When Cheng Mingrui put the question to all the Orks, he had no idea what he had set in motion.
At first, all the answers the Greenskins offered were useless: drain the water, build loads of depth charges and blow up every Tyranid underwater, or, even more absurdly, "If we reckon we can fight underwater, then we can fight underwater."
An hour later, the ideas were still ridiculous. The only remotely sensible one came from a Gretchin named Goldtooth: breed Squigs, then use large numbers of diving Squigs alongside Ork warships to gradually clear the Tyranids out of the sea.
Later, after seeing the Squigs Goldtooth had bred-creatures resembling fishmen or megalodons that could launch ferocious attacks underwater-Cheng Mingrui was sorely tempted. He had already decided to adopt Goldtooth's suggestion when something unexpected happened...
Countless Psyker Boys sent Cheng Mingrui psychic communications, all saying the same thing in delighted, excited voices: "Boss Slick! We can go underwater and bash the Tyranids now!"
Utterly bewildered, Cheng Mingrui teleported to Kuka's side. At times like this, Kuka was still the one he trusted most.
Kuka told Cheng Mingrui that everything those Weirdboys had said was true, then took him to a cliff overlooking the sea.
Cheng Mingrui was stunned by the sight before him. The sea parted in front of him, revealing a clear path that stretched along the seabed and deep into the Tyranids' underwater base.
Huge numbers of Greenskins charged down the path and clashed with the Tyranid Warrior Bugs on the seabed. Since the Tyranids had optimized most of their units for underwater combat, some did not even have legs and were simply fish, giving the Ork Boyz an enormous advantage.
At this rate, the Greenskins would soon wipe out every last Tyranid.
By then, Cheng Mingrui had lost