Chapter 105: A Sleep Day for the Lion Empire?

When Zhou Yun walked to the Ark Gang stronghold, to Xiang Xiang Leina's office,

Xiang Xiang Leina was buried in a pile of messy documents, handling affairs.

Quite a few Ark Gang members, Astra Militarum officers, and Battle Sisters were gathered around her.

Now that both the Astra Militarum and the Battle Sisters needed the Ark Gang to coordinate their operations, her work had naturally become busy.

A Death Cult Assassin wearing gray leather armor walked out from the shadows silently.

"My Lord Chosen. Do you need me to tell Ms. Xiang Xiang Leina that you have arrived?"

Zhou Yun waved his hand: "It's no bother to wait for her a while; it's not an urgent matter."

The gray-leather-clad Death Cult Assassin nodded respectfully, nodded in greeting toward Dishi who was hidden in the shadows beside Zhou Yun, and then vanished back into the darkness, leaving no trace.

Zhou Yun took a chair out from his four-dimensional pocket and sat in the hallway outside Xiang Xiang Leina's office.

He took this opportunity to see if there were any items he needed to exchange for.

The rewards from his previous trip to the Underhive had all been credited, counting the extra money he had extorted from Viceroy Augustus Flax.

Zhou Yun's current savings had reached 9.5 million; he was only about 2 million short of being able to exchange for an Anywhere Door.

But the Right-Wrong Divination Machine had already confirmed a future where Zhou Yun could exchange for an Anywhere Door.

Theoretically, even if Zhou Yun spent all this money, he would still manage to scrape enough together in the end.

It's just that...

Zhou Yun's goal now was not just to exchange for an Anywhere Door.

He also had to follow the Right-Wrong Divination Machine's judgment and head to Baal to resurrect Sanguinius.

This required using another item that was jaw-droppingly expensive.

The cost to rent that item once was enough to buy an unknown number of Anywhere Doors.

The good news was that Zhou Yun already had an idea of how to scrape together this sum of money.

He needed to ensure that the Imperial side could resist the Tyranid swarm to a certain extent.

The more intense the Imperial resistance, the more powerful the units the Tyranids would commit.

And the greater the harvest Zhou Yun could reap from it.

Of course, this was not the ultimate goal.

Zhou Yun's ultimate goal was to hope the Tyranid swarm would be forced to hatch a Swarm Lord to counter the Empire.

In this way, that third-party force hidden in the Hades System would be forced to reveal their trump card.

What Zhou Yun had his eyes on was that very trump card in the hands of the third-party force.

The more intense the war, the greater Zhou Yun's harvest would be.

To achieve this goal, Zhou Yun had to use some items to gain the ability to move freely on the battlefield.

First is...

【Item Name: Bamboo-Copter】

【Origin: 22nd Century Earth — Future Department Store】

【Evaluation: You actually haven't bought this yet??】

【Production Time: 271. M3】

【Function: A small flight item consisting of two blades and a hemispherical base. It can fly continuously in the air at 80 km/h for over eight hours. When in use, it can fly in any direction and perform any movement according to the user's thoughts.】

【Value: 250,000】

One of the most famous items.

Zhou Yun had never exchanged for it, mainly because this thing had truly limited use in the Underhive.

The Underhive had no sky at all; there were only chaotic and complex pipes and buildings overhead, with no room for free flight.

But in the coming war, Zhou Yun would definitely have to retreat with the Astra Militarum to the Upper Hive and even the Spire.

At that time, the Bamboo-Copter would be very useful.

Especially when facing Tyranid aerial units.

Zhou Yun pinched his chin and carefully considered the problems he faced.

Although that pale, gray deathly intent—that is, the blessing the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang had placed on him—had improved his reaction speed and physical strength somewhat,

he was ultimately no match for an Astartes who had undergone massive modifications and wore power armor in terms of defense and speed.

Facing those Tyranid units known for their speed, or Tyranid behemoths with thick hides and high attack power, it was actually a bit troublesome.

Zhou Yun had to get some items to enhance his own speed and defense.

He began to browse through the Future Department Store.

【Item Name: Acceleration Spring】

【Origin: 22nd Century Earth — Future Department Store】

【Production Time: 261. M3】

【Function: A golden giant spring. Once inserted into the back and wound up, it can accelerate any of a person's actions.】

【Value: 1,250,000】

An item priced as high as 1.25 million.

The effect was simple and clear: as long as it was inserted into the back and fully wound, it could accelerate one's actions.

This acceleration did not improve Zhou Yun's physical functions, but was more akin to speeding up Zhou Yun's time, making any of his actions become lightning-fast.

And in terms of defense...

With the extreme speed brought by the Acceleration Spring, Zhou Yun's need for defense in normal situations also decreased somewhat.

Following the memories of his past life, he searched the Future Department Store for that item.

【Item Name: Reflection Cloak】

【Origin: 22nd Century Earth — Future Department Store】

【Production Time: 251. M3】

【Function: A red cloak. As long as you wave it in the face of an attack, this piece of cloth can deflect any form of attack, and in some cases, even reflect the attack back.】

【Value: 2,000,000 / 5 uses】

An item that cost 2 million for only five uses.

Zhou Yun's expression twitched slightly; this price was simply liver-achingly expensive.

But its effect was worthy of the price.

This red cloak could deflect and even reflect any form of attack.

Considering that he would very likely use this item in his subsequent actions, Zhou Yun gritted his teeth and exchanged for it despite the heartache.

