Chapter 1612: Chapter 911: Little Primordial Body
Gu Hang finished reading the last report on the table, and at that moment, the pen controlled by spiritual energy simultaneously completed the annotations for twenty-four reports, setting them aside.
Thus, todayâs administrative work was done.
At least the paperwork was finished.
But it didnât mean Gu Hang could relax.
In fact, he hadnât had a moment of leisure in a long time.
Sometimes he recalled the time before he arrived in this universe. Back then, he would only feel sympathy for those working 9-9-6, thinking that such work intensity was absolutely unbearable for him. Earning more money without any time for rest and entertainmentâwhat was the point?
At that time, he couldnât have imagined that one day he would adhere to a 0-0-7 working system.
It wasnât a joking 0-0-7, but a real one.
Gu Hang hadnât taken a rest for a long time.
His body, which had long transcended the ordinary, wouldnât feel fatigued; his mind, filled with endless spiritual energy, could always think at full capacity without error; his psychological state could always maintain optimal condition, never feeling annoyed due to exhaustion...
Thatâs the theory.
But in reality, day after day, year after year, although he was ânot tiredâ, he occasionally couldnât help but ponderâback when The Emperor was around, perhaps he too had to carry out unceasing work like himself? Surely, he was someone who never felt tired? How did he manage those years?
Or perhaps he occasionally experienced some fatigue, thinking, âTo hell with it, weâve come this far, why shouldnât I enjoy myself a bit?â
Donât even mention Slaaneshâs corruption.
Though this deserves high vigilance, often such thoughts donât stem from desire. Or even if they do, thereâs no energy for indulgence. Just wanting to find a place to watch the sea, the sunset, the sunrise, the stars, letting the mind go blankâdoing nothing, thinking nothing, is already a luxurious thing.
In this regard, so-called corruption is different.
However, even so, Gu Hang would swiftly discard these thoughts once they arose.
The current state of the Alliance, the Empire, and humanity leaves no room for the slightest negligence.
His time is almost entirely filled with no respite.
Certainly, he has a vast bureaucratic system that forms the Alliance Government to execute his will. Thanks to âplug-insâ, oversight, ideals, and the system, this bureaucratic structure can still maintain a certain level of purity, making huge progress compared to the Empireâs traditional bureaucracy, and it might be called a group of administrative operations.
He also has a transferred group of officers responsible for frontline warfare. They possess professional skills and have accumulated sufficient experience in long-term warfare. In most cases, they perform quite well.
In such circumstances, Gu Hang seems only to need to hold the right direction while letting his government and army execute the specific tasks.
However, itâs easier said than doneâwhat exactly is âbig directionâ?
When a rulerâs dominion involves tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of worlds, with a population reaching millions of billions, thinking strategically about the so-called âbig directionâ becomes extraordinarily complex.
Gu Hang couldnât help but doubt the saying of The Emperor about âentrusting the Human Empire to humanityââdid it undergo thorough deliberation?
How can a mortal ruler, regardless of their excellence and strength, govern such an Empire single-handedly?
This is an issue impossible to solve just by increasing the number of rulers. Merely growing the number of rulers is most likely to result in mutual accusations and hindrances rather than collective effort, decreasing efficiency instead.
Just look at the High Lords on Terra.
One authority, one person in charge, is undoubtedly the best.
But then comes the question: how can âone personâ govern the entire Human Empire effectively?
In Gu Hangâs view, the political condition of the Empire over the millennia is actually a huge regression in governance. Essentially, the Empire nearly abandoned centralization, âimperial power not reaching rural areasâ, with the Empireâs power rarely extending to planets, or to Star Sectors. The Central Empire has very few effective direct governance and management of star domain-level administrative institutions.
In peopleâs eyes, the Empire system, similar to feudalism, allows various âlordsâ to dominate, with Planetary Governors able to dictate all matters on their planet akin to sovereigns; Star Domain Heads are like powerful provincial lords; Cosmic Domain Chairs resemble regional Alliance Leadersâthis political stance is easily understandable.
Without effective direct governance from the Central Empire, devolution to localities has to occur. Then, try to either ally with or intimidate the Alliance Leaders and lords, barely maintaining the Human Empireâs ramshackle state for millennia.
Frankly, from this perspective, The Emperor has tried his best.
Without his ascension and his establishment of the Empire with his great achievements, ultimately forming the Human Empireâs collective spiritual will community with his divinized status as a religious belief, forcibly holding the Empire together... If not for this, the Empire would have long shattered into countless pieces.
Regardless of how inefficient, dark, ignorant, or corrupt one may deem the Empireâs rule... all negative terms can be thrown at the Empire, but no matter what, the Empireâs collective existence is indispensable. If the Human Empire were to collapse, it wouldnât survive these ten thousand years.
Extinction? Hard to say, but at least a complete collapse.
This is the value of the Empireâs existence.
And currently, within the Alliance, Gu Hang is crafting an upgraded version of the Human Empire.
Gu Hang once gleaned snippets from Robertâs passing comments and some ancient documents from the foundation era of grand expedition millennia ago.
They refer to it as a âbright eraâ, âbelieving in reason, believing in scienceâ, starkly different from the current Empire.
Gu Hang doesnât know if his Alliance has reached the image of the Empire during the foundation grand expedition period millennia ago, nor does he know if it has some older, so-called human Golden Age image...
But achieving the current state, Gu Hang has already exerted himself to the utmost.
Of course, heâs aware of some imperfections within the Alliance, but regardless, the Dark Side Expedition is continuously advancing, the internal economy of the Alliance is developing, and overall, peopleâs living standards are rising...
He canât do any better.
Moreover, while focusing on economic construction, political construction, and military expeditions, Gu Hang has many other tasks to address.
For instance, the secret research he initiated over a decade ago has yielded results.
Based on the Phoenixâs genetics, the final transplantation experiment on Martins, whom he summoned back, is considered... a half-success.
Gu Hang is relatively cautious, not making a grand spectacle nor successfully creating a true âSon of Godâ, âFather of Geneticsâ in reverse.
However, Martins has gained certain uniqueness.
Gu Hang refers to it as the âLittle Primordial Bodyâ.