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Chapter 1165: Chapter 631, The Essence of Shadows

Gu Hang’s intuition was correct.

When Waluk was controlled by Gu Hang’s spiritual energy, plunged into a trance, and dismantled until only a breath remained, the subspace shadow surrounding his Divine Realm instantly became fragile.

After Waluk was controlled and dismembered, the most notable change was that the ’him’ that Gu Hang observed in the subspace became weaker and dumber.

Of course, the subspace shadow still existed.

Gu Hang could see that the subspace shadow continued to envelop his Divine Realm. He still couldn’t easily connect his Storm God Kingdom with the real universe; the insect swarm’s attack on the Divine Realm continued.

However, changes were occurring nonetheless.

Gu Hang felt that the concentration of the subspace shadow around him had significantly decreased, and the number of insects endlessly invading his Storm God Kingdom had reduced. This was most directly reflected in the number of heroic spirits sacrificed and revived.

These changes were even more intense than the prolonged stalemate Gu Hang had engaged in with Waluk over the past two months.

Gu Hang taking the risk to directly assault Waluk was a strategic move.

The next step was how to completely dispel the subspace shadow surrounding his Divine Realm.

Gu Hang could now see that in the depths of the subspace shadow, Waluk had become dumb and weak, making the subspace shadow even darker. Yet, the long insect shadow coiled around Waluk showed no sign of weakening.

On the contrary, it grew more violent and restless, to the point of opening its bloody maw to bite at Waluk’s projection in the subspace.

But it couldn’t chew through.

From this, Gu Hang derived some associations and roughly confirmed that his earlier thoughts might have been correct.

Within this subspace shadow, the most crucial element was actually this long insect.

The so-called insect race technology Waluk concocted was merely a façade, possibly even just a decoy. The real influence came from that shadow.

Gu Hang vaguely suspected it was the so-called swarm will or queen will.

No matter what it truly was, the subspace shadow was primarily released by its reliance.

It presumably parasitized Waluk’s soul.

If Gu Hang killed Waluk in the real universe, the long insect shadow might break free. This may well be what inspired Gu Hang not to kill Waluk initially.

Killing Waluk would liberate a formidable enemy.

Keeping him alive turned him into a prison for the long insect shadow.

Seeing its desire for Gu Hang to bite Waluk to death showed the truth of the matter.

After numerous speculations, the core problem remained: how to completely eradicate the subspace shadow?

Achieving it seemed simple.

After its intensity significantly decreased, continuing the current consumption strategy sufficed.

Gu Hang could even actively choose to attack to some extent.

The time needed to completely disperse the subspace shadow no longer felt incalculable.

He roughly estimated that within nine standard Terra months in the real universe, he could thoroughly disperse the subspace shadow.

Honestly, the time wasn’t overly lengthy. Spending nine months slowly dissolving a strong subspace shadow surrounding was manageable, without needing extravagant means.

The Alamita campaign lasting nine months… might not be impossible. Gu Hang could take this moment to retreat from Alfonso I with Waluk, imprison him but not kill him, ensuring the subspace shadow remained within a low-intensity range, facilitating its gradual dissolution.

As for the interstellar warriors fighting on Alfonso I’s mechanical ark under the subspace shadow… trying to move people en masse into it required pausing Ray Nation’s flicker to disperse the shadow. Reversing such feats became challenging, even with the shadow weakened.

Gu Hang could only say: withdraw as many as possible; those who couldn’t be extracted would be left behind. Calculating coldly, sacrificing five hundred shadow warriors was an acceptable loss, with compensation not proving overly expensive.

Yet, Gu Hang indeed displayed greed.

He didn’t want this war’s main phase to drag on for nine months before using his spiritual energy to counter-attack, nor did he want to abandon the five hundred elite warriors who followed his command willingly.

Leaving aside the latter, concerning the former, several months seemed excessively long. The current war situation shifted rapidly, unlike the stalemate years ago. Constant updates flooded in from the north and west lines.

While Gu Hang wasn’t provoked by others’ advancements and never compared, overly intense fluctuations bore unexpected risks. Spending over half a year in Alamita risking missed opportunities was acceptable; fearing significant dangers coming was not.

Simultaneously, he didn’t want to forgo the numerous Alfonso Sect ships.

If, by catching the opponent off guard, he could resolve the subspace shadow and assist his fleet with spiritual power, capturing additional ships presented a chance. Whereas, waiting nine months to leisurely resolve things would mean the Alfonso fleet, sensing dire circumstances, wouldn’t foolishly remain, inevitably withdrawing.

Thus, finding a way to address the subspace shadow early became crucial.

Gu Hang swiftly devised a strategy.

His approach targeted the real world.

The essence of the subspace shadow lay in the void insect swarm, soulless creatures accumulating massively, projecting their soullessness into the subspace, forming a void.

The subspace, a wondrous realm, imbues ’voids’ with power.

The swarm will exploited this to counter spiritual energy proficient adversaries.

However, merely assembling numerous swarm organisms didn’t guarantee forming a subspace shadow. A powerful will was necessary to consolidate these intents, genuinely forming a void within the subspace.

Returning to the subject, whether the insect technology Waluk crafted or the queen will’s immense control, regardless of magnifying a thousand or ten thousand times, a base quantity was essential.

This base quantity constituted the amassed swarm organisms. If substantially reduced, the subspace shadow naturally suffered considerable impact.

Gu Hang’s current ship housed over a billion living beings.

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