Chapter 647, Years of Wandering

Chapter 647: Ten Years of Wandering

Su Lie could actually sense Gu Hang's "sense of reality".

As soon as he appeared, he didn't seem like an illusion. Although he had strong psychic reactions, he was completely different from a demon, and didn't seem like a demon in disguise.

Before this, whether it was the illusions that 'He' had created, or the demons that obeyed 'His' orders and disguised themselves in various appearances and came before him, they were all different from the state of Gu Hang that he saw at the moment.

Moreover, the psychic power used by Gu Hang was violent and ferocious, but it did not have the irritating, disgusting, and inexplicably desirable evil feeling of the subspace demons. On the contrary, it had a bit of the meaning of cleansing evil.

These all look like serious psychics, consistent with the rumored Gu Hang.

But even though he noticed all this, he still didn't dare to believe it.

Rather than believing that Gu Hang, who was far away from countless galaxies and had little to do with him, would appear here to save him, it would be better to believe that this was a new trick the enemy had come up with. All of his true feelings were just a further step forward in the other party's deception technology.

However, when he tried it himself to test the quality, his mind changed a little.

Gu Hang showed extremely powerful strength.

Although the fight with Gu Hang was short, it was very intense. Su Lie thought he had used all his strength, but still failed to do anything to Gu Hang. Gu Hang looked a little embarrassed, but Su Lie could also feel that Gu Hang had underestimated the enemy at the beginning.

If both sides get serious... Su Lie feels that he has a chance of winning, but not very high.

From this point of view, it is still proved that the person in front of him is indeed Gu Hang who is rumored to be very powerful in psychic power.

Although it is still possible that this is a powerful demon disguised as this, but thinking about it carefully, it seems unlikely.

It was difficult to keep pretending in a high-intensity battle. Just like Gu Hang, he was trying to use force field psychic power to control him at the beginning, but when he realized that he underestimated the enemy, he had to show his real skills, that is, those violent thunders, when the intensity increased.

This is a truth.

Even if it was a big demon, Su Lie didn't quite believe that it could continue to maintain its disguise and not show its real abilities under his coercion.

Objective facts from all angles are used to make Su Lie believe.

But the experience of being constantly seduced and defrauded over the past decade has made him unable to trust blindly.

If you believe the wrong thing, you will be doomed in this subspace.

However, they had indeed reached a point from which there was no recovery.

After ten years of sailing in the subspace, the engine, which had not been used for a long time, had some problems and the Geller force field was gradually losing its strength.

These are actually normal situations, but the more troublesome thing is that it has been thousands of years since the era of direct use of subspace for space travel. It is true that the ship has retained the maintenance technology of these equipment, but the operators have been replaced by hundreds of generations. Among the maintenance personnel alive now, no one has actually operated and maintained these ancient devices.

Everything is learned and applied by translating those old technical documents.

Of course you have to pay tuition to study.

Although the maintenance personnel and the monks of the Mechanicus have become more and more skilled, some costs are inevitable in the process of becoming skilled. Under the current circumstances, these losses are even irreparable, and they cannot find a place in the subspace to carry out thorough repairs.

The problem is not just with the ship equipment, the bigger problem is navigation.

The Astronomican still burned on Holy Terra and could be seen in the Warp, but using the Astronomican to navigate the Warp was also a very demanding skill, and over the millennia, this profession also disappeared.

The chapter's think tanks, as well as the astropaths and psykers on the ships, were all pulled out to carry out this task.

It's like forcing someone to do something, but there is no other way.

During the past ten years, they have tried very hard to find a way for the Chapter to return to the real universe, but they have failed almost every time. Often, that path not only fails to bring the Phoenix Crown Feathers back to the real universe, but makes them sink deeper and deeper into the subspace.

Although there is no evidence, Su Lie still suspects that the reason for this is not only that the navigator is not well-trained, but also that there are some malicious beings who deliberately misled their psychics.

But even so, what can we do?
Every time the think tank or psychic said that they had found a suspected path, no matter how many doubts Su Lie had and how many times he examined it, in the end, as long as he was sure that the psychic who proposed this plan had not been seduced or corrupted, he would most likely follow the route proposed by him.

But who can guarantee that corruption will be found in the inspection? Even if there is no corruption, who can say whether the psychic has been deceived? Even if there is no corruption and no deception, who can be sure whether the navigator has made a mistake?

If multiple risks are filtered out, it would be really fatal.

Although Su Lie still maintained a tenacious belief and still firmly encouraged the more than 100 surviving Phoenix warriors to maintain the same firm belief, the mortals on the ship could not be helped by simply relying on encouragement. Amid the occasional whispers and the terrifying supernatural events that often occurred on the ship, the mortal crew members inevitably gradually collapsed.

Problems with the ship, problems with navigation, problems with morale...all of these weighed heavily on Su Lie's mind.

He knew that no matter how determined they were subjectively, objectively they could no longer hold on and were heading towards inevitable destruction.

He had even made the worst plan. At the last moment, he would kill every collapsed person on the ship and every demon that invaded the ship. He would take the most determined warriors in his regiment and stay with his ship forever, until they themselves lost all supplies and reinforcements and were destroyed under the siege of endless enemies, which meant that he had fulfilled his duty to the Emperor.

But at this time, Gu Hang appeared.

He can now believe with a high probability that it is not a deception or an illusion.

So is that... a turning point?
Although we have prepared for the worst, it would certainly be better to be able to lead the regiment out.

Although there was still a hint of caution on his face, his heart was actually pounding.

……

Gu Hang on the opposite side finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Lord of Phoenix finally did not raise his sword to chop him up unreasonably again.

He took the time to speak out some of the circumstances.

