Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 182 Plundering the Tyrant's Genes
The special cavity formed by the incubator concealed Abathur within it.

Although the conditions seemed rudimentary, they were sufficient for Abathur to complete the genetic modification using the incubation pool.

Listening to Kerrigan's report, Gao Yi admitted that there was an element of gambling involved.

Logically speaking, Abathur, a special type of Zerg without immediate combat capabilities, shouldn't be placed in such a dangerous place as the Comoros.

As a research unit among the Zerg, his leadership skills are only so-so. His only advantage is that he can use the suitable genes hunted by the Zerg swarm to continuously enhance the Zerg, which gives the Zerg unlimited potential.

Normally, Zerg can evolve, but the process is too slow. Abathur's existence allows Zerg to have the ability to evolve according to the different characteristics of their enemies, just like the Terran.

Adjust the characteristics of the Zerg hatched by the swarm according to the battlefield situation.

When it comes to biodiversity, few places can compare to the Comoros…

The plundering conspiracy will bring sufficiently powerful creatures from all over the galaxy to Comoros.

And they were sent to the Comoros arena, to fight the old, weak, women, children, or those species that had no fighting value.

They were tortured to death before they even qualified to enter Comoros.

These creatures underwent a selection and enhancement process in the hands of the Bloodwalkers.

Only sufficiently special bio-alchemy materials are qualified to enter the hands of the Blood Alchemists.

Compared to searching painstakingly on your own, it's far more efficient to plunder directly here.

At the biotechnology level, no matter how much Gao Yi thinks the Blood Spirits are abnormal, he cannot deny the superiority of the Blood Spirits' selection process.

If Abathur's existence is indeed discovered, he can be sent back to Char using the Tunnel Worm.

Meanwhile, the alien insects in the test field also began their hunt.

The creatures Tevantias used to test the Zerg's war potential will become a powerful source for the Zerg.

There was even a Tyrant, a powerful behemoth unit of the Tyranid race, which had been modified and captured by Tevantias.

The similarities between the Zerg and the Terran races made Tevantias want to see which one was superior.

Swarms of springtails are now acting as the vanguard, sweeping through and searching for prey in the area.

The Eldar under Tevantias, who were responsible for observing the Zerg, were also surprised by the Zerg's efficiency.

The various aliens deployed in the test site are being slaughtered continuously.

This testing ground contains many powerful aliens. After being modified by Tevantias, their physical bodies combined with blasphemous technology have made them extremely powerful in combat.

However, the weakness of individual Zerglings was compensated for by their sheer numbers, and the presence of the creep minimized the losses of the swarm.

And it can produce Zerg continuously. Tevantias did not expect that Zerg could not only utilize biomass, but also inorganic matter, which led him to make an incorrect prediction about the development speed of Zerg.

Unless an individual reaches a certain peak of strength, they can only hopelessly be completely overwhelmed by a swarm of insects.

The genetic characteristics of these aliens were also brought back to the incubator.

"The reproduction rate and combat capabilities of these creatures are truly astonishing. Is this a new species created by Lord Tevantias?"
However, the quantity of these items is nearing the threshold set by Lord Tevantias. Should we proactively reduce their numbers?

"It's not the right time yet. Their combat data is more important, and besides, they haven't encountered that terrifying Tyrant Tyrant yet, have they?"
You see, they'll encounter it soon.

Two Dark Eldar observed the Zerg's activities from their airship. Just as they had said, the ever-expanding Zerg had finally encountered the most terrifying enemy in the testing grounds.

The colossal Tyrant completely lost its link to the Hive's will in the Dark City within this Web, turning it into a war machine that knew only battle and slaughter.

Its body is covered by a thick chitinous carapace, and the four bio-giant blades on its four arms represent that it was designed by the will of the hive to be a tyrant specializing in melee combat.

The desire to kill and devour filled his will; his beastly instincts made him want to vent his anger at all times. When the Zerglings first encountered this powerful monster from Tyrannosaurus.

A battle inevitably broke out between the two sides.

"Look, haven't the numbers of these creatures been reduced?" Tyrant began to show his terrifying side. After all, this wasn't a game where you could just attack and cause damage. The minions' attacks couldn't even cause any damage to Tyrant's carapace.

Each swing of the Tyrant can take the lives of a dozen or even more Zerglings.

At this moment, the Tyrant was rampaging through the swarm of Zerglings as if it were playing a grass-cutting game.

At this time, Abathur also noticed the presence of the tyrant.

"A powerful biological unit has been discovered. Its special carapace can provide the swarm with stronger defense, and its sharp biological weapons can increase the swarm's attack power. The swarm needs this gene."

Abathur wriggled his tentacles, and under his control, more Zerg surged toward the Tyrant's location.

As more powerful Zerg arrived on the battlefield, the Tyrant's fighting became increasingly difficult.

The cockroach's highly corrosive acid continuously erodes the tyrant's armor, and when the chitinous shell becomes brittle due to corrosion...

The spikes fired by the Hydralisks began to successfully penetrate the defenses. It should be noted that the Hydralisks were originally designed to attack air units, and their range and armor-piercing capabilities are terrifying.

Even with its fragile flesh exposed beneath its carapace, and even riddled with spikes like a hedgehog, the painless tyrant still slaughtered the alien insects with its strength and speed.

One has to admire the incredible resilience of this creature.

But there can only be one tyrant, and there are no other Terran Zerg to protect him.

When dozens of venomous insects were produced and then exploded like biological bombs around the tyrant.

The highly corrosive acid completely destroyed it.

The life of this terrifying Tyrannosaurus creature has also come to an end.

Meanwhile, the Zerg began to decompose the Tyrant's remaining corpse and bring it back to the hatchery.

"Genes acquired; now we'll modify the Zerg swarm to create even more powerful Zerg!"

Abathur also intends to incorporate the tyrant's genes into a special Zerg unit that he can create.

The behemoth unit called the Savage Beast is a variant of the Thunder Beast, which surpasses the traditional Thunder Beast in every aspect, and can even attack air units.

What makes the Tyrant most valuable to the Zerg is not his combat genes, but his characteristics as a node creature.

Zerg are clearly at a disadvantage in terms of node creatures, and while the Overlord has some combat power, it is only relative.

Once the Overlord is killed, the Zerg will inevitably fall into a brief period of chaos.

Just like how the Overlord increases the number of populations a player can control in a game, loading the game is also a drawback.

Abathur hopes to create more combat-effective and adaptable nodal creatures for the Zerg.

At this time, more than a dozen different biological samples were dragged into the incubator, and Abathur immediately began to modify himself.

Not all samples were useful, but a particular type of modified creature called the Camera Demon caught Abathur's attention.

This special canine-like creature, unnaturally modified by the Bloodlings' biotechnology, is larger and stronger than a Zergling. Its attacks contain a unique biological toxin, which could perhaps be transplanted into Zerglings to enhance their basic combat capabilities.

The Dark Eldar responsible for monitoring the battle witnessed the entire process firsthand. The Zerg had completely overwhelmed the other creatures in the testing ground.

The battle against the tyrant demonstrated the Zerg's power.

Now they understand why Tevantias cares so much about this race.

It's important to know that they paid a considerable price to capture this tyrant.

"Apart from these creatures, all the other experimental subjects are dead, but they seem to have stopped expanding! What should we do next? Should we report to Lord Tevantias?"

(End of this chapter)