Chapter 794: The End of the Empire

Chapter 794: The End of the Empire
The central government of the empire did not know what exactly happened on Cartier, who captured Cartier and destroyed the planet which was one of the most heavily guarded in the entire empire.

The central government of the empire also did not know why there was a violent subspace explosion after Cartier was destroyed, and did not know why the power erupted from this explosion was so terrifying.

The greatest disaster it brings is that the waves of subspace gushing out from the gates of hell are forming a torrent.

The torrent surged outward at the rate of engulfing a star region every day.

Wherever this subspace torrent passes through, a scarlet scar will be formed in the starry sky. In many imperial worlds, you can see this scar across the night sky by looking up.

All the worlds within this scar will instantly lose all contact with the outside world.

Inter-star communications were no longer possible. All star tunnels were no longer functional in the violent waves.

According to calculations, this subspace torrent will sweep from the Hell Gate in the southern western part of the empire all the way to the northeast. On the star map, if this torrent cannot be stopped, it will split the entire empire into two in about a month.

And there is really no way to stop it.

A month later, the empire was really divided into two parts.

Not only did the countless worlds shrouded in this scar lose contact with the center of the empire, but on the other side of this scar, almost the entire eastern border, southern border, southern part of the western border, and a small area east of the northern border of the empire...all these places lost contact with the empire.

And what has lost contact is not only the scarlet scar, but also the other side of the scar.

This subspace torrent affected not only the area it swept through, but also the area within the scarlet scar. When the torrent swept through, the entire known universe was shaking. Not only the scarlet scar, or the world on the other side of the scarlet scar, could not be contacted, but even other worlds were not so normal. When conducting interstellar communications, it was often easy to be interrupted, or suddenly heard shrill screams or rampant laughter.

Remote communication has become very unreliable. Even if it is connected without interference, it is possible to encounter the most terrible situation: key information is tampered with during communication. After suffering losses, it becomes particularly important to check and review the information multiple times.

In addition to interstellar communications becoming more difficult, even more difficult is interstellar navigation across star regions.

The astral tunnel is still still usable - it is almost the only means of superluminal travel available to the Empire now.

Although many places still retain the warp engine, almost all the existing engines are astral engines. It is too difficult to build new ships or replace the engines of existing warships with warp engines. The huge cost and time are difficult to accept.

Moreover, is the warp engine really easy to use? When the Empire used the warp engine on a large scale, direct warp navigation was not safe. The astral tunnel replaced the former in a way that was far safer than warp navigation. Now, the warp waves are so turbulent that even with a full set of ancient technology, it may not be safe.

Although the current Star Tunnel navigation would encounter greater dangers and the probability of getting lost or missing would increase significantly, it was still the only way when there was no other choice.

After communications and navigation suffered great restrictions, each imperial world became an isolated island.

If the planet itself has not suffered any major problems, it may be fine; but if there are some disasters, such as facing alien attacks or rebels, the world that could have relied on external assistance will suddenly have to rely on itself. The external assistance will not be cut off, but at least the time it takes to arrive will be greatly slowed down.

And the danger does not just come from the problem of 'islandization'.

In this wave of the Warp, the reality veil between the entire known universe and the Warp has become thinner than before. That means that the invasion of the Warp will become easier.

In many worlds close to the Scarlet Scar, there is even the possibility of direct attacks from demons. These terrifying subspace monsters appear directly in the real world.

Even in places far away from the scarlet scar, when people look up and feel depressed, angry, sad, ecstatic... in short, when there are drastic fluctuations, it is easy to hear some sounds that should not be heard.

The faint red marks that can be seen even in the daytime have a special magical power. And this magical power will be further enhanced at night when the red marks become more conspicuous.

The most direct impact is that the number of people with psychic talents has increased - but this is not simply a good thing.

Psykers also become more prone to losing control.

In addition, the activities of cults became more active, and chaos beliefs began to spread more widely than in the past.

In addition, from the scarlet scar, there will be Chaos rebels rushing out from the gates of hell, attacking cities everywhere...

After the Great Rift appeared, the entire empire fell into chaos.

Even on Holy Terra, people were shrouded in panic.

Although Holy Terra had not suffered any disasters directly at the first time, the officials of the central government of the empire found that they had no way to deal with the current chaotic situation in the empire.

We can't get in touch with anyone, and when we do, they cry out for help. Once the reinforcements are sent out, they may never come back...

All resources imported from the outside world must be continuous or in short supply. Many imperial taxes that are on the way cannot be delivered, or at least have to be postponed. As for the next installment of imperial taxes... I can't even get in touch with them, how can I collect them?
The imperial system, which was already rigid, chaotic and inefficient, was on the verge of collapse under this huge disaster that affected the entire world.

The bureaucrats at the central level of the empire were also working hard.

Qi Bodu sounded the highest level of alarm in the palace, and the officials of the empire worked all night long. One after another, ships set out from the solar system and headed to various places.

They are also trying hard to save the situation.

However, the officials on Holy Terra themselves knew that they could only do their best and leave the rest to fate.

They have no confidence at all about what the future will be like.

Qi Bodu sat on his throne all day long and was always absent-minded when doing his work.

He remembered his last communication with Gu Hang.

"The end is near... the end has come... is this the end of the empire? Will the empire end in my hands?"

"No...no...impossible, I can never allow this to happen!"

(End of this chapter)