Chapter 1194: Chapter 646

Su Lie could actually detect the ’realness’ of Gu Hang.

When he appeared, he didn’t seem like an illusion. Although he had a strong Spiritual Energy reaction, it was distinctly different from a demon and didn’t resemble a demon’s disguise.

Before this, illusions created by ’It’, or demons that listened to ’Its’ instructions and disguised themselves in various forms before him, were all different from the current state of Gu Hang.

Moreover, the Spiritual Power used by Gu Hang was violent and fierce, yet it lacked the disturbing, nauseating, and inexplicably desirable wicked feeling of a Subspace Demon. On the contrary, it even seemed to cleanse evil.

These qualities aligned with the legitimate Psychic from the legends about Gu Hang.

Even though he noticed these things, he was still afraid to believe.

Rather than believing that Gu Hang, disconnected from him and from countless star systems away, would appear here to save him, it seemed more likely that this was a new tactic devised by the enemy. All his real feelings were simply a further advancement in the opponent’s deception technologies.

However, after trying it firsthand himself, his thoughts began to change.

Gu Hang demonstrated exceedingly powerful strength.

In the brief yet intense battle with Gu Hang, Su Lie assumed he had exerted his full strength, yet he still couldn’t do any harm to Gu Hang. Gu Hang seemed a bit battered, but Su Lie could feel that it was because Gu Hang underestimated him in the beginning.

If both became serious… Su Lie felt he had a chance to win, but not a very big one.

From this point of view, it proved that the person before him was indeed the incredibly powerful Psychic, Gu Hang of the legends.

Although there remains the possibility that a powerful demon had disguised itself as this form, upon further thought, that seemed unlikely too.

High-intensity battle makes it difficult to continue disguising. Like Gu Hang, who initially tried controlling him with field Spiritual Energy, but when realizing his mistake, had to rely on his true expertise — those raging thunders.

It’s a logical conclusion.

Even a Great Demon, Su Lie was skeptical that under his pressure it could maintain a disguise without showing some real abilities.

From every perspective, objective facts compelled Su Lie to believe.

But ten years of continuous temptation and deceit kept him from blindly trusting.

Misplaced trust in this Subspace would mean eternal damnation.

However, they indeed were close to that brink of eternal damnation.

Ten years of journey in the Subspace, the engine that hadn’t started in a long time was already malfunctioning, and the Geller Field was gradually losing power.

These were actually normal circumstances, but the more troublesome issue was that a direct Subspace-based cosmic navigational era had passed over ten thousand years ago. While the maintenance technology for these devices remained on the ship, the operators had changed over hundreds of generations and nobody among the living maintenance staff had ever actually operated or maintained these ancient devices.

Everything depended on flipping through those ancient technical documents to learn and use them on the spot.

Learning, of course, involves paying a tuition fee.

Although the maintenance personnel and monks of the Sect of Mechanics were becoming more adept, there were inevitable costs during the process of skill acquisition, and under current circumstances, these losses were essentially insurmountable — they could not find a place in Subspace for thorough repairs.

The problems were not only with the ship’s equipment but more so with navigation.

The Astronomican on Holy Terra was still burning, observable within Subspace. But using the Astronomican for navigation in Subspace also required very rigorous technical qualifications, and over the millennia, this profession vanished as well.

The Think Tank of the battle legion, along with the Star Speaker and Psychic aboard the ship, were all brought out to perform this job.

It was like forcing a duck onto a perch, but there was no other option.

For a decade, they diligently sought routes for the legion to return to the Real Universe, but nearly every attempt failed. More often than not, the path not only failed to bring the Phoenix Crown Feathers back to the Real Universe but also drew them deeper into the Subspace.

Although there was no proof, Su Lie remained suspicious that aside from the navigators’ lack of skills, there were certain malicious entities deliberately misleading their Psychic.

But even if so, what could be done?

Whenever the Think Tank and Psychic claimed they found a suspected route, no matter the extent of his doubts or number of inspections, as long as it was confirmed that the Psychic who proposed the plan hadn’t been tempted or corrupted, they would generally proceed according to their proposed path.

But who could guarantee a review would certainly uncover corruption? And even if uncorrupted, who could say the Psychic wasn’t deceived? Even though neither corrupt nor deceived, who could ascertain the navigator didn’t make a mistake?

With so many layers of risk filtration, it really was life-threatening.

Despite Su Lie maintaining unwavering faith and ensuring the more than a hundred surviving Phoenix warriors also upheld the same strong beliefs, the mortals on the ship couldn’t be aided solely by inspiration. Amidst the occasional whispers and frequently occurring spooky and paranormal events on the ship, it was unavoidable for the mortal crew members to gradually edge towards a breakdown.

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