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Bang! Bang! The speeder was catapulted into the air, accelerating along the magnetic rail towards Oman's ship.

The speeder was equipped with thrusters and a laser cutting device, allowing it to turn flexibly in near-ground environments and space. It could use the powerful laser to cut open the enemy ship's outer armor plates, avoiding the awkward situation of getting stuck in the walls.

Oman's ship promptly opened its outer armor plates, exposing the space dock.

Aylon and Beast, piloting the Bang! Bang! speeder, received Li Nuo's order to turn off the laser cutting device and enter the dock in a stable manner.

Meanwhile, the battlefield was becoming one-sided.

Only Oman's ship survived in Oman's fleet, and the other two ships had been reduced to wreckage, plummeting towards the surface.

The fleet pursuing Oman still had 5 ships available.

These ships were designed and manufactured by the Orks themselves, resembling sea urchins in appearance, with a purple and black interwoven paint scheme, and were estimated to be light cruiser class.

In space combat studies, there is a knowledge point called "angular velocity."

Light cruisers have a faster cruising speed.

Taking Aylon's Steel Ingot as the center, when the light cruisers rapidly circled the Steel Ingot, the cruisers' cruising angular velocity was very high.

The angular velocity of the Steel Ingot's broadside gun array was limited, so no matter how the gun's direction was adjusted, it could not keep up with the light cruisers' circling pace.

Spaceships are ships, and the sea of stars is also a sea.

This tactic of using one's own maneuverability advantage to prevent the enemy's turrets from catching up originated from naval warfare in the classical period.

The human empire's term is called encircling tactics or circling (mast) tactics, and the Ork slang is called circling around.

"Warlord, those five ships are circling around us!"

The fire control grot shouted from below the high platform.

Li Nuo looked at the noisy grot:

"Let our little spaceships go and take out those five light cruisers! Don't let them escape!"

"Alright, boss." The noisy grot yelled in the fleet's communication channel, conveying Li Nuo's order.

The twenty-odd Ork frigates, which had been patrolling around the Steel Ingot, moved out, approaching the enemy at a speed far exceeding that of the light cruisers.

These Ork frigates moved like buzzing flies, capable of making extremely maneuverable flight maneuvers around their targets.

They were equipped with ship-borne autocannons and missile launchers.

The bullets fired by the autocannons were not ordinary metal bullets, but chemical bullets with positive ion explosives.

The ionic sparks produced by the explosion of positive ion explosives were not very lethal, but they could rapidly deplete the energy of the shields.

As a volley of bullets was fired, the light cruisers' void shields flickered, and a large number of ripples appeared on the surface.

The light cruisers were unharmed, but their commanders quickly noticed something was wrong.

The energy consumption rate of the void shields was unexpectedly fast, reaching 10 times the normal rate.

The Ork frigates only needed to fire six rounds of salvoes to penetrate the light cruisers' void shields.

Without the void shields, the outer armor plates could not withstand the bombardment of such powerful autocannons.

The light cruisers' broadside guns also could not hit the Ork frigates due to the angular velocity problem.

The fleet commander calculated that this would not work, and decided to break through into space and leave the frigates' encirclement.

When the Ork frigates saw the enemy trying to escape, they swarmed up, blocking the enemy's course and frantically outputting positive ion bullets.

After a round of bombardment, two light cruisers had their void shields penetrated.

The Ork frigates activated their missile launchers, firing two medium-sized Tick-Tock Bombs.

When the golden-white positive ion sparks exploded on the armor plates, both light cruisers experienced a major power outage at the same time.

Their hulls were captured by the planet's gravity, falling towards the ground in an irreversible manner.

After entering the bottom of near-ground orbit, they suddenly burst into flames and billowing smoke, becoming two huge fireballs streaking across the sky.

Fearing that they would follow in their companions' footsteps, the three light cruisers moved forward at full speed towards space, their course changing from a curve to a straight line.

The Steel Ingot followed behind these three light cruisers, and the firing array at the front of the ship was reloaded.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three deafening explosions erupted inside the ship, and the hull shook violently, as if an earthquake had struck.

Three metal shells with a diameter of 200 meters were fired, and the Tick-Tock Boxes and flame nozzles on the shells rapidly adjusted their trajectories.

