Genes are the code of life, recording and transmitting genetic information. All life phenomena such as the birth, growth, disease, aging, and death of an organism are related to genes. As for the orcs, their technology and psionic abilities are also genetically reflected.

This pinnacle of genetic technology has opened the eyes of the Empire's researchers.

By studying the genes of these orcs, the Empire's fundamental understanding of biology could be reached to an unprecedented level.

It's like being a person who is learning calligraphy or painting, just looking at those masterpieces, analyzing and comprehending them. It can let them understand their own shortcomings, and can make their abilities greatly improved.

Even the same pen will serve different purposes in different hands.

You may be able to use it to write a simple and stable font, you may be able to use it to draw lifelike paintings, and of course, it may also be used as a tool for graffiti.

Now the researchers of the empire have not seen from the genes of the orcs that the creator of the orcs is superior to the empire's biotechnology in terms of biotechnology.

But it was precisely because of this that the researchers of the empire were very surprised.

This means that, at the same level of biotechnology, the use of biotechnology by beast owners is much higher than that of today's empires.

They are perhaps the most technologically advanced aliens ever discovered.

But it was such a race with strong biotechnology, a race that created the orcs as a war machine, and the empire didn't even know anything about them before that.

It seems that there are still too many secrets in the galaxy that humans do not know.

This has allowed the Empire's researchers, who have learned so much science in a short period of time that they have been over-eyed, to pick up something called awe.

Before studying orcs, the researchers of the Empire had never imagined that the genes of a creature would be so wonderful.

By studying the various life forms on various planets, the Empire can gain a better understanding of humanity itself, as well as the surrounding life in the galaxy.

So orcs are not the first creatures to be genetically studied by the Empire. Before studying orcs, the Empire had studied a large number of very distinctive alien lifeforms.

Studying the fauna of other planets could provide new insights into the Empire's extraterrestrial biobehavioral research, allowing the Empire to identify and domesticate docile individuals.

And after millions of years of persistent evolution, organic life has sometimes evolved elegant and concise solutions that can be applied to mechanical design.

Of the various biological research programs carried out by the Empire in the past, most of the creatures have benefited the Empire.

But no other species has ever had as many genetic fragments as the Orcs that surprised the Imperial researchers, and the abundance of functions that genes could express.

The orc physiology is fascinating and frightening to a certain extent, demonstrating the inhuman resilience of the orcs to the point that they are able to survive seemingly fatal trauma.

The greenskin's regenerative power is so powerful that a badly injured orc can easily regain his health and soon be ready to fight again. Burning them to ashes is the only way to ensure that they are gone forever.

And the reproductive spores emitted by any one orc carry the genetic information of all orc individuals and subspecies, as well as the genetic information of a range of different species of organisms related to orcs.

This allows any orc spore to be able to pollute an entire world.

As they studied the orcs, the Empire's researchers discovered that the orcs, a well-established biological weapon, were in fact an "old disrepair" antique.

Some orc genes are redundant, the so-called "junk genes", and they do not play much of a role in the growth of orcs.

But this was not a low-level mistake made by the beast owner in the first place. Rather, it is because the orc war machine has not been "maintained" for too long, so it is "rusty" and "aging".

When orcs and war machines have existed in the galaxy for an unknown number of years, many changes have taken place in their genes and when they were created.

And this makes today's orcs much less threatening than they used to be.

Researchers at the Empire theorized that perhaps the orc creator had already disappeared or left the galaxy for some reason.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have allowed orcs to grow so unscrupulously in the galaxy and make more and more mutations in the orcs' genes.

This conclusion made the Empire breathe a sigh of relief for the time being, after all, if the Orc creator was still there, then the Empire's war against the Orcs might not be so smooth sailing.

But the empire has not let its guard down, and it is necessary to prepare for the worst and prepare for the best in order to get the best results!

The Empire deliberately slowed down its attack on the Orcs, focusing its forces on the defenses of the Imperial world.

