Chapter 40 - 40: The Ethanol Shortage

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The blast doors of the Grand Lift hissed open, and Kian Voss stepped out into the Mid-Hive. This time, he walked as a registered citizen. He had the clearance and the time to traverse the sectors, and he intended to perform a full recon of the "civilized" world.

He scanned the industrial skyline, his eyes catching a specific crimson emblem: The Order of the Twin Serpents.

The Order was the planet's primary private medical guild. In the schizoid reality of the 41st Millennium—where technology was both miraculous and stagnant—medical guilds held terrifying power. In the core systems, the Orders Hospitaller performed divine healings, and the Rejuvenat Covens could extend a noble's life by centuries, making them young again with blood-alchemies and gene-washes.

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