A few seconds later, the metal shells' steel bodies shattered the void shields and crashed into the light cruisers' hulls. The plasma explosives inside the shells were detonated, and bright blue flames erupted from the sterns of the three light cruisers.

The deadly blue fire devoured the ships within half a minute, and the light cruisers plummeted towards the ground with dazzling fireworks, soon turning into raging "falling stars" in the intense atmospheric friction.

At this point, the opposing Ork fleet was annihilated. Except for Oman's ship, no Ork ships survived on the scene.

Under Li Nuo's command, Aylon and Beast controlled Oman's ship.

The ship reduced its cruising altitude, reaching the lowest point of near-ground orbit.

Li Nuo sent a large number of Ork grots to board the ship, seize Oman's command, and control all the crew members. Oman himself and his confidants were escorted to the Steel Ingot by Aylon and Beast.

Oman wore a black top hat, a black dress coat similar to a swallowtail coat, and held a spiral-patterned cane in his hand.

His confidants were the ship's captain, helmsman, and Ork navigator, all of whom wore brown leather armor with metal guards.

The four Orks were escorted into the Steel Ingot's bridge to face the Warlord's questioning.

"What do you mean when you say the Randan Alliance is coming back?" Li Nuo held the Warlord's staff, standing on the high platform, looking down at the four Orks below.

Oman understood the principle of having to bow his head under the eaves.

He took off his top hat and placed it in front of his chest, bowed slightly to Li Nuo, and raised his head to reply:

"It's exactly what it sounds like, Warlord. About a month ago, our Ork Group received a warp communication from outside the galaxy. The sender of this message was the Randan Alliance, which was driven out of the galaxy by the human empire a hundred years ago."

"You just said 'our Ork Group'? Do you mean that you also participated in the Cold Trade?" Li Nuo asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Yes, Warlord. However, my empire does not directly participate in plundering and transportation. We are more adept at manufacturing hormone injection devices and nerve regulation devices. It is no exaggeration to say that more than 80% of such devices in the Ork Group are our empire's creations."

Oman's words revealed a hint of pride, appearing confident in the scientific and technological skills he possessed.

The Ork's mating concepts are very chaotic, causing their desire to reproduce to remain high.

Newborn Orks are placed in special devices, quickly mastering combat skills through massive hormone injections and nerve regulation.

This kind of crash course technology is also available in the human empire, and the main target audience is humans born in the Mechanicus training facilities.

Orks do not need to regulate hormones and nerves; the knowledge and combat skills they desire are engraved in their genes.

In hive cities, such devices can be purchased directly from local monasteries.

Therefore, whether from a human or Ork perspective, Li Nuo looked down on Oman's proud technology.

"Besides hormone injection and nerve regulation technology, what else can you offer? Information about the Randan Alliance, novel technical blueprints, unique potion recipes, and the strategic layout of your Ork star system. As long as you can offer what I want, I can spare your little life."

"Warlord, I can tell you everything you want to know. Provided that you agree to my small request."

Oman straightened his body and raised his chin slightly:

"I request that you allow me to replenish supplies here. I need food, water, weapons, ammunition, medicine, and fuel for the plasma reactor. I won't take up too much of your time. Once the replenishment is complete, I will set off immediately and stay as far away from the Randan Alliance as possible."

"I can give you supplies. Tell me, how much do you know about the Randan Alliance?"

Li Nuo directly asked the question he was most concerned about.

Oman began to speak from the time he received the warp communication a month ago.

It was like this:

A hundred years ago, three Space Marine legions of the human empire fought the Randan Alliance in the northeast corner of the Ghoul Stars.

The human empire discovered the Randan homeworld, but due to insufficient forces, it failed to complete the cleansing operation.

At least two Randan flagships and no fewer than ten battleships escaped the homeworld.

This exiled fleet was forced to leave the galaxy, and has since disappeared from the human empire's sight.

Due to the limited light of the Astronomican, the Space Marine legions did not dare to recklessly pursue the Randan exiled fleet, and could only watch them leave.

Mind control technology, commonly known as brainwashing technology, is the Randan Alliance's signature method.

The exiled fleet enslaved a large number of civilizations outside the galaxy, forming a large slave legion, constantly preparing to counterattack the human empire.

