Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic-Chapter 1090 - 549: Jing Clan, Jing God, and the Path of Upper Scenery (2)
Just as the Jing Clan was preparing to halt their expansion and focus on developing the resources of their River System, Jing God issued a new divine oracle: dispatch the "Upper Scenery Ship" to travel beyond the River System and spread the "Path of Upper Scenery."
Naturally, the Jing Clan people complied with Jing God’s oracle.
Soon, a multitude of "Upper Scenery Ships" ascended into the sky, leaping beyond the River System.
The Jing Clan people were not adept at long-distance deep space navigation, which presupposed having a clear route and destination.
Without a target, random hyperspace jumps could propel them a great distance.
However, if done so, the final landing point would be unknown.
After the jump, it was virtually impossible to return.
These "Upper Scenery Ships" were essentially one-way missions, solely for spreading the "Path of Upper Scenery."
And the Junyi Star System received assistance due to the arrival of one such Upper Scenery Ship.
This was the information Su Yu gathered regarding Jing God.
After reviewing it, Su Yu frowned and pondered for a moment, feeling it somewhat peculiar.
This "Jing God," could it really be such a perfect deity?
Help given freely, without seeking anything in return—is it true? Is there really such a god in this universe?
Su Yu found himself struggling to believe it.
According to his experience, anything associated with the word ’god’ usually wasn’t anything good.
"However, one cannot generalize; isn’t the Mechanical God a remarkably good deity? I wonder when He will awaken..."
Su Yu suddenly recalled his old friend, the Mechanical God, this pure physical deity, seemed to also possess traits of giving freely, without asking for returns.
Thinking of the Mechanical God, Su Yu’s impression of the supposed Jing God improved slightly.
But doubts lingered.
Su Yu thought for a moment and inquired, "If the Jing Clan seeks no return, why do you worship Jing God? Are you brainwashed?"
The old man replied, "Not at all, we simply find Jing God worthy of worship, so we voluntarily converted."
Upon hearing this, Su Yu remained skeptical.
Given Jing God’s style, people voluntarily converting is understandable.
Such a virtuous god obtaining humans’ voluntary worship is quite normal, even if Jing God is a deity of alien beings.
Yet, analyzing the emergence of the Jing Clan, Su Yu felt the timing of Jing God’s appearance was somehow peculiar, and the Jing Clan’s belief was excessively devout, executing Jing God’s every oracle with absolute compliance.
This so-called "Path of Upper Scenery," aiding other civilizations freely, violated biological instincts, yet they executed it.
The somewhat unreasonable divine oracle like the "Upper Scenery Ship," the Jing Clan executed without hesitation, even if these ships could never return to the mother planet.
Such a degree of devotion makes it hard to imagine Jing God as initially merely a conceptual deity, just a cultural symbol.
"Could it truly be due to ’Divinity’s Charisma’?"
Such a benevolent god indeed possesses the charm to inspire devout worship.
Yet Su Yu still suspected Jing God might possess brainwashing abilities.
After discussing faith, Su Yu asked, "When you attacked me earlier, why didn’t those Jing Clan people act?"
Among those Jing Clan people, there were two emitting Fifth-Order aura.
During the previous attack, those Jing Clan powerhouses merely watched, without making a move.
Facing the question, the human elder didn’t answer, but a Jing Clan member spoke: "Respected human powerhouse, as members of the ’Upper Scenery Ship,’ we only spread the Path of Upper Scenery and do not easily participate in disputes, particularly in human internal conflicts, where we generally choose to watch."
"Of course, our strength is not formidable, even if we intervened, it wouldn’t make much difference."
The Jing Clan people were humble indeed; among them, two Fifth-Order beings were already very strong, only appearing weak in the face of a monster like Su Yu.
Su Yu nodded at this response, accepting the explanation, then asked a crucial question: "What’s the deal with the taxation, rebellion suppression, heresy extermination, and finally the Extinction Order you mentioned earlier?"
"Ah?"
Su Yu’s question caught everyone off guard.
They had always assumed Su Yu was a powerful "Prince."
As an Empire Prince, he should be well-versed in Imperial affairs, why would he need to ask them?
"Could he be a lost Prince living in exile? It’s said some powerful Princes disappeared before the Great Rebellion, possibly asleep somewhere, only waking up now without knowing anything..."
Those human elites couldn’t help but imagine.
Seeing this, Su Yu immediately understood their thoughts and complained with a hint of helplessness, "I’ll emphasize again, I’m not a Prince!"
He certainly had no interest in acknowledging someone as his father.
Even if they were the Radiant Emperor.
"Yes, yes, yes..."
Everyone nodded repeatedly, Su Yu not being a Prince was also a relief.
Then, everyone exchanged glances, and the old man provided some information to Su Yu, containing the answers he sought.
First was the taxation.
Ever since the Great Rebellion ten thousand years ago, the Imperial power waned, greatly diminishing control over Colonial Stars throughout the universe.
In remote locations, the Imperial stance was essentially laissez-faire regarding Colonial Stars.
Consequently, for a long time, people of the Junyi Star System even believed the Empire had vanished.
However, three thousand years after the Great Rebellion, an Imperial fleet abruptly emerged from Subspace.
This fleet came to collect taxes.
The Junyi Star System initially resisted, but the other side casually dispatched one warship, subduing them completely.
They could only obediently pay taxes.
The tax was named "XI Tax," requiring the surrender of one-tenth of wealth and resources as tax.
Wealth and resources referred to minerals, materials, energy, and even populations.
Before the Great Rebellion, taxes were collected once every hundred years.
Under normal circumstances, this tax burden was manageable for the Junyi Star System at that time.
However, the tax fleet arrived three thousand years late, demanding three thousand years’ worth of taxes in one go!
That time, it was practically ground-scraping, almost wiping out all resources across the Junyi Star System.
Four thousand years later, the tax fleet returned, albeit different from the previous one; the number of tax fleets traversing the universe was unknown.
This time, the scraping was even more ruthless.
Yet the Junyi Star System dared not resist, for this fleet radiated a strong bloody aura.
Through casual chats among the fleet’s warriors, it was revealed this fleet had suppressed three rebellions, exterminated a heresy, and executed an extinction order in its journey, possibly slaughtering tens of billions of humans.
The three rebellions were humanity in three star systems who rose flags of revolt, rejecting Imperial and Radiant Emperor’s rule, directly suppressed by the fleet, executing the high command of the rebels, downgrading the population under their control to lower-class citizens.
The heresy involved humanity in one star system abandoning faith in the Radiant Emperor, collectively worshiping an Alien Race Evil God; thus, most of the population was eliminated, leaving only a few faithless survivors.
The exact details of the Extinction Order were unknown, only that every living being in the entire star system was wiped out, and even all planets were destroyed, leaving only nihilism.
Once taxes were obediently paid, the fleet departed.
Because of this taxation, resources of Junyi Star System drastically diminished again, causing a regression in their level of civilization, leading to a life of hardship.
Three thousand years later, a Jing Clan Upper Scenery Ship appeared, assisting the Junyi Star System’s civilization.
In just a few hundred years, it spurred rapid technological development in Junyi Star System.
Grateful, most people began worshiping Jing God.
Considering the timing, the tax fleet was due soon.
And at this time, Junyi Star System fit the definition of rebellion and heresy.
Thus, when Su Yu appeared earlier, the old man asked whether he was here to collect taxes, suppress rebellion, or exterminate heresy.
When Su Yu kept shaking his head, the old man mistakenly thought Su Yu was here to execute the Extinction Order, nearly frightened to death...
