67: Chapter 67 Pantheism

The final item was the construction of the intelligent network coverage, although the Mechanical Pioneer Race had a public and unified civilization consciousness.

However, the transmission of consciousness also required time to react; the farther the distance, the slower the reaction, coupled with the fact that besides the Mechanical Pioneer Race, many other low-level mechanical lives would be born in the future.

The management and command of these mechanical lives all needed to be carried out with the aid of a unified intelligent network.

001 suggested establishing different communication nodes in the form of data towers to cover all mechanical life within the entire Divine Kingdom.

This cost would ultimately be around 5 billion Faith Points.

"All of the above engineering projects are completed, and the construction is expected to cost 35 billion Faith Points. At the same time, calculated based on the currently allocated 20% productivity within the Divine Kingdom, it will take about five years to complete all construction."

"Five years?" Fang Yun was somewhat surprised. So fast? Wouldn't that mean his Divine Kingdom could completely finish mechanization in just five days from the outside world's perspective?

001 seemed to notice that Fang Yun had some doubts, and thinking that the Divine Master thought it was too slow, it proceeded to explain.

"This is calculated based on current production capacity, but the mechanical civilization does not experience fixed growth."

"As the mechanized area expands, new production equipment is manufactured, and new mechanical lives join, the production efficiency within the Divine Kingdom will continuously improve."

"Therefore, if the material supply is sufficient, the actual completion time is estimated to be around three years."

After hearing the explanation, Fang Yun also calmed down. After all, he had already established a Tier 2 mechanical civilization, and the current Divine Kingdom still had the amplification of [Glorious Evolution], so this timeframe was still considered reasonable.

"Alright, 001, you will be temporarily in full charge of the subsequent development of the Divine Kingdom. If you have any needs, contact me or Eve in time. When I am not around, you can contact Eve; she can reach me."

"Understood, Divine Master."

Fang Yun summoned Eve, who was sleeping, and instructed her that if 001 needed any materials, she should purchase them directly from the store.

As a special life created by a high-ranking human deity to manage the Divine Kingdom, Eve could directly connect to the Alliance network, and after being authorized by the Divine Master, she could also operate using the Divine Master's account.

After arranging the matters within the Divine Kingdom, the most important thing for Fang Yun next was to find sales channels for the mechanical combat soldiers.

Currently, according to his plan, he would sell a portion of these combat soldiers to the Fang Family through his dad's channels, and sell another portion in the store.

This kind of operation was very common among many major families in the Federation, where the family provided subsidies and funding when members had not yet grown up, and once the family members grew up, they would repay the family.

Only in this way could the entire family flourish forever, pass down the torch from generation to generation, and continuously emerge with new talents.

This was also the reason why Marshal Fang Qing flew into a rage upon learning that Fang Chengtiang and others used the next generation's subsidies, which was equivalent to digging up the roots of the Fang Family.

Today was Sunday; Fang Yun simply packed his luggage and would set out for Yuxiu Star tomorrow.

Not knowing how many days he would stay this time, Fang Yun packed the few sets of spare clothes and daily necessities he usually wore and put them into the storage space of his wrist watch.

Wang Xinrou and her sister were still staying here during the summer vacation, which could be considered looking after the house for him.

The visitor permissions inside the villa had already been opened to them; they could freely enter some public areas, and there were a dozen robot housekeepers taking care of them, completely sparing Fang Yun any worry.

What puzzled Fang Yun was that he hadn't seen Sister Wanyin for a long time. She had left him a message yesterday saying that his dad sent her to retrieve an item, and she had temporarily arranged other guards to protect his safety.

Fang Yun didn't think too much about it. Anyway, it was his dad's arrangement, so there shouldn't be any problems.

At the intersection of the northern and western parts of the Human Federation, Italami Star.

At all times, countless giant starships passed through the star gates to arrive outside the atmosphere of this massive planet, and the teleportation arrays inside the planet kept flashing with brilliant light.

This was one of the most important transportation hubs of the Federation, where hundreds of millions of personnel and supplies passed through every day to head to different star domains.

Many cross-star-domain teleportation arrays and star gates had established transfer stations here, which also made the transportation and trade industries of Italami Star extremely developed.

The star gate was a docking station for starships, and starships set off from here to navigate through interstellar routes.

Teleportation arrays could directly teleport, but every activation required massive amounts of energy, making them extremely expensive.

Three thousand meters underground on Italami Star, inside an underground facility that had been abandoned for hundreds of years.

In the dim hall, several figures stood quietly atop stone pillars, surrounded by densely packed believers sitting around.

The walls were carved with twisted and eerie symbols, and a pitch-black flame slowly burned on the central altar.

Ryan Weiss had joined the Pantheon not long ago, and because of his extraordinary talent, he became a saint candidate of the Pantheon, thus having the privilege of participating in this gathering.

This was his first time participating in a gathering within the cult, and he secretly sized up the big figures on the stone pillars.

"The time for the target to arrive at Italami Star has been determined: tomorrow."

A hoarse voice sounded, and a man wearing a black robe in the hall slowly opened his eyes.

Half a mask was worn on his face, and his exposed eyes were filled with murderous intent.

One of the twelve great priests of the Pantheon—Death Priest Casickaya!

The Pantheon was one of the largest and most secretive heresy organizations within the Human Federation.

They were born in the early days of human expansion into the sea of stars, initially just an organization of scholars studying alien civilizations and exploring the truths of the universe.

However, as humans continuously encountered threats from all races such as the Zerg, the Undead, and the Abyss civilization, some people gradually developed an extreme ideology.

"Humans cannot defeat all races with their own strength. Since they cannot become the powerhouses of the universe, they should choose to submit to a greater existence."

They believed that humanity's biggest mistake was arrogantly thinking that they could become the overlord of the universe.

But in reality, human civilization was not qualified at all to stand at the peak of the sea of stars; the only correct path was to accept the grace of higher-level ethnic groups.

Beside him, a tall man in a black robe sneered.

"Marshal Fang Qing is truly cautious, hiding this son so deeply all these years."

"If it weren't for that person providing the information, we probably wouldn't find an opportunity until he broke through to the divine realm."

Although the Pantheon was called an evil cult by the Federation, being able to exist within the Human Federation for so many years, it naturally couldn't just rely on faith to bewitch ordinary people.

Behind them, they similarly had their own intelligence network, and even... the shadow of the human upper echelons.

"Is the news reliable?"

An old man asked in a deep voice.

"Will Fang Yun really pass through Italami Star?"

The black-robed man in charge of intelligence nodded.

"Absolutely reliable. The target's current location is Canglan Star in the northern part of the Federation."

"The geographical position of Italami Star within the territory of the Human Federation is in the center of the north and west, and it is a transit star that must be passed from the north to the west."

"If he chooses to take the teleportation array when returning home this time, then Italami Star is a must-pass road he absolutely cannot bypass."

"According to the intelligence data provided, Marshal Fang Qing should arrange for people to escort him back to the Molan Star Domain, while he himself remains stationed at the Western Front."