Now, they are coming back soon.

Before their official return, they issued a notice to the civilization at the outermost edge of the northeastern corner of the Milky Way:

Either join the Randan Alliance, or be crushed by the slave legion.

The Onier Group therefore split. A portion of them were hostile to the Human Empire and actively surrendered to Randan, while the other portion was destroyed in the civil war. Oman was the only survivor.

"Did the Randan Alliance explicitly mention the time they would return?" Leno asked.

"No." Oman shook his head in response, then, holding his hat brim, he bowed slightly to Leno and said sincerely:

"Your Excellency High Priest, I am willing to offer you all my technological data and technical blueprints in exchange for your protection. Of course, you are free to refuse me. I will make a copy of all the data and blueprints you want and give them to you, then leave with supplies."

Oman spoke politely, unlike the Oniers Leno had encountered before.

It seemed that even in this alien civilization with its chaotic views on mate selection, there were reasonable people.

Leno exchanged glances with Elon and Beast, preparing to discuss it with them before making a decision.

At this moment, a beastman who had escorted Oman over muttered something below the high platform, scratching his neck with his rough fingers.

"I'm so itchy..."

"Creak, creak."

Leno looked over upon hearing this, his gaze slightly focused.

There was an inconspicuous bump on the part of the beastman that he was scratching.

All beastmen who had been vaccinated would have such a small bump.

When it turned red and itchy, causing the beastman to scratch it uncontrollably, it meant that something bad was about to happen…

The Bone Drinker's parasitic spores had infected this beastman!

The phagocytic fungal virus in the bump entered working mode, fully strangling the parasitic spores in the beastman's body.

This would trigger a series of immune responses, one of which was skin itching!

"Pfft." The bump on the beastman's neck ruptured on its own, and blue-purple juice flowed out from it, the blue-purple light within quickly dimming, indicating that the Bone Drinker's parasitic spores had completely lost their activity.

This sudden scene attracted the attention of everyone present.

Some beastmen scratched themselves while watching.

Beast's eyes flashed, seemingly realizing something, and he immediately turned to look at his solemn-faced boss.

Oman noticed the completely dissipated blue-purple light in time, and his expression instantly turned gloomy, the polite demeanor completely gone, replaced by an icy coldness that was hard to ignore.

"Elon! Beast!" Leno roared in beastman slang:

"Kill all four of these guys! They are Bone Drinkers!"

"Agh!" Elon raised his power hammer and smashed the Onier helmsman to death with a bang.

In the爛flesh and blood mud, the blue-purple light flickered slightly, crushed into powder by Elon's steel feet, the parasitic spores dying on the spot.

Beast pulled out the lumber gun from his waist like lightning, firing a burst of bullets, accurately killing the Onier navigator and captain.

Blood splattered, and fragments of organs splashed outwards, the Onier navigator and captain torn apart by the barrage.

But Oman was unscathed.

His body was protected by a psionic shield, and his entire person rapidly transformed from solid to illusory, his eyes piercing Leno like icy blades:

"Damn green-skinned trash! Consider yourself lucky this time! We'll settle the score with you next time!"

Leno snorted heavily, raised his staff, and slammed it on the ground, using a massive amount of Stupid Mushrooms to activate the Brain Freeze technique.

Oman's cold expression instantly froze, his pupils dilated, his eyes unfocused, the psionic shield around him disappeared, and his originally fading body returned to its solid form.

Beast raised his gun, aimed, and fired, two shots to the chest and one to the head.

Elon raised his power hammer and smashed it down three times, smashing Oman into a pulp from the inside out.

In the bloody corpse, a dozen or so blue-purple light spots stood out, these were the parasitic spores in Oman's body.

Beast switched to firing mode, spraying a long dragon of flames, igniting the corpse.

The blue-purple light spots melted in the high-temperature scorching, turning to ashes along with the corpse.

"Keep killing, leave no one alive." Leno pointed to the Onier ship outside the porthole.

Beast and Elon accepted the order, picked up the noisy box to give orders to their boys, telling the beastmen on the Onier ship to kill any non-green-skinned creature that could breathe.

Leno looked at the Find-Thing-Finder under the high platform, his brow furrowed.

