At the beginning of the thirty-third millennium of the imperial calendar, six Blackstone fortresses scattered in the void were found. Even at the time, these buildings were quite old.

Its dormant structure is enormous and mysterious, with a simple shape and a geometric beauty. They are larger than even the Empire's largest Optimus Fortresses, and can easily accommodate an entire galaxy of armies.

At the very center of the Blackstone Fortress was a massive, easily hundreds of miles of chambers, with the ceiling and floor disappearing into shadow, and a large black pillar towering over the center of the chamber.

And outside the pillars, like the black, divine twisted trunks of the trees, radiated out hundreds of bridges, staircases, platforms, and dragon gates.

Countless dark portals lead to the heart of the Blackstone Fortress, a massive entrance that appears to have been made for giants, and towering bridges linking the central pillar and the rest of the fortress are wide enough for the Imperial Titans to pass.

At this time, the Empire has found no information that could indicate who built them. But this did not prevent the empire from appropriating it for its own.

Even if the Blackstone Fortress is dormant, it is well suited as a naval fortress in deep space.

The towing of the Pilot Ship could power it in the stars, and when the Empire built a large number of secondary buildings on it, the Blackstone Fortress became the cornerstone of the Imperial Navy.

The Empire's use of the Blackstone Fortress was as simple as the site of a pre-built naval base, and then adding to it.

It's not that the Empire doesn't want to explore more of the Blackstone Fortresses, but when the Empire discovered the existence of the Blackstone Fortresses, they were all dormant, and despite their best efforts to awaken them, all other systems were not activated, except for the passive energy system.

The technology at the hands of the Empire was not enough to give humanity complete control over this powerful weapon.

However, despite not being activated, the power grids of these fortresses are still powerful enough for humans to survive in Blackstone Fortresses and transform them into powerful space strongholds, becoming the center of fortifications in the galaxy in which they are located.

The former Mechanics have installed countless weapon systems into the Xenomorphic and almost incomprehensible grid of energy in Blackstone Fortress, opening massive bays that have served as launch ports for attack ships and equipped with defensive turrets on top of them.

Even if the Empire has not been able to fully understand the role of the Blackstone Fortresses, these Blackstone Fortresses have long since become the cornerstone of the Imperial Navy's strategy and presence in the Gothic Star Sector. Many sub-sectors are based on the location of the Blackstone Fortress, which serves as the main naval base for the sub-sectors.

That's right, the six Blackstone Fortresses discovered so far are all located in the Gothic Star Sector of the Hazy Star Domain.

We don't know if there's a deeper meaning behind this, but thankfully, it takes much less time for these Blackstone Fortresses to reach the system where the Obscure Psionic Beacons are located.

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At this time, on top of the psionic beacon, the battle between Sivir and the psionic avatar is not over.

Although it seems that they fight like ordinary warriors, the two sides fight together. But this is only the appearance, as powerful psionics, their battles are more on a spiritual level.

From the various subspace anomalies that kept being generated around them, as well as the powerful energy impact generated, you could see how fierce their battle was.

But Sivir, who seemed to have fought back and forth with the psionic incarnation, was at a great disadvantage at this time. It's not even as good as when I was on the defensive all the time.

There is only one reason, a steady stream of subspace power is replenished into the body of the psionic incarnation. And now Sivir is like a car that is about to run out of gas, although it is still running fast, but it is about to completely lie down.

Sivir's previous plan didn't work, and now Sivir could only attack and defend to buy time for the arrival of the Blackstone Fortress.

It's easier said than done.

The psychic avatar in front of him did not have the slightest sense of reason, and even sometimes did not make any defense against Siwell's attack, but chose to continue to attack Sivir.

The natural instinct of an untrained mind is to unleash its power as soon as a target appears. It's like a psionic incarnation at this time.

But the Empire-sanctioned psionics are not like savages and shamans. They were as well trained as standard bayonets and as disciplined as the troops in which they served. And Siwell's use of his own psionic energy is even more master-level.

