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"Weren't you the kid who went to White Fruit Manor to discuss business? How did you become the Deputy Governor?"

The bearded Judge looked astonished, scanning Li Nuo up and down in disbelief, then realized that his surprise might be a bit much.

He glanced back at the psychic expert and the Silent Sister, clearing his throat and saying:

"Li Nuo · Willsick, what's the current situation? Any leads on that Gamma-level psychic?"

Li Nuo recognized this Judge.

About half a year ago, when he went to White Fruit Manor to acquire shares, he happened to encounter this group visiting the manor.

At that time, the Judge, the psychic expert, and the Silent Sister were hunting down a group of illegal psychics who were deliberately sabotaging the Upper Hive's production facilities, orchestrated by Cadori of the Leeway family.

Back then, he was an unknown figure, so it's no wonder the Judge was so surprised.

Li Nuo extended his hand to the Judge:

"We suspect the Gamma-level psychic may have gone to the Lower Hive and the Underhive, where the garrisons are searching for traces of illegal psychics. I believe we'll have a report soon. May I ask your name?"

"Oh, my oversight." The Judge, a Terran in appearance, shook hands with Li Nuo:

"I am Justero · Andrew, just call me Andrew. If you allow, we'd like to look around the Hive City. You understand, we have our own battle-tested methods for capturing a fugitive illegal psychic."

"No problem, please do." Li Nuo took a data-slate from Tidor and handed it to Judge Andrew. The data-slate contained the keys to unrestricted areas, ensuring free passage for the Department of Law and the Astra Telepathica within the Hive City.

The Judge consulted with the Silent Sister in the team. The latter made a series of gestures, took a squad of Silent Sisters from the Black Ship, and left alone, taking the data-slate Li Nuo provided.

The Silent Sisters nominally belong to the Astra Telepathica but actually only listen to the Emperor's orders.

They are an independent armed force with a clear internal division of labor and flexible functional transformations.

Currently, this squad of Silent Sisters consists of five members, designated as a Hunter Squad, responsible for searching and transporting psychics, and acting as armed investigators and psychic hunters when encountering illegal psychics.

The squad leader is High Sister Vatia · Cowen, with sharp eyes, heroic spirit, and an imposing aura.

The four members behind her are Hollow Maidens who have taken the Vows of Silence in the past two years, formal members who follow Vatia for training.

The five Sisters passed through the crowd in silence, requisitioned the transport vehicle Li Nuo brought, and left the spaceport.

As they walked away, the oppressive atmosphere gradually dissipated.

Silent Sisters have the inherent ability to isolate the Warp. People near them feel a "vacuum" and "silence" at the soul level, a mental reaction from the disconnection of the soul from the Warp.

Including Tidor, the accompanying staff showed some degree of discomfort, enduring it without a sound, and finally able to breathe again.

Li Nuo, however, felt somewhat surprised.

The Silent Sister was only two meters away from him, but the discomfort he felt was not as strong as that of Tidor and others.

This may be related to his psychic field.

His psychic field can weaken all negative effects from the soul level, including the characteristics of the Silent Sisters.

Therefore, the characteristics of the Silent Sisters may not be much to him.

"Let's go, Willsick, we'll escort you back to the Royal Court District. Until Lady Vatia catches that Gamma-level illegal psychic, we will temporarily protect your safety."

Judge Andrew waved his hand casually, and the Arbites squad behind him boarded another transport vehicle.

Li Nuo smiled at him:

"Thank you for your help. It's a relief to receive assistance from the Terran Department of Law and the Astra Telepathica so quickly."

Like hell it was.

He was nervous as hell, okay?

He had already killed the Gamma-level psychic.

Even if the Silent Sisters turned the Hive City upside down, they wouldn't find any trace of this psychic.

If he had known the Silent Sisters were coming so quickly, Li Nuo would have gritted his teeth and pretended not to know the Gamma-level psychic would go to the Underhive.

Now what? The person is already dead, what is he going to tell the Silent Sisters?

