Chapter 1211 Infernal Affairs (Part 1)
Standard Terra Calendar 956.M41
Tempest Sector, Torrent Sector, Mitchell Galaxy
Reza Exploration Fleet's The flagship 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 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 curled up in the corner like a mouse shivered and screamed. He had a shriveled figure and many neural interfaces on his body, some of which were even leaking out. Pus.
"I swear I have confessed everything I know, Great Sage."
The cell was small enough to handcuff the prisoner to the wall, and then suddenly shot from the open door. The prisoner blinked in the incoming light.
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 could only look down at the other person due to his height.
"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 - originally he There are components to regulate body temperature, but after being captured, everything mechanical about him was stripped away.
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 advance to a higher level when he returns to his home planet——
Mechanical There is a very strict hierarchical system within the religion. 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. Data Artisan, Electric Monk, Craftsman, Thought Machine Monk, Rune Machine Monk, Reliquary Keeper, Telegraph Machine Monk, Tech Wizard, Recycler, Source Master, Ruler, Overseer, Stasis Clerks and technical ascetics, etc., and under these people, there are various 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 more knowledge, and more knowledge represents more powerful technical power. Those powers can exchange for a longer life than ordinary people. (Roughly speaking, it is the underworld cultivation system)
Originally, this person 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.”
“Undercover agents like you I caught eleven, but you said you only knew one."
Digi Katona sneered and made the sound of gears turning.
“It seems we haven’t suffered enough yet.”
"Great Sage, I've told you everything! What else do you want from me? What else?" the prisoner roared loudly. He had had enough of the inhuman torture.
But Deejay Katona looked at him without any pity, because from the moment the fleet set off, he knew clearly that there would be many moles and undercovers, and many castings. The world including Mars, whether for the purpose of stealing technology or spying on intelligence, has always tried every means to win over traitors or install spies on Reza's own planet. This matter is almost an open secret among the top brass of the planet, even among the sages of Reza Several traitors have been discovered in every class.
Of course Reza did not fight back. 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 information coming from Mars. intelligence.
This is the internal struggle within the Mechanicus. There is me among you, and you among me. It is secretive but extremely cruel. The fierceness of the struggle is no less than the battle with aliens and heretics. Anyone who is discovered will not be killed. There will be a good end, but more people will disappear silently.
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 Ryza'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 empire in the future. In the galaxy-wide war, if this salvage can yield significant results, then they may be able to conduct long-term cooperation with the ancient founding group of the Blood Angels, which can greatly strengthen Reza's defense capabilities and the internal strength of the Mechanicum. The right to speak.
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, Even traitors appeared among the monitors he sent, which caused his arrest to be delayed for a period of time. It is very likely that these traitors have 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!"
Digi Katona felt that the temperature was getting higher and higher. There was no feeling at all, and his sensors told him that his internal temperature was even far higher than the maximum temperature of an ordinary human, but now that he had given up most of his body's weaknesses, these no longer mattered 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 clumsy, like a person whose body was still natural, and he One hand was wearing an elaborate glove, with a bunch of knives sticking out of the palm.
"This is a geneticist who 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 yet gotten rid of human weaknesses. It is these weaknesses that force me to Respecting the physical integrity of fellow human beings, I was unwilling to let him use his little tricks on you before."
The man trembled when he saw the surgical tool on Gene'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!"
Dandij· Katona, however, turned to the technician behind him and handed down his sentence to the prisoner.
“Do it.”
(End of this chapter)