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Chapter 625: Invasion of the Kingdom of God

Chapter 625:

The Warp Shadow Invading the Divine Realm. This is a terrifying thing.

Records of this phenomenon exist throughout Imperial history.

This phenomenon always occurs when extremely large Zerg swarms appear.

Imperial scholars believe this is a typical example of the real world influencing the Warp, and to some extent, this supports the theories of a certain academic school.

They believe that the Warp is a projection of the real universe. The souls, thoughts, emotions, and other things of the real universe are projected into the Warp, forming a distorted force.

The Warp Shadow is a product of this concept.

Zerg swarms lack conscious agency and possess no thoughts or emotions.

Because of this, when they gather in large numbers and are consciously directed by a swarm will, these unconscious Zerg swarms can overwrite the Warp forces in the corresponding area to their own image: without consciousness, there is no Warp force input. The entire Warp region will be shrouded in darkness, and naturally, no Warp force can be “borrowed” from this area into the real universe.

The direct manifestation in the real universe is that all psykers will have their psychic powers significantly weakened, or even completely eliminated. Forced use can extract some power, but it’s highly dangerous, as the Warp Shadow can easily overwhelm them, leading to immediate death.

Regardless of whether this school’s teachings are true, the phenomenon they describe is at least true.

Gu Hang’s case is unique in that he’s no ordinary psyker; the Warp Shadow can’t sever his connection to the Warp. He possesses a portion of the Warp’s essence, an entire region of the Warp constituting his Storm Kingdom, directly providing him with power.

“Warp Shadow,” or so Varuk wondered.

He had developed this technology to manipulate Warp Shadows, but it came at a significant cost, requiring the assistance of the “Great Mother.”

He undoubtedly intended it to be used against Gu Hang. Now, a consensus among these traitors emerged: without addressing Gu Hang’s psychic threat, they shouldn’t engage him in a decisive interstellar naval battle; it would be courting death.

Even if their fleet truly was a notch above the Alliance fleet, or even two, and could defeat it with Gu Hang’s psychic advantage, they shouldn’t fight.

Even if they could win, the cost would be too great.

Earlier, the Dubo fleet had resorted to using a neurozoan within its interior. Generally speaking, this monster, equivalent in strength to an Alpha-class psyker and controllable, could at least protect their fleet in a fleet battle, if not defeat Gu Hang?

The conclusion was no.

Varuk had also studied that battle, and based on fragmentary post-battle intelligence, he had pieced together a complete picture of Gu Hang’s defeat of the Dubo fleet.

Hence, he came up with the concept of “warp shadow.”

Initially, they assumed Gu Hang was merely a powerful psyker, and that the warp shadow would solve the problem.

But when the moment finally arrived, Varuk discovered nothing could be further from the truth.

That region, impenetrable to the Warp, that realm of storms… was this the source of Gu Hang’s power? He could consistently display Alpha-level psychic powers, unlike the other recorded Alpha-level psykers in the Imperium, whose powers were unstable and could harm themselves. The reason was that this Gu Hang was also a heretic.

But how did he maintain his human nature while also possessing a portion of the Warp’s essence, akin to an evil god?

Varuk’s curiosity as a researcher was piqued.

He desperately wanted to obtain this precious scientific research specimen, possibly unrecorded in all of human history.

Win this battle and capture Gu Hang alive!

As for the specific methods in the real universe, Varuk no longer paid attention. His Skitarii Marshal would be responsible for the specific battle command.

He himself immersed all his mind in the warp to deal with and suppress Gu Hang.

The warp shadow evoked by him has already enveloped the entire Kingdom of Storm God.

Just this step is actually not enough. As long as the Kingdom exists, Gu Hang can borrow power from the Kingdom of Storm God in the real universe, and can even share it with his storm mages. It is just a little more troublesome, laborious, and difficult to use.

In fact, Varuk can feel that Gu Hang is already trying in this regard.

I can’t let you break out! The

huge warp shadow is not limited to encirclement, but began to squeeze inwards, and even invaded the Kingdom of Storm God.

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Our position is about to fall!”

“Request artillery support!”

“Where’s the armor? Come up! We can’t keep retreating like this! We must launch a counterattack and retake our position!”

Countless messages spread among the Heroic Spirits, and the entire Kingdom of Storms was in turmoil.

The invasion of the Warp’s shadow had a very concrete manifestation: the insect swarm.

The vast shadow surrounding the Victory Fruit resembled a swarm of countless insects. And as it pressed in, it truly transformed into countless insect beasts, attacking from all sides of the Kingdom, from the sky to the ground.

Over the years, the Kingdom of Storms had long been transformed by the tireless efforts of countless Heroic Spirits. The desolate scene of the primordial wrathful owl’s reign had become a thing of the past. Today, the Kingdom of Storms is a vast city shrouded in the azure earth and bathed in thunder.

Countless buildings, in a variety of forms, stand tall, and within them, the Heroic Spirits live in peace.

They are all heroes who are loyal to the Alliance. After death, they can enjoy eternal peace in Gu Hang’s kingdom.

But the invading swarm of insects this time broke everything.

However, the fighting power of these heroic spirits cannot be doubted.

They quickly took up their weapons and started a desperate battle with the swarms of insects that crawled out of the ground, flew from the sky, and rushed in from all directions.

The battle between the two sides was extremely brutal, and the end was impossible to see at a glance.

The swarm of insects is boundless and endless; the number of heroic spirits is limited. In fact, the total number of heroic spirits enshrined in Gu Hang’s kingdom of God has not yet exceeded 100 million.

But these tens of millions not only have a strong fighting will, but they are also immortal. After being eliminated by the swarm of insects, they will often be resurrected not far away, in an area still covered by Gu Hang’s storm power.

It is like an eternal war, with both sides consuming each other.

(End of this chapter)