Chapter 631, Death of the Great Sage
"You really make me sick, Varuk."
Gu Hang, who said these words, spoke from his own feelings.
He doesn't like to call his enemies names, whether they are traitors, Chaos or aliens. Although it was Gu Hang's responsibility to kill them all mercilessly, that was just a matter of position, it was a responsibility.
Even if he encounters the most disgusting enemies on the surface, namely those plague demons and loving father disciples, Gu Hang will just purify them without changing his expression. Those cysts, pustules, and secretions do look disgusting, but they are just physically disgusting.
But what Gu Hang saw when he entered Varuk's cathedral really made him feel sick psychologically.
It is only natural that one of Varuk's Mechanical Arks has a cathedral. In fact, among the ships of the empire, the church is a standing facility, and there is even more than one on many large ships.
During the long voyage, the ship will always be subject to strong subspace interference, especially when traveling through the astral tunnel. Most of them were protected by the astral force field. The parts left on the ship that affect people's minds are very few, and academically speaking they can basically be determined to be harmless.
But it will still cause psychological stress after all.
Not to mention the production of Star Boundary Stand, are every one of them perfect? Even if there is no problem when it leaves the factory, won't there be some wear and tear that is too late to repair during long-term use?
These will make the intrusion of subspace stronger during interstellar travel.
Normally, it's not a big deal. Mental disturbances that are slightly higher than the standards set by the Empire can be tolerated as long as they don't go too far.
At this time, some spiritual comfort becomes more important. This is also the reason why it is necessary to arrange churches with clergy on ships.
Even without this factor, faith life has always been a part of the life of the people of the empire, especially the boring and boring life on the ship, which needs faith to resolve.
In addition, technicians are required on almost every imperial ship to be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship. Most of them are clergy from the Mechanicus, so naturally they need a church to meet the needs of their daily activities.
The above multiple reasons combined to form a situation where there must be a church on the imperial ship, and there may even be more than one.
This is true for ships in ordinary places, let alone the Ark Mechanicum of the Mechanicus.
On the Alfonzo I where Warrick is located, the central church is exceptionally grand and large. Even compared to some of the core cathedrals on the ground and in the hive city, they are only slightly different in size at most, but definitely exceed them in terms of specifications.
The image of the God of All Machines, another incarnation of the Emperor, is everywhere in the church, and is presented in various religious art forms such as sculptures, paintings, and stained glass.
If it gets to this point, that's it. All we can say is that it is quite disgraceful for Varuk to hang up paintings and statues of the Emperor and seek refuge with the aliens, and it is not even to the point where Gu Hang would say he is disgusting.
However, this is not the case.
Those portraits and sculptures have all been changed.
The symbol of the God of All Machines is still there, with the image of a human skull embedded in the middle of the iconic gear, coupled with many elements similar to electronic eyes and metal pipes that are very consistent with the Mechanicus. But many of the Mechanicus elements on it have been replaced with things such as purple biological eyes, fangs, and claw marks.
The biggest change is that the skull in the middle of the sacred emblem, which represents a pure human being, has been replaced by a chitinous Zerg skull, and even the fangs have been put away, giving it a compassionate look that makes people sick today.
The gears surrounding the skeleton also turned into twisted joints.
Not only the emblem of the God of All Machines, but also the various statues of the emperor in the church have also undergone corresponding style changes. These things are often dressed in the same way as the original sculptures of the God of All Machines, wearing the traditional costumes of the Mechanicum, but key elements such as skulls and gears are replaced with Zerg heads, joints, and fangs. It will also stretch out four arms from behind, forming the appearance of a four-armed god emperor.
Those religious pictures of origins depicting the Emperor incarnating as the God of All Machines, as well as the Emperor leading the original members of the Mechanicus, creating the Mechanicum, establishing huge planet-level factories, and developing technology, have all been distorted. A picture of the four-armed God-Emperor leading a swarm of insect angels to save the world.
When Gu Hang saw this, he would of course be furious.
