Standard Terran Calendar 41
Tempest Star Region, Torrent Star Region, Michelle Galaxy
The flagship of Reza's exploration fleet, the Meteorite, was floating in the void at the moment, surrounded by only some asteroid fragments and two lifeless, desolate planets.
At this moment, not only it, but also the fleet is stagnant in the void, seeming to be repairing, or waiting.
And inside the Meteorite, a purging storm that many people didn't expect was going on.
"I swear!"
The man huddled in the corner like a mouse shivered and screamed. His body was shriveled, and there were many nerve interfaces on his body, some of which were even leaking pus.
"I swear I have told you everything I know, Great Sage."
The cell was small enough to handcuff the prisoner to the wall, and he blinked in the light that suddenly came in from the open door.
The commander of the exploration fleet, the exploration sage Deeji Katona, stood at the door, and the light reflected his silhouette in robes.
Then he stepped forward, and due to the height, he could only look down at the other person.
"Traitor, I have no reason to believe you. How many methods did Mars use to bribe you?"
The prisoner breathed in the fresh air, sweat streaming down his face - he originally had components to regulate his body temperature, but after he was caught, all mechanical things were stripped away from him.
And the cell was extremely hot. Because it was close to the engine, the temperature here even gave people the illusion of being in a hot pot.
Despite this, the man with only one eye was still trembling, his eye flashing around as if looking for a way out.
He was originally an engineer with a good future. If this exploration can yield results, then he may have the opportunity to reach a higher level when he returns to his home planet——
There is a very strict hierarchical system within the Mechanicus. The technical priest system alone includes the most senior casting director and deputy casting director. Each deputy casting director can dispatch any type of sage, and the sage can command his subordinates. The data craftsman, the electric monk, the craftsman, the thought machine monk, the rune machine monk, the relic protector, the message machine monk, the technical wizard, the recycler, the master of the source of power, the ruler, the supervisor, and the tranquility. There are stagnant scribes and technical ascetics, etc., and under these people, there are all kinds of priests, and under the priests there are a large number of apprentices.
Just beginning to understand the towering and towering structural levels of the Adeptus Mechanicus is already far beyond the limit of human brain processing capabilities, and the vast majority of Mechanicus believers spend their lives trying to climb up, because a higher status can bring Come with more knowledge, and more knowledge represents more powerful technological power, and those powers can buy you a longer life than ordinary people. (Roughly speaking, it is the underworld cultivation system)
Originally, this man had a shortcut that was easier to take than others, but he still wanted to go faster, so he chose a more dangerous path.
Become a traitor and an agent.
"I only know that Rand Chaney from the biological laboratory is also an undercover agent of Mars. Other than that, I really don't know anything else."
"I have arrested eleven undercover agents like you, but you say you only know one."
Deejay Katona sneered and made the sound of gears turning.
"It seems that I haven't suffered enough yet."
"Great Sage, I've told you everything! What else do you want from me? What else?"
The prisoner yelled loudly. He had had enough of the inhuman torture.
But Deejay Katona looked at him without any mercy, because from the moment the fleet set off, he knew clearly that there would be many moles and undercover agents in many forging worlds, including Mars, whether for stealing technology or spying. The reason for the intelligence has always been to find ways to win over traitors or install spies on Reza's own planet. This matter is almost an open secret among the planet's top brass. Even among Reza's sage class, several traitors have been discovered.
Of course, Reza was not without counterattack. They also spread a lot of spies in most of the forging worlds, including Mars. The operation to catch the mole this time was due to the intelligence coming from Mars.
This is the struggle within the Mechanicus. There is me among you, and you among me. It is secretive but extremely cruel. The intensity of the struggle is no less than the battle with aliens and heretics. Anyone who is discovered will not have a good end, and even more Many people disappeared without a trace.
Even in Deejay Katona's view, even the technical heretics are not as hateful and cruel as these undercover agents and traitors.
This exploration operation is crucial to Reza's future development. The foundry director had a long talk with him before setting off. The director believed that chaos in the galaxy has emerged, and there is likely to be a war that affects the entire empire and even the entire galaxy in the future. This If this salvage yields significant results, then they may be able to establish long-term cooperation with the ancient founding group of the Blood Angels, which can greatly strengthen Reza's defense capabilities and the voice within the Mechanicus.
Therefore, this operation must not go wrong.
As soon as Deejay Katona set sail, he quietly arranged for his cronies to start monitoring and investigating the personnel in the fleet, and soon identified some traitors lurking in the fleet. But the only thing that made him angry was that even the surveillance he sent There were traitors among them, which caused his arrest to be delayed for a period of time. It was very likely that these traitors had sent the information to their master——
He was sure that these undercover agents were not all from Mars. There must be people from other worlds, even hidden deeper.
"Great Sage, please, I'll tell you everything I know! Everything is more than you want!"
Deejay Katona felt completely indifferent to the rising temperatures. His sensors told him that his internal body temperature was even much higher than the highest temperature of ordinary humans, but now that he had given up most of his body's weaknesses , these are no longer important to him.
Listening to this man's wailing, Deejay Katona looked back.
He was not alone in Tarr's cell.
Behind Deejay Katona, the technician standing at the door of the cell came forward. He was wearing a red robe with black edges, but his movements were awkward, like a man whose body was still natural, and one of his hands had a Wearing a pair of carefully crafted gloves, a bunch of knives protruded from the palm.
"This is a geneticist. He can inspire you and remind you of the past that you have forgotten...Although I have sacrificed a lot for the machine, I have not gotten rid of human weaknesses. It is these weaknesses that compel me to respect the physical integrity of my fellow human beings, and therefore I was previously unwilling to allow him to use his little tricks on you.”
The man trembled when he saw the surgical tool on Geneshi's body that resembled a torture device.
"Great Sage! What do you want me to say! Tell me and I will say it! I will admit everything! I will do what you say!"
But Deejay Katona turned to the technician behind him and handed down his sentence to the prisoner.
"Do it."
