Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 354 Tell the truth

The so-called "mystic crystal" is not a crystal ore from a real-time strategy game, or rather, it is not a natural ore, but a fungal deposit.

It originated from the earliest organic recombinant material in the nest city. Over thousands of years, strains have continuously iterated and transformed, eventually giving rise to a fungal mineral that has recycled and accumulated a large amount of human recombinant proteins.

This fungus is also known as the ghost fungus.

After professional extraction and purification, the resulting potion can greatly increase the probability of awakening psionic abilities in someone who has not yet awakened them, and may even directly connect to the subspace, gaining unimaginably powerful strength.

The Escher family of Necromonda, a famous hive city, made a fortune through this business known as the "ghost trade."

The effects of this potion are also very powerful; after the Great Rift opened, it was even able to awaken Oglin's psychic abilities.

Ghosts are not unique to Necromonda; they are found in some of the Empire's oldest hive worlds.

It's just that the Escher family of Necromonda is the most skilled at refining and synthesizing this stuff, and their Ghost Potion is the most effective.

Although the capital of the Mariupol Star District, Hive City, is not that ancient, hundreds of years ago a very strategic gang leader spent a lot of money to obtain strains of the Ghost and began cultivating this fungus in the Bottom Hive.

Although this gang leader did not get rich from this business and become the second Escher family.

However, he pioneered a new industry for the bottom nest, providing many people with another way to make a living.

The Blood Finger Gang was just a small smuggling gang; they shouldn't normally be in this kind of business.

But the previous generation of gang leaders were shrewd. In addition to smuggling, they collaborated with a mutant settlement, allowing the settlement to cultivate ghost fungi, and then they traded smuggled supplies and food for it.

As for the subsequent processing and purification, that's handled by their financial backers.

Thus, the Bloodfinger Gang made a fortune, gradually grew stronger, and even successfully passed on to Gross, becoming a gang with some influence in the Underhive.

"So who is your backer?" 32 asked with a slightly curious expression.

Grosston looked embarrassed and glanced at the Special Agent in Charge of Justice beside him before explaining somewhat awkwardly, "The previous gang leader had a younger brother. He didn't let this brother join the gang; instead, he sent him to school, and then he ended up in the Department of Justice..."

Gross didn't continue, but 32 already understood that the financial backer of the Bloodfinger Gang was the Ministry of Justice.

Otherwise, the Ministry of Justice's secret elevator wouldn't have been able to be located within the Blood Finger Gang's territory, and Gross would have readily cooperated as soon as the Special Agent spoke.

Although the mechanical sage and Astartes' special status are involved, for a hive gang like this, the first reaction to encountering a big shot should be to get rid of him as soon as possible to avoid getting into trouble.

This eagerness to get close to him can only mean either Gross is taking a big gamble, or he has connections with the Department of Justice.

"We received information from the Pale Guild that their recent recovery operations have been significantly impacted, with a 5% decrease in the number of corpses. Have you heard anything about this?" Since they knew the Bloodfinger Gang was supported by the Legal Department, some questions could be asked directly. Gross's expression changed slightly at this question before he replied, "The Bloodfinger Gang hasn't received any information. Furthermore, the Pale Guild's main area of ​​activity is in the Lower Nest. Your investigation of the Lower Nest is for…"

“The Ministry of Justice and the Tribunal are investigating the Lower Nest, but I’m more concerned about the Lower Nest.” 32 interrupted Gross directly, pressing a mechanical tentacle against his neck: “You dare to speak like that, it seems you know something.”

If you don't know, you don't know. How could a gang member who's always trying to curry favor with big shots ask a question like "Why do we need to investigate the underworld?"
"My lord! I..." Gross was grabbed by the neck and lifted up.

Although what was gripping him was just a thin mechanical tentacle, a mechanical tentacle attached to a mechanical sage could even lift an Astartes if it was serious, so a mere member of the Hive City gang was nothing to it.

"Will you confess now, or should I transform you into a mecha servant first?" The robotic cats around 32 revealed their claws and various gadgets, and even their eyes glowed red: "Don't think you can keep secrets. The Cult of Mechanics has plenty of ways to extract intelligence and information from your brain tissue."

If you tell me now, I'll save myself some trouble, and you'll get a quick and easy solution.

But if you don't tell me, then I might have to let you experience firsthand how the Mechanicus Pain Engine is made.

With his neck suspended by 32, Gross's face quickly turned purple. Just as he was about to pass out, 32 released him, letting him catch his breath before hanging him up again.

And the robotic cats around her have already begun wielding various wondrous little tools to fix Gross's limbs, then draw lines and prepare to cut them.

Gross was still struggling, but 32 did not hesitate or waver. Doraemon then shaved off all of his hair and drew cutting lines on his bluish scalp. A delicate, small, disc-shaped bone saw spun at high speed and buzzed as it approached Gross's scalp.

"Ah! Ah! I'll talk! I'll talk! Take it away!" Gross managed to utter, indicating his willingness to cooperate.

But 32 didn't stop. Instead of sawing open Doraemon's skull, it started cutting and processing his limbs first.

Cutting open fingers or toes without anesthesia would be unbearable for a normal person.

Although the members of the Nest City gang are known for their bravery and ruthlessness, and are often fearless of death, their pain tolerance is actually quite low.

At least from 32's perspective, it wasn't high. She only cut off three of Gross's fingers and had Doraemon use delicate tweezers and sharp blades to peel away his finger bones, nerves, and flesh one by one. He screamed as if he were being penetrated from behind by a boar.

But under 32's precise control, he did not lose consciousness from the pain, nor was he unable to speak.

So, in order to suffer less, he quickly told everything he knew, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

"Sounds like a lot of trouble!" After extracting his confession, 32 was too lazy to torture the gang member. After confirming with the Ministry of Justice's special agents that even if she killed him, she could still maintain control of the Bloodfinger Gang, she simply had Doraemon perform a lobotomy on him.

The reason they didn't kill them directly was because Gross revealed that the mastermind behind all this could control their souls. No matter who died, the other party would know immediately and take the deceased's soul away.

To avoid leaking information, 32 didn't kill Gross directly.

(End of this chapter)