Chapter 281

Zhou Yun noticed that Blue Grandpa... oh no, Roboute Guilliman's gaze was cast toward him.

He slowly extended his finger to point at himself.

"Don't look at me, what problem do I have."

"I am just a scavenger picking up trash in the Underhive of a Hive World; if it weren't for Sanguinius entrusting me with a dream to point out soldiers, I would still be picking up trash in the Hive World!"

"That Xiang Xiang Leina, you have also met her, she is my gang leader, you talk to her."

Roboute Guilliman waited gently for Zhou Yun to finish all his words, then reminded softly: "Lady Xiang Xiang Leina claims you are a saint, and even quietly told me that you might be a god."

"Of course, you were also present at that time and should have heard these words clearly."

"She sincerely shared with me the belief in one of the three godheads of the Machine God, the prime mover of all things, the power source within all life and mechanical bodies, the great prime mover."

"In addition, there is the Eternal Dragon, the devourer of the swarm, the leader of the Death Cult, the Chosen of Death, the one gifted with the power of death by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang... the one who brought death to the enemies of humanity in the name of Leman Russ."

When saying this, Roboute Guilliman could not hold back his expression.

In fact, Roboute Guilliman had already begun to imagine what expressions Lion and Russ would have if they heard the things Zhou Yun had done.

Sanguinius also laughed out loud; he clearly thought of the same thing as Guilliman.

Guilliman heard Sanguinius's laughter and also cast his gaze toward him, seemingly asking what kind of existence Zhou Yun was?

However, Sanguinius only shook his head and did not tell Guilliman anything.

Guilliman sighed helplessly and cast his gaze toward Zhou Yun again.

As far as Guilliman himself was concerned, he did not believe in any gods.

But the so-called Warp gods were objectively real; the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang lied about this back then, but Guilliman would not lie to himself.

Perhaps inside this mortal who appeared to be a flesh-and-blood body, a larger, more Warp-based individual similar to a god had really squeezed in?

Guilliman still had some residual memories of the scene he saw in death before.

He remembered the existence that molded his body, that blue, round existence, who gave him death with His round hands, and then molded Guilliman into shape with those hands.

"But Xiang Xiang Leina, she has intelligence problems just like Ma Genusi."

Zhou Yun shook his head and quickly denied Xiang Xiang Leina's account, using the most direct way, attacking the accuser's intelligence problems:

"And she is also an illegal psyker."

When saying this, Zhou Yun was actually a bit unable to hold back; he really did not expect that Xiang Xiang Leina was still an illegal psyker now; it was also thanks to Greyfax hurriedly writing her a special exemption, otherwise, if she were not careful one day, she might be taken away by a Black Ship to burn the Astronomican.

Listening to Zhou Yun directly accusing Xiang Xiang Leina of having intelligence problems like Ma Genusi, and also being an illegal psyker, Guilliman's expression flashed a trace of being unable to hold back, but he quickly adjusted his expression and continued to say:

"It's not just Lady Xiang Xiang Leina who claims you are a god; in fact, the entire Cadian 184th Regiment and even the Blood Angels have similar perceptions of you."

"The Aeldari also claim you are the Death God of Mankind."

Saying this, Roboute Guilliman looked at Zhou Yun.

"Believe me, there are more people in this galaxy who believe Roboute Guilliman is the son of God."

Zhou Yun retorted without hesitation:

"As for the Aeldari, who is a good person who believes what the Aeldari say?"

Zhou Yun's words made Roboute Guilliman nod slightly, falling into a moment of thought.

Zhou Yun's retort indeed seemed to have no flaws.

But Roboute Guilliman could clearly feel the connection established between himself and Zhou Yun, and could truly feel that Zhou Yun's essence was far more powerful than what he himself said.

This was an existence that could bring him back from death and remove the corruption caused by Fulgrim.

At least in the words of the Aeldari, this was something only the Aeldari Death God could do.

"I am really not a god."

Zhou Yun noticed that Roboute Guilliman's expression still carried suspicion and could not help but sigh slightly:

"If you don't believe me, go ask Archmagos Belisarius Cawl."

"I believe Archmagos Cawl will uphold the rigor of a scholar and make a rational and wise judgment."

Roboute Guilliman was somewhat moved; compared to the Aeldari and the imperial masses bewitched by superstition, perhaps the Belisarius Cawl he was familiar with was a more reliable advisor.

"He is not a god!"

Belisarius Cawl was summoned into the sanctuary and said to Roboute Guilliman solemnly and seriously:

"In the name of the Omnissiah, the Machine God, and the triple will of the Prime Mover, the wisdom of the Machine God has interpreted for me that this Lord Zhou Yun..."

Belisarius Cawl took a deep breath.

"... He is not a god! He is absolutely not a god!"

"You see, I am an Adeptus Mechanicus Archmagos; you can tell the difference between me and the Machine God, right?"

"Then... then Lord Zhou Yun is just an Archmagos of the Adeptus Mechanicus stronger than me; you can also tell the difference between Him and the Machine God, right?"

The Archmagos's words echoed in the sanctuary, and Zhou Yun could not help but cast an approving gaze toward Cawl.

Only Roboute Guilliman's expression moved slightly.

