After a moment of silence, the warden said hesitantly:
"Report to Chapter Commander Nathan VI that the environment is harsh, with low temperatures all year round, and the underground rock formations are very solid. In fact, the minerals that the prisoners can mine are very limited. It is more to make them repent during labor and consume their energy to avoid Commit more violence."
"Just answer my questions."
Seeing that his last struggle was interrupted, the warden pursed his lips. He knew that lying at this time was seeking death. The other party would definitely have a way to find out, and he would not get any benefits from the legal marshal if he took the risk.
He was about to retire anyway, and he had saved a lot of money in his small treasury, so there was no need to take risks for the sake of the department.
"Last year, the total output of all types of raw ore was 571 million tons."
In fact, this number is indeed consistent with the "limited" description described by the warden, which is less than a fraction of the output of Naisen No. 5 raw ore.
But equally, this is an income that cannot be underestimated, especially for a department.
Soshyan didn't ask about the final destination of these raw ores, and there was no point in asking. He only wanted to know one thing now.
"How long will it take to relocate all the prisoners on the planet?"
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The warden thought for a while before cautiously answering:
"If it's all, it will take at least 3 years. Chapter Commander, many prisoners are now living in underground mines. We can only guarantee that they cannot leave the planet, but we cannot guarantee that we can pull them out of the rat's nest. This It’s a very complex and huge job.”
"I can't wait that long, Warden, 2 months. I only give 2 months. I can increase the number of ships. You inform all the prisoners. In 2 months, the Mechanicus will pour poison gas into all the underground structures on the planet." There’s going to be a big purge in the mine tunnel, what’s the situation with the female prisoners on the planet?”
"Reporting to the Chapter Leader, the number of female prisoners is 811,902, with an average age of 26 years old."
"Except for special-class serious criminals, the rest of the female prisoners will be placed alone in the space station first. Those with children or pregnant women will be given clean clothes, enough food and medicine."
Soshyan plans to recolonize Naisen No. 6. The temperature here is a little lower, but not to the point where survival is impossible. If the city's heating can be guaranteed, there will be no problem. Those original prisons can be transformed into cities. He plans to Slowly transferring the mining industry of Nathan V to Nathan VI will reduce the population pressure on Nathan V and alleviate the pollution of the planet.
Colonization requires a population. Although it is possible to "catch" a group of people here through coercive administrative power, if the planet is to develop for a long time, it must be truly attractive and allow people to flow here spontaneously.
The large number of unmarried women of school age is an attraction in itself. It’s not that Soshyan wants to engage in forced marriage. These female prisoners themselves have to work first in exchange for freedom. It’s just that generally speaking, women’s crimes are usually relatively minor, and the most serious ones are Generally, it is murder, rarely involving serial killings, riots and heresy-type vicious and serious crimes. Even a considerable number of women are involved by the entire family under the conjoined system of imperial law. (Lao Mo didn’t do boxing. The proportion of vicious crimes committed by women is indeed relatively small. This is a fact)
Rather than continue to be tortured in hell on earth, these female prisoners might as well use some of their remaining energy and make them part of the colonial plan. For single men at the bottom of the hive, a world with many women and little pressure from labor and taxation is still possible. Arranging housing and work should be quite attractive.
"Then let's decide, 2 months, Warden, within 2 months you have to clear this world. Whether it's killing or transferring, you decide for yourself. This is an internal matter of the Ministry of Justice, so I won't have to interfere with it. , the new prison is being built very quickly, the barracks there are much smarter than here, and the facilities are also very complete, I think you and the prison guards will like it."
In fact, it is not that Soshiyang has never thought of using these male prisoners, but on the one hand, there are indeed quite a few scum among them, such as perverted murderers, serial rapists, etc. It takes a considerable amount of time to filter them out, and Nathan Six There is no time to wait here for the colonization work of the number, so the Ministry of Justice can only transfer the prisoners first, and then slowly select those who can be used according to needs, whether as a punishment corps or for other functions, it is the same Pen human resources.
The key point is that Soshyan does not intend to interfere too much with the law enforcement of the Ministry of Justice. In any case, high-pressure law enforcement is still an important means to maintain planetary stability. Soshyan can see the tenacious and struggling side of the people, and he can also see the blind obedience of the people. And the side that is easy to incite, to maintain stability in the current cultural atmosphere of the empire, strict laws are ultimately necessary - all decisions he makes currently are ultimately based on long-term goals and practical interests.
After Soshyan made the decision, the warden knew that there was no chance of improvement, so he could only quickly return to his command post and start the busy work of transferring prisoners.
However, as soon as the Warden left, Mechanical Priest Nasu Mastenbrooke found Soshyan. This Mechanical Priest brought back from the Maelstrom showed amazing talents during his time in the Chapter, especially During the research on the Extinction Legacy Machine and the Lost Soul Messenger, it was discovered that the core circuits of these two mysterious machines are a structure similar to a thinking logic tree, which means that this machine has "consciousness", but this This consciousness was cut off by something - it actually manifested itself as an extremely fine nanometer-level liquid metal flow, and this liquid metal flow and the red talisman on Fentian can produce a unique quantum signal reaction. , which is why Fentian can control them.
Nasu Mastenbrook's research gave Soshyan very important information, which proved that gray marrow can not only act on the human body, but those nano-level liquid metal flows are likely to be a variant of gray marrow, or even It is the original form of gray marrow. If we follow this inference and change our thinking, then Xerxes' plan was probably not initially applied to the human body!
In addition, although Soshyan did not let Nasu Mastenbrooke study those mysterious holy eagles, he guessed that these things may also have gray marrow inside. He also remembered Elena saying that these things can fight against the virus. The body was even specially prepared to fight the original body. He once doubted this. However, Nasu Mastenbrooke's discovery gave him a guess. Xerxes might have just wanted to use the gray marrow to create a body. A very powerful war weapon, and the targets of these war weapons are his brothers!
Would Xerxes harbor such ill will towards his brother? At least judging from the memories Soshiyang saw, it shouldn’t be the case. There is a high probability that someone arranged or asked him to do this——
Who can arrange the original body?
It's just one or two people.
But suddenly, Xerxes gave up this plan and instead began to study the plan of transplanting gray marrow into the Astartes.
So inferring from the timeline, this probably has a lot to do with Xerxes' sudden change of attitude after going to Terra!
