Chapter 222: Shadow Moon Pale Wolf?

Watching Zhou Yun applauding, Morpheus and the restaurant owner both twitched at the corners of their eyes.

"Do not believe his nonsense. With only a Scarab Fortress and a few scattered outposts nearby, where could a Galaxy or Terra come from?"

The restaurant owner hurriedly said,

The voice broadcasting from the loudspeaker seemed to possess a strange hypnotic power; many who heard it inexplicably fell into hallucinations and madness, believing in that so-called "Hua Di Huang" worldview.

Zhou Yun slightly pressed the brim of his cap on his head, casting a reassuring glance at the restaurant owner: "I simply felt he spoke very well."

"Did you not say you would rather sink into the delusions of Scarab Sanguinius? Why are you unwilling when it comes to 'Hua Di Huang'?"

The restaurant owner snorted lightly: "When I was merely suspicious, I could treat the fake as real."

"Now that I have truly seen everything clearly, how can I treat the real as fake?"

"We are indeed a race of blasphemous alien monsters, not true sons of Sanguinius, yet we understand the Five Virtues, we know the harmony and brotherhood between people, and we know we should treat our own kin as family."

"I believed in this set of principles for decades; everything else is fake, only this morality is real."

Speaking thus, the restaurant owner sighed, stood up before Zhou Yun, and unfolded his three arms.

"Every day when I see this body with clear eyes, I feel pain. I once thought I was a Blood Angel clad in red power armor, fighting to purge the ghouls within the Angel Fortress that sucked the blood of mortals."

"But after waking up, I discovered the truth: it was all fake. There are no ghouls sucking mortal blood within the Angel Fortress, they do not hold banquets to extract mortal blood, no ancient ghouls rule over them, and no pale witches return from death. They are the truly noble warriors, filled with honor and glory!"

Sitting beside Zhou Yun, the pale witch disguised as an Ogryn—no, Morpheus—felt slightly restless.

Zhou Yun's gaze shifted slightly as well,

Is it truly not so? It must not be.

The restaurant owner shook his head:

"I cannot deceive myself. I will keep this restaurant open here until death. Perhaps soon, the true sons of Sanguinius will arrive, and I look forward to dying beneath their bolters."

"If you are willing to sink into new delusions woven by others, then go; at least it is a comfort. If not, feel free to come here and eat. I have hoarded some food, enough for us to eat until we welcome death soon."

With these words spoken, the restaurant owner walked back into the kitchen alone, leaving the outside to Zhou Yun and Morpheus.

Zhou Yun pressed the brim of the cap on his head without showing any emotion,

and his thoughts instantly became clear.

Item: Xia Luoke Holmes Suit

【Item Name: Xia Luoke Holmes' Deduction Hat】

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

【Production Time: 251. M2】

【Function: Imitates Xia Luoke Holmes' Deduction Hat. Bundled for sale with the Clue Magnifying Glass, Radar Cane, and Detective Pipe. The Deduction Hat makes the wearer's mind clear, allowing them to organize clues discovered by the matching items and think out solutions to events.】

This was one of the items in the Xia Luoke Holmes Suit exchanged by Zhou Yun; this item could enhance the clarity of Zhou Yun's train of thought, making his mind more effective.

Alas, improving intelligence is indeed the most immediate improvement.

In an instant, Zhou Yun felt as though he had become an Astartes whose brain had been modified by a superhuman, forming two species with reproductive isolation from those mortals who had not undergone intelligence enhancement.

The radically different worldviews of these cunning ones were obviously due to different Genestealers competing for the position of Patriarch.

After the death of the Genestealer Patriarch, individuals within the brood qualified to become Patriarch would begin to compete.

However, this was the first time Zhou Yun had heard of a situation where candidates for Patriarch held radically different worldviews.

Zhou Yun guessed this might be because the Scarab Sanguinius they once worshipped had a faith that did not point solely to the Hive Mind.

Part of the Scarab Sanguinius faith pointed to the Hive Mind,

while another part pointed to Sanguinius himself, to the Black and Gold Angels of legend on Baal, and to the "My Black Rage" spoken of by Sanguinius.

In short, the composition of Scarab Sanguinius was too mixed.

After the original Patriarch died, the faith of Scarab Sanguinius crumbled; those new Patriarchs might have only occupied a portion of it each.

So, which one was the one Zhou Yun needed to find?

Zhou Yun pondered for a moment with the superhuman wisdom granted by the Deduction Hat.

Then he took a magnifying glass out of his fourth-dimensional pocket.

Ding-ding-ding-ding! Xia Luoke Holmes Suit: Clue Magnifying Glass!

【Item Name: Xia Luoke Holmes' Deduction Hat】

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

【Production Time: 251. M2】

【Function: Imitates Xia Luoke Holmes' Clue Magnifying Glass. Bundled for sale with the Deduction Hat, Radar Cane, and Detective Pipe. Through this lens, one can see clues related to objects to aid in solving events.】

The superhuman wisdom granted by the item told him to use another super item!

Zhou Yun picked up this lens and placed it before his eyes.

He saw a black Gao Ta hanging upside down underground, its external style very similar to the aliens originally residing on Baal.

He saw a room at the tip of the tower hanging down, the room filled with murals carved from black metal.

The murals contained many complex carvings, revealing a unique beauty amidst the chaotic disorder.

