Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 68 Ancient Eavesdropping
After having her cards exposed by Chen Xi, Dong Niya suddenly felt embarrassed.

Although as a priest of the Mechanicum, she has been taught to abandon the weakness of flesh and blood and unnecessary emotions since she received her first implant, it is clear that Tonya has not yet reached the point of completely turning herself into a machine capable of only rational thinking.

In fact, even high-ranking priests have not been able to completely abandon their human emotions.

All they did was to modify their brains so that they would not be affected by those chemicals like ordinary mortals.

This does not mean that they will not be angry or happy. They will also be excited and annoyed. They are not as absolutely rational as they claim.

However, compared to ordinary people, the priests of the Mechanicus can indeed control their emotions better and recover rational thinking more quickly.

Although Tonya has not yet undergone further in-depth transformation of her brain, she has installed an emotion suppressor.

So she quickly regained her composure and said, "Your Excellency the Governor, it is true that I only represent myself as you said, but this also means benefits to you, doesn't it?
When you cooperate with a forge world, whether it is Mariupol Forge World or Griffin IV, you are in a passive position of cooperation, and the larger the forge world, the more so.

But if you cooperate with me, you and I will be in an equal cooperative relationship, and you don’t have to worry about your interests not being effectively protected, right?

Not to mention, my teacher has indeed given me full responsibility for this business. The benefits you can gain from cooperating with me will not be less than if you cooperate with the Forge World itself, and I am willing to fully respect your interests.

Believe me, this is the best choice for both you and me. It is a win-win cooperation.”

Looking at Tonya, Chen Xi knew that what she said this time should be the truth, but he was still hesitant about whether to agree to cooperate with her.

Although he didn't know whether there was a trap behind this, the more sincere Tonya's attitude was, the more alert he became.

So after thinking carefully, Chen Xi asked, "Sage Donia, can you tell me why you want to cooperate with me?"

"About this point..." While responding to Chen Xi's question, Tonya was thinking about how she should answer this question so as not to fall into a deeper passive position and thus win this cooperation.
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"Mr. Mai Lin, why are you here?" Rachel was about to come to Chen Xi to report on her work, but she noticed that outside Chen Xi's office, Mai Lin was standing at the door with a confused and hesitant look on his face.

Noticing Rachel's arrival, Mai Mai turned around and greeted her, "It's Miss Rachel. A sage from the Mariupol Forge World has arrived. Chen Xi is meeting her. I'm hesitating whether to go in.

After all, I had communicated with this sage before, and she was very interested in working with us.

It's just that for some reason, we were unable to reach a cooperation agreement with her. Now that she's here in person, I'm curious about what she and Chen Xi will talk about."

Hearing Mai Mai's words, Rachel remembered the forging ship docked at the starport and immediately understood what had happened. After a moment's thought, she said, "Lord Mai Lin, if you'd like to know the conversation between the Governor and the Sage without disturbing them, I have a solution."

"You mean eavesdropping? That's not good, right?" Mai Lin looked hesitant.

"Lord Mailin, when the previous governor built this official residence, he installed a sound transmission structure next to his office so that he could still get assistance from his staff during private conversations. This allowed his staff to overhear the conversation from another room and offer suggestions." Rachel explained, then said to Mailin, "Lord Mailin, I think the governor would like your advice."

Rachel's explanation opened Mai Mai's eyes, but he immediately asked, "But there are two Mechanicus sages inside. If we eavesdrop and communicate, won't they notice?"

"Please rest assured. When we built this place, we fully considered the possible situations we might face. Therefore, the sound transmission structure is purely physical and not mechanical. You can trust some of the little tricks of the veterans of the Astra Militarum." With that, Rachel turned around and took Mai Mai to a corridor next to her.

Mai Mai followed with curiosity. They walked through the corridor, opened a secret door, and went up a flight of stairs before arriving at a secret room in the wall mezzanine above Chen Xi's office.

After entering the secret room, Mai Mai immediately heard the sound coming from downstairs. Although it was a little small, as long as she concentrated and listened carefully, she could still hear clearly what the people in the room downstairs were saying.

"This place uses the building structure to collect and refract sound waves, transmitting the sound from downstairs to here. Because it's simply sound wave reflection, even the Mechanicus's sages would have difficulty detecting its existence." Rachel's face was filled with pride as she spoke of this. "This place was previously used when the previous Governor spoke with Sage Olivia, but the sage didn't notice it."

After saying that, Rachel pointed to a few chairs in front of her and a megaphone-like object in front of them and said to Mai Mai, "If you want to say something to His Excellency the Governor, you can use this megaphone. It will accurately transmit the sound to the Governor's position in the room."

As she spoke, Rachel opened a peephole on the side and observed the situation in the office below through the refracted light. Then she turned the gear on the megaphone and aimed the megaphone at Chen Xi's position.

Mai Mai looked at the very "old-fashioned" eavesdropping and transmission equipment in front of him, and felt an indescribable sense of confusion.

But we have to admit that this very "primitive" ancient method is really useful at certain times.

Mai Mai sat in the corresponding position, listening to the conversation between Chen Xi and the two sages below, while thinking about what suggestions he should make.

Judging from the conversation between Chen Xi and the two sages, it is obvious that Tonya has decided to cooperate with Rostov II, while Chen Xi is striving for more benefits.

This was not a problem, but after thinking it over, Mai Mai said into the megaphone, "Chen Xi, don't forget about Kaul's forge. There might be the original casting buried underneath."

Mai Mai's voice came through the megaphone. He was not sure if Chen Xi heard it, but then he noticed that the conversation between Chen Xi and Dong Niya had changed the direction of the negotiations.

(End of this chapter)