Chapter 706: Chapter 611: The Long Waiting of an Old Friend
In Fu Qinghai's impression, the speed of the Void Whale in the real universe, although not very slow, is definitely not related to the word "fast". This behemoth relies on some unknown method to "swim" in space, and any ship of the Human Empire can swim faster than it.
However, the speed of the Void Whale in the subspace was unexpectedly fast, faster than Fu Qinghai could imagine. This huge monster cut through the waves and rushed towards the "hole in the deep sea" on the chaotic ether currents in the storm. The time and space in the storm were seriously disordered, and Fu Qinghai and others did not know how many light years the Void Whale had crossed.
Later, Fu Qinghai slowly realized that it was not that the Void Whale was swimming too fast, but that the subspace storm was too violent! The Void Whale was completely helpless in the midst of it, allowing the violent ocean currents in the storm to carry it around and drift, sliding towards the unknown mysterious vortex. The 3,000-kilometer-long giant whale could not resist this terrifying storm that swept everything.
All of the above was seen by Fu Qinghai when he was lying between the teeth of the Void Whale. Colorful energy was floating around here, and outside was the Sea of Souls. Others did not dare to approach this area without the protection of ghost armor.
Fortunately, it is a subspace entity like the Void Whale.
Any human empire ship.
Geller's force field had long been torn apart by the storm.
Fu Qinghai did not see the screaming vortex. The size of the screaming vortex in the real universe is about the size of three or four galaxies. Of course, the naked eye cannot see the whole picture. But Fu Qinghai now has a strong suspicion that they are already in the vortex.
Fu Qinghai lay in the gap between the teeth of the Void Whale, as if he was in a valley sandwiched between two straight mountain ranges. After looking for a while, he felt that there was nothing extra to discover, so he stood up and left the rift-like gap between the whale's teeth and returned to the battleship.
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"How's it going, Qingshan, have you found anything?"
Fu Qinghai just returned to the cruiser.
Saroyan asked impatiently.
Blindsight also looked over curiously.
"How can I describe it to you?"
Fu Qinghai thought for a moment and described:
"The subspace storm is a giant drum washing machine, spinning and stirring non-stop to dehydrate and dry everything inside. We are just a speck of dust on a piece of wet clothing in the washing machine, praying that we will not be washed away."
"ah?"
Saroyan's face instantly fell when he heard this.
I feel that this plan doesn't sound reliable.
"What a wonderful description."
Blindsight nodded and said.
"Now that things have come to this, let's just leave it to fate."
Fu Qinghai put his hands on the dashboard and said:
"According to my previous analysis, the bottom of the Howling Vortex is far from the end. After we get out of the eye of the storm, we still have to pass through the demon world inside the Howling Vortex and the Dusk World outside it before we can truly return to the real universe."
The battle is far from over.
"Let it be..."
Saroyan shook his head and smiled bitterly and said:
"But this 'sky' wants to kill us."
"You said that people in the Calixis Sector, including those in the Chronos Expanse, have not yet discovered the existence of the Screaming Vortex. Since the farthest border of the human empire has not yet expanded there, why would there be enemies in the Screaming Vortex?"
Blindsight raised her doubts.
"Because the Howling Vortex was created long before the Human Empire, it has a longer history than the Human Empire. It is said that there were once several paradise worlds for the Eldar, which were destroyed because of the birth of Slaanesh. The wailing of billions of Eldar before their death formed this terrifying rift. And after the demise of the Ancient Eldar Empire, the Golden Age of Humanity began, so there may be humans in the Howling Vortex, but those who are lingering in the Dusk World may not know about the Human Empire, the Emperor, or the Space Marines."
Fu Qinghai explained patiently.