The Orc War, which was originally planned to last no more than fifty years at most (only counting the time to defeat the orcs, not counting the time to clean up), could now last for nearly a hundred years, or even hundreds of years.

In the past, the empire wanted to crush the orc army with the power of thunder, and then vigorously develop itself while cleaning up the remaining orc remnants in the galaxy.

Now there is a shift from this strategy of wanting to quickly eliminate the orcs, and no longer quickly clearing the threat of the orcs.

Instead, after gaining the advantage in war, the war with the orcs is controlled within a controllable range. Through the war with the orcs, you can hone the soldiers of the empire and improve their combat ability.

The shipyards and foundry worlds throughout the empire are fully engaged in the production of various military ships and weapons, and the planetary defense forces on each planet have also begun rigorous training to be able to fight against various imperial enemies.

At the same time, the empire has long been in the shadows, and there are a large number of experienced veterans from the astral army, and if necessary, then all of them will be space marines.

Only when the Empire is fully prepared will it begin the orc purification in the galaxy.

After all, if the former beast owner hadn't disappeared, he would still be lurking somewhere in the galaxy, or if he had traveled to space beyond the galaxy.

Then the Empire's slaughter of the biological weapons they had created could cause this powerful race to reappear in the galaxy and turn against the Empire.

The empire must consider this possibility of such a thing happening.

At the same time, the scientific research departments of the empire vigorously studied the orcs and deciphered the orcs' genes, after all, this was the only source of information for the empire's beast owners.

At present, the Empire has never found any trace of the existence of the beast man.

Due to the extraordinary level of science and technology of the beast artifact owner, and the fact that it is a very ancient existence, the empire named it the "Ancient Sage".

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As the front line continued to capture orc captives, various research institutes of the empire in the rear were also conducting a large number of experiments and research on orcs.

And the Empire has discovered something surprising, the orcs are evolving, or rather degenerating.

They are gradually returning to the original form that the Old Saints created them to be.

The genes of the ancient orcs may have evolved over thousands of years to form the current orcs. But if this continues, it may only take a thousand years for the orcs to change back again.

It turns out that the biological weapon of orcs also has the function of self-maintenance and self-maintenance.

The orcs have become larger and more technologically advanced because they are engaged in the phenomenon of "atavism". They have changed at the genetic level.

Genes that no longer had a clear function began to be recombined in a certain way, causing the orcs to return to what they were when they "left the factory".

And the orcs are able to appear this kind of autonomous maintenance, no doubt related to their waaagh force field, and to the beast-level orc who is now in the galaxy who does not know where to go.

The appearance of beast-level orcs greatly enhanced the waaagh force field of the orcs, causing the orcs to undergo this magical atavistic phenomenon under the action of powerful waaagh energy.

The Empire's immediate priority now is to find this beast-class orc, then destroy it, and put an end to the orc phenomenon. Otherwise, the orcs will become stronger and stronger, causing even more damage to the empire.

But in the vastness of the galaxy, it is so difficult to find an orc.

The Empire's forces had never revealed any information about the Beast-class orcs from reconnaissance, and the orc captives had never revealed anything about it, and by reading their memories, they had not found the slightest bit of information about the Beast-class orcs.

The beast-class orc hid himself well, he was much smarter than his predecessors, and he didn't expose his existence to the eyes of the Empire.

And, perhaps for the same purpose as the Empire fighting the Orcs, the orc leader also intended to use the Empire as a whetstone for the Orcs.

He is using the battle between the Empire and the Orcs to speed up the evolution of the Orcs. Unleash the potential of the orcs through countless wars and greatly enhance the waaagh energy of the orcs.

And such a clever beast-level orc who knows how to use stratagems is a huge threat to the Empire.

He may be tens of meters tall, as strong as a small titan, and even the Genoplasm may only be able to go all out against him.

But this is nothing to the Empire, and no matter how powerful he is, it is impossible for him to destroy the Empire's Armada with his fists. The strength of an individual is very small in the face of the empire.

