Chapter 724, Comoros

Chapter 724, Comoros
Vice Admiral Du Shiliang of the Alliance Navy paced anxiously on the bridge.

He was waiting for news from Martini.

After learning that a member of Wang Jiarong's caravan was missing and suspected to have been 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.

If something happens to the Xinghai merchant ship, he must be held responsible.

Moreover, it is probably not a leadership responsibility. When Ye Lixia left with Gu Hang, she specifically explained the work of the navy. The focus was to establish star sea defense measures for the entire star field in the Spider Web Universe.

At the same time, the Allied Government had also sent him a note, telling him early on that a large fleet of merchant ships from Wang's Trading Company would be coming, and asked him to be prepared.

In the end, something went wrong.

He felt that he was quite wronged.

No matter how many precautions you take, you can’t prevent dark 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 have the characteristic of coming and going without a trace, which makes them even more difficult to guard against.

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

In the Alliance Navy, apart from Admiral Ye Licia who is the most stable figure, there is not a particularly large gap between the others in terms of qualifications and abilities.

Du Shiliang was indeed a veteran. During the Battle of Korojia, when Governor Gu began to step onto the Xinghai stage, he, as a brigadier general of the Imperial Navy and a captain of the Pegasus Fleet, had provided assistance to Gu Hang. Moreover, in the subsequent series of decisions, he was always right and eventually made it to his current position.

However, there are still people like him in the navy; some up-and-coming ones who have performed quite well in battle.

He did not have any absolute merit to ensure that he could always be the commander of the navy.

But now that Ye Licia has left and a new position has been opened up, he has been given the task and has indeed had the opportunity to take charge. If he messes up, the road ahead will be difficult.

It may give people the impression that you are "not capable of doing anything important".

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

First of all, we must find the lost caravan. It is definitely in danger, but we must find the bodies of the people alive and the dead, and the black skins who harmed them must be brought to light, otherwise there will be no explanation.

Secondly, he has to plug this hole.

Seeing that the Alliance is developing the Spider Web Universe on a large scale, 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 commercial transportation is not safe, it will take a huge amount of time and cost on escort, detours and exploration.

That is definitely unacceptable.

If the endless stream of Dark Eldar pirates caused the Alliance's merchant ships to be lost one after another, his tenure as acting commander-in-chief would be over.

Not to mention making any further progress, it would be good enough if he wasn't sent back to be the captain of an ordinary cruiser.

The navy's astropaths, navigators... in short, all the psychic powers that could be used, under the leadership of the warships, were running around in the void of the Yangyu galaxy like crazy, trying to catch any clues.

But this is a bit inefficient and there has been no results so far.

Secondly, he shook his head. Since the Black Skins had someone lurking in Yangyu, maybe there were more lurkers? Maybe some were corrupted and bribed by the Eldar? Would they know something?
Therefore, he asked Marshal Taddius to send experts from the Military Intelligence Bureau to try to find some clues at the next higher level, the Ministry of Military Affairs.

Of course, what he was most looking forward to was the interrogation of the black-skinned prisoners by the inquisitors.

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

Then, Martini brought the members of the anti-foreign order onto his ship and told him the good news.

They located the enemy.

The Dark Eldar pirates had a temporary base on an inconspicuous asteroid in the Yangyu galaxy, where there was even a spirit door.

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

After hearing this, his expression became quite uncertain.

……

Xernos Bloodcurse, from a high platform, looked at the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of captives, who were carrying supplies on the asteroid they were on, being whipped by blood slaves.

Normal mortals certainly cannot 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.

There were originally more than this number of human captives. They had a great harvest this time, looting more than a dozen ships, 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 who boarded the ships.

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

No resistance.

The unarmed human captives had no way to resist. Several armed merchant ships that resisted fiercely were destroyed and turned into space junk; the captives were also Dark Eldar with blood slaves, who broke into the ships and slaughtered all the armed guards. They then poured special drugs into the several internal air circulation devices of the ship, knocked all the people out, and easily completed the task of capturing prisoners.

