The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 453: The Utopian System of a Giant Enterprise! The Fragments of the Star God on Mars!
In Terra's low-Earth orbit, the flagship of the Ninth Expeditionary Corps of the universe's giant enterprise, the Mantle of the World, stood quietly near the spaceport, like a sharp blade hanging over Terra's head.

When Jack Wells first drove the flagship of the Megacorp to Terra, the apprentices of the Martian Mechanicus and the local officials of Terra were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

A super-giant ship with a speed of 100 kilometers and the ability to fly vertically was truly an eye-opener for them. Compared with the giant enterprise's Mantle, their imperial flagship was like a small toy.

But after so many days, the imperial citizens here have gradually become accustomed to such a huge monster and slowly lost their fear of the Yibo.

At this moment, Guilliman was sitting in the bridge headquarters of the HMS Enterprise, discussing face to face with Paul Atreides about the optimization of the Imperial system.

"Regent Guilliman, what you want now is to learn our way of handling government affairs and to improve and optimize the government affairs system of the empire, right?"

After listening to Guilliman's information, Paul made a brief summary. Although he had just been promoted from a front-line pioneer to the management level, he still had some knowledge of this kind of political work.

After all, Father Leto Atreides is the head of the first family in the Dune universe. The political management secrets he has learned from childhood through observation and exposure are not something that ordinary people can learn.

So Paul was able to quickly understand what Guilliman wanted to express and knew exactly what the other party wanted.

"Yes, Mr. Paul, I will tell you the truth. Since the new route was fully opened, it only takes one or two days for government documents from all parts of the empire to reach Terra."

"Even for the most remote and isolated areas, it will take no more than five days to complete information transmission with Terra, which has doubled the pressure on Terra's government affairs processing system."

There was obvious helplessness in Guilliman's voice when he said this. Everything has two sides; it is impossible for there to be only a good side.

The new waterway system built by the Global Giant Enterprise for the Human Empire has indeed opened up the Ren and Du meridians for the Empire, expanding the Empire's political influence dozens of times.

But at the same time, the government documents Terra faces every day are dozens of times more than before, and the current scale of the High Lords' Council is almost unable to support such a huge amount of government data.

Judging from the current situation of the Human Empire, even if the Emperor and Malcador returned and worked overtime together, they would not be able to process all these numerous documents.

In fact, Horus also knew that among the documents and information transmitted to Terra from various regions of the Empire, only a very small part of the information was valuable, and the vast majority of the content was "parallel imports" that were used to fill in the gaps.

But he didn't dare to just give up. If he accidentally missed important information, it would be troublesome.

"In addition to recent government documents, there are also many documents that have been suppressed for decades or even centuries. If we continue to leave them alone, the empire will sooner or later run into big problems."

It was hard for Guilliman to imagine how the Empire managed to move forward with this outdated government system. Using a baby's heart to supply blood to an adult man, wouldn't that be fatal?

Paul nodded thoughtfully. In fact, his understanding of the Warhammer universe was no less than that of Guilliman, especially the part about the Human Empire.

In the database of the giant company's headquarters, there is a large amount of information for him to read and understand the current predicament of the empire.

When it comes to the political system of the world's giant companies, it is actually not that complicated, but it is not that advanced either.

The first is the most basic and common AI automatic management, which releases a large number of on-the-job government workers and uses AI to comprehensively supervise and assist in handling more than 95% of government issues.

The vast majority of government affairs issues are not that complicated, but because of the involvement of "human factors", small matters will become extremely brain-burning and complicated human relations work.

The emergence of AI directly eliminates this phenomenon.

Of course, the global giant is not completely rule-of-law. The core top-level design still needs to be completed by Li Ang himself. AI only replaces the more basic government work.

Therefore, the world's giant companies at this stage are 95% AI rule of law + 5% elite rule of people. This ratio is just right and can handle the complicated and complex government affairs with the highest efficiency.

In addition, AI Europa is responsible for taking over the data processing of all giant companies, and can also make everyone's income and property clear and transparent, so that any acts of corruption and bribery can be seen at a glance.

Relying on this core technology, committing corruption within a global giant is a completely high-risk and suicidal behavior.

However, the most crucial means to eliminate corruption is not AI-controlled big data, but the reasonable resource allocation channels and smooth upward channels provided by giant companies.

Only when everyone can obtain the resources they want reasonably and legally through their personal abilities can we truly achieve a world without thieves and without greed.

In a fair social environment, taking shortcuts will naturally become a high-risk, low-return approach, and over time no one will think of committing crimes.

Because it's completely unnecessary.

This is the utopian political system built by Li Ang. He never believes in people's moral character. He only believes that the environment is the basis for shaping whether people are good or bad.

That is why the giant corporations in the universe will continue to integrate the heavens and the universe, add and light up more technological points, improve scientific and technological productivity, and bring great material enrichment to the human world.

The amount of material resources directly determines the quality of human nature.

As long as we can keep making the pie bigger, we can realize our ideal utopian society.

Human nature is not bright, but it is not dark either.

