Chapter 646, The fate of Phoenix
"Hello, Captain Su Lie."
When Su Lie heard this greeting, he suddenly opened his eyes and saw a man wearing a gold and red military uniform.
He knew this face.
Marshal Gu Hang, the commander of the Empire's southern front in the Iron Armor War.
Although it was a long time ago, he still remembered it. Although they had never met him, Su Lie had certainly seen Gu Hang's photos.
He sighed and said to Gu Hang: "Do you really have no other option? Are you already trying to become something that has nothing to do with me?"
As he spoke, he raised the sword at hand.
It was a finely crafted power sword. Its purple-gold color had not faded even after tens of thousands of years of wind and frost. At the end of the sword's hilt was a soaring phoenix. It was the first inheritor of the Chapter's genes, the first phoenix, the Emperor. The emperor's own son, jewelry made by his own hands. This is a treasure that has been passed down by the Phoenix for a long time. It is an out-and-out sacred object of the battle group. It is named ‘Phoenix’.
"Trick me with lies, I can see through them."
"Deceive me with the illusion of a battle brother, and I can still see through it."
"Even if you transform into the God-Emperor and seduce me, you cannot shake my faith."
"Not to mention what it looks like now."
As he spoke, Su Lie's pace became faster and faster, and the phoenix in his hand was already raised high. A fierce purple flame rose from the blade of the sword and suddenly slashed towards Gu Hang.
The next moment, Gu Hang's figure shattered like a bubble and appeared behind Su Lie.
As if predicting the future, he swung his sword and slashed backwards.
Although it seemed to be at least thirty meters away, the illusory sword blade composed of purple fire, like sword energy, reached Gu Hang's chest in an instant.
This sword came really unexpectedly.
Gu Hang's spiritual power was released fiercely, forming a spiritual energy group that collided with this 'sword energy'.
For a moment, Gu Hang's expression changed slightly.
He originally thought that the so-called sword energy was just the special ability of the weapon in Su Lie's hand, which could release energy to strike.
But it seems that's not the case. Its intensity is comparable to a full blow from an S+ level psyker!
Psionics are the extraordinary powers of the emotions, the soul. From this sword energy, Gu Hang could even feel Su Lie's unswerving determination.
This sword would naturally not be able to hurt Gu Hang. However, although he was currently in subspace, he was quite far away from the Kingdom of Storm God, the source of Gu Hang's power. The inability to transmit power meant that Gu Hang was not at his peak. Even if Gu Hang could resist Su Lie's sword, he would never feel comfortable.
It was finally broken up, and in the blink of an eye, Su Lie himself was already in front of him, and the phoenix blade in his hand slashed down with bright flames.
"Wait!..."
Gu Hang shouted while using his spiritual power to fight.
A top-notch space warrior, he has finally experienced combat effectiveness firsthand.
Among the previous concepts, Martins, including Erso, the former chapter leader of Raging Flames, were already the best in combat that Gu Hang had seen with his own eyes. However, in front of Su Lie, neither of them was enough, and there was a significant gap.
Chapter champion?
I'm afraid Su Lie can no longer be described in this way.
Moreover, when facing such top-notch warriors, Gu Hang also had a feeling: when his own spiritual energy acted on him, it would be offset by another spiritual energy.
This is very unusual.
Gu Hang was able to confirm that Su Lie did not possess any spiritual power and he should be a pure warrior. But in addition to their powerful bodies, which are far superior not only to mortals, but also to ordinary space warriors, top warriors like Su Lie also possess extremely terrifying spiritual will.
The role of spiritual will not only means that they will not be defeated by difficulties, but one point that cannot be ignored is that in this universe, spiritual will itself is powerful.
Its powerful and tenacious spirit naturally possesses extremely terrifying psychic potential.
This is why Space Marines who are trained as psykers and become so-called 'think tanks' will often be more powerful than mortal psykers.
