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Chapter 682: Phoenix Savior
The shadow of the subspace has returned, thicker than ever.

It became very difficult for Gu Hang to exert his psychic power in the real universe. The heroic spirits that had already appeared in the real universe were also dispersed and returned to the Kingdom of Storm God.

But so what?

The outcome was already determined. In the naval battle, the Zerg fleet could no longer turn the tables.

If Gu Hang really wanted to forcefully invest his psychic power to influence the real world, it was not impossible. The shadow of the subspace was an unbreakable wall for others, but for him, it could be torn apart.

Especially since the Queen is so far away, and in the current area, the anchor point of the Warp Shadow, that is, the huge number of Hive Fleets, is being destroyed at a very fast speed, making the Warp Shadow even more unstable.

But Gu Hang did not force it.

The main reason is that it is not necessary.

The second reason was that he had another thing to do.

From a very long distance, Gu Hang and the Queen Insect's resentful eyes were vaguely looking at each other. At the same time, he tore open the shadow of the subspace and the curtain of reality one by one with some difficulty but quite determination.

It was not easy and took a lot of effort, and I only tore it a little bit.

The shadow of the subspace still poses a great obstacle to him.

But it didn't matter, what he had to do was very simple - he fished out the four dead neurozoa, passed through the four small subspace cracks that had opened, and swallowed them into the Kingdom of Storms.

Those four neurozoa were directly hit by the ship's guns and died without time to protect themselves, or their self-protection was useless. In this case, their bodies were not just broken into pieces, but there might not be any remains of them. The two who were killed by the Space Marines and Gu Hang's thunder were also broken into pieces, but at least their bodies were there.

But whether the body is intact or broken or has been shattered to pieces, it is actually not important. As long as the neurozoa died in this place and not too long ago, then their remaining subspace essence must still be there.

This is also what Gu Hang wants.

Neurozoa, or all Zerg creatures of the same line as brain worms that possess psychic power, are different from other Zergs. They also have no souls, but the power of psychic power must come from the subspace, which requires the construction of a subspace essence.

When the Queen of Insects shapes these insects with psychic powers, she will spend a lot of biomass and some other things, and it will take a lot of effort and a long time to create one.

However, hatching the body of the neuron is only the simplest step, no matter how difficult it is. The key to shaping the brainworm is to gather enough "souls" to form a projection in the subspace. The same principle applies to the neuron, except that the change from quantitative to qualitative is particularly difficult.

It is actually very difficult for the Queen to create four such neurozoa.

The Dubo Fleet of the Alfonzo sect suffered a great loss in terms of psychic power. After the alliance entered the Queen's Star Region, Gu Hang was still able to use psychic power even under the cover of the shadow of the subspace. And every time it was used, its descendants would suffer huge losses. All of this was seen by the Queen of Insects, so she created these four neurozoa.

Normally they would not be willing to send them out for use, but this time they were sent all at once to escort the support Hive Fleet heading south, which shows how much importance they attach to this matter.

However, not only did she fail to preserve the hive fleet she had been expecting, which was loaded with huge biomass and heading south for support, but all four neurozoa were also killed here.

Not only that, when she was extremely angry, resentful, and heartbroken, she had to watch Gu Hang capture the protozoa that was about to dissipate!
It didn't know what Gu Hang wanted to do with the remaining subspace essence of the neurozoa, but she could guess, and her guess was almost correct.

But she was powerless and could not stop Gu Hang at all.

She even felt that Gu Hang's current slowness was actually done on purpose for her to see, just to provoke her.

This made her even angrier!

In addition to her impotent rage, she was actually a little bit frightened - Zerg creatures at the level of the Queen of Zerg already had quite abundant advanced emotions.

What frightened her was that she seemed to have no idea how to deal with Gu Hang.

She also didn't know how to solve the current dilemma she was facing.

She is very smart, so she can predict many things in the future.

For example, what will Gu Hang do after he wins this time?
They should turn around and head south to find the reinforcements that were withdrawn from the Shantao Battle and headed north to respond to the now destroyed reinforcements.

