Chapter 310: A Pile of Meaningless Bacteria

Xiang Xiang Leina widened her eyes, staring at the holy offerings that had appeared before her.

As a former noble, she could discern that these offerings, known as Dorayaki, were made from natural, refined flour, carrying a natural aroma of wheat—a scent Xiang Xiang Leina had only encountered when tasting luxurious delicacies or smelling the rice fields of the Garden World.

Besides this aroma, the Dorayaki also emitted a wonderful sweetness; it was not the monotonous, cloying sweetness brought by industrially produced sugar, but a natural sweetness mixed with the fragrance of some kind of bean, with a faint hint of the rich aroma of dairy products.

Saliva secreted slightly in Xiang Xiang Leina's throat, attracted by this fragrance.

But at the same time, a hint of hesitation arose in Xiang Xiang Leina's heart.

The so-called holy offerings were surely not food for a few, but meant to be shared with every believer.

If these were holy offerings made from such precious ingredients, it would be difficult to produce them in large quantities and share them with all believers.

But as if seeing through Xiang Xiang Leina's heart, that holy figure slowly spoke:

"This tablecloth is my artifact; whenever holy offerings are needed, simply chant 'Dorayaki' in your heart, and a wave of the hand will create Dorayaki."

"I am the Eternal Dragon, the Ruler of Hunger; I hate the hunger of all beings as I hate my own hunger."

"But you shall hold the holy rites once every twenty-two days; each time, eat until you are seventy percent full. Anything more is extravagance."

Exchange a little less! Exchange a little less!

Zhou Yun roared in his heart.

These Dorayaki that were exchanged all cost his money! Although Zhou Yun could restrict the Gourmet Tablecloth to exchanging only Dorayaki, and the price of Dorayaki was not high, accumulating small amounts would eventually become a significant expense.

If it were not for the cargo sent by Ji Li Man, which had already been exchanged for billions in funds, Zhou Yun would truly not dare to spend so lavishly.

His current state of mind was truly numb; Sanguinius was urging him to manifest his power a few times quickly to guide his own faith.

But Zhou Yun felt both awkward and unable to bear it.

So Sanguinius silently handed Zhou Yun two books, telling him to follow what was written in them.

One was the *Record of Sacred Words*, which recorded the words and deeds of the Imperium by Lorgar; the other was a scripture recording the words and deeds of the God-Emperor of Ancient Terra. According to the analysis and judgment of Sanguinius, Zhou Yun, and Ji Li Man, that God-Emperor was likely Hua Di Huang's alias.

In other words, it was to make Zhou Yun learn how Hua Di Huang did things.

After Zhou Yun finished reading these two books, he felt only darkness before his eyes.

He could only say that Lorgar and Hua Di Huang, those two father and son, were truly masters at organizing religions.

Lorgar's entire system was something Hua Di Huang had played with thirty millennia ago.

He picked and chose from it, made slight modifications, and it became his own doctrine.

However, Zhou Yun now felt his experience was still too shallow.

Hua Di Huang's choice of cheap, dead dough cakes as holy offerings was truly very grounded in life; he even treated guests to meals by freeloading five barley cakes and fish from a roadside child, and after eating, he didn't even waste the crumbs that fell.

In comparison, his choice of Dorayaki was still too extravagant.

Xiang Xiang Leina was unaware of Zhou Yun's inner activities; she was only stunned by the miracle Zhou Yun had displayed.

"Furthermore, this is my blood."

Zhou Yun whispered softly, taking a glass petri dish out of his four-dimensional pocket.

He gently bent down, picked up a fallen leaf from the ground, placed the fallen leaf into the petri dish, and it instantly decomposed, turning into an orange-yellow liquid.

Zhou Yun handed the petri dish to Xiang Xiang Leina and gestured for her to taste it.

Xiang Xiang Leina, bewildered, extended her finger, dipped it lightly into the petri dish, and put it in her mouth.

A burst of sweetness exploded between her lips and teeth; she could not imagine that this liquid was made from the most ordinary fallen leaves.

【Artifact Name: Fallen Leaf Decomposition Bacteria】

【Origin: Macragge】

【Production Time: 999. M41】

【Function: Bacteria capable of decomposing all plant fallen leaves and forming sweet fruit juice, designed and produced by Nobita Huang Daxiong via the artifact: Bacteria Manufacturing Machine, and saved as one of the default settings of the Bacteria Manufacturing Machine.】

【Value: 196,487 Yuan】

"This is my blood, a sharing of my authority to digest and devour all things; it can decompose all fallen leaves into fruit juice. The liquid thus produced, along with the Dorayaki, are my holy offerings."

Mainly because this has no cost, and it is rich in sugar, providing a large sense of fullness, allowing believers to get full very quickly, which would save Zhou Yun more money.

Zhou Yun thought with a twitch in his heart.

He even began to feel that he should have used only the fruit juice produced by this bacteria for the holy offerings from the very beginning.

But Sanguinius suggested that the holy offerings and rituals Zhou Yun wove should best be related to Doraemon.

He sighed deep in his heart, then handed a bag of bread printed with text to Xiang Xiang Leina.

"This is Memory Bread; it records the rituals and hymns of worshipping me. Once you eat it, you will remember."

"You may only perform sacrifices according to this ritual, and only praise me with this hymn; do not use any other method."

