Chapter 27: Gods walk among us

Old One-Eye walked out of the room behind the tavern,

leaving only Zhou Yun and Lage lying on the bed.

Zhou Yun glanced at Lage, who was sleeping soundly, and didn't rush to act, instead observing this room first.

This was clearly the place where Old One-Eye usually lived, leaving behind quite a few traces of him.

The room was cleaned up neatly; the bowls and chopsticks were washed and placed in the recycled water sink, the few clothes were neatly placed in the wardrobe, and the bed was also tidied up neatly.

The first impression this room gave Zhou Yun was neatness, so neat that it seemed to have been trained.

It was hard to imagine that someone in the Underhive would waste time tidying up rooms and clothes.

Zhou Yun looked at the only table in Old One-Eye's room.

On the table was a data slate, the back of which extended into the wall through several cables, not knowing what it was connected to.

Zhou Yun walked to the table, gently reached out, and opened the data slate.

The data slate popped up a prompt to enter a key.

Neat room, traces of professional training, data slate requiring a key...

Old One-Eye's secret is not small.

Zhou Yun touched his chin.

If it weren't for the fact that Old One-Eye's only remaining eye was black, not the purple of the Cadians,

he would have started to suspect whether Old One-Eye was a Cadian Shock Trooper stationed in a nearby system.

Zhou Yun put down the data slate in his hand and turned to look at Lage lying on the bed.

"Do you think that leader of the Ark Gang is an illegal psyker or a Genestealer?" the winged figure in the white light asked.

Zhou Yun lowered his head slightly.

"Their way of doing things is very much like Genestealers, but they actually let Lage invite me to see their leader..."

"Are they not worried that I'll run away? Can't figure it out, really can't figure it out."

Zhou Yun took out the Body Clay from his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket and placed it on the ground:

"So I plan to go see for myself..."

Even if he really had to run to the Bottom Hive, he had to confirm whether the Ark Gang was really a vest for the Genestealers.

If there was a chance, it would be even better to assassinate the leader of the Ark Gang who was suspected of being a Genestealer.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yun took the Body Clay out of a one-meter-wide jar and stuck it bit by bit onto his face.

His fingers flew, and before long, he had molded Lage's gray, ugly face.

Zhou Yun then applied some clay to his body, making his skin as wrinkled as Lage's,

and finally, he tore off the flaxen robe from Lage and draped it over himself.

For a time, Zhou Yun's appearance looked almost exactly the same as Lage's, only slightly taller.

But...

"Cough, cough, cough," Zhou Yun coughed twice.

The difference between his voice and Lage's lewd and low voice was really too big.

Fortunately, Zhou Yun still remembered an item that could help him imitate other people's voices.

Zhou Yun focused his gaze on the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket and opened the Future Department Store.

【Item Name: Voice Candy Maker】

【Origin: 22nd Century Earth - Future Department Store】

【Production Date: 257. M2】

【Function: A machine with a microphone; after recording a person's voice, it can remember their voiceprint and produce voiceprint candy; the person who eats the voiceprint candy will have a voice exactly like that person.】

"Price: 50,000"

The function of this item is not strong, just imitating other people's voices, and the selling price is only 50,000, which is a big chunk cheaper than Body Clay.

But combined with Body Clay, it could allow Zhou Yun to change his voice and appearance to someone else for thirty minutes, which was very practical.

Zhou Yun bought the Voice Candy Maker and brought it close to Lage's mouth, who was talking in his sleep.

"Amasec, punchy! Ten points, even nine points of punch..."

The Voice Candy Maker recorded Lage's sleep talk.

A moment later, a pale golden candy was produced and fell into Zhou Yun's palm.

Zhou Yun didn't rush to eat the candy, but stuffed the candy that recorded Lage's voice into the inner pocket of his robe.

The effect of this voiceprint candy was only thirty minutes; he had to wait until he reached the Ark Gang stronghold to eat it.

Then Zhou Yun took the Pocket Tornado out of his Fourth-Dimensional Pocket and hung it on the inside of his robe.

After Zhou Yun confirmed that everything was ready, he pushed open the back door of the tavern and walked into the streets of the Hive City...

A few minutes later, Old One-Eye pushed the door and walked into this room.

He found that Zhou Yun had already left, and Lage was still sleeping soundly on the bed.

The sleeping pill he fed him came from two cultists in the Bottom Hive.

The effect was very strong; ordinary people would have to sleep for at least an afternoon.

But Old One-Eye still squatted down to confirm that Lage was indeed sleeping dead.

"You old guy..." Old One-Eye looked at Lage and shook his head, then walked toward the table.

He noticed that there were traces of movement on the data slate on the table, which was clearly seen by Zhou Yun.

But Old One-Eye was not worried.

He dared to leave Zhou Yun alone in this room, so he was not afraid of him discovering his secret.

This device had complex key encryption, and no actual information was stored inside.

Its only role was to let Old One-Eye contact the Top Hive.

If Zhou Yun didn't know the key and didn't know the password to contact the Top Hive,

this data slate was just a glowing brick.

Old One-Eye entered the key into the data slate, opened the lock screen, and entered the communication interface.

He sent a message to the Top Hive, the very top of the entire Hive City.

"Password," a low, dry voice came from the data slate.

"'Swarm', 'Angel', 'Brother', 'Twin Stars'..."

The password composed of short High Gothic words spilled from Old One-Eye's mouth.

This ancient and serious language could not be pronounced accurately without training:

"...'Mutant', 'Parasite', 'Fate', and 'Viceroy'."

The other side of the data slate was silent for a moment, and the low, dry voice asked again:

"Ask, how many arms does the merciful Hua Hua Hua Di Huang have?"

"The merciful Hua Hua Hua Di Huang has two eyes, two ears, two arms, and two legs," Old One-Eye answered.

"Ask, where is our only salvation?" the low, dry voice asked again.

"Only in death, to die for the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, and return to the Golden Throne," Old One-Eye answered.

"Recite the first two sentences of the Holy Scripture and swear to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang that you are a pure, un-genetically contaminated human," the low, dry voice said.

Old One-Eye lowered his head piously.

He was not troubled by the cumbersome process; he understood why the one he served was so nervous.

He chanted in a low voice:

"Rejoice, for I bring you glorious gospel."

"Gods walk among us."

These were the first two sentences of the Holy Scripture; Old One-Eye continued:

"I swear to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang that I am as pure as ever, un-genetically contaminated and untainted, a true human."

No more sound came from the other side of the data slate, and Old One-Eye said in a low voice:

"Did not find Ignace Karkasy's notebook."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 28 =====