Chapter 221 Ship of Destiny
The tidal flow in the subspace suddenly changed, and the spiritual energy that made up the tide became manic. Qin Xia could no longer easily control the flow of spiritual energy.
The environment around the battleship is like a rough ocean. The waves formed by the gathering of spiritual energy are surging and washing away the entire shell of the battleship.
The think tanks have just lifted the group psionic spell that was applied to the outer shell of the battleship. The hull is no longer purple, but due to the erosion of the torrent of psionic energy, the hull is unusual in both painting and outline.
Qin Xia observed the battleship and found that the changes in the battleship were not the kind of changes that would be common in subspace navigation accidents 10,000 years later.
For example, a battleship is changed by some kind of force, and then mutates, and a large number of demons begin to appear in the hull. In the end, the entire battleship will undergo a huge change, and even change from a steel creation to a flesh-and-blood creature...
That's not what's happening right now.
The battleship's painting changed first, from red to blue, and then to red and blue.
Element awareness!
Qin Xia instantly connected these two colors to the two dark gods Khorne and Tzeentch, because their representative colors are red and blue.
But the captain on the side did not think so.
"Human Fury, Tenacity!" The captain suddenly shouted out two words that sounded like the names of battleships, and pointed at the holographic image in front of him.
After the holographic image flashed a few times, it seemed as if the device had been invaded by some force and automatically turned on uncontrollably, and then displayed a series of changes in the battleship in real time.
“These two liveries are those of the Fury and the Tenacious!”
The captain immediately looked at Qin Xia and explained in an anxious and excited tone.
"This battleship has been in service for a long time. Before it was owned by the Imperium of Man, it was named the Fury and after it was owned by the Imperium, it was named the Endurance."
"Until before you became The owner of this battleship has changed its name and painting."
"..."
After listening to the captain's words, Qin Xia didn't express anything. Thinking very seriously.
He did not think that the changes in the battleship were a sign of something terrible to come, because he sensed that the surrounding psychic energy was corroding the battleship. Perhaps the erosion of the psychic energy caused some kind of damage to the battleship. Strange changes, a return to ancestors.
This was a change that occurred under the protection of Geller's stance. Qin Xia could sense that without the protection of Geller's stance, this warship might not just be an anti-ancestor.
“Calm down, it’s just a series of anomalies caused by changes in the psychic environment. There is no concept of time and space here. It’s not surprising at all that the battleship changes.”
Qin Xia’s The voice echoed on the command deck. When the Lord of the White Knights said this, everyone present gradually calmed down.
At this time, the holographic image changed again, but what was shown was no longer the changing shape of a battleship, but a face made of energy.
That is the face of an Eldar.
"We meet again, Monkey."
The familiar words in this sentence to Qin Xia indicate the identity of the person who said this sentence.
That damn... dead prophet.
Qin Xia looked at the prophet's face with a serious expression and no other reaction, but he was extremely surprised in his heart.
When he used his psychic vision to observe the surroundings, he saw the creature in the center of the psychic storm outside the battleship. Thinking about it carefully, the psychic storm looked different from the psychic storm that the prophet had gathered before. Not much.
But Qin Xia still did not think that the creature in the center of the psychic storm in the subspace was the prophet who was killed by him.
The Eldar wear some kind of device to cover their soul projections, and use soul stones to prevent their souls from falling into the hands of Slaanesh.
Because Slaanesh, the god of darkness, has an inseparable relationship with the depraved behavior of the ancestors of the Eldar, and even with the entire race, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a racial god. The human soul is entering The warp may not necessarily belong to Slaanesh among the dark gods, but the Eldar will definitely belong to Slaanesh.
Under this premise, it is really difficult for Qin Xia to connect the creature at the center of the psychic storm in the subspace with the prophet who was easily killed by him before.
“You think you can kill me?” The expression on the prophet’s energy face was very crazy.
Qin Xia continued to sense the prophet silently.
