Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1486 - 843: Gu Hang Joins the Battle (Part 2)
Chapter 1486: Chapter 843: Gu Hang Joins the Battle (Part 2)
The Alliance currently possesses a total of five “Glory Queen” warships.
Actually, if they were to give their all, disregarding everything and forcefully open new production lines, the number could be slightly higher.
However, the cost-effectiveness is too low.
A construction speed of one ship per decade is based on the support of technological black boxes. A finished black box can only maintain the construction support for one warship at a time. Regarding using a mother black box to open new production lines, utilizing conventional methods to produce a “Glory Queen”… the time to construct one could approach a century, which isn’t worthwhile.
Moreover, every time a “Glory Queen” is built, to make her move and unleash her full potential, Gu Hang must carve out a portion of his subspace essence to shape the Machine Soul. Each time he does so, his power is significantly depleted. It’s a permanent depletion.
They cannot build too many; otherwise, Gu Hang wouldn’t be able to sustain it.
Five ships are enough.
Even though the sixth ship is still under construction, the speed has already been slowed.
Currently, the five “Glory Queen” warships are distributed as follows: one on the North Line, one on the South Line, two on the West Line, each a stabilizing presence on its respective battlefield. The last one is stationed at the Alliance’s headquarters, securing the foundation.
When Gu Hang arrives with the forces from the West Line, coupled with Tai Shichen’s initial five thousand interstellar warriors and two thousand warships, this aggregates to ninety percent of the Western Expeditionary Force’s military strength.
Truth be told, as a complete unit, the Western Expedition Army has never gathered so much strength in a single campaign.
In the operations within the Magrey Cosmic Domain, they often split into dozens, at most hundreds, of fleet detachments, attacking from all directions. The Commander remains in the center, playing the role of coordination and strategic command. Furthermore, during the process of conquering the Magrey Cosmic Domain, the Western Expeditionary Force’s strength gradually increased; initially, they didn’t have this much force at their disposal.
Regarding the remaining ten percent of the strength, most is still in the Magrey Cosmic Domain, some worlds still require suppression; a small portion has entered two star domains unrelated to Omegilia within the Forward Cosmic Domain, engaging in routine reclamation actions.
This grand assembly aims to tidy up the swarms and beastmen, enabling the Alliance to almost declare control over the entire Forward Cosmic Domain.
It’s unknown how long the Omegilia Campaign will last, but it can be foreseen that the final decisive battle will certainly be brief and intense.
That also means the reclamation action in the Forward Cosmic Domain, in comparison to the decades-long struggle within the Magrey Cosmic Domain, will be much faster.
Considering the scale of a cosmic domain, it almost seems like a blitzkrieg.
Once the Forward Cosmic Domain is secured, combined with the gains from the South Line, the Alliance can essentially ascertain control over four cosmic domains and delve into seven cosmic domains. Half of the Empire’s eastern territories will already be within the Alliance’s grasp.
At this pace, might there really be a hope of unifying the entire Dark Side of the Empire within a century or two?
Perhaps.
Shifting focus back from afar, regarding the present, the Omegilia Campaign can indeed be regarded as the most significant battle in the Alliance’s dark side expedition.
One key objective of Gu Hang’s personal arrival is to expedite the conclusion of the Omegilia Campaign and secure victory.
But if it’s just this one goal, it might not be enough for Gu Hang to travel this far personally.
He comes because there’s another major objective worth engaging.
That is the “Bone Shattering King” himself.
Constructing new “Glory Queen” ships and more holy artifacts necessitates extracting more subspace essence from Gu Hang’s Storm God Kingdom. Furthermore, his own strength elevation relies on the growth of the Storm God Kingdom.
How does it grow?
In Gu Hang’s experience, it divides into two parts: cultivating inner strength and devouring for rapid growth.
The former refers to the Alliance’s control area expanding, and the population increasing. People under his rule trust and acknowledge him, naturally leading to growth.
This is inner strength.
As for devouring, it means consuming other entities with substantial subspace essence.
In the past, Gu Hang has devoured Great Demons, Neuron Worms from the Void Insect Species, and even Consuming Queens.
These powerful individual units have brought significant benefits to Gu Hang. Without devouring them, his strength would be somewhat inferior to the present. Although the difference is slight, missing out on certain crucial moments might have prevented subsequent developments.
Devouring for rapid growth remains an indispensable path.
Both elements can be found in Omegilia, matching targets.
Securing Omegilia relatively optimally, allowing the entire Forward Cosmic Domain to swiftly integrate into the Alliance, naturally strengthens inner strength;
Omegilia contains powerful Beastman Tribe Chiefs and Consuming Queens, these are excellent nourishment.
If it’s merely this, it might not suffice to push Gu Hang to come.
Yet, knowing the existence of the “Bone Shattering King,” Gu Hang can’t help but be tempted.
This is known as the most reputed Beastman across the universe.
According to Beastman ways, he might also be the most powerful one.
If Gu Hang were to devour him… how nourishing would that be?
Divine Sovereign Demon?
No, it’s likely stronger even than that.
Possibly, truly reaching the pinnacle of beings even among Divine Sovereign Demons.
Thinking of this, Gu Hang couldn’t resist licking his lips.
Craving.
Though the craving exists, Gu Hang remains calm.
Expecting to “consume” the Bone Shattering King, it indeed promises enormous benefits. But these benefits hinge entirely on actually devouring him.
War must be won.
Gu Hang mustn’t allow the Bone Shattering King to escape.
Regarding his numerous appearances recorded in the Empire, the few failures merely resulted in retreats. That one isn’t a conventional reckless brute of a green skin. On the contrary, his cunning far exceeds ordinary imaginations. Unlike many Beastman warlords and chiefs who charge in losing their lives recklessly, he seriously strategizes and finds a way to escape.
“As long as the ’green mountain’ remains, one needn’t fear lacking ’firewood’ to burn.”
There’s been someone who heard this ancient Guttara saying spoken in human language by that Beastman King.
…
Upon Gu Hang leading the main force’s arrival, he didn’t seize the lead role, instead handing strategic command of the troops to Tai Shichen.
Although the Battle Group Leader from the Spear of the Dragon King encountered slight complications in the previous Unbreakable Defense Line skirmish, considered minor flaws. However, after reviewing the comprehensive report, Gu Hang doesn’t attribute significant fault to Tai Shichen himself. Instead, Tai Shichen’s over-a-year-long fight surrounding Omegilia, brings familiarity with the battlefield conditions that are more crucial.
Gu Hang and Western Front Expedition Army Commander Yan Fangxu formed the command center, with frontline combat task allocation still deemed by Tai Shichen.
This elevated status interstellar warrior during the first meeting report to Gu Hang exhibited solid fundamentals.
His preliminary work was relatively well done.
All thirteen outlets extending outward from the Omegilia Star Realm have human forces advancing inward.
In the three selected outlets for major army offensives—Outlets Seven, Eight, Nine, corresponding to the three exits of Wangyue Star Domain, multiple worlds have already been conquered.
Engineering teams departing from the Steel Flame Furnace are rapidly constructing barracks, preparing for the army’s arrival.
Meanwhile, investigations into internal conflicts within Omegilia have become relatively clear.
They assess, the green skins and insect swarms are on the verge of a decisive battle.
Approximately fifteen Star Realm jumps outward from Exit Seven, both sides have gathered heavy forces in confrontation.
And this represents an opportunity for humanity.
