The Emperor’s Angel of Death

Chapter 2911: Insoluble Poison

"It's hard to imagine that flesh and blood can ignore the damage of explosive bombs."

"Last time I hit a Warrior bug in the head, it took three shots. These creatures are so tenacious, even Orks aren't this tough."

"Do they not have respiratory organs?"

"I heard that Tyranids can survive in an anaerobic environment."

Dozens of Astartes in different armors were gathered around these display stands, carefully examining these aliens. A bio-sage, highly modified and as tall as a regular Space Marine, was pointing at several different display panels with its eight mechanical arms.

"In these Tyranid creatures, there is clearly a unique organ. This organ can store certain sulfides and heat them when needed, eventually squeezing them out like flames."

As he spoke, one of its mechanical tentacles picked up a soft, yellow lump of flesh from the surgical tray next to it.

"Past anatomical reports on Tyranids have never mentioned this organ, so I guess this is a new evolutionary result. These Tyranids must ingest a lot of sulfides when devouring planets and store them in their breeding pools. This is also why their carapaces have a lot of yellow spots. Their bodies contain a lot of sulfur. This is a completely different Hive Fleet from the Behemoth Hive Fleet that attacked the Ultramar sector and the Dagon Fleet. Even these highly enriched sulfides promote their brain development, especially hydrogen sulfide, which is an excellent regulator of neurotransmitters, which can greatly enhance their learning energy and accelerate the evolution of new variants."

Sorensen nodded.

"I was wondering why these Tyranid creatures always have a sulfurous stench, and even spew biological flames. It's a big trouble."

But Malakin suddenly said:

"But this may also be a weakness for them. In naval battles, I found that these Tyranid bio-ships are very prone to internal explosion and internal combustion."

The bio-sage also agreed with Malakin.

"Yes, after they devour a lot of sulfides, the best storage point is those bio-ships, and the most convenient storage form of sulfides is gaseous, so we can assume that the inside of those bio-ships must be filled with sulfide gas."

Seth grinned.

"Isn't that just flying gas tanks? Knowing this, it will be much easier to fight."

"But sulfide gas will also enhance the reaction speed and attack frequency of Tyranid bio-ships. This time we used tricks to play with it, so that it could not exert its strength, but it will be difficult to replicate it again, and in face-to-face naval battles... they are not easy to deal with. Although we have destroyed tens of thousands of bio-ships, this is only one-tenth or even less of its main force. Until now, we still don't know the actual size of this Tyranid fleet."

Sorensen's words made everyone's expressions serious.

Then he looked at the bio-sage.

"Is there any way to crack those spore toxins at present?"

The bio-sage then led everyone to a huge glass cover, in the viscous liquid, imprisoned a toxic fume bug, which was one of the captured alive by Nulus and others. Countless thin tubes were inserted into it, and those chimneys were also connected to metal pipes.

"Our detailed research on them has found that these creatures have autonomous adjustment capabilities. They can adjust the composition of the spore toxin smoke they generate at any time according to the situation, and even adjust the DNA structure of those biophages. This variability has plunged the research into a mystery. In my life, I have dealt with hundreds of thousands of different creatures, including many alien monsters containing extremely deadly toxins, but I have rarely encountered any creatures with the toxicity and toxin producing ability like this beast. Even our most advanced laboratories can hardly create or copy the highly toxic substance it produces, both in quantity and quality. This is not a creature at all, it is a miniature gas factory. All its physiological functions revolve around one function, producing toxic gas, no digestive organs, no reproductive organs, not even feeding organs, and also abandoned all senses used for survival. That is to say, this creature cannot actually survive independently in the natural environment. It is a very single 'functional' existence."

"Simply put, you can't create drugs that can immunize or treat their toxins?"

Arash's words were a bit blunt, but fortunately, the mechanicus sage's face didn't show any expression, just calmly replied:

"Because this is not a poison at all, this is an inherent characteristic of all Tyranid Tyranids, they are harmful to all life forms whose biological basis is different from their own. This can be understood as hostility to all life other than oneself. After getting enough samples and after a long enough time, perhaps we may be able to understand what the essence of this hostility is."

At this time Sorensen looked at Nulus.

"I heard that Deathwatch has a unique warhead that specifically kills enemies at the genetic level. Is it effective against Tyranids?"

"You are talking about Hellfire bullets. This is indeed a weapon specifically developed for Tyranids. It contains thousands of needles wrapped in gene-dissolving poison, which are injected into the target through explosion, which can turn creatures into an unrecognizable mass of tissue, but this bullet is based on the genes of the Tyranid hive encountered by the Empire as a blueprint, mainly the Behemoth Fleet. In the Achilles war zone, Deathwatch also used this weapon against the enemies of the Dagon hive fleet, and the effect was not so good. Small creatures can be killed, but large units such as Warrior bugs may take nearly an hour to die. If it is a giant target like an executioner, it is almost ineffective."

The bio-sage took over the topic at the right time.

"Research on biological weapons against Tyranids has always been the research direction of biological laboratories in many forge worlds, but a significant feature of Tyranid creatures is that their genes are iterated very quickly. The fastest observed iteration cycle is 43 minutes, while the research cycle of a genetic weapon is usually 148 years, so this type of weapon can often only be used once in a battle. Deathwatch's combat mode is mostly small-scale penetration operations, and will not conduct long-term large-scale battles. They use special warheads. Tyranids may not perform gene modification because there are too few samples, but even so, their genetic weapons and biological weapons have to be replaced frequently, so the proportion of this type of weapon in the Deathwatch arsenal is very low, and the warriors don't like to use it either."

Nulus nodded slightly, which was regarded as agreeing with the sage's words.

Sorensen walked to the glass cover, gazing at the toxic fume bug who fell into coma, then sighed softly.

"In other words, there is no way at present, is there."

"We will invest more research power in the follow-up."