ushered in a period of rapid growth.
Economic and industrial output continuously reached new highs.
Management-oriented players successively took out loans to bid for the operating rights of Hive City factories, joining the fierce market competition.
Dora Workshop successfully acquired several large industrial equipment manufacturing factories.
The Tomorrow Series exoskeletons began to experience a surge in production capacity.
The Zagu 01 Type mech completed design and testing, entering the production phase.
Little Fatty ordered a loan, preparing to assemble the first player mech corps.
The reverse engineering of power armor was successful,
and using the acquired technology, Dora and his team successfully designed the CMC01 Type power armor.
The CMC01 Type power armor comes in two models,
adapted for ordinary humans and Astartes, respectively.
Its performance is inferior to the Imperial power armor currently in common use, but its advantage is also its low cost.
As long as productivity increases, it can be mass-produced.
Rock Hive City also completed its initial reconstruction and got back on track.
Alex ordered the army to continue recruitment, preparing for a new round of major battles.
He planned to completely annihilate the remaining rebels and reclaim the remaining two Hive City.
At this time, a response from the Valanxius Family in Sintilla, the capital world of the Calixis Sector, caused a stir.
Sintilla is a prosperous world with a tithe grade of First Grade,
with a recorded population of approximately 25.5 billion (unrecorded population size unknown).
It is currently governed by Marius Hax in the name of the Terra government,
and together with the Calixis Sector Conclave of the Inquisition led by Inquisitor Lord Kaiting,
Cardinal Ignato of the Ecclesiarchy,
Marshal Gorman of the Adeptus Arbites,
High Astropath Xiao,
and Canoness Gonaeriel of the Sororitas, they form the official political landscape.
In addition to the official forces, Sintilla also has many civilian forces.
For example, the Colin Family, which conducts banking operations throughout the entire sector,
the Sestral Alliance, originating from the world of Regulus and controlling many agricultural worlds,
the Dwayne Company, with a strong religious atmosphere and immense influence,
the Marchenko Dynasty, possessing vast wealth,
and the Skellen-Ha Group, with heavy industry capable of influencing the entire sector.
Sintilla Hive World is the center of power in the Calixis Sector.
Anyone aspiring to elevate their family or personal status wishes to establish roots in Sintilla Hive World.
It is worth mentioning that Sintilla is also the homeworld of the famous Imperial rogue regiment, the Sintilla Fusiliers.
The Valanxius Family's response, after being translated by the Astropathic Choir, was delivered by a dedicated person to the Departmento Munitorum.
The Departmento Munitorum is located in the inner city of Tarsus Hive City, occupying a vast area, with countless spired buildings towering over it.
The buildings of the Departmento Munitorum are divided into thousands of square meter rooms.
These rooms are further divided into small cubicles.
Within each cubicle, a hunched clerk taps away at a mechanical cog-wheel keyboard.
Electric trams, controlled by Servitor bodies, travel along the corridors between the cubicles.
Upon reaching a cubicle, they use mechanical arms to hand over scrolls from the tram to the clerks.
They also collect processed documents,
and hand them over to Servitors equipped with reinforced bionics,
who input the document content into the database.
Everyone is extremely busy.
They continuously coordinate the taxation of the entire sector and report to higher authorities.
The courier passed through the bustling hall,
entered an upward corridor,
and finally delivered the Valanxius Family's reply to the middle section of the Departmento Munitorum.
After a series of tedious procedures,
the high-ranking officials of the Departmento Munitorum learned that a planet had defied the God-Emperor's decree,
refusing to pay the tithe.
They convened a meeting to discuss how to resolve this matter.
"The Valanxius Family claims that due to a rebellion initiated by Cultists, they are unable to pay the tithe and hope for a temporary deferment."
"Undoubtedly, this is an act of heresy betraying the God-Emperor, and we must punish them."
The first to speak was Sonas Colin.
He came from the Colin Family and was here to serve as a middle-level supervisor in the Departmento Munitorum for a gilded experience.
This was to accumulate political capital for his future ascent.
After the incident of the Exploration Expedition, the Valanxius Family declined.
The Colin Family received compensation but still refused to let go of the fallen Valanxius Family, targeting them at every turn.
The Valanxius Family repeatedly sent out distress signals, and some even suggested sending troops to assist.
But without exception, all were thwarted by the interest group led by the Colin Family.
Now, the Valanxius Family is merely unable to pay the tithe immediately due to a rebellion.
Sonas is already agitating for a punitive fleet to be dispatched.
Anyone could see that this was blatant targeting.
Someone raised a question about Sonas Colin's proposal.
"The Valanxius Family claims that a Living Saint manifested, and led them to defeat the rebels, and is now recovering the planet, defending the Emperor's glory."
"No matter what, we should first investigate thoroughly to see if there truly is a Living Saint manifesting?"
"This is lies and deception," Sonas Colin denied his colleague's statement,
"In this turbulent period, there is war everywhere, and various supplies are urgently needed."
"However, the Valanxius Family is unwilling to pay the tithe, which indicates that they have long been corrupted and wish to rebel against the Imperium."
"As for the Living Saint they speak of, it is most likely an illegal psyker."
"Facing such heresy, an Exterminatus Order should be issued directly."
"Are all of you here going to support a family full of lies and potentially involved in heretical rebellion?"
"I'm giving a reminder here, if it is later found that the Valanxius Family has problems like heresy, none of you here will be able to escape responsibility."
Sonas's words carried a threat.
Clearly, anyone who continued to speak for the Valanxius Family
would definitely face the full force of the Colin Family's targeting if problems were indeed found later.
Considering that it would offend the powerful interest group led by the Colin Family,
many people were quite dissatisfied with Sonas's domineering actions, but they no longer voiced their opposition.
Seeing his proposal passed, Sonas Colin's lips curved into a cold smile.
The Valanxius Family was undoubtedly doomed this time,
even if the decaying corpse on the Golden Throne manifested, it couldn't save them.
Once the Valanxius Family was annihilated,
he would find an opportunity to take away a few young people with Valanxius Family blood.
He would force them to intermarry with the Colin Family, legitimately inheriting that Imperial Charter.
By then, the Colin Family's development would reach a new level.