Chapter 566, Brainworm Tyrant
Of course Gu Hang knew what a brain worm was.
Although the Alliance has not dealt with the Void Zerg so far, a lot of research information has been widely circulated about these, the latest powerful enemies that the empire has encountered.
It must be noted that in this universe, all kinds of intelligent races and civilizations emerge in endlessly.
But most of what the empire encountered was not worth mentioning. The worst ones are just civilizations that have developed on their own planet and have not yet entered space; the better ones are just civilizations that operate in several galaxies and star districts.
People call this level of civilization a 'pocket empire'.
Compared with the huge size of the human empire, these civilizations are indeed like 'pockets'.
In the historical records of the empire, we have encountered alien civilizations that were much more powerful than the Pocket Empire. But the vast majority of them were wiped out during the founding war that the Emperor was still alive and personally led.
The alien civilizations that can be encountered today are all "pockets" for the empire, and they can be exterminated without much effort. When expanding territory, encountering this kind of thing can only be regarded as a minor problem at best.
By the way, in the Sun Crusade, most of the Sun Lords' targets were this kind of enemies.
However, among the many new enemies discovered by the human empire, only the Void Zerg are the most terrifying.
No one knows where they come from. They are locusts in the universe, devouring one vibrant planet after another.
They are the ultimate predators, and human records of them always revolve around words such as "prey", "devour", and "evolution". Not only can they tear apart enemies with their claws, but they can also use biochemical firearms to shoot from a distance, including biochemical artillery and biochemical Terra Zerg. The cluster of biological warships running rampant in space is the end of the Imperial Navy.
And it is not just an enemy of mankind. Other space forces have been brutally and mercilessly attacked by this monster.
The Void Zerg are the pinnacle of biological evolution and exist for one simple purpose: reproduction, endless reproduction. By digesting and absorbing the entire planet's organic matter, these monsters grow more and more, and they will continue to absorb genes to modify themselves, turning themselves into more deadly killing machines.
Only a fool would regard the Tyranid's brutal bloodlust as a sign of their lack of intelligence. The Hive Mind controls the activities of all Zerg colonies with ruthless precision to ensure the survival of the entire colony.
The Hive Mind is an abstract existence without actual individuals. It is a collection of super-information concepts with extremely powerful energy formed by the Zerg swarm in the real world and subspace.
As a high-dimensional life, the operating instructions of the Hive Mind are transmitted through nodes, and can even interfere with the brains of nearby creatures, making them fearful and uneasy, and amplifying the fear of psykers.
In Gu Hang's opinion, this kind of thing called 'insect swarm shadow' and 'subspace shadow' that comes with the arrival of the insect swarm is the reverse influence of real creatures on the subspace.
The subspace is a non-material world and a sea of souls.
The Void Zerg seem to be soulless and emotionless monsters. However, they are still creatures that exist in the real universe after all. A single insect may not have an individual will, but the will of the insect hive combined with the insect swarm is extremely huge. It will naturally be reflected in the warp, becoming a ruthless warp monster.
When the insect swarm passes by, part of the Hive Will comes with the insect swarm, and it will 'suppress' the subspace in the corresponding area.
In other words, that is the cold quality of the insect swarm. The Hive Mind is cold and emotionless, only surviving, plundering, devouring, and reproducing. When it takes over the mainstream in the subspace, all psychic activities in this area will naturally be suppressed.
The human psyker was doing better, just a pain in the head and cutting off the connection to the warp would be fine. Demons and followers of Chaos are more affected. In the few wars the Empire observed between the Void Zerg and the Chaos Demons, the latter never took advantage.
Correspondingly, when the Void Zerg devoured certain races that were good at using psychic energy, such as the Space Eldar and the Chaos Demons, they not only further mastered the countermeasures of using subspace shadows to suppress psychic reactions; Things like brainworms evolved in the cluster.
Neuroprotozoa, the king of brainworms, is an extremely top psychic control unit. It is generally believed that Neuroprotozoa possess the strength of Alpha-level psykers.
The Alfonzo sect is truly brave.
How dare they try to enslave something of this level?
The point is... was it really fucking successful?
However, the huge hidden dangers contained in this must still exist.
After Gu Hang learned that on the northern battlefield of the Spider Web, the battle jointly led by the Infinite Chapter, the Bat Chapter, and the Tribunal of the Outsiders was blocked by the Void Zerg, he strongly suspected that the Iron Armor Chapter and the Zerg might have something to say. Unclear relationship.
Otherwise, it would be too much of a coincidence that an insect plague suddenly breaks out on the march route when the iron armor on the northern battlefield is unable to stop them.
Therefore, Gu Hang has specially conducted research on the psychic power of the Void Zerg, just to prepare for a rainy day and avoid being helpless after encountering such an enemy.
The opponent in the current scene seems to be different from what was expected, but some of the methods prepared by Gu Hang can still be used.
However, before using those methods, Gu Hang believed that there was a simpler, more direct, and more destructive method that he could try first.
Since this psychic power does not belong to the Alfonzo Sect, then... can it be made out of control?
What would be the result if a neuroprotozoan with Alpha-level psychic power loses control and goes berserk in the enemy's war ark?
Are the sages in that ship capable of suppressing it?
Gu Hang was not sure.
The Mechanicus are also capable and should not be underestimated.
But even if they could, huge chaos within the ship would be inevitable.
This is almost equivalent to destroying the most powerful war ark among the enemy forces.
While thinking, Gu Hang's movements never stopped.
His psychic powers continued to tangle with those of the neuroprotozoa, but rather... casually.
Du Bo felt that Gu Hang's psychic powers had become easier to deal with.
Despite my doubts, this is good news.
Anyway, he rejected the idea of using the psychic power of Neuroprotozoa to attack Alliance ships.
Just trap Gu Hang's psychic energy so that he cannot destroy his own warship. Even if Gu Hang suddenly withdraws his power later, he is determined not to be fooled, so he will keep guarding his main battleship, waiting for Gu Hang's power to show up again, and immediately entangle him.
As long as Gu Hang's psychic power cannot affect his own ships, the firepower of the Mechanicus fleet will definitely be enough to destroy the Alliance fleet.
DuBo had no doubt of this.
But in the next moment, Gu Hang's spiritual power suddenly condensed into a ball of extremely tough and penetrating power, which penetrated a large hole in the neuroprotozoa's original subspace energy ball.
(End of chapter)