When the door of the laboratory opened, Soshyan saw Bangura and a group of biological sages marveling at the huge creature in the stasis field.
Hearing the footsteps, everyone turned their heads, and then the strange-looking sages lowered their heads.
“No need to be formal.”
Soshiyan raised his hand to interrupt their salute, then walked to Bangura and turned to look at this thing.
This is the Genestealer Patriarch whom Rozim captured underground in Terra!
"Oh, it's unimaginable, legion commander, this is the first time I've seen a living specimen of this weird and alien thing alive. This is the patriarch, right, the leader of an alien tribe."
Bangura finished. , looking at a sage with a three-meter-tall body covered with cables and a small mechanical arm that looked like a giant spider.
"Sage Francis, I remember that you have been conducting research on this kind of alien that infects human genetic sequences?"
The sage rubbed his small metal hands like chicken feet. , making a sound like a chainsaw.
“Well, yes, they are amazing. Fascinating. Genes are full of secrets, blasphemous secrets. They are generally called gene stealers, a kind of filth left to humans by the Tyranids. Dirty scar, but it can enter one's cells, forming an uneasy bond between the familiar and the unfamiliar, producing something unique."
Soshyan had a deep enough understanding of those fanatical technology enthusiasts, so he warned:
"I give these samples to you in the hope that you can crack the weaknesses of these dirty aliens, Tai The Zerg are a very formidable threat, and unlike the Greenskins, Necron or even the Dark Eldar, they show no emotions and have little tactical intent, and because of this we have almost no real understanding of them, as of late The Storm Star Territory is very unstable. I am worried about these signs of a large-scale Tyranid invasion. Your job is to decipher it and help us eliminate these aliens, not to conduct any dangerous research and experiments."
"Of course, of course"
The sage was still rubbing his hands and staring at the patriarch with nine visual holes.
“.Now I want to obtain some of its blood, tissue, and brain tissue for many experiments, yes, a lot”
Soshyan doubted whether the other party listened to his words.
At this time another sage spoke again, like a broken gramophone.
"Legion Commander, biology is also a kind of machine. We can make it obedient and predictable. We will tame the variables with numbers, calculations and replicable results. We will tame it, just like a beast. , just like some alien animals, humans are superior and aliens are weak. The best way to eliminate threats is to control them. This kind of network biome is often very easy to control. Maybe we can start with their thought control network. If... "
". I have captured a living Gene Stealer in the Ghoul Star Sector in the past, but it was at a relatively low level. I have tried to connect it with brainwaves using a modified thinking servitor. "
Hearing this, Soshiyang and Bangura turned their heads to the sage who spoke at the same time. He didn't look tall, and he was carrying a huge jar on his back. There was more on the left side of his body. He has a pair of mechanical prosthetics, and his legs have enhanced walking devices, but there are still a lot of flesh remnants on his face, which shows that he is not young.
Bangura's expression looked a little stunned and shocked.
"Sage Cornelus Medici, when did you conduct such a dangerous experiment!? Such risky experiments need to be reported. Although I am not a biological sage, I still Knowing that the Tyranid's neural network can resonate with extremely distant species, you are putting the forging world in front of the aliens." The other party replied in a hissing voice:
"Forging Director, there is no need to worry, that's already done. It was a hundred standard Terra years ago. The forging world was transferred not long after the experiment."
Soshiyan asked:
"So Medici Sage, what effective information have you obtained?"
"Legion Commander, there is an extremely powerful malice wandering in the dark outer realm, and the thinking servitor cannot withstand too strong an alien signal. , but it still allowed us to confirm something."
As he said that, the sage raised his head and looked at the patriarch.
“The original thoughts of these aliens can only reproduce, infect, and survive. But once they are parasitized, they will be highly consistent with the host’s thoughts. If they are parasitized by humans, they will also be fearful, greedy, timid, and Thinking benefits. It's just that their thoughts can be constrained by a huge consciousness network, which is close to a kind of psionic witchcraft."
"Psychic? You mean, the Tyranids' consciousness network is established On the basis of psychic energy? ”
"At least, gene stealers have extremely active psychic powers, which means they are very sensitive to psionic energy, but this is the most interesting point. Psychic energy is extremely dangerous according to current scientific knowledge. Untrained psykers who blindly use their powers often lead to warp disasters, but this does not seem to apply to these aliens. They can use psychic powers as safely as using firearms. This is the focus of my current research, these aliens How do they obtain such safe psychic ability? What role do their hybrid genes play in this? "
" Are you still researching it now? "
The sage then bowed to Soshyan and said:
"Sir, please believe me, I don't have any living Tyranids in my hands now, because dissection and experiments have completely killed its body. I just Remove its infected brain and continue studying it."
"Then what else can you tell us?"
"Sir, I have often gone out to conduct research and data collection on the Genestealer tribe over the years. I can basically confirm that most of these aliens have no consciousness of being aliens. They are the unconscious vanguard of the Tyranid fleet. According to me, It is inferred that when their number in a world reaches a certain scale, the collective psychic network they have established may produce a highly directional signal in the subspace that is almost difficult to interfere with, and the Hive Fleet may Plan their invasion route based on this signal."
After he finished speaking, another sage immediately raised objections.
“There is currently no evidence to prove this theory. The Tyranid Hive Fleet has a strong desire for biomass. The mainstream view that determines their invasion route is that they are attracted by a large number of life signals, and if The Genestealers communicate with the Tyranid Hive Fleet using subspace signals. Why are the planet's Astropath Chorus unaware of it? The sensitivity is not enough to detect it. The messages in the subspace are chaotic and noisy. Astropaths have to try their luck to even receive the signals sent by humans, let alone such a secret signal."
"You. Do you think the psychic level of this race far exceeds that of humans?”
Soshyan immediately stopped what he was saying.
“Everyone, let’s just talk about academic issues, don’t make any accusations, and don’t make positional attacks.”