Even if Sivir's strength at this time was not even half that of the psionic incarnation, if Sivir made up his mind, if it wasn't for the fact that the energy in the psionic incarnation was too huge, in this way of fighting, Sivir could destroy it at just one chance.

But Sivir had to consider a possibility, one that made people's hairs stand on end just thinking about it.

What if this psionic avatar explodes?

Just thinking about this happening sent chills down Sivir's back.

That's why, in the beginning, Sivir opted for a conservative approach to draining the energy of psionic incarnations.

And now, although the energy of the psionic incarnation has been enhanced by the power of the subspace, it is still a lot lower than at the beginning, but Sivir is even more afraid to destroy the psionic incarnation.

Because after absorbing a large amount of subspace energy, the stability of this psionic incarnation is greatly reduced.

This body, which was originally made for the emperor, not only has its form changed dramatically at this time, but its composition is no longer stable.

This made Sivir afraid of his attacks, and he was even afraid that this psionic incarnation would detonate itself with the chaotic energy in his body that he couldn't control.

At this time, the incarnation of psionic energy was completely a powder keg, and Sivir did not dare to fight, nor did he dare to go.

If it weren't for the Blackstone Fortress, Sivir would have had to choose between giving the subspace god a realistic body or destroying it at the risk of the psionic avatar exploding.

But the good news is that there is another option now.

When the empire ushered in the rapid development of science and technology, those researchers once again conducted in-depth research on the scientific and technological miracle of the Blackstone Fortress.

They discovered that Blackstone Fortress possessed indescribable abilities and technology, and that their shields and armor were several times more powerful than the most powerful ships.

Their weapon, a proud vortex cannon, harnesses subspace-based power to unleash a beam of immaterial in its purest form, capable of destroying any capital ship with a single blow at extreme distances.

However, Sivir did not intend to use the powerful force of the Blackstone Fortress to destroy the psionic incarnation, in fact, the Empire at this time still did not have the control to properly control the power of these Blackstone Fortresses.

However, just like before, the Empire can do a few things directly with the Blackstone Fortress itself.

The Blackstone Fortress is believed to be composed of a substance known as Blackstone, a mineral known as "noctilith" in High Gothic.

Some Imperial researchers refer to the Nocturnite mineral as the "Untouchable Stone", believing that the mineral is the physical embodiment of the psionic neutralization gene that gave the Turisus Assassins and Sisters of Silence their disturbing soulless powers and powerful anti-psychic powers.

Others insist that it is a mineral mined from the cosmic singularity and that it originated in another dimension.

And of all the many theories about the nature of the Blackstone, the most enduring is that it resonates with immaterial psionic energy to some extent, and can even manipulate the primordial energy of chaos if processed correctly.

The study of the Blackstone by the Imperial Studies expert Belisarius Kaul led him to come up with a theory.

Blackstone is not naturally possessed by Chaos Energy, nor is it a curse on it. Rather, just as iron oxide metal can be polarized to carry a magnetic charge, blackstone can be charged under certain circumstances to interact with the extraordinary energies of subspace.

The massive blackstones that make up the Kadian Obelisk, the heavy blackstone flakes found from the wreckage of the Gates of Kromarch, and the Eldriteedles on Nemisistesela are all thought to be negatively charged, so they can stop the subspace from their respective worlds.

The Blackstone Fortress is believed to be positively filled with subspace energy, and as such transformed into a devastating war machine that can unleash beams of light with the essence of chaos if properly weaponized by someone who knows its secrets.

Even if the means of controlling the Blackstone Fortress are not yet known to the Empire, the materials that make up the Blackstone Fortress itself can be used by the Empire.

Just when Sivir was about to lose his hold, six huge blackstone buildings crossed the galaxy and arrived in this galaxy!

This would have been impossible, and even though the six Blackstone Fortresses were in the Gothic Star Sector of the Hazy Star Field, the speed was still too impressive.

Although in general, hyperspace navigation is faster than subspace course, but not so fast.

And even if a Blackstone Fortress encounters some time turbulence in Hyperspace that allows them to arrive quickly, it will not always be possible for six Blackstone Fortresses to meet at the same time.

