Chapter 40: The Governor's Meeting

Zhou Yun walked out of the hotel on Street 9, Residential Area 18, District 9.

Yesterday, he and Xiang Xiang Leina followed the old woman named Nama Kark silently.

Zhou Yun even changed his face several times, pretending to pass by her.

Because of this, he was able to observe Nama Kark at a closer distance.

The skin of this mathematician and actuary was black and yellow, and her eye sockets were slightly deep, which was about the facial features of the South Asian subcontinent of Terra.

There was no madness in her eyes, nor the turbidity common in old people, but a strange agility.

As if countless numbers were arranged and turning in a spiral in her eyes, converging into her pupils.

Apart from this, Zhou Yun did not find any signs of abnormality.

There was no psychic reaction on her, she spoke clearly and rationally, and there were no blasphemous acts.

She just lowered her head from time to time and calculated rapidly in the notebook in her hand, as if she was calculating something.

Zhou Yun cautiously glanced at the content above.

It was really dense mathematical formulas, function images, and derivations.

Zhou Yun had a university degree in his previous life, so he could barely understand a little bit of the content.

But he didn't find any problems at all.

As for Xiang Xiang Leina, it was even worse.

She only learned some basic mathematical knowledge from Mrs. Nama Kark when she was a child.

It was okay to calculate accounts when running a gang in the Underhive, but she was really at a loss when encountering mathematical problems.

Even the string of numbers "387, 420, 489", Xiang Xiang Leina still hasn't remembered it.

Zhou Yun always felt that there was a problem with this string of numbers, but he never found out where the problem was.

Neither of them found signs of Nama Kark being corrupted, so they could only stay for the time being.

Zhou Yun stood on the street outside the hotel and glanced at a small church not far away.

According to Xiang Xiang Leina, this small church was built by the residents of District 9 with their own money.

It has statues of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang and Sanguinius, and a handful of scarlet sand brought from Baal, which is regarded as a holy relic.

The reason why Zhou Yun strongly requested to stay in this hotel, even though it was several blocks away from Nama Kark, was because of this church.

If there were really signs of Tzeentch corruption, then this small church in District 9 might be able to resist some corruption.

Another point is that Zhou Yun and Governor Augustus Flax had an appointment to meet in this church.

Zhou Yun walked into the church.

There were no lights in the church, only candlelight burning fiercely under the two tall statues, plating the church with a layer of orange-yellow with hazy light.

The two statues, one is the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, holding a blade burning with flames, looking into the distance.

The other is the Angel, holding a power spear, stabbing at the poisonous snake coiled on the ground.

The blessed audio played sacred prayers, and the incense smeared with holy oil permeated the entire church with a faint fragrance.

In the church, some people were sitting on chairs, praying with their heads lowered.

A State Church priest lowered his head devoutly and whispered to Zhou Yun:

"Son of man, do you want to repent for your mistakes to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang?"

"Son of man, do you want to pray for the mercy of Sanguinius?"

If I want the mercy of Sanguinius, why not find the guy in the white light in the corner of my eye?

I don't know if it's Zhou Yun's illusion, but he seems to have become brighter after entering the church.

"I'm looking for the Governor." Zhou Yun ignored the priest's preaching and went straight to the point.

The priest nodded gently, signaling Zhou Yun to go to the second floor.

"Son of man, no matter how huge the authority of the mortal world is, it is ultimately a corner of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's glory."

The priest said to Zhou Yun, who was walking to the second floor:

"Son of man, no matter how much wealth flashes, it is not as bright as the feathers of an angel." "I agree with this very much," Zhou Yun nodded in agreement.

It was so bright that it almost blinded him.

Zhou Yun glanced at the winged figure in the white light in the corner of his eye, getting brighter and brighter...

As if this church could allow him to squeeze more into the material universe...

Hearing Zhou Yun's heartfelt agreement, the priest's look at Zhou Yun became much more kind.

He pointed out the room where the Governor was for Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun nodded in thanks, pushed open the small door of a confessional on the second floor, and walked into it.

An emaciated, listless old man with dark circles under his eyes and turbid eyes was sitting in a corner of the confessional, flipping through the Book of Scripture in his hand.

Ashford Governor, current head of the Flax family, Augustus Flax.

Zhou Yun narrowed his eyes slightly.

This Governor actually really talked to him face to face.

Augustus Flax is an extremely cautious person and almost never exposes himself to danger.

Zhou Yun sat opposite him.

"So you are still a devout believer of the Empire," Zhou Yun said with a little mockery in his tone.

Augustus Flax closed the book in his hand and put it aside.

"Faith in the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang can make my heart a little more at ease."

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Augustus Flax dealt with Zhou Yun's mockery lightly.

He looked at Zhou Yun, every muscle on his face working in a clever way, looking at Zhou Yun with a posture of scrutiny but not losing courtesy.

Training, Zhou Yun detected traces of training from him.

That must be years of training.

The nobles of the Empire enjoy privileges, but they are not just useless waste. Their lives cannot be called easy and happy.

In fact, they are more tired and exhausted. Many nobles and even governors of the Empire died of exhaustion at their posts.

The privileges granted by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang are not without corresponding responsibilities.

Nobles have been receiving extremely strict training since birth.

Every day, every moment, every action, and every expression of theirs are strictly planned.

They need to learn the knowledge used to govern the planet day by day, learn piety and fighting, learn etiquette and social interaction.

Let alone exhaustion, they are not even allowed to show exhaustion.

Such days will be repeated until they are forged into the appearance of being able to bear the privileges and responsibilities granted by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang.

Governors are especially so. Using only a human brain to manage an entire huge planet is a task that almost challenges the physiological limits of humans.

The Augustus Flax in front of him is a bastard. As a governor, he abandoned all government affairs in the Underhive.

But this does not mean he is a waste. The training of the past still works on him.

"You, and that illegal psyker, what do you want to do in the Upper Hive?"

Augustus Flax stared at Zhou Yun and said:

"What do you want to do following Nama Kark, that actuary?"

Zhou Yun was not surprised.

When following Nama Kark, he discovered that someone was also following them.

Sure enough, it was a spy under the Governor.

"I suspect she is a heretic and has been corrupted by Chaos."

Zhou Yun narrowed his eyes, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said:

"Are you interested in lending me a team of PDF, and I will help you eliminate this trouble?"

I'm a bit stuck, the next chapter might be late.

(End of chapter)