The problem is that the Imperium of Man does not include all humans in the universe. Until the Great Crusade was interrupted by the Heresy, there were actually some former colonies in the corners of the galaxy that had not been recovered by the Imperium of Man after the Golden Age fell apart. Perhaps there are still many human forces far beyond the galaxy. In addition, after the Horus Heresy was quelled, the Imperium of Man did not stop its conquests - for example, the Markarian Crusade launched by the Solar Lord Macharius greatly expanded the territory and territory of the Imperium of Man.
The three of them were chatting.
"Click, click, click..."
Suddenly the water cup on the table began to shake.
Fu Qinghai and Saroyan looked at the cup together.
The clear water in the cup is rising and falling.
"Is the gravity simulation system malfunctioning?"
Fu Qinghai asked doubtfully.
"That's impossible. I just checked it."
Saroyan stamped his feet hard.
"Could it be…"
Fu Qinghai thought of a possibility.
"Bang, bang, crash—"
The battleship encountered a violent collision, and the entire bridge spun instantly. The collision was so violent that the gravity simulation system could not hold everyone firmly. The mortal crew members and Space Marines were thrown out, smashed hard on the surrounding equipment boxes and display screens, and then rolled into a ball.
Fu Qinghai and Saroyan both fell heavily on the console. When the crisis came, Fu Qinghai took the time to pull Blindsight and protected her under himself, preventing her from being crushed into a meat pie by another Space Marine who flew over.
"Where is your passive prophecy?"
Fu Qinghai looked up and shouted around.
"The prophecy didn't warn me, which means I won't die."
The blind girl struggled to utter a few words under him.
"What's going on? Are we under attack?"
Saroyan desperately grabbed a fixture.
"The battleship is suffering from an external impact, my lord!"
Amid the noise of collision, the mortal crew responded loudly.
"Void Whale, it's the Void Whale rolling!"
Fu Qinghai rolled to the other side holding Blindsight.
At this moment, the dark red inner wall of the Void Whale's mouth rose and fell like an earthquake, and a strike cruiser and a tattered frigate lying here also rolled sideways continuously. The people in the warships collided and jumped like jelly beans in a jar, and they were dizzy and seeing stars.
This incident came and went quickly.
Soon the battleship stabilized and stopped rolling.
People were also reattached to the deck.
"We're here, Qingshan."
A voice suddenly sounded in Fu Qinghai's heart.
"Where are we?"
Fu Qinghai asked.
"Outside the Howling Vortex."
The voice continued.
"real!?"
Fu Qinghai's face changed and he quickly stood up.
He pushed Blindsight away from his arms and walked quickly to the hatch on the upper deck of the battleship. The hatch opened, and Fu Qinghai spread out the metal bat wings of his ghost armor and flew towards the gap between the teeth of the Void Whale, then lay down between the two mountain-like teeth and waited and watched.
The Void Whale also opened its upper and lower lips slightly at the right time. It felt as if the whole world in front of him was opened up again. The dark vision was instantly filled with the vast scene, and Fu Qinghai felt suddenly enlightened.
Although the space outside was still tinged with a dim and morbid light, it was different. It was no longer the endless darkness of the warp accompanied by colorful psychic tides. He saw stars and planets, although these planets were shrouded in light and appeared distorted and weird.
"I'm back, I'm really back."
Fu Qinghai grinned and talked to himself.
I, Hu Hansan, am back again!
After an unknown number of days (time is chaotic in the subspace), Fu Qinghai finally returned to the real universe. His plan was a great success, and his plan was feasible - when you are trapped in a subspace storm, you can return to the real universe through cracks such as the Eye of Terror or the Screaming Vortex.
"Don't forget your promise to me, Qingshan."
The Void Whale then sent out a thought.
"Of course I haven't forgotten."
Fu Qinghai nodded and said:
"You lead us out of the range of the Howling Vortex, and then I will give you freedom. I will keep my word and never break it. Of course, if you get an upset stomach from eating something wrong in the future, you are welcome to come back to me. My territory is in the area covered by the warp storm, you know."
