Chapter 265: Who Is Cegorach? Not Familiar at All!

"Boss, you are far from the Reaper of Humanity! You are truly the Lord of Ten Thousand Changes for Mankind!"

Hylandri Veilwalker said with exaggerated tone.

"Then I think you are the Dark Prince of the Eldar," Zhou Yun glanced at Hylandri Veilwalker.

The clown was instantly startled, quickly stepped back, and made a gesture symbolizing protection among the Eldar toward Zhou Yun.

"I certainly don't want to be a Harlequin!" Hylandri Veilwalker said: "I respect them, but having me do it is out of the question!"

The Harlequin is a unique unit among the Eldar clowns; in the clown's plays, they are responsible for portraying the Dark Prince himself.

They thus gain immense power, but their souls are consequently marked by the Dark Prince; after death, no matter what, they cannot escape the Dark Prince's bloody maw—unless Cegorach's trickery succeeds in tricking their souls back, though this is extremely difficult.

Precisely for this reason, the Eldar internally both fear and respect the Harlequins.

Speaking of this, Hylandri Veilwalker chuckled: "Boss, why don't I just pledge allegiance to you? Let's stop worrying about Cegorach."

"You, the venerable Reaper of Humanity, should have no problem scooping up my soul after I die, right?"

"I do not have that ability," Zhou Yun shook his head and said.

Although the Emperor had forcibly stuffed part of the authority over the Domain of Corruption and Destruction into Zhou Yun, he had not yet discovered any ability to scoop up souls.

Moreover, he did not believe Hylandri Veilwalker would truly be loyal to him.

Even a one-eyed Ork wouldn't believe the words of a clown, would he?

"And if you betray Cegorach, what if He doesn't come to scoop you up?"

Hylandri Veilwalker's expression stiffened slightly, then asked: "What if He truly doesn't come?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yun smiled, shook his pocket, and said: "Then you will have to come in and meditate for a while."

Hylandri Veilwalker instantly made an expression worse than being dead.

"Alright, quickly use your skills as a clown and take me to find the Webway Portal in this ship," Zhou Yun looked at her and said.

The clowns are also one of the famous thief groups in the galaxy, ranking alongside the Adeptus Mechanicus, Talassan, and Blood Ravens.

Therefore, Zhou Yun brought Hylandri Veilwalker along to act; otherwise, how could they find anything in such a huge ship?

Hylandri Veilwalker pouted, very much wanting to complain about Zhou Yun's behavior of freeloaded labor.

But remembering the Soul-Locking Scarab inside her body, she had to hold her complaint back.

"Necrons truly deserve to die—no, wait, they are already dead."

Hylandri Veilwalker mentally greeted the long-deceased mother of the Necrons.

She discovered the Soul-Locking Scarab only cared about her disrespect toward Zhou Yun, but ignored her disrespect toward the Necrons.

If she dared not curse the Reaper of Humanity, did she not dare curse you Necrons? It's all the fault of those Necron things creating such nanomachines!

While mentally greeting the Necrons, Hylandri Veilwalker guided Zhou Yun in the direction.

Carrying the Blind Spot Star, and moving with almost no sound, Zhou Yun and she darted through the massive warship.

In a short while, relying on the instincts of a clown, Hylandri Veilwalker slipped to the side of the command deck of this Battlecruiser.

Inside this Battlecruiser named Blade of Glory, the air was filled with a scent of anxiety.

A semi-spherical dome enveloped the entire command deck of the ship, displaying the situation among the stars via holographic projection in mid-air.

Warriors and crew members darted through it, roaring and shouting to evade the Black Legion's fleet attacks; a faint, lingering scent swirled among them.

It was a mixture of sweat, the stench of recycled oxygen, the smell of machine oil from running machinery, and the metallic scent of power armor.

Everyone was tense, responding to the attacks among the stars; Void Shields constantly flickered with violet light, resisting the attacks of the Traitor fleet.

But amidst this anxiety, Zhou Yun and Hylandri Veilwalker silently infiltrated within.

They were clearly not invisible, yet the people around them seemed to completely ignore the two, as if every step Zhou Yun and Hylandri Veilwalker took landed perfectly within their visual blind spots.

When Zhou Yun first exchanged for the Blind Spot Star, he tried to use this thing to allow Sanguinius to move freely without being discovered by the Gods.

But after Sanguinius tried it, he confirmed the Blind Spot Star could not achieve this.

Although the Blind Spot Star could place Sanguinius in a visual blind spot, it could not truly make Sanguinius an entity that could not be noticed; the Gods could still discover him.

If he wanted to move freely, at least the Hat of Invisibility would be required.

It was just the price...

Zhou Yun glanced at the price of the Hat of Invisibility and felt his heart ache a little.

He still had to follow the plan between Sanguinius and him: drag Guilliman into the water and use the resources of the entire Octarius to feed his four-dimensional pocket.

"Boss, there is someone in front of every Webway Portal here; what should we do?" Hylandri Veilwalker asked in a low voice.

