Chapter 663: Chapter 378, Star Language Phone Call_2
The original Star Speaker from Rage Owl Star couldn’t do it.
Even if you matched him with dozens of psychics from the Storm Mage Corps and maximized the spiritual energy, he still couldn’t make multiple jumps to the Cosmic Domain Capital.
For long-distance Star Language communication, in addition to the strength of spiritual energy, a stronger ability to search for signals is equally important.
The current Star Speaker at Rage Owl Star was good for nothing.
Even if you threw this guy into the union’s Storm Mage Academy for further education, it would be no use, he had no potential left.
This guy, was sent by Gu Hang’s mother. In fact, the Star Language Tower was also a gift from his mother, with the Star Speaker dispatched together. Initially, they thought he was a high-tech talent, but later they found out this guy was just so-so, lacking both talent and ambition, only thinking of scraping by until death.
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But that’s not really a problem, Gu Hang was very tolerant. Whatever you can do is as far as you can go, just do your normal work. Gu Hang would not make any further demands regarding capability issues.
However, for Star Language communication, Gu Hang did have practical needs.
As the alliance’s operations expanded more and more, the need for external communication would definitely increase.
And, communication with fixed stars was already the simplest. More difficult was communication with fleets on long voyages.
Now trying to make a call to Wuji Star was so troublesome, let alone getting in touch with a war fleet that was already in a remote star sector, constantly moving, and might sometimes have to enter a silent state — for example, the Tianma Fleet to which Gu Hang’s fiancée Yelisia belonged, wasn’t that even more unreachable?
Indeed, that was the case.
This area still needed to be strengthened.
On one hand there was the need for improving the quality of Star Speakers, on the other hand, the technical level of the Star Language Towers.
Both complemented each other. A badass Star Speaker could connect straight to Holy Terra with crappy equipment; a crappy Star Speaker matched with a good enough Star Language Tower could at least contact a place outside of the Cosmos Domain.
While thinking about which direction the alliance needed to further strengthen development, Gu Hang’s psionic perception followed the signal of the Star Language Tower, connected to the relay station at Flying Wing Star, then connected to Yunluo Star, and continued searching for Wuji Star.
There was no helping it. If his subordinates were not up to par, then Gu Hang had to step in himself.
He was not like the perpetual duty Star Speaker on Rage Owl Star. He was a bona fide Grade S Psychic, with a spiritual energy that was not of the same level. Although he had a disadvantage of not having undergone professional Star Speaker training, it was not too late to learn on the go — he had more than enough capital to attempt it.
Then, the process of making this phone call wasted a whole day of his time.
Connecting to Wuji Star was okay, taking only two hours, but after the call, Gu Hang received news that Galaraldo was no longer on Wuji Star.
This did not match the last update Gu Hang had received.
Galaraldo should have taken a fast ship and headed to the capital of the empire, the homeworld of humanity: Holy Terra.
He had left Wuji Star about a year and a half ago. Based on the speed of the ship he took, Galaraldo should have already arrived at Holy Terra by now.
So, Gu Hang called Holy Terra.
That was quite far, causing Gu Hang to spend an entire day on the call.
After going through this ordeal, Gu Hang’s proficiency in operating Star Language communication increased significantly.
The next time he called Wuji Star, it should only take an hour to handle; getting through to Holy Terra would also take at most seven or eight hours.
Of course, even then it’s still not really acceptable. How could Gu Hang have so much time to spend on making phone calls?
In the future, unless there were better Star Speaker, a better Star Language Tower, making it unnecessary for Gu Hang to personally act as the operator, he certainly wouldn’t make any super long-distance interstellar calls for anything but extremely important matters.
In fact, he was already regretting this call. He felt like there really wasn’t anything particularly necessary to say to Galaraldo.
It was only that he had already invested so much time halfway through, the sunken cost was too high, so he gritted his teeth and persisted, seeing it as a form of self-improvement.
However, once the call got through, Gu Hang felt that the information he obtained from it was indeed very valuable.
“I was still wondering how much longer it would take for your call to come through,” said the frivolous voice of Galaraldo from the other side, carrying a fondness not heard for a long time.
“The honorees only got to Rage Owl Star. After I met them, I immediately wanted to communicate with you, but… this remote place, please understand, it’s really difficult to make contact with Holy Terra.”
“I understand, I understand. But you moved quickly…”
“Hello? Hello?”
“Oh, can you hear me now… this damn call quality!” Galaraldo cursed after complaining, then his tone lightened up again, “I called over a few Star Speakers specially to reinforce our communication channel, should be no problem now!”
“From the way you speak, it seems you are also highly respected at Holy Terra?”
“Of course, who am I? I am Bochoya Galaraldo!”
“Apostle of War…”
“Don’t call me Apostle of War anymore, I’m not that now.” When Galaraldo said this, his mood dropped for a moment, but was quickly replaced by a new, vibrant emotion, “Now, please refer to me as Deputy Minister of the Imperial Military Department!”
Then, Galaraldo added, “Unless something unexpected happens, within half a year, I’ll be promoted to Assistant Minister of the Military Affairs Department.”
“!”
Gu Hang’s exclamation was genuine.
The surprise Galaraldo brought to Gu Hang was even more significant than he had imagined.
The ‘Military Department’ mentioned by the former Apostle of War had the prefix of the Empire and was not followed by any other suffix.
This meant that he was referring to the Central Military Department of the Empire.
And what is the grade of Deputy Minister?
The head of the Central Government of the Empire is the Prime Minister, and the Minister of the Military Affairs Department is one of the most important government positions under the Prime Minister, at times—as in the current era—the Minister could be one of the thirteen members of the Human Supreme Council.
Within the Military Affairs Department, below the Minister are the Deputy Minister and the Assistant Ministers, followed by the Deputy Ministers.
In the Military Department, counting the Minister, there might be just six to seven people above Galaraldo; if he really gets promoted to Assistant Minister within half a year as he said, he almost counts as a top-five figure in the department, and in extreme cases, he could even be considered the third-in-command.
So, does that mean Gu Hang’s ‘good friend’, Galaraldo, has become a proper high official of the Empire?
Not someone who operates brutally by solely relying on the authority of the Sun Lord without any actual official capacity, those so-called ‘Apostles of War’, but a legitimate high official of the Empire.
How did this guy manage to do it?
Gu Hang felt deeply surprised.
Amid his pride, Galaraldo roughly shared his recent experiences with Gu Hang.
“Wait, your place…”
Galaraldo understood immediately: “Don’t worry, of course, I’ll be cautious to ensure our conversation is not tapped.”
He continued, “Let me think, where was I…”
…
Initially, after Galaraldo was rescued from subspace by Gu Hang, he realized something had happened to the Sun Lord as soon as he heard the Sun Lord’s delegation that came to save him hurried back halfway.
He fled from the Tianma Star Sector at the first chance he got.
No matter how important the Tianma Star Sector seemed, it was still a remote area of the Empire. He had to act quickly while he still had time.
No matter how the Sun Lord died, Galaraldo, being a confidant, was very clear that no one could continue to sustain the Solar Expedition after the Sun Lord; the vast Solar Expedition Army, which nearly gathered the elite of the entire Empire, would also disintegrate.
He had to find a way out for himself, or someone like him, without military power, who made money for the Sun Lord, who offended countless high officials in the Empire, would surely be quickly purged in the first wave.