The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 436: Surrender to the Emperor and Atone for Your Sins! Questioning the Government and the Giant Enterprises!
Magnus' body was shaking violently. He could clearly feel the powerful majesty coming from the Emperor, which made his lower body as stiff as iron.

At this moment, he remembered what Guilliman had said to him. Now was not the time to confront the Emperor head-on. He had to survive and wash away the shame for the Thousand Sons Legion.

He must take this step given to him by the emperor!

"I plead guilty. I am a sinner of the empire."

Magnus sighed sadly, as if all his energy was drained away. He looked at the floor in despair and muttered to himself:

"Tzeentch deceived me and made me destroy Prospero and the Thousand Sons Legion with my own hands. I have brought this upon myself. My foolish actions have led to this tragedy."

Under the pressure of the Emperor, Magnus completely surrendered and admitted defeat. Although he did not feel guilty in his heart, he had to admit his crimes in person.

The Emperor didn't care whether Magnus thought he was guilty or innocent. He just wanted him to surrender and admit his mistakes.

As for who is right or wrong in the end, it doesn’t matter. From each of our respective standpoints, the only sinner is the other person, not ourselves.

Malcador on the side secretly glanced at Magnus. He could see that Magnus still had the desire to live at this moment, and the belief supporting his desire was to wash away the shame for Prospero.

Only Magnus could do this.

The Emperor also saw this. If he did not help Magnus restore the glory of the Thousand Sons Legion, this foolish boy would probably choose to commit suicide immediately.

Therefore, he must be given a new goal in life so that he has no time to worry about anything else and no time to waste on internal energy.

Malcador and the Emperor looked at each other, and each determined the next countermeasure from the other's eyes.

We must keep Magnus, he is still useful now.

Magnus's psychic talent is extremely valuable. As long as he can turn back from his mistakes, he can continue to use it. Although he cannot become a Primarch and lead a legion, he can still use it as a pure Imperial blade.

"Magnus, I am giving you a chance to atone for your mistakes. Do you want to be a coward and evade the guilt, or do something for the dead Prospero like a warrior?"

The Emperor finally threw a lifeline to Magnus.

But in order to complete the process of repentance and correcting mistakes, Magnus pretended to think for a long time before looking up at the Emperor and asking in a hoarse voice:
"What can I do to cleanse myself of my sins and atone for what I have done?"

"You have to ask yourself." The Emperor looked down at Magnus coldly and responded, "You betrayed the Empire, colluded with the evil god and killed tens of billions of Prospero's people."

"What do you think you should do to atone for your sins?"

The Emperor would not do a one-time deal with Magnus, letting him do one or two things and then forget about it.

Magnus must spend his whole life to pay for the mistakes he made!
Hearing this, Magnus couldn't help but sneer. As expected, this cunning old man was waiting for him here.

He must live and serve the Emperor all his life, but he will no longer enjoy the honor and treatment of a Primarch. He will exist as a pure tool.

Only until the day of his death would the reputation of the Thousand Sons and Prospero be restored.

"I am willing to accept any arrangement made by the Emperor, whether it is execution or imprisonment, I have no regrets."

Magnus finally lowered his proud head and politely expressed his submission to the Emperor.

The Emperor looked at Magnus carefully for a few seconds. After observing that he was still a little unconvinced, but no longer in his previous self-destructive and demented state, he nodded and said:
"Malcador, take him down and show him everything there is to know about the Warp. From now on, he will pay the price for his desire to explore by forever hiding his identity."

The human empire prohibits the belief in any religion. The only religion is firm materialism.

Since the truth in the warp can no longer be hidden from Magnus, let him see it to his heart's content.

"Yes."

Malcador bowed slightly to the Emperor, then took Magnus away, leaving the Emperor alone in the huge palace.

Thinking of the AI ​​Iron Man fleet that appeared in the Prospero system and the evil god Tzeentch in the Warp, the Emperor suddenly felt worried.

If Tzeentch continues to pluck the strings of time and brings the Iron Fleet of the Golden Age here through the Warp, can the Human Empire still withstand such a natural disaster?

