Chapter 102: Tyranid Encyclopedia that even Ogryns should understand

General Droste pointed to the layer of icy asteroid belt on the outermost side of the star map.

This asteroid belt is composed entirely of heavy ice, and at a glance on the star map, it looks like a circle of sparkling broken diamonds surrounding the Underworld System.

"Diamond Shield." Great Sister Magda in the laser communicator said the name of this asteroid belt.

In the entire conference room, only she, Zhou Yun, and Letna lived in the Underworld System for a long time, so they could be considered locals.

Because of this, they also knew the power of this Diamond Shield.

"This is a cold asteroid belt composed of a large amount of ice crystals, which is filled with a certain concentration of Warp power, which can make the instruments on the spaceship that resist the severe cold fail. Theoretically, any fleet that tries to invade this place from the physical universe will be frozen into ice cubes."

General Droste nodded slightly and said:

"Any ship that wants to enter the Underworld System must perform a short-distance Warp jump."

"And when the fleet leaves the Warp, it is often when it is at its weakest."

"Our comrade who is unwilling to show up, Admiral Justus Van Avaco, is stationed behind the Diamond Shield, waiting to intercept the swarm's biological fleet."

"Historically, the Underworld System has been invaded by Chaos warbands, Aeld

Inside the conference room, everyone except Zhou Yun, Arch-Sister Magda, and General Drost nodded in praise.

The Diamond Shield, combined with the naval fleet behind it, indeed looked like an unbreakable shield.

Since no one—from Chaos warbands to Orks, and even the Aeldari and space pirates—had been able to breach this place, there was no reason the Tyranids could.

No wonder the Navy was so confident.

"It's useless," Zhou Yun said, shaking his head.

The air fell silent for a moment; the others looked at Zhou Yun with a hint of bewilderment.

The Navy and the Astra Militarum did often look down on each other, but to so directly call the Navy's meticulously prepared defensive measures useless...

... was really, really refreshing! The other Astra Militarum commanders looked at Zhou Yun with newfound warmth.

The gazes that Sister Magda and General Drost cast toward Zhou Yun held a bit more approval.

"Although Lord Zhou Yun's words are a bit crude, it is indeed useless."

Sister Magda sighed and said:

"I have fought the Tyranid swarm twice, and I have some superficial understanding of them."

"The Diamond Shield cannot stop them."

"However, what surprises me is..."

Arch-Sister Magda looked at Zhou Yun:

"I thought you were just an under-hive expert on countering Genestealers and cultists; I didn't expect you to also have knowledge of Tyranid bio-ships?"

The Tyranid swarm first made contact with the Empire in the 745th year of the 41st millennium in the Ultima Segmentum; for humanity, they were still a relatively novel enemy.

The vast majority of Astra Militarum soldiers actually had no experience fighting the Tyranid swarm.

Precisely because of this, Zhou Yun and Arch-Sister Magda, who had knowledge of the swarm, were invaluable.

Zhou Yun nodded slightly, not explaining why he understood the Tyranid swarm:

"Tyranid bio-ships do not rely on Warp travel to move at faster-than-light speeds."

"They rely on a type of Narvhal bio-ship to create gravity wells for faster-than-light travel, and once they reach the outskirts of a star system, they enter the star system physically."

"Yes, Lord Zhou Yun understands it very specifically," Sister Magda sighed and said: "Unlike what the Navy expects, the swarm will not enter the star system via Warp jump at all."

"Wait." The one who raised the doubt was Alexei of the Vostroyan Firstborn.

He said with some confusion: "If that is the case, how will the swarm pass through the Diamond Shield? How will they deal with the freezing cold of the Diamond Shield?"

The 1653rd Mechanized Regiment he led had not fought the swarm before.

In fact, Alexei had only been promoted to commander during the last war against the Orks; he was still a young officer.

"The Tyranid swarm comes from the endless, vast deep space outside the galaxy, drifting from those frigid regions where there are almost no stars."

Zhou Yun sighed and said:

"Even that kind of environment could not stop the swarm's migration; yet the Navy actually pins its hopes on a block of ice."

Commander Alexei said with a somber expression: "Apologies, my knowledge of the swarm is limited; these monsters seem more complex and changeable than Orks."

Zhou Yun nodded, agreeing with Commander Alexei's words.

The swarm is adept at self-evolution and can hatch different units according to the needs of the battlefield, and the Leviathan hive fleet invading the Underworld Shield is especially skilled at this.

"I have a copy of 'Tyranid Biology for Ogryns' here; you can all take a look."

As he spoke, Zhou Yun took two notebooks from his bosom.

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He shoved one to General Drost and one to Tech-Priest Shaholik, signaling him to scan it and send it to all participants.

Drost took the notebook Zhou Yun handed over with a bewildered look.

According to what he knew, Zhou Yun had never left the Underworld star system from start to finish; logically, he shouldn't have much knowledge of Tyranid organisms.

At the very least, he shouldn't have more information than he had obtained... The information General Drost had obtained mainly came from Arch-Sister Magda, who had fought the Tyranids twice.

General Drost opened the notebook Zhou Yun had written with a casual and curious expression.

He estimated that this notebook contained information on common Tyranid organisms like Termagants, Hormagaunts, and Gargoyles.

"Huh?" General Drost looked at the first page of the notebook Zhou Yun handed him with a bewildered expression.

On this page was outlined a huge, four-limbed, armored giant insect.

A lustrous chitinous carapace covered its massive body, while four long legs supported it on all sides.

The giant beast held two bio-cannons in its hands, its bloody maw hideous and terrifying.

"Bio-Titan Class Tyranid Organism: Titan"

General Drost looked at the content Zhou Yun had written in the notebook with a bewildered expression.

"Unit: Bio-Titan Class Tyranid Organism: Titan"

"Size: At least equivalent to a Warhound-class Titan; size is hatched and manufactured by the hive fleet according to need."

"Armor: Must be equipped with a sturdy chitinous bio-carapace; may carry psychic shields."

"Armament: Bio-plasma spray, bio-cannon, cluster of lash tentacles, Tyranid scythe claws, corrosive toxic spores..."

"Introduction: The largest, most intense, and most WAAAGH! unit among Tyranid organisms, capable of rivaling God-Machines. In addition to various terrifying Tyranid symbiotic weapons,

its abdomen is relatively fragile, but it still contains a large number of barbed tentacles and other types of Tyranid organisms. Furthermore, when the Bio-Titan is injured, the highly toxic spores within its body will surge out rapidly, enough to cause instant suffocation or lung burns...

Theoretically, the Imperial side within the Underworld star system does not possess ground means capable of causing effective damage to this type of organism."

"Threat Level: Extreme Threat"

"Response Suggestion: You silly child! Run!"

"Huh?" General Drost was bewildered.

(End of chapter)