Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 632

Chapter 630, Emperor’s Family

Gu Hang, a member of the Emperor’s household, flashed across the Divine Realm, delivering a message and requesting assistance.

These flaming skeleton warriors and winged golden-armored angels arrived silently and without a word, offering no communication to Gu Hang, simply offering silent assistance.

Although Gu Hang received no additional information, not a single voice spoke to him,

the mere presence of help from the Divine Realm alone carried a wealth of information.

Gu Hang was deeply grateful for this.

Since the other party showed no interest in communicating, Gu Hang did not force it or say much.

He had not forgotten his most important task: to solve the problem.

Their arrival was merely additional assistance, making it easier for Gu Hang to resolve the issue and helping him secure his retreat. The real problem still lay with him,

and Gu Hang had already found a solution.

The Thunder Realm flashed, dispelling the shadows, even if only for a moment.

The shadows dissipated, revealing the true nature of the being controlling everything within.

It was a figure resembling a human figure within the Warp.

Gu Hang was certain it was Varuk.

Or rather, it was Varuk’s soul, will, thoughts… whatever it was, a projection within the Warp.

Illuminated by the flash, Gu Hang could even catch a glimpse of surprise on his face.

Gu Hang didn’t really care what Varuk felt. He cared only for the information he’d sensed from his projection in that moment. This included his exact location in the real universe, and a method for descending directly from the Warp to his side using the collected information and coordinates.

While this looked similar to conventional teleportation, the actual logic behind it was completely different.

Conventional teleportation wasn’t feasible within the shadows of the Warp. But at this moment, Gu Hang could forcefully flash the Thunder Nation once more, even if it meant sacrificing a significant amount of his energy reserves and reducing the time he could endure this endless attrition. After

all, he didn’t expect to win this war within the Warp through a war of attrition.

Gu Hang also noticed something else: a worm entwined around the figure representing Varuk, seemingly oblivious to it. This

thing concerned Gu Hang deeply.

Sure enough, this wasn’t something a single great sage could create. Gu Hang’s Kingdom of Storms had, after all, grown from a lesser god. With the expansion of the alliance, its vast population, and the trust they placed in him, it had devoured a great demon and a mind-worm tyrant, and its growth had been immense. Even among the powerful natives of the Warp, finding someone capable of defeating Gu Hang was a challenge.

So, how could a great sage, after decades or even centuries of dedicated research, create a Warp shadow so powerful that it could completely envelop and even suppress Gu Hang’s powerful Kingdom of Storms? Clearly

, this Warp shadow had a different purpose.

Gu Hang’s thoughts expanded further. It wasn’t just Varluk’s Warp Shadow that was the cause; his entire collection of Zerg technology might also be tainted with hidden secrets.

The Empire wasn’t limited to confronting the Zerg Swarm and combating it in the Imperial Sector. The Zerg Swarm was a typical, Empire-wide threat, and numerous Imperial factions had dealt with it. The various Mechanicus sects had obtained various Zerg corpses as materials, and likely held numerous living specimens. Why hadn’t other Mechanicus developed such technology?

Could it be that the other sects were inferior?

That was obviously unreasonable.

Alfonzo’s sect was considered a relatively strong Mechanicus sect, but certainly not the strongest. Against a formidable enemy like the Zerg Swarm, there were certainly more than just one or two sects; even Mars was researching it. If they couldn’t develop it, then either it was useless or their technological approach was flawed. Alfonzo was able to utilize biotechnology for this purpose due to some unique factor.

Then it could only be the Zerg Queen that Sage Moreau had mentioned earlier.

Were Paul Varluk and his group truly controlling the Zerg Swarm?

Is the Zerg so easy to control?

Gu Hang expressed his doubts.

The situation might be more complicated, but that didn’t affect what Gu Hang was about to do next.

He had already locked onto Varuk’s location following the previous Thunder Nation flash, so the next thing to do was to reach him!

The Thunder Nation flashed again, and the shadows in the Warp were once again dispelled.

