Chapter 129

Avery stared at the scene before him in stunned silence.

The man who called himself the Phantom Thief Dora DX had pulled out a vehicle from who knows where.

It was a Leman Russ tank, scarred and battered, with its lower half almost completely destroyed.

This Leman Russ tank was painted in the common yellow-green camouflage and bore the insignia of the Cadian Shock Troops.

Its metal hull was covered in claw marks from the swarm, the tracks on the lower half were nearly severed, and it was still charred from plasma burns.

However, the short, thick cannon barrel on the upper half remained relatively intact.

The training Avery had received allowed him to identify it in an instant.

This was a Leman Russ Eradicator.

A Leman Russ tank equipped with an Eradicator Nova Cannon uses subatomic core shells for its main gun; the powerful shockwave generated by the explosion is enough to flatten an entire position and kill the soldiers hiding behind it.

"Holy shit." Avery watched as the man calling himself the Phantom Thief Dora DX stood on the roof of the damaged Leman Russ Eradicator.

Seemingly driven by some kind of psychic power, the cannon barrel began to rotate, aiming at the fleeing Genestealer Patriarch.

This Leman Russ Eradicator tank was something Zhou Yun had picked up on the battlefield earlier.

The chassis below was almost destroyed, but there were still three well-preserved subatomic core shells inside, and the main gun was basically intact.

He had snatched it up while the Astra Militarum soldiers weren't looking.

"Hey, hey, hey!"

The corners of Zhou Yun's mouth curled into a smile he couldn't suppress.

"The Eradicator is here!!!"

Under the control of his telekinesis, the subatomic shell inside the tank was loaded, and the main gun ignited once more.

A sound like a thunderclap rang out, and the scorching subatomic core shell whistled toward the Underworld Worm.

Firing the Eradicator Nova Cannon requires loading and twisting the massive barrel to aim.

In a normal battle, Zhou Yun would almost never be able to use it.

But dealing with the Underworld Worm was different.

Zhou Yun knew the Underworld Worm's cowardice and caution; as long as there was the slightest bit of danger, this guy would definitely turn and run.

This gave Zhou Yun the opportunity to use this Leman Russ Eradicator!

The eyeless Underworld Worm sensed the approaching danger through its hearing and its own psychic power.

But...

It instinctively turned its head, a look of slight bewilderment on its face.

Because both its psychic power and its hearing warned it that a Leman Russ tank had opened fire behind it.

The Underworld Worm's body began to dodge rapidly; its figure was so fast that it left only fleeting afterimages in the air.

"Oh no!" Avery immediately felt that something was wrong.

The power of the subatomic core shell was indeed strong, but this type of cannon shell was designed to deal with static positions.

For a single target like the Underworld Worm, the hit rate was naturally quite low, and on top of that, the Underworld Worm was inherently agile.

"Don't worry, cub of Sanguinius." Zhou Yun, standing on the Leman Russ Eradicator, grinned and said, "My marksmanship is very good."

Avery blinked in confusion.

Marksmanship? What does good marksmanship have to do with a tank's main gun? Is an Eradicator Nova Cannon of such a large caliber also considered a gun?

However, what happened next completely exceeded Avery's expectations.

"ROAR!!!!!" A heart-wrenching roar suddenly erupted.

Following that was a thunderous explosion; a bright yellow light directly engulfed the location where the Underworld Worm was.

The powerful subatomic shockwave caused the entire palace to begin shaking, and countless pieces of rubble and masonry flew everywhere.

The Underworld Worm, like a cockroach with half its body crushed, slammed violently onto the ground.

Avery stared blankly at this scene, unable to help but mutter to himself, "It actually hit..."

Captain Kaelen heard the rumbling sound coming from the palace; it sounded like something had exploded.

"It sounds like the noise of a subatomic core shell. Could the Astra Militarum soldiers have fought their way here?" Captain Kaelen muttered to himself.

But he quickly shook his head, realizing that this was simply impossible.

Not to mention that the Astra Militarum on Ashfold could currently only protect themselves,

even if they really had arrived... how would they drive a tank into the palace?

Captain Kaelen shook his head and looked at the servitor lying on the ground before him.

"I hope we can find traces of Viceroy Augustus Flax in here..."

Zhou Yun walked over to the side of the Underworld Worm.

This Genestealer behemoth, a parasitic demigod, had grown into a terrifying monster over the long years, and after the Hive Mind descended, its abilities had been further enhanced.

Even after taking a subatomic core shell head-on, it still hadn't completely died, thanks to its psychic power and physical strength.

Its blinded eyes seemed to be looking at Zhou Yun.

"Tiberius Augustus, the Underworld Worm of Ashfold, the Genestealer Patriarch." Zhou Yun looked at the Underworld Worm lying on the ground.

The disaster on Ashfold had started with its birth decades ago.

"You are the first; your brothers will soon go to keep you company."

Zhou Yun swung his fist, tearing the Underworld Worm's head off, and then stuffed the head and body separately into his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.