There is only one reason why the empire attaches so much importance to him, wisdom.

An intelligent orc leader is more unsettling to the Empire than billions of beefy orc bosses.

But fortunately, through the study of orcs, the empire has found a way to find beast-level orcs.

The waaagh energy of a single orc is very weak, whereas if there are a large number of orcs, their waaagh energy will be linked.

If this is an orc clan led by an orc boss, then waaagh energy will gather around him in large numbers. A portion of the waaagh energy of his orc boys will be transmitted to him.

This makes him the largest and the strongest in physique.

And this waaagh energy will be fed back to his orc kids, which will make his orc boys more waaagh.

And through the research of a researcher named Skar, he found that there is no distance limit for this waaagh energy transmission.

He united an imperial institute through joint experiments conducted with the institute.

When the orc boy on the expeditionary fleet is given the memory of being led by Subject 457, Subject 457 in the research institute in an imperial world will gradually change from an orc kid to an orc boss.

He received the waaagh energy from the orc boys in the expeditionary fleet!

Through the establishment of extremely sensitive psionic detection equipment in the expeditionary fleet and the research institute, Skar determined that the orc boys on the expeditionary fleet and Subject 457 in some of the imperial worlds had psionic communication, and a waaagh force field was established between them.

Then, the appearance of beast-level orcs is known to have an "atavistic" effect on all orcs. They connected to all orcs through psionic energy, the waaagh energy that is unique to orcs.

Can the Empire determine its position in the galaxy through the waaagh connection between an orc and a beast-class orc?

If only theoretically, yes.

But there are many problems waiting for the scientific research departments of the empire to overcome them one by one.

To achieve this kind of galactic range tracking, and through an extremely weak psionic response, is not a task that can be completed overnight.

All the Empire can do is to build a scientific hub and a planetary computing complex as soon as possible, providing a complete experimental environment and powerful computing power for these researchers.

In addition to the study of how to track down beast-level orcs, the Empire also attaches great importance to another task.

That's the Orc Genome Project.

Through the analysis of orc genes, we can understand the role of each orc gene, and reverse study the technology of orcs.

Perhaps, before the Orcs rebuild the Battle Moon with teleportation technology, the Empire will be the first to drive the Battle Moon to the Orc's doorstep.

For the analysis of orc genes, in addition to allowing the Empire's biotechnology researchers to learn more biotechnology methods and decipher more orc technology for the Empire, there are several very important reasons.

For example, to find the countermeasures used by the ancient saint creator to create the orc, a weapon of war.

For this powerful biological weapon, its creator must have left a back door. Otherwise, once it gets out of control, it will be a big trouble for the Creator itself.

And, for this kind of conscious biological weapon, how to let him attack the enemy, there must always be a way to control him.

Sivir ordered an extremely important scientific department of the Empire to conduct a special study to ensure that the Empire was invincible in the war of the Orcs.

As for whether the ancient saints left a backdoor in the genes of the orcs, do you still need to think about it?

Who would be so stupid as to create a powerful war machine without leaving any means of control?

The stupidity of humans using a large number of robot armies without leaving a countermeasure behind them is enough for one occurrence.

It can't be older than humans, and the ancient saints with very advanced technology don't leave countermeasures against their biological war machines, right?

No way?

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Terra's Palace, a research institute with strict security measures.

"Lord Sivir, the orc's genome is very complex, and it is very difficult to find a "controller" from it. ”

"Difficult? But it's not impossible to do, right? ”

"Yes, Lord Sivir. But to do that, we need a lot of computing power to decipher the genetic information of orcs. ”

The research director looked up at Sivir and said.

"To understand the use of each of the orc's genes, we need the computing power of the newly established planetary computing complex, and we need a large number of orc samples and other research materials on orc genes."

"What you want, I'll give!"

Sivir's response was domineering, and then he looked at the research director solemnly.

"Find it as soon as possible, it's important for the Empire."