Chapter 724, Comoros

Lieutenant General Du Shiliang of the Alliance Navy paced anxiously in the bridge.

He was waiting for news from Martini.

After learning that one of Wang Jiarong's caravans was missing and suspected to be robbed, he rushed over in a hurry.

After Ye Lixia left, he became the temporary supreme commander of the entire Alliance Navy. He was responsible for the safety of the entire Alliance, including the Spider Web Universe, and the Alliance ships sailing on the Star Sea.

He must be responsible for the accident of the Star Sea merchant ship.

Moreover, it is probably not a leadership responsibility. When Ye Lixia left with Gu Hang, she specifically explained the work of the Navy, and the focus was on establishing the Star Sea defense measures for the entire Star Domain in the Spider Web Universe.

At the same time, the Alliance government had also notified him that the merchant fleet of Wang's Merchant Company was coming and asked him to be prepared.

As a result, something happened.

He felt that he was also wronged.

No matter how much defense he took, he could not defend against the black skin.

Before this, the Alliance had never dealt with the Dark Eldar. For Du Shiliang, this was a blind spot. Not only did he have no experience, he had never even thought about it.

In addition, the Dark Eldar themselves were characterized by coming and going without a trace, which made it even more difficult to guard against.

But he also understood that these were all excuses after the fact.

In the Alliance Navy, except for Admiral Ye Lixia who was the most stable, the others did not have a particularly large gap in terms of qualifications and abilities.

Du Shiliang was indeed a veteran. When Governor Gu began to step onto the Xinghai stage during the Battle of Korojia, he, as a brigadier general of the Imperial Navy and a captain of the Pegasus Fleet at the time, provided help to Gu Hang. Moreover, in the subsequent series of choices, he fought correctly and finally reached his current position.

However, there are also some rising stars like himself in the Navy, and their performance in battle is also quite outstanding.

He does not have absolute merits to ensure that he can always be the commander of the Navy.

Now that Ye Lixia has left and his position has been revealed, he has been given the task of taking charge in times of crisis. If he messes up, the road ahead will be difficult.

It may give people the impression that he is "incompetent".

Things have already happened, and Du Shiliang has no choice. What he can do now is to clean up the situation as soon as possible.

First, the lost caravan must be found. It is definitely in danger, but the dead must be found alive, and the black skins who harmed them must be exposed, otherwise there is no way to explain.

Secondly, he has to plug this hole.

Seeing that the alliance is developing the Spider Web Universe, a large amount of materials are being exchanged in the star sea of ​​the Spider Web Universe. These merchant ships and transport ships must operate efficiently to meet the needs of the alliance.

And this so-called efficiency, everything else is false, safety is the most important!

If there is no safety guarantee for commercial transportation, it will take a huge amount of time and cost on escort, detour, and exploration.

That is definitely unacceptable.

If there are endless dark Eldar pirates, causing the Alliance's merchant ships to lose one after another, then his term as acting commander-in-chief will be over.

Let alone further progress, it would be good if he was not sent back to be the captain of an ordinary cruiser.

The astropaths and navigators of the navy... In short, the psychic powers that can be used have been running around in the void of the Yangyu galaxy like crazy under the leadership of the warships, trying to catch clues.

But this efficiency is a bit low, and there has been no harvest so far.

Secondly, he shook people. Since the black skins can have people lurking in Yangyu, maybe there are more lurkers? Maybe some people who have been corrupted and bribed by the Eldar? Will they know some news?

So, he asked Marshal Taddius, who was at a higher level, that is, the Ministry of Military Affairs, to dispatch masters from the Military Intelligence Bureau to try to find some more clues.

Of course, what he was most looking forward to was the interrogation of the black skin prisoners by the judges.

After hearing that the inquisitors of the Anti-foreign Order had a big move, he ordered the fleet to be ready at any time, and also informed the two companies of the Fury Flame Regiment that were on board the ship to make preparations for the war.

Then, Judge Martini took the people of the Anti-foreign Order on his ship and told him the good news.

They determined the location of the enemy.

The Dark Eldar pirates had a temporary base on an inconspicuous asteroid in the Yangyu system. There was even a spiritual door.

Du Shiliang was anxious and ordered the entire army to go out, and on the way, he listened to some popular science about the Dark Eldar.

After listening, his face was quite uncertain.

…

From the high platform, Xernos Blood Curse watched tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of captives carrying supplies on the asteroid where they were, under the whip of blood slaves.

Of course, normal mortals could not move freely on an asteroid without protection. In order to allow these humans to move, a passage was built from the temporary parking area to the spiritual gate with a diameter of about 60 meters, which was assumed to be on the asteroid. Several huge life-support facilities were placed along the way, and a thin layer of energy protected the passage area, blocking the deadly cosmic radiation and maintaining the oxygen and temperature inside, allowing people to move.

Originally, there were more than these human captives. They plundered more than a dozen ships in this wave of great harvest, and drove them all back to this temporary base. There were a large number of crew members on the dozen ships, not to mention the huge number of immigrants on board.

However, after they arrived here with the plundered ships, most of them were killed in less than ten days.

No resistance.

The unarmed human captives had no way to resist in the first place. Several armed merchant ships that resisted fiercely were destroyed and turned into space junk; the captives were also the Dark Eldar with blood slaves, who attacked the interior of the ship, slaughtered all the armed guards, and then poured special drugs into several internal air circulation devices of the entire ship. After knocking down all the people, they easily completed the capture work.

This is what the Dark Eldar pirates often do, and they are already familiar with it.

Even after completing the plunder, they also have a fairly mature plan for these captives.