With the four evil gods, a group of powerful AI iron man fleets, or some ancient powerful civilization fleets, the entire galaxy will surely burn up completely!
The Empire has finally recovered from the Dark Ages to its current situation. If Tzeentch really succeeds, the Emperor's hundreds of years of hard work will be wasted.

The superluminal navigation technology that the Universal Corporation has given to the Empire will take at least a few years to be fully promoted.

During this period, the evil gods of the subspace may stir up new turmoil at any time, and civilizations from different time and space may ignite war in the Milky Way.

If we start the unlimited free-for-all mode, the human empire will have no chance of development and can only struggle in the quagmire.

The negative emotions such as death and wailing brought about by the war can nourish the four gods of the subspace and make their power even stronger.

Perhaps the Human Empire at this stage is the fat pig that the Four Gods of Chaos have long coveted, and they are just waiting to slaughter it at this moment during the New Year.

The Emperor fell into deep thought again.

The Four Chaos Gods in the Warp have always existed in all timelines of this universe. Their advantages are so great that they can take the initiative at any time.

It is absolutely impossible for the Human Empire to completely eliminate the evil gods of the Warp, so the only measure the Emperor can take is to promote materialistic thought and eliminate the connection between humans and the Warp.

But this kind of decision itself has a kind of ostrich-like absurdity. The subspace is real, and psychic power is real.

In this universe, materialism is not the absolute truth. A lie requires more lies to package it, but the truth cannot be concealed after all.

Before the Iron Fleet appeared, the Emperor thought that the evil gods of the Warp could only use some cheap tricks to deceive people and thereby influence the real world.

But now it seems that these evil gods can completely draw on fleet forces from other time and space to compete with the empire!

Can the human empire really withstand the alien forces coming from all directions...

'We must contact the Universal Corporation.'

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During this period, Paul Atreides met many high-ranking officials of the Empire on Terra, such as the high lords in charge of internal affairs, law, and the Astra Militarum, as well as the Arbitrators and others.

The reason they met with Paul was nothing more than their own political demands.

Judging from the military strength and technological power demonstrated by the world's giant corporations, the Human Empire will sooner or later be incorporated into the giant corporations' territory.

Although no one mentioned this fact, and no one dared to mention it, how could these old-timers who have been in politics for many years not know this? Informing Paul, a senior executive of a giant company, in advance would also facilitate his future appointment.

Anyway, the World Corporation is also a human regime, so what they are doing is not considered surrendering to the enemy, they just want to make progress, there is nothing wrong with that.

Paul also expressed his willingness to accept everyone who comes. If everyone is so aware, then the work of the global giants in integrating the Warhammer universe will be much easier.

At this moment, Malcador had come to find Paul with the Emperor's order, hoping that he would enter the palace as soon as possible to discuss important matters with the Emperor.

"Sir Paul, the Emperor has sent his personal guards. Please come to the palace as soon as possible. I think our cooperation this time will be more profound than the previous ones!"

Machado gave Paul a shot of prevention in advance.

The Prime Minister personally invited Paul and the Emperor's personal guards escorted him. It was obvious that the matter the Emperor wanted to discuss with Paul was of great importance.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Paul nodded with a smile on his face. He had finally waited for this moment.

Since Magnus was escorted to Terra, Paul was informed of everything that happened in Prospero and his next mission at the first time.

In addition to taking advantage of the empire's technology for free, the most important thing is to reach a strategic cooperation with the emperor so that the two sides can have closer exchanges.

Whether it is individuals or groups, the way to quickly improve relationships with each other is to become comrades-in-arms.

The suspension bridge effect applies not only to individuals but also to civilizations.

Now the AI ​​Iron Man fleet is roaming the galaxy and may cause destruction to human colonies at any time. They must act as soon as possible to conquer this harm.

Only a global giant can build an iron man fleet.

After accepting Malcador's invitation, the Custodians quickly escorted Paul to the depths of the Terran Palace.

On the long steps of the palace, the Emperor remained in deep thought. After seeing that the guards had brought the people away, he ordered everyone to leave the hall, leaving only himself and Paul.