The scarlet cloak and the half-meter-long metal spring immediately appeared in Zhou Yun's four-dimensional pocket.

After finishing these things, Zhou Yun looked up at Xiang Xiang Leina's office.

The people inside had mostly left, so he stood up and entered the office.

"Is there something you need?" Xiang Xiang Leina continued handling affairs without looking up.

She hadn't noticed that it was Zhou Yun who had entered.

Zhou Yun noticed that there was a stack of Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's Tarot cards on Xiang Xiang Leina's desk, with two cards pulled out.

The Shattered Planet and the Steppe Rider—it seemed she had also reached the same result.

And next to the Tarot cards lay a small Sanguinius folded from paper.

Is it popular to hang things related to Sanguinius lately?

A trace of confusion flashed in Zhou Yun's eyes.

"Zhou Yun?" Xiang Xiang Leina looked up when she saw that the person wasn't speaking, only to find Zhou Yun standing in front of her desk. She put down the document in her hand and stretched her limbs.

"Happy holiday," Xiang Xiang Leina said to Zhou Yun.

"Holiday?" Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment.

"Hehehe." The winged figure in the white light laughed unhappily.

Xiang Xiang Leina looked at Zhou Yun's expression, and the corners of her eyes twitched slightly: "Sanguinala."

"You didn't forget that today is Sanguinala, did you?"

"Yeah, you didn't forget that today is Sanguinala, did you?" the winged figure in the white light said sarcastically.

The corners of Zhou Yun's mouth twitched slightly.

He remembered now; today was Sanguinala, the day of Sanguinius's ascension.

This was a holiday for the Empire to commemorate and praise Sanguinius's sacrifice.

On this day, almost everyone would hang or carry a simply made Sanguinius image pendant.

It was basically one of the grandest holidays in the entire Empire.

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This treatment was something other Primarchs didn't have.

At least Zhou Yun hadn't heard of any "Guilliman Getting Stabbed Day," "Khan Not Getting Lost Day," or "Lion World Sleep Day" holidays.

No wonder the winged figure in the white light was being so sarcastic.

He regarded himself as Sanguinius and also regarded Zhou Yun as his friend.

For Zhou Yun to forget that today was Sanguinala was basically equivalent to forgetting a friend's birthday, or perhaps their death anniversary?

"Soul return, soul return, may Sanguinius's soul return!" Zhou Yun's mouth moved slightly as he said this casually.

The winged figure in the white light seemed to be angered by him, and the whole figure began to tremble at some strange frequency.

"You blasphemous heretic," Xiang Xiang Leina said half-jokingly.

She was already somewhat used to these blasphemous words of Zhou Yun's.

"Did you read the tactical arrangements I discussed with General Droster?" Zhou Yun looked at Xiang Xiang Leina and said.

Rather than saying it was discussed between him and General Droster,

it was more that Zhou Yun had given General Droster a rough plan based on the trend of the war in the Hades System from his past life's memories and the guidance of the winged figure in the white light.

General Droster had then made some adjustments based on the specific situation of the Astra Militarum under his command.

"I read it." Xiang Xiang Leina's mouth moved lightly: "You actually said before that you weren't good at military affairs; isn't this quite good?"

"However, loading a large number of unreleased prisoners from Ashford onto ships and throwing them onto the Death World of Pertita—that really is your style."

Zhou Yun suggested to General Droster that all the prisoners on Ashford be thrown onto the uninhabited Death World of Pertita.

These prisoners were thick, fatty biomass in the eyes of the swarm, and would likely attract a portion of the Tyranid fleet to Pertita.

This could reduce the pressure on other inhabited planets.

Of course, Zhou Yun's true goal was to hope the Tyranid swarm would provoke the true residents of that planet.

Hidden beneath Pertita was a Necron Tomb World.

Zhou Yun wanted them to help deal with the Tyranid swarm.

"According to our plan, the 13th District near the Hive suburbs will become the front line, and then we will gradually retreat."

"All the way until we evacuate to the entrance of the Upper and Lower Hive in the 9th District, where we will continue to hold."

Zhou Yun said to Xiang Xiang Leina:

"In other words, the lower hive can generally be abandoned. Preserving our effective strength and holding out against the Tyranid biological offensive for as long as possible is our true objective."

"I understand, all of this I—"

Xiang Xiang Leina's words were cut off halfway; her voice suddenly elongated, like the sound of a snapped lute string.

"Ah!!!!!"

She suddenly began to convulse, her eyes widening as if she had seen something extremely terrifying, and she let out a wail.

A deep, dark shadow was reflected in her pupils, constantly writhing and distorting, revealing an irrepressible hunger.

"Xiang Xiang Leina?!" Zhou Yun's pupils shrank abruptly. Are the psykers starting to have seizures?!

He saw the winged figure in the white light at the corner of his eye also begin to dim, as if covered by a layer of pitch-black shadow.

Its figure seemed to be interfered with, beginning to blur and twitch.

"Shadow." The voice of the winged figure in the white light was chaotic and unclear.

It seemed to be struggling to pierce its own will through that thick layer of shadow,

until it became slightly clearer a few seconds later.

"The Tyranid swarm is here. The Shadow in the Warp has already shrouded Ashford."

The 998th year of the 41st Millennium of Mankind, Feast of Saint Sanguinius's Ascension.

In the final days of this year, Hive Fleet Leviathan descended upon the Hades System.

(End of chapter)