The Creators: From Night City

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While the Void Shield is powerful, it also has a power output limit. If it withstands too many attacks in a short period of time, the power supply system will become overloaded, causing the ship to have a certain period of defensive gaps.

Under normal circumstances, unless they are under concentrated fire, warships in a fleet formation can rhythmically share fire by alternating positions.

However, the firepower of the God's Gate was simply too terrifying.

Normally, the Empire's Sword-class and Firestorm-class frigates usually only have one main light spear located at the bow, while a small number of ship types may be equipped with one or two additional light spears on the sides.

The Endurance-class and Endeavour-class light cruisers are typically equipped with a bow lance array and side lance turrets, with a total of about 6 to 12 lances.

Heavy cruisers of the Luna-class and Dominator-class categories will be equipped with 8-16 light spear arrays.

The number of laser spears on main battleships like the Emperor-class and Vengeance-class battleships is generally between 24 and 40.

Of course, in addition to these, Imperial warships would also be equipped with weapons such as torpedoes, nova cannons, and macro cannons.

However, as the primary means of long-range attack in Imperial Starfield Naval Warfare, the number of Light Spear arrays remains the gold standard for measuring the class of a warship.

And such an array of light spears, with as many as 4000 gates distributed on just one side of the Gate of God!

If both sides are included, there are as many as 8000 light spears in the array.

What kind of concept is this?

It could be said that when these arrays of light spears fired together, it was as if a Leonid meteor shower had appeared on the battlefield once again.

Countless continuous streams of high-energy particles, like miniature galaxies, flooded Abaddon's Black Expeditionary Legion like a torrent of water, just as a wire brush scraped off a large layer of flesh from an apple in an instant.

The explosions and flames of countless warships resembled fireworks, blooming in the cold universe.

Abaddon roared in the fleet channel, ordering all units to retreat at full speed toward the Eye of Terror, while he prepared to activate Blackrock Fortress's main weapon, using the Reality Tear Beam to try to destroy the massive door that had quietly appeared.

But it was all too late.

Since Guilliman chose to have the Gate of God appear at this time and place, he was already prepared to wipe out the Chaos Fleet in one fell swoop.

The leader of the Death Army, Evelynn, led the clown troupe dispatched by the God of Laughter to remotely awaken the Eldar core consciousness of the two Blackrock fortresses through a precise and elegant Eldar ritual.

As a magnificent creation of the Eldar, Blackrock Fortress naturally operates in a manner similar to the Eldar Ark, possessing an Eldar AI akin to a machine spirit. Moreover, its control method is a closely guarded secret among the Eldar, something Abaddon would not have.

Abaddon's solution was to have the corrupted tech-priests of the Dark Mechanicus violently break into the ancient Eldar control system, forcibly connecting chaotic mechanical constructs to the fortress's core system, bypassing the original security protocols, suppressing Eldar intelligence, and directly using powerful Chaos Wizards as "living operating interfaces" and "psy energy batteries."

Through continuous blasphemous rituals, blood sacrifices, and curses, the Chaos Wizards suppressed, corrupted, and ultimately subjugated these machine spirits, making Blackrock Fortress submit to the will of Chaos. However, this did not mean that these machine spirits perished.

Using the ancient psychic ritual manipulation methods of the Eldar, the Jesters remotely and initially awakened the 'machine souls' of the two Blackrock fortresses.

Although they couldn't gain control, the mere awakening of the 'machine soul' was enough for the current situation.

The entire Blackrock Fortress came to a brief standstill as the 'Machine Souls' and the Chaos Wizards fought for control.

This precious window of opportunity was enough for the Empire's defectors to successfully board the ship.

What followed was a brutal but commonplace battle for the empire.

Every passage, every room, required human lives to open and conquer, and the money in the hands of the emperor to buy them. But such actions had been done too many times in the past, so much so that the entire human empire had long been accustomed to them and had become used to them.

Moreover, the addition of Jiang Bing, the 'Grand Mint' with ample experience in printing money, has already caused the wealth of the human empire to skyrocket. It is no exaggeration to say that Guilliman's 'treasury' could support even the purchase of ten more Blackrock Fortresses.

The completion of the main human network meant that the Empire's power was fully integrated for the first time, and the Empire's main territories and productive forces were now essentially connected.

The days of chaos and bullying are over; what follows is the era of human empires that subdue others by force.

When Robert Guilliman, led by the Eldar Deathbringers, kicked open the door to the throne room of the Conquerors, the Great Conqueror Abaddon was still unable to accept his defeat and was still roaring as he tried to command a counterattack.

Not only could he not accept the reversal of the battle, but the four Chaos Gods behind him were also unable to accept it.

Therefore, the Chaos Gods met their unsurprising end the moment Abaddon's life was threatened.

As a rare "Chaos Unsentient" who is not completely controlled by a single evil god, Abaddon's Black Crusade serves the overall interests of Chaos, which is why he is able to gain the support of four evil gods in an unprecedented way.