Looking at the extremely sacred and solemn emperor, Paul couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the personal charm of this human monarch was indeed unique.

If he had not already met the giant enterprise governor Le Ang, perhaps he would have prostrated himself before the emperor and chosen to serve the empire.

When all the guards in the hall had left, the Emperor looked at Paul and said slowly, "Universal Corporation... your political system seems to be private capital ownership."

"Everything belongs to your archon's personal property, including the lives of his subjects. This is even more totalitarian than totalitarianism."

"Don't you feel pain?"

Right from the start, the emperor threw difficult questions to Paul and questioned the system of the global giant company.

Although doing so could easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings and trouble, it was still necessary for the Emperor to discuss this issue with Paul before he officially decided to hand over the reins of the empire.

In his mind, the golden age of mankind should be an era of freedom, unrestrained thinking and active ideas, but a country where everything is privatized does not seem to be able to achieve this.

"Everything in the Universal Corporation does belong to the Archon, but our Archon does not rely on totalitarian power to satisfy his personal desires. Everything he does only follows the principle of equal exchange."

Faced with the difficult questions thrown by the emperor, Paul calmly explained to him the development concept of the world's giant enterprise.

No matter which system it is, to put it bluntly, it is rule by man. Only absolute centralization can drive the state apparatus to the greatest extent, and the centralization that is higher than the imperial power is the end product!
A producer without vision will treat human life as worthless, ignore the creative value of people themselves, and exploit people's energy and brainpower like drinking poison to quench thirst.

What Li Ang has always done is very simple, that is to open up the upward channel and give opportunities to everyone who desires to make progress.

The Transcendental AI Europa monitors the information, income, work performance and other data of every executive of a giant company.

It is clear who is committing corruption and who is just sitting there doing nothing.

On the surface, the Global Corporation implements a cruel capital system, but in reality, Li Ang is the only oligarch in the entire corporation.

He didn't even have a wife or relatives to share power with. All the resources and power of the universe were concentrated in him alone, making him like a god.

The Emperor nodded thoughtfully, pondering over what Paul had said. Guilliman had once reported to him about the conditions of human life in Ideal City.

Judging from videos, photos and other materials, the world's giant companies seem to have really enabled mankind to achieve social harmony and a prosperous civilization.

Li Ang shared all his assets absolutely fairly, so even aliens could benefit from it and get their share.

Such ability and vision are truly admirable.

"What do you think of the Human Empire? I want to hear your opinions."

The emperor continued to ask, he said that, actually he just wanted to know what the Universal Corporation thought of him, and wanted to know how the other party viewed him as the emperor.

Paul was also very sensible. He directly addressed the point that the Emperor wanted to know and began to praise the Emperor:

"Since the end of the Golden Age, you have led humanity to rebuild the human empire from a galaxy filled with alien races. Such great achievements are obvious to all."

"Such achievements and merits are so impressive that even our archons are amazed."

What Paul said was not false. The Warhammer universe was so corrupt that even Leon had no plans to colonize it immediately.

The main hidden dangers in this universe must be completely eliminated before humans from other universes can be allowed to migrate here with peace of mind.

Countless alien monsters, evil gods of the subspace, and the raging war inside and outside the galaxy, the chaos here is appalling.

It is an extremely rare miracle that the emperor could raise the torch of hope for human civilization and safeguard the development of human civilization in such a harsh environment, and turn the tide with his own strength.

Before the appearance of the Emperor, human civilization had already declined to the point of near extinction. At that time, humans had become food for alien races and were living in danger at any time.

If the Emperor had not launched a great crusade that lasted hundreds of years to sweep the universe and eliminate alien races in the galaxy, the human empire would never have been as large as it is today.

"Inside the top management of the Universal Corporation, many people think highly of you. Although there are many problems with the empire's system, it is a big problem to maintain such a huge empire."

“It’s not easy to achieve what we have now.”

Paul knew that a powerful ruler like the emperor would definitely not want to hear only nice words, and that only appropriate and subtle reminders could make the other party more convinced.

(End of this chapter)