Chapter 380

【Item Name: Siegfried's Potion】

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

【Production Time: 271. M3】

【Function: An item made based on the legend of the legendary hero Siegfried, who bathed in dragon blood and became immortal. After bathing in the blood-like medicine in the bottle, the skin will turn blood-red, and you will gain an immortal body for 30 minutes, with only a small leaf-shaped weak point on the back.】

【Value: 89,900,000】

Zhou Yun sprinkled this item, based on the great hero Siegfried from the "Nibelungenlied," on himself and the two Primarchs.

For this half hour, the three of them would not suffer any form of damage, nor would they be subject to pain or mental control; it was an almost absolute immortal body.

To compensate for the limitation that this potion only lasted for a mere half hour, they also used the Time-Slow Clock to slow down their own time flow.

Then, through the Acceleration Gear and high-efficiency pills, they accelerated their own actions, making their action speed no different from usual.

Finally, they used the Rebound Cloak to firmly cover the only weak point on their backs.

In this way, they could gain an immortal body for a long time without affecting their own actions, and could also avoid the weak point on their backs.

They were naturally not worried about the Adeptus Custodes; even if the entire Adeptus Custodes ten-thousand-man legion were here, they couldn't hurt Guilliman, Sanguinius, and Zhou Yun.

After all, the Adeptus Custodes were wearing shining gold armor, and the machine spirits within were ancient and powerful, and they couldn't resist Zhou Yun's control over machine spirits.

What Zhou Yun and the two Primarchs were truly worried about... was the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang himself.

Whether it was Zhou Yun or Sanguinius, they had sensed that the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's own mental state didn't seem very good, almost like he had dementia.

Even if the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's mental state was abnormal... the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang was still one of the top two greatest scammers in the galaxy, a type whose credit score was in the negative in both the material and Warp dimensions.

Zhou Yun's trust in him... even Guilliman and Sanguinius's trust in him couldn't be said to be much, after all, the two Primarchs had also been scammed by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang.

On the contrary, the Adeptus Custodes' vigilance toward Zhou Yun and the two Primarchs made Zhou Yun feel inexplicable.

As soon as he walked out of the Anywhere Door, Zhou Yun sensed the suspicion in the eyes of the Adeptus Custodes.

Based on the principle that it's better to accuse others first than to be accused by others, Zhou Yun directly began to accuse the Adeptus Custodes of suspecting the loyal and doing nothing for ten thousand years.

However, the Adeptus Custodes were worthy of being one of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's most perfect creations; they were tempered from body to mind.

Even though their spirits had become dull in the ten thousand years of being shut-ins, they still maintained the most basic calmness under Zhou Yun's accusation, without—

"We have been guarding the human Hua Hua Hua Di Huang for ten thousand years of the Great Heresy!"

Before Zhou Yun could finish praising the Adeptus Custodes in his heart, a resentful roar rang out from behind Captain-General Trajann.

"I would have preferred you to guard the human Hua Hua Hua Di Huang well during the Great Heresy ten thousand years ago." Zhou Yun shouted back almost without hesitation.

There was a silence behind Trajann, and then a harsh curse rang out.

An Adeptus Custodes wearing refined gold power armor and holding a double-eagle shield stepped out from behind Trajann's diagonal rear, holding a power spear and trying to rush toward Zhou Yun, who had insulted the honor of the Adeptus Custodes.

"Colquan! Maldovar Colquan!" Captain-General Trajann roared, trying to stop the Adeptus Custodes named Colquan.

But—

Boom!

Colquan tripped on the ground, and his corn-like pointed helmet had an intimate contact with the floor of the Imperial Palace.

Zhou Yun retracted the finger he had just extended without changing his expression.

He had deprived the power of the power armor on the Adeptus Custodes Colquan's left leg, causing him to lose his balance.

Colquan struggled to crawl up from the ground, dragging his powerless left leg.

But before he could rush forward again to defend the honor of the Adeptus Custodes with his blade, Trajann stopped him.

"Although Colquan is irritable, what he said is not without reason."

Trajann's face, which had traces of time, looked at Zhou Yun and said calmly:

"Your accusation is unreasonable; the Adeptus Custodes have never been part of the Empire, and the duty of the Adeptus Custodes has never included guarding the Empire."

"We only serve the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang; we failed ten thousand years ago, and precisely because of this, we have been guarding the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang even more diligently for the past ten thousand years."

Not to mention whether the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang ten thousand years ago needed the Adeptus Custodes' protection, let alone now—

"The current Hua Hua Hua Di Huang does not need your protection."

Zhou Yun sincerely pointed out this fact.

This was truly the thing Zhou Yun felt was most inexplicable.

Does the current Hua Hua Hua Di Huang really still need the Adeptus Custodes' protection?

As long as the Chaos Gods show even a slight flaw, that big golden guy dares to set fire in Nurgle's Garden, sweep Slaanesh's six rings, stand tall in the Brass Fortress, and install a lie detector in the Crystal Labyrinth.

His old man's set of "Six-Flavor Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Fists" is enough to make the four little vendors hurt so much that they can't sleep at night.

