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Chapter 318 The Changes in the Cosmic Hall
[Detection successful.]

[Name: Modified Pharos]

[Description: The Dark Mechanicus and Tzeentch followers, using sinister technology and psionic techniques, have deeply modified Pharos, which was excavated from a space tomb of the undead.]

The primary raw material for Pharos is black stone. Normally, black stone maintains a positive polarity to block interference from the subspace. After modification, the black stone polarity of Pharos's energy contacts, key chambers, and main energy hub shifts from positive to negative.

This transformation is not complete. The polarity of the black stone lies mysteriously between positive and negative, allowing Pharos to exert influence on both the real universe and the subspace simultaneously, thus making it a strategic teleportation device for ultra-long-range troop deployment.

Terra's intelligence is wrong!
The Pharos device in Ottara is not entirely a replica.

The one in front of you is the real thing, just heavily modified by the Dark Oil Man and Tzeentch's followers.

The Dark Mechanicus somehow managed to keep the polarity of the black stone in a neutral state.

Li Nuo steadied himself, stared at Pharos, and activated his Super Thought Power.

[Searching the genetic database of the ancient orc boy, searching for sorcery blueprints related to the "modified Pharos".]

【Search completed.】

Search results: 1 item.

【...】

The only search result was for "Universal Thinking Drawing".

Lino drew a sketch of Pharos's appearance on a blueprint.

After consuming the first universal psionic material, a system message popped up.

You are attempting to crack the "modified Pharos".

[It is estimated that 2000 million units of universal psionic materials will be required, and the process will take approximately 31 Terra Days.]

31 Terra Days.

It truly lives up to its reputation as a heavyweight strategic facility, a pinnacle creation of technology and psionic technology.

With his eyes darting around, scanning the surrounding walls, Li Nuo found some protruding rocks.

He glanced back at his six men and made up his mind.

Half an hour later, the ancient orc boy possessed by Li Nuo crouched on the highest rock, continuously consuming universal psionic materials, pondering Pharos's blueprints.

The rest of the boys were scattered on the walls around Pharos, responsible for keeping watch and keeping watch on Li Nuo.

The Palu Orc's power armor comes with its own life support and cleaning systems.

Maintaining a static state for 31 consecutive days is not a problem.

During these 31 days, various situations may arise, such as sudden outbreak of war, malfunction of the PHROS, etc.

Li Nuo was able to accept these unexpected situations and had prepared countermeasures.

"May Brother Mao bless him! I hope the ancient orc kid can get through the 31 days safely and successfully obtain Pharos's blueprints."

Li Nuo silently prayed in his heart, preparing to switch his consciousness back to space and cleanse the network demons.

At this point, the archive briefing pops up.

[Archived: Beast.]

[Briefing: Beast met with the envoy from Terra and completed his mission as instructed. The Terra envoy proposed providing fresh water to the Paru fleet to replenish the Eco-ships' supplies. Beast had previously refused the Terra envoy's request for weapons, equipment, and ammunition, and he felt it wasn't right to refuse twice in a row, so he wanted to ask you whether to accept the fresh water supplies?]

Horus had mentioned this matter when they met before.

Lino had already told Horus that the Palu fleet did not need any supplies, so why did the Terra envoy ask the same question? Didn't Horus remind him about supplies before the envoy came?

Li Nuo was puzzled, but didn't pay much attention to it. Perhaps it was just Terra showing hospitality.

Using the Waagh simulator, Li Nuo switched his consciousness to the beast's follower and spoke privately to him via the internal communication channel:
"Reject supplies. We don't need any supplies, not even fresh water."

"Okay, boss."

The beast put down the data panel and waved to the envoy who was looking out the porthole:
"Our boss said we don't need supplies. Thank you for your kindness."

You don't even want fresh water?

The envoy and his two attendants were visibly surprised.

However, they didn't say much.

The beast settled them in the VIP lounge, preparing them to return to the front lines and continue commanding the battle.

But before he could even step out of the room, Li Nuo called him back.

"Wait, Beast, did you check each other's identification codes before you met?"

The guards member, possessed by Lino and inhabiting the beast, subtly observed the envoy and the two Imperial officers through the observation window on the power armor visor.

"Boss, we checked the ID codes and found no problems." The Beast stepped into the hallway outside, scratching his head in confusion.
"Is something wrong? I have a strange feeling that the Terra envoy really wants us to accept the supplies."