Although it returned the next moment, the difference was that Gu Hang was no longer visible in the Storm God Kingdom. At the same time, on the Golden Pass, the five hundred Shadow Regiment Space Marines on standby also disappeared.

…

Varuk felt uneasy.

Those two Thunder Nation flashes in the Warp had truly unsettled him.

Until now, he had always felt that victory was a sure thing.

In the real universe, his army had the upper hand. Although it was a pity that the Alliance’s main fleet had successfully escaped to Aramita, here, compared to the Alliance that had just stolen this world through military oppression and decapitation, this place felt more like Varuk’s home turf.

Even with the presence of Moreau, the former Forge General, it was impossible to erase the influence the Alfonzo Cult had built up over millennia.

Had the Alliance completed its purge of Aramita and purged the Alfonzo Cult, there might have been some trouble. But under the current circumstances, with just a little effort from Varuk, the planet-wide rebellion was inevitable. The

Alliance was instead forced into a dilemma. Aramita, once a staunch support, had become a ticking time bomb. Once the planet was taken from the surface, coupled with Varuk’s fleet’s blockade of the outer perimeter, the Alliance’s main force would be annihilated from both sides!

Meanwhile, the Alliance’s greatest threat, Gu Hang himself, was trapped by his Warp Shadow, rendering him unable to exert any influence.

The entire war unfolded according to his pre-planned plan, proceeding step by step.

He was smug, believing that if he pushed forward step by step, victory would be his.

A mere Alliance, no more than that.

Of course, not everything was within his expectations. For example, he had not expected that Gu Hang actually owned a subspace kingdom. He had not expected that the Space Marines’ assault would cause him to lose one and severely damage two battlecruisers.

However, these were all planned fluctuations. He had already overestimated Gu Hang’s strength to the greatest extent possible, and now Gu Hang’s performance was just as expected. After all, the Warp Shadow he activated could still suppress Gu Hang. Being able to do this was enough.

Including the Space Marines’ assault, the loss of battlecruisers was painful, but it was also within an acceptable range. As long as the main force of the Alliance could be annihilated here, the price paid would be bearable. It was not

until the Thunder Kingdom flickered that he began to feel uneasy.

After the first flicker, he noticed that many things that should not have appeared in Gu Hang’s Thunder Kingdom appeared.

As a great sage, he had some knowledge of many strange phenomena in the history of the Empire, even if he had not conducted in-depth research. These flaming skeleton Space Marines and golden-armored angels belonged to this category.

According to some statements in the state religion, these were all manifestations of the Emperor.

Legend has it that when the most loyal citizens of the Imperium face a grave threat, their very existence hanging in the balance, these transcendent beings, guardians of the Emperor from his Golden Throne after his ascension, will appear to save them from peril.

However, another school of scholars and the Mechanicus believe these beings are essentially similar to Chaos Daemons. There are differences, but they’re subtle. Chaos Daemons are simply demons belonging to those evil gods hostile to humanity, who come to the real universe to spread Chaos and wreak havoc. These, on the other hand, are the Emperor’s minions, benevolent toward humanity.

But generally speaking, records of their appearances are quite rare. How could they be factored into any normal plan?

If they were, then forget it. Even the most perfect plan, with its high probability of success, would fail if it factored in the unpredictable number of individual, individually formidable, members of the Emperor’s minions.

Varluk didn’t think he’d made a mistake.

However, whether or not he made a mistake is not important. What is important is the current situation and the solution.

At first, he was quite worried. What if there are too many of these Emperor’s followers and they come out together with the Heroic Spirits?

But later he found that there is no need to worry too much.

The number of Emperor’s followers is not too large. Their existence mainly makes the confrontation in the Storm God Country slightly lean towards Gu Hang, but it is not a big deal.

After he breathed a sigh of relief, he remembered another feeling.

In the moment when the Thunder Country flashed, he also had a feeling that he was suddenly exposed. It was like a person who was planning a conspiracy in a dark corner was suddenly shone in the face by a strong flashlight.

