Chapter 642, How Did Corruption Occur?

The commanders-in-chief of the northern and southern war zones of the empire's rebellion had some quarrels.

To be honest, in the public opinion field of the entire empire, Gu Hang must have suffered.

What is the reputation of the fleet marshal of the Black Crusaders, and what is the reputation of Gu Hang?

Although in terms of identity, both of them are war zone commanders; in terms of the actual power they control, the two are also very different. Gu Hang's family background is all his, unlike Leluwa, who is actually just a leader, and it is temporary. Leluwa has the powerful Black Crusaders behind him, but he is not the supreme marshal of the Black Crusaders, while Gu Hang actually controls three star fields, and two star fields are about to be conquered. There are more than 2,000 worlds under his command, which is definitely stronger than Leluwa.

However, he is a space warrior and a famous fleet marshal of the Black Crusaders. His fighting posture appears in many places in the empire, and his fighting stories are widely spread and recognized.

In this regard, Gu Hang is far behind.

Gallardo did use various methods to promote Gu Hang on Holy Terra. His stories of defeating the great demon, saving the world, and defeating the green-skinned orcs are indeed good. He even arranged his behavior in a more artistic way, emphasizing heroism.

But the people of the Empire still love brave and fearless warriors the most.

Space Marines are cooler than psychics; pure military commanders are more popular than politicians who stand behind and point fingers, hiding countless conspiracies.

What's more, Gu Hang's deeds are limited to the east of the East Frontier of the Empire, unlike the Black Crusaders, who are showing off everywhere.

They are also a war group with thousands of years of history, and the accumulated reputation is unknown, which is also incomparable to Gu Hang.

Gu Hang's voice cannot compete with the other party.

However, Gu Hang did one thing right: not falling into the trap of self-justification.

Things like "confrontation" should never be justified. If someone scolds you, just explain that I don't have it, I'm not, don't talk nonsense, otherwise you will be scolded for the rest of your life.

As soon as the person who is speaking opens his mouth, the person who is defending will talk until his mouth is broken.

This is especially true when there is a difference in the volume of the two sides.

When Leluwa heard people scolding Gu Hang, there were various commanders of different regiments, different star army, and the Inquisition... But when Gu Hang spoke, his own men could hear him, so the volume outside was lower.

At this time, you have to spray back and spray at people.

You say that I am separatist and preserve my strength, then I will scold you for taking care of your head but not your butt for the sake of military merit, which is bound to fail.

It is not just accusing each other, Gu Hang really thinks so.

Ever since the Iron Armored Regiment defeated the Phoenix on the western front and entered the Magre Universe, their actions seemed quite strange to Gu Hang.

As for the offensive, there was indeed an offensive. In a very short period of time, they almost swept through thousands of worlds in the Magre Universe, as if the main force was particularly scattered, and they fought here and there.

The momentum was very huge, especially with the reputation of defeating the Phoenix before, it really made people surrender.

But Gu Hang still felt strange. Their mighty momentum was like duckweed without a foundation. Without a strategic focus, they would just blindly expand the attack area, and sooner or later, they would have to spit out everything they had eaten before.

Even if Gu Hang could understand, they were trying to spread the Zerg infection and turn more worlds into a source of soldiers for direct biomass conversion. They did do it to a certain extent. But each planet had resistance and would not be willing to be eaten so easily. Since the Iron Armor's power was too dispersed, the resistance of many worlds could not be suppressed quickly due to insufficient power.

How much can the Zerg infection spread? And how much biomass can it eat?

Facts have proved that Gu Hang was right.

When the Western Front was reorganized and the Ortopis Regiment led by Salilius returned to the battlefield, the vast area of ​​the Magre Universe was quickly taken back, and the Iron Armor was beaten to oblivion.

According to the report from the Western Front, the Iron Armor's forces were very dispersed, and they caught the Iron Armor several times on small battlefields, most of which ended in victory.

But after carefully analyzing their reports—the reports were obtained from Gallardo—Gu Hang believed that the situation on the Western Front was far less optimistic than what Salilius reported.

The Iron Armor was beaten to silence, and the main force on the Western Front was indeed advancing triumphantly. However, hidden under these bright battle reports was that they had never annihilated the main force of the Iron Armor in a key battle in an organized and large-scale manner. Even their victories in small-scale battles, if you look closely, most of them were only against the rebels, cultists, and infected clusters that developed on the native lands of various planets. A few records of exchanges of fire with the elite of the Princess Legion or even the Iron Armor Space Marines would be written about in great detail, but if you look closely, the words such as "defeated" and "expelled" were used between the lines, and there were relatively few words such as "eliminated" and "killed".

This is what Gu Hang saw without considering the fact that the battle report was watered down.

Can a battle report be watered down? To be honest, even the disciplined Alliance army can't do it.

Not to mention the deliberate dilution, battlefield statistics are quite complicated, with many situations, and sometimes they just need some estimates - or to put it bluntly, they are made up.

Even Gu Hang, with the alliance's battle report, has to compare it with the battle report given by his system after each war to confirm some data.

Gu Hang didn't think the report submitted by Salilius would be very reliable.

Combined with the information Gu Hang got from Varuk, he pieced together a very likely fact.

The larva of the Queen that the Iron Armored Corps got back then must have a big problem.

After it was handed over to Varuk for research, some results were indeed achieved at the beginning. The Queen, who was gradually growing up, seemed to be controlled by the equipment developed by Varuk, and could help humans control the swarm of insects as Iron Armored and Alfonzo's sect hoped, forming a chain of humans controlling the Queen and the Queen controlling the swarm of insects.

