Chapter 87

In the Ark Gang's stronghold, Xiang Xiang Leina rubbed her temples, looking at the account book before her.

Most of the Ark Gang's funds were used in the construction of starships; nowadays, the construction of starships was gradually entering an important period, and the expenses were getting larger and larger.

And the expansion of the Ark Gang had basically reached its limit.

Now the Ark Gang wanted to expand, there were three options.

From the direction of the garbage mountain, expand toward the Underhive or the suburbs of the hive city.

Expanding in this direction was extremely dangerous, and it was very likely to collide head-on with the Genestealer cult... and the benefits were not great.

Then there was expanding toward the Upper Hive's ninth district.

This direction was almost impossible; the Governor could tolerate the gang expanding wantonly in the Lower Hive, but that didn't mean he could allow the gang to touch the Upper Hive.

Finally, there was expanding toward the thirteenth district.

The thirteenth district... of all the Lower Hive areas Xiang Xiang Leina knew, this was the most mysterious and dangerous.

It was said that a special cult was entrenched here; they worshipped the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, but there was a deviation from the orthodoxy of the State Church.

Strangely... whether it was the State Church or the hive city authorities, they held an attitude of ignoring this cult.

Xiang Xiang Leina couldn't help but shudder when she thought of the bloody and dark legends of this cult.

If possible, she didn't want to have a head-on conflict with that mysterious cult.

Xiang Xiang Leina sighed, only feeling her head buzzing with pain.

These things had too high a demand for intelligence...

"I don't know when Zhou Yun can come back."

Xiang Xiang Leina leaned on the chair, unable to help but murmur in a low voice.

Zhou Yun's brain was very easy to use, and after several collaborations, Xiang Xiang Leina also found that he was a reliable person.

If he was willing, perhaps she could entrust a part of the Ark Gang's affairs to him to manage.

"I hope he can come back safely... It would be best if he could bring the Warp engine back."

Just when Xiang Xiang Leina was muttering in a low voice, the door of her office was suddenly pushed open.

Xiang Xiang Leina stood up instinctively, psyker light flickering in her eyes, and the temperature in the air seemed to have become colder.

"Boss! Cult leader! Help!"

Then Xiang Xiang Leina saw Ragg's ugly face, scaring her so much that she almost called out a psyker lightning.

However, Ragg's face was full of anxiety, which made Xiang Xiang Leina stunned for a moment.

Ragg ran in, panting and crawling:

"Save... save my One-Eye brother, he and Zhou Yun brother are also good brothers!"

"Old One-Eye? The owner of that tavern?"

Xiang Xiang Leina frowned and looked Ragg up and down.

She understood in an instant; Ragg, this guy, must have sneaked out again and ran to the tavern to slack off.

"A woman wearing a black hood, with iron lumps and machinery all over her eyes, entered Old One-Eye's tavern with a living dagger."

Ragg panted and said urgently:

"Boss, Cult Leader! You old person must save my One-Eye brother; he is a good person!"

Ragg's ugly face was full of pleading.

A woman with mechanical implants on her face...

Living dagger...

Xiang Xiang Leina was slightly stunned; she quickly judged that this was an assassin of the Genestealer cult.

Why did the Genestealers want to assassinate a tavern owner?

Ragg just said... this tavern owner is Zhou Yun's friend?

Could it be that it was related to Zhou Yun...

Xiang Xiang Leina's nerves suddenly tightened.

"Sharp Spear Tavern? Is it under the statue of the Great Angel, right?"

Xiang Xiang Leina grabbed the coat on the chair and put it on, about to walk toward the door...

Suddenly, Xiang Xiang Leina's psyker premonition rang out fiercely.

She faintly saw a bullet shatter the window and shoot through her head——————

Bang!!!!

The sound of a bullet breaking through the air rang out.

Xiang Xiang Leina's body flashed suddenly, rolled on the ground, and hid under the desk.

Ragg on the side was startled by the gunshot, and then hid behind the bookshelf in the corner with a speed that surprised even Xiang Xiang Leina.

This old guy... is really good at saving his life.

Xiang Xiang Leina couldn't help but think in her heart.

"Ragg, you made a contribution this time."

Xiang Xiang Leina leaned against the table and looked at Ragg and said.

If it weren't for Ragg letting Xiang Xiang Leina know about the existence of the Genestealer assassin, awakening Xiang Xiang Leina's vigilance in advance,

Just now, Xiang Xiang Leina could have avoided the fatal part, but she would definitely not have been unscathed.

"Boss." Ragg said with tears in his eyes: "Is this the time to say this?"

"If you old person can let the two of us survive, and by the way, save Old One-Eye brother."

"Even if you let me do hard labor for a lifetime, I will recognize it."

Xiang Xiang Leina's mouth twitched slightly; it seemed that it was indeed the case.

