Chapter 726, Unable to Sleep or Eat
It is not accurate to say that the Infinite Corps did not feel that the Dark Eldar were targeting them.
They just did not have definite evidence, had some doubts, and were not sure.
After all, isn't it common for the Dark Eldar to engage in looting?
The attacked were not just merchant ships of the Infinite Star Region, but also other merchant ships. The attacks did not necessarily occur in the Infinite Star Region, or even in the surrounding areas, but when those merchant ships just set out, they were attacked.
Is this definitely targeting them?
Of course, they came to their senses after a long time.
No matter what the Dark Eldar's goal is, at least the final result shows that the Infinite Star Region is at a loss, and their development is greatly affected.
Although it is not completely cut off from the outside world, foreign trade requires a lot of effort, and a lot of troops are drawn to carry out escort missions.
The efficiency of trade and transportation depends on safety.
The situation is so unstable that there is a probability of being looted, which means that a large number of caravans that pursue profits, have a low tolerance for losses, and have a relatively low risk resistance will directly give up the idea of doing business with the Infinite Corps.
The remaining businesses that can successfully make a business also need to invest more costs in security protection.
More escort fleets even require the Infinite War Group to frequently dispatch and personally protect.
This undoubtedly reduces efficiency and increases trade costs.
The development of the Infinite Star Domain has suffered a certain setback.
Of course, it is definitely not enough to rely on this strategy to deal a real blow to the Infinite Star Domain.
But it doesn’t matter, this is just one of the means.
There are many other arrangements.
The reason why Zernos came to the Spider Web Universe, which had never been here before, is because the Alliance wants to do business with the Infinite Star Domain here.
It seems to be a large scale, and a stable connection will be established in the future.
That’s it?
The Dark Eldar’s raid will naturally burn to the Spider Web Universe.
However, what was a little unexpected was that the reaction speed of this alliance... was a little too fast.
Zernos is an experienced plundering captain. He has robbed many human forces in his life, and there are even some so-called "big forces" among them.
As long as they succeed, they often have enough time to quickly evacuate with the super convenience and concealment brought by the curtain spirit door.
Then, with the help of the lurkers with strong camouflage ability, they continue to inquire about the news in human society. When the storm is over, they will come out to do another job.
However, what he didn't expect was that the lurkers were caught so quickly!
As soon as he confirmed that the lurkers were out of contact, he made a judgment here.
Logically speaking, his fellow tribesmen should be very tight-lipped and not afraid of being tortured.
With just these means of humans, compared with what his fellow tribesmen did with drugs, surgery, and the double torture of the body and soul, it is simply a drizzle. Even if the means are not up to a certain level, they will regard these pains as enjoyment.
They are not afraid of death. After death, they will return to Comoros anyway and be resurrected by the blood orcs supported by the family. They will only be weak for a period of time.
In this case, if the lurkers are caught, there is actually nothing to be afraid of, right?
Xernos's men thought so. They had planned to continue transporting supplies and prisoners to the Curtain Spirit Gate at the same pace, and enter the privateering port of Comoros across the way. They could even hold a ceremony to temporarily expand the Curtain Spirit Gate so that several starships could be stuffed in.
However, Xernos called a halt to the operation.
He asked everyone to speed up and transport as much supplies as possible, and then massacre the prisoners on a large scale to absorb soul energy and maintain the expanded version of the Curtain Spirit Gate so that the privateering ships could pass quickly.
The Curtain Spirit Gate is a gate with a diameter of tens of meters under normal circumstances. If it is not activated, it does not connect Comoros and the real universe.
When it is activated normally, the two sides are connected, and people and supplies can travel freely.
If a large number of painful souls are temporarily invested, the Curtain Spirit Gate can be temporarily expanded so that starships can pass through - but it must be fast. If it is slow, the souls will be gradually consumed, and the gate will shrink until it is impassable.
The Dark Eldar's own ships are designed to be as slender as possible to facilitate the shuttle through the limited size of the curtain spirit gate; there are also some technologies on them that can expand the spirit gate in disguise when passing through the curtain spirit gate, and the shape can also change with the appearance of the starship, not necessarily a pure circle, which makes their own starships much more passable.
Human ships certainly don't have any special designs in this regard, so to open a human ship of the same size as a trophy to enter, it will take a longer time to carefully kill each person and form enough fear and pain as fuel.
But now, there is no time.
Under normal circumstances, the lurkers will not reveal it, but judging from the fact that the lurkers were captured so quickly, I am afraid that those humans have also mastered some special methods to quickly identify and find the lurkers.
Since they have this technology, is there any way to quickly pry intelligence out of the lurkers?
He thinks it is very likely.
Don't bet on such things.
He forced his subordinates to give up everything, just to kill people quickly and open the Curtain Spirit Gate to a sufficient degree so that they could evacuate on ships.
But even so, the Alliance Fleet arrived before they finished their work.
Zernos's face remained unchanged. He told all his subordinates that the progress was good and the faster killing program had been started. The gate would be opened to a sufficient degree soon. He asked some of his subordinates to go and harass and contain human ships.
After forcing a few privateers to go out, he turned around and took the rest of the people and ran away, closing the Curtain Spirit Gate.
The supplies that leaked outside, the people and ships that did not return, were all gone. At the same time, the possibility of humans chasing in from the Curtain Spirit Gate was also cut off.
It was so decisive.
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After winning the battle, Du Shiliang still felt a little bit unsatisfied.
The looted ships were recovered, but the supplies were reduced by half, 80% of the personnel died, and the survivors also had severe mental trauma.
The most important thing is that the annoying black pirates ran away!
Although four privateers were left behind, these four small boats were obviously thrown down as cannon fodder and sacrificed, and they were not enough to fill the gaps in his teeth. The main force of the black pirates ran away under his nose.
The only thing left of the Curtain Spirit Gate was an arch made of silver-gray metal material with a diameter of 60 meters.
According to the judges, this is the beacon of the Curtain Spirit Gate in the real universe. After destroying it, the Dark Eldar will no longer be able to open this door-unless they sneak over in the real universe and build this door again.
Hearing this news, Du Shiliang was slightly relieved.
The recovered ships, materials, and personnel were returned to Wang Jiarong; the relevant reports will be submitted to the Alliance Government, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and copied to all relevant parties.
At least this matter has an explanation.
But then he began to have a headache: Who knows how many Curtain Spirit Gates the Dark Eldar have built in the entire Spider Web Universe? And where are they?
If I don’t clean it, I will not be able to sleep or eat well.