66: Chapter 66 I'm not afraid of a thousand faces, I'm only afraid of someone with two different hearts.

The penal planet "Du Zihao" Star.

This was a purely rocky planet, its atmosphere having undergone preliminary modifications to barely support life.

However, the air here was permeated with the eerie scent of ore processing agents... like ozone, and also like nauseatingly sweet carbon disulfide.

"You are guilty!"

Boiling slag churned out blue smoke, and amidst this drifting smoke... was the broadcast voice of Ecclesiarchy Priest Cheng Yu.

Main Body did not like religion; he felt that brainwashing people through religion was stupid, and not as straightforward as just giving money or official positions.

But a large number of his clones... wanted to advance too much, so they spontaneously organized the Imperial Ecclesiarchy to promote the greatness and benevolence of the Emperor.

What could Main Body do? He couldn't just execute them all; the loyalty and enthusiasm of his clones were the last things he could afford to crush. Had one not heard of the affairs of the City of Perfection and Lorgar Aurelian?

"Ah, how merciful His Majesty is, giving you a chance to redeem yourselves... You must know your mistakes, repent for your sins, and understand the grace of His Majesty."

The voice of Ecclesiarchy Priest Cheng Yu, sounding like a monk chanting scriptures, had immense penetrating power and was irritating to listen to.

"Screw his high school homeroom teacher! These priests are truly a bunch of idiots!"

Dogs travel a thousand miles to eat excrement; wolves travel a thousand miles to eat meat.

Although Wild Dog Cheng Yu had the nickname of a dog, he was actually a wolf.

He had only just arrived at the penal planet less than a day ago, yet he had already formed a new gang among the prisoners and even bribed the jailer Cheng Yu who guarded him.

Therefore, Wild Dog Cheng Yu not only didn't have to work, but could also take a cut from his subordinates.

Labor on the penal planet was unpaid, with only the most basic starch paste and occasional supplies of low-quality tobacco provided.

Tobacco... was the currency here.

A pack of cigarettes could get a prisoner Cheng Yu to complete three days of mining quota for you.

A carton of cigarettes could even bribe a jailer to bring you some "fun" from Slaanesh.

"Ahhh!"

A prisoner Cheng Yu accidentally slipped from the rock and broke his leg.

"What are you looking at? Get back to work!"

The overseer jailer Cheng Yu whipped his two lashes around, "You scum, if you don't finish today's work, you won't even get to eat starch paste!"

"Child, do not be afraid."

Ecclesiarchy Priest Cheng Yu suddenly appeared in front of the injured prisoner Cheng Yu.

His hands emitted a faint glow, and with just a gentle rub over the wound, the bloody broken leg of the prisoner Cheng Yu was healed.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Priest!"

"Do not thank me. It is His Majesty who sent me to save you. If you want to be grateful, be grateful to His Majesty."

Ecclesiarchy Priest Cheng Yu turned around, a brass censer hanging beneath his gray robes, the dense scent of incense rising and permeating the air... This kind of spice had the effect of calming one's mind.

"Even if you have committed crimes, His Majesty still loves you and will not abandon you. May you soon atone for your sins and have your souls return to the Throne of Thorns."

"Long live His Majesty!"

The prisoner Cheng Yus knelt down one after another, thanking His Majesty for his grace and begging for the Emperor's forgiveness.

"A bunch of idiots, that is an Aeldari fiber gun."

Wild Dog Cheng Yu spat, then suddenly threw out a card, "Southern Barbarian Invasion!"

"Chastity!" Another gang member Cheng Yu activated his general skill.

"Are you sick? You are a loyalist, why are you using 'Chastity' on me?!"

"Boss, I only have one health point left. If I don't use 'Chastity' on you, you'll have to discard all your hand cards."

"I have a Peach! If I didn't have a Peach, why would I play an AOE card, to force you to commit suicide?"

"How was I supposed to know you had a Peach, Boss? I thought you couldn't figure out my identity."

"Screw your elementary school homeroom teacher!"

Wild Dog Cheng Yu kicked this subordinate frantically... The prisoner clones on this crappy planet didn't seem very smart, playing legends of the three kingdoms so poorly; how was he supposed to spend the rest of his life!

The rule established by Main Body was that when playing legends of the three kingdoms, one was not allowed to access the shared consciousness, preventing any possibility of peeking at cards or coaching.

...

Imperial Capital, Xuanzheng Hall, Grand Court Meeting.

"My lords, I have good news to report to everyone."

Main Body leaned against the Throne of Thorns, and as he waved his hand, Chamberlain Cheng Yu clones filed in, handing every attending minister a... phone?

"Minister Freya, please introduce this phone to everyone."

"As you command!"

Freya Goldvein was the Space Dwarf who had previously come to defect with the ancestor core.

After two days of preparation, her starship had already produced the first batch of "dark" brand personal data terminals.

Cheng Yu personally bestowed the name "phone", and Freya was greatly amazed... What a concise and clear naming method; was the Emperor truly born intelligent?

Most of the outsiders couldn't understand what this was at all; was it some kind of new type of auspex?

Cheng Yu's clones were very clear about what it was, but they dared not act clever in front of the Emperor, and one after another began to play dumb.

Some clones stuck the phones to their foreheads as if sensing psychic fluctuations, while others simply put the phones in their mouths and bit them... acting a bit too stupid.

"Hello, Moto!"

Among the outsiders, Ivankov was still the smartest, having self-taught and found the power button.

However, this loud sound still startled him and the people around him.

"This dark phone of ours is different from the data slates everyone is used to; it is equipped with artificial intelligence. After everyone presses the button on the right to turn it on, you can try speaking to it."

It would have been fine if Freya hadn't said that; everyone was at most just surprised and curious.

With the words "artificial intelligence" leaving her mouth, all the outsider humans immediately fell into great panic.

Many elderly ministers even collapsed onto the floor, muttering things like "Iron Men" and "doom".

Main Body's clones were stunned for a moment, then began to imitate the outsiders, shouting and trembling incessantly.

Main Body sneered, but he observed that among the outsiders, the oldest one, Cassius, appeared quite calm, and the old man had even started trying to speak to the phone.

"Silence!"

Second Attendant Cheng Yu swung his long whip three times, signaling for the ministers to quiet down.

"My dear ministers, you need time to accept new things; regarding this point, I... can understand."

Main Body laughed, "Regarding the detailed usage method of this dark phone, as well as the electronic version of the Imperial Truth that I will continue to update in the future, it has already been placed on your screens."

"My dear ministers, after the court session, you can study it slowly."

"If there is business, report it early; if not, the court is dismissed!" Second Attendant Cheng Yu shouted loudly.

The court officials had no heart to report any more business; the impact of this dark phone incident was already large enough.