Chapter 173: Big nephew, listen to my heart-to-heart talk

Zhou Yun looked at the information that popped up in his mind; it was a map of Baal's main planet composed of Mephiston's memories.

This Chief Librarian relied on his superb memory to make this map extremely detailed and accurate, covering almost all geographical locations of Baal's main planet.

Whether it was the vast desert on the planet, the dead Seraph Volcano, or the Angel's Fortress under the volcano.

But there was no location of Sanguinius's tomb... it was just roughly marked as being underground in the Angel's Fortress.

Zhou Yun frowned slightly; he didn't think Mephiston was deliberately hiding it.

He faintly remembered that the underground part of the Angel's Fortress seemed to be the remnant of some ancient civilization and had some unique properties.

"There is a series of strange tunnels and caves under the Angel's Fortress. These underground parts of the Angel's Fortress have certain Warp properties and do not exist in the locations where they should theoretically exist."

Seeming to notice Zhou Yun's confusion, Mephiston explained:

"Historically, the Blood Angels have tried to excavate these underground parts many times, but in the end, they only found sand and soil."

"So the underground part of the Angel's Fortress cannot be depicted by a map and can only be entered through the passages inside the Angel's Fortress."

"Whether it is the treasury of Chapter relics, the prison cells for prisoners, or the tomb of Sanguinius, they are all built according to these underground parts."

Cannot be depicted by a map?

Zhou Yun couldn't help but touch his chin. Without a map, the Anywhere Door could only go to places he had been to.

This meant that Zhou Yun had to infiltrate through the passages inside the Angel's Fortress.

However, even if there were a map, Zhou Yun would not rashly enter Sanguinius's tomb now.

Because once he entered it and started acting, the Blood God would inevitably pay attention to the signs of Sanguinius beginning to resurrect.

At that time, according to the judgment of the Right-Wrong Divination Machine, Zhou Yun would have to face the combination of Ka'Bandha and Angron smashing his face.

Even if Zhou Yun tried his best to block this combination of bloodthirsty madmen and Daemon Primarch, it was hard to guarantee that the Blood God would not continue to increase the stakes.

Zhou Yun had to find some bodyguards for himself.

He glanced at Mephiston beside him; this was clearly a good choice. He was one of the top psykers in the entire human Empire.

But he was not enough. The bodyguard Zhou Yun really wanted was the Hive Mind. As long as the Warp shadow arrived at Baal, everything would be fine.

The swarm would be Zhou Yun's best bodyguard, the first line of defense to block the entry of Warp forces into reality.

Once the Warp shadow released by the Hive Mind shrouded the entire Baal, Warp power would become difficult to penetrate.

It would also become difficult for Greater Daemons to enter reality.

Zhou Yun even guessed that the swarm's goal was also Sanguinius.

By then, when Zhou Yun entered Sanguinius's tomb, the swarm's will, in order to prevent being preempted by Khorne, might fully possibly actively help Zhou Yun intercept the invasion of Khorne's Greater Daemons.

After all, if Sanguinius was resurrected, the swarm still had hope of obtaining his genetic sequence.

And if Sanguinius was daemon-ascended and turned into a Daemon Primarch, then the swarm could only suck the northwest wind.

Zhou Yun would get a window.

Before Cadia fell and the Great Rift unfolded, and after the swarm arrived at Baal, the time between these was the opportunity to resurrect Sanguinius.

Zhou Yun's heart moved, and he looked at Mephiston: "What is Dante doing now? Has the Crimson Great Council started?"

Mephiston nodded slightly: "Commander Dante is convening the Crimson Great Council."

"Representatives of all successor Chapters will gather in the Crimson Great Council Hall, and Dante will use his own way to unite them."

"Is that so..." Zhou Yun frowned slightly.

If Zhou Yun and Mephiston's intention to go to Sanguinius's tomb were exposed to so many Chapters, it would inevitably cause chaos.

Many successor Chapters were already suspicious of the Saint Doraemon sect and Mephiston.

Seeing Zhou Yun and Mephiston messing together, it was hard not to think too much...

Zhou Yun is the Chaos Gods, Mephiston is Erebus, the Blood Angels are the Sons of Horus of the past, Sanguinius is Horus...

The sense of déjà vu is too strong. Erebus really ruined the credit of their profession of resurrecting Primarchs.

At this time, another peer of the Doraemon generation should also be rushing to Cadia in a hurry.

Thinking about this, Zhou Yun's gaze glanced at this inverted city.

He didn't need to look for the map of Baal's main planet anymore; Mephiston's was detailed enough.

But he couldn't come for nothing, right?

Just take this opportunity to hunt down that Lictor to prevent it from destroying the void shield array of the Angel's Fortress in the future.

Mephiston seemed to notice Zhou Yun's thoughts.

"My lord, it's just a Lictor." Mephiston's voice was light and flat, but Zhou Yun could still feel the pride hidden beneath it.

Mephiston seemed unwilling to let Zhou Yun intervene in his hunt.

He clearly knew the future actions of that Lictor through precognition, destroying the Sarcophagus Hall where new recruits were cultivated, which was enough to make any Blood Angel full of anger.

