Chapter 968, Relics
The so-called "legacy" is the spoils obtained by Martins Salas, the Primarch of the Phoenix and the current commander of the Alliance's Southern Front, after he completed his Primarch promotion under Gu Hang and personally participated in the battle for the first time.
In the Papalil system, a disaster fleet was destroyed, and their strategic goal was exposed.
The commander of the Chaos Space Marines, the leader of the Disaster Fleet, the famous human traitor in history, the King of the White Wolf - Zakaria, was captured alive and sent all the way to the heart of the Alliance. He is now imprisoned in a secret room on the Wrathful Owl Star.
Along with this prisoner, the things that the disaster fleet he led were sent here to capture were also sent here.
The thing was originally stored in a bronze coffin in the crypt of a church in Papalil.
Now, the bronze coffin has also been delivered.
It had actually been some time since the captives and the bronze coffin were delivered to Gu Hang. However, Gu Hang had so many things on his hands that he had not had the time to personally study them.
The prisoners were being interrogated by the Alliance's intelligence department, and the bronze coffin was a joint study sent by scholars from various Mechanicus sects and Psionic Orders within the Alliance.
Although Gu Hang did not intervene personally, he mobilized all the forces of the alliance to deal with them.
The goal is to understand what exactly are these "things" that Chaos has gathered, using so many Disaster Fleets to operate across the universe? What are their uses? What are Chaos' specific plans?
However, the specifications, levels, and depth of this thing are somewhat beyond expectations.
Without Gu Hang's personal involvement, they could only conclude that it appeared to be some kind of "legacy." Initially, they believed it to be a treasure left behind by an ancient civilization, hence the internal research codename "Legacy." However, as their research deepened, their understanding of the contents sealed within the bronze coffin deepened, and they gradually overturned their previous inferences, believing that this was not a product of civilization, but more likely... the remains of a certain being, a powerful individual.
Going deeper, they could not reveal anything. Unable to measure the energy levels within, they could not utilize them. Using psychic energy to move the bronze coffin around was a considerable effort. Furthermore, the coffin was merely a container, not the essence. And they could not manipulate the essence within.
Research progress reports were delivered to Gu Hang's desk one by one, and he read them with great interest.
After the affairs in Comoros were settled and the fragment of divinity was given to his son to control, he freed up his hands and began to deal with this thing.
As the research became more in-depth, Gu Hang became more and more interested!
No wonder, neither the sages of the Mechanicus nor the scholars and masters of the Order of Psionics could find anything after conducting in-depth research.
However, there was nothing wrong with the conclusion they came to before.
This thing is indeed a "relic". It comes from a super ancient civilization and is similar to a god.
That’s what Gu Hang thought.
But its origins can actually be put aside for now. Its function is somewhat similar to the core of the Thousand-Faced God.
Maybe it's not the same thing, but it's very likely that the effect is similar - if you can control and digest it, you can be like a god!
But this is easier said than done?
Even with Gu Jing's abilities, controlling one of the Thousand-Faced God's "faces" was nearly impossible. Only Gu Hang's tireless efforts, coupled with the fact that the Thousand-Faced God himself, due to their cooperation in the deal, not only didn't stop him but actually helped, allowed Gu Jing to succeed.
However, the fragment in front of him is completely different from the Thousand-Faced God.
A single leaf can reveal the coming of autumn. In Gu Hang's view, this fragment is just a tiny fragment that can be pieced together to form a complete form. Therefore, it can be deduced that the complete version of this thing is definitely much more powerful than the Thousand-Faced God - even more powerful than the Thousand-Faced God in his prime!
What is the concept of this?
In his heyday, the Thousand-Faced God sat in the Pantheon, transformed into countless gods, and protected the then-dominant cosmic power, the Eldar Empire. Although due to certain characteristics, he did not reach the level of the four gods today, Slaanesh, one of the four gods today, originated from one of the Thousand Faces and was ultimately born.
From this perspective, the Thousand-Faced God in his prime did not reach the level of the Four Gods, and the difference was only a step away.
Even stronger than him, then when this divine core is complete, wouldn't it be the main god in the subspace, on the same level as the four gods?
But... thinking of this, another somewhat terrifying thought inevitably emerged in Gu Hang's mind:
"Will the Four Gods die too?"
In this universe, there are many things called "Gods". In the early years, the original Angry Owl on the Angry Owl Star could be called a God.
But the real four evil gods are truly terrifying and helpless existences.
Is it true that this level of existence will also disappear?
And it was divided into countless fragments?
So, what is the Chaos Side doing by collecting these fragments?
Resurrect that deity?
This question needs to be examined in conjunction with the information obtained from Zakaria, the former White Wolf King and now a prisoner, who was tortured.
The power of Chaos is not a monolithic entity. Even though it now seems to be unified by the Chaos Warmaster, Alchaton, in reality, there are countless internal disputes and factions.
The bitter relationship between the Four Gods is perhaps no less hostile than the hatred they share with the Emperor of Mankind. Chaos followers who worship one of the Four Gods naturally have less good relations with one another, relying entirely on Archathon's powerful hand. Of course, there are also those, like Archathon, who don't solely worship a single evil god, but simply side with Chaos as a whole. These, however, can hardly be considered to be faith in Chaos, merely borrowing power from the Warp and pursuing their own ambitions.
Zakaria, the White Wolf King, is one of them.
He dreamed of replacing the Chaos Warmaster, and when the Warmaster formed the Disaster Fleet and sent them to work all over the universe, he hooked up with the Warmaster's collaborator, a lesser god in the Warp, a powerful being named 'Bassol'.
It possesses great power and has considerable influence in the subspace.
If that were all, it would be fine. In the subspace, besides the four gods, there are also many other inferior evil gods and demon princes.
However, Bassol had an ambition - he wanted to go further.
Many lesser gods of the Warp might have this thought. However, the vast majority of beings lacked the means to realize it, and at best, they only thought about it with trepidation.
But Bassol is different. He has taken a crucial step.
(End of this chapter)
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