Zhou Yun did not answer Hylandri Veilwalker; instead, he slightly calmed his mind and slowly sank his consciousness into this steel-cast warship.

This was the first time Zhou Yun felt such a powerful Machine Spirit, full of the primal impulses and roars bred within steel and iron.

He could also feel that the captain of this Battlecruiser was connected to the Machine Spirit through the Command Wang Zuo.

But Zhou Yun could establish a deeper link with the Machine Spirit directly, without relying on any machinery.

He slowly extended his consciousness into it, trying not to attract the captain's attention.

Then

Zhou Yun tamed and controlled the massive Machine Spirit of the warship.

He silently issued commands to the Machine Spirit——————

A fierce roar immediately echoed throughout the entire ship; everyone in the ship heard the Machine Spirit's angry shout.

The captain, seated on the Command Wang Zuo, could not help but let out a roar; his will was overwhelmed by the Machine Spirit, and he fell into a brief faint.

At the same time, the Void Shields of the entire ship became as bright as a star; Lances and Macro-cannons continuously unleashed, and the surrounding Chaos ships were almost instantly suppressed by this Battlecruiser.

"The Machine Spirit is roaring!"

The Tech-Priests on the ship quickly made a judgment; they tried to feel the Machine Spirit's emotions, but the Machine Spirit's response was nothing but anger and resistance.

Sparks inexplicably erupted from the command console in front of the Webway Portals, frightening the crew members to step back a few paces.

Zhou Yun quickly rushed forward, and taking advantage of this momentary chaos, placed his hand on the Webway Portal.

He once again used the power he had acquired from the realm of vicious arts to swiftly seize control of the Contemplator's machine spirit.

The machine spirit cooperated fully, transmitting all the information directly into Zhou Yun's mind.

After taking what he needed, Zhou Yun and Hylandri Veilwalker withdrew by leveraging the effect of the Blind Spot Star.

At the same time, to prevent exposure, Zhou Yun used the machine spirit of this Strike Cruiser to directly inject a psychological suggestion into the Captain's mind.

Moments later, the Captain, recovering from the machine spirit's roar, clutched his head and shook it.

Just now, he had only felt dizzy.

"Captain, what exactly happened?" a crewman nearby asked, looking up.

"I... don't know," the Captain said, somewhat bewildered: "The machine spirit suddenly began to roar."

"Perhaps the Blade of Glory has a grudge against one of the Traitor ships nearby?"

At least, that was the emotion the machine spirit had just conveyed.

Zhou Yun and Hylandri Veilwalker withdrew from the command room without much panic, finding a corridor where few people passed.

He calmed his mind and began to study the information he had just acquired from the Contemplator.

Included first was the star chart of the entire Macragge system, marking the spaceports on every planet.

But this was not the main point; what Zhou Yun truly wanted was...

Found it!

A flash of joy crossed Zhou Yun's eyes.

The complete map of Macragge appeared in Zhou Yun's mind, including the Hera Fortress atop Crown Peak.

The natural conditions of this Ultramarines homeworld were actually not particularly outstanding; most of its surface was occupied by towering mountain ranges, and the majority of residents could only live in the lowland areas, which were not very large.

But the Space Marines had no such restriction; atop that towering mountain named Crown Peak stood the Ultramarines' Fortress-Monastery.

Zhou Yun looked at the map in his mind, which presented the specific situation of the Hera Fortress.

The Ultramarines maintained their Fortress-Monastery much better than the Blood Angels did.

This fortress, used by the Thirteenth Legion during the Great Crusade, still kept most of its areas intact and fully functional.

In contrast, the Angel's Keep of the Blood Angels was mostly covered by yellow sand, leaving only the core area.

Considering that as a Chapter following the Codex Astartes, the Ultramarines officially had only one thousand Astartes, the Hera Fortress from the Great Crusade era was built for over a hundred thousand, even two hundred thousand, Ultramarines.

"It has actually been preserved intact until now; I really don't know what they are planning. The Ultramarines are indeed ambitious."

Zhou Yun couldn't help but complain.

The entire Hera Fortress was as vast as a city, but Zhou Yun quickly identified some locations within it that appeared to be the Temple of Ji Li Man.

These locations had been blurred, suggesting they were relatively important sites.

However, it didn't matter; since the location could not be confirmed via the map, Zhou Yun would go and explore it in person.

Thinking this, Zhou Yun pulled the Anywhere Door from his four-dimensional pocket.

Hylandri Veilwalker, standing nearby, curiously leaned in.

She had seen the Anywhere Door once before and knew it had teleportation functions, but she had only witnessed it used for short-range teleportation.

She did not believe this thing could teleport across planets or even across star systems remotely.

If such a good thing existed, what was the point of the Webway?

Then, Hylandri Veilwalker watched as Zhou Yun slowly spoke to the door:

"Macragge, Hera Fortress."

Then, Zhou Yun gently pushed the door open, and Roman-style architecture appeared beyond it.

Hylandri Veilwalker's expression stiffened slightly.

(End of this chapter)