The recent meteoric rise of the human empire has already brought the four Chaos Gods together again, just as they did ten thousand years ago when they fought against the Emperor.

However, compared to ten thousand years ago, the human empire now has an additional huge variable: an Om Messiah, an being who has devoured the Star God, and a real god who is already of a high rank.

Yes, real deities.

No matter how powerful the four Chaos Gods are, there is still a huge flaw that firmly restricts their power.

As evil gods born in the Warp, they are eternally part of the Warp and are opposed to the real world.

No matter what kind of interference they want to cause in reality, they need to break through that 'veil' first.

Jiang Bing, this 'creator' who crossed over from another dimension, is naturally an existence capable of freely traversing between two worlds, a power that even emperors cannot match.

Although the Emperor's psychic power is strong, his power still belongs to the subspace. His process of intervening in the real world is no different from that of the four Chaos Gods. He also needs to be weakened by the 'veil' and cannot achieve the same results as Jiang Bing, who puts in a lot of effort.

Thus, when the four Chaos Gods, using Abaddon as their anchor, attempted to replicate the 'Horus Rex' from ten thousand years ago, what awaited them was a mixed doubles battle between the Emperor and Jiang Bing, representing both the warp and the real world.

Chapter 1113 The Great Melee in Kadia

The immense light emanating from the Eye of Terror can be clearly observed throughout the Milky Way and even beyond.

That was an unprecedented divine intervention by the Four Gods in the real world.

With the full support of the four gods, Abaddon was instantly enveloped in a dazzling light, and the solid Blackrock Fortress and magnificent throne shattered in an instant.

Guilliman's eyes and the crown on his head shone brightly for a moment, projecting a psionic barrier to resist the residual power leaked out when Abaddon was infused.

The power of the four gods rippled across the entire star battlefield, instantly injuring all the psionicists who collapsed to the ground, screaming and howling as they began to succumb to corruption.

The subspace here has been completely occupied by the immense power of the four gods, and even the stars have begun to lose their luster.

But soon, the flames of reason that had been extinguished in the universe were rekindled.

Without a word, the Emperor, who had rushed from Holy Terra, delivered a Leo Kick in the warp, sending the four gods flying aside and simultaneously throwing the power of the entire warp in that area into chaos.

He unleashed immeasurable psychic energy, making him appear like a blazing sun in the subspace, burning with equality, compassion, and ruthlessness, obliterating all matter, emotions, spirit, and existence radiated by the Emperor's psychic energy, and hindering the Four Gods from continuing to project their power into reality.

As the chosen one of the Eldar, Evelynn naturally has her own means of survival.

But before she could summon the unborn Death God of the Eldar, the raging reality seemed to be suddenly brought to a standstill.

In the void before the boarding assault team, a seemingly delicate plant sprout pierced through the space and grew meanderingly.

In a second, a minute, an hour, or even in the blink of an eye, a door made of tangled vines from an unknown plant takes shape.

The next moment, Jiang Bing, leaning on his iron cane, pushed open the door and stepped out.

Evelyn first heard Robert Guilliman's relaxed exhale, as if the man's presence meant they were out of danger.

Curiosity gripped the heart of this chosen one of death, making her involuntarily try to 'observe' him with her pure white eyes.

But the sudden, intense throbbing almost suffocated her.

From the tips of her hair to the tips of her toenails, from her soul to the unborn Grim Reaper behind her, everything was frantically reminding her, clamoring for her not to look, not to listen, not to spy, and, moreover, to run!

Evelynne readily agreed, but before she could even take a step, Jiang Bing stopped her in her tracks with a single glance.

What kind of gaze was that?

Evelynn is simply indescribable.

Under the gaze of the other, her body, spirit, soul, existence itself, composition, and all the destinies connected to her, including the details of the unborn Spirit Race Death God, were thoroughly exposed.

Her spirit seemed to be screaming madly in connection with her will, but before she could use her psychic powers to escape into the realm of death, everything went blurry and everyone was directly transferred back to the Radiance of Macrag.

Jiang Bing had no interest in the Spirit Clan or their Grim Reaper.

His goal has always been singular: to extract water from the subspace to nourish his "honey-like essence" and complete the promotion assessment.

Abaddon, infused with the power of the four gods, stood amidst a rainbow of chaotic psionic energy that was frantically eroding his most precious self-awareness.

A powerful sense of illusory intoxication enveloped him like a second skin, but his thoughts became as uncontrollable as those of someone severely intoxicated.

This son of Horus is experiencing everything that his former Primarch went through.

However, Jiang Bing was clearly not as 'gentle' as the emperor.

At the 'Radiance of Macragge' observatory, before Robert Guilliman could even reach the window, a terrifying brilliance, like a supernova explosion, blasted Abaddon's Blackrock Fortress to smithereens.

The massive energy shockwave instantly transformed into a terrifying shockwave, engulfing the ships that were unable to retreat in time.

Under an energy attack of this magnitude, the Void Shield is as fragile as paper.

