194: Chapter 194 Attack on Subspace

Han Zhe's gaze passed through the Eye of Terror rift, looking into the depths of the fissure.

The Warp. The lair of the Chaos Gods. A forbidden domain that the Empire had only dared to defend for ten thousand years, never dreaming of counterattacking.

"We closed half of the Eye of Terror," Han Zhe stated at the Command Center's strategic meeting, his voice as calm as ever. "The Four Chaos Gods counterattacked together, and we repelled them. One of their Primarchs is now lying on the dissection table in the Tomb of Time, being analyzed by us inch by inch."

"But in their logic, all of this is still acceptable loss. Because their core territory, the Eternal Kingdom deep within the Warp, has never been touched."

"They believe the Warp is their home ground, an absolute domain we can never set foot in."

Han Zhe stood up and walked to the star map. On the map, the area representing the Warp was simplified into a chaotic, constantly shifting purplish-red mist.

"Now it is time to correct this misconception."

The conference room fell silent. Even Alpha-01, the veteran who had followed Han Zhe through countless life-and-death battles, showed a momentary flash of disbelief in his eyes.

"Actively entering the Warp to attack the territory of the Evil Gods?" he confirmed.

"We are not entering the Warp to engage in conventional warfare," Han Zhe corrected. "We are entering the Warp, carrying our latest technology based on the absolute laws of the Material Universe, to launch surgical strikes against the core territories of the Evil Gods."

"The goal is not conquest, nor occupation. It is plunder and deterrence."

He brought up the latest strategic projection submitted by the adjudicator: Operation Dawn Spear.

"Objective for Phase One: The periphery star system of the Palace of Pleasure in Slaanesh's Domain."

Capture Target List:

The Council of Keepers of Secrets—thirteen high-level Greater Daemons under Slaanesh responsible for preserving ultimate sensory experiences. They are eternally indulged in the Labyrinth of Ecstasy on the outskirts of the Palace of Pleasure.

The Pioneers of Pleasure—Vanguard Greater Daemons when Slaanesh advances into reality, whose essence contains the underlying logic of materialized desire.

The Whisperers in the Mirror—Eerie entities responsible for guarding the first veil between Slaanesh's Domain and the Material Universe, possessing partial trans-dimensional perception abilities.

Operation Codename: Pleasure's End.

Slaanesh was chosen as the first target because Slaanesh had just lost two High-level Avatars and one Primarch, and its domain defense is currently at its lowest point in ten thousand years.

Furthermore, we possess the most extensive Slaanesh sample analysis data, giving us the deepest understanding of its energy characteristics, defense mechanisms, and behavior patterns.

Secondly, we need more Slaanesh Greater Daemons as live samples to verify our hypotheses about the nature of Chaos. These hypotheses will become key pieces of the puzzle when confronting the the cold observer in the future.

Moreover, this operation will test new weaponry and equipment such as the Star God Law Weapon System, Void Barrier Mobile Unit (Second Generation), Causality Disruptor (Prototype), Gods Bottle Network (Combat Type)... Thirty days later. Edge of the Sea of Order, Temporary Assembly Star System.

The Dawn Spear Task Force was arrayed in silence.

Eighteen eternal-class titan ships, all equipped with Second Generation Void Barrier Generators and Combat Type Gods Flask Units. Seven hundred and twenty adjudicator-class battleships, modified as Causality Disruptor Projection Platforms. Eight thousand seven hundred and forty Fast Assault Ships, responsible for escort and Greater Daemon wreckage recovery. And one hundred and seventy-three extra-large Abyssal-class Supply Ships, fully loaded with Star God weapon ammunition and zero-point energy reserves.

Fleet Commander: Lei Huan. The veteran general who once led the abyssal scythe to heavily damage The Swarm in the Extragalactic region now gazed at the temporary rift leading to the Warp—a relatively stable passage forcibly torn open by the overloaded resonance of three hundred Nullifier Nodes.

"adjudicator, final system confirmation."

Completed. The adjudicator's voice was transmitted directly into Lei Huan's consciousness via the Neural Interface. Causality Disruptor Prototype stability: 97%. Void Barrier Generator synchronization rate: 99.2%. Star God Weapon Magazine: Full capacity.

Warning: Upon entering the Warp, conventional communication will completely fail. All commands will be transmitted via preset Causality Anchor Point Sequences. Any delay exceeding the coverage of the anchor point sequence will be considered loss of contact and trigger the automatic withdrawal protocol.

Operation Window: Forty-seven hours. Beyond this window, the Sea of Order node energy will be insufficient to maintain the return passage.

"Forty-seven hours." Lei Huan took a deep breath. "That's enough time for us to leave Slaanesh with some unforgettable memories."

He pressed the all-fleet communication button:

"All units, this is not a drill. We are about to step into a domain that the Empire has only dared to curse for ten thousand years, never entering it. We have no reinforcements, no retreat, and no sanctuary there, but we have something more reliable."

"Entering the Warp now."

The instant they passed through the Rift of Order, Lei Huan understood why the Empire had never attempted an offensive for ten thousand years.

The Warp is not space. It is the enemy of all logic.

Sensor readings jumped wildly between positive and negative infinity. The images transmitted by the visual system were ten thousand impossible colors unfolding simultaneously across one thousand impossible dimensions. Time and causality here were mere decorations, cheap concepts that could be arbitrarily twisted, kneaded, and discarded.

The Causality Disruptor Generators on three adjudicator-class vessels automatically activated due to overload the moment they entered. The next second, they simultaneously appeared in three different locations—past, present, and future—before collapsing back to the same spatio-temporal coordinate. Half of the crew reported experiencing an ineffable simultaneous experience.

"Void Barrier, full power deployment!" Lei Huan roared through the fleet channel.

The eighteen Eternal-class ships simultaneously activated the Second Generation Void Barrier Generators. Dark gray Isolation Fields suddenly expanded around each Titan ship, supporting eighteen Islands of Reality in the chaotic ocean of the Warp. The eighteen islands resonated and connected with each other, finally merging into an Oasis of Order with a diameter of zero point three light-seconds.

Within this oasis, physical laws were reinstated. Sensors returned to normal. The causality chain was anchored. Time flowed steadily in the manner familiar to the Human Federation.

The fleet regained the right to define reality.

"Objective: Outskirts of the Palace of Pleasure, Labyrinth of Ecstasy. Full speed ahead!"

The combined force field of the eighteen Void Barriers, like a red-hot branding iron, forcibly seared a passage through the chaotic flesh of the Warp. On both sides of the passage, countless twisted entities roared and crashed against the field's boundary, but they could not penetrate the absolute isolation supported jointly by star god law and zero-point energy.