Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 637

Chapter 635: Great Victory at Aramita

. The Warp shadow over the Kingdom of Storms has dimmed slightly.

The Zerg swarms haven’t even made much of an attack on Gu Hang’s Kingdom. Instead, the Heroic Spirits, aboard one lightning-generated shuttle after another, have surged beyond the borders of the Kingdom of Storms, fighting in the boundless darkness beyond.

Each Heroic Spirit is a pinprick of light, like a firefly in the night—even if faint, it still illuminates a patch of space. Dots of light dot the Warp shadow, seemingly everywhere!

These pinpricks of light periodically vanish, only to be quickly reborn within the Kingdom and plunge into the shadow, one after another, relentlessly advancing.

Within the pervasive shadow, they resemble the flickering, countless fireflies.

This is Gu Hang’s method for dispelling the Warp shadow.

The time required to completely dissipate the Warp shadow has been reduced from nine months to three.

The Warp Shadow’s weakening was similar to Gu Hang’s previous estimate, roughly 15% to 20%, which aligns with the number of infected and transformed individuals lost by Alfonzo’s Mechanicum.

Don’t underestimate a one-fifth reduction in strength; quantitative change can lead to qualitative change.

With this one-fifth loss, the balance of power between the Warp Shadow and the Kingdom of Storms would be completely unbalanced.

The rate at which the Warp Shadow weakened would continue to increase. This is why the time it would take Gu Hang to completely destroy and expel it would be reduced to about one-third of its original value.

But even this level of weakness wasn’t enough for Gu Hang.

Before, he’d been unwilling to risk his life and take the initiative to attack for nine months; now, having already won the battle, another three months? He wasn’t willing to wait patiently!

This brings us to another qualitative change: the 20% weakening of the Warp Shadow caused another qualitative change: it could no longer block the Kingdom of Storms.

Gu Hang’s attempt to tear open the veil of reality and project the power of the Kingdom of God into the real universe was no longer impossible.

It was merely a little more difficult than normal, and the power projected was less.

But it was enough.

Immediately, Gu Hang demanded that the pursuing Alliance fleet in the real universe no longer simply follow or drive off, but pursue at full speed!

After the engagement, Gu Hang’s power was manifested in the real universe.

True, it was much more difficult than normal, and the power projected was quite insufficient.

But the key was that after tearing open the shadows of the Warp and then the veil of reality, no matter how difficult it was, it would ultimately reconnect this area to the Warp. As a result, the Storm Mages within the ships, who had been languishing since the start of the war, regained their power.

Furthermore, these Storm Mages became Gu Hang’s aid, assisting him in projecting power outwards and striking enemy vessels in the same manner as before.

Directly attempting to rip through the void shields of top-tier vessels like battleships and mechanical arks was unrealistic. After all, this task was never easy, not to mention the limited resources Gu Hang had borrowed from the Storm Kingdom, making the task more challenging.

But that didn’t matter. He could focus on destroying the smaller and medium-sized ships, even the cruisers, and focus on the frigates and destroyers.

Destroying one not only damaged the enemy ship, but also meant the destruction of tens to hundreds of thousands of enemy ships.

More importantly, after several ships were destroyed, the transports within were exposed.

While their design might appear slightly different, they were essentially giant-bellied transports, highly capable, inexpensive, and practical. If used solely for troop transport, a single vessel could easily accommodate 20 million troops.

But aside from being large, capable, and inexpensive, they lacked any other advantages.

Generally speaking, transport ships were sufficient. Sailing within safe zones, there was no need to worry about anything else. Sailing in dangerous areas usually requires escort fleets, which inherently have little combat capability. Even if they’re barely converted into armed merchant ships, they’re just big bellies, with poor firepower, defense, and maneuverability, potentially even less effective than a typical frigate.

With sufficient escort fleets, such modifications are unnecessary. They wouldn’t increase combat effectiveness much, but would actually slow down the ship and reduce internal cargo capacity.

Furthermore, fleets generally don’t proactively or specifically attack transport ships during combat.

There’s little need.

If the escort fleet can be defeated, destroyed, or driven back, the remaining transports are like fish on the chopping block, ready for disposal.

However, if the escort fleet can’t be defeated, then wasting firepower on the transports would be a waste. After all, if they attack the protected transports at depth, they’ll be vulnerable themselves.

However, the current situation is naturally different. Those transports, which often carry tens of millions of lives, are precisely Gu Hang’s target.

Destroying a few more ships would significantly reduce the enemy’s numbers, projecting them into the Warp and accelerating the decline of the shadow.

This was precisely what was happening.

Furthermore, with Varuk now captured by Gu Hang, no one else could master the Warp Shadow technology without him. Even Alfonzo’s surviving leaders might not have understood the Warp Shadow system.

