Chapter 359: Heart of Stone
Everything Gu Hang is doing now is to create more time windows for Team A's actions.
The core of their operation this time is to destroy the void shield and the evil energy cannon.
Even if these two things were destroyed, the problem of Fino City would not be solved, and soon new evil energy cannons and void shields would be "born" by Fino City.
But it takes time.
Without the protection of the void shield and the counterattack of the fel cannon, the Imperial Navy, with full control, would be able to bring destruction to the city of Fino before the new void shield and fel cannon came out.
This is Gu Hang’s entire plan.
Logically speaking, if he personally led the team to destroy the void shields and fel cannons, it should be the fastest.
But alas, no.
If he walked away at this moment, I'm afraid Govaga would immediately discover the abnormality in Fino City.
After all, only he can use the magic sword to seal the two worlds and isolate the transmission of information.
He is extremely busy now.
The demons and cultists in this space almost knew everything they needed to know about the incident in the central nest of Fino City.
They continue to try to pass this information to the warp.
This was originally very simple, just a thought. The master of this subspace that was integrated with the city of Fino, the Great Unclean One Govaga, could sense the thoughts of these lower-level demons and thus understand the situation.
What Gu Hang did was to use the magic sword to intercept all these thoughts.
This is a huge workload, but fortunately, the only outlet for information is Tomlinson, the "Meat Mountain" who was killed by Gu Hang. Gu Hang blocked this place, and all the information had to go through him.
It is not enough to just block the network. Otherwise, if Gewajia does not receive a single message for a long time and the network is directly disconnected, then it will definitely know that something is wrong immediately.
Therefore, Gu Hang would also compile some "thoughts" to disguise them as normal situations and deceive Ge Wajia.
This part of the work is also very complicated and tiring.
These 'thoughts' he had woven were extracted and transformed from the existing intercepted parts.
Some parts are illogical, some seem strange, and some even do not conform to reality.
After all, there are so many of them here, and Gu Hang is not a god, so he can't do it perfectly.
But the Great Unclean One is not a god - oh, maybe it can be considered a god, but it is obviously far from being omniscient and omnipotent.
It is impossible for the big devil to carefully distinguish and listen to all the information at all times. In addition, whether it is a demon or a cultist who has been corrupted by the whispers of the subspace, their minds are not very clear, they are confused and crazy, so it is normal for them to have some strange and illogical content.
Gu Hang tried hard to maintain the balance here.
Gowaga will find out eventually, he is just delaying the time as much as possible.
This is not easy, not to mention, there is something constantly interfering with him.
That's Tom Leeson.
That was the "meat mountain" that he had flattened with his lightning spear before.
That guy, of course, is still dead.
Tomlisson is essentially a powerful sorcerer, and his master is the great demon Govaga, who has a twisted but very strong soul. The changes in his body are caused by the erosion of the subspace, which is just a superficial phenomenon.
Under Gu Hang's thunder, his body was completely destroyed and his soul was torn into countless pieces.
This is definitely a dead end in every sense of the word.
But it was precisely because Gu Hang took his place, holding the magic sword and blocking the place, that Tomlinson's shattered soul fragments could not dissipate and surrounded Gu Hang.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Hang would have easily dealt with these fragments, but now, most of his energy was spent on intercepting and fabricating information, and he couldn't spare the time.
But fortunately, this impact is not critical.
But from time to time, some illusions would appear before his eyes.
These hallucinations are basically the most impressive experiences in Tomlison's past life.
There is a scene where Tomlinson, when he was young, watched his father being beaten to death in the street.
That year, there were some problems with the imperial taxes that the city of Fino had to pay. The human taxes were enough, but the material taxes were a little less, so the factories stopped paying food and wages, saying that the taxes had to be paid first and the employees' debts would be paid later.
The Tomlinson family, including his father, his mother, as well as the nine-year-old Tom and his five-year-old sister, all lost their wages - he and his sister were working as child laborers.
Once you owe money, it will take one month.
People in the Xiachao District of Fino City were struggling to survive. If they stopped working, they would die of hunger. So, he had no other choice but to follow his father to steal. When they were caught, his father tried to stop him from running, but he was beaten to death.
Hiding in the corner, he engraved this scene deeply in his mind.
Later, his mother died soon after - she left her food to him and his sister and starved to death.
The second scene shows a naked corpse.
