Chapter 236

The yellow sand was boundless; relying on Mephiston's constant psychic teleportation, Zhou Yun didn't take much time to return to the vicinity of the Angel Fortress.

The entire Angel Fortress had been renovated, and the broken city walls had been repaired seven or eight out of ten.

It seemed that at least the traffic between the three moons of Baal had been restored, and building materials on the two satellites could be transported to the main star of Baal, allowing mortals and Blood Angels to begin repairing the damaged defense lines.

It was just unknown how Baal's void power had recovered, and whether it had restored the ability of Warp travel?

The thirsty water still scattered on the desert outside the city walls; this strange liquid was the most troublesome.

As long as it touched a little, all the moisture would be snatched away, so it was extremely difficult to collect.

Many mortals were carefully recovering this thirsty water with various tools.

After seeing Zhou Yun and Mephiston walking over, they all stopped their work and bowed to the two with respect.

Mephiston, this pale wizard full of various terrifying legends, was feared by many mortals, not to mention Zhou Yun standing beside him.

The deeds of Zhou Yun bringing Sanguinius back had spread to the ears of all mortals and Astartes; the gazes they looked at Zhou Yun with were almost the same as those looking at Sanguinius, all full of almost crazy faith and worship.

However, Zhou Yun was examining the thirsty water accumulated on the ground.

The essence of these liquids was extremely tiny nanobot weapons; Zhou Yun could sense the existence of the machine spirit within them, and could clearly feel the operation mode of the mechanical structure inside every nanobot.

He could control this thirsty water, these ancient nanobots.

Just as Zhou Yun was thinking about this matter, he suddenly heard a sound coming from the noisy loudspeaker hanging on the city wall, seemingly playing something in a loop...

"What is that?" Mephiston, who was following Zhou Yun, was also slightly stunned.

A somewhat crude projection device was hung on the city wall, projecting a series of scenes suspended in mid-air, swaying gently in the wind and sand of Baal.

A passionate voice came from the loudspeaker hanging beside it.

"Starring Lord Dante."

The main star of Baal shot in outer space appeared in the projection, two satellites passed through the void quietly, the light of the star swept across the main star of Baal.

"Baal!"

"Our home!"

"Prosperity, loyalty, five great virtues!"

The scene lowered, falling into the Angel Fortress on the surface of the main star.

Only to see Dante walking on the road in the Angel Fortress in ordinary clothes.

Beside him, mortals were planting fields in the greenhouse, and Blood Angels wearing scarlet power armor were patrolling.

Dante smiled and reached out to greet the passing Blood Angel patrol team.

Then he turned to walk toward a pair of mortal father and son standing beside him.

That was the water buyer Yu Ji and his son; they seemed to be playing Dante's father and brother here.

Their expressions were somewhat blank, seemingly not understanding what they were doing, just accepting the command to act.

"Our way of life."

Dante slowly spread his hands, as if wanting to embrace his father and brother...

"But purity is not without a price————"

A knife bug suddenly popped out from nowhere, rushing toward Yu Ji and his son, who were playing Dante's father and brother, inexplicably.

"No!!!"

Dante knelt on the ground with extremely exaggerated acting, letting out a wail of feigned pain in his mouth:

"No!!! Blood of Sanguinius be above! No!!!"

Suddenly the scene paused, and a line of yellow characters written in Baal's local Low Gothic appeared: "INVASION"

"Hahaha, feel familiar?"

Dante suddenly walked out from before the frozen scene, smiling and looking at the camera with his extremely abstract wailing face as the background:

"Such scenes are happening all over the galaxy at this very moment."

"The next one might be you!"

"Unless, you make the most important choice of your life!"

Dante snapped his fingers, and the scene changed suddenly; he stood under a fluttering Aquila flag, wearing golden power armor, tucking his helmet under his arm.

A passionate music followed.

"Prove to everyone that you have the purity and courage to become a son of Sanguinius!"

"Join the ranks of the Ninth Legion!"

"Witness the evil alien life forms!"

"Let the radiance of the Archangel benefit the entire galaxy!"

"Become a hero!"

"Become a legend!"

"Become a Blood Angel!"

Then, a line of subtitles swept past.

"Starring: Dante"

"Screenwriter and Planner: Zhou Yun"

"Registration method: Please contact Lord Blood Priest Rodel."

"This film was approved for broadcast by Lord Sanguinius."

Mephiston looked at this scene in a daze, especially noticing that the screenwriter and planner in the final subtitles was Zhou Yun.

His gaze moved slightly toward Zhou Yun beside him.

This whole film was indeed very passionate, and at first glance, there was indeed nothing wrong with it.