They failed to grasp why the Alliance, despite being at a significant disadvantage in the direct engagement, was scrambling some of its main fleet to attack the escorts and then the transports. What was their purpose? After

seven transports carrying numerous people were destroyed in quick succession, and the number of lives annihilated exceeded one hundred million, the Warp Shadow surrounding the Kingdom of Storms finally gave way and collapsed completely!

Gazing from the Kingdom, the flickering fireflies within the thick shadow grew more constant and radiant. The thick shadow was illuminated, even ignited, shattering into pieces.

It was on the verge of collapse.

At this moment, Gu Hang exerted even more strength.

The Storm God Kingdom began to violently emit lightning, flashing once again!

Just like the previous two flashes, the shadows of the subspace were completely dispelled.

But the difference was that this time, after the flash of lightning ended, the shadow couldn’t be restored.

It wasn’t just the lack of power in the Hollow; it was the core of this Warp shadow: the worm entwined in Varuk’s Warp projection. Gu Hang had seized the moment of the flash to capture it.

Gu Hang had intended to capture Varuk’s Warp projection and the worm’s shadow, bringing it into the Divine Realm to study its nature and see if he could profit from it.

However, as he was taking Varuk’s projection away, the worm’s shadow, which had been struggling, suddenly froze. A pair of vague eyes stared at Gu Hang with a cold, bloodthirsty gaze.

Gu Hang felt a chill run down his spine.

A moment later, the worm’s shadow dissipated.

Gu Hang stood there stunned for a moment, pondering.

If I had previously suspected this was the work of the Zerg will, then did that glance just now mean I was being targeted?

It was quite creepy.

But after thinking about it again, Gu Hang stopped worrying about it.

Who cares whether you are targeting me or not? The two sides are enemies with no room for compromise, and there is no possibility of reconciliation.

If I am targeting you, then I will dig your eyes out sooner or later.

When the long insect shadow ran away, there was no point in holding the projection of Varuk left behind.

Gu Hang checked again and again, but there was no way to find any strange traces on the projection of Varuk. He waved his hand and ignored it. And this projection, which had lost its connection with Varuk himself in the real universe, and lost the support of the suspected Zerg will, could not maintain itself and completely dissipated.

At this moment, the shadow of the subspace had dissipated, and the power of the Storm God Kingdom could once again be projected into the real universe unscrupulously according to Gu Hang’s thoughts.

This means that the most powerful weapon of the Alliance Fleet in the Star Wars – Gu Hang’s psychic power, is now completely unsealed!

Gu Hang’s gaze was fixed on the Alfonzo fleet, which had sensed the dissipation of the Warp’s shadow but remained clueless as to why.

The obstacles had been cleared; all that remained was the hunt.

The Fury Flame and New World Torch Legions prepared, and the Shadow Legion was also gearing up.

Seize the ship!

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This space chase raged for another two months.

After Gu Hang tore through the void shields of the Mechanicus’s final mechanical ark and destroyed it under concentrated fire, the Alfonzo fleet lost all will to fight.

However, the Alliance’s ship seizure wasn’t led by the powerful Phoenix and Blood Shark, but by the Fury Flame and New World Torch.

While there were Shadow Warriors helping them, they couldn’t act openly, and they had also suffered heavy losses in the previous battle.

In fact, it wasn’t just them; the Fury Flame and New World Torch Legions had also suffered significant losses.

By this point, they weren’t as effective at boarding and seizing ships.

By the end of the war, the Alliance had only captured one battleship; that was their limit.

The rest, if inconvenient to seize, were simply destroyed.

However, as some of the faster cruisers, destroyers, and battlecruisers scattered, the Alliance fleet, limited by its size, struggled to split up and pursue them, lest they be attacked. But

at this point, achieving this result was a resounding victory.

Overall, Gu Hang had secured the Forge World of Aramita.

Varuk, the supreme leader and great sage of the Alfonzo Cult, was apprehended by Gu Hang.

The Alfonzo Cult’s last great fleet was shattered.

Two mechanical arks were destroyed, one Retribution-class battleship was captured, and one destroyed. Two hundred other battleships, both large and small, were destroyed.

While some battlecruisers and cruisers survived, they might escape back to the two remaining Alfonzo Forge Worlds, potentially causing trouble for Gu Hang during future Alliance invasions.

But it wasn’t a major issue.

The current gains are enough for the Alliance to digest for a while.

The Alfonzo sect’s offensive capabilities have been completely cut off. There’s nothing to be dissatisfied with.

This is the great victory of Aramita!

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There’s one more chapter, probably in two or three hours, you can read it tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)