That was his sister, whom he had raised since she was a child. At the age of 17, she ignored his advice and followed a man from the middle-class district. A month later, her naked body was thrown on the street. After the security team found out the identity of the body, they notified him to collect it.
The third scene shows him saying goodbye to his family.
That year, Tomlinson was 27 years old when the Imperial Tax was imposed on him. His life had just started to improve, and he and his wife had formed a family. Their eldest son was three years old, and their youngest daughter was just born. He worked hard and got a chance to be promoted. But the Imperial Tax was supreme, so he had no choice but to follow it.
He could only comfort himself that since he had paid the imperial tax, his family would be exempted from part of the tax in the future and could also receive a subsidy.
The fourth scene shows him lying in a field hospital.
At that time, he was already an officer. After being levied the Imperial tax, he boarded a starship and was sent to the Jinguan Star Region to join a logistic slave team of the Star Army. After 29 years of fighting, he first became a regular soldier on the battlefield, and then made many contributions and was promoted to an officer. At the same time, he also spent half of his life from youth to old age on the battlefield against the green-skinned orcs.
Compared to his fellow soldiers who had been replaced one after another, he was lucky to have survived for 29 years. But today, his luck ran out, and he lost a leg and an arm on the battlefield.
But he was lucky enough to be rescued in the field hospital.
His achievements and medals gave him the opportunity to choose - to move back to the rear and spend the rest of his life on the new colony, or return to his hometown.
He chose the latter.
He was one of the few people who could return home on a supply transport ship. He had many medals that he had won with his life, the most outstanding of which was a warrior medal, which was very valuable.
After returning to his hometown, he was given a government position in Fino, his hometown, at his request. The first thing he did when he returned was to look for his family.
This is the scene from the fifth act, still a naked corpse, but it’s just an old photo.
That was his little daughter, who was found dead on the street when she was 17 years old. It was said that she was attacked by thugs, and her death was almost exactly the same as her aunt. The photo was the case information kept by the police at that time.
His eldest son was exiled as an imperial tax in the twenty-second year after he left Koroja, and a death notice was sent back just three years later. His wife died of depression two years ago due to years of overwork and the death of many relatives.
All this made him collapse.
He never had any good feelings towards the so-called empire. His family when he was young was ruined by the imperial tax; his own family was also ruined by the imperial tax. After joining the army, he once believed the propaganda of the political commissar and the military chaplain, believing that the emperor was supreme and protected mankind; he believed that he was fighting for the empire and all mankind, and was sacrificing his life for a higher level and greater benefit, and he had no regrets about it.
But after returning to his hometown, he couldn't get over the feeling of disillusionment.
This is the sixth scene: he smashed his warrior medal fiercely. It was also from this moment that he could hear the affectionate call of his loving father.
The false emperor's lies and the corrupt and dirty system of the empire made him feel sick.
He completely devoted himself to the Holy Father, and as a low-level official, he began to preach secretly and established the Church of Eternal Life.
He sincerely believed that Koroja needed to change and could not go on like this, otherwise the lower-class people would never have peace.
He also sincerely believed that it would be a wonderful thing to drive out the false emperor's beliefs, dissolve the empire's ruling system, and allow all people to enter the warm, eternal embrace of the benevolent father.
He worked tirelessly on this cause for fifty years.
And now, his career is finally bearing fruit.
But he met the Terminator Gu Hang again.
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Tomlinson's life does seem miserable.
But Gu Hang was hard-hearted about this matter.
Even though many illusions flashed before his eyes, his mentality did not change at all.
First of all, Thomson's experience is not a classic or representative one in Koroja. It's not because his experience is not tragic enough, but because he is actually very lucky.
The death of both parents and his sister was tragic, which was tragic, but many people in Korojia had experienced this, and there were many who were even more tragic. Moreover, most of them could not reach the stage of getting married, having children, getting promoted and getting a pay rise like him.
99.99% of the people who were paid as taxes to the empire never came back alive. Not only did he survive the war for 29 years, becoming an officer, but he also retired alive and returned to his hometown... This was already extremely lucky.
His wife died in her fifties, which was long beyond the average life expectancy of 36 years in Koroja; his daughter died tragically, there is no doubt about that; his son was taxed. About 700-800 million people are taxed in Koroja every two years, so it is not surprising that he was taxed the most.
If even he feels miserable, then everyone in Korojia must feel miserable.
But then again, if a person with very good luck can end up like this, what should a person with normal luck be like?
