Chapter 9: The Unrivaled Lion's Flying Head Fist!

Relying on a pack of lho-sticks, Zhou Yun squeezed into this small hut belonging to a hive worker.

This hut was built by the hive worker himself in the narrow gap between two buildings, so slender that the interior space was only wide enough for two people.

After pointing out the location of the bedroom to Zhou Yun, the hive worker who had yielded the house to him left the building alone, saying he intended to stay at a friend's place for the night.

Zhou Yun climbed up the ladder spanning the center of the house to reach the small bed on the second floor.

Before entering Old District Eight, he still needed to make some preparations.

Zhou Yun took out the two items he possessed from his four-dimensional pocket:

the Anywhere Ring, capable of penetrating walls to help Zhou Yun explore sealed areas,

and the Air Gun Potion, which, when dripped onto a finger, could fire invisible shockwaves.

For a long time, Zhou Yun had relied on these two items to survive in the Underhive,

but the Genestealers encountered during his last exploration of the Derelict Hive had aroused his vigilance.

He felt it was time to exchange for a few more items.

He gazed into the four-dimensional pocket and connected to the Future Department Store.

Zhou Yun selected several practical items he could currently afford to exchange for:

【Item Name: Esper Hat】

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

【Production Time: 261. M3】

【Function: A hat with a hand on top; after putting it on, one can use X-ray vision, telekinesis, and teleportation, but these cannot be used easily, requiring a period of practice and consuming significant mental energy.】

"Price: 130,000"

"Item Name: Body Clay"

"Origin: 22nd Century Earth — Future Department Store"

"Production Time: 255. M3"

"Function: A type of clay that can be freely reshaped; by smearing it onto a person's body, various forms can be created, while also providing a certain degree of protective capability."

"Price: 60,000"

"Item Name: Famous Blade · Dian Guang Wan"

"Origin: 22nd Century Earth — Future Department Store"

"Production Time: 255. M3"

"Function: Shaped like a katana, it theoretically parries all sword techniques of an opponent, ensuring the user never loses in a swordsmanship contest; however, the blade itself can hardly inflict damage, at most only knocking enemies unconscious, and its battery life is limited, rendering it unusable for a period once depleted."

Looking at these three items, Zhou Yun fell into contemplation.

The Famous Blade · Dian Guang Wan was clearly the one with the highest ceiling among them; theoretically, as long as he held this sword before it ran out of power, Zhou Yun would possess top-tier swordsmanship and would not fail in any combat related to swordplay.

Even if he faced Lucius, the renowned swordsman famous within the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's Children, he could exchange several moves with him relying on this blade.

But in terms of current practicality, it could not compare to the Esper Hat.

This hat would allow Zhou Yun to simultaneously possess three psychic abilities: X-ray vision, teleportation, and telekinesis, effectively granting him powers similar to psykers.

Moreover, these three abilities could be improved to a certain extent through Zhou Yun's training.

Finally, there was the Body Clay; this thing could provide Zhou Yun with a certain protective effect, but most importantly, it could be used to alter his appearance and physique to move while hiding his identity.

This way, he wouldn't have to worry about being held in grudges by cults, gangs, mutants, and the like. Zhou Yun sighed; the ceiling of the Famous Blade · Dian Guang Wan was indeed high, qualifying it as half a conceptual divine weapon,

but the problem was that its battery life was also a metaphysical issue; in Zhou Yun's impression, this thing often cut power at fixed moments, and the blade itself lacked lethality, with its durability also being highly questionable.

Indeed, the Esper Hat and Body Clay were more practical.

"Your ordered Esper Hat and Body Clay have been shipped."

"Your ordered Esper Hat and Body Clay have arrived; please sign for receipt."

Looking at his savings, which in an instant were reduced to mere leftovers, the corner of Zhou Yun's eye twitched slightly.

He could only pin his hopes on this exploration of Old District Eight bringing him sufficient gains.

Zhou Yun took out these two newly exchanged items from his four-dimensional pocket.

The Body Clay was a pile of gray-green clay contained in a cylindrical jar with a diameter of one and a half meters, while the Esper Hat was a hat featuring a white right hand.

Zhou Yun took some clay from the jar and tentatively stuck it onto his skin.

The moment this gray-green clay touched Zhou Yun's skin, it changed to a color similar to his own, covering the surface as if a tumor had grown on Zhou Yun's body.

He attempted to smear this clay all over his body, pinch by pinch molding it into the shape of muscles.

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Before long, Zhou Yun, who originally had the physique of a normal human, transformed into a huge fellow over two meters tall with developed muscles.

With such a physique, if he donned a suit of power armor, he might perhaps be mistaken for the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's Muscle Bros—oh no, for the Hua Hua Hua Di Huang's Angels of Death.

But after waving his arms a few times, Zhou Yun confirmed that these muscles molded from the clay possessed form but absolutely no strength.

"For becoming an Astartes, you are too old," the winged figure within the Bai Guang said, shaking his head.

Zhou Yun nodded in agreement.

The vast majority of Chapters chose adolescents between the ages of ten and fourteen, at the latest before sixteen and still in puberty, for the implantation of gene-seeds.

By the time one reached eighteen, the mortality rate for gene-seed implantation would become very high, making success nearly impossible.

Even Kor Phaeron, the adoptive father of the former Primarch Lorgar of the Word Bearers Legion, had barely managed to catch up to an ordinary Space Marine only through extensive flawed bionic modifications and chemical drugs.

And subsequent facts proved that making him a Space Marine was a mistake.

Zhou Yun shook his head, removed some of the clay muscles from his body, and returned his height to that of an ordinary person.

Then he smeared the remaining clay onto his face, molding himself into a different appearance.

It was a European face with thick dark-golden hair and a dense beard, resembling a majestic lion, profound as if forged from the depths of the darkest forest.

"?"

A giant golden question mark appeared above the head of the winged figure in the white light.

"Lionel?" The voice of the winged figure in the white light grew somewhat sharp: "You sculpted a face of Lionel?"

"What, you can be a Seraph, but I cannot be the Lion King?"

Zhou Yun touched the face of the Great Lion he had sculpted in imitation of Primarch Lion El'Jonson of the First Legion and nodded with satisfaction.

He waved his slightly enlarged fist, muttering things like "Unrivaled Lion Flying Head Fist!", "The First Legion has no secrets!", "I should be the Warmaster of the Empire!", or even "Ruth!"

The winged figure in the white light fell silent for a moment; after a long time, he finally could not help but say:

"I am already considering reporting you to the Dark Angels."

"Perhaps I should also report you to the Space Wolves."

I must play Space Marine 2 immediately!

(End of this chapter)