He is not a staunch believer in the Emperor, and fanatical beliefs have nothing to do with him. But he is a human, and the leader of a human political group across the stars. His status, his self-perception, is undoubtedly on the side of the human species.
And everything shown in Varuk's church is not only a blasphemy to the emperor, but also the greatest blasphemy to the human race!
Varuk, you really deserve to be damned.
And Varuk, who was judged by Gu Hang to definitely deserve to die, was panicking at the moment.
Gu Hang's personal appearance really surprised him to the extreme!
Shouldn't Gu Hang be trapped in his thunder kingdom? His most important focus should be to be unable to leave the Kingdom of Storm God. Otherwise, if his Thunder Kingdom loses his full support, the balance of confrontation will be broken and it will suffer irreversible losses...
wrong.
The existence of those emperor's family members freed Gu Hang!
After Lei Guo's flash briefly dispelled the subspace shadow, his location was revealed! Therefore, the second flash took advantage of another brief dispersal of the subspace and was teleported directly over.
It was precisely because the action was too urgent that the teleportation could not be so accurate, which led to the scattered situation of the Space Marines arriving at the scene.
But none of that matters anymore.
Gu Hang is here in person!
Even if he can't call upon the power of his Storm Kingdom now, it doesn't stop him, he always has the power of an Alpha level psyker.
To exaggerate, this is enough power to tear apart the stars!
Of course, this is not a reason for Varuk to surrender.
He turned a deaf ear to Gu Hang's so-called disgusting remarks. The order to attack was conveyed to every unit responsible for guarding his safety in the cathedral in an instant.
Those who can stay inside the cathedral are undoubtedly the powerful units on Alfonzo I's Ark. However, quite a few of them were staggered by the shock wave caused by Gu Hang's blasting open the grand door of the cathedral. They had not had time to get up and adjust to a combat posture. There were even some unlucky ones who were directly smashed to death.
Although the remaining survivors also launched a collective attack on Gu Hang in accordance with the Great Sage's request, for Gu Hang, the harm these attacks could cause was quite limited.
In front of Gu Hang, the protective spiritual energy spread out over a large area, neutralizing all kinds of blows.
Gu Hang didn't have a void shield, but it was better than having one.
The characteristics between the two are quite consistent. They both resolve the upcoming attack and transfer it to the subspace. The difference is that no one knows where the normal void shield directs its firepower. Anyway, the subspace is an endless place. As big as the universe is, there will be as big as it is. It is a garbage dump that will never be filled, but it is not. Just throw the garbage in there?
What's different about Gu Hang is that he can accurately direct this firepower into any area he can touch in the subspace. Under the current situation, Gu Hang would definitely throw all these attacks against him into the shadow of subspace that shrouded his divine kingdom.
Varuk felt quite uncomfortable.
Doesn’t this mean beating yourself up?
But it was impossible to stop the attack.
You can't just watch Gu Hang act recklessly, right?
The only way he could think of to make a comeback now was to use a powerful offensive to suppress Gu Hang and maintain his body-protecting spiritual energy.
After all, Gu Hang is now cut off from the Kingdom of God. His own power, even if it reaches the Alpha level, is limited and belongs to the category of humans.
It is said that the Alpha level can tear apart the stars, but the armed transformation carried out by the legendary great sage and the cutting-edge technology condensed on him are also capable of defeating a planet with one person.
When it comes to bragging, who is afraid of whom?
He has fully developed his combat status.
To be honest, he hasn't done this for a long time. Even if he performs a self-check every once in a while, the equipment must be in the best condition at all times and there will be no problem.
He does not have enough combat experience. After all, promotion to the Great Sage does not depend on who is better at fighting. But as a great sage, he also has a solution. With all the equipment on his body, whether it was mechanical accessories from the past or newly developed biochemical limbs infused with the will of the insect swarm, he developed a complete preset action algorithm and updated it in real time. As long as the algorithm is turned on, he does not have to worry about being unable to exert his combat effectiveness due to lack of experience.