Li Nuo behaved as usual, following the wild beast out of the room without lingering inside to avoid arousing the suspicion of the three men.

Upon seeing the three of them, Li Nuo subconsciously used his detection technique.

The system's feedback was unusual.

[Detection successful.]

【Name: Oaklivian Montgomery (Fake)】

【describe:】

This Oaklivan Montgomery possesses the biological characteristics and identification code of a true body, but his soul does not belong to Oaklivan Montgomery.

A strange life form, using some non-psychic means, disguised itself as Oaklivan Montgomery.

The Terran envoy is fake.

His two henchmen were too.

The Church priests were protected by rosaries and religious artifacts, yet even so, the real Occliven Montgomery was still replaced.

The problem lies with Terra; it could be a conspiracy orchestrated from within.

Li Nuo pondered for a moment, then said in a deep voice:

"Beast, recall the troops from the front lines, and do it quickly. Keep a close eye on the three people inside, don't let them cause trouble."

"Alright, boss." Realizing the seriousness of the problem, the beast didn't bother to ask any questions and immediately pulled out his data tablet to send the command.

Before the order was issued, Li Nuo quickly switched his consciousness between different Palu beastmen, checking the fleet's communications, logistics, factories, treasure rooms, and other important locations and processes in turn.

Only after confirming that there had been no infiltration or sabotage did Li Nuo allow the beast to issue the order to mobilize the fleet.

The beast kept the Terran envoy occupied and monitored the three's movements.

Li Nuo left a frigate in the Cosmic Hall for use in interacting with the Cosmic Hall at any time.

He switched his consciousness to the other side, activated the "Let Me Take a Look" function, and scanned the main route, transit nodes, and branch routes.

The network nodes surrounding these three entities were also included in Li Nuo's scanning scope.

After a short wait, the response from the Cosmic Hall appeared on the holographic communication interface.

"Kid, this is bad. Remember those two net gates you asked me to fix for you?"

[Someone is vandalizing these two doors that were recently repaired. This group came from a nearby network node.]

A network coordinate appears on the screen, and the corresponding network space is a network city space that has been corrupted by chaos.

Within this network space, there exists a subspace rift.

Because it wasn't on the shortest route between the Arathor Sector and Alteramar, Lino hadn't observed it before, only now learning that it was teeming with demons and contained a troublesome warp rift.

That's not the point.

It's not that Li Nuo is trying to shift the blame, but the real issue isn't there.

The real key question is, why are demons, or humans enslaved by demons, able to open the gates of the Internet?

Where did they get their web gateway?

Connecting this to the fact that the Terran envoy had been impersonated, Li Nuo immediately thought of the web portal he had given to Horus. Could it be that a high-ranking mole had appeared within the Empire?

Wait, things might not be so pessimistic.

Li Nuo calmly pondered and thought of a few things.

The Paru Empire is not the only one with the authority to open the gates to the Internet.

The Dark Eldar and the Brutus can also do it.

The conclusion that there is a traitor within the Empire simply because demons can open the gates of the Internet is a bit extreme.

"I'll find out the truth once I arrest and interrogate the key figures."

Li Nuo narrowed his eyes, a coldness flowing in them.

The Paru fleet returned safely.

Following Li Nuo's instructions, each squadron headed to areas frequented by demons and human traitors to prevent the enemy from destroying the network portal and to capture key figures alive if possible.

At this transit point, Li Nuo personally led a team to capture three human traitors and interrogated them using truth serum.

The first to be interrogated was the imposter Terran envoy.

After the truth serum was injected into his body, a kind of obscure psionic energy fluctuation emanated from his body.

Li Nuo sensed something was wrong and hurriedly ordered the boys to calm the spiritual energy fluctuations, but they were still a step too late.

"boom!"

The imposter envoy's head exploded, and red and white matter spread out in the amniotic fluid tank, making the water murky.

Li Nuo looked through the monitoring data, his expression changing slightly.

There is nothing in these three people's bodies that can stimulate spiritual energy; the spiritual energy fluctuation just now must have come from their souls.

This psychic energy will automatically activate when the truth serum takes effect, destroying evidence and preventing the truth from being revealed.

Fortunately, Li Nuo had a soul code reader, which allowed him to investigate and prevent him from losing without understanding why.

"Beast, bring me the Soul Encoding Reader."

"hold head high."

When the beast left the interrogation room and returned, it carried a crystal instrument that was half a meter tall.