The pronoun "He" used by Cawl to refer to Zhou Yun is only used as the objective case of "he" in Low Gothic.

But in High Gothic, this word itself is also used as a third-person pronoun for God.

Zhou Yun seemed not to understand High Gothic and could not be said to be familiar with the grammar of Low Gothic, so he did not hear this detail?

But... but an existence that could reverse life and death and resurrect two Primarchs, not understanding High Gothic?

Roboute Guilliman did not believe it.

It's like saying that if you strip away the psychic power, the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang is just a social-phobic otaku father who is lying flat; no one would believe it.

Is he trying to imply that he does indeed possess a part of the Warp gods' characteristics through Cawl, but is unwilling to admit it for some reason?

Roboute Guilliman pinched his chin slightly, then signaled Belisarius Cawl to walk to the side beneath a marble pillar.

This position was far enough away that even a Primarch's superhuman hearing would find it difficult to hear small whispers across such a distance.

But if Sanguinius wanted to listen, he only needed to use a little psychic power, and Zhou Yun could presumably do something similar.

But this was not important; Roboute Guilliman just wanted to go through the motions and verify his conjecture.

"Cawl, tell me, is that Lord Zhou Yun a god or not?"

Belisarius Cawl was stared at by Roboute Guilliman, and sweat flowed down the only half of his face that remained.

"My lord, I still remember the matter of the Perfect City; do you still remember?"

Belisarius Cawl bowed deeply, somewhat terrified:

"I don't want to be Lorgar Aurelian of the Machine God."

Sure enough, Roboute Guilliman felt his guess had been verified; he turned his head to look at Zhou Yun and Sanguinius.

The two seemed to be whispering, but the distance was too far, and Guilliman, who had no psychic power, could not hear clearly.

But presumably, they had heard the conversation between Guilliman and Belisarius Cawl through psychic means.

"He really looks like a blue grandpa, with a blue daddy and a group of blue smurfs." Sanguinius lowered his voice and said softly.

"Not only that, he also has a blue sister." Zhou Yun also lowered his voice and said.

"Yvraine?" Sanguinius could not help but smile upon hearing this: "She really is an Aeldari..."

Watching Zhou Yun and Sanguinius whispering some secrets, Roboute Guilliman felt more and more that his guess was correct.

But if He really possessed certain Warp god characteristics, why refuse to be worshipped and deny that He was a god?

Roboute Guilliman's superhuman brain began to operate.

Starting from the father's strong hatred of being worshipped as a god, to the destruction of the Perfect City, and then to the fact that the Warp would change due to the emotions of all living beings, many broken clues connected bit by bit into a line in his mind.

Belief, belief itself is also an emotion.

Then, does this emotion feed back onto the person being believed in? Obviously, it does. The gods draw power precisely because of this.

But thinking of the crazy and depraved appearance of the Warp gods, Roboute Guilliman shuddered slightly.

Belief and emotions are primitive, chaotic, and easy to go to extremes.

If it were really as he guessed,

what had the father, the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, become?

A burst of terror arose from thin air, but he quickly suppressed it to the bottom of his heart.

There were still many mysteries to be solved, but at least now he had solved one, knowing why Zhou Yun and the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang resisted being called gods.

He waved his hand to signal Belisarius Cawl to leave, then returned to Sanguinius and Zhou Yun's side, his face also appropriately putting on an expression that he already knew everything.

Zhou Yun looked at him strangely, wondering what he understood? Did he hear himself and Sanguinius calling him a blue smurf just now?

"I have learned that you are not a god."

Roboute Guilliman tried his best to bring sincerity to his tone.

He still did not know Zhou Yun's essence, but he could feel the connection between himself and Zhou Yun.

Undoubtedly, his life and death, and even his existence itself, had been controlled by this existence who claimed not to be a god.

Sanguinius seemed to be the same; clearly, this matter was also pushed by him behind the scenes.

But if this was the price that had to be paid for him and Sanguinius to return to the Empire to fight for humanity,

Roboute Guilliman chose to accept it; he trusted Sanguinius.

But he also understood that Sanguinius and Zhou Yun coming to Macragge clearly had their needs.

They needed the five hundred worlds of Ultramar.

"What do you want to get from me?"

Population? Army? Sacrifice? Planet? Guilliman thought about what his bottom line was.

"Money."

Zhou Yun revealed a smile; he liked talking to smart people.

Just like how the Archmagos only used a few words to explain clearly to Guilliman that he was not a god, talking to smart people could save a lot of effort.

Guilliman was stunned for a moment, seemingly not reacting to what Zhou Yun was saying.

"Money."

Zhou Yun emphasized it again, then explained:

"Valuable materials that can be exchanged for wealth, no matter what they are."

Hearing this, Guilliman revealed an expression of sudden realization.

No wonder they wanted to come and resurrect him, no wonder...

He, Roboute Guilliman, might not be the best at fighting among the Primarchs, nor the wisest, nor even the best at commanding,

but he was definitely the best at operating and producing materials.

"That's too simple." Guilliman revealed a smile: "You will find that even after ten thousand years, Ultramar will still be the most prosperous five hundred worlds in the galaxy."

(End of chapter)