Chapter 427

Xiang Xiang Leina lay on the porthole in a near-dazed way, staring fixedly at the bright red planet outside the window with longing eyes.

To be precise, it was that magnificent star ring surrounding the outer periphery of this red star.

That was the huge foundry factory named the Ring of Iron, forged around the entire Martian equator, as massive as Saturn's rings, with twelve sharp sky ladders hanging down from it, like needles pricking directly onto the scarlet hot soil of Mars.

The furnace fire on it never stopped day or night, and the electricity and fire splashed from the factory lit up this void building, making it release dots of brilliance; in addition, countless starships were docked on it.

This was one of the most magnificent foundries and shipyards in the entire galaxy, and also one of the largest single man-made structures known in the entire galaxy.

The reason Xiang Xiang Leina was so excited and showed a dazed expression toward that magnificent shipyard was because...

"Zhou Yun, we have a ship! Praise Saint Doraemon!" Xiang Xiang Leina prayed excitedly and piously.

Zhou Yun couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xiang Xiang Leina had always been a void ship enthusiast; when she was in Ashford, she was obsessed with building a void ship to take people away, and she had also shown Zhou Yun the model of the Red Tear she collected in her childhood.

And now, in the Ring of Iron on Mars, a void ship that would carry the Cadian 184th Regiment was docked, a battle barge converted from a Retribution-class battleship.

In the official records of the Empire, this Retribution-class battleship did not belong to the Cadian 184th Regiment where Xiang Xiang Leina was; after all, the Astra Militarum was not allowed to possess void power.

It was actually registered under the name of the officially established Doraemon Chapter, existing as part of this fleet-based chapter composed of five hundred Blood Angels and five hundred Ultramarines.

This chapter was essentially drawn from the parent and successor chapters of the Ultramarines and Blood Angels, serving as Zhou Yun's guards, and most of the time was stationed in the void of Zhou Yun's four-dimensional pocket.

The use of this Retribution-class battleship was also mainly to provide the environment needed for the survival of the Cadian 184th Regiment and the Doraemon Chapter in the void of Zhou Yun's four-dimensional pocket.

Most of the time, it wouldn't need to gallop in the star space————but this was already enough to make Xiang Xiang Leina feel excited.

"That Retribution-class battleship is too terrible as your flagship." But the Fabricator General of Mars, Uula, expressed great dissatisfaction with this.

The reconstruction work of this Retribution-class battleship began before Uula went to Terra; at that time, he still held malice toward Zhou Yun. If it weren't for Guilliman's tough order, Mars would have loved to use a Lunar-class cruiser to fool Zhou Yun.

Of course, the Retribution-class battleship itself was not bad; in fact, even the current flagship of the Space Wolves, the Pride of Fenris, was a Retribution-class battleship.

But in the eyes of Uula now, letting a Retribution-class battleship carry the great Primordial Motive was simply an insult to the Primordial Motive.

"Can you build me a Gloriana-class battleship right now?" Zhou Yun looked at Uula buzzing beside him, couldn't help but shake his head, and said half-jokingly.

Excluding the almost impossible-to-build Gloriana-class battleship, the Retribution-class was already one of the top void ships in the Empire; even the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang-class was only comparable to the Retribution-class in many aspects.

Even if Uula really intended to exhaust Mars's productivity to explode one for Zhou Yun, it would take a long casting time.

"How about giving you my Mechanical Ark..." Uula said tentatively.

"No need for that." Zhou Yun refused with a wry smile.

Who knows what strange things are in Uula's Mechanical Ark; it's better to be at ease with a Retribution-class battleship.

And Zhou Yun didn't intend to spend much thought on the ship; after all, it wasn't him riding the ship in the end, but the ship riding him in the four-dimensional pocket.

The speed of Warp travel is too slow; it's not as fast as Zhou Yun using the Anywhere Door directly.

"Zhou Yun Zhou Yun, what do you think we should call this ship?" Xiang Xiang Leina, who was lying in front of the window, turned her head and asked: "How about Dora-Fantasy?"

"Not very auspicious." Zhou Yun's mouth twitched and said.

This was obviously imitating the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's former flagship, the Bucephalus.

The Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Nobita, who was standing beside Zhou Yun and not saying a word, moved the corner of his eye slightly.

But he didn't express his opinion on Zhou Yun's words, but turned his head with an imperceptible amplitude and looked at Mars outside the porthole.

Zhou Yun noticed this, and his gaze also projected toward Mars.

As the void ship approached, more details on the surface of the bright red planet gradually unfolded before Zhou Yun's eyes.

Many factories, hive cities, mines, and other mechanical facilities were spread across the surface of the fourth planet in the solar system, like spider webs blooming on the scarlet hot soil.

Zhou Yun looked at this planet and could vaguely feel the hundreds of millions of machines on it operating vigorously, like a bright red, constantly beating mechanical heart.

This made Zhou Yun trance for a moment, and then...

"%#! @"

A buzzing sound flashed past Zhou Yun's ear, like a noisy background sound that appeared when the machine was running.