After projecting almost all his spiritual energy towards the existence at the center of the storm in the subspace, Qin Xia sensed a lot of things.
In the very center of the psychic storm, which is the eye of the storm, there is an anchor.
This is the shining ornament that the Prophet wore before.
And among the shining ornaments, Qin Xia felt that many souls were being tortured and wailing.
Qin Xia thought that the damn bastard in front of him had stolen the souls of the previous great prophet who ended all hatred through self-termination, as well as the souls of the spiritual tribe who committed suicide with the great prophet, and sent them to be tortured in the shining ornaments.
But actually not.
After carefully sensing the fate of each soul, Qin Xia discovered a shocking thing.
That is, the tormented souls among them are all the warriors and guards before the prophet, as well as the Eldar people in the craft world who are willing to follow the radical prophet and eliminate all threats at all costs.
In an instant, Qin Xia felt this.
At the same time, the soul in the shining ornament also sensed the psychic power projected by a powerful psychic individual.
Those souls began to ask Qin Xia for help.
"You imprisoned the souls of your compatriots in that hell?" Qin Xia couldn't believe what he sensed.
The Ark Eldar are not as crazy as their dark relatives. They still need to be more or less face-conscious and respectable, at least when facing their compatriots within the Ark Eldar.
The prophet in front of him actually brought the most terrible torture to his compatriots - torture of the soul.
Even those who tortured were not those who opposed it, but those who supported him.
“This is a necessary sacrifice!” said the prophet. “We all send our souls into the torment circuit in exchange for being able to continue the mission we must complete after death! It’s just that I can move freely.”
Qin Xia sensed that the prophet’s soul was also in that thing.
Perhaps this is why the prophet died without resistance before, because the luminous thing could only retain his soul, and he had to abandon his body.
"No, no, no, no..." Qin Xia felt it again and shook his head slowly. The new discovery made his tone heavier, "It's not like they were there like you said. The ghost thing called the torment circuit serves as some kind of energy to complete your mission..."
"They...they..."
Qin Xia squinted her eyes and continued to feel.
When he felt that the ghost thing called the torment circuit was releasing something, connecting something, and providing something, he looked very surprised. "They exist as a kind of fuel, not to provide you with power, nor to form a strong collective..."
"But they endure torture and are killed by the Darkness on your behalf. God is gradually devouring it!”
Qin Xia was once again shocked by the prophet in front of him.
The Eldar souls in that thing called the Torment Circuit are not worthy of sympathy. They have chosen a wrong path and are willing to make mistakes on this path to the end. In the end, they are just letting the people they trust Completely utilized himself.
Qin Xia is not a Spirit Clan either. Some past events and bad memories have made him quite prejudiced against the Spirit Clan.
But even so, what the prophet did made Qin Xia feel unacceptable and horrified.
“This is a sacrifice!”
The prophet began to quibble.
Under such circumstances, the captain next to him found it strange that he chose to keep talking rather than take action directly.
But in fact, the function of the thing called the torment circuit is not just to provide a "meal replacement" for Slaanesh to prevent the prophet's soul from being devoured after entering the subspace.
It also provides some kind of power.
Psychic Storm is proof of the power it provides.
And this power is affected by some invisible mysterious concept in Qin Xia's perception.
This influence changes the prophet, allowing the prophet to defend whether it uses its own kind or sacrifices with its kind, otherwise it will be weakened and even unable to maintain its own existence.
The prophet said a lot, but Qin Xia didn't listen to a word.
Because an officer silently pressed the mute button.
As a psionic being, the Prophet cannot even pass through Geller's position and directly enter the battleship.
His control of the holographic image is just the penetration of psychic energy into the battleship. Just like when the battleship enters and sails in the subspace, even if Geller's position exists, some supernatural phenomena will still occur.
So it really works when the officer presses the mute button.
“No matter how much you say, it can’t change the fact.”