Even if they do not become think tanks, or have so-called "no psychic talent", the strong willpower possessed by Space Marines will also give them very powerful psychic resistance.
In ordinary space warriors, it may not be obvious enough. But once you reach the level of a veteran, things are already a little different. The psychic energy that can crush mortals to death in pieces may be just a powerful shock wave when applied to the body of a veteran Space Marine.
If you put it at the level of sergeant or sergeant major, you would have to crush the power of a Lion tank to kill a sergeant with psychic energy.
Then to the company championship, it’s even harder.
At the level of the Chapter Champion... ordinary psychic powers will almost become ineffective on them. Even for Gu Hang, it would take some effort to deal with a group champion in a one-on-one battle - of course, it's more effort than impossible.
But when the intensity reaches another level, reaching the level of a so-called 'Emperor's Champion' like Su Lie, it will already be difficult for Gu Hang to control his opponent with his spiritual power.
Especially since he can't borrow the power of the Kingdom of Storm God now.
Previously, Gu Hang was not only resisting the sword energy that Su Lie slashed out, but he was also using his spiritual energy to form a force field, trying to tie up Su Lie so that the two of them could have a good communication.
However, Gu Hang had to admit that he underestimated the other party. The psychic power that formed the force field had no effect at all, and Su Lie was able to break free. Then, there was a series of ultra-fast and ultra-violent sword strikes, which made Gu Hang dizzy for a moment, so that when Su Lie struck close to his face again, he was a little unable to resist.
However, even though Su Lie opened his mouth to shout stop, Su Lie obviously had no intention of stopping.
After the sword was blocked, Su Lie did not apply any further force. Instead, he withdrew his long sword, and then at a faster and more violent speed, slashed fifteen times fiercely at the psychic shield in front of Gu Hang. No matter how strong the psychic shield was, it could not stop an Emperor's Champion from slashing like this, and it finally shattered into nothing with a sharp squeaking sound.
However, when the sword struck Gu Hang's body again, it was completely cut away.
Gu Hang's body also dissipated like a bubble and appeared dozens of meters away.
Su Lie's reaction speed was extremely fast. He turned around and charged again.
After suffering losses continuously and experiencing first-hand the top-notch combat strength possessed by the leader of such a start-up war group, Gu Hang no longer dared to look down upon him in the slightest.
Inspiring his psychic energy, he summoned a thunder spear with his strongest posture, and pierced Su Lie fiercely.
The Phoenix Lord charged forward and slashed with his sword. The purple gold sword broke through the thunder and was about to strike at Gu Hang again, but an even more ferocious thunderstorm appeared behind it and exploded directly.
At this time, Su Lie couldn't bear it any longer and was blasted dozens of meters away before hitting the wall.
He didn't suffer too many injuries, he just felt a strong impact. He can fight again.
At this time, Gu Hang's voice sounded a little helpless again: "Captain Su Lie, I know you have been facing tremendous pressure for a long time, but I believe that with your spirit and will, you You should be able to distinguish what is an illusion, what is the temptation of the evil god of subspace, and what is real and harmless.”
Su Lie, who landed from the wall, did not rush over immediately again.
When Gu Hang breathed a sigh of relief, he caught a glimpse of a few Phoenix Guards elites walking in with guns in hand after hearing the fighting inside. He was also a little angry. With a wave of his hand, the shock wave knocked these people away and locked the door.
Turning his eyes back to Su Lie, he saw that the Phoenix Lord did not take any further violent actions. He obviously realized that Gu Hang's attack just now would not cause any substantial harm to his subordinates.
At this time, Gu Hang breathed a sigh of relief again.
He continued: "Let's get to know each other again. I am really Gu Hang."
Su Lie didn't attack, but he didn't say anything either. He just looked Gu Hang up and down, his expression still very wary.
How could he be allowed to be unwary?
The Phoenix Chapter and their flagship, the Queen of Glory battleship Phoenix Crest, have been floating in the subspace for ten years.