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

Even after completing the looting, they had a fairly mature plan for the captives.

The Dark Eldar's most important goal is to plunder the population. People, whether human or any other race, are all high-level creatures with emotions, wisdom, and souls.

The development of Comoros requires a large population.

The Eldar are a sparsely populated tribe. If their own population is insufficient, they can only rely on outsiders. Supplementing the labor force is only the smallest of the many reasons why Black Bean Sprouts capture prisoners and slaves.

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

It may sound outrageous, but it's true.

Xernos hadn't killed or tortured for a long time. He felt like his soul was about to dissipate.

No, it's not just a 'feeling', it's reality.

Countless thousands of years ago, the Eldar were the true overlords of the universe. They had a highly developed civilization, a vast territory, and a brilliant culture...

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

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

Its birth was based on the destruction of a race of cosmic overlords.

The glorious civilization and glorious kingdom of the Eldar were completely destroyed, and their 'gods' either fell or were corrupted by Slaanesh and degenerated into her toys and running dogs.

The remaining elves were divided into two branches.

They all consider themselves to be the true heirs of the Eldar.

A white-skinned Eldar, 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 soul of the Eldar was placed in the soul stone, isolating the connection between their soul and the subspace.

They practiced abstinence, asceticism, and guarded their souls strictly, so as to prevent themselves from being detected by Slaanesh during their lifetime. After death, their souls would return to the sanctuary and become fuel for the Ark.

The other group, the dark-skinned ones, live in the magical city of 'Comoros'.

Commorragh lies within the veil between the Warp and the real universe.

Logically, the reality veil has no concept of thickness, but the technological level of the Eldar in their prime era was incredible. They were able to carve out a piece of 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 subspace to open a door in the city at any time, just like an astral tunnel, leading to any location in this real universe.

But they were not in the Warp either, so they were lucky to escape the storm that raged across the entire Warp and the manifest universe when Slaanesh was born.

However, escaping a catastrophe does not mean that everything is fine. All the remaining Eldar cannot escape the control of Slaanesh, and this is not just talk. Unlike the Ark Eldar, who built a sanctuary and promoted abstinence, the Dark Eldar took a different path.

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

That was the most painful thing.

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

Of course, this would lead to a long period of weakness. Therefore, the best outcome would be to bring back the body of the dead Dark Eldar and perform surgery on it, which would have a much better effect.

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

This is the thing that every Eldar fears the most.

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 sentence, and they will not be liberated until the universe is destroyed.

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

In other words, Slaanesh was always watching them and sucking their souls. However, with Comoros' protection, the process would be slower.

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

The way to prevent your soul from being sucked away is to find a replacement.

By abusing, brutalizing, killing, and creating endless pain, they can absorb such souls as substitutes, thus preserving their own souls. They can even make up for the loss of their own souls, thereby extending their lifespans and strengthening their strengths. The most powerful family archons can even truly achieve immortality.

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

Xernos Bloodcurse led such a raiding team.

He was a middle-level cadre of the Blood Curse Family. The Blood Curse Family was one of the top families in Comoros. His mission in the family was to lead a looting team, often attacking and gaining profits.

By virtue of Comoros' ability to open a door to the real universe at any time and anywhere, they can truly come and go without a trace.

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

The place where the Veil of Spirits can be opened must be the place where the Dark Eldar have built an entity of the 'Veil of Spirits' in the real universe and use it 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 brutal war in the Spider Web Universe was so fierce that even the Eldar of Comoros were shocked. There were plenty of places to plunder, so there was no need to come here and make trouble when humans and humans, or humans and Void Zerg were killing each other.

Not surprisingly, they would not turn their attention to the Spider Web Universe for a long time.

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

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, come to the Fox Moon Star Domain, establish a Curtain Spirit Gate, and then launch a plundering operation.

His target of looting was the Alliance.

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

(End of this chapter)