A Core Ship From The Start
Chapter 1401 - 948: Heading to the Spaceship Wreck

Chapter 1401: Chapter 948: Heading to the Spaceship Wreck

After closing the communication, Duanmu Huai came to the Combat Command Room and called everyone over to explain the upcoming plan.

"Spaceship Wreck? Uh... Surely it’s not similar to the one we went to last time..."

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, Anton was reminded of the experience of following Duanmu Huai into some Ghost Ship with Greiya previously.

"Similar, but worse than that."

"Worse than that, huh..."

"That’s right, Subspace is where Subspace Creatures and Demons reside. No one knows what state a Warship that enters Subspace will end up in, but the most important thing is, we’re not sure what exactly is inside that Spaceship Wreck, and that’s the real problem."

Duanmu Huai sighed. Spaceship Wrecks are all about a pandemonium of demons: Chaotic Demons, Alien Creatures, Subspace Creatures—truly a chaotic mess of things partying inside. Logically speaking, encountering such a thing, it’s best to simply blast it to oblivion. However, the thing about Spaceship Wrecks is the coexistence of opportunities and dangers. Despite the wild dance of demons and creatures crawling everywhere, one can indeed find something valuable inside a Spaceship Wreck.

Well... assuming it is really something valuable.

Players low on funds like to farm Spaceship Wrecks for money, and Duanmu Huai has done his fair share of such farming.

"This time, Ogis, Medea, and Mary will come with me, the rest will stand by here."

As for how to deal with Spaceship Wrecks, Duanmu Huai was all too familiar. In places polluted by Subspace, the Golden Pupil was essential, as only the Golden Pupil could see through illusions. Ogis was capable of dealing massive AOE damage, responsible for AOE attacks inside the Warship. As for Medea—Duanmu Huai purely fancied her relic for breaking curses, which was extremely useful in a place like a Spaceship Wreck, where curses were as common as dirt.

The others... it was better for them to stay aboard the Warship.

But besides this, Duanmu Huai had other arrangements to make.

"Aikute, I want you to prepare two assault fleets, one hidden around the Spaceship Wreck, waiting for orders. And the other on standby to strike at any moment... Lumiaire."

Midway through speaking, Duanmu Huai turned towards Lumiaire.

"I need you to hack into the Star Union network and search for any activity from the Normandy SR2. The moment you find any distress signals or the like from Normandy SR2, intercept it directly. Don’t let the signals from the Normandy SR2 transmit into the Star Union network. If you fail to intercept, I don’t care how much it costs, blow that segment of the network to smithereens."

"Sir Judge suspects Electronic Demons?"

Lumiaire was not foolish. As soon as Duanmu Huai mentioned this, she immediately remembered the time when Duanmu Huai’s fleet had crossed time and space to reach the Five Hundred Worlds. At that time, the Whisperer’s fleet had introduced a strange virus into the satellite orbital defense system of the Five Hundred Worlds. Lumiaire had once set up a pathway to collect this redundant data, and as a result, a Demon had literally crawled out from the screen... After so many years in networking, this was the first time Lumiaire had encountered such a thing, leaving an impression so strong that she could remember it for a lifetime.

"That’s right, it’s very likely that the Normandy SR2 is already contaminated by Electronic Demons. After all, the Star Union does not have the means to counter Electronic Demons. Who knows whether they have been infected by some virus... Aikute, listen well, once Lumiaire locks down the position of Normandy SR2, deploy the second fleet to blow it up so thoroughly that not even ash remains! In the name of the Tribunal, we shall cleanse all heresy!"

As his voice fell, Duanmu Huai gestured with his hand.

"Depart!"

Soon, a warship passed through the webway and arrived where Normandy SR-2 had previously transmitted signals, but indeed, this place was completely empty. Neither the warship mentioned by Sister Shepard nor the Normandy itself was to be seen. Duanmu Huai was well-prepared for this scenario, as Spaceship Wrecks are known to drift between Subspace and the real world. It could be in Subspace one moment and appear in the real world the next.

Of course, this also meant that pinpointing the location of the Spaceship Wreck using ordinary methods wasn’t easy, but fortunately, Duanmu Huai was also prepared for this.

"Hitomi."

Duanmu Huai beckoned, calling over the Starseer and Lani.

"Search for that Spaceship Wreck, lock onto its coordinates."

"At your command, Great Judge."

Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s order, Hitomi nodded slightly, then stood on the deck, opening her expressionless eyes, gazing forward.

Then, the girl slowly opened her mouth.

"I can see it... In the dark Sea of Souls, a giant whale writhes in agony, covered in wounds, blood flowing from its injuries, spreading through the Sea of Souls... Countless blood, prayers, and groans... none can save it, it is sinking... sinking... as if completely dissolving...!!! Ah—————!"

A piercing scream resonated, Duanmu Huai snapped his fingers, and the next moment, Hitomi snapped back to reality, collapsing to the ground as blood also streamed from her lifeless eyes.

"You have worked hard, have you confirmed the location?"

"Yes... The coordinates of the Spaceship Wreck have been locked onto, Your Honor, the Judge."

"Very good."

Duanmu Huai quickly issued an order, and then the warship accelerated again—In an instant, the starry sky flashed by, and then, a Spaceship Wreck just appeared before Duanmu Huai.

At the moment, it is slowly rotating around a planet like a small asteroid, and on its flank, one could see remnants and fragments accompanying it like a school of fish. The entire warship was wrapped in this fine dust, looking just like the legendary Ghost Ship.

"Human Empire mid-era design."

Duanmu Huai sized up the warship and quickly reached a conclusion, after all, he was an experienced player himself.

"It must be a relic from the period of the Heresy Wars, hmm... there might really be something good inside."

The Heresy Wars that Duanmu Huai referred to occurred after the Horus Heresy when The Emperor ascended the Golden Toilet, leaving the entire Imperial in a state of confusion. It was during this time that the National Religion emerged, yes... It’s true, The Emperor was very adamant in denying his deity status during his life, but once he sat upon the Golden Toilet, his word no longer carried weight, and quickly, the National Religion replaced the original Imperial Truth, becoming the essential True Scripture for Imperial citizens going out for homicide and silencing.

It’s not surprising, after all, you can’t witness the Evil Gods, Demons, and those weird beings and still firmly believe that the Imperial Truth exists—Imperial Truth can’t help you annihilate Demons, but the National Religion can.

Consequently, as one might expect, the National Religion became the most supreme institution of the entire Human Empire, and Pope Vandiel even declared that his will is The Emperor’s will, initiating an extremely bloody and brutal reign.

However, where there is oppression, there is resistance. Due to Vandiel’s excessively brutal reign, the Astartes united and, following the Horus Heresy, once again stormed Terra, executing the Archbishop who had already become mentally deranged.

Of course, compared to the Horus Heresy, this Heresy War didn’t have as much to be extensively chronicled. But one should be aware, throughout history, all tyrants share one trait—they like to collect all kinds of good things from all over the world, and Vandyre was no exception.

And now this warship still bears the National Religion flag, but after the Heresy War, the National Religion was no longer allowed to have its own armed forces, hence Duanmu Huai could be certain that this warship was a product of the Heresy War era, although it was unclear how it ended up in this state.

But... that’s not important; since I have seen it, it doesn’t get a say anymore!

"How do we board it?"

At this moment, Mary also looked anxiously at the distant warship, asking in a low voice, while Duanmu Huai chuckled and gave the command.

"Aikute, destroy the engines and propulsors of this warship! Then load me some Jumping Torpedoes!"

When in doubt, jump; this is tradition!