area51novel Chapter 96 Eating a cookie made me a traitor
Chapter 96 Eating a cookie made me a traitor
After the communication ended, Leica Faith looked at Tie Hui with great interest and asked curiously, "How did you do that? Are cookies really that magical?"
Tie Hui smiled slightly, then began to explain in a pretentious manner: "Actually, it's not that complicated. When I entered their space station, I felt their oppressive atmosphere. That feeling of isolation and repression, if it continued, they might actually be easily swayed by chaos and betray us. So I came up with this plan. It just so happens that Emperor Biscuits have a very strong positive spiritual boost. For anyone with negative emotions, the deeper and stronger the negative emotions, the stronger the spiritual boost and recovery from the biscuits."
To put it simply, it's like a dog urinating in your usual food bowl.
Even if you use the world's most powerful disinfectants, sterilization methods, and various top-notch physical methods to clean it afterwards, it will still look brand new.
It's even cleaner than before that dog pee, but deep down you don't want to use it at all.
But there's no way around it; due to some unavoidable factor, you have to use it, and you have to use it three times a day, even when drinking water.
Over time, you will definitely suffer a mental breakdown.
This is spiritual pollution.
Emperor Biscuits have a strong restorative effect on this type of mental pollution.
Lyca Faith shook her head, somewhat speechless: "So, this thing has an extremely strong restorative effect on someone, then that person must have had extremely negative emotions beforehand, and is even at risk of being corrupted by Chaos?"
Tie Hui pondered for a moment, then thought that this understanding should be considered correct: "This meaning is also correct, right?"
Lyca Faith gave a bitter smile to herself, while all the Astartes around her felt a jolt in their hearts.
Does this mean that they were all at risk of betrayal even before they ate the Emperor Cookies?
Cage stared at Tie Hui in utter horror; this was no joke.
Damn it, I'm a traitor just because I ate a cookie?
There were no sacrifices too great to bear, nor betrayals too blatant to tolerate.
For a moment, all 23 Astartes present fell into a long silence.
They looked at each other, then at each other.
Everyone made a decision in their hearts.
That is the secret, which can only be kept by these 23 people, and they will never tell anyone else a word about it.
At the same time, they were all more wary of each other, since they had learned on the way here who liked this cookie the most.
Looking out at the vast starry sky, Tie Hui felt that something was off about what he had just said.
But I can't tell whether it's a problem with logic or a problem with perspective.
Forget it, if I can't figure it out, I won't think about it anymore.
Otherwise, it will only cause more trouble.
And so, the fleet made a turn and sped off along the route it had come from.
The difference was that the originally relaxed atmosphere within the fleet suddenly became somewhat heavy and oppressive.
This truly exemplifies the law of conservation of energy; energy cannot be increased or decreased out of thin air, it can only be transferred.
Just like a smile that can shift.
The fleet slowly docked at the space station's port.
Logas McCree, along with a group of Stormwatch Chapter captains and think tank members, personally greeted the disembarking crew.
"Brothers Lyca Faith." Logas led the group forward and performed a hawk salute.
Leica Faith also led everyone in a reply.
"I'd like to know the specifics of this Emperor Cookie," Logas said, getting straight to the point again; this stuff was very useful to them.
If everyone can be equipped with this in the future, it might greatly increase the survival rate of our brothers in battles filled with psionic dangers.
Thinking even more deeply, if we were to encounter a battle similar to the Nemesis incident again, perhaps we wouldn't have to sacrifice the entire platoon of brothers again.
Lyca Faith nodded and looked at Iron Glow standing beside her: "The main designer and manufacturer of this cookie is Lord Iron Glow Owasektor, who is standing here with me. He is the lord of a merchant ronin family. This cookie was designed and manufactured by him, through a collaboration between the Mechanicus and the State Church, as well as our own efforts. It has already played an important role in the post-war reconstruction of Raphael."
Logas McCree looked at Iron Glow beside him, finding it hard to believe that this thing was made by a mortal.
Tie Hui also knew what the battle group leader was thinking.
He immediately explained, "It was quite fortunate, actually. Our family acquired this formula through a trade in a backward world. After I obtained it, I specifically had it authenticated by the Mechanicus and the State Religion, and there were no problems whatsoever. The first batch produced also showed very strong effects."
Tie Hui didn't reveal that it was an imperial dream, since it sounded a bit too psionic.
The opposing warband is extremely hostile to psionicists.
Logas McCree looked at the mortal and clicked his tongue in amazement: "Lucky fellow, blessed by the God-King."
Tie Hui bowed in greeting.
Seeing this, Lyca Faith smiled and said, "Alright, Commander, do you have any other requests regarding these cookies?"
Lyca Faith asked the question knowingly, but refused to reveal the Chapter Master's subsequent demands.
After all, when it comes to requests like these, it's the other party who has to make the demands so that they can maintain the upper hand in negotiations.
Logas McClell, upon hearing this, naturally knew what these guys were up to.
But these Emperor Cookies were indeed incredibly effective. Looking at his brothers in the same battle group, whose eyes were filled with eager anticipation, he could only helplessly ask, "Are you interested in collaborating on this cookie?"
Tie Hui raised an eyebrow, feeling that the plan was already halfway done.
"I wonder what kind of cooperation the Logas Warband Commander wants?" Tie Hui said, and then, in a particularly cheeky manner, reached his hand into the clothes inside his coat.
Pretending to delve into the inner lining, he actually took out two Emperor Cookies from the system's dimensional space.
One of the pieces was handed to Logas, who was about to discuss the cooperation method.
He took the other piece in his hand and started munching on it.
This action and the crisp sound of eating the cookie instantly disrupted Logas's original cooperation plan and his idea of getting more profit during the subsequent negotiations.
Our own faction was already depressed and isolated from the outside world because of the Nemesis incident.
This also makes their way of handling interpersonal relationships in the outside world relatively inefficient, so when facing such business cooperation negotiations.
Once the words and ideas you've carefully crafted are interrupted by an abrupt action, your mind will become a complete mess.
Tie Hui naturally saw this, which is why he made that cheeky move.
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