But why did it feel so strange when connected together, carrying a kind of eerie sense of humor...

Zhou Yun's mouth also twitched slightly.

"Why was it really filmed according to this?"

"This can't blame me; Sanguinius asked me to write it."

"He told me that the Blood Angels need to replenish new recruits, but the high mortality rate of the Angel Trial in the past made mortals afraid to participate."

"He asked me to improvise when I had time, write a promotional video that could stimulate the enthusiasm of mortals to participate and also reflect the approachable side of the Blood Angels... I thought I just wrote it casually..."

Zhou Yun's original intention was just to make a scene to cope with it.

Unexpectedly, Dante, who replaced Sanguinius, really approved this promotional video and even participated in the filming himself???

"... Probably because filming is more relaxing than processing documents."

Mephiston's eye corners twitched slightly, saying somewhat reluctantly:

"Lord Dante should want to give himself a rest."

"... Should, maybe." Zhou Yun nodded slightly.

He felt that Old Dante's mental state was not very good.

Could it be because he promised that he would retire after the Battle of Baal, but Sanguinius made a scene, stimulating him and causing his spirit to have problems?

Heard that Sanguinius also threw all the work of the three moons of Baal back to Dante, and went to other planets to recover usable materials himself.

Just as Zhou Yun was thinking, a Blood Sanguinary Guard warrior noticed Zhou Yun and Mephiston.

He jumped down from the city wall and came to Zhou Yun and Mephiston in a few steps with a jump pack.

"Lord Zhou Yun, Lord Sanguinius has returned."

"He is handling affairs in the Red Council Hall, saying he is waiting for you to return to discuss some things with him."

"Said it has to do with Roboute Guilliman."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yun nodded slightly.

Before leaving the Angel Fortress, Sanguinius promised Zhou Yun a plan, saying it had to do with Guilliman, but didn't say specifically what it was.

"I'll handle some things and go over."

Saying that, Zhou Yun reached out his arm slightly, his spirit extending toward the thirsty water on the desert ground around him.

The machine spirits of billions of nanobots connected together, expressing reverence and joy to Zhou Yun.

"Self/Repair/Program/Start"

"Authentication/Gene/Sapiens/Unknown Gene Sequence/Fail/Error! /Pass!"

"Authentication/Soul/Pass!"

"Authentication/Identity/Pass! /Pass! /Pass!"

"Permission Level: Golden Man Level"

"Baal Wasteland Military Industry Co., Ltd. Product: Thirsty Water Type II Autonomous Replication Nanobot Device, serving you wholeheartedly!"

In the shocked gazes of mortals and Blood Angels around, the thirsty water boiled fiercely, turning into streams of silver-gray water vapor, gathering around Zhou Yun like clouds and mist, and flowing obediently into the pale pocket on Zhou Yun's stomach.

Those mortals who were originally collecting the thirsty water were first stunned in place, then knelt on the ground with reverence, kowtowing and praying to Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun shook his head helplessly, and could only strengthen his legs with the portable pyramid, quickening his pace into the Angel Fortress.

Zhou Yun, whose speed was strengthened by the portable pyramid, walked fast and arrived at the entrance of the Red Council Hall, which had been rebuilt after being demolished by Dante, in no time.

In front of the closed door of the Red Council Hall, a Sanguinary Guard member wearing golden power armor and a mask was guarding.

He bowed slightly to Zhou Yun after seeing him, and then pulled the mechanism to open the door slightly.

Zhou Yun nodded slightly to him, and then was about to walk into the door.

But at the last moment before entering the door, Zhou Yun suddenly stopped his steps.

He examined this Sanguinary Guard member somewhat strangely.

Don't know why, he felt that this Sanguinary Guard member looked a bit familiar, as if...

Not sure, take another look.

The more Zhou Yun looked, the stranger his eyes became; he couldn't help but say with a bit of probing:

"Dante?"

That Sanguinary Guard member shook his body slightly, and then slowly reached out to take off his mask, revealing Dante's somewhat aged face.

"You even saw through this, Lord Zhou Yun." Dante said with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Yun was slightly stunned, not understanding why Dante would be here doing the work of guarding the door.

Shouldn't the old man be sitting behind a mountain of documents, experiencing continuous overtime?

And this expression of Dante's, how come it feels a bit creepy... Not quite like what he could show.

Dante's expression was good, carrying a sense of ease and joy, the whole person as if shrouded in warm light, simply could be called radiant.

Even his face, which had become aged due to a thousand years of service, seemed to have become much younger.

Zhou Yun looked at the smile at the corner of Dante's mouth, his eye corners couldn't help but twitch slightly.

He wouldn't have really driven Dante crazy, would he???

(End of chapter)