Warhammer: Starting with Industrial Revolution

Luo Ning took the note and immediately became serious.

The note contained only one line of printed text: "There will be a surprise in the third waste disposal niche on the north side of the Imperial Garden on the main road of the upper level of the Nest Capital at 2:00 AM tomorrow night."

On the small note, every word was cut and pieced together from different publications. The other party had obviously made thorough preparations and had no intention of leaving any handwriting or trace.

It was obvious that the other party had no intention of having any direct contact with Dani, and even had the foresight to anticipate that Ronin's spies were keeping a close eye on Dani's every move.

"So what are you planning to do, Lord Ronin?" Dani's question carried a hint of teasing.

Seeing Luo Ning, who was usually so calculating, with such a serious expression, she felt a little worried, but she couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.

Luo Ning sighed first, then laughed, a knowing glint in his eyes: "What's so difficult about that?"

Seeing his confident demeanor, Dani even wondered if he had gone mad.

"Honey, I'm sighing because you think I'm too stupid." Ronin gently stroked Dani's cheek. "Before that, I need you to do me a favor. Have your adjutant check if there's anything in that recycling chute."

Although she complained that Luo Ning was ordering her around again, Dani still readily agreed.

After resting for a while, Dani sent her adjutant Norkton to the royal gardens in secret.

Just as Luo Ning had predicted, the recycling niche was completely empty, without even a single piece of paper.

Luo Ning glanced at the time; it was just noon, and there were still more than ten hours until the agreed-upon midnight time, so there was plenty of time.

He rushed to the factory area in the middle layer of Chaodu without stopping.

Viktor has been spending the last few days in the Golden Age machinery at the Dome Base and hasn't returned to the capital. However, he had instructed in advance that if Ronin needed anything, he could contact the assistant priest who was staying at the factory.

This young priest, named Dovan Michon, usually followed behind Viktor. Although Ronin didn't have much in-depth interaction with him, he was still a familiar face.

When Luo Ning arrived at the factory, Duwan Miqiong was standing in front of the machine shrine, devoutly reciting the prayer for the machine soul.

Upon seeing Ronin enter, he immediately stopped praying and hurried to greet him. Unlike the other aloof and rigid mechanical priests, Dovanmijohn had a lively smile on his face and was surprisingly easy to get along with.

"Lord Luo Ning, what are your orders?"

Luo Ning nodded and got straight to the point: "I need to deploy a large number of covert surveillance systems around the main road of the Imperial Garden, with maximum concealment."

"No problem, Lord Luo Ning. How many days do you need to complete this?" Dovanmiqiong immediately took out his data tablet and quickly started recording.

Luo Ning looked at him and couldn't help but smile.

This young man clearly hadn't learned a thing or two of Viktor's shrewdness, but Viktor probably kept him by his side precisely because he hadn't become cold and callous like other priests.

This is extremely rare in the Mechanical Church.

"Now," Luo Ning replied succinctly, watching the other person's reaction with great interest.

Dovanmiqiong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what had happened. Her cheeks flushed red, and she apologized awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Lord Ronin, I asked a stupid question. We have seven spare servo skulls here, all equipped with optical camouflage modules, perfectly suited to your requirements."

"Lord Victor specifically instructed us before he left that we should fully cooperate with any of Lord Ronin's needs without any additional reporting," he quickly added, allaying Ronin's concerns.

Luo Ning nodded in satisfaction: "Then I'll trouble the priest to deploy the server skull now, with the real-time video and control system directly connected to the office terminal in my governor's mansion, is that alright?"

"No problem, Lord Luo Ning, execute immediately."

Dovanmijohn turned around and began to act, while Luo Ning did not linger any longer and returned directly to the governor's mansion.

Time passed slowly, and Luo Ning stared intently at the monitor, feeling that even blinking was unnecessary.

Throughout the afternoon, there were very few pedestrians around the Imperial Garden.

None of the upper-class nobles, who usually strolled around the park, showed up.

That's not really suspicious.

The Imperial Inquisitors personally visited the capital, and none of these nobles were clean.

Since the judges' target was the Governor's Mansion, they naturally chose to stay at home to avoid running into the judges and getting into trouble.

Time passed slowly. Apart from the time in the middle of the night when the gardener, Chinu, who was in charge of cleaning, replaced the garbage recycling bins there at the designated time, only a few people passed by, and even fewer people came into contact with them.

Luo Ning's gaze was fixed on the waste collection niche. Only in the evening, when the gardener, Qinu, who was responsible for cleaning up, replaced the inner liner of the recycling niche according to the prescribed time.

Apart from that, only a few pedestrians passed by, and no one ever went near the storage niche.

As night slowly descended, the lights on the upper levels of the city gradually lit up, only to slowly go out as the night deepened.

Time ticked by until 2 a.m., and Dani's figure finally appeared on the Royal Garden's surveillance camera.

Luo Ning instantly became extremely alert, controlling the servo skull to adjust its angle and scan every corner in the vicinity.

The imperial garden was deserted at this moment, with only the guards on night watch remaining; there wasn't a single person in sight.

Dani pretended to be taking a late-night stroll, slowly walked to the storage niche, and after making sure no one was around, quickly opened the outer door of the storage niche and took out the inner liner.

With a gentle tap at the bottom, she magically produced a data chip the size of a fingernail from the inner lining.

After carefully storing the chip, she casually closed the recycling casket, turned around, and slowly left the Imperial Garden.

Luo Ning immediately controlled the servo skull equipped with optical camouflage to follow, repeatedly scanning all areas around Dani to confirm that no one was following them and there were no listening devices.

Dani walked into a dark alley, where one of the members of the harem that Ronin had arranged had been waiting for a long time.

She was dressed exactly like Dani and quickly handed her a black cloak.

Without exchanging a single unnecessary word, the two quickly swapped coats and accessories, completing their identity switch.

The real Dani put on her cloak and left from the other end of the alley, heading straight for Rhonin's private residence.

Meanwhile, the bodyguard impersonating Dani boarded the court ship at the airport with a secret letter personally signed by Dani, staging a perfect escape.

Luo Ning, however, was not in a hurry. He continued to operate the servo skull, repeatedly checking every corner around the Imperial Garden.

He kept a close watch for a full hour, making sure no one else approached the recycling shrine, before getting up and leaving the governor's mansion, riding back to his residence at top speed.

Upon opening the door, the concubines stood respectfully before their master.

After kissing each of them, Luo Ning went straight back to his room, where Dani had been waiting for him for a long time.