"Did you find the information you wanted?"
Zhou Yun looked Malkit and Monger over. They held a parchment scroll and a data slate in their hands.
Malkit nodded, seeming to study Zhou Yun as well.
Monger, standing beside him, voiced the question on both their minds. "Where are the weapons you wanted?"
There was no sign of a whole warehouse's worth of weapons on Zhou Yun, not even an automatic pistol.
"I already moved them all." Zhou Yun said with a smile.
His haul from the PDF warehouse had been considerable.
The system Ashford was located in was known as the "Shield of Stygia."
The system itself existed as a shield protecting the Baal System, where the Blood Angels homeworld was located.
Over the long years, the Shield of Stygia had intercepted Aeldari, Chaos rebels, and Ork hordes.
The local PDF had long since been hardened into a capable fighting force, and their equipment was far superior to that of ordinary PDF forces.
Zhou Yun had found not only five hundred Agrippina Type 3 Automatic Rifles in the warehouse, but also two hundred M40 Armageddon Pattern rifles and U90 Assault Cannons.
There were even fifty Catreal Pattern M36 Lasguns, standard issue for the Cadian Shock Troops.
This made Zhou Yun click his tongue slightly. The Cadian Shock Troops were among the very best in the Astra Militarum. PDF forces could not even begin to compare.
For a single PDF outpost in Ashford to have fifty of their standard lasguns, Zhou Yun could barely suppress the smile at the corner of his mouth.
Monger froze when he saw Zhou Yun's irrepressible smile. He quickly headed for the PDF warehouse, then returned a moment later in shock.
"Empty! The PDF warehouse is empty?!"
Monger took a deep breath and could not help asking:
"Did you really move an entire warehouse of weapons? Where did you put them?"
Then he shook his head and said to himself, "Forget it. I won't pry into your affairs."
Zhou Yun gave Monger a strange look.
Why did he feel like this guy had misunderstood something?
"I don't have many secrets." Zhou Yun scratched his head.
"Neither does the First Legion," the winged figure in the white light said faintly.
Monger did not respond to Zhou Yun's remark. Instead, he handed the data slate in his hand to Zhou Yun.
"This is the map of Old Sector Eight, as I promised you."
Zhou Yun accepted the map from Monger. Every street in Old Sector Eight was clearly displayed on it.
He easily found the location of the Corpse Guild.
According to the information Old One-Eye had provided, the notebook belonging to Ignis Carcass should be in the Corpse Guild.
A satisfied smile curled across Zhou Yun's lips.
Coming to Old Sector Eight this time had been the right choice. He had gained a great deal.
He used the Ring of Passage to open a tunnel leading to the rear of the PDF outpost.
That was where the urban district of Old Sector Eight lay. Previously, the collapsed mountain of rubble had kept both scavengers and gang members from entering.
The streets of this urban district were much wider than those of the lower hive, broad enough for three or four vehicles to drive side by side.
Neatly arranged high-rises stood along the streets, stretching endlessly into the distance before vanishing into darkness.
The entire city was silent and unlit, sending a chill down one's spine.
Malkit gave Zhou Yun a slight nod, then turned and led Monger toward the street swallowed by darkness. Their figures disappeared into the distance.
Watching the two vanish, Zhou Yun could not help shaking his head.
No matter what the two wanted to do, they probably would not succeed.
Even without Zhou Yun, they would eventually have found a way into the PDF outpost, found the information they wanted, and obtained what they were looking for.
But in Zhou Yun's memories, Ashford had never suffered a large-scale Chaos invasion before its destruction.
In other words, whatever plans Monger and Malkit had, they would most likely fail in the end.
Even if they succeeded—
Zhou Yun thought of the massive free-for-all that would soon unfold in the Stygian System between the Blood Angels, the Adepta Sororitas, Astra Militarum, Necrons, and the Tyranid Leviathan Fleet.
Adding Chaos to the mix did not seem so bad. Those two useless cultists, Monger and Malkit, could not summon much of Nurgle's legion anyway.
And in the eyes of The Great Devourer, Chaos was inedible trash and a predator competing with it for food.
Chaos saw The Great Devourer much the same way: a soulless thing, a beast fighting them over food.
If the two encountered each other, they would most likely fight.
When the time came, it was not impossible that Chaos would guard the borders while the Tyranids died for the realm.
"Forget it." Zhou Yun shook his head. None of this had anything to do with him.
He probably would not have anything more to do with those two cultists.
Zhou Yun gathered his thoughts and looked at the vast quantity of firearms in the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.
[Item Name: Agrippina Type 3 Infantry Automatic Rifle] [Origin: Cadia Sector - Agrippina System - Agrippina] [Description: A common infantry automatic rifle produced on Agrippina. It has only the most basic iron sights, and is heavy with considerable recoil.] "Evaluation: The weight of an infantry automatic rifle is reassuring." [Production Date: 765.M41] [Condition: Ninety percent new, used by the PDF] [Value: 2,500 yuan] [Item Name: M40 Armageddon Pattern Automatic Rifle] [Origin: Armageddon System - Armageddon] [Description: A common infantry automatic rifle produced on Armageddon. Loud, simple, and deadly, it deals increased damage to Orks.] "Evaluation: Soldiers who followed the legendary commissar Yarrick used this weapon. The Orks reckon this infantry automatic rifle packs quite a punch." [Production Date: 865.M41] [Condition: Ninety percent new, used by the PDF] [Value: 3,000 yuan] "Name: U90 Assault Cannon." "Price: 3,000 yuan." "Name: Catreal Pattern M36 Lasgun." "Price: 5,000 yuan"
Zhou Yun counted on his fingers. Aside from the two hundred Agrippina Type 3 Infantry Automatic Rifles sold to the Lag Gang, the remaining weapons could bring in a full 1.6 million from the Fourth-Dimensional Pocket.
A fortune!
Zhou Yun could not help licking his lips. If he looted another seven or eight PDF outposts, he could save enough for an Anywhere Door.
But he quickly dismissed the idea.
It was not because he was afraid. With 1.6 million in hand to exchange for new items, plus Body Clay to conceal his identity and the Psykana Cap to teleport away, he still had a chance of stealing equipment from PDF outposts.
The main issue was that the current governor, Augustus "Reincarnated Wanli" Flax, did not care much about the PDF. It was hard to say how much good equipment the PDF still had, and the risks simply did not match the rewards.
Most importantly, no matter how much Augustus Flax slacked off, if Zhou Yun robbed the equipment from seven or eight PDF outposts at once, he would definitely set his sights on him.
In Zhou Yun's memories, that guy had secretly assembled a private force of psykers from somewhere.
Not just one psyker, but an organized private army of them. A group of psykers was far more formidable than the PDF.
Zhou Yun also strongly suspected that the governor had not built his private psyker force through particularly loyal means.
"So, what are you planning to do next?" the winged figure in the white light asked.
"First, I'll find the notebook Old One-Eye wants in the Corpse Guild."
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