It is no wonder that the Cult of Immortality has been able to grow and develop. No wonder there are dozens of hives on Koroja, and collective riots break out in the base areas of each hive every now and then, and the plague spreads rapidly.
If Gu Hang, who traveled through time, was in such an environment from the beginning, he would definitely be thinking about rebellion.
Individual tragedies are touching, but for a ruler like Gu Hang, he can see that what is reflected behind this is a systemic problem.
He will solve the problems on Koroja, which may be a more difficult task than the current war, but he is confident that he has a complete set of solutions, but everything needs to wait until the demon invasion disaster on Koroja is generally stabilized before it can be implemented.
We must first ensure that the entire planet does not become a devil's den and that billions of people do not become the walking dead before we can talk about anything else.
As for Tomlinson's soul fragments and the many illusions that appeared before Gu Hang's eyes, in his opinion they were just some insignificant mumblings left by a madman who was crushed by reality.
Gu Hang will not let it become a factor that hinders him from completing his mission of saving Korojia.
He had no time to deal with these illusions, nor did he need to deal with them. He just watched indifferently, not paying any attention to them at all, wholeheartedly blocking the transmission of information and weaving false information to deceive Gawaja.
But...it seems that Gowaga has become suspicious.
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"We lost seven fighters and have completed our mission of attracting the defenders."
Lacroxia's voice was transmitted to Martins' ears through encrypted and reliable communication.
Later, Ms. Grit also sent a message from her side.
"My sisters and I are already in position."
"Okay." After Martins gave his responses, he took a deep breath and ordered, "Everyone charge!"
Behind him, three Warhound-class Titans, which were spaced a certain distance apart from each other, broke out of their silent state and began to run forward at full speed.
The 15-meter-tall 'war dog' almost hit the top of the flesh and blood nest with its head.
Nine knight mechas followed closely behind.
Hundreds of elite warriors from the Phoenix, Holy Lily, and Fang Camp were scattered around these behemoths.
Standing in front of them was a wall of flesh and blood.
The bombs that had been installed on it blew up the wall. Amidst the flying blood and flesh, three Titans rushed over. The few remaining walls could not stop the Titans' impact, leaving three large pits.
Behind this wall, there were a large number of demons, with their backs to the direction the Titans were rushing towards, their attention almost entirely focused on the target in front of them with whom they were fiercely engaged.
They were suddenly attacked from behind and were caught off guard.
Many demons turned around, and as a result, dead souls appeared one after another - demons can also be afraid.
The brainless plague-stitched corpses and rotten meat monsters were just stunned for a moment: Why is the wall behind broken? What are these three iron lumps that are bigger than themselves rushing in?
But those with some brains, such as plague bearers and plague wizards, were terrified.
They knew that something fatal was coming.
But what can they do?
Just die.
The Titan opened fire.
The Hellfire missile launchers on their shoulders fired half a round of missiles in an instant. 18 Hellfire missiles covered a large area in front of them.
The large-yield Hellfire missile has extremely strong destructive power, and the damage effect is exaggerated. All targets in the central area of the explosion will be destroyed by the shock wave of the explosion and the high temperature and high pressure. At the same time, with the big explosion, the hot melt powder will scatter and burn violently. Any material that is touched, even if it is just a little bit, will quickly burn a huge crater.
If it was something the size of a human, it would be burned directly; even if it was a few giant beasts of rotten meat or giant plague toads, if they were contaminated with too much, their whole bodies would be melted.
With their strong vitality, they may not be burned to death immediately, but the hot melt dust that has no open flame but can release extremely high temperatures for a long time is like a miniature hot melt bomb that will burn them to death sooner or later.
In this area, 18 Hellfire missiles created a purgatory-like scene.
But the three war dogs still didn't give up so easily.
In addition to the missile nest at the back, there are two main guns on the waist of the warhound, or on both sides of the head. One is a hot melt gun and the other is a kinetic gun.
The three Titans kept moving forward and maintaining the shooting rhythm.
Whether it was the large-caliber kinetic heavy artillery or the melta cannon, as they were named one by one, those large monsters in the edge areas of the previous Hellfire missile bombardment suffered one by one.
It's just a different way of dying.
The ones hit by the passive energy bombardment were shattered into pieces, and the ones hit by the hot melt bombardment were melted into a pile of red flowing debris, until they finally cooled down to gray and black.