Zhou Yun saw on them the scene of those aliens worshipping the Black and Gold Angels, and saw the aliens wailing amidst disaster.

But the scenes presented here were too blurry; Zhou Yun could not see more details clearly.

Then Zhou Yun noticed a Wang Zuo in the room, and beside the Wang Zuo stood a large, four-armed Tyranid creature.

"The clue is here?" Zhou Yun raised his eyebrows slightly.

This upside-down Gao Ta was not hard to find; one could see it at a glance from the outside.

This tower was one of the largest buildings within the Scarab Fortress. Judging by its style, it seemed to be some kind of sacrificial site; perhaps the aliens used to worship the Black and Gold Angels in this Gao Ta back then.

Adding the Wang Zuo and the four-armed Tyranid creature appearing in the magnifying glass... the restaurant owner had just said that the middle and lower parts of the Scarab Fortress were basically occupied by "Hua Di Huang".

Could it really be that fake "Hua Di Huang"?

Was the answer that simple?

Even if Zhou Yun took off his deduction hat, he could easily figure this out.

But he always felt it was too simple. Zhou Yun had originally suspected that the fake "Hua Di Huang" behind him was the Hive Mind!

However, he still had to go. Since the mural on that Gao Ta recorded the matter of the two angels, Black and Gold, from the alien race of the past, perhaps Zhou Yun could discover something from it.

"Found a clue?" Morpheus O'Gren, the Chief Librarian of the Blood Angels, sitting beside Zhou Yun, asked. He noticed Zhou Yun had a look of having found a clue.

"Found it. Let's go kill the Hua Di Huang."

Zhou Yun pressed the deduction hat on his head, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth as he said:

"I witnessed with my own eyes, Morpheus killed the 'Hua Di Huang'."

The corner of Morpheus's eye twitched slightly, and he sighed a little.

His reputation within the Blood Angels was not good; he was already suspected by people.

If people heard what Zhou Yun said, he would likely face suspicion again.

Speaking thus, Morpheus stood up along with Zhou Yun.

"Boss, your food is delicious."

"If there is another chance, I might come to eat again."

Zhou Yun shouted towards the kitchen.

"Good!" The chicken-thieving boss inside the kitchen shouted back: "I'm just afraid you'll go mad like them and not come."

"That won't happen. I left you a gift."

Speaking thus, Zhou Yun reached his hand into his fourth-dimensional pocket:

"Wait until there's really no other way to use it. I still want to eat a meal of your cooking."

Speaking thus, Zhou Yun and Morpheus walked out of the restaurant.

The boss inside the kitchen hesitated for a while, then slowly walked out from the kitchen.

He saw that on the seat where Zhou Yun and the others had just sat, a bolter lay.

The restaurant boss fell into slight silence for a moment, picked up the bolter from the table, and examined it.

Embedded on this huge weapon was a bloodstone, the bloodstone wrapped in exquisite carvings made of gold.

The content of these carvings was mainly Sanguinius's achievements, the Warrior's Code, and the Five Virtues.

"Focus, Humility, Mercy, Restraint, and Forgiveness."

The restaurant boss recited the Five Virtues carved on the bolter.

Different illusions interlaced in its eyes, causing it immense pain, but the restaurant boss still managed to find the truth within them.

It gripped the bolter tightly. A slight burning sensation came from the gun, as if burning its blasphemous body.

"A great mercy, a dignified exit."

"I have no right to swear an oath to Sanguinius, but I swear an oath to my own morality and truth."

"If the time really comes when this bolter must be used, I will show myself mercy."

The restaurant boss placed its three arms on its chest, pressing the bolter against its deformed chest.

The burning sensation coming from it seemed to turn into some kind of warmth.

Cyranus is dead.

Gavriel Loken, Captain of the Tenth Company of the Luna Wolves, gripped the power sword in his hand, wearing a jump pack, and thought with anger.

The Warmaster had ordered Hastar Cyranus, Captain of the Fourth Company, to negotiate with that fake "Hua Di Huang", hoping it would submit to the Great Crusade fleet.

However, that fake "Hua Di Huang" had cruelly killed the noble Cyranus with a group of strange warriors who could turn invisible!

Thus the Warmaster issued the order to give them enlightenment. Loken naturally obeyed, swearing to avenge Cyranus with the blood of these invisible warriors.

Loken's power sword was pulled heavily from the chest of an invisible warrior, and blood flowed out with it.

When these warriors turned invisible, they slightly disturbed the flow of light and shadow; he had seized this flaw.

The invisible warrior let out a sharp shriek and fell heavily to the ground.

However, the invisible warrior's shriek was so inhuman, like the chirping of insects, that it startled Loken.

He looked in horror as the invisible warrior on the ground turned into a mutated alien wearing some kind of chitinous shell, retaining a bit of human appearance.

He also discovered that his power sword had turned into some kind of biological claw, tightly connected to his arm.

And his jump pack had turned into some kind of twisted, short alien wings.

All of this made "Gavriel Loken" feel dizzy and confused.

"Loken, have you fallen into an illusion again?" A pair of sharp claws placed themselves on Loken's shoulder. A monster covered in thicker chitinous shell stood behind him.

"A little."

Loken shook his head. That monster turned into a noble Luna Wolves warrior wearing Terminator power armor:

"I am fine now. Azkaellon Abaddon, First Captain."

(End of this chapter)