Accompanied by the huge roar of the engine, the Messenger-class destroyer, the smallest and lightest in the Tau commercial fleet, slowly descended into the atmosphere and entered the sky above the city along the gap in the side force field shield.
Although in the eyes of the Human Empire, this kind of space junk with no protection and only a small railgun array with firepower is not even as good as its own frigate.
But it has a huge advantage in that it is equipped with a "gravity drive", which can "drift" between subspace and the real universe to achieve faster-than-light navigation.
Moreover, the Courier-class destroyers played a huge role in the early colonial expansion and trade of the Tau. Although the Tau senior leaders completely eliminated them at the military level after the Damocles expedition, they were still handed over to them based on the principle of waste utilization.
Used by commercial fleets.
After all, no matter how light it is, this is a warship capable of orbital strikes. It still has the advantage of crushing low-level civilizations whose technological level has not yet reached the threshold of entering the universe.
In addition to the Courier-class, the merchant fleet led by Saskier also includes Orca-class destroyers, Merchant-class light cruisers, Valiant-class heavy cruisers, and Explorer-class battleships.
As an armed commercial fleet of the Tau, it can be considered quite luxurious.
Not to mention engaging in trade activities, it is not much different from the Rogue Traders of the Human Empire. It is the kind of large fleet that is enough for direct armed colonization.
Of course, the most important thing is that the appearance design and art style of the Tau fleet are far more beautiful than the stupid, black and thick ones of the Human Empire fleet.
Let’s not talk about the weapons and protective capabilities. At least he looks pretty good.
But if it were actually used, Zuo Si would obviously still prefer the empire's macro cannon that can accelerate a cannonball the size of a building of several hundred meters to close to the speed of light, and then shoot it out in one shot, triggering a nuclear fusion explosion of tens of trillions of yield.
After all, under the premise of ensuring that it will not destroy a planet, this thing is the most lethal long-range weapon currently known, and its coverage is large and wide, and it is extremely efficient when used to clean up enemy forces on the ground.
As for the main energy weapon, the light spear, on the one hand, the penetrating power is too strong and if you are not careful, it will burn through the core of the earth and cause the entire planet to explode. On the other hand, the attack range is too concentrated, making it impossible to attack a large area at the same time.
A devastating blow.
In comparison, the Tau's plasma weapons, electromagnetic weapons and pulse weapons are obviously much worse.
At least on the frontal battlefield, their warships were simply not comparable to the Empire's main fleet.
Not to mention the battleships, which were as big as a city, even the heavy cruisers had enough protection and firepower to give them a drink.
In fact, the Damocles expedition initiated by humans only dispatched one battleship, ten cruisers and destroyers. The Astartes with a total of 500 people were also improvised by several war groups.
, the rest are basically astral soldiers composed of mortals.
Due to the long distance, lack of intelligence, and the arrogance caused by rampant bureaucracy, the empire's senior officials had no idea how far the Tau had developed, and the war ended in a very ugly way.
This is not because of how strong the Tau's military power is, but simply because the Empire has not taken it seriously.
In addition, compared to other alien races, the Tau are relatively civilized and can communicate, and their location is just right to help humans resist those monsters outside the range of the star torch, whether they are orcs or the space dead who are constantly awakening.
In this way, both sides maintained a fragile peace.
Just as information about the relationship between the Tau and the Human Empire flashed through Zuo Si's mind, the Messenger-class destroyer finally floated on the huge platform in front of the spire.
Immediately after the cabin door opened quickly under the action of electromagnetic force, Shaskell personally escorted the traitors who had defected to Tzeentch out of the cabin.
When she saw that the person standing in front of her was not a human being, but an unknown humanoid creature whose whole body was made of metal, she was stunned.
Because this is obviously beyond the level of transformation by the Mechanicum.
Even the body, which was compressed from an unknown amount of metal, had a gravitational field around it that was comparable to giant meteorites or even asteroids, so much so that the detector wearing a mecha kept flashing a red light that symbolized extreme danger.
"Why, you seem surprised to see me?"
Zuo Si knowingly glanced at these Tau people who looked a bit like a mixture of draenei and mermaid.
"No, I just originally thought that the person who rules this planet should be a human being. After all, this is the territory of the empire." Saskier quickly came back to his senses and explained.
"This place used to be the territory of the empire, but now the empire has placed the entire star region under my rule.
