54: Chapter 54 Cunning Old Man

Sophia did not realize until she returned home that she had been tracked in a relay by several groups of people.

There were those from the palace, and others from off-planet; she truly had no awareness of how sensitive and critical her current identity was.

"Matriarch, good afternoon!"

At the entrance of her villa, a newly promoted Sergeant avatar had just finished visiting the Iron Fist Clan leader.

Although the Sergeant avatar's rank was not high, since Iron Fist Cheng Yu allowed him to meet here, it was evident that he had decided to entrust him with greater responsibility.

"Mm, very good, go about your business." Sophia nodded and smiled.

"Yes!"

After Sophia entered the door, the Sergeant avatar Cheng Yu keenly sensed a gaze maliciously peering in this direction.

"Presumptuous!"

Sergeant Cheng Yu possessed very strong psychic powers; he could not only accurately sense others' malice but also return that malice a thousandfold on the soul level.

"Not good!"

Qianhu Cheng Yu... the general person-in-charge of Thirteen Offices on Li Yu Planet, felt one of his avatars instantly perish.

The cause of death was some kind of soul attack, and the intensity of this soul attack was immense. Several other avatars on the same line also suffered mental shocks, but they managed to keep their lives.

"The Iron Fist Clan cannot be tracked any further."

Qianhu Cheng Yu made a decision immediately; his subordinates were all trained with significant investment, and they could not afford such attrition.

As for the Superintendent... Pfft, just because I call him 'Godfather', he really thinks he knows everything. We are clearly the same age, you old schemer, sooner or later I will kill... honor you.

Qianhu Cheng Yu lit a premium cigarette and took a deep drag.

This was smuggled from the Ducalia Territory, old stock; once this pack was finished, getting more later would cost a fortune.

"Lord Qianhu." A subordinate pushed the door open and entered.

"Speak."

"Mole Number One has moved."

The so-called "Mole Number One" was the code name given by Thirteen Offices to that spy, Talos.

"Connect the signal, fast!"

Qianhu quickly stubbed out his cigarette; the Iron Fist side was just a side dish, this was the main battlefield.

In the shared perspective of the avatar on the scene, Talos was currently moving alone in the wilderness.

Operating alone in the undeveloped wilderness of Li Yu Planet was very dangerous; Genestealers or remnants of Orks could be lurking everywhere.

Even well-equipped veterans could slip up, and Qianhu Cheng Yu did not believe the other party was out for a stroll.

Talos looked very leisurely, walking and stopping, occasionally studying the surface ferns, sometimes standing on rocks looking out at the scenery, seemingly without any purpose.

Suddenly, Talos disappeared from the field of vision!

Just a second ago he was standing there perfectly fine, and the next second he was gone.

"How did he do that?!"

Qianhu Cheng Yu was greatly alarmed, "Send drones, dig him out for me!"

A large number of drones took off from the middle levels of the nearest Hive City, like a dense flock of migratory birds sweeping across the sky.

However, whether it was thermal imaging drones, auspex drones, or high-end drones equipped with life detectors and Warp energy detectors, none of them could find the target.

It seemed that the place was truly just a wasteland with nothing there.

"Could Cassius, that old codger, have made a mistake?"

Qianhu Cheng Yu, distraught, loosened his tie. The bizarre events encountered today were one after another; the interior of the empire was truly fraught with crises, and the types and quality of various monsters and freaks were no less than the vast and deep galaxy.

But it didn't matter, the cluster of Astropathic communication towers spanning multiple star systems was about to be completed.

By then, as long as the other party dared to send psychic messages again, he would definitely be able to drag that powerful psyker hiding in the depths out!

Moreover, the Dark Mechanicum had also provided Thirteen Offices with a lot of very powerful equipment, and the effects of some of these instruments were practically magic.

Therefore, although Qianhu Cheng Yu had suffered setbacks in the short term, he was very confident about future battles.

"Sooner or later, I will level the nests of these moles. When that time comes, I'll be able to rank among the high officials, marry a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reach the pinnacle of life, hehehe."

Qianhu Cheng Yu felt a little excited just thinking about it.

Cheng Yu Planet, deep within the "Yingcai" Hive City.

"I am willing to abandon my faith and allegiance to the Corpse Emperor Empire and join the Cheng Yu Empire's cause of conquering the galaxy!"

Rogue Trader Kaelus was swearing an oath of allegiance to the portrait of Main Body; this ritual was not as simple as just saying a few words.

The shared unit of the Cheng Yu Empire and the Slaanesh Court... the Followers of Pleasure would witness the entire process and deeply imprint the content of his oath into his soul.

You could certainly go back on your word, but if you did... hehehe.

Kaelus was considered high-end talent, so his oath of allegiance ritual not only had the Followers of Pleasure witnessing it, but also had an envoy avatar sent by Cheng Yu inspecting the entire process.

Main Body felt that things like intelligence agencies were just like snacks outside of a main meal.

The quantity didn't need to be large, but the variety had to be plentiful, otherwise, wouldn't the snacks become the main meal?

So starting today, Kaelus was the general person-in-charge of the Cheng Yu Empire's Military Intelligence Bureau, specifically responsible for foreign intelligence reconnaissance.

Moreover, his allegiance was secret; soon, Kaelus's Rogue Trader dynasty would send people over to "ransom" him back.

In order to clear his suspicion, once Kaelus returned, he would immediately rope in other forces and organize retaliatory actions against the Cheng Yu Empire.

Those immensely costly Astropathic towers, catching spies was just a side dish; contacting Kaelus was the main course.

Of course, Cheng Yu would not let him work for free, but instead issued him a huge blank check.

Once the Empire "returned its capital" to Terra, Kaelus's dynasty could exclusively occupy one percent of the entire galaxy's merchant trade share, hereditary and perpetual, coexisting with the nation.

"Long live Your Majesty, unify the galaxy, Lord Slaanesh is the only true god of the Sea of Souls!"

Once this sentence was shouted, Kaelus would never be able to get off the Cheng Yu Empire's pirate ship in this lifetime.

Li Yu Planet, upper levels of the "Licai" Hive City.

Talos's body suddenly appeared in the bedroom of Cassius, the former Ecclesiarchy priest and current acting Governor of Li Yu Planet.

"You old thing, are you trying to get me killed? I'm being watched by people, and you dare to pull me over here!"

Cassius was fingering his rosary beads, "Abaddon has launched a new offensive, the Empire's current situation is very bad. Do not take any actions recently; it is meaningless."

"Old geezer... what do you mean? Whose side are you actually on now?"

Talos knew that in a direct fight, he was certainly no match for Cassius.

This old geezer had lived too long and was hidden too deep. Just this ability to pull people across space... no matter how many times Talos experienced it, he could never determine the level of this psychic power.

"I stand on the side of humanity." Cassius's rosary beads reached the end, "Obey orders. Before I take the initiative to contact you, you are not allowed to take any unnecessary actions."

"Understood." Although Talos was unhappy, he could only submit.