Chapter 63

In a small room in the settlement, Zhou Yun met the Genestealer Bishop.

As a reward for Zhou Yun, this pious believer, punishing the "assassin," he was granted permission to meet with this bishop after the preaching ended.

Meng Ge and Rang Na also followed by his side.

This beautiful, bald bishop with slightly upturned eyes was examining Zhou Yun with a gentle gaze.

Zhou Yun, wearing this serious, handsome face of the Ultramarine Primarch Guilliman, sat opposite the bishop with a straight face.

His appearance was quite majestic, making people feel awe involuntarily; others might even think he was the one in charge of this room.

"Pious believer, the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang has witnessed your righteous act. Now... tell me your name."

When the bishop spoke, she used a bewitching voice, projecting her will into Zhou Yun's mind, attempting to manipulate him.

Zhou Yun feigned a daze, pretending to be affected by the bewitching voice, while his thoughts raced.

Name?

Zhou Yun? His real name wouldn't do.

Lion El'Jonson? Sounds too easy to be suspected.

Sanguinius would be even easier to suspect!

Zhou Yun blinked lightly and said without hesitation:

"My name is... Neos."

"Neos, a pious believer of the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang!"

Zhou Yun said in a resonant voice, emphasizing the three characters "Neos."

As he spoke, he also struck a pose of pious prayer.

Rang Na, standing beside Zhou Yun, had the corner of her eye twitch imperceptibly; she held back and kept her expression composed.

The name Neos was one of the names the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang used in the earliest days; His Majesty once used this name to pick up girls.

Of course, the bishop of this Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang sect before them could not possibly know that.

"Neos, pious believer, you punished the sinner in your own way, proving your faith."

The bishop nodded approvingly and continued:

"Are these two your family?"

The bishop looked at Rang Na and Meng Ge,

lingering her gaze on Meng Ge's horns for a moment.

"Yes, this is my brother, and this is my daughter."

Zhou Yun pointed to Meng Ge and Rang Na respectively and said:

"They are both pious believers, believing in the true deity in their hearts."

As he spoke, Meng Ge and Rang Na both lowered their heads in prayer in cooperation.

Zhou Yun and the bishop followed suit.

As for who they were praying to, and whether they were praying to the same object, that was another matter.

The four people in this room likely had four completely different faiths.

Meng Ge prayed to the Grandfather, Rang Na prayed to the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, the bishop prayed to the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang,

and Zhou Yun was putting on a show, praying to a Flying Spaghetti Monster.

After a brief prayer and silence, the bishop looked at Zhou Yun and the two behind him with a scrutinizing gaze.

"Pious believer, how did you come to understand the true faith and follow the guidance of the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang?"

This was asking why Zhou Yun believed in the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang.

Zhou Yun pondered for a moment, pretending to organize his thoughts, and then said:

"My brother didn't choose to become a mutant himself."

As he spoke, Zhou Yun patted Meng Ge's shoulder beside him with a sorrowful face.

Meng Ge blinked blankly.

"Is it his fault that he became a mutant? Before he was seven or eight, we were just ordinary children in the Hive World."

"Father was a small foreman in the Hive, quite well-off in the Underhive, and Mother was also a kind and pious good person."

Zhou Yun said with deep sorrow in his tone:

"When my brother's scalp bled and bulged, she even panicked and wiped medicine on it for him..."

"But when the bulge burst and the horns were revealed, she started to go crazy."

"She tried to file off my brother's horns with a file; after failing, she even started trying to hack them off directly with a knife and pull them out with pliers."

"If I hadn't protected him, he might be dead by now."

As he spoke, Zhou Yun patted Meng Ge with a sorrowful face.

Meng Ge's body couldn't stop twitching, holding back the urge to punch Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun was basically adapting what Meng Ge had just told Rang Na, replacing Margit's role with himself.

The story source was absolutely authentic and credible; even the Genestealer Bishop before them was somewhat moved.

She seemed to mistake the trembling of Meng Ge's body for the flow of true emotion.

"When my mother discovered that my brother's horns couldn't be removed, she went completely insane."

"She shoved my brother into the sewer, and me, who had protected him, along with him."

"Just because she suspected I might also have latent mutations. If it weren't for our luck, we might have died."

Zhou Yun took a deep breath, his face full of sorrow:

"Contaminated water, toxic food or air, the toxic light of the star—each one could have triggered my brother's mutation."

"But what did he do wrong?"

Zhou Yun slapped Meng Ge's back hard a few times.

Meng Ge gritted his teeth, enduring the emotional fluctuations, and nodded in cooperation.

This pained expression of his instead made the bishop believe it even more.

This was clearly a pained expression of someone unwilling to recall that past.

It further proved the authenticity of the experience Zhou Yun spoke of.

"Since my brother didn't do anything wrong, why is the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang unwilling to accept him?"

Zhou Yun's tone carried a questioning note, as if questioning the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang himself:

"When I learned about the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang sect, I was enlightened; I awakened!"

"It turns out the Two-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang is a false faith, a heresy, and a shameless and cruel oppression of mutants."

"Only the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang is the true faith, the inclusion of everything!"

Zhou Yun spoke with deep emotion, and the bishop couldn't help but stand up, exclaiming: "Pious believer, from now on you will no longer be lost."

"Because you have found the true faith and believed in the great God."

"Once you receive the baptism, you will be able to hear the voice of the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang and merge with us."

As she spoke, the bishop once again made a pious prayer gesture and asked:

"Do you have a desired reward, pious believer?"

"Loyalty needs no reward; loyalty itself is the reward."

Zhou Yun lowered his head humbly:

"If I may be so bold: it is to hope to receive the blessing of the First Prophet and be baptized by him."

The bishop was clearly stunned when she heard Zhou Yun's words, and then she nodded with satisfaction:

"This cannot be called a reward; now every pious believer can receive this honor and be baptized by the First Prophet."

"You will contribute everything to the Four-Armed Hua Hua Hua Di Huang."

The bishop smiled:

"I will arrange accommodation for you. When the preaching ends, you will return to the First Sector with me to receive baptism and blessings."

The First Prophet, the Genestealer Patriarch, will personally inject corrupted genes into everyone?

Zhou Yun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

What exactly is going on that makes this Genestealer Patriarch personally corrupt everyone?

(End of Chapter)