And Mephiston almost let it go; if it weren't for the Khan's reminder,

hunting that Lictor was Mephiston's responsibility and honor; it was his prey, his enemy, the xenos that was about to kill his new recruit brothers, and the stain he had to wash away.

This group of Astartes is really awkward. Zhou Yun has always been one to choose group fights over single combat.

"Do you want me to send someone to replace myself to erase the stain on honor?" "Do you think my shoulders are so weak that I cannot bear my own honor independently?"

Zhou Yun looked at Mephiston and shrugged his shoulders.

Mephiston revealed confusion in his eyes, and Zhou Yun explained:

"This is what Horus said when he went to kill the traitorous Governor Yugan Tamba on the moon of Davin."

"Yugan Tamba was a friend of Horus in the past, and Horus personally appointed him as the Governor of Davin."

"But Yugan Tamba betrayed the Empire, and Horus believed this was a stain on his honor. He was therefore full of anger and vowed to kill the traitor with his own hands... even though there were three Titans behind him, which could easily raze the derelict ship occupied by Yugan Tamba to the ground."

Zhou Yun looked at Mephiston, who was slightly stunned in place, and said:

"We all know what happened later; Horus was scratched by the Anathame and was dying. The source of all the tragedies was right here."

"Big nephew, I once told your father... many things in the galaxy are ruined by the three words: honor, pride, and brother."

Mephiston's pupils vibrated slightly; he seemed not to have expected that Zhou Yun would know the words Horus once said himself.

And he knew the initial events so well, as if he were standing beside Horus himself...

Mephiston lowered his head, as if touched, and said in a low voice: "In the name of Sanguinius, if I fail to complete the hunt."

"Please eradicate that Lictor for the Blood Angels, for Baal."

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Zhou Yun nodded slightly; if Mephiston could succeed himself, he would naturally not intervene.

But in the normal timeline, that Lictor indeed bypassed Mephiston... The Lictor specially cultivated by the Hive Mind must not be a vegetarian.

Facing Mephiston, it might not be able to fight, but escaping from Mephiston's hands was not impossible.

At this moment, a harsh bell rang in the center of this inverted city, and both Mephiston and Zhou Yun cast their eyes there.

"It's a summons." Mephiston said in a low voice; he seemed to have captured the psychic echo echoing in the air and understood that this was a signal for the Genestealers to gather.

The assembly hall was in a huge building at the very center of this inverted city.

This entire building looked like a string of four huge metal bubbles, seemingly the administrative center of the former xenos civilization.

Here, it had now been transformed by the Genestealers into their place of assembly.

Zhou Yun and Mephiston entered this assembly hall separately.

According to what the two had discussed, if Mephiston failed, Zhou Yun would act as the final insurance to hunt down that Lictor.

However, according to the information the two knew before, that Lictor should not have arrived at the Genestealers' stronghold yet.

Dense Genestealers were crowded here, but Zhou Yun could easily distinguish Mephiston among them.

His power armor, which was scarlet like skinned muscles, was too conspicuous.

But this Chief Librarian was confident enough in his psychic powers; the cognitive interference he released made all the Genestealers around think he was one of their own.

Zhou Yun trusted the body clay on his face and the acting skills bestowed by the Hot-Acting Clapperboard & Robot Director more; the combination of these two items could allow Zhou Yun to perfectly play most people.

A strong light-blue psychic light suddenly exploded in mid-air, and the air suddenly became cold. The Genestealers quickly made way for a circular open space in the middle.

Shadows rose in the open space, and three figures slowly emerged from the shadows.

A servitor skull made of a xenos head floated past in mid-air, and the loudspeaker inside it made a sound:

"Chief Blood Mutation Master, Lord of the Sheath-Wing Grail, Mutant... Kobro!"

A man wearing a scarlet robe similar to a Blood Priest, filled with purple-red reagents, and full of mutated pustules on his face emerged from the shadows.

That should be a Malefic Lord, a master of gene technology and bio-alchemy among the Genestealers, clearly a counterpart to the Blood Angels' Chief Blood Priest Kobro in this Genestealer sect on Baal.

"Chief Librarian Arch-Master, Lord of Death, Spirit-Brain... Mephiston!"

A woman wearing a purple robe, with huge twisted brain tissue, prominent veins all over her body, and emitting a faint blue light walked out of the shadows.

She was obviously a Genestealer Magus, used to counterpart Mephiston. Unlike the Genestealer Magus of Ashford, the mutation of this Magus was obviously more severe, and the hyperplastic brain tissue should have strengthened her psychic powers.

But this was useless; this Magus clearly didn't see through Mephiston's cognitive distortion.

However, her appearance itself made Mephiston's expression twist into a ball, clearly causing mental shock.

Subsequently, in the shadows, a figure a full six or seven meters tall slowly walked out. That figure was so massive, emitting a terrifying aura, and the roar of a beast came from its mouth...

"Four-Clawed Dante! Lord of the descendants of Sheath-Winged Sanguinius! Four-Clawed Dante! Lord of Baal! Four-Clawed Dante! Lord of the Firstborn of Sheath-Winged Sanguinius!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 174 =====