Thoughts racing, Li Nuo boarded the transport vehicle and chatted with Andrew about the origin of the Gamma-level psychic:

"Andrew, that illegal psychic is named Gennaro · Meslaton, from the industrial world Meslaton, the sixth-in-line heir of the world's Governor family…"

Li Nuo narrated the transaction between himself and Meslaton in detail, using the surveillance footage of the local law enforcement officers and the Bone Drinkers fighting as evidence.

Eipimete's Department of Law is directly under the jurisdiction of Terra. As a Judge of the Terran Department of Law, Andrew has the authority to access the data of the Hive City's Department of Law.

After verifying Li Nuo's statement through his authority, Andrew gradually realized the seriousness of the matter:

"Judging from the navigation records of the armed freighter Gennaro was on, this guy went to three other Hive Worlds before arriving at your Hive City."

"Oh, is that so?" Li Nuo and Tidor exchanged glances, with some guesses in their minds.

Andrew flipped through the data records, saying:

"The interesting thing is that the delegation led by Gennaro had 15 people when they first departed from Meslaton. When they passed through the first Imperial world, one person left the team and stayed in that Imperial world. The same happened with the two Imperial worlds they visited later. One person was arranged to stay in each Imperial world. By the time they got to your place, the number of the delegation had decreased from 15 to 12."

Andrew paused, emphasizing his tone as he asked:

"I need to confirm again, Mr. Willsick. You did determine that all 12 of these people were Bone Drinkers before taking action, right?"

"That's right." Li Nuo explained:

"Among these 12 people, 3 were scanned out by the agent's sensors, 6 were exposed after eating the Bone Drinker Verification Agent, and the remaining 3 showed their flaws because they lost contact with their kind."

"What is the Verification Agent?" Andrew asked curiously.

Li Nuo snapped his fingers at Mona, and the female agent guarding the corner of the carriage took out a glass bottle containing white powder from her body.

Li Nuo took the bottle and placed it in front of Andrew, gesturing for him to take it:

"This is the Bone Drinker Verification Agent. When the dosage reaches 10mg/10kg, its verification effect will quickly appear. Normal people will not have any external changes, but the host of the Bone Drinker will show discomfort due to a rapid increase in blood pressure, such as bloodshot eyes, red ears, and a significant increase in heart rate and breathing frequency."

"This invention is really good, is it your masterpiece?" Andrew's eyes lit up as he picked up the glass jar and carefully observed the powder inside.

"Of course not." Li Nuo chuckled, "This is the work of Father Collier · Jersey, the master of the Martian Magma City, a true Mechanicus Master in the truest sense."

Praise Jersey's title and identity.

With this shield, Li Nuo felt much more relaxed and no longer had to bear too much of the "genius" aura.

After hearing Jersey's great name, Andrew seemed to understand something:

"Worthy of being Master Jersey. With her advising you, Eipimete's security level will definitely be guaranteed. Do you mind if I take this bottle of Verification Agent?"

"No, I don't mind. There are many more in the Royal Court District, you can have as many as you want."

Andrew stuffed the medicine bottle into his pocket, raising a praising smile:

"Thank you for providing the material support, I will record it. I strongly suspect that the three Imperial worlds Gennaro passed through have also been infiltrated by Bone Drinkers. I need a more efficient way to detect the enemy, such as your Verification Agent."

"It is my honor to serve the Empire. I hereby wish your team a successful victory in advance." Li Nuo had already learned this set of daily routines, sending Andrew his blessings with a sincere smile.

This "commercial mutual flattery" came to an end after entering the Royal Court District.

Andrew led the Arbites squad to provide assistance in the Royal Court District, while Li Nuo and Tidor went to the office to handle official business.

Shatana sat firmly in her tent, without requesting Li Nuo to increase the security of the cabin.

From this point of view, this Astropath lady's strength is probably not low, and she did not take the threat of the Gamma-level illegal psychic to heart at all.

That being said, Li Nuo still sent a guard to garrison in advance, and also introduced his personal Astropath to Andrew, doing enough on the surface.

After a while, the Planetary Defense Forces of the Underhive sent a warning, saying that the squad that went to patrol the Vault had lost contact, and the Tech-Priest stationed in the Vault was also missing.

Li Nuo passed the message to Andrew, and Andrew sent it to the Silent Sisters.

