65: Chapter 65 Prison Planet "Zihao"

After a night of chaotic fighting in the Hive City, the rioting Cheng Yus Clones were all eventually killed or subdued.

According to the Cheng Yu's decree, no participants in this Hive City disturbance would be granted amnesty.

They would be sent to the recently conquered "Du Zihao" planet, where they would labor until the end of their lives.

Incidentally, Du Zihao was the foolish cousin Cheng Yu hated most in his past life.

"Du Zihao" is a purely rocky planet. The "profane" Adeptus Mechanicus... which is the opposite of the Dark Mechanicum... had previously terraformed the planet's atmosphere, making it habitable for mining slave laborers.

Including the prisoners already detained in the Hive City, all future criminals will be sent to "Du Zihao" planet to serve their sentences.

Cheng Yu reiterated once again that the legends of the three kingdoms card game could only be used for leisure. While general cards could be bought, sold, or transferred as valuable assets, any form of gambling was prohibited—even skirting the rules was not allowed. Who do they think they're fooling!

If you think it's worth it to play a game of eight-player warfare, earn a measly five credits, and then go rot in a labor camp for thirty years, then by all means, keep gambling.

[The Emperor is wise, the world is at peace!]

A large number of clone corpses were sent to the promethium refineries to serve their final purpose, while the imperial palace was filled with song, dance, and jubilation.

Many soldier Cheng Yus Clones were promoted to officers or even nobles due to their meritorious service in conquering the "Cheng Tianbin" system.

The women in the imperial capital nowadays are quite pragmatic. If you have power and status, they will follow you.

Who has the most power? Government officials and those with titles. If you're just working in the Hive City, you won't be able to find a wife.

Look at this... some officer Cheng Yus Clones hadn't even finished putting on their official uniforms and hats before staff from the "Magpie Bridge Guild" were already approaching them.

...

"Cheng Tianbin" system, third planet.

Fierce winds howled, and the stench of blood and rotting corpses permeated the air.

The heads of the Khorne warriors were piled into a massive trophy mound.

The skins of the Chaos cultists were sewn into a massive banner flapping in the wind... [Governor, Imperial Envoy, Eunuch, Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Years, General Who Stirs Awe].

The tassels on the great banner spun restlessly amidst the gale and the scent of blood.

[Superintendent, these captives are the last of the Khorne remnants.]

[They... will they still not surrender even in death?]

Palace Attendant Cheng Yu's figure was hidden in the shadow of the great banner, his voice sharp and ethereal, like a vengeful ghost.

[Yes, Superintendent. The Chaos Warband can resurrect in Warp, so they have nothing to fear.]

[Oh?] Palace Attendant Cheng Yu let out a "cackle, cackle, cackle" laugh, [Where is my Necron Rifle Squad?]

[Here, sir!]

[Let them taste... a fate worse than death... hehehe...]

[Understood!]

The Khorne warriors were hung up one by one. Their bodies, strengthened by Chaos, were extremely robust and would not die easily from hanging.

[Bang, bang bang!]

Gunfire erupted. The bodies of the Chaos Warriors were dissolved and absorbed by matter-disintegration rays, but soon, energy from Warp repaired their bodies again.

The Chaos Warriors cursed these clones with the most vicious language, but if curses had any effect, the galaxy would have been at peace long ago.

[You children keep fighting. I'm tired; I'm going back to the starship to lie down for a while.]

[Farewell, Godfather.] Palace Attendant Cheng Yu's ten foster sons, the "Five Tigers and Five Panthers," bowed in unison.

The Necron Rifle Squad fired in turns, continuously tormenting the Chaos Warband captives.

After about half a standard Terra hour, one Khorne warrior finally couldn't take it anymore, [Stop shooting! I'll confess! I know where that creation from the Dark Age of Technology is.]

Headless Cheng Yu instantly appeared before this Khorne warrior, sniffing at him with his non-existent head, [I smell... the scent of a lie.]

[You grandson of a Nurgling, you're lying!]

The Khorne warrior said, [I used to be a loyalist, but I was dragged into this by these sons of bitches who were only loyal on the surface. I'm willing to defect to you!]

[That thing is stored in a special container called "Blackstone." Neither conventional scans nor psychic scans work on it; you have to find it with the naked eye. I know roughly where it is!]

["Blackstone"?] Headless Cheng Yu tilted his invisible head, [That material isn't easy to find... So, that STC isn't very big, is it?]

[It's not an STC; it's even more miraculous than that. It's a causality-manipulating creation from the Dark Age of Technology—it's a divine artifact! You're not... high-ranking enough to hear about it. Call your master over... No, wait, let me down first!]

[I'm listening!] Palace Attendant Cheng Yu's head suddenly emerged from the neck of Headless Cheng Yu.

[If you tell us, can you trade it for a way out?]

[There are many ways out... it depends on what you can offer in exchange.]

The Chaos Space Marine looked up at the boundless starry sky.

It remembered the Great Emperor's purge of the Thunder Warriors.

It remembered Warmaster Horus's betrayal of the loyalist Astartes;

It remembered the folly of Magnus's psychic phone call, and it remembered its own life as an "angel," constantly fighting from the moment of its birth, without end.

One betrayal, a lifetime of disloyalty.

My disloyalty shall be judged by the Inquisition.

Who shall judge the disloyalty of gods?!

Screw it.

If a man doesn't look out for himself, heaven and earth will destroy him.

[I'll tell you everything...]

Five minutes later, the entire garrison, colony ships, special operations battalions, and even a newlywed couple who hadn't yet consummated their marriage in the "Cheng Tianbin" system were mobilized.

[May the Emperor live forever, may the Empire rule over all directions. The Nine Thousand Nine Hundred Year Old has ordered everyone to deploy immediately. Find a door, cave, or well with three obsidian markings at the entrance. Report immediately upon finding it; the reward is one hundred million!]

Billions of Cheng Yus Clones and outsiders searched every mountain and sea across all planets and moons. Finally, a day later, they found a... shipping container with three obsidians embedded in the door.

The lucky person who won the one hundred million, making everyone so jealous their eyes bled, was none other than the newlywed Cheng Yus Clones.

Could it be that marriage... really can make one's life lucky?

The "Imperial Truth" does not deceive its clones!

[What is this?]

The Blackstone box, capable of blocking all scanning methods, was handed to Palace Attendant Cheng Yu. When he opened it, he found only an ordinary... jade seal inside.

Furthermore, looking at the material, the jade was similar to Xiuyan jade, a mineral found everywhere in the universe.

[Careful, Godfather. Divine objects often hide their true nature!] Old Puppet Cheng Yu warned.

[What is so miraculous about this divine object?] Palace Attendant Cheng Yu asked the Chaos Warrior gloomily.

[Hehe, if I tell you, can I trade it for a good way out?] The Chaos Warrior Vorax Volrs began to raise the stakes.

[I guarantee you a position as a Governor.]

[Thank you, Godfather! Thank you, Godfather!] Vorax kowtowed repeatedly, cracking his Chaos Warrior helmet, [The function of this divine object is...]