According to the Hive's projections, the Golden-backed Magneto-Optic Scorpion's genes would not be difficult to crack. However, ultra-long-range attacks would likely require a more specialized form of energy. The exact details would have to wait until Ye Luo returned to the Zerg Galaxy and tossed this Golden-backed Magneto-Optic Scorpion larva into the Hive.
After parting ways with the Kuijiao-class Battleship, Ye Luo headed straight aboard the Hive Battleship that had previously pretended to withdraw from Saint Masente. The moment he entered, Angelina gave him some news: quite a few space pirates had suddenly appeared across the Zerg Galaxy's four major spiral arms, specifically targeting the ships of nobles from Zerg vassal civilizations.
The victims were not limited to nobles. Wealthy civilians, merchant associations, and particularly capable traders were also frequently abducted and robbed. The pirates never took hostages for ransom. If they boarded a ship and found enough valuables, they might release the hostages. But if the haul failed to satisfy them, they would simply kill everyone aboard.
Whenever they encountered a Zerg patrol fleet, they fled at once. A galaxy was simply too vast, and they seemed exceedingly familiar with the terrain of the Zerg Galaxy. Under Angelina's orders, the Overlords had already scouted out and destroyed more than a hundred pirate dens, yet the pirates had not decreased in number—instead, they were steadily growing!
The most critical issue was that Angelina suspected someone was backing these space pirates. Otherwise, there was no reason they would never fight among themselves. They were like scattered packs of wolves, specializing in hunting the fat sheep that were the Zerg Galaxy's vassal civilizations.
As a result, minor nobles and ordinary civilians now dared not leave their own planets at all. Major merchant associations and great noble houses only dared to travel after