Fenris.
When Russ returned, he didn't just bring the STCs Li Feng had given him back to Fenris; he also brought the secret recipe for hotpot base back to his icy world.
Fenris is a harsh planet with strong Norse mythology characteristics (New God of War).
As a planet composed of ice and fire, Fenris orbits its star once every 3-4 years.
During the summer months, volcanoes erupt, spewing lava flows that turn vast areas into seas of fire and 'boil' the oceans, causing massive floods and tides.
When the planet enters its long winter, temperatures drop so low that most of its surface freezes, making Fenris appear like an ice ball from orbit.
The locals enjoy a peaceful life of fishing, drinking, sailing, procreating, plundering, or conquering other tribes. Their lifespans are typically short because they must share this world with trolls, yetis, wolves as large as horses, giant wolves as large as tanks, bears as large as houses, whales that kill for sport, and various sea monsters.
The weather on Fenris is extremely cold. How to put it? Taking a deep breath on Fenris is like committing suicide, because the warm lungs suddenly inhale a large amount of cold air. The irritating cough caused by inhaling cold air increases blood vessel pressure, leading to blood vessel rupture and bleeding. Once bleeding starts, it causes more coughing, which ruptures more blood vessels, leading to massive pulmonary hemorrhage, and then the person chokes to death. (Commonly known as 'exploding lungs').
And on such a planet, eating hotpot becomes especially important. The children looked at the hundreds of boxes of hotpot base and a pile of STCs their gene-father brought back from Terra... These children of Fenris, as expected, threw aside the priceless STCs and set up a dozen large pots to cook hotpot in the snowy Fenris.
The warriors ate super spicy hotpot base in the ice and snow, rinseing venison, and drinking Fenris mead (according to the novel's description, it tasted like industrial alcohol mixed with window cleaner). Russ, at this moment, was embracing his children, drinking and eating meat heartily.
Little Russ landed on Fenris, and a passing she-wolf found and adopted the infant Primarch, so he was truly raised by a Space Wolf. At this moment, a huge dreadnought was pushed over by several warriors of the Wolf Chapter, and when Russ and the Wolf Guard who had followed Russ into the Warp for ten thousand years saw the dreadnought, they were stunned.
(Damn it, His Imperial Majesty? It's after you worshipped him as a god that the Empire became such a mess! --- An unnamed veteran of the Wolf Chapter, ten thousand years old).
They smelled it, they smelled that scent... It was Bjorn, the only member of Leman Russ's personal Wolf Guard who was left behind when Russ went to the Eye of Terror, left alone to guard the Space Wolves for ten thousand years. And now he lay in the dreadnought, half-dead, looking at the Wolf King and his brothers, who were as young as they were ten thousand years ago.
His mission was to watch over the Wolf Chapter, to guard the home for Russ's return.
He guarded it for a full ten thousand years.
Bjorn's gaze, through the dreadnought's viewport, fell upon Russ. His voice was deep and hoarse, bearing the marks of time: "Wolf King... you have finally returned."
Russ's fists clenched, grinding. He looked at the dreadnought before him, at Bjorn's body, which had been silent for ten thousand years, and suddenly burst into laughter: "Why aren't you speaking! Aren't you happy to see me? I'm back! We're all back!"
The Wolf Guard who had returned from the Warp were now in tears. They came forward and surrounded Bjorn, and the shouts of countless brothers left the old warrior lying in the dreadnought speechless for a long time.
Bjorn's voice carried an undisguised mix of excitement and sorrow:
"Father... I guarded all of this, I guarded our home. But I did not guard the Empire well... Look... the Empire now..."
Russ sighed softly, patted Bjorn's dreadnought, a trace of melancholy flashing in his eyes, and then... "Hahahaha! See! Haven't I returned! Khan... and Konrad Curze! Uncle Li (and Mother) said that that annoying Guilliman will also return later! We're all back! You don't have to worry!"
...The day they left Terra,
Li Feng and Sanguinius were driving a golf cart with Russ inside the Imperial Palace, with several boxes of hotpot base in the back seat. Russ was sitting in the car, feeling a bit conflicted.
He had actually seen Bjorn on the day of the return celebration. When he saw Bjorn in the dreadnought, in that state... the feeling of owing him for ten thousand years immediately overwhelmed Russ's heart... "Mother... Uncle Li, is there any way... to make the person in the dreadnought... again..."
"Are you talking about Bjorn?" Li Feng said from the front seat, gripping the steering wheel. When Russ, who appeared outwardly boisterous but was inwardly meticulous, mentioned the dreadnought, Li Feng guessed what Russ meant.
"Yes..." Russ was not surprised that Li Feng could guess his thoughts. As his mother's boyfriend... he must have some tricks up his sleeve.
This point was confirmed by Khan and Russ after watching videos of Li Feng's "Four Crossings of Frax River" and the Battle of Gravelax. The two Primarchs determined that this "Uncle Li" was simply a Malcador without psychic powers.
"I might need to research this with the Adeptus Mechanicus... and it might also require the help of some people..."
"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Hearing Li Feng, this "omnissiah," agree, Russ immediately beamed with joy, but... Li Feng held up a finger, making a "stop" gesture, and said with his back to Russ: "But there are conditions... Wife, which way do we go next?"
Sanguinius: "Turn left ahead."
Soon the golf cart stopped at the door of a room. Seeing Li Feng and Sanguinius get out of the golf cart, Russ also followed them out and came to the room door.
For some reason, Russ always felt that... there was something very bad behind the door. He looked at his mother and Stepfather in front of him. These two wouldn't harm him... would they?
But as the door was pushed open by Sanguinius, Russ's pupils contracted directly when he saw the two battle banners, weapons, and power armour in the room. Sanguinius then said: "Let's talk... What happened with the Second and Eleventh Legions?"
(The following stories about the Second and Eleventh Legions and the Primarchs are the author's private settings. A short storyline from the 30K era will begin below, and this storyline is also one of the major hidden plotlines of this text.)
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