Gu Hang did not mention how he found the Phoenix Crown Feather. The system certainly could not tell him, but if he did not mention it, he would have to lie. Gu Hang felt that lying was definitely a very bad choice in the current situation.

I'd rather be frank and say that this matter cannot be discussed.

The focus afterwards is on how Gu Hang plans to help Su Lie.

In short, Gu Hang can give Phoenix Crown Feather a navigation coordinate within the subspace - in fact, it is his Kingdom of Storm God.

Once they reach the vicinity of the Kingdom of Storm God, Gu Hang can tear apart the subspace and take them out.

It sounds simple, and actually... it is quite simple. The premise is that Su Lie has to believe it.

As expected, after Gu Hang finished speaking, Su Lie didn't say a word, but just stared at him with his eyes.

Gu Hang felt quite uncomfortable being looked at.

At this point, he also realized that since the two met, fought, and then talked, he was the only one speaking, and Su Lie never opened his mouth, which made people wonder if he was a mute.

After talking about this point, Gu Hang had nothing to say.

He also fell silent, just staring at Su Lie.

After a long while, Su Lie finally spoke: "I'll let my people try."

"What?" Gu Hang was stunned.

But he quickly reacted: "That would be great, as soon as possible, I hope you can still catch up with the final battle."

Having said that, Gu Hang also told Su Lie about the current situation of the Iron Armor War, and also complained about his successor and the commander-in-chief on the northern front being too reckless.

Su Lie listened carefully but did not give any comment.

He rarely comments on something he doesn't understand deeply.

……

After returning to the real universe, Gu Hang's mood was generally good.

Although there was no winner in the fight, he did not go to fight but to rescue people.

Even if he couldn't get the Phoenix, it was at least a friendly force. Gu Hang didn't really think highly of more than a hundred Space Marines, even if they were elites of the founding regiment. No matter how good they were at fighting, could they all be company champions? Even the founding regiment couldn't do that.

However, this Glorious Queen battleship was so exciting. It was boring to fight alone, but if there was an entire escort fleet protecting it, it was not an exaggeration for a Glorious Queen to be able to defeat ten battleships.

Gu Hang had no idea how Phoenix, which had a Glorious Queen, could lose the war with Iron Armor. He wanted to ask, but the atmosphere of the previous meeting was not suitable. Su Lie didn't completely trust him yet, so he couldn't ask.

It doesn’t matter, there will be plenty of opportunities to figure it out later.

Even if we cannot get hold of the Glorious Queen, being able to temporarily use it during the war would be an extremely important bargaining chip.

However, Captain Su Lie still seemed a little hesitant.

Before leaving, Gu Hang met with the Phoenix think tanks and left navigation marks. In the subspace, the Storm Kingdom certainly has no presence, and cannot play a navigation role similar to the star torch on Holy Terra, which represents the projection of the Emperor's golden throne in the subspace. However, as the lord of the Kingdom of God, Gu Hang left a special navigation route, which cannot be used on a large scale, but it can provide a reliable approach route for only one ship.

Correct the navigation path, and Phoenix Crown Feather can drive to the Kingdom of Storm God. Gu Hang's spiritual power clearly guides the way, as long as their navigator walks in this direction unswervingly, then they will definitely not go wrong.

But actually, there are two more problems.

First, are they willing to move forward with determination?
Up to now, they have not shown any intention of moving forward according to the navigation left by Gu Hang.

If they refuse to follow the route given by Gu Hang and refuse to believe it even if they die...then let them do as they please.

All I can say is that the situation is not critical enough, they can still hold on, and they still have a choice. When they really have no other options, they have to leave even if they don't want to.

Gu Hang is not in a hurry anyway.

It’s another question that Gu Hang cares more about.

That is the one who has set his sights on Su Lie and Fenghuang.

At first, Gu Hang thought it was an ordinary demon from the subspace, or a lesser god.

Gu Hang is not worried about enemies of this level.

However, when he really felt the pair of vague eyes looking at him, he changed his mind.

That is by no means an ordinary thing.

Gu Hang felt that he was of the same level as that 'kind father'!

He is one of the four greatest and most unspeakable evil gods in the subspace!

He was still very far away, and whether it was the Phoenix Crown or the Chapter Master Su Lie, although he desired them very much, they were all the Emperor's property after all, and were protected by the Emperor's great power.

The lustful prince couldn't just grab it directly, for fear of causing trouble; he wouldn't even pay full attention to this side, but just knocked and hit at the edge.

However, although he was afraid of the Divine Emperor, he obviously was not afraid of Gu Hang.

If Gu Hang brought the Phoenix Crown Feather to the vicinity of his own Kingdom of Storm God, would that also attract the attention of that lustful prince?

His kingdom of God cannot withstand the gaze of a truly great evil god!
To be honest, he had this kind of experience once before. It was when he killed and devoured the great unclean one Gawaja, and attracted the attention of the kind father.

Gu Hang had to thank the Emperor. At that time, it was the Emperor who helped him and concealed his kingdom of God from the "Father". Otherwise, Gu Hang would not have been able to develop so comfortably. After his storm trial, he would have faced the attacks of endless plague demons.

And this time, if he brought the phoenix over without thinking and let beings of the same level see it, then Gu Hang’s Kingdom of Storm God would probably be baptized by the swarm of demons of desire.

Gu Hang must think of a way to prevent this from happening.

How to do it?

He did have some ways to cover his tracks, but they were only for himself. He couldn't guarantee that he could hide an entire ship under the vague attention of Prince Lust.

To achieve this, we still have to rely on the great God-Emperor.

Gu Hang couldn't contact the Divine Emperor directly.

But he has two more indirect methods that can be tried one by one.

(End of this chapter)