Iron Armor has achieved unprecedented development since then. They can get a lot of resource support from the Empire through the threat of the swarm of insects, and they can also boldly build their own independent kingdoms in the Queen Star Region and even in various places in the entire Spider Web Universe.

If anyone is disobedient and disobedient, then release the swarm of insects.

The reason why the swarm of insects cooperates so well is naturally because of their control.

This is even the case for the central government of the empire.

Holy Terra doesn't believe what we said about the threat of the Zerg? Then let you see it for yourself.

After seeing it and believing it, and the necessary resources have been allocated, then Iron Armor will take action - there is no need to fight desperately, just use the Queen to transfer the Zerg away.

At this stage, both Iron Armor and Alfonzo still feel that everything is under their control.

They did not think about expanding the size of the Zerg to the limit, let alone respecting the Zerg. In Iron Armor's view, the Void Zerg is just a tool of his own, a biological weapon. Alfonzo also believes that it is a huge source of scientific and technological progress. By studying the structure of the Zerg and raising the Zerg, precious biological materials can be obtained; by studying the organization of the Zerg, new technical inspiration can be obtained; by studying the extreme individuals in the Zerg, whether it is a powerful Hive Tyrant or a Brain Tyrant, the research on biochemical machines, psychic machines, etc. can make great progress.

Some of the biotechnologies developed by Varuk have even flowed out.

Members of the Mechanicus always have the habit of modifying their bodies. Normal Mechanicus believe that machinery is a kind of beauty, binary information is a noble evolution, and flesh and blood are not worth mentioning. However, there are also some sects that are proficient in genetic modification and biochemical modification, and are moving in the direction of mutation.

The original Alfonzo sect was a relatively normal Mechanicus, but the high-level biotechnology that gradually spread out has attracted the interest of many people. They used some cultivated Zerg materials to make some mechanical and biological body structures and modified their bodies.

The sect has also developed some potions that can greatly improve physical fitness and mental concentration after injection, giving people incredible power and almost no sequelae. These precious injection drugs are also used as a combat drug for use within the Iron Armored Warband.

So far, everything is good.

But when Gu Hang heard it, he felt a little cold.

Use the Zerg body, gene fragments, and construction materials to modify yourself... Use the Zerg genes to make potions and inject them into your body to strengthen your body...

Oh my God!

If you don't corrupt, who will?

Hearing this, Gu Hang was not surprised at all about the subsequent complete loss of control.

But in fact, no one knows when all this got out of control.

It was not that on a certain day, the Queen of Zerg suddenly got out of control and reversely controlled all of them.

Gu Hang speculated that it was more like a silent process.

Using the Zerg swarm to force the empire is always dishonorable. It is highly confidential within Iron Armor and Alfonzo, and only a few people can access it. And it is these highest levels of power that are corrupted first.

Their understanding of the Queen of Zerg, from the tools and biological weapons at the beginning, only attention and vigilance, slowly turned into respect, thinking that this thing is very useful, and the Queen of Zerg has always been very gentle and controlled. Then to the worship later, thinking that the power of the Void Zerg is very great. Until the final complete control, the Queen of Zerg is called the "Princess".

Naturally, if there is a princess, there should be something higher.

Varuk called it the "Supreme Mother".

He repeatedly said that the Supreme Mother was about to descend on this universe, and it would devour everything and take away all living things. Everyone who believed in the Supreme Mother would become a part of the Supreme Mother, and everyone would be able to obtain eternal life. Everyone would be an ascended god, and would never be annihilated. Those who did not believe in the Supreme Mother were the lowest bugs, and would only be devoured and digested, and eventually all traces and meanings of existence would be wiped out from this universe.

The above information was all dug out by Gu Hang from Varuk.

The digging process was quite difficult.

Gu Hang initially intended to use psychic power to directly search the brain of this great sage, but failed.

As a great sage, Varuk's body modification was very high. Generally speaking, the Mechanicus was more tolerant of body modification, and the bottom line was that one could not modify one's own brain, and only allowed to stick a chip inside. Of course, there might be many people who secretly crossed the bottom line, and there would definitely be big problems if they were discovered, but as long as the things in one's brain were not exposed too obviously, who would have nothing to do a craniotomy to check it out?

Who dared to check a great sage?

Varuk's brain had long since changed. Of course, he would also use the biological technology he got from the Zerg on his own brain.

The dissected shape was no longer in the shape of a human brain.

Moreover, he - or rather, 'it' - could no longer find a clear soul. The image he projected into the subspace was more like a shadow or a black hole, a part cut out of the subspace, unlike a normal creature whose soul was bound to the material basis.

The biological structure was different, and there was no soul. Even if Gu Hang wanted to piece together the facts from his memory, it would be impossible.

But fortunately, this guy has become increasingly crazy since he was captured. Although it is quite difficult to communicate, and he often speaks incoherently, the best thing is that you can still talk to him. When you ask him some questions, he always speaks from a strange angle.

The above information was slowly pieced together from his crazy words during such difficult inquiries.

There must be many places that are inconsistent with the real situation. But, in general, it should be quite credible.

When Gu Hang communicated with Gallardo last time, he also told this political ally of his in Holy Terra all the information he had obtained and expressed his concerns.

The two discussed and made a decision.

First, there will be a ship coming from Holy Terra. A team of the most elite teams of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Military Affairs will come to pick up the great sage Varuk. The Church of Mars is very interested in him, and the high lords of Holy Terra are also very interested in publicly letting such a great traitor be tried and punished.

A living Varuk can be sold at a very high price. In this rebellion, his value may be second only to the great traitor Humphrey Paul.

In addition, Gallardo also expressed his attention to Gu Hang's warning.

But he also said tactfully that he could not control the actions on the northern and western fronts. The authority of the two commanders-in-chief is the greatest. He can only package this information and tell them.