The Find-Thing-Finder was operating normally, and the biological identification work targeting the Bone Drinkers was ongoing, but the Find-Thing-Finder had not issued a warning from beginning to end.

This phenomenon was entirely possible in theory and practice.

The principle of biological identification is to monitor metabolites.

Different metabolites will reflect different electromagnetic signals during the scanning process.

After the scanner monitors a specific electromagnetic signal, it will provide the corresponding result.

The unique metabolite of the Bone Drinkers is a macromolecular organophosphate compound.

As long as the molecular structure of this compound is changed, the Bone Drinkers can evade biological identification.

The failure of the Find-Thing-Finder meant that the Bone Drinkers had found a way to cover up their biological characteristics, preventing themselves from being scanned by scanning devices.

In the blink of an eye, Leno turned his head and instructed:

"Elon, go to the Onier's ship and grab some blue-purple light spots for me. Remember, you must put them in a bottle and not have direct contact with them. Beast, arrange for people to carefully check the condition of each boy. All the boys whose bumps on their necks have ruptured must be re-vaccinated."

"Agh! I'll go right away!" Elon strode away.

"Okay, Boss!" Beast patted his chest and walked out of the bridge.

A moment later, Elon returned with a large glass jar, with a dozen or so spores emitting blue-purple light floating inside.

The Bone Drinker's parasitic spores themselves do not have senses such as sight, smell, or touch, and rely purely on the villi on their outer membrane to identify whether the object they come into contact with is a living organism and whether it can be parasitized.

As long as Leno did not directly touch the spores, he would not be discovered by the Bone Drinkers that he was carrying out research work.

He locked onto the spores with his eyes through the glass of the jar and activated the system's simulation function.

[You are conducting a simulation experiment on the Bone Drinker's parasitic spores, focusing on their metabolites.]

[Day 1]

[You used the dilution plating method to separate and purify the experimental objects, obtaining 15 experimental samples.]

[You speculate that the metabolites are fat-soluble, so you chose ethyl acetate to extract the metabolites.]

[Day 2]

[You used thin-layer chromatography to separate and purify the metabolites, obtaining 15 metabolite samples.]

[You used a mass spectrometer to determine the molecular weight of the metabolites. The measurement results show that this is a macromolecular organophosphate compound, which has 30% similarity with previously discovered similar compounds.]

Sure enough, that's how it is.

The Bone Drinkers have changed their metabolites.

Leno nodded to himself and started a new simulation.

This time, he simultaneously used fat-soluble and water-soluble metabolite determination methods to conduct experiments on the new metabolites.

Time passed in simulation and cleaning up parasitic spores.

When all the hidden dangers on the two ships were eliminated, the simulation experiment also had results.

When seeing the final result, Leno had even more fear of the Bone Drinkers.

Their new metabolites had more hydrocarbon groups, so they had both fat-soluble and water-soluble properties.

Specifically, whether it is fat-soluble or water-soluble depends on the molecular structure.

If the metabolites have more hydrocarbon groups, they will exhibit fat-solubility.

If the phosphate groups are more numerous, they will exhibit water-solubility.

After further simulation, Leno discovered:

When the Bone Drinkers feed on fat, the metabolites have more hydrocarbon groups, exhibiting fat-solubility.

When feeding on spinal cord and muscle, the metabolites have more phosphate groups, exhibiting water-solubility.

Bone Drinkers can freely choose food, change the molecular formula of their metabolites, and evade different types of scanners.

This change occurring at the microscopic level is difficult for people to detect.

Fortunately, ever since knowing about the Bone Drinkers, Leno has paid great attention to prevention work, otherwise he would definitely suffer.

He settled the simulation, saved the new metabolite molecular structure, and marked it as "2nd Generation Bone Drinker Metabolite."

He activated the fungal simulation again and wrote the molecular structure of the 2nd generation metabolite into the yeast cartridge.

He inserted the cartridge into the Find-Thing-Finder's slot and updated the Find-Thing-Finder's database.

As soon as the data was updated, the Find-Thing-Finder discovered the spores in the glass jar and immediately issued a high-pitched alarm:

"Bone Drinkers have sneaked into our lair! Kill them quickly! Don't let them suck your bones!"