"Sage Lawrence had already conducted genetic testing. These creatures were not the products of genetic modification. Their genetic code retained traces of primitive evolution. In other words, these powerful monsters were native lifeforms born of this planet."
"Nature truly is wondrous."
Lox could not help but sigh. He was very curious about what kind of savage world could nurture monsters capable of fighting Tengu Mechs or Knight mechs with their bare flesh.
The White Scars' Tengu squadron had wiped out those six-winged drakes at the cost of two aircraft. Those creatures had torn through alloy armor with their flesh and blood, deliberately destroying the engine cores within.
Although Tengu Mechs were not especially durable, that was already astonishing enough.
Among the many colossal beasts encountered during colonial expansion, whether it was the hammerhead thunder beast with a warhammer-shaped head, the reaper beast that had perfected ambush hunting, or the six-winged drakes capable of fighting Tengu Mechs, all possessed the ability to threaten human colonists.
Yet this was only the beginning. Centered on the forward base they had established, the currently explored region had barely exceeded a hundred kilometers in diameter.
It was certain that the terrifying monsters they had encountered so far were by no means all this planet Pandora had to offer.
Moreover, according to the memories Fafnir had read by tasting flesh and blood, the beings controlling those beasts were a special kind of Aeldari.
Unlike the Craftworld Aeldari, this unique subspecies led Lox to believe that this planet might be a preserve for these Aeldari living on savage worlds—their homeworld.
"If we want to mine Blackstone here, we will inevitably provoke these unusual Aeldari. What a headache. We know far too little about the Aeldari. If we could capture one alive, we could gain a deeper understanding