After successfully returning to the real universe, Fu Qinghai was in a good mood and had the leisure to play a joke with the Void Whale.
Although this giant whale in the Warp swims very slowly in the real universe, since both ships have lost the Geller force field, Fu Qinghai still has to rely on the Void Whale to lead him through the dangerous inner ring world and the Twilight World of the Howling Vortex, and let it go after he is out of the range of the Howling Vortex.
Looking at the long-lost real universe outside, Fu Qinghai's heart surged but he also kept reminding himself:
The battle is far from over.
Although he had never been to the Howling Vortex, the descriptions in the group's information were all about the Howling Vortex in the 41K period, not the current Howling Vortex. However, in a place that has been shrouded in subspace energy for a long time, there would probably be a lot of monsters and demons, so he must not take it lightly.
The Void Whale slowly flew over a planet.
Fu Qinghai stretched his head and looked down.
From great distances, the planet has a strangely false beauty. The swirling sepia of the planet's surface is reminiscent of a desert planet, while floating above the planet are black, wavy clouds that swirl in the upper atmosphere. A ring of rainbow-colored light surrounds the entire planet, and four emerald green moons hang like emeralds on a golden chain.
Fu Qinghai didn't dare to let his guard down at all.
There is a high probability that this is a demon world.
Sure enough, just as the Void Whale slowly passed over a satellite on the planet, so close that Fu Qinghai could see the thin clouds on the satellite, a blue dark cloud suddenly rose from the clouds, forming a formation and swooped down towards the whale.
When they flew closer, Fu Qinghai finally saw the whole picture. It turned out to be a fighter-style blue and gold demon engine. These demon engines looked like a blue bird of prey. The cockpit was covered with a narrow and sharp pale bird skull. The fuselage was inlaid with gems and installed with laser turrets. These gems themselves were the base of a turret that could rotate in all directions.
Lord of Fire!
A demonic engine unique to Tzeentch.
"The battle is coming!"
Fu Qinghai immediately prepared to return to the cruiser.
However, at this moment something strange happened.
In the empty void, densely packed blue laser beams suddenly lit up. These large laser beams, which were of the naval gun class, shot directly at the cluster of Tzeentch demon engines, instantly smashing the group of fire lords into pieces. The remaining demon engines that were lucky enough not to be hit immediately turned around and returned, rushing into the satellite cloud layer and disappearing.
Huh? What's going on?
Fu Qinghai stopped moving to leave.
Where did the light spear attack come from?
Fu Qinghai frowned and looked forward.
As if in response to his doubts, in the empty and boundless space where the blue laser had just lit up, a blurry light flickered and changed, and a slender and elegant white warship slowly emerged. The entire ship had a streamlined shape without any edges and corners, and a huge blue energy sail membrane was deployed at the tail.
Aida Dragon Boat!
Fu Qinghai dropped his jaw in surprise.
A conventional class cruiser of the Ark Eldar Navy.
After turning off the holographic force field and revealing their bodies, a group of blue Nightwing fighters flew out of the granary of the Eldar cruiser, escorting a red Phoenix fighter in the middle. This group of flexible and light Eldar fighters quickly flew around and approached the Void Whale, forming a three-dimensional formation and hovering in front of Fu Qinghai.
Fu Qinghai stood in the gap between the teeth of the Void Whale and looked at the group of Eldar fighter planes in front of him with a hint of vigilance in his eyes.
The Phoenix fighter in the middle had its oval cockpit cover opened, and Fu Qinghai saw a slender female Eldar pilot wearing a helmet. The Eldar woman looked at him quietly, and she seemed to press a device in the cabin, and a voice rang out on the communication channel of Fu Qinghai's neck armor:
"We've been waiting for you here for a long time, Qingshan."
A familiar and cold female voice, like the sound of ice cubes colliding.
Fu Qinghai's eyes suddenly widened.
"Sarah!?"
The words came out of my mouth subconsciously.
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(End of this chapter)