This probability is simply too low.

Rather than believing this rhetoric, it is better to believe that the Emperor rose from the Golden Throne and carried the six Blackstone Fortresses on his shoulders.

Well, if you think so, then it's not far from the truth.

In order to get to the psionic beacon as soon as possible, the six Blackstone Fortresses came here by subspace voyage.

And the reason why they chose to sail in the dangerous subspace is because of a certain function of the psionic beacon that the empire has just completed, which is the horizontal leap.

The Emperor's psionic incarnation in the rest of the psionic beacons gave these Blackstone Fortresses the ability to travel enormous distances in a short period of time.

Of course, this consumes a lot of energy that is the incarnation of the Emperor's Spiritual Energy.

Originally, this consumption should have been handled by psionic beacons, but at this time, their energy was used to create psionic avatars, and they had not yet fully recovered, so the emperor's psionic avatars could only mobilize the energy in their own bodies, and the energy spent increased greatly.

But fortunately, the Blackstone Fortress arrived even if it arrived. Not even the powerful subspace storms that surrounded the system where the psionic beacons were located couldn't stop them.

In the process of arriving, these members of the Blackstone Fortress already knew their mission.

So, when these Blackstone Fortresses appeared near the psionic beacons, almost instantly, the trained Imperial soldiers and researchers began their work.

"We've gotten close to the psionic beacon, all the energy channeled into the Void Shield, turn on those experimental instruments, let's put an end to this madness! By my faith, the light of the Emperor will shine to the farthest stars, and by my duty, the Galactic Universe will be brought to justice, and by my actions, the Imperial Navy will win its glory, and its prestige will be remembered by the Holy Terra, for the emperor of all mankind! ”

The Empire's research on Blackstone is not limited to Blackstone Fortress.

Through the study of the Blackstone Obelisk on some planets, as well as a large-scale "gravedigging" of the space necromancers, they plundered their Blackstone and reverse-researched their Blackstone technology.

The Empire now has a better understanding of how to use Blackstone.

On the periphery of those Blackstone Fortresses, the Empire has built a network of countless massive Blackstone Spires.

The deployment of these minarets follows a non-Euclidean score-shaped cryptographic logic pattern, the result of the Empire's reverse-research into certain technologies for space necromancy.

Each minaret is a unique, magnificent behemoth scattered around the Blackstone Fortress to maintain and expand an anti-subspace negative energy field.

When they begin to work, the galaxy seems to have an ethereal psionic curtain, like a wall of mist obscuring the subspace. The rampaging subspace began to become unusually calm.

The demons in the psionic beacons and the cursed warriors were greatly affected. They can barely maintain their real-world bodies.

As more Blackstone Spires on the periphery of Blackstone Fortress began to work, some of the demons and spellbinding warriors gradually disappeared from the psionic beacons.

"Haha..."

Sivir felt all of this, laughing heartily as he fought the psionic avatar.

The irrational monster in front of him was still attacking him, not realizing that his death was imminent. And it was impossible for those Chaos Gods to wait for the monster's mind to dissipate and let them occupy this body.

And after the work began on the blackstone minarets on the periphery of the Blackstone Fortress, the other part of the Empire's equipment installed inside the Blackstone minarets also began to work.

And the design principle of these devices. Somewhat similar to the Empire's Megastructure Psionic Siphon.

In other words, they are small psionic siphons.

These small psionic siphons installed inside the Blackstone Fortress can draw energy from subspace and are commonly used in the Empire's research institutes and research centers that study subspace energy. Or, in some special cases, the psionic siphon is used as a special energy supply facility.

Of course, with a few changes to these psionic siphons, they can not only draw energy from the subspace, but also from psionics.

However, the effect varies greatly depending on how much psionic the person has mastered their own psionic abilities.

However, as long as the suction power is strong, there is nothing that cannot be sucked.

These Blackstone Fortresses not only cut off the connection between the Psionic Avatar and the subspace, but also draw his psionic energy from the Psionic Avatar.