After a while, the Silent Sisters arrived at the Vault in the Underhive and saw a crater five meters deep and about twenty meters in diameter on the scene.

The surface of the crater showed severe crystallization and carbonization, as if a large fireball had exploded here.

But strangely, apart from this pit, there were no other traces at the scene. Even the new recruit squad and the Tech-Priest were gone without a trace.

The five Silent Sisters surrounded the pit, conducting a series of deductions and arguments, and finally came to a reasonable conclusion:

This Gamma-level illegal psyker exploded.

Yes, he exploded.

Due to his extreme confidence in his psychic abilities, he activated an extremely powerful psychic spell in the treasure vault of the underhive.

During the spell's activation, the new recruit squad and the Tech-Priest put up some kind of resistance, triggering a fatal psychic backlash.

In the end, the new recruit squad and the Tech-Priest, at the cost of their lives, caused the Gamma-level psyker to self-destruct, forming a psychic fireball or ball of electricity with a temperature exceeding 20,000 degrees and a duration of one minute.

The raging energy wave vaporized those present, leaving behind a huge pit.

That's the course of events.

The brave recruits and the Tech-Priest defended Epimethius with their lives!

Whatever the Silent Sisters say is the truth. They are professionals, how could they be wrong?

After hearing this deduction, Lino slapped the table and praised it. He immediately drafted a notice to publicly commend the new recruits and the Tech-Priest.

The families of the five new recruits were promoted to live and work in the mid-hive, thus shedding their identities as underhive residents.

How to commend the sacrificed Tech-Priest became a minor problem.

Lino consulted the database and found that this Tech-Priest had no physiological or legal parents. He was born in a breeding factory on Mars, an artificial creation, truly without parents.

After careful consideration, Lino decided to send the commendation letter and bonus to the Tech-Priest's mentor.

In addition, Lino planned to purchase mining equipment from other places.

He came up with an idea: wherever the Imperial Fists buy from, he would buy from the same place.

The Imperial Fists are the Space Marine Chapter guarding Terra. They would definitely be strict in selecting equipment suppliers.

After inquiry, the mining equipment distributed by the Imperial Fists to the subordinate Imperial worlds came from the industrial world of Pyrolavender in the Solar System.

The price is more expensive than Meslathon's, but selected by the Imperial Fists, it must be a quality product.

After some stellar communication, Lino readily placed an order, asking Pyrolavender to directly transport the equipment to Granite Planet 5.

A "farce" caused by the Bone Drinkers' revenge came to an end.

Lino had a feeling that this kind of accident would repeat itself in the future until the Bone Drinkers were completely wiped out.

After seeing off the Black Ship, he began to deal with the security loopholes exposed by this accident.

First of all, the scanning intensity was still not enough.

The current scanning force was mainly the Governor's agents patrolling the spaceport and the armed guards of the spaceport.

Scanning ship by ship was too slow, inefficient, and not deterrent enough.

Lino invested in building a 10-meter-high scanning tower, using a high-powered Auger array to scan the entire spaceport regularly.

Every ship within 100 kilometers of the spaceport would be scanned by the scanning tower.

Coupled with a dynamically updated security database, this level of scanning intensity would definitely be able to detect the Bone Drinkers at the first time.

But Tido raised an objection:

Many ships were unwilling to be scanned. Even if the spaceport control tower stated that the scanning was only aimed at the Bone Drinkers, these ships expressed strong opposition and protest.

Lino didn't understand why.

After Tido explained, Lino understood.

Wind and rain can enter, but the King and scanning signals cannot.

"Lino, we can't scan every corner of their ships, and they can't use the Auger array to scan our hive city. Especially the Throne District. Scanning the Throne District is tantamount to provocation."

Tido sat at the table and explained patiently:

"If there are Bone Drinkers on other people's ships, that's their business. If the Bone Drinkers don't leave the ships and enter the docks, we can't take any compulsory actions against them, because the ships they are on are not our territory."

"Similarly, scanning signals cannot enter other people's ships without authorization. The scanners of the agents and spaceport guards have low power and are not easily detected. But the scanning tower is different. Its signal is very strong and difficult to bypass the ships' Auger array. So, I suggest you change your approach."

