Following Soshyan in patrolling the two planets were sages from Ulan Huda. After simple calculations, their team believed that developing Naisen-1 was a very cost-effective thing. It is close to the star and is convenient for large facilities. Using solar energy resources to reduce the planet's dependence on external energy can just make up for Ulan Huda's increasing demand for minerals as its industry develops rapidly.
Since they said so, Soshyan had no objection and handed over the development work of Naisen-1 to Ulanhuda.
Nathan 2 is pretty much the same. It has a high surface temperature, a thin atmosphere, and a high concentration of heavy elements. It’s just not as extreme as Nathan 1. At least servitors with protective devices can still walk on the planet’s surface. It’s difficult to develop here. It is relatively small, and the collection station and orbital station of Griffin 4 were still in operation before the delivery.
Ulan Huda was not polite, and directly took over the management of all facilities with Soshyan's authorization. They have a package of development plans in the future. Of course, not only Ulan Huda will contribute to these plans, but also two subordinates of the Star Knights. Both hive worlds also need to contribute. After all, Ulanhuda is not close to each other, and the resources developed here are also in demand in both hive worlds.
After seeing the two resource planets, Soshyan immediately set off for Nessen-5.
As the second civilized world in the galaxy, the natural conditions of Nathan 5 are slightly worse than that of Nathan 4. Because it is further away from the star, its ground temperature is much lower than that of Nathan 4. This also makes it difficult for the world to sustain food. It was not easy for me. Later, the world discovered many rare mineral resources with huge reserves. Therefore, with the help of the Outer Galaxy Trade Association, many cities dedicated to mining and primary industry were born, which in turn caused the planet's population to expand rapidly. It also expanded and turned into a hive, and the entire planet's environment was further destroyed, forcing Nessen-5 to have to be fed by agricultural worlds in neighboring galaxies.
In comparison, the natural environment of Nathan IV is better preserved, and the climate is more moderate. After becoming the station of the Astral Knights and being exempted from tithes, the huge organic farm of Nathan IV actually made the planet more beautiful. Achieving self-sufficiency - of course, this is also due to the planet's ability to transfer some industries, especially heavy industries, to orbit, and this is also due to the assistance of the Astartes Chapter and Ulan Huda. A normal planet is very It is difficult to achieve this because not only the amount of work is huge, but the safety issues are also more serious.
Due to prior notification, when Soshyan's flagship arrived in the orbit of Nessen 5, all the upper-level people, including the planet's governor, were already waiting in the empty airport reception hall.
After a while of meaningless pleasantries, Soshiyang took the luxury airship prepared by the Planet Governor and began to inspect the world that already belonged to the war group.
After entering the atmosphere, Soshyan found that the air quality in this world was indeed very bad. The clouds were almost all gray and black. He could imagine what people on the ground saw when they raised their heads - no sun, eternal haze.
As the airship slowly lowered its altitude, through the observation window, Soshyan could see the spire of Karin Hive standing through the clouds - this is also the core of the planet's capital.
The moment he entered the clouds, Soshyan felt as if he had dived from the sunny water into the dark underwater.
At first, his vision was just blurry, but as the huge exhaust port of the airship blew away the mist, he saw the true appearance of this cold world - the exhaust tower of the giant power station spewed out an endless stream of gray smoke. Between them are wider, lower cooling towers, heat haze rippling around the massive, monstrous facility, and the city's stacked neighborhood guard towers and communications masts appear dark gray against the black.
Soshyan adjusted the focus of the observation window, and his vision passed over the land that was almost completely covered by the drifting fog. On the hundreds of square kilometers of land around the city, there were craters big enough to accommodate a Titan, which had been collected. Some of the leaky mines have been filled with wastewater and turned into huge chemical lakes, while others have become homes for tribes of scavengers and wanderers who cannot even establish a hive.
Soshyan's sight passed through the industrial wasteland outside the hive city, and finally stopped at the outline of the hive city that was getting closer and closer.
In all directions of the hive city, large turrets stand in the vague mist. The entire cone-shaped city does not look like a human habitation, but more like a majestic steel mountain. Different areas are separated by alloy retaining walls, and there are intervals in the middle of the retaining walls. At one point there is a Gothic spire, both equipped with platforms and void shield generators, casting jagged silhouettes against the dusky landscape.
Compared to the pure skies, forests and mountains of Nessen 4, this is simply a picture of hell, a nightmare of high industrial pollution clogged with smoke and ash.
Although he was so high up that he couldn't see any specific life, Soshyan knew what was happening inside the dark metal walls of this giant hive.
He knew that tens of billions of creatures lived there, filling crowded and crude living units like rats in sewers. He also knew that both men and women had to work for more than ten hours a day in various roaring factories. Producing goods or weapons that can be exchanged for profit in assembly lines with harsh conditions. He also knew that the only thing they could do besides work was to return to the small room of less than ten square meters after leaving exhausted, starting from the cheapest Get a little flickering light in the lumen lamp.
Above all, he knew that the basic needs of human existence—eating, sleeping, reproducing, laughing, and dreaming—could only be met occasionally here.
The vast majority of people can only survive half-dead in stress and hard labor. The vast majority of people may not survive past forty, and the point of all this is simply to produce more resources and materials for the operation of Imperial institutions and wars across the galaxy. ——Of course, there are also "a little bit" of the rulers' small selfish desires and enjoyments.
Soshyan never believed the excuse that he didn't know because he didn't see it. Some people just pretended not to know.
In such an environment, people are just raw materials, components, and materials in the eternal feast, and this feast has lasted for ten thousand years, and no one knows when it will end.
Soshiyan knew this. During the expedition to the Maelstrom, he knew that the same thing was happening in at least a hundred worlds. Almost all the nests in the empire were the same as here, wrapped in smoke. They were nothing but hives of hard labor and despair. It is neither, and the meaning of human beings has become nothing.
What can save a person from such a situation?
He thought in his mind.
What can make people's lives no longer in vain?
Soshyan sighed, he couldn't find the answer, even now he needs this flesh and blood machine to continue to operate.
I haven’t written much about farming. This is considered a new attempt, and there may be some imperfections later on. Let’s just make do with it——
(End of chapter)
