Chapter 938, An Old Acquaintance

Chapter 938, An Old Acquaintance

Gu Jing recognized the storm elemental creature that had betrayed him.

That was from his father, a heroic spirit from the Storm God Kingdom!

He didn't know how these heroic spirits appeared in Comoros, but it was definitely a great thing!

In terms of combat ability alone, these Storm Spirits are not weak. However, their numbers are actually not many, with only a few thousand appearing on the field.

No matter how powerful they are, they are far from being at the level of Space Marines. Their numbers of a few thousand are completely insufficient to change the course of the battlefield.

However, their greatest value is certainly not their military value.

When Gu Jing saw that they initially sided with the Dark Spirits and then turned against them, he realized that this group of Storm Spirits had probably been in Comoros for quite some time. Their presence here must have a deeper meaning.

Furthermore, considering that his father was able to quickly obtain intelligence about Comoros and point out that Queen Rose Harbor was the target of their attack, he could make a bold guess—these Storm Spirits might possess very important information!
Gu Jing devised a way to place these Storm Spirits into the Reception Building and notified the Great Sage Kaul.

To be honest, Kaul had some doubts about this.

What if this is a conspiracy orchestrated by those cunning black-skinned creatures? Releasing a group of energy beings into the Reception Tower is extremely dangerous, isn't it?
However, when the time came, they didn't have many options.

Time was of the essence, and their progress in opening the Veil Spirit Gate was, if not completely hopeless, at least extremely slow. Under immense external pressure, Kaul had no choice but to consider taking on more risks in order to expedite the process.

The effect is remarkable!

Upon entering the Reception Building, the energy beings transformed in front of the human guards, changing from pure energy aggregates with no individual characteristics into distinctly different human appearances.

At most, it has a slightly translucent body and is surrounded by electric arcs, making it look rather unique.

Of course, you can still tell the difference between them at a glance. Logically speaking, in this situation, you should fight first and then talk about it.

However, the troops defending the building had received orders from Kaul not to attack the energy creatures, but instead to use firepower to block the black-skinned men who were chasing them.

The Storm Spirits who successfully entered the building did not forget to give a standard Eagle Union salute to the human soldiers stationed there.

Although they felt strange, the human soldiers instinctively returned the greeting.

The Storm Spirits were quite organized. One of them, dressed in Alliance uniform, stepped forward to try and communicate.

He identified himself as a colonel in the Alliance Army and the Imperial Star Force, claiming he had a very important mission to carry out and demanding to see the person in charge of breaking the Veil Spirit Gate technology.

A heroic spirit claims to be an officer... but his meticulous military uniform, the clearly displayed rank, and his serious, soldier-like demeanor all subconsciously convince people of his identity.

They were the very people the orders were to meet, and the prepared human soldiers set aside a team to lead them upwards.

Kaul, who was waiting there, met them.

Although these people may have come with the hope of breaking through the veil of spirits, he couldn't place all his hopes on them. He continued to lead his team diligently, never stopping even when meeting with the heroic spirits. However, when a few heroic spirits stood before him, he was somewhat surprised upon recognizing them.

He saw an old acquaintance.

"Mr. Kaur, it's been a long time."

Kaul's electronic eyes flickered for a moment, and the information in the memory storage chip was quickly retrieved, allowing him to recall every detail of his interactions with the 'person' in front of him.

"Yu Che...it has indeed been a long time, it seems like 1,100 years. Are you dead?"

"Yes, but I have been resurrected by the great power of the leader and can serve the god of all machines once again."

The heroic spirit speaking looked like a high-ranking member of the Cult of Mechanics.

That was true, at least during his lifetime.

The man named Yu Che is a sage from the former Alfonzo sect, now the Aramita sect. During the Iron War, he sided with the Alliance and became one of the key figures in the Aramita sect's rise from the corpse of the Alfonzo sect.

As a sage of the mechanical religion, his lifespan of over 1,400 years was relatively long, but not particularly outrageous—at least not as outrageous as his former teacher from his time studying on Mars, who lived for 10,000 years.

However, his lifespan had indeed come to an end. He died in battle while accompanying the Dark Side Expeditionary Fleet to fight against a planet corrupted and occupied by a Dark Mechanicus.

His special status made Gu Hang look at him differently. Gu Hang went to great lengths to retrieve his soul, but instead of letting him return to the Golden Throne to enjoy eternal sleep, he became a heroic spirit in the territory of the Storm God Kingdom and took charge of the Alliance's major secret—the Black Box Factory—located in the Storm God Kingdom.

Although becoming a Heroic Spirit essentially eliminates the possibility of further progress, and all thoughts become fixed in the state before death, never to change again. In essence, there is no concept of 'life'; it is merely a projection constructed using the power of the Storm God Kingdom by extracting soul imprints.

However, it was precisely because of the influence of his memories and thoughts from his previous life that he instinctively felt incredibly excited when he saw so many black boxes. He was very satisfied with the new job that President Gu had arranged for him and believed that his life after death would be quite happy.

And when a new mission comes, he will not refuse—although heroic spirits don't really have much room to refuse anyway.

He was one of the many heroic spirits that Gu Hang sent to the Comoros. Gu Hang hoped to use this sage of the Mechanicus in his lifetime to see if he could gain some insight into and analyze the technology possessed by the Dark Eldar in advance, so as to make plans for the future.

Among these, the technology of the veiled spirit gate is the most important aspect of the analysis.

At first, things didn't go very smoothly. Yu Che had very little exposure to technology, and none of it was particularly important.

The situation changed dramatically after the Storm Energy Creatures became guests of honor in the Witchcraft Cult, gaining access to more secrets.

This included information about the Veiled Spirit Gate.

In Yu Che's 'mind', a large amount of information about the Veil Spirit Gate technology has already been stored and analyzed!

(End of this chapter)