【Item Name: Genestealer Patriarch/Underworld Worm/Tiberius Augustus】

【Origin: Underworld Shield System - Ashfold Planet - Viceroy's Palace】

【Evaluation: A parasitic demigod born to spread the blasphemous genes of Tyranid organisms. Its parents were the previous generation of Ashfold Viceroys infected by Genestealers; thus, it inherited the unique genetic sequence of the Flax family, possessing the special ability to resist hallucinations and distinguish reality, which it used to resist the swarm's control to a certain extent. Sweet in taste, neutral in nature, it has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, stopping bleeding, and resolving phlegm. It can be used for kidney deficiency, essence depletion, impotence, nocturnal emission, soreness of the waist and knees, chronic cough, and hemoptysis.】

【Production Time: 918. M41】

【Status: Where is my head??】

【Value: 1,300,000】

With 1.3 million credited to his account, Zhou Yun looked at the 11.8 million in his balance, and a smile curled at the corners of his mouth.

The price of the Anywhere Door was 11.65 million; Zhou Yun had finally saved enough.

It just wasn't the time to redeem it yet.

According to the judgment of the Right-Wrong Divination Machine, as long as it was before the destruction of the Underworld System and Zhou Yun hadn't redeemed the Anywhere Door, he wouldn't encounter any real danger.

And the Hive Mind had likely already learned of his location through the Underworld Worm. The Hive Mind would definitely not let him go.

But as long as he didn't redeem the Anywhere Door, even if the Hive Mind sent a Hierophant Titan, Zhou Yun wouldn't be in danger.

If he redeemed the Anywhere Door now, he might actually encounter danger instead.

"... That thought of yours, it sounds so familiar to me..."

The winged figure in the white light said softly.

"I think you need to emphasize who the original creator is."

Zhou Yun chuckled.

Back then, Sanguinius had a similar approach; he had foreseen that he would die at the hands of Horus.

But this also meant that as long as he didn't encounter Horus, Sanguinius would not die.

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"Next is..." Zhou Yun took out the Dowsing Rod and laid it down gently: "Augustus Flax."

The rod pointed toward a corridor.

General Droste sat far from the landing pad, rubbing his rough chin with calloused fingers.

The trauma caused by the Brain Worm was still expanding. The Adepta Sororitas sister Acelade and Xiang Xiang Leina were each trying to use faith and psychic power to heal Droste.

But judging by the results, neither faith nor psychic power was the same; they couldn't overcome the cracks the Brain Worm had left in Droste's consciousness.

That crack was still expanding, and it had even begun to affect General Droste's body.

His leg had inexplicably gone lame; he couldn't walk, and he couldn't even stand steadily.

Fortunately, before he collapsed, reinforcements from the Blood Angels arrived.

They drove away the swarm surrounding the spaceport, like a group of golden blades falling from the sky.

The one leading the team... the famous commander Dante, Chapter Master of the Blood Angels, the Astartes wearing Sanguinius's golden mask.

He marveled at the fact that so many people from the Astra Militarum and Ashfold had survived.

And he understood the necessity of General Droste's cooperation with Xiang Xiang Leina and Zhou Yun.

Although Dante was visibly silent when he heard that Zhou Yun had grown wings that glowed with blue light,

he ultimately praised Zhou Yun's achievements. And Mephiston, the Chief Librarian standing beside him, had also checked the souls of everyone present as quickly as possible to ensure there was no corruption.

But even that Lord Mephiston could not repair the damage the Brain Worm had caused to General Droste.

However, Commander Dante understood his inconvenience and allowed him to sit alone in the distance.

He should have been standing there with the Cadian delegation.

General Droste looked at the formation standing in the center of the landing pad.

Commander Dante and his golden Sanguinary Guard stood tall, far exceeding the Cadian soldiers.

The Cadian soldiers' faces were full of the fatigue and trauma brought by the war; even the Tech-priest who led the team in his stead was just as exhausted.

The states of the Adepta Sororitas sister Acelade and Xiang Xiang Leina, who were standing beside the Tech-priest, were also not good.

And what they were waiting for there—General Droste was unwilling to use the word "welcome"—was a group of tireless xenos.

Droste's throat moved slightly.

It was a group of skeletons made of silver metal, and the one leading them looked like an ancient dead man who had returned from death; a faint, ghostly blue light flickered on his brass-gold skirt armor as he stood face-to-face with Commander Dante.

Necrons.

General Droste only felt a chill all over his body.

This group of xenos seemed like the embodiment of death, yet they had offered an invitation to cooperate with humanity not long ago.

Dante, Lord of the Blood Angels, stared at that Necron Overlord.

To Droste's surprise, after looking at Dante's golden mask for a few seconds, the Necron Overlord actually saluted Commander Dante with extremely elegant etiquette; it must have been some kind of Necron etiquette.

Commander Dante returned the salute, using human etiquette.

"I am Trazyn the Infinite, a Necron Overlord."

Trazyn the Infinite said to Dante in exquisite High Gothic:

"Lord of the Blood Angels, son of Sanguinius, Commander Dante, we should cooperate."

(End of chapter)