The Universal Corporation has been able to reach this point today because it had already laid the foundation in Little Chinatown in Night City in the main universe. The four words "equivalent exchange" have long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Equivalent exchange not only has the beauty of science, but also reveals to mankind the key clue to social harmony. It is more practical and feasible than any slogan of peasant uprisings or revolutionary uprisings throughout history.

Guilliman wanted to learn the political system of the Universal Corporation and apply it to the Human Empire, but it would not work fundamentally because the basic conditions and foundation were not there.

The human empire lacks educational resources and is afraid of AI. In addition, enlightening the people is a long process, and it will take at least one or two generations to change.

To put it bluntly but truthfully, the management cost of the Warhammer universe is the highest that the universe giant has ever encountered, and it may even be the highest!

In addition to the evil gods and demons in the warp and the alien races lurking inside and outside the galaxy, there are also various conflicts within the human empire, between mortals and primarchs, and between civilians and nobles.

Even in the seemingly troublesome "Dune" universe, Leon only needs to control those aristocratic families, and he can basically control the entire human race in the "Dune" universe without much effort.

But this is not the case with the unified human empire.

Each force has its own interests, and most of these people are nobles from the Great Crusade. If reforms are to be carried out, their fundamental interests will inevitably be affected.

It is difficult to assimilate the Empire into a giant corporate regime in a short period of time. Even Leon is ready for a long-term transformation of the Warhammer universe.

This process will take at least twenty years, almost a generation.

"Mr. Paul, please help me for the sake of being human. If you have any other requests, please feel free to ask."

Guilliman knew everything that Paul had said, but he had to come up with a definite plan, even if it was only a temporary solution, as long as it could last until his father and Malcador returned.

If the current situation continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until that day.

Seeing this, Paul had no choice but to think of a way to help Guilliman.

Although the political system of the Universal Corporation is not suitable for the current human empire, it is not completely impossible to optimize the empire's current government system.

The entire process of handling government affairs is divided into three steps: discovering problems, reporting problems, and solving problems. After the new channel is opened, reporting problems is no longer a difficult task, and the only thing left is to solve the problems.

Solving a problem can be broken down into how to solve it and specific implementation plans and actions.

Obviously, the most time-consuming and labor-intensive part is the action of executing the plan, and the optimization that Global Giant can bring to the Empire is to help solve part of the execution process.

"Regent Guilliman, it's not that we don't want to help you with this matter. It's just that Megacorp and the Empire are different, and there are many areas where they are difficult to use together."

Paul did not rush to agree to Guilliman's request at the first moment, but deliberately made an expression of difficulty in making a decision. For outsiders, no matter how easy the task was, it had to be done with enough drama.

Only when the other party knows that things are difficult to handle will he cherish this and future cooperation opportunities. Paul, who has been involved in related transactions since he was a child, is naturally an experienced person who understands personal relationships and knows what he should do to maximize his benefits.

Seeing that Paul seemed to be planning to decline his request, Guilliman showed a disappointed look, but the next second, Paul changed the subject: "However, I do have an idea to solve the problem you are facing now."

Upon hearing that he still had a chance, Guilliman hurriedly asked, "What's the idea?"

No matter what method it is, as long as it can solve your urgent problem, it will be fine.

Guilliman was certain that if the human empire's political system continued to drag on, it would collapse sooner or later. If they didn't find a way to optimize it, the empire they had fought so hard to build would collapse at any time.

"After the completion of the new waterway, transportation across the empire has become much more convenient. Our fleet has mastered more advanced jump technology and can quickly reach any place in the empire."

"Now that the Great Crusade has just ended, the empire needs nothing more than rest and recuperation, and supplies and security forces are the most critical part of government affairs."

"We provide supplies and security forces, but we do not have the relevant law enforcement powers. As long as you give the Megacorp fleet certain law enforcement powers, you can let our fleet execute the government orders on behalf of Terra."

Paul looked calm and didn't think it would be an act of usurpation to ask the empire for the power to enforce the law.

"It would take too many complicated procedures for the Terran ruling department to command the Primarch's troops, but it would only take a word for the Megacorp fleet to do so."

"In this way, you can save a lot of time and clean up some invalid files."

What Paul did was equivalent to asking the Empire to package the giant corporate fleet as an imperial envoy, who could directly go to various parts of the Empire to work with the central government's mission.

Anyone who dares to disobey discipline will be beaten. Anyway, the Megacorp Fleet is not an internal unit of the Empire. If there is any trouble, go to the Imperial Regent Guilliman on Terra.

After listening to Paul's idea, Guilliman thought about it seriously. Although this method was a bit rough and might offend people, it was better than working himself to death!

Guilliman is not like Horus, who always thinks about brotherhood. He just does what needs to be done and leaves the offending work to the Enterprise. If the Primarch really blames him, the Enterprise will still stand in the way.

In addition, this method is highly feasible.

After all, the fleet of the Universal Corporation is powerful and no Primarch's army can be a match for the Corporation. If they really clash, the Primarch will definitely suffer.