Although it was only a momentary exposure and although it seemed that there were no consequences, he still felt as if he had been stripped n*ked.

This made him quite uneasy.

He subconsciously gave orders to strengthen the guards in the real universe and around him.

Although he repeatedly reassured himself that this was just a precaution, that under the shadow of the Warp, no matter how powerful Gu Hang was, he couldn’t use his psychic powers to harm him in the real universe,

that intense feeling of unease was rapidly transforming into a premonition of danger.

Then, with another flash of lightning, the Warp shadows were briefly dispelled once again.

Not only did he feel exposed once again, but his unease and premonition of danger were amplified, materializing into a continuous, sharp, insect-like buzzing sound!

A Space Marine in gray, unmarked clothing, appeared before him!

He instinctively moved, and from his black and red robes, several biological weapons emerged, instantly engulfing the Space Marine with fire.

Before he could react, his power armor was ripped apart. The next moment, Varik’s guards swarmed over him, tearing the battered Space Marine to pieces.

Despite this, Varik’s expression remained grimacing.

He saw only one Space Marine, but it had clearly teleported suddenly before him.

This posed the question: could only one Space Marine have teleported?

Clearly not.

Varuk heard the sounds of fierce fighting from various locations near and far.

A moment later, reports arrived.

They reported that they were under attack by unknown Space Marines.

The number of Space Marines was unknown, and the attack area was scattered around Varuk himself. They were rapidly regrouping.

Varuk deduced the situation: perhaps the Space Marines had teleported too hastily, targeting Varuk’s position as their target, and had failed to accurately teleport. Consequently, all the Space Marines were scattered around him.

And now, they were regrouping.

The Skitarii aboard their own ships were also caught off guard. After all, no one could have anticipated the sudden appearance of a large, Power Armored warrior, or a group of them, right next to them.

They were powerless to stop the scattered Space Marines from regrouping. Once they assembled, the destructive power they could inflict would increase even further.

Varric had calmed down from his panic; the situation wasn’t yet uncontrollable. Command after command, transmitted through the electron beam linking his body to the ship’s command system, reached the various Skitarii units aboard.

Their next goal was to prevent the Space Marines from assembling if possible.

Even if that wasn’t possible, they would destroy as many of their active forces as possible in the process.

In addition to the troops responsible for the encirclement and suppression, the Skitarii, under Varric’s command, established defensive lines as much as possible, primarily around his position and key locations on the ship, with the goal of protecting him and the ship.

At the same time, he was also maximizing his own superior forces.

There was no need to mobilize troops from other ships; just aboard his own ship, the Alfonzo I, alone numbered nearly a hundred million.

After all, these were no ordinary warships, but mechanical arks. Just from the ship’s specifications alone, it was several times larger than a typical battleship. Putting its combat power aside, it could carry dozens, even hundreds, of times more men than a typical battleship.

As long as the Space Marines failed to immediately complete their strategic mission of decapitating or destroying the Ark, the longer they dragged on, the more they would be overwhelmed by the surging tide of Skitarii.

In other words, the longer they delayed, the safer Varluk would be.

The most dangerous moment might even have passed.

Varluk thought he could begin researching how Gu Hang had managed teleportation amidst the shadows of the Warp, and how this was related to the previous flash of the Thunder Nation.

Just as he was thinking about this, he suddenly heard a loud bang.

The majestic, tightly closed door of the Mechanical Cathedral, the heart of his ship, had been blasted open by an even greater force.

The shattered fragments of the door sent the people inside reeling.

Varluk stared intently at the door and saw a figure, floating in mid-air, slowly fly in.

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I’m really not playing Space Marine Faction II…

I suddenly received a notice last night, and before I knew it, I was already in Shenyang, without even my computer.

I’ll probably be in Shenyang for three days, and I’m trying hard to find opportunities to write and update!

I really want to go home early and play Space Marine Faction II…

(End of this chapter)