Chapter 36: The Heat-Seeking Thief

According to standard time, it was already late at night,

But in the Hive City, there is no distinction between night and day underground.

It is buried deep underground, and except for some hive areas and abandoned hive areas near the edge of the Hive City, it is absolutely impossible to see the toxic binary stars of Ashford.

Here, night and day are more of an artificial concept to distinguish workers' shifts.

The workers walking towards the residential area were full of exhaustion, having gained a brief relief from the day's labor.

Those walking towards the factory had just barely recovered from the previous work and were stumbling towards the next job.

Zhou Yun watched the flow of people in the night until the lights in the Hive City residential area went out one by one, briefly yielding everything to the darkness.

The workers either entered the factory to work all night or went home to rest briefly.

The streets of the Hive City also became briefly empty.

Zhou Yun walked on the narrow streets of the Hive City, heading towards home.

His gaze swept across the alleys in the shadows.

From time to time, wails sounded from these alleys, and from time to time, members of the Fangzhou Gang could be seen walking by in a hurry.

He could even see some members of other gangs invading from other districts.

This short night belongs to the gangs, and they will engage in bloody fighting in the dark alleys.

There is some order in the chaos; this is the tradition and tacit understanding between gangs.

But Zhou Yun still noticed that the vendettas and fighting in the night had become less bloody and violent than before.

The wails in the alleys ended after almost only a few sounds.

Other gang members running on the street would be dragged into the alleys in the blink of an eye.

All the fighting in the night was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Although Xiang Xiang Leina has some shocking wisdom, the gang she established is indeed efficient.

After all, when other gangs were still engaged in primitive, rustic wolf-culture, she had already started religious belief.

Nothing unites a group of people better than religion, and the Empire is also held together by religion.

"If Horus saw the scene today, how would he mock us..."

Zhou Yun muttered in a low voice.

Remembering that the Warmaster once accused the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang of pushing all of humanity into the abyss of religion and superstition.

The Four Gods showed the Warmaster the future of the Empire, the completely real future of the Empire.

Horus could not accept such a future, but the Four Gods lied with the truth.

It was precisely because of the great rebellion he launched that the Empire had to become what it is today.

"Good intentions, many terrible roads in the galaxy were initially paved with good intentions."

The winged figure in the white light trembled slightly, repeating Zhou Yun's previous point:

"I can't imagine, imagine how desperate Guilliman would be if he woke up one day and saw the scene before him?"

"But I still hope to bring some hope back to this galaxy."

The winged figure in the white light vibrated its wings, and its figure seemed to become clearer in front of Zhou Yun.

"Go to Baal, friend."

"You must find my descendants, tell them you came at my request, and let them take you to the side of my corpse——————"

"Stop!" Zhou Yun waved his hand and hurriedly rejected the tempting proposal of the winged figure in the white light.

"You just said that many terrible roads are paved with good intentions."

"Even if I could resurrect you—of course I can't do it now—would the one who returns definitely be Sanguinius?"

"Could it be a corrupted version of Sanguinius created by the Four Gods—Sanguinius's soul fragments are in their hands."

"Could it be Horus who returned by possessing Sanguinius's corpse?"

"Could it be some Warp existence descending through this?"

Zhou Yun fired a barrage of questions at the winged figure in the white light.

The winged figure in the white light was slightly silent.

"And is your prophecy reliable? I'm going to Baal now, there's really no way to resurrect Sanguinius."

Zhou Yun glanced at the winged figure in the white light and said.

The most important thing is that he can't go to Baal for the time being.

Even if he tried his best to smuggle to Baal, he would still not be able to escape the claws of the swarm in the end.

He had to find a way to scrape together the money for the Anywhere Door in Ashford.

"Perhaps, probably, possibly accurate..."

The winged figure in the white light whispered:

"Your future is too chaotic, like three destinies intertwined."

"I have seen a few times, even seeing you and the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang boarding the Vengeful Spirit, and then turning around and seeing you and the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang boarding the Macragge's Honour..."

"Perhaps, as you said, resurrecting me can only be achieved in a more distant time."

Looking at the winged figure in the white light who had fallen into silence, Zhou Yun did not continue to ask.

He turned a corner, walked past an arch made of scrap metal, and headed towards his home————

Zhou Yun saw light,

A light so hot and shining that it burned his eyes,

That light splashed in front of the heavy iron door of his house, and molten iron flowed slowly down from the door.

"Holy shit?!"

Zhou Yun widened his eyes.

He saw a small figure in a cloak holding a flame cutter, standing in front of a door, cutting the steel door.

That seemed... to be the door to his house.

Zhou Yun blinked, and for a moment remembered the heat-seeking thief that Old One-Eye and Xiang Xiang Leina had both mentioned.

A thief who uses a flame cutter to cut doors or walls to enter and steal, and has not been caught yet.

"Damn, stole to my head."

Zhou Yun's eye twitched, and he silently took the superpower hat out of his pocket and put it on his head.

He concentrated on the small figure in the cloak,

A powerful psychic force, like an invisible giant hammer, smashed heavily towards the heat-seeking thief.

However, the heat-seeking thief suddenly stopped the flame cutter the moment before Zhou Yun made a move.

He turned and ran as if he had expected it, dodging Zhou Yun's psychic power.

"Want to leave?"

Zhou Yun's figure turned into an afterimage and disappeared from the spot, instantly appearing behind the heat-seeking thief.

"All evil will be brought to justice!"

"This is an illegal act! Go, go with me to surrender."

Zhou Yun reached out to grab the back of the heat-seeking thief's neck,

However, the heat-seeking thief was as slippery as a loach and instantly slipped out of Zhou Yun's hand.

Zhou Yun only had time to see a pair of black eyes mixed with golden dots above the cloak.

The heat-seeking thief flashed, passed under Zhou Yun's arm,

And ran into the darkness of the alley in a flash. Zhou Yun flashed to catch up,

But the heat-seeking thief's figure disappeared into the complex and chaotic streets in an instant.

Zhou Yun looked at his palm that hadn't caught the heat-seeking thief, and then looked at the direction where the heat-seeking thief disappeared.

He remembered Xiang Xiang Leina saying that the heat-seeking thief also seemed to have some kind of precognition ability...

"Damn, there seem to be too many talents in Ashford."

"Could this be another big shot's alt account?"

(End of chapter)