Barely Acceptable

In just a few minutes, not a single bug here could stand taller than Lin Fan.

He dragged a still-breathing bug before the Aeldari seers and had them use psychic fluctuations to trace the Tyrant's whereabouts in reverse.

A few weeks later, Lin Fan successfully captured the Tyrant. He tore off all its limbs, leaving only an intact torso.

A Kroot chieftain and his people took custody of the severely wounded Tyrant. They would transport it to a T'au research facility and clear away Tyranid contamination along the route.

The Kroot might look savage, but any species that had survived this long in the Milky Way had a few tricks up its sleeve.

They possessed the ability to evolve by consuming flesh and acquiring genes. For example, if a Kroot tribe wanted to become stronger, they would launch a hunt targeting Orks.

If they consumed enough flying creatures, Kroot could also grow feathers and wings.

They generally chose to prey on more emotional creatures. Consuming unintelligent wild animals would cause the Kroot to become increasingly bestial and uncivilized, no longer able to achieve advancement in either body or mind.

When faced with tribesmen who had become bestial, the Kroot would not slaughter them. They merely treated those distant relatives who had strayed down the wrong evolutionary path as laborers and weapons.

Such as Kroot Hounds, Krootox, and the even larger Greater Knarlocs.

The Tyranids possessed the richest gene pool, but it was a little too rich for the Kroot. Consuming bug corpses would only give them more uncontrollable insectoid genetic mutations.

Moreover, their evolutionary logic differed from that of the bugs. Kroot evolved to elevate their lifeforms, while the swarm evolved to better capture prey.

The Kroot's sensitivity to genes also allowed them to easily identify people infected by the