“That is the thing called the torment circuit. You must have got it from your dark relatives. The dark relatives will use the same principle to prevent themselves from being swallowed by the god of darkness."
Qin Xia believes that the torment circuit is something from the dark spirit clan.
The Dark Eldar do not use soul stones to prevent their souls from being devoured like the Ark Eldar. They will completely prohibit the use of psychic powers and will torture others to provide meal replacements for Slaanesh to avoid having their own souls devoured.
Even their torture of others can not only protect their own souls, but also extend their lives.
Considering that the prophet in front of him once sent a conspiracy to assassinate Angron, it is not surprising at all that he was able to obtain Dark Eldar things.
Qin Xia's words affected the emotions of many souls in the torment circuit.
Then the psychic storm around the prophet weakened a bit, and its power began to be affected.
The tortured souls were fighting against him.
"Get ready to jump out of subspace." Qin Xia turned to face the captain, "It can't be strong enough to completely break through Geller's position, but you'd better leave now."
< br>"Yes!" The captain saluted immediately, and then divided Qin Xia's order into various tasks that need to be performed by the crew members in each part of the ship, and issued them one by one.
Finally, the captain turned around and asked: "You said...'but you'd better leave now'...meaning you won't leave the subspace with us?"
Qin Xia admitted: "I have to find a way to kill him, otherwise he will chase us like a ghost seeking his life. Shouldn't we never conduct subspace navigation in this life?"
The captain nodded.
The Prophet in the subspace began to try to erode the battleship further, but his attempts failed without exception.
That ghost thing called the torment circuit indeed prevented him from being devoured by Slaanesh after becoming a soul, and it also provided power in ways that others could not see the principle of.
But it is still impossible for the Prophet to break through the Geller position of a battleship. This is like a psyker like the Emperor. In any case, it is impossible to use direct attacks such as psychic lightning. To paralyze a city, a fortress, or even a battleship's void shield.
However, indirect means can be used.
When the warship was preparing to sail out of the subspace, Qin Xia picked up his weapon and walked out of the command deck. Those who had just taken a day trip to the Arkworld with him gathered outside the command deck.
Qin Xia is going to give some instructions. For example, after he leaves to deal with the prophet, the captain should be responsible for the battleship affairs on the battleship, but matters involving the superhuman warriors that the captain cannot control are Chief Thinker Varis should be in charge.
When Qin Xia subconsciously wanted to say this, the battleship suddenly trembled violently.
Qin Xia quickly used psychic communication to tell Varis what he wanted to instruct, and then immediately observed the external situation.
Suddenly I saw a huge piece of debris hit the starboard side of the battleship.
The wreckage looked like the creation of some ancient race. It was unremarkable, just huge. The battleship's void shield did not stop this slow-moving behemoth.
Subsequently a similar trace appeared nearby.
The prophet is using his spiritual energy to pull some of the real matter drifting in subspace. He wants to indirectly destroy the Geller position of the battleship, or directly destroy the entire battleship more simply and directly, so that everyone will be buried in subspace. in space.
The captain used timely orders to make the warship turn sharply to avoid the collision. At the same time, Qin Xia also used spiritual energy to provide assistance during this sharp turn.
However, after the battleship avoided another behemoth, an abandoned battleship appeared in front. This time it was impossible to avoid it.
A dilapidated and extensively damaged battleship from the 40K period - the dilapidated paint has some elements of the national religion.
Qin Xia took a closer look and suddenly trembled.
That battleship was the ship he took when he was taken to the front line by two old guys after he had just transformed into a Gray Knight.
Now the ship is like those hulks that mistakenly entered the subspace and never got out. There is no one else on it except various terrifying things.
The prophet just dragged a nearby thing over and used it to hit the White Knight.
As for the timeline in which this ship came from in the real universe, he didn't care at all.
Anyway, there is no time in subspace. It is not surprising that things from any age are floating in subspace.
(End of this chapter)