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Chapter 1828 The Attack Begins (It seems my gallbladder is a little inflamed)

Duanmu Huai looked at the Governor at ease. He certainly understood how the Governor felt. Unlike the stupid idiot in the forgotten world, most of the Empire's Governors would not want to see the Inquisition appear in their territory. Because their arrival is not to suspect that you have a problem, but to show that you do have a problem.

The doctor may come to a conclusion after examination, but the court will only consider whether to treat or amputate you, or simply euthanize you.

"We need a detailed and comprehensive investigation, from top to bottom, you understand what I mean, Governor?"

"Of course I understand this..."

The Governor was not used to Duanmu Huai's threatening tone, but he had no choice - because the Inquisition could even kill him here, because he did not cooperate with the Inquisition and was suspected of being corrupted by Chaos. Of course, ordinary Inquisitors would not do this, and when they did, they would not have a good ending.

But for any normal person, it is dangerous to have someone who can pull out a gun and shoot you at any time and anywhere without any psychological burden.

"Very good. First I need to conduct a thorough search. Any suspects must be investigated."

Duanmu Huai certainly knew how much effort it would take to conduct such an investigation on a large city with tens of millions of people, but that was not his problem. In fact, he was just robbing straw to kill rabbits, because any Chaos believer with a little bit of rationality would shrink back at this time instead of directly hitting his own gun.

But the evil gods can't do that, because they urgently need strength to fight against themselves, so even if Duanmu Huai launches a large-scale search, they must face the challenge. And this is a good start for Duanmu Huai.

"I need to investigate the intelligence data about this hive city over the years... Where is your secretary?"

"I am here, my Lord."

A man in a robe came out in a hurry. From his expression, he seemed reluctant to attract Duanmu Huai's attention, but unfortunately he had to do so now. Duanmu Huai just glanced at him and then looked away.

"Take us to the database."

"Of course... Please follow me."

The clerk wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned around and led Duanmu Huai and others to the depths of the corridor, while the governor accompanied them. No one spoke until they walked through the long corridor and came to the database on the other side. At this time, Duanmu Huai saw a mechanical priest in a red robe standing next to a large meditator, shaking the incense burner in his hand, trying to appease the machine spirit in front of him.

Next to this Thinker, there were many mechanical servants and servants coming back and forth to help. Looking at their flustered appearance, it was clear that the situation was obviously abnormal.

"What happened?"

Seeing this, the Governor frowned and asked. Anyone could see that the situation of the large Thinker in front of him was not good. Its screen was full of bright red warning codes, and the binary noise became harsh and sharp. No matter how you look at it, this is not a normal situation.

"The machine spirit is becoming violent and restless."

The Mechanical Priest did not turn around, but responded to the order vaguely.

"Some kind of cursed garbage code has been mixed into the data route being read. The machine soul is wailing and screaming..."

"Liumiel."

Duanmu Huai raised his chin towards Lumiaire, and the girl quickly understood what Duanmu Huai meant. She walked to the large meditator and stretched out her hand to place it on the machine.

At this moment, the Thinker let out a deafening scream, and the Mechanical Priest made an angry complaint.

"The machine soul is becoming extremely unstable. Don't stimulate it anymore. The intelligence data of the entire hive city depends on being transmitted here. As the recipient, you can't..."

However, the mechanical priest did not finish his words, because at this moment, Lumielle's hands were already on the keyboard, and at the same time, beams of light like circuit diagrams emerged from the girl's fingertips and penetrated into the interior of the Thinker. Then everyone saw that the bright red codes that were originally surging wildly on the screen were gradually disappearing, and soon, the screen that was originally filled with bright red gradually returned to its original green.

The angry roar from the Thinker also weakened.

Seeing this scene, the mechanical priest next to him, whose face had been almost transformed to the point where only half of his eye was left, showed extreme shock and surprise.

"Omnissiah, what do I see... The data storage device is being purified, the cursed and blasphemous garbage code is disappearing... The real data is returning... May Omnissiah have mercy on our souls..."

Hearing the mechanical priest's mumbling, Duanmu Huai rolled his eyes.

Who says these oil guys have no artistic talent? They can make killing a virus sound so sacred and inviolable. Who else can do it except them?

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, it's coming!"

