Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1554: Chapter 882: The Essence of Humanity (Part 2)

To a great extent, this effect is brought about by the artistic appearance.

A group of handsome armored men can stabilize the morale of the entire army. Their silent and resolute fighting can make allies, who would otherwise collapse, willingly stay and follow orders, gritting their teeth to hold on.

At the same time, the beautiful and uniform armor brings a huge morale boost to the Interstellar Warriors themselves, which is more useful than any flag or language. Among the collective, this unparalleled courage and cohesion empower them to challenge otherwise impossible targets, leading to a qualitative improvement in the army’s combat effectiveness.

Moreover, in this era, those ’decorations’ symbolizing human will, common understanding, and pure faith in The Emperor are not merely appearances. As long as their origins are correct, they can indeed help the Interstellar Warriors resist damage, strengthen their power, and even improve their luck.

However, despite this, the silver-gray-painted Interstellar Warriors adorned with various engraved metal prayers are still very rare.

Gu Jing had once worked at the Interstellar Warrior Management Committee of the Imperial Dark Side Management Committee and learned much about the Interstellar Warriors, including how to identify Battle Groups. However, among the various information, this Battle Group had never appeared.

But he quickly remembered a Battle Group with exceptionally high confidentiality, with extremely limited information available even on the Dark Side of the Empire, which even the Management Committee was hesitant to confirm its existence: the Grey Knights.

According to somewhat dubious intelligence, this Battle Group is not a sub-group of any initial founding group. They resemble the structure of the Silver Sentinel Battle Group, secretly selecting elite warriors from various groups, with special Genetic Seeds approved directly from the High Lord Council, and new blood cultivated from their secret base, forming such a Battle Group.

They only undertake missions related to Subspace Demons, and each mission has a very high level of confidentiality. It is said that after missions are completed, they eliminate every living thing related to their mission—whether enemy or ally.

They are experts in dealing with demons. Their custom armor covered in prayers is entirely targeted against Spiritual Energy and demons, greatly suppressing the enemy’s extraordinary powers. Whether it’s trying to harm them with witchcraft, attempting to protect oneself, or trying to change the environment, all these would be countered by the prayers and the special talents and skills the Grey Knights have trained in unique ways.

And right now, Gu Jing finally witnessed this mysterious Battle Group, which he had not dared to confirm its existence before.

They indeed live up to their reputation.

In Gu Jing’s view, the core three, although not reaching the level of Rosemond, at least one has reached the battle strength of a Divine Champion.

Wielding a staff, the power of Spiritual Energy combined with the Grey Knights’ special skills swept across wave after wave of demons, approximately with the strength of an Alpha-class Psychic, similar to Gu Jing’s own—if he didn’t count his Magic Lord of Thousand Changes plugin.

But even including Gu Jing’s plugin in the calculation, they are still hard to fight. The opponent is not only a controllable Alpha-class Psychic but also a combination with top warriors and anti-psychic units.

The other two do not have the identity of top Psychics. But they are still top-notch warriors, equipped with anti-psychic and anti-demon special methods. One holds a long-handled knife, and the other wields a warhammer. When facing other types of enemies, they are merely strong Battle Group Champions. But against demons, these two rise to a level, reaching the degree of Divine Chosen.

The rest of the Grey Knights surprisingly have no one with a strength lower than a Sergeant, with a large proportion reaching the level of Company Champion. Combined with their anti-psychic, anti-demon equipment, skills, and talents, their overall demon-slaughtering efficiency is even higher than the Black Cross Army, which is ten times their number!

If the Black Cross Army is the backbone of this force, then these hundred or so Grey Knights are the sharpest blade.

They can always identify the most threatening demons among the swarms and find ways to eliminate them.

This greatly eases the pressure on the human side.

Besides the Interstellar Warriors, there are Commander Kao’er’s Protection Army, the Tribunal forces led by the female Judge named Millesin, whom Gu Jing had been introduced to previously, and more than two thousand Battle Nuns, forming a force of around ten thousand.

In other battlefields, they are undoubtedly ace elites. But here, they mainly assist the Interstellar Warriors, striving to maintain the battle lines.

However, the three leaders among them must also be mentioned.

Commander Kao’er is currently at full firepower, with the Great Sage’s combat state, the strange mechanical body completely unfolding over ten meters in height, bombarding the enemy with various long-range firepowers aggressively. Especially the solar ion rays, which even demons with resistance to conventional firepower cannot withstand.

At the same time, behind Kao’er is a gigantic mechanical device. Kao’er operates it wildly with at least five mechanical arms. One after another, servitors feed materials into the machinery, which rapidly produces combat-effective automated soldiers.

They fearlessly charge towards the demons, striving to fight, and when facing destruction, decisively self-destruct, taking large swaths of demons down with them.

After all, they’re just temporary creations, not worth grieving over.

The leader of the Battle Nuns, Estella, is a Living Saint. Beneath her white wings are the holy maidens fighting alongside her. With each ascent and downward dive Estella makes, a holy flame is left in her wake, burning groups of demons to death.

The units of the Spirit Race are the fewest and not formed into formations. Yet, they seem to be everywhere, weaving through the battlefield and killing demon after demon.

Meifenier is the most noticeable one. Calling herself the Divine Envoy of the Windsor Goddess, she wields a sharp blade with combat prowess comparable to Marshal Rosemond.

Even the most inconspicuous Judge Millesin is a formidable warrior. Her pistol’s Judgment Bullets are equally lethal. Moreover, she is an outstanding Commander, her Tribunal Stormtroopers filling various parts of the battle line, demonstrating indomitable will.

The overall force, in terms of high-end combat power, is genuinely luxurious.

In terms of troop quality, it is also exceptionally outstanding.

They slaughter demons far exceeding their numbers at every moment.

However, beneath such dazzling achievements, no one wears a happy expression.

The reason is obvious—they may be strong, but they still become exhausted; people will still fall in battle under sieges.

Yet, the demons appearing before them are endless!

No matter how high their slaughter efficiency, the number of demons in front of them never decreases. The pressure they endure is not lessened at all.

“Gu Jing! You must find a solution! Where is Gu Hang? The attention he attracted is the root cause of the demon’s arrival!” Princess Airelian’s voice rang out, “He can’t just ignore it!”

Gu Jing didn’t bother with the princess.

In that momentary exchange with Gu Hang, he already knew his father couldn’t intervene directly.

Otherwise, real trouble would arrive.

But Gu Jing was there.

He had to find a solution.

Never mind the Spirit Race, at least he couldn’t let this force, representing the essence of humanity, be entirely lost in the network passage.

The shadow of the Magic Lord of Thousand Changes appeared behind Gu Jing, more solid than ever, with every feather on its spread wings flickering with endless transformations.

“Lady Meifenier, Grand Tutor Changding, I need your help.”