It flashed and disappeared, almost like Zhou Yun's illusion.

"Dragon." Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Nobita opened his mouth lightly while standing beside Zhou Yun; his voice was only heard by Zhou Yun.

Was that the voice of the Dragon of Mars just now?

Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment, then reached into his four-dimensional pocket, took out a piece of translation konjac, and stuffed it into his mouth.

The konjac slid into Zhou Yun's throat, and then Zhou Yun heard that noisy sound again.

But this time the sound was no longer garbled, but turned into words that Zhou Yun could understand.

"Backward... star... fuck... knight... mixed..." This voice was fragmented and flashed past.

Zhou Yun frowned slightly; these fragmented words couldn't form complete sentences at all.

But why did it sound like scolding people?

Zhou Yun was not sure, but he could perceive that if he got closer to Mars, he should be able to hear it more clearly.

He turned his head to look at Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Nobita, but noticed that the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's will had slowly faded and was no longer in this body.

According to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, he could only project some will in when he was in good condition and had spare energy; the time he came in was completely random.

This void ship docked at the starport of the Ring of Iron.

At Guilliman's request, a huge number of fleets were assembling near the Ring of Iron; the number was so large that the starport became crowded, but relying on Uula's authority as the Fabricator General of Mars, Zhou Yun and their ships completed docking quickly.

Xiang Xiang Leina stayed on the Ring of Iron with the soldiers of the Cadian 184th Regiment; her mission this time was to receive the Retribution-class battleship docked on the Ring of Iron.

And Zhou Yun and Uula took the twelve sky ladders connecting the Ring of Iron and the surface to the surface of Mars.

In the sky ladder that was constantly falling and filled with the smell of promethium, the noisy sound in Zhou Yun's ear gradually became clearer.

"I will... complete."

"... No longer broken."

"Aggregate... soul."

Complete? You are not allowed to be complete! Zhou Yun cursed in his heart.

These fragmented words made him couldn't help but frown tightly.

Broken, complete, aggregate—these three words always make people think of the current situation of most C'tan.

Except for the Outsider, all C'tan were shattered by the Necrons during the War in Heaven; regardless of spirit, body, or power, they were all shattered, becoming the existence of C'tan shards.

Before, Zhou Yun guessed that the Dragon of Mars sealed under Mars by the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang was the C'tan known as the Void Dragon by the Aeldari.

He was the master of the material realm, the C'tan most proficient in machinery and technology, and also the forger of Blackstone; his existence itself could isolate reality from the Warp.

He was also one of the three most powerful C'tan, with strength above the Nightbringer without a scythe and the Outsider who had not been instigated by Cegorach to devour countless C'tan.

Of course, he was also broken; that Dragon of Mars was probably one of his shards.

This guess was also confirmed by Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Nobita; the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang also believed that it was the Void Dragon.

It was just that when he sealed the Dragon of Mars, he didn't know about the existence of C'tan, and it was a judgment made based on information known later.

An important reason why Zhou Yun came to this scarlet planet was that Hua Hua Hua Di Huang Nobita hoped Zhou Yun could confirm the situation of the Dragon of Mars.

But what did he mean by "I will be complete"? Could he grow complete by himself?

Damn, won't Mars explode suddenly one day, and then grow a complete C'tan?

A complete Void Dragon, even if Sanguinius and Guilliman were tied together, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to win...

And the Void Dragon was the master of Blackstone; the Blackstone that could isolate Warp power had already merged with him; he stood there like a solid wall isolating reality and the Warp.

If the Void Dragon made trouble on Terra and accidentally overturned the Golden Throne, the Four Chaos Gods wouldn't even have time to save the scene...

Just as Zhou Yun was thinking, the sky ladder made a violent tremor.

"My lord, Mars has arrived." The Fabricator General Uula said to Zhou Yun respectfully and piously.

Zhou Yun felt Uula's excitement and agitation even more; one of the three wills of the Machine God visiting Mars, the meaning of this was self-evident.

For the Adeptus Mechanicus, it was no less than the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang stepping on Mars for the first time, and even more so.

Because whether the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang was the Omnissiah was still debated, but in Uula's view, there was no debate that Zhou Yun was the Primordial Motive.

Zhou Yun couldn't help but sigh, looked at Uula and warned: "I hope you haven't publicized the fact that I visited Mars; this is not an official visit."

Zhou Yun didn't want to be surrounded by a group of red-skinned mechanical big bugs shouting 111001101000000110101001'111001101000001110000101.

So Zhou Yun required Uula to only notify Archmagos Belisarius Cawl about his visit to Mars.

Uula hurriedly indicated that he hadn't said a word.

Zhou Yun nodded with satisfaction, and then the door of the sky ladder slowly opened amidst a buzzing sound.

Zhou Yun looked up and saw a massive metal Doraemon statue lying at the door of the sky ladder, stretching out its round hand high.

(Next chapter will be late; body is not very good)

(End of chapter)