The looting of the population is the most important goal of the Dark Eldar. People, whether human or any other race, are all advanced creatures with emotions, wisdom and souls.

The development of Comoros requires a large population.

The Eldar are a sparsely populated race. If their own population is insufficient, they can only rely on foreign races.

Supplementing the labor force is only the smallest of the many reasons why the Black Bean Sprouts capture prisoners and slaves.

The biggest goal is to kill, abuse and have fun.

It sounds a bit outrageous, but it is true.

There was a time when Xernos did not kill or abuse for a long time. He felt that his soul was about to dissipate.

No, it was not a simple "feeling", but a reality.

The Eldar race was the real overlord of this universe countless thousands of years ago. They have a highly developed civilization, a vast territory, and a brilliant culture...

But all of this was completely destroyed by the Eldar in their endless enjoyment, indulgence, revelry, and depravity.

With the entire Eldar as a sacrifice, the youngest of the four gods of the Warp was born.

Its birth was based on the destruction of a race that dominated the universe.

The Eldar's brilliant civilization and glorious country were completely annihilated, and their "gods" either fell or were corrupted by Slaanesh and degenerated into her toys and running dogs.

The remaining Eldar were divided into two branches.

They all believed that they were the true heirs of the Eldar.

One branch, the white-skinned Eldar, was called the Ark Eldar. They built a shelter - often an ark sailing in space. The Ark was equipped with a soul stone, which was a virtual space. The souls of the Eldar were placed in the soul stone to cut off the connection between their own souls and the Warp.

They practice abstinence, asceticism, and strict spiritual protection, so as to prevent being detected by Slaanesh during their lifetime. After death, their souls return to the sanctuary and become fuel for the Ark.

The other group, the black-skinned ones, live in the magical city of ‘Comoros’.

Comoros is located in the veil between the warp and the real universe.

The reality veil should not have the concept of thickness, but the Eldar in their peak era had an incredible level of technology. They could carve out a space in the veil and build a city.

This ‘city’ is different from the conventional sense. Since it is not in the real universe, but in the veil, it can use the warp to open a door in the city at any time, just like the astral tunnel, leading to any place in this real universe.

But they are not in the warp either, so when the storm that raged across the entire warp and the real universe when Slaanesh was born was set off, they were lucky to escape.

However, escaping a disaster does not mean that everything is fine. All the remaining Eldar can't escape the control of Slaanesh, this is not just talk. Unlike the Ark Eldar, who built a shelter and promoted abstinence, the Dark Eldar took another path.

Their souls are connected to Commorra, which can ensure that their souls will not be sucked away by Slaanesh in the first place - if this connection is cut off, it will be over, their souls will be directly sucked away and enter Slaanesh's domain, becoming her eternal toys.

That is the most painful thing.

If they die, their souls will also return to Commorra and be preserved in the soul box they left behind. Among the Dark Eldar, the superb flesh engineers known as the Haemonchi will process a body to revive their souls.

Of course, there will be a long period of weakness. Therefore, the best result is to bring back the dead Dark Eldar body and perform surgery, which will be much better.

Once the surgery is not performed for too long, or the death time is too long, the Dark Eldar will really die - after death, their souls will belong to Slaanesh.

This is the most feared thing for every Eldar.

They fear true death more than any other race.

Because, for other races, death is death, and everything returns to nothingness; but for them, death means eternal torture and imprisonment, and they will not be released until the destruction of the universe.

But even if they are not completely dead, the Dark Eldar are more likely to be favored by Slaanesh than their counterparts in the Ark.

Or, Slaanesh is always watching them and sucking their souls. However, with the protection of Commorra, this process will be slower.

If they do nothing, maybe ten years? Twenty years? Fifty years? ... In short, their souls will be slowly sucked away.

And the way to prevent your soul from being sucked away is to find a substitute.

Through torture, violence, killing and other means, creating endless pain, such souls will be sucked away as substitutes, so that your soul can be preserved. Even, it can make up for the lack of your own soul to achieve the effect of prolonging life and strengthening strength. The most powerful family archons can even really achieve immortality.

This is the real reason why the Dark Eldars continue to plunder foreign populations.

Xernos Bloodcurse leads such a plundering team.

He is a middle-level cadre of the Bloodcurse family. The Bloodcurse family is one of the top families from Commorra. His mission in the family is to lead a plundering team, often attack, and reap benefits.

By using the characteristics of Comoros being able to open a door to the real universe at any time, they can truly come and go without a trace.

However, the Curtain Spirit Gate is not completely without restrictions.

The place where the Curtain Spirit Gate can be opened must be the place where the Dark Eldar have built a physical "Curtain Spirit Gate" in the real universe as the coordinate location.

The place where Xernos has been active for a long time is not in the Spider Web Universe, but in the Devouring Star Universe in the north.

The previous tragic war in the Spider Web Universe was a bit shocking even for the Eldar of Comoros. There are plenty of places to plunder, and there is no need to come here to make trouble when humans and humans, humans and void Zerg are killing each other.

Not surprisingly, for a long time, they will not set their sights on the Spider Web Universe.

However, a transfer order from the upper echelons of the family sent him here.

He had to take his plundering fleet back to Comoros first, and then enter the coordinates of the nearest Curtain Spirit Gate in the Spider Web Universe - the Sword Gate Star Domain in the north of the Spider Web Universe, and then sail for a long time in the real universe to the Fox Moon Star Domain, and then establish a Curtain Spirit Gate, and then start the plundering operation.

His plundering target is the Alliance.

In other words, it is another force that trades with the Infinite Star Domain.