Right here, Lumiel shouted hurriedly, and then quickly stepped back. Almost at the same time, a subspace demon that looked like a batfish flying in the air suddenly emerged from the screen of the Thinker like Sadako, opening its bloody mouth and trying to make a piercing scream. However, in the next moment, Duanmu Huai's big hand grabbed the demon's head and pulled out the electronic demon that had not yet completely emerged from the screen. Then he clenched his fist and squeezed it suddenly. With a heart-wrenching scream, the electronic demon was completely decapitated by Duanmu Huai and then engulfed by the black flames.

At this moment, the Mechanical Priest and the Governor had already stepped back in fear, staring at the unbelievable scene in front of them with wide eyes in horror. Although in this era, all citizens of the Empire have heard of demons. However, they are not Chaos believers... It can even be said that even among Chaos believers, few have actually seen a demon.

Obviously, they were both lucky.

"Humph."

Duanmu Huai glanced at the demon ashes that had disappeared in his hand and snorted coldly. He knew what this was. When Duanmu Huai returned to the Five Hundred Worlds, the Word Bearers had used this trick on the Extreme Warriors, using a large amount of virus code to launch an attack to interfere with the Extreme Warriors' network system, and then cut off control and communication.

It was Lumiel who was in charge of handling this matter at that time, and it was Lumiel who forced the virus codes to one place, forcing the electronic demon to show up.

I remember that it seemed like it was Guilliman who killed those electronic demons at that time?

And now they are attacking the main database of this hive city... Well, it's obviously because of me.

"Gather intelligence, continue."

Duanmu Huai gave the order, and after hearing his order, the mechanical priest who was standing there in a daze came to his senses.

"Wait a minute, the Machine Soul is already overwhelmed. Without enough sacrifices to appease it, the Machine Soul will not help us..."

As he spoke, the Mechanical Priest once again looked at the Thinker in front of him. As a maintainer, he knew too well how irritable this Machine Soul was. Not to mention that he had just been attacked by the blasphemous waste code. At this moment, the Machine Soul could even give up. Logically speaking, at this time, he should strictly follow the ritual, offer pure data to the Machine Soul, and then humbly pray for its forgiveness.

Of course, Duanmu Huai is not completely unable to understand this kind of program. It's like when you run a program and hope everything goes well, you light some incense or pray to Buddha. You may not know what this is for, but as long as you do it this way, the experiment will go well. But if you don't do it this way, then you won't be able to run it.

Although I don't know the principle, if the program can be successfully completed by burning incense and praying to Buddha, then just burn incense and pray to Buddha... although it does look stupid.

However, the next moment, the mechanical priest saw a scene that he could hardly believe. Under the girl's hands, the originally bad-tempered machine soul was now as docile as a sheep. Unlike the one that needed to be coaxed and served by himself, Lumiel only needed to gently move her fingers and the former would obey orders obediently.

How could this be? She wasn't even a machine, she was just a mortal!

Just when the Mechanical Priest's external logic circuits were about to be completely burned out by this shocking scene, Lumiel's voice rang out.

"We have completely taken over the data information database. Sir, what information do you want to investigate?"

"First, follow the route of the waste code attack to find the attack location."

Duanmu Huai was sure that this attack was related to his arrival. It was obvious that some people in the Hive City had learned of his arrival and knew what he was going to do, so they planned to take the initiative to erase the Hive City's database to put themselves in chaos. It must be said that this move was good. If Duanmu Huai had not been accompanied by Lumiel, anyone else would be helpless in the face of this electronic demon's virus attack.

But unfortunately, this is not the first time that Lumiel has encountered this kind of electronic demon.

"Ok."

Lumiel's fingers moved as if playing the piano, and then stopped.

"Thinker 326 in Hive Sector 4891."

Duanmu Huai turned his head and looked at the governor, who also understood what Duanmu Huai meant and hurriedly explained it.

"I remember there was a huge workshop there...mainly used to produce corpse starch..."

"Mary, Satori, let's go."

For Duanmu Huai, hearing this was enough.

"Son, you stay here to assist Lumiel. Keep me posted if anything happens."

"Ok."

Lingnu nodded with a smile and made a V sign to Duanmu Huai, who then turned around and strode towards the door.

"Governor, please take us there."

(End of this chapter)