"Change the approach..." Lino paced around the table, thinking deeply.

Scanning was not the point. The real point was that Lino was worried that the Bone Drinkers would be driven to desperation.

For example, driving a cargo ship into the spaceport, and after docking, overloading the ship's engine to deliberately create a plasma explosion.

This level of explosion could completely destroy the spaceport and orbital towers, causing huge losses.

He would have to pay hundreds of millions of Throne Gelt for this, while the Bone Drinkers' loss would only be a few infected and a cargo ship picked up at random.

It was precisely because he was worried about such terrorist attacks that Lino wanted to extend the scanning signal to 100 kilometers around the spaceport, deeply scanning every ship.

However, what Tido said made sense.

Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. He didn't want others to use the Auger array to scan the Throne District, so he shouldn't use the scanning tower to scan other people's ships.

This principle of reciprocity also applied in the human Imperium of the Warhammer world.

"Tido, do you have any good suggestions?" Lino asked, sitting back at the table.

"My suggestion is that you share the security database with the visiting ships and let them use their own Auger arrays to scan themselves. From the time the ship leaves warp space to the completion of the docking process, it takes at least half an hour. This half an hour is enough for us to transmit the security data related to the Bone Drinkers to them."

Tido held up her index finger and shook it:

"However, there is an unavoidable drawback to doing so. If there are Bone Drinkers on board, our security data will be mastered by the Bone Drinkers. They will make adjustments accordingly to evade our scanning."

What Tido said made sense. Sharing the security database was an idea, but the fear was that the database would fall into the hands of the Bone Drinkers.

Lino and Tido invited the heads of the hive city departments to join in.

Everyone gathered in the conference room, brainstorming for several hours, and finally came up with a relatively perfect solution.

The inspiration for this idea came from the spaceport orbital tower commander.

This person was named Hanrabi Wenger.

He was a man of about fifty years old, with half black and half white hair. In his early years, he contracted lung disease due to cosmic radiation and had to replace his respiratory system with artificial creations, and his vocal cords were also turned into a sound array device.

"Lord Welsic, I think we can start with the supply of materials."

Wenger said through the throat sound array device:

"According to my experience, every ship will carry out two supply operations after docking, one is discharging sewage, and the other is replenishing fresh water. The spaceport will charge a fee for this. Only after paying the money can the visiting ships carry out water replenishment. You have promoted a series of sewage pool monitoring measures in the underhive, right? You may be able to use the same measures to monitor the sewage discharged by the ships."

Oliwen, the head of the engineering department in charge of the underhive sewage pool monitoring project, nodded:

"I agree with Wenger's proposal, but there is a technical difficulty that needs to be overcome. The sewage pools we monitor in the underhive are mainly used to hold domestic sewage. The ship's sewage contains not only domestic sewage, but also transmission device lubricant, ship engine coolant, air circulation system condensate, etc. The molecular formula of some of these chemical components overlaps with some metabolic products of the Bone Drinkers, which may cause false positives."

Everyone nodded slightly in agreement.

Lino sat in the main seat and asked:

"Wenger, when ships discharge sewage, do they separate the water?"

"No, sir, they mix all the sewage together and discharge it, which is uniformly treated by the spaceport's water purification plant."

Lino asked again:

"Can we ask the ships to separate the different sewage first, and then discharge them separately?"

Wenger pursed his lips and shook his head, squeezing the wrinkles on his forehead:

"I'm afraid not, sir. We don't have the power to ask them to do that."

Lino thought for a while:

"How much engine coolant do we collect from visiting ships every year?"

The so-called engine coolant refers to light water radioactive material containing a large amount of water.

Compared with ordinary light water radioactive materials, the ship's engine coolant has more water, accounting for more than 90% of the total mass.

Therefore, in many extreme cases, crew members can maintain life by drinking engine coolant.

Wenger pulled up the relevant records on his data slate:

"In the past year alone, we collected approximately 500,000 cubic meters of such pollutants. The radioactive waste accounts for one-third of the total radioactive waste production in the hive city last year."