The size of that force was only three biological battleships, and there was no way they could confront the main fleet of the alliance.

Can you run away?

The Queen of Insects has already ordered them to retreat and return to Rheaduches, but there is a high possibility that they will be caught up by Gu Hang while they are halfway through their escape.

I'm afraid the ending won't be good.

Then again?

Whether Gu Hang directly raids Readuces, or puts it aside for now and goes further west to join forces with Salilius and Martins to attack her western defense line from the east and west, it would be a nightmare situation for her.

But is there any way she can stop it?

Absolutely not.

He withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at Gu Hang across the subspace.

Not interesting.

Let’s quickly think about how to overcome the difficulties.

……

Su Lie looked at the countless burning and dead biological ships, and his heart finally calmed down a little.

Earlier, when drifting in the Warp, he led the remnants of the regiment with great determination, and always held on no matter what hardships they faced.

He and his fighting brothers have never given up, and they will never give up in the foreseeable future.

But in fact, they are falling into despair day by day.

No matter how much Su Lie didn't want to admit it, he had to face the fact that it was true.

Gu Hang's arrival changed everything.

Although, when Gu Hang first appeared on the Phoenix Crown Feather, which was sailing in the subspace and all outsiders were to be regarded as enemies, Su Lie naturally attacked Gu Hang. Even after explaining the situation later, he still had some wariness towards Gu Hang.

What in the subspace doesn't require vigilance?

But to be honest, that also gave him some hope.

Maybe he could be saved?
Then, the information, such as pointing the way, providing coordinates, and sharing the current battle situation in the real universe, was also confirmed by the think tank and priests of the chapter and was considered to be highly credible.

They did indeed sail on a path that seemed safer and more directional.

All of this deepened his trust in Gu Hang. Only after the Phoenix Crown reached the back of the Storm God Kingdom and completely avoided that malicious and greedy gaze did he feel a little relieved.

Because of the initial trust that had been established, he cautiously accepted a battle plan of Gu Hang. However, even though Gu Hang had told him, he still couldn't help but panic when the Phoenix Crown Feather emerged from the subspace and appeared surrounded by countless Zerg biological ships.

In the past, he would have ridiculed and disdained some imperial fleets, treating precious and powerful ships as treasures in their hands. The Retribution class was fine, but the Emperor class and even higher-level warships did not dare to be put into use in difficult battles. Even in normal battles, they often hid far behind, and the cannons from a distance rarely went deep into danger to play the decisive role they should have played. As long as the battle was slightly disadvantageous, the naval commander would tend to let the high-value ships withdraw first and come back later.

This situation is definitely irrational, and it has led to the navy as a whole being afraid of war. However, having said that, can Su Lie himself be exempt from this?

In previous battles, he was willing to fight bravely and was better than the masters of the Imperial Navy. However, he did not dare to take the risk of putting the Phoenix Crown of the Queen of Glory class directly into the most dangerous situation and directly into the core of the enemy fleet array.

But he dared not, and there was no other way. The situation had come to this point, and he could not think about anything more.

He could only comfort himself - at least what Gu Hang said was true. He could now finally let go of the idea that Gu Hang was just some scam perpetrated by some evil demon from the subspace.

The Phoenix Crown Feather appeared in the array of the Zerg Hive Fleet, looking majestic and powerful, and played a decisive role. It directly destroyed two biological battleships at the beginning and completely tore apart the formation of the Zerg Hive Fleet, which greatly attracted the attention of the Zerg Hive Fleet and provided a perfect opportunity for the main fleet of the Alliance behind to attack.

But at the same time, they were also under tremendous pressure. They had to fight alone for a long time, and had to endure fierce concentrated fire. There were even two biological ships that directly hit them, and one of them actually hit them.

The void shield is in danger, the ship is damaged, a large number of Zerg invade the ship, and the fighting brothers fight desperately to eliminate the invaders...

For a moment, Su Lie felt that the Phoenix Crown Feather would not be destroyed in his hands?