Connect the crystal to the head of the fake Imperial Navy officer to activate the reader.

"Zizzi-"

The crystal was overloaded by high temperature, and the surface showed signs of melting, with wisps of electric sparks shooting out.

Li Nuo reacted quickly this time, immediately cutting off the pipeline that was transmitting subspace energy to prevent the reader from becoming unusable.

Inside the amniotic fluid tank, the head of the bubbling naval officer slowly cracked open, gushing out spurts of red fluid.

Failed again.

But it wasn't all for naught.

During the short period that the reader was active, the running log appeared on the animal hide via a typewriter.

Li Nuo picked up the animal hide and examined it carefully, his heart sinking deeper and deeper.

The beast leaned closer to peek at the contents and murmured:
"Boss, this is the language of Pointy Ears. I saw Purple Bean Sprout write about it before..."

"Yes, I know."

Li Nuo let out a deep breath:
“I originally thought that Pointy Ears wouldn’t participate in this war between the Human Empire and the Cult of Omniscience. Now it seems I was wrong. They entered the fray behind our backs.”

The beast scratched its head, looking bewildered.

"Aren't we good friends with Pointy Ears? Why are they going against us?"

Li Nuo didn't tell the beast that she had already fallen out with Pointy Ears because of the Black Veil Psionic Field and the prophecy.

These matters involve my personal secrets.

It's not that we don't believe in wild animals, but the fewer people who know about them, the better.

“Beast, remember this: Pointy Ears treat prophecy as an ironclad law. They do whatever the prophecy tells them to do. Pointy Ears are on good terms with us not because they are like this, but simply because the prophecy tells them to. When the prophecy commands them to kill us, they will do the same without hesitation.”

The beast nodded emphatically:

"Okay! Boss! I understand! I won't be fooled by the false friendliness shown by the pointy ears."

Li Nuo looked at the third survivor in the interrogation room. This time, he planned to use a method that the Palu Empire was most adept at to uncover the secrets of the other party.

...

...

at the same time.

The Apostate Era Subverse, Ancient Saint Military Fortress.

A massive fleet rapidly approached the Cosmic Hall via a conveyor belt within the Ancient Saints' military fortress.

Li Nuo left a frigate here so that he could access the Space Hall at any time.

The green-skinned frigate spotted the fleet's arrival immediately.

Those who can reach this place should all be creations of the ancient sages, and to a large extent, they should be allies rather than enemies.

But after the fleet arrived, it immediately launched light spears and crushed the green-skinned frigates with a fierce and swift attack.

"boom!"

The green-skinned frigate sent a communication request one second, and the next second it exploded into a fireball.

The plasma shockwave spread outwards, pushing the charred remains and ship debris in all directions.

The fleet used force field devices to clear the path and approach the crystal in the space hall.

This is a fleet from the Eldar race. The ships look quite similar to goldfish, only differing in size.

The tail fin, composed of solar sails, shimmered with starlight. The fleet commander ordered anchor to be dropped, and the light from the solar sails immediately dimmed.

The fleet dispatched fighter jets to eliminate the orcs and clear the clutter from the space hall.

After that, the largest ship opened its dome, from which a crystal about two hundred meters high protruded.

After a brief recharge, the crystal emitted a beam of light towards the crystal in the cosmic hall.

"Buzz!"

A deep rumble echoed throughout the ancient military fortress.

The conveyor belt that brought them here stopped running, and the entrance at the end of the conveyor belt quickly closed, with a heavy and solid monocrystalline door keeping subsequent visitors out.

"Buzz!"

Another roar.

The crystal projection screen in the Cosmic Hall, resembling a canopy of light, envelops the entire hall, forming a second barrier to isolate visitors.

In a corner of the hall, a green-skinned crewman, half-dead, lay sprawled on the tumbling wreckage of the ship.

His expression was blank and bewildered; he had not yet recovered from the concussion caused by the explosion.

His face was covered in blood, from head bleeding caused by the helmet squeezing and deforming it.

A Spirit Race fighter flew in from a distance, its machine guns aimed at the green-skinned crew and fired a burst of bullets.

The green-skinned power armor shielded the crew from more than a dozen bullets, and the pain and shock quickly roused the green-skinned men.

The bewilderment on his face vanished, replaced by indifference.

In his final moments, he glanced at the massive Eldar fleet and embraced death with equanimity.

(End of this chapter)