Several of the closest Chaos warships exploded into dazzling fireworks in an instant, merging into this spectacular fireworks display.

However, the energy surge, which was even more violent than the explosion of hundreds of torpedoes, was suddenly frozen in an instant, like amber frozen in the universe.

The Imperial warships, frantically fleeing for their lives, all increased the power of their observation arrays to the maximum, monitoring everything that was happening in that area.

The next instant, a situation defying the laws of physics unfolded before the eyes of hundreds of millions of people.

Space and time suddenly began to flow backward, and the Black Stone Fortress, which had been blown to dust, rapidly solidified and took shape again.

Then it exploded again, and was pushed back to its original state once more.

Of course, this is not a bug in the world, but rather Jiang Bing using clumsy time manipulation to repeatedly bombard Abaddon after the god descends.

Each time this happens, the Chaos Warlord, located in the center of Blackrock Fortress, has to endure the self-destruction bombardment of Blackrock Fortress once more.

But for Abaddon at this moment, the destruction of his physical body, the damage to his energy, and even the concept of death itself could not truly kill him.

A terrifying psionic field surged forth, directly repelling all matter.

Abaddon, the Chaos Warmaster, had no intention of fighting at the moment, but the power of the four gods drove him to rush towards Jiang Bing, the 'Om Messiah,' in an attempt to completely destroy him.

There was no brutal, hand-to-hand combat.

After devouring the Void Dragon, the artisans, who had gained further control over the real world, underwent a significant evolution in their fighting style.

The space around Abaddon suddenly shattered, and his seemingly enormous body was thrown into the cycle of time and space, repeatedly crushed by the chaotic physical rules.

Jiang Bing stood in the void, leaning on his cane, without raising his hand or blinking his eyes, he held a small piece of the real universe in front of him and altered it at will.

Even with the protection of the four Chaos Gods, which stabilized his concept of existence in time and space, Abaddon was still unable to pose any obstacle to Jiang Bing, who was unleashing his full power, in the real world.

But this crazed warrior still did not give up the fight. His form repeatedly collapsed and was rebuilt, and his enormous spiritual energy surged continuously, allowing him to 'grow' at a rapid pace.

An opportunity to retaliate soon arose.

Amidst the flight of countless warships, a colorless yet extremely obvious rift suddenly appeared in the perception of all living beings.

Space was suddenly torn apart, and violent psionic energy, like the aurora borealis, burst forth from it, causing a massive psionic tsunami in the real world.

At the same time, more rifts emerged, revealing more colorful psionic energy that interacted with each other, causing a massive subspace vortex to form rapidly.

The fierce battle between the Emperor and the four Chaos Gods in the Warp directly pierced the 'veil' between the two realms to a certain extent, allowing 'fantasy' to begin invading reality.

Fortunately, Jiang Bing immediately suppressed the warp psionic vortex that was capable of destroying an Imperial fleet in an instant.

Countless creation runes emerged from his palm, sifting through and searching the 'world code' to which the collapsed space belonged, and quickly repairing it.

Jiang Bing's distraction finally created an opportunity for Abaddon to counterattack.

Driven by the power of the four Chaos Gods, he unleashed the true nature of the demonic sword in his hand without hesitation—the demonic sword Drachnien, which originated from the first murder in human history—and attacked Jiang Bing.

Chapter 1114 The Rogue Star Torch System

The reason why Drachnion can conceptually cause “deadly” harm to humans is because its essence is the echo of the first human murder.

Even an emperor would suffer extremely serious damage if he were injured by this demonic sword.

Unfortunately, Jiang Bing, though human, was not quite human.

He is not a native of the Warhammer world, his origin has no connection to the Warp, and he cannot be found in the underlying codebase. Therefore, this human special attack weapon at the underlying code level is naturally not very effective against him.

Even so, Jiang Bing was still reluctant to be cut by this 'Tetanus Blade'.

The demonic sword transformed into a surging, uncertain black mist, which, upon Abaddon's release, became a black lightning bolt that flew towards Jiang Bing. However, due to the infinitely prolonged time and space barriers, it was unable to reach its target.

On the contrary, Abaddon, the Chaos Warmaster, is rapidly losing the power he received from the four Chaos Gods.

The Emperor's battle in the Warp has left the four Chaos Gods with no time to spare. Since the Lord of Man was able to fight the four troublemakers to a standstill ten thousand years ago, he can naturally continue to fight them ten thousand years later.

How could Abaddon possibly be a match for Jiang Bing on his own?

Space is distorted, time is bent, and the two intertwine to form a prison of dimensions and reality, imprisoning Abaddon within it.

A tiny spark ignited in the cold universe; Jiang Bing set his own flame ablaze and sent it into a cage.

All filth will be purified by the flames!

Facing a 'human star god', the Chaos Fleet participating in the battle was clearly inferior to the space undead after the War of Heaven, and was simply no match for Jiang Bing.

In fact, these warships, which varied in shape, style, and paint, could not even escape.