Of course, the time when the Phoenix Legion disappeared from the real universe was not that long, in fact, it was only less than three years or so.
However, the Warp is a magical place. Here, time and space are distorted. The clocks and time records on the Phoenix Crest, as well as the physical sense of the time spent by the Space Marines themselves, all clearly show that they have spent ten years.
Three years in the real universe are only twisted into ten years, which is actually relatively minor in the subspace. Thanks to the protective force field on the ship, which is also an ancient technology, it is the so-called 'Geller Force'. field', rather than the currently commonly used astral protective force field that is only used for relatively safe navigation in the astral tunnel. Otherwise, the situation would be much worse than it is now.
Including the engines that the ships have that can travel through subspace, that is also a technology that the Emperor had before his ascension.
In that era, there was no such thing as an astral tunnel. To travel at faster than light speeds and cross galaxies, you could only navigate through very dangerous subspaces. The ship will have a subspace engine, and then a Geller field to protect itself in the subspace. But the danger of subspace is much greater than that of the astral tunnel.
Time while traveling through the Warp is unstable.
In modern astral tunnels, one can clearly know where to enter from a galaxy, where to exit, and how long it will take. But there is no such thing as primitive subspace navigation. Maybe three to five days will pass, maybe three to five years will not come out; with a high probability, the destination is correct, but there is also a high probability that even with navigation, you may get lost without knowing it. Where to go.
Just these instability in navigation are already fatal. Even though the administrative efficiency of the empire is currently very low, in that era, it would have been even more difficult due to communication and transportation problems.
And beyond that, there are the risks of sailing itself. The whispers in the warp can seduce and drive the crew crazy, and even warp demons can invade the ship. The Geller Field can protect against most of these situations, but there are always wonderful subspace forces that sneak in without warning.
From time to time, there will be reports that a ship came out of the subspace. When it arrived at the port, all the people on the ship turned into mutated monsters, but every one of them still thought they were human beings. Once their recognition was exposed, One by one they lost their minds and went completely crazy.
All such situations gradually became history after the Emperor ascended and astral tunnels were widely formed. The subspace engine and the Geller force field have also gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. Only some ships built in that era retain such ancient and useless things.
Phoenix Guanyu is a battleship that came out of that era.
By the way, the Empire no longer has the ability to build Glory Queen-class warships. Currently, the Glory Queen class owned by the Empire were all built from the era before the Emperor's ascension. Each one has been designed by the Emperor himself. They are undoubtedly the most powerful warships in the Empire.
Even though the subspace engine and Geller force field on the Phoenix crest had not been used for thousands or tens of thousands of years, when they were forced to have no choice but to use this method to get rid of the pursuit and siege, these two The equipment still faithfully performs its intended function.
Otherwise, the Phoenix Chapter would have been doomed and would not have been able to last for ten years.
But despite this, the problem of Geller's force field being in disrepair still exists, and the Phoenix Chapter has been under great pressure in the past ten years.
There are always subspace demons that invade the ships and are eliminated by the three hundred surviving Phoenix warriors. But in this process, there will inevitably be losses. So far, Phoenix has sacrificed nearly half of its manpower.
Not every one of these sacrifices was a fighting death. It also happens that they are seduced, invaded by subspace forces, mutated, and then tearfully executed by their own battle brothers.
What's even worse is that something seems to be staring at them in the subspace.
The one who is most interested in that unspeakable existence is none other than Su Lie himself.
Su Lie could always hear ‘His’ voice.
He promised him that as long as he nodded, he would immediately gain eternal life, eternal perfection, eternal joy, and be promoted to a 'prince'.
And every time, he firmly refused.
No matter what sweet words that being spoke in his ears or what beautiful illusions he constructed in front of him, he remained unmoved.
When Gu Hang appeared, he thought it was another temptation from 'him'.
Although it didn't feel like it, the fact that Gu Hang suddenly appeared on the Phoenix Crown Feather in subspace was even less like reality.
(End of chapter)