She extended her psyker power to her eyes silently.

Ever since the last time she fought Zhou Yun, Xiang Xiang Leina understood a truth... the power of the bewitching voice is limited.

People with a strong enough will can resist the bewitching voice, and the effect of the bewitching voice will not be very strong when encountering other psykers.

And there is also the type like Zhou Yun who is almost completely immune to the bewitching voice... who knows if there will be others like him.

So Xiang Xiang Leina tried to re-train other aspects of her psyker power... mainly to enhance her flesh through her own will and psyker power.

Xiang Xiang Leina's eyes became extremely sharp, even able to see through the deep darkness.

She saw, about eighty or ninety meters away from the stronghold, on a crooked building common in the hive city, a man holding a refined sniper rifle with a face full of mechanical implants was lying there.

Sanctifier... an assassination master among the Genestealers, the agent of the Genestealer Patriarch's will.

Xiang Xiang Leina made a judgment immediately.

Zhou Yun had previously sold her a book "Genestealer Illustrated Guide That Even a Fool Can Understand."

Now Xiang Xiang Leina already had quite a lot of understanding of the enemy she was about to face.

She did not hesitate, jumped from behind the desk in one step, and rushed toward the window position————

Bang!!! The sound of a bullet breaking through the air rang out again.

Xiang Xiang Leina's pupils suddenly contracted into needles; powerful psyker power turned into a heavy hammer, directly smashing toward the window before her with her as the center.

The window shattered into thousands of glass fragments flying everywhere, and the bullet in mid-air was also flattened by the powerful psyker power released by Xiang Xiang Leina.

Her psyker power then surged into the nerves and muscles of her legs, stimulating the cell structure to change.

Xiang Xiang Leina stepped on the edge of the window and jumped out in one step, like a rabbit jumping fiercely from the grass.

With the help of the counter-impact force of the psyker power, Xiang Xiang Leina rushed toward the Sanctifier who sniped her as if flying in mid-air.

The Sanctifier hurriedly aimed at Xiang Xiang Leina in mid-air, trying to shoot again...

"Put! Down! Weapon!"

Xiang Xiang Leina adjusted her tone in a very short time, making her pronunciation sharp and irresistible.

The Sanctifier's movements suddenly stagnated, and Xiang Xiang Leina arrived before it in the blink of an eye.

The laser flickered in the dark night, piercing through the door of the tavern.

Old One-Eye rushed out from the tavern fiercely.

The space of the tavern door was so narrow, which was too favorable for the agile Sanctifier.

Arriving in the vast outside world, Old One-Eye had more opportunities to play.

Old One-Eye pulled the trigger toward the inside of his tavern, and the laser shot into it like raindrops.

The Sanctifier flashed and dodged in the darkness like a shadow.

The laser beam was indeed fast, but its mechanically modified eyes were enough to capture Old One-Eye's movements before firing, dodging it easily.

Its slender and long body was full of muscles modified by genetics, and every jump was as flexible as a swallow in the air.

The Sanctifier jumped lightly, passed through the laser, and the sharp biological dagger stabbed toward Old One-Eye's chest. Old One-Eye rolled flexibly to dodge, and the biological dagger brushed past him by less than half a centimeter.

The Sanctifier turned around and fiercely stabbed the dagger toward Old One-Eye's face.

Bang!!

The sound of the biological dagger and metal colliding rang out; Old One-Eye raised the laser rifle in his hand and blocked it hard.

This laser rifle made in Cadia did not live up to Old One-Eye's expectations; it was strong enough.

The Sanctifier saw that its attack was blocked, and its fingers began to twist in a way that humans could not understand. In the blink of an eye, it held the dagger backhanded, drew a short curve in the air, and stabbed toward Old One-Eye's chest.

But the dagger only stabbed in less than a finger's width; Old One-Eye was wearing a vest woven from fibers under his body.

The fiber vest, formed by the connection of thousands of cell-like individuals, could harden at the moment of bearing the impact, dispersing the impact brought by the attack.

At the same time, the honeycomb structure made it far lighter than a bulletproof vest.

The common bulletproof vest equipped by the Astra Militarum and PDF was a full five or six kilograms, while the fiber vest was only one kilogram.

Of course, the price was also more expensive.

"It seems that my brother is not so stingy with you."

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The Sanctifier laughed and pulled out the dagger stuck between the fibers, saying in a low voice:

"No wonder you are so loyal to him."

"I am no longer loyal to the Governor." Old One-Eye shook his head and said: "I am now loyal to a greater will."

"I follow the teachings of the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang and use loyalty to redeem the mistakes I once made."

"I also believe in the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang, but I don't believe in a two-armed one." The Sanctifier giggled and said, using a blasphemous joke he didn't know where he learned.