And the Adeptus Custodes actually think that such an existence needs their protection? Even if the entire Adeptus Custodes ten-thousand-man legion were added together, it would be far less than the current Hua Hua Hua Di Huang.

What's more, if the half-dead Hua Hua Hua Di Huang sitting on the Golden Wang Zuo now dies, Zhou Yun guarantees that those guys in the Warp will definitely be more anxious than the Adeptus Custodes.

The Hua Hua Hua Di Huang has been a true immortal from beginning to end; He will not die, and even if He really dies, He will eventually recover as before.

But the danger is that if the current Hua Hua Hua Di Huang dies, the "He" who resurrects will absolutely not be the original Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, but will directly complete the ascension and become that true Destroyer.

This is an ending that neither the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang nor the Chaos Gods want to see, or rather, an ending that no one in the galaxy with a normal brain wants to see.

It's just that the Adeptus Custodes seem to have not noticed this point at all; after all, when the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang designed the Adeptus Custodes... He didn't even give them one percent of the psychic power of a Leina or even a Guilliman.

"For ten thousand years, He has been protecting the million worlds of humanity and the souls of all unfallen humans from the hands of the Chaos Gods and aliens—although not very well—but you actually think that you can protect Him with less than ten thousand people?"

Zhou Yun waved his hand helplessly and said:

"Lord Trajann, your protection and suspicion have no meaning; let us go to the Wang Zuo Room."

"Believe me, this is the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's vision; He needs us."

After Zhou Yun pointed this out, the Adeptus Custodes were clearly even more anxious; if it weren't for Trajann's suppression, this group of golden corn people would have probably rushed up and tried to tear Zhou Yun apart.

"My dear friend's words are not pleasant to hear, but they are every word true."

"My father is far more powerful than you imagine, even more powerful than He was ten thousand years ago."

Sanguinius said in a gentle tone:

"He is the King of Long Ages, like a god; His physical body has been severely damaged, but He is still a god, powerful to an unimaginable degree."

"He might also be another existence more terrifying than everything you know; I am unwilling to mention that name here, because I am afraid of being cursed myself."

"The Adeptus Custodes witnessed the power represented by that name on the Vengeful Spirit, the power like a pitch-black, cold sun; now that power still exists and is stronger than it was then."

If Zhou Yun's words made the Adeptus Custodes angry, and even caused irrational cracks in the minds of the Adeptus Custodes that had been tempered for a long time,

then Sanguinius's words made the Adeptus Custodes' hearts tremble; His gentle words were infectious, making people can't help but believe.

But all this was in the calculations of Zhou Yun and Sanguinius.

Zhou Yun's accusation caused cracks in the Adeptus Custodes' minds, while Sanguinius pierced into those cracks to persuade them.

"... I must go to the Wang Zuo Room."

Guilliman's words were even more resolute, without nonsense or exhortation, only pure authority:

"Perhaps one Adeptus Custodes is equivalent to ten excellent Astartes, but I assure you: one Primarch is equivalent to one thousand Adeptus Custodes."

"If there is Zhou Yun's assistance, then Sanguinius and I are equivalent to an entire ten-thousand-man legion."

Zhou Yun's accusation, Sanguinius's exhortation, and Guilliman's authority made the Adeptus Custodes present fall into a state of confusion and bewilderment.

They thought they were here to examine Zhou Yun and the two Primarchs, to determine whether they were loyal and whether they could enter the Wang Zuo Room to see the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang.

But now the Adeptus Custodes all felt that in a few words, they had become the passive side, the side being judged.

While Zhou Yun and the two Primarchs were giving them a chance to make up for their mistakes.

The Adeptus Custodes had not left Terra and the Imperial Palace for ten thousand years after all; their bodies and martial arts might not have degenerated in training,

but their will, their thinking, and their spirits had actually become dull, and even deteriorated.

Just like that Adeptus Custodes Colquan just now, Zhou Yun had an impression of him.

In his impression, this Colquan became an Adeptus Custodes Custodian in the normal timeline, acting as a liaison between the Adeptus Custodes and Guilliman.

And Guilliman noticed Colquan's problem: he had stayed on Terra for too long, so his will had become dull, he was often angry, almost didn't know how to be flexible, and even showed contempt for mortals, and extreme distrust of Primarchs and Astartes.

This problem didn't just exist in Colquan; in fact, most Adeptus Custodes had similar problems to some extent.

But there were also excellent and wise people among the Adeptus Custodes; they were, after all, one of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's most perfect creations.

For example, Shield-Captain Valerian who supported Zhou Yun and others on the Moon, for example, Captain-General Trajann.

"The Eternity Gate will be opened for the three of you."

"I am willing to believe that this will be the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's vision."

This caused a short wave among the Adeptus Custodes, but Trajann quickly suppressed this wave.

"My mind is made up!"

"Touching the fire is always full of danger, but if you are always afraid of the fire, humanity will not have warmth and light."

"You have made the right decision." Sanguinius said softly.

Trajann was silent, just giving an Aquila salute to Zhou Yun and the two Primarchs.

"Come, the three of you."

"The Hua Hua Hua Di Huang is waiting."

(End of chapter)