After entering the door, the three of them walked along the stairs for three minutes. The road was completely in darkness, and even the visual aid function of the helmet could not penetrate it. It was easy for a normal person to become completely disoriented.
In fact, even Soshyan only had a vague idea of the environment they were in. He was convinced that they were walking downward, at least a hundred meters underground.
After descending the last flight of stairs, they came to a long dark corridor that, through the dim light from the helmet, Soshyan guessed looked to be at least a kilometer long.
At this time, Talos suddenly asked:
"Kayon, the Stryxis United Chamber of Commerce you just mentioned is not a Stryxis person, is it?"
Kayon's answer was also very direct.
"That's them."
There are many aliens in the galaxy, and even the files of the Space Marines may not be fully recorded. At least Soshyan has no impression of what they said.
"Talos, what are the Stryxis?"
"A nomadic alien, usually appearing as merchants, wanderers, or even slave traders and pirates, in the Great Vortex, Obscure Sector, Cronos Expansion on the border of Calixis Sector, and occasionally I can encounter them...I have encountered them several times. Sometimes I kill them directly, and sometimes I make deals with them. This mysterious race lives in a fleet of strangely constructed merchant ships called three-masted ships. , and are very interested in trading with people who meet them. I have to say that their products are indeed the most abundant I have ever seen. As long as the price can be determined, there are very few things that they cannot offer... .
As he spoke, Talos seemed to fall into some kind of memory.
"...once Ma Kuchen was infected by some kind of terrible alien virus. We spent a lot of money to get a bottle of ancient Eldar secret medicine from those guys to save Ma Kuchen, and those guys Because of the extensive travels, we have obtained countless inscrutable and priceless information, and they are among the top intelligence dealers in the galaxy. We also obtained some key information from them, but those aliens are very cunning and very cautious in disclosing details. People question whether the information they have is true or just a story made up to get a better reward."
After listening to Talos' introduction, Soshyan nodded. Obviously, this kind of aliens pose no harm to the Empire, and the Adeptus Astartes will not waste efforts to hunt them down. No wonder there are basically no records in the Chapter.
At this time, Kayon added some more knowledge, or the insights he had collected over the past ten thousand years.
"The Stryxis like to do business very much, it's almost their instinct. They basically travel through the boundless space in the form of a nomadic group they call 'Covenant', always looking for the next step. Big business. Their society is largely based on commerce and the acquisition of knowledge, yet the value they place on objects can confuse even the most experienced explorers. Their eyes are rumored to be able to see underlying connections, such as A scrapped aircraft is just garbage in the eyes of ordinary people, but the Stryxis can see that this aircraft was once used by a killer to assassinate a big shot, and there is evidence on it about some kind of event."
"Have they ever threatened the Empire?"
"Without...the least concern for conquest or territory, or for wealth in the abstract, or even for their own race, they are driven by individual greed and treacherous petty intrigues, and they will almost Any race does business, whether the other party is human or alien, even those worshipers of the power of destruction... The only exception is that they despise the Eldar. If possible, Stur The Risith will kill any Eldar they see, and avoid them if they can't defeat them."
"oh?"
Even Talos was surprised to hear this.
"Is there such a thing? Then why do they come to this place full of Eldar?"
"Because there are so many opportunities here, the desire to make a profit can always outweigh everything else."
Soshyan asked immediately.
"Why do they hate the Eldar so much?"
"I don't know about this. I just heard that the Stryxis have a very long history. They once had an extremely glorious civilization and occupied a large area of the galaxy. However, for some reason they offended the Eldar Empire. , the entire homeland was wiped out... Some people think it is the current Great Whirlpool area, and some people think it is near the storm point of the God Emperor's disaster where they most often appear, or the huge subspace of the gray and white witch Gu Around the abnormal zone, maybe the Stryxis themselves don’t know where their ancient home is.”
A few minutes later, a faint gray light appeared in front of the three people. Soshyan also smelled the smell of salt water and wet stones, and a low hissing sound filled his ears.
Soon, gray light entered a door, which opened, leading to a metal plank road.
On the right side of the channel, close enough to Soshyan, was a wall where the water bubbled two meters below their feet, then flowed under the channel and through the metal fence on the left.
Only then did they realize that they had reached a drainage channel in Comoros.
At the other end of the passage, about fifty meters away, a small platform protruded from the wall. Two people were holding weapons. Their muscles were tangled and their skin was a strange brown color. They had three legs and three arms, and a metal shield was fastened on their heads. A giant stood outside the bunker door, looking no less than a Space Marine.
"Those are the biochemical slaves of the Stryxis. The population of this race is very small, so their fleets and chambers of commerce will use a large number of slaves and biochemical slaves. These are collectively referred to as "meat" in their language. Although This term can generally describe any non-Strixian inhabitants of the convention, but it is most often used to refer to these genetically bred beings, also because biochemical slave workers are basically under the management of a master culturer, in a large jar. Grows in jars, also known as jar growers."
The three of them reached the end of the passage, and the Jar-Sheng immediately stopped them and said something in a low and urgent tone.
Kayon immediately responded in the same language and showed the black and white stripe code on his palm.
After a brief conversation, the guards nodded, stepped aside, and gestured toward the door.
The three of them walked over, and Kayon pushed the door open with his palm and entered a small room.
The room was about the same size as the shop outside, and was very dimly lit. It was lined with rows of controllers and flashing data pads. Four tank-born people stood tightly on the other side of the room, near a nondescript iron door. .
Then a figure sitting on a swivel chair on the right side of the room turned around, leaned forward in the chair, and finally stood up.
"Is this the Stryxis?"
Soshyan looked at him curiously, but Talos just snorted contemptuously.