"Anyone who violates this is worshipping false idols."

"Additionally, I have three Prophets: the first is Xiang Xiang Leina, she is the first to believe, and is the Commander of Cadia; the second is Belisarius Cawl, he is the Grand Master of the Adeptus Mechanicus, and is the most virtuous among my believers; the third is Inquisitor Guan Ge Lei Fa, she originally did not believe, but converted upon witnessing the miracles I displayed."

"If you have doubts about the faith, you must obtain permission from one of these three."

Zhou Yun solemnly declared to the believers before him.

This was to prevent these believers' faith from going astray; all issues regarding faith must be reviewed by Xiang Xiang Leina, Belisarius Cawl, and Guan Ge Lei Fa.

Xiang Xiang Leina knew Zhou Yun best, understood Zhou Yun's thoughts, and her Warp resistance was very strong.

The Grand Master was virtuous and wise, best able to prevent these faiths from going astray.

Guan Ge Lei Fa, as an Inquisitor, was most skilled at discovering hidden corruption within the faith.

Xiang Xiang Leina's eyes brightened slightly.

So Lady Guan Ge Lei Fa was a Prophet of the Holy Doraemon Sect; no wonder she stood on the side of the Holy Doraemon Sect!

Holding the Memory Bread in her hands, she devoutly uttered twenty-two prayers to that holy voice, her vision almost filled with tears.

"Finally, I am not a god." The holy voice sounded before Xiang Xiang Leina.

Xiang Xiang Leina was stunned for a moment, then looked up in confusion, only to see that the holy figure had already vanished from the spot.

"Finally."

At midnight, after touring the twenty-two temples that worshipped him, Zhou Yun leaned against a wall in the Hera Fortress, drenched in sweat, his face barely holding back his expression,

accepting faith was still too awkward for him. If not for Saint Guilliman urging him on, Zhou Yun truly would not have staged this whole affair.

However, this actually seemed to work.

After manifesting in all twenty-two temples, Zhou Yun strangely discovered that his power within the three layers of the Warp was gradually increasing.

Both his own body and the body of Fat Tiger Great Demon were slowly strengthening. This must be the effect of faith.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Yun pulled a set of machines from his four-dimensional pocket.

It was an orange-yellow machine with a large head, covered in various dials, with a small cabinet on its side.

【Item Name: Aimless Plan Bacteria Manufacturing Machine (Comes with a Lamp to Eliminate Useless Bacteria)】

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

【Production Time: 231. M3】

【Function: A machine capable of manufacturing any bacteria. The functions of the manufactured bacteria have infinite possibilities, but the effects are completely random and may not possess any specific utility. The manufactured bacteria can be eliminated using the Lamp to Eliminate Useless Bacteria included as a gift.】

【Rental Price: 177,777,777 / 10 uses】

【Status: Used five times】

【Item Name: Lamp to Eliminate Useless Bacteria】

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

【Production Time: 231. M3】

【Function: A gift from the Aimless Plan Bacteria Manufacturing Machine. As long as the light from it shines upon something, it can eliminate bacteria of any variety.】

【Price: Gift】

An item costing 177 million that could only be used ten times, the "Aimless Plan Bacteria Manufacturing Machine," Zhou Yun called it a high-end Nurgle Experience Card.

It could manufacture bacteria with ten different effects, but the utility was entirely metaphysical.

Except for the first time, when Zhou Yun experimentally manufactured the default "Leaf Decomposition Bacteria," the other four times Zhou Yun drew bacteria that looked completely useless.

"Bacteria that make people grow two centimeters of hair," "Bacteria that, once stuck to the stomach, cause diarrhea all day," "Bacteria that make one extremely thirsty within a day of being touched," "Bacteria that wake a person from sleep for one hour."

They were all meaningless things. Zhou Yun hoped to draw something useful this time.

He casually flicked the control lever on the Bacteria Manufacturing Machine and pressed the manufacturing button. The machine emitted a few hums, then the side cabinet opened, revealing a clump of bacteria sealed in a petri dish.

Zhou Yun stuffed the bacteria into his four-dimensional pocket.

【Item Name: Bacteria That Can Eat Knowledge from Books】

【Origin: Macragge】

【Production Time: 999. M41】

【Function: Bacteria capable of eating the knowledge within a book. Books contaminated by this bacteria will have their internal knowledge digested and broken down by the bacteria into a mass of meaningless gibberish.】

【Value: 336,300 yuan】

Zhou Yun's expression twitched slightly.

It was still meaningless bacteria.

It could eat knowledge, but only knowledge within books, and it could only eat one book at a time.

This effect was truly too meaningless.

He shook his head; he had thought faith could also increase his luck.

Never mind. In the first place, exchanging for this item was solely for the "Lamp to Eliminate Useless Bacteria" included as a gift. In Zhou Yun's view, the ten chances to draw bacteria were actually the real gift.

After all, the "Lamp to Eliminate Useless Bacteria" could eliminate any bacteria, meaning bacteria cultivated by Nurgle would also become ineffective. Pity it had no effect on viruses.

Zhou Yun sighed, stuffed all these items into his four-dimensional pocket, and still had one thing left to do.

The Astartes Chapter that Ji Li Man hoped he would meet.

The successors of Sigismund, the sons of Rogal Dorn, the Black Templars.

(End of Chapter)