Suddenly attacking from behind, the three Titans opened fire at full power, and suddenly the resistance of these demons was destroyed.
Then, following the large hole that the Titan had broken through, nine Knight Mechs followed, and more elite infantry units also rushed in.
Although the knight mechas that are over eight meters tall do not have as strong firepower as the Titans, they should not be underestimated; even the Phoenixes and Fangs, with their grenade launchers, can cause devastating damage to some monsters of regular size.
They chased the demon before them, pursuing it relentlessly.
On the other side, a team of dozens of people led by Lacroxia attracted the enemy's attention and also launched an attack.
The surviving demons, having lost their battle formation and their will to fight, began to collapse.
The human army drove these demons and strode towards their final destination, which was the demon engine that supported the existence of the void shield.
Everything went so smoothly, so smoothly that Martins even felt that it was not necessary to arrange for Ms. Grit to lead an extra team as a backup.
The attack is about to hit from the front, and the demon engine is already within reach.
As long as it enters the firing range, one round of fire coverage from the three Titans and their heavy artillery will be enough to paralyze it. Two more rounds will make it impossible to repair it.
The void shield generator cannot create a void shield to protect itself, and under normal circumstances there is no need for it.
In fact, they are already here now.
It was a closed space, surrounded by a wall of flesh and blood. But inside, there were still a steady stream of monsters coming out, as if they were squeezed out of the flesh.
The demons that had been killed by them before also regrouped here.
These chaotic monsters were certainly not particularly orderly. The demon army always had similar situations, they would scatter after being beaten, either running away or rushing in without thinking.
In order to organize them, a sufficiently strong individual is needed.
Now, it seems that such individuals exist.
Martins saw a monster about two and a half meters tall, covered in pus, shouting something. The demons around him were very afraid of him and did not dare to disobey his orders. The monsters that squeezed out of the flesh and blood wall behind him were also undoubtedly obeying his orders.
He is a leader.
Having made his judgment, Martins took action.
With his left arm raised, the heavy-bolter minigun fiercely blasted a storm of metal towards the monster.
At the same time, his order was also transmitted to several knight mechas. The machine guns they were equipped with, along with Martins' firepower, covered it.
The three war dogs continued to advance as planned, and one of them even sent a melta cannon towards that location.
This is an absolute overflow of firepower, nothing can... huh?
Amidst the dead and wounded all over the ground, a yellow-green figure rushed out quickly.
It was that monster.
At this moment, it held a rusty sword in its hand.
Martin immediately felt something was wrong.
He realized what it was—the Chaos Vanguard!
This is a powerful demon that evolved from a great grace from the evil god. It is said that if it grows up one more time, it will become a great demon - the plague demon, which is the great unclean one.
The most notable feature of monsters of this level is the distortion of laws.
In places where the power of the Warp reigns supreme, this powerful daemon possesses a unique ability to twist physics, science, even reason and thought, at its will.
It will ignore the power of technology and physical damage. Bullets and artillery fire will not be completely useless, but the damage will be greatly reduced.
There are only two things that can truly and effectively deal a fatal blow to it.
The first is psychic power.
But the Governor is not here.
The second is will.
The embodiment of this point is close combat. With swords, heavy fists, and the fiery will of the warrior, if you defeat it, you can kill it.
Otherwise, it will turn into a terrifying killing machine that no one can stop.
But the nearest Warhound Titan didn't understand this.
The secondary gun mounted on the arm fired fiercely at the little monster that dared to charge towards him, and the metal storm instantly tore through the air.
However, the Chaos Army's footsteps only paused for a moment. The large-caliber machine guns that normally would have been enough to destroy a flesh-and-blood body of this size were like tickling, not to mention that most of the ammunition was deflected to the side by a strange force and did not hit it at all.
At the same time, the Nurgle army had arrived at the feet of the Titan.
The energy shield equipped by the Titan flickered slightly, and then let the army vanguard in.
The operators of the Warhound Titans already sensed something was wrong. The huge war machine bent down and swung its heavy punches, but the Plague Army Vanguard dodged it.
Then, the big sword in his hand slashed fiercely on the ankle of the war dog Titan.
With Martins's eyesight, he saw clearly that the steel at the ankle of the Warhound Titan, which should have been extremely tough, was quickly rusted in an instant, as if it had experienced countless years of destruction and became fragile, and then it was cut off by the big sword.
The huge Titan's body tilted violently.
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