The Sanctifier held the dagger, seemingly not in a hurry to attack.

He was waiting for Old One-Eye to reveal a flaw himself and expose the fatal part.

Old One-Eye couldn't help but leave some sweat on his forehead.

He was an elite in the PDF back then and was trained by the Flax family into a first-class guard.

But now, his age was not small, his physical fitness was not as good as before, and he really couldn't hold up against the attacks of the Sanctifier before him.

"Uncle Radburn, you are old."

The Sanctifier opened his mouth, speaking on behalf of the Underworld Worm behind him:

"How pitiful, it's a pity that I won't be old; I will only become stronger and stronger."

"If there is a chance, I really want to let you see me now; I will make you tremble with fear."

"I will only be angry and guilty that I let an alien like you escape." Old One-Eye said through gritted teeth.

His gaze couldn't help but look around.

What's going on...

Ragg clearly made a gesture before leaving, indicating that he went to move reinforcements... he did indeed run toward the direction of the Ark Gang.

This old thing didn't need to pretend for him, right?

And he still kept two bottles of wine in his own shop... if he died... who would he ask for wine!

So where are the reinforcements?

If that Ark Gang leader were here...

"I sent someone to snipe that Ark Gang leader."

The Sanctifier seemed to see through Old One-Eye's thoughts:

"I don't know if that psyker has any connection with you, but for the sake of caution, to prevent her from intervening, I sent someone to snipe her."

"Killing her might be very difficult, but trapping her is still very simple."

Actually cautious to this extent... Tiberius, you are indeed a member of the Flax family...

Old One-Eye was shocked by the caution of the Genestealer Patriarch; this caution was exactly the same as Governor Augustus Flax.

Old One-Eye's inner wavering was also reflected in his body.

The biological dagger drew a short arc in the air, and a bloodstain suddenly appeared on Old One-Eye's neck.

Old One-Eye covered the wound on his neck and retreated repeatedly.

If he hadn't dodged fast enough, this knife would have already taken Old One-Eye's life.

"It seems you haven't regressed too much, Uncle Radburn."

The Sanctifier said in a low voice:

"Don't you miss the power of your youth? At that time, you were the most admired one among the Governor's Palace guards."

"How many victories did you win in the gladiator cage? Many children of noble families privately admired you and hoped that you would teach them fighting."

The Sanctifier's voice was full of temptation, like a demon's whisper in the dark space:

"Look at what you are doing now? An old man selling inferior wine in a broken tavern in the Lower Hive?"

"If you can tell me who the person who entered the Underhive is, tell me... I can make your body young and powerful again."

"I can do it; you don't understand what a great existence I am serving... That is an existence larger than the entire Empire, His will is stronger than the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's."

Old One-Eye panted, staring fixedly at the Sanctifier.

He knew that the Sanctifier's purpose was not to persuade him, nor was it to waste time talking nonsense.

It was using words to induce Old One-Eye's attention, letting him reveal a flaw, and solving Old One-Eye in the fastest and simplest way.

After all, if they fought head-on, Old One-Eye wouldn't lose immediately.

"Ah..." Old One-Eye let out a low roar, and a strong pain came from his neck.

Neurotoxin, there was neurotoxin on that dagger——————it was waiting for Old One-Eye to be poisoned.

"You are indeed old."

The Sanctifier shook his head helplessly, and the dagger in his hand suddenly stabbed toward Old One-Eye's face——————

Sss!!!

The scorching sound of the laser rifle firing rang out.

The Sanctifier dodged in the first instant, however...

Its arm holding the biological dagger was pierced by the laser and turned into a mass of ashes, disappearing into the air.

How the f*** was I hit? I clearly dodged it!

This doesn't conform to ballistics at all!

This was the first thought that popped into the Sanctifier's brain; it hurriedly turned its head to look at the direction from which the laser came:

"Who!!!"

Only to see a sturdy bald figure over three meters tall standing under the statue of Sanguinius.

"Forgot the front, forgot the back too."

"In short..."

A magnificent voice full of holiness came from the mouth of that sturdy figure:

"Thirty years! First return! Centaur! Gold ring!"

"Great Angel! Heir! Vengeful Spirit! Who died for!"

"Hua Hua Hua Di Huang! Thoughts are like a spring!"

"Warmaster! Ignite the galaxy!"

"Angel! When will you return!"

The Sanctifier used his mechanical eyes to look in astonishment at the sturdy bald man standing under the statue of Sanguinius!

The man's face was exactly the same as Sanguinius on the statue!

"I, Holguinius Lupebal!"

The bald man opened his strong arms holding the laser rifle and said, sharing his made-up name.

"White phosphorus fire torture! You must be subjected to white phosphorus fire torture; even if I don't live, you must be subjected to white phosphorus fire torture!" The winged figure in the white light pointed and scolded.

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