Otherwise, from the moment the fleet jumps out of subspace, what greets you will not be friendly greetings, but an overwhelming barrage of light spears and macro cannons.
I believe you should know how much the empire hates and hates non-human alien races.
Although the current regent is a relatively enlightened person with political foresight, it is difficult for him to reverse the pride and prejudice formed over ten thousand years by his own strength."
Zuo Si declared his absolute dominance over the Bottas sector to these outsiders in a half-joking tone.
"Then what kind of relationship do you have with the empire?" Saskier continued to probe.
Zuo Si answered very simply: "You can understand it as an ally to a certain extent. I provide them with knowledge, technology, weapons and equipment, medicines and other things, and they pay people as compensation."
"So you are independent, and these humans are no longer subjects of the empire?"
Saskier's eyes shone as he keenly perceived the information and great value contained in it.
"That's right!" Zuo Si nodded lightly. "If you want to talk to me about establishing trade on behalf of your race, or promote the concept of the Greater Good, please wait a moment. Because there is one more thing.
There are more important things to deal with."
"He is yours now."
Of course Saskier knew what this "more important thing" was referring to, and immediately pushed the shackled traitor forward.
The Tau who surrendered to Tzeentch staggered a few steps forward, then stopped and raised their heads to stare at the metal body that was so close and oppressive, with no trace of fear on their calm faces.
On the contrary, he looked very surprised and curious, and even a little bit inexplicably ecstatic.
After a full seven or eight seconds, this guy grinned and asked: "You were the one who cleared the chaos code I injected into the spaceport's electronic equipment? It didn't infect or control you?"
“Clear?
No, no, no, I didn't clear those chaotic codes, I just transformed them through some means and made them stronger and more perfect than before.
As for infection and control I…
You seem to be mistaken about one thing, that is, I am not a machine composed of mechanics and circuits.
It’s a life form that you simply can’t understand.”
As he spoke, Zuo Si controlled the shimmering oil to tear open his body, revealing a huge neural network built with countless densely packed metal wires, as well as metal muscles that were constantly flowing like a liquid, but were actually as hard as a solid.
There is no circuit!
No chip!
There is no complicated skeleton and signal transduction!
The only thing that can be understood is the huge and constantly roaring oil engine at the heart of the chest.
Thick grease flows as fast as blood, filling every corner of the metal body.
The invisible energy force field that cannot be described in words crushes atoms and even atomic nuclei, rearranges them in an unprecedented way, and then forms a terrifying forced interaction force.
What's even more frightening is that the density far exceeds that of a white dwarf. With the level of technology currently mastered by the Tau, most weapons cannot even produce any destructive effect on it.
For a moment, all the Tau people who saw this scene fell into deep shock and silence.
As a new civilization in the galaxy, their history is not long, and they know relatively little about other races and subspaces.
Although the top management knew some secrets, they chose to hide them rather than announce them.
"What...are you?"
The Tau traitor was obviously deeply shocked and could no longer maintain his composure. Even his voice was trembling.
Because all of this far exceeded the limits of his cognition, and even reached a level that was completely incomprehensible.
"You can call me Thos or the Father of New Phyrexia. As for what I am, didn't the god you believe in tell you? Or when you came to the surface of the planet with a mission, you didn't know what you were about to do.
Are you facing something?"
While speaking, Zuo Si restored the torn body to its original shape, then used his right hand to hold up a pool of oil and poured it directly on the other person's face.
moment!
The terrifying power of the shimmering oil begins to break down the skin, exposing large areas of muscle and blood beneath the surface to the air.
As we all know, when trying to perfect a living creature, the first thing to do is to skin the human alive.
This process is extremely painful, and can even make a person with a strong endurance faint from the pain, or simply go crazy.
So when half of his face became bloody, the Tau traitor finally knelt on the ground with a bang and frantically tried to clean off the shimmer oil on his body, while letting out a heart-rending wail.
"Ahhhhh!!!!!! Damn it! What the hell is this?"
Tortured by severe pain, he even used his fingers to touch his face, which had peeled off skin and was bloody. As a result, the bloody and terrifying scene made everyone present feel horrified.
Saskier even took several steps back, his eyes filled with fear.
But Zuo Si still acted like a normal person and said to himself in a very calm tone: "You know?
When the shimmering oil is perfecting a person, it will first peel off the skin on the body, and then tear apart the muscles, internal organs and bones bit by bit.
To be continued...