When encountering the enforcement of the Megacorp fleet, Guilliman believed that as long as these Primarchs were not crazy, they would definitely try their best to avoid provoking the Megacorp to save themselves from suffering great losses.

"If that's the case, then on behalf of the billions of people in the human empire, I would like to express my deepest gratitude!"

Guilliman said solemnly: "Whatever you ask, just let me know. As long as it is within my scope of government, I will do it."

There is no such thing as a free benefit in this world. Guilliman also knows that if the fleet of the Cosmic Corporation really becomes the law enforcer appointed by Terra, the Corporation's own expenditure will definitely be an astronomical figure.

Regardless of whether this part of resource consumption is easy for the giant corporations, or what the relationship between the giant corporations and the empire is, the human empire must make a response.

Guilliman and Paul looked at each other. He was wondering what kind of treasure the Megacorp would ask the Empire for this time, a relic from the Golden Age or an STC module.

But these things are almost being snatched away by the world's giant corporations. If they are all given away one day, how can the Human Empire still trade and cooperate with the giant corporations?

Will the Mechanicus sages on Mars collapse and go crazy because of this?

At this moment, Guilliman sighed in his heart. He hoped that Paul would not make excessive demands. With the current financial resources of the Human Empire, there were really not many things that could be coveted by giant companies.

Soon, under Guilliman's gaze, Paul directly stated what he wanted: "The Emperor sealed a fragment of Star God on Mars a long time ago, and now we want to take this fragment away."

When he heard what Paul was asking for was a fragment of a star god, Guilliman couldn't help but frown. What was that thing and why had he never heard of it?

When did the Emperor seal this thing on Mars...

Seeing that Guilliman knew nothing about the news of the C'tan fragment, Paul smiled and said, "It's okay. If you can't make the decision on this matter, we can negotiate with the Emperor on our own."

"He is with us now, it is not difficult to contact him."

The Star God Fragments can be regarded as treasures from the age of ancient gods. Except for the Emperor and Malcador, other humans have no idea what they are.

Currently, the Cosmic Corporation is trying to get some Star God fragments from the Necrons, but Trazyn's efficiency is shockingly low.

Almost half a year has passed, and there has been no reply. It may be because his interpersonal relationships are too poor and no one believes his nonsense. Now he is trying to find a way to convince other Necron Overlords.

Of course, the giant corporations of the universe could not just sit there and wait, so they turned their attention to the Human Empire.

In the Warhammer universe, the C'tan are an ancient and powerful species that enjoys devouring planets, stealing their energy to give themselves terrifying powers that distort reality.

These star gods were born after the Big Bang. They are pure energy life forms born from stars. In the early days, they had no fixed form, and even their consciousness was only in a state of autonomous eating.

The overall image looks like a collection of dust circling around a star, silently devouring the star's energy until the entire star is drained dry.

Before they encountered the Necrontyr, the predecessors of the Necrons, they mostly devoured planets silently, eating wherever they went.

After the Necrontyr discovered this powerful species, they used a kind of living metal to create bodies for them and shape their flesh.

From that moment on, the star gods seemed to have suddenly awakened. The fusion of body and soul gave them self-awareness and extraordinary wisdom.

But the Star Gods do not possess so-called moral concepts.

Not long after, a star god named Murphitlan the Deceiver deceived himself into believing that he could help the Necrontyr to ascend mechanically, transcending the Three Realms and being outside the Five Elements.

But in fact, Murphtlan joined forces with other star gods to secretly devour the souls of the entire Necrontyr race, turning the Necrontyr into today's Necron.

However, things turn around, and the War in Heaven involving the C'tan, the Necrontyr and the Old Ones almost destroyed the Warhammer universe, which resulted in less and less material resources available for the C'tan to consume.

Soon, famine began to spread.

At this time, the deceiver Murphitlan began to deceive the leader of the Star God camp, the Nightbringer, telling him that he had to strike first and devour the other Star Gods.

Once the gap between each other and the beginning of the cycle of mutual devouring began, the entire Star God species immediately fell into a horrific situation of internecine slaughter.

After the civil war, only four of the strongest Star Gods remained in the vast Star God camp. They were Nightbringer, Deceiver, Void Dragon and Outsider.

Just when the Star Gods were severely damaged, the Necrons suddenly attacked the Star Gods, using an ultimate weapon to blow almost all the surviving Star Gods into pieces.

These scattered fragments of Star God were imprisoned by the Necrons in the hypercube maze and used as power banks or weapons.

The Star Gods fought internally and the Necrons stole the home. During the whole process, only the sixth Star God, the "Outsider", survived to the end and was not blown into ashes. He successfully escaped.

Although the difference between the fragments of Star God and the complete Star God is huge, it is definitely a rare treasure for the giant companies in the world at this stage.

However, the reason why the giant corporations want the fragments of Star God is not to covet that insignificant power or energy.

Instead, he wanted to obtain the knowledge controlled by the Star Gods, and study the nature of this special species of Star Gods, to see if he could create a "flesh body" for gods such as Amon and Yuanshi Tianzun.

The thought of having gods sitting in the ideal city, the capital of a global giant, is exciting enough.

(End of this chapter)