From now on, the Phoenix Chapter will be a founding chapter without the Queen of Glory? The Chapter has inherited the greatest holy relic for thousands of years, and the entire empire has no way to create a new one. Only the founding chapters have the Queen of Glory left?

This is so much fun.

It is second only to the Phoenix Regiment which perished under his leadership.

But fortunately, none of this happened. The powerful performance of the Phoenix Crown Feathers and the desperate resistance of the Phoenix Warriors inside the ship allowed them to hold on in the end.

Although the ship still suffered some damage, it was still within an acceptable range.

Su Lie felt that he must thank Gu Hang very much.

Gu Hang saved the entire Phoenix Regiment.

It is not only a physical salvation, but also a spiritual salvation.

No matter how many reasons and excuses there are, the collapse of the Western Front Army six years ago was Phoenix's defeat.

A complete defeat, a defeat that almost wiped out the entire team.

And now, the Phoenix Regiment has returned. Not only has it returned after being saved, but it has also appeared as the absolute protagonist in such a battle that is both crucial and large-scale, playing a pivotal role and turning the tide.

This is critical.

In the future, the Phoenix Regiment can hold their heads high and say that they are not losers.

Although they experienced failure, they eventually came back and won, and played a key role in the crucial battle!

From this perspective, he really needs to thank Gu Hang.

Gu Hang is the savior of Phoenix.

In every sense of the word.

……

Gu Hang, who was thanked by Su Lie, was eating heartily.

The remaining souls of the four neurozoa were slowly captured in front of us in order to provoke the queen worm.

The Queen Insect withdrew her gaze, so Gu Hang was too lazy to pretend and started eating directly.

I ate quite full.

I couldn't even finish one bite.

Earlier, eating a protozoan was already able to bring great help to Gu Hang.

Such a neurozoan is extremely powerful. Compared to humans, it is equivalent to an Alpha-level or even stronger psychic. Compared to the subspace, it may be equivalent to a great demon.

Of course, this level of neuron protozoa is "artificial", or it is fabricated by the queen. The level may be up to par, but when Gu Hang really eats it, the nutrition is not as good as eating a real demon.

The profit is much lower than that obtained by absorbing Gawaga.

However, it doesn't matter.

What quality lacks, quantity makes up for it!
Eating one neuron protozoan is much worse than eating a big demon, and Gu Hang really doesn't dare to and can't find a big demon to eat. However, eating four neuron protozoans in one go is definitely equivalent to eating a big demon and still having some left over.

In fact, Gu Hang couldn't even finish all of it in one breath.

The four remaining souls were locked up in a high tower in the Kingdom of Storm God.

This tower was built with the help of the heroic spirits when the Great Impurity - Govaja was digested.

Gu Hang ate one in a hurry, and then hung the other three on the tower.

The thunder and lightning in the Kingdom of Storm God continuously bombarded and pounded the residual souls of the three protozoa hanging above.

Every bombardment and every blow would knock off some nutrients from their residual souls, which is the essence of the subspace, and then be devoured by the entire Storm Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Storm God is growing stronger.

This also means that Gu Hang's spiritual power is growing stronger.

After a rough estimate, Gu Hang believed that after he had eaten and digested all four neuroprotozoa, his psychic power would be strong enough to reach the Alpha level without the help of the Storm God Kingdom.

And once the firepower is fully opened, or the battle breaks out in the Kingdom of Storm God, Gu Hang can almost crush ordinary demons like Gowaga.

When fighting against monsters like the protozoa, four of them at the same time, Gu Hang no longer needed the help of the tens of thousands of storm mages, and could fight on his own.

This is an obvious increase in strength.

Long ago, Gu Hang raised his psychic level to LV9 in the system interface, and his upgrade path in the system ended. If he wanted to upgrade further, it seemed that the only way was to devour this top-level psychic creature.

The most fundamental requirement is that this creature needs to have a strong enough subspace essence to nourish the Kingdom of Storms.

(End of this chapter)