Buying Sunflower Seeds for a Fool

Lena noticed Zhou Yun's gaze, It was the look one gives a fool, full of pity, amusement, and mockery.

Lena even read words from Zhou Yun's gaze: What a good child, too bad he's an idiot.

Before Lena could speak, Zhou Yun shifted his chair forward and spoke first.

"Do you want some sunflower seeds?" he asked Lena earnestly. "According to the customs of my hometown, after teasing an idiot, you're supposed to buy them sunflower seeds."

Looking at Zhou Yun's sincere expression, Lena felt a surge of anger, her face burning.

"I'm serious," she gritted out. "You should be a little more serious too."

"I am serious. Actually, I have an idea too."

Zhou Yun couldn't help but smile and said, "How about we save up some money and build a border wall on the Asphodel frontier, keeping all those Tyranids outside the wall."

"To develop tourism in the future, we can even tile this border wall inch by inch."

Lena clenched her fists, her face turning red.

She took a deep breath and said, word by word, "I really want to blast your mouth into mincemeat with a Psykana cannon shell."

"Then you'll have to get in line," Zhou Yun said with a smile.

Lena snorted and looked at Zhou Yun. "I am already building that Ark."

"Hm?" Zhou Yun raised an eyebrow.

"Seven or eight years ago, based on a prophecy, I found the wreckage and blueprints of an old slave ship."

Lena looked at Zhou Yun and said, "The structure of the slave ship wasn't complicated, and it didn't have many weapon systems; it was used by merchants back then."

"As long as there are enough of them, even Hive City workers can build it."

"Since the Ark Gang was founded, I've been organizing people to build this Ark, and it's nearing completion now."

As if to prevent Zhou Yun from asking questions, Lena spoke almost without taking a breath, "The slave ship itself was designed to transport more people, and it can even be squeezed further, enough to hold the population of the several sectors currently ruled by the Ark Gang."

"I don't plan on long-distance voyages, only a short trip to the Baal System. The entire journey won't be too long, and the supply issue will be easy to solve."

Looking at Lena's serious expression, Zhou Yun couldn't help but rub his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

Something's wrong, very wrong.

Although there were many flaws, this plan did have some feasibility, That's assuming the biggest problem is ignored.

"You're not planning to rely on the engines to fly to Baal through the material universe, are you?"

Zhou Yun lowered his hand from his temples and tapped the table, asking.

"Navigator, Gellar Field, or Warp engine. Do you have any of them?"

"No navigator."

Lena shook her head.

"But the distance from the Stygian System to Baal isn't that far. This is just a short voyage. Many merchant ships navigate using complex and tedious stellar triangulation."

"I have received systematic mathematical education, and many Hive City workers have a mathematical background. The Baal System is also a neighboring system. We can cooperate to calculate the precise coordinates."

"Gellar Field. I have my own way of solving it."

Lena paused here.

"Do you know what the Gellar Field generator draws power from?"

Hearing Lena's question, Zhou Yun was stunned.

"Psykers, drawing power from unconscious psykers."

Zhou Yun said in a low voice, "Psykers can weaken the barrier between reality and the Warp. In reality, it manifests as Warp incursions into the material universe."

"But conversely, in the Warp, psykers can also create a small bubble of reality."

"You're looking at one right in front of you," Lena pointed to herself.

She said softly, "We don't have a Gellar Field generator, but if my Psykana is drawn continuously, we can create a Gellar Field sufficient for a short voyage."

Lena said this very calmly.

But without a Gellar Field generator, crudely outputting Psykana to create a Gellar Field is an extremely dangerous act.

It's almost like using a psyker as a disposable item.

Even for a short voyage, Lena would most likely fall into madness or die directly after completing it.

"Are you planning to cosplay the Emperor?" Zhou Yun looked at Lena, his voice calm.

"No one can imitate the Emperor. What I have to sacrifice is insignificant compared to what He has already sacrificed."

Lena lowered her head slightly, her fingers gently stroking the Scripture of the Word tattoo on her cheek.

"." Zhou Yun sized Lena up for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "That's the truth."

"A good child, full of good intentions," the winged figure in the white light said softly from the corner of Zhou Yun's eye.

"Many terrible things in the Galaxy begin with a little bit of good intention."

Zhou Yun said inwardly to the winged figure in the white light:

"Like Magnus's Psykana cannon, like Angron being forced to take the Butcher's Nails to protect his companions, like the Ultramarines and Word Bearers at Calth."

The winged figure in the white light did not retort.

Zhou Yun withdrew his gaze from him and looked at Lena in front of him. "Then, what about the Warp engine?"

"Don't tell me you plan to tear open a gateway into the Warp with your own Psykana."

Lena shook her head. "I don't have a Warp engine yet, but I know where to find one."

"At the very bottom of the Hive City, the Warp engine from Asphodel's first colony ship is still there."

"Where did you get that information?" Zhou Yun frowned and asked.

Asphodel's first colony ship, Asphodel, was colonized during the Dark Age!

"The Emperor's revelation to me," Lena said confidently, her head held high.

Bang!!!

Zhou Yun punched Lena on the head, producing a crisp sound.

Does it sound good? If it sounds good, it's a good head!

"Ah! Why did you hit me!" Lena clutched her head, looking at Zhou Yun with a wronged expression.

"You asked me to come here, not to have me go to the underhive to find that Warp engine that might not even exist."

Zhou Yun said, his mouth twitching. He regretted not trying harder earlier and just beating this stupid illegal psyker, whose brain had been ruined by religion, to death.

"That was the initial plan," Lena said softly.

Zhou Yun raised his fist again.

"Don't hit, don't hit, don't hit!"

Lena quickly waved her hands.

"I didn't plan for you to go directly. I just wanted to talk to you first."

"After all, even if you went, you probably wouldn't find the location of that engine."

Lena paused.

"I know someone who can confirm whether the Warp engine exists and its location."

Zhou Yun frowned. "Where is that person?"

Lena pointed her finger towards the ceiling.

"She's in the Upper Hive and is considered a mathematician."

"I hope she's not studying numerology."