This set of algorithms, coupled with the hardware quality of the modified equipment, is indeed top-notch. Even if it is a warlord-level Titan, he can destroy it in a head-on battle!
In other words, Varuk's frontal firepower is even more powerful than a Warlord-class Titan.
Can an Alpha-level psyker's psychic shield withstand a frontal attack from a Warlord-level Titan?
Maybe.
But can it continue forever?
Varuk thinks it shouldn't be possible.
Coupled with the firepower of many elite Skitarii units nearby, Gu Hang might be killed here.
The situation before him was developing just as he thought.
Gu Hang was pressed not far from the church door, maintaining his psychic shield. There was no sign of being broken for a while, but there was no time to make any more moves.
Then just spend it like this.
Anyway, the longer time passes, the more skitarii will receive his message and come to help. The attacks Gu Hang suffered will only get stronger and stronger. In the end, Gu Hang will be eliminated because he cannot hold on.
Without Gu Hang, Gu Hang's Kingdom of God would not only be trapped, but would completely collapse under the oppression of the shadow of subspace!
This scene seemed to be happening in front of his eyes, and his face, which should not have emotions at all, put on a smile.
Wait...
This doesn't seem normal!
He vaguely felt that everything was going too fast!
Where can it be so smooth?
Just as he was thinking this, everything in front of him was like a bubble, and his disillusionment suddenly disappeared.
"Oh? You're awake."
He heard Gu Hang's voice.
However, he couldn't see anything, there was only darkness in front of him.
This is because his visual system has been removed.
But it doesn't matter. As a great sage, he has many means of perception. For example, the hearing that Gu Hang had reserved for him, and some other electromagnetic inductions. He can also connect to surrounding surveillance probes to observe the situation.
As soon as he connected, he found that he was still in the core cathedral of Alfonso's world, still sitting on his throne, but his body, originally in full combat form, should be as big as a small Titan. But now only a vague part of about two meters is left, and the rest have been violently dismantled. And around him, the elite Skitarii units that should have existed were all reduced to ruins.
"What have you done!" His voice was trembling, and he didn't know whether it was because of fear or because his vocal part was accidentally damaged during the violent demolition.
"Shh, don't make any noise." It was obvious that Gu Hang didn't want to talk to him. He's not free either.
I originally thought that he would sleep for a longer time, but I didn't expect that he woke up a little too early.
It didn't matter, Gu Hang directly removed his vocal part.
Killing Varrick was actually not that difficult. When entering his cathedral, Gu Hang used his psychic power to interfere with his mind.
If this guy is not dealt with, his cutting-edge equipment will indeed pose a considerable threat, and it is possible that Gu Hang will be suppressed in place. But when Varuk set up the combat algorithm, he obviously didn't understand how much he had to worry about when fighting an Alpha-level psyker face-to-face.
Or maybe he overestimated and underestimated.
At least he didn't guard against Gu Hang's psychic power.
This also caused him to be killed almost instantly.
Varuk, trapped in a dreamlike bubble, no longer poses any threat. Even the firepower he fired was not aimed at the escort as he expected, but instead hit the elite skitarii next to them, which actually saved Gu Hang a lot of effort.
Later, while Gu Hang was cleaning up the skitarii in the church, he used his psychic power to guide the Space Marines to gather in the cathedral.
There are at least 450 shadow warriors still alive.
Their task is to establish a defense line here. Protect Gu Hang’s safety. Gu Hang needs them because now he has to put his energy back into the subspace.
Unlike what he thought before, Varuk was controlled, but the subspace shadow did not dissipate.
Does Varuk need to be killed to end the Warp Shadow? Gu Hang felt that was not the case.
Somehow, Gu Hang had an intuition: if Varuk died, the situation might become even worse.
At this moment, what Gu Hang remembered was the shadow of the long insect that he saw wrapped around Varuk when the Thunder Kingdom flickered.
(End of chapter)