He hadn't expected that Dominic's first reaction would be exactly the same as his own when he first heard the word "menzi".
Seeing Lynn's expression, Dominic raised an eyebrow. "What? Is this idea so strange?"
"No, it's not surprising." Lynn shook his head and gave a wry smile.
"Because when I first heard about 'menzi' (a type of steamed bun), the first thing that came to my mind was poisoning."
"Oh?" Dominic became interested. "So, you've tried it?"
"I tried," Lynn nodded, "And it worked."
"Oh?" Dominic's eyes widened with even more curiosity. "Tell me about it."
Lynn organized his thoughts and said:
"In the early days of my term, Brevis suffered a large-scale invasion by the Orks."
"The leader of the Orks at that time was called Shanpang Guga, and he was one of Ragnar's generals."
"He led hundreds of millions of Orks, entrenched in the ice plains outside the Forbidden Wall, putting considerable pressure on Brevis Prime Hive."
"But the number of troops I can mobilize is less than twenty million."
"The two sides are vastly different in strength; if we fight head-on, we will undoubtedly lose."
"So when I heard about the 'mongzi' (a type of poisoned porridge), I thought of using poison as a clever tactic."
"However, due to their physiological structure, Orks is extremely difficult to target with biotechnology."
"At the time, I used a biological virus that the Brevis local Adeptus Mechanicus had spent several years developing."
"This virus can damage the digestive system of Orks, temporarily rendering them incapacitated."
"They can only temporarily lose their fighting ability?" Dominic, somewhat puzzled.
After years of Adeptus Mechanicus and development, this is the best we can do.
"Yes, and it's also very restrictive."
"It takes 12 hours to take effect after taking it, and the effect only lasts for half an hour."
"I only managed to stall until the virus took effect and then finally kill Shan Guga by using provocation and luring them deep into my territory, trapping them like turtles in a jar."
Dominic listened with great interest.
He looked at Lynn with admiration in his eyes.
"Excellent, a beautiful play," Dominic exclaimed sincerely.
"To devise such a plan and successfully execute it under such a disparity in strength, you are indeed different from those corrupt and incompetent governors."
"You flatter me." Lynn smiled modestly.
"However, the success of this poisoning attempt had a large element of luck involved."
"Oh? What do you mean?" Dominic asked.
"First of all, it was a ground war at the time, and all the Orks ' forces were concentrated deep in the ice field."
"And at that time, Shan Pang Guga had very few Goffs boys under his command, less than ten thousand."
"The stew they cooked was stored in several large, fixed pots."
"That's why the distribution of the toxins is so concentrated, allowing them to spread so easily to all the Orks."
"Most importantly, the Orks's genes are hard to fathom, and the virus I used only works on the Orks on Brevis."
" The Orks on Carl II were almost unaffected."
"This time we are facing the main fleet of Ragnar."
"They have millions of Goffs boys, scattered across hundreds of warships."
"The stew was cooked separately on each warship; there was no way we could have poisoned every pot."
"Therefore, poisoning won't work this time."
Dominic listened and nodded.
His smile faded, and he fell into deep thought.
Lynn makes a good point.
Space warfare and ground warfare are completely different.
The Orks ' fleet is scattered throughout the vast universe, making it impossible for them to concentrate their poisoning efforts.
It seems we have no choice but to fight it out.
However, this was exactly what he wanted.
He came here to fight.
If victory can be easily achieved through strategy, that would be ideal.
But if we can't use it, then we should win this war fair and square.
Lynn looked at Dominic, who was deep in thought, and didn't disturb him.
He picked up his wine glass and took a small sip.
Through this exchange, his impression of Dominic changed somewhat.
He originally thought that Dominic was just a rich young master who rose to power because of his family background.
Although he was belligerent, he had no real skills.
But now it seems he was wrong.
Dominic not only has extensive combat experience, but also a clear mind and quick thinking.
The fact that he could think of such an unconventional tactic as poisoning so quickly shows that he is not a reckless man who only knows how to fight head-on.
He is a true warrior.
A brave and resourceful commander.
Lynn put down his wine glass and looked out at the dark universe.
Ahead, the outline of Carl II is already faintly visible.
Ragnar's Orks fleet is also about to arrive.
This battle is getting more and more interesting.
A hopeful smile appeared on Lynn's lips.
At the same time, he instinctively brought up the system page to check Dominic's favorability rating.
I noticed that the other person's favorability rating has gone from -10 when we first met to -1, and it's about to reach a positive value.
Ms. Ralfa, on the other hand, still had a -20 favorability rating and remained quite hostile towards him.
What does this mean?
Lynn was a little confused; hadn't he barely interacted with Dominic?
How did the favorability rating increase?
When the massive hull of the Gemstone appeared at the edge of the Carl II, what Lynn and Dominic saw was a chaotic battlefield.
Countless small red warships swarmed around the Carl II like flies, while every now and then a few fighter jets broke through the defenses, spitting out streaks of green lasers.
It struck the defensive fortifications in the planet's orbit, sending up tiny sparks.
That was the Evil Sunz Clan's high-speed fleet.
As the clan most obsessed with speed among all the Orks clans.
Their warships lacked heavy armor and powerful main guns, yet possessed astonishing maneuverability.
These bright red warships constantly attempt to break the limits of speed in space.
They would fight and run, never lingering in battle, like a swarm of annoying wasps, constantly harassing Carl II's defenses.
"The vanguard of the Evil Sunz Clan arrived just one day ago."
Lynn stood on the bridge of the Gemstone, looking at the battle outside the porthole, and spoke calmly.
"There are probably more than two hundred ships, but they are all destroyers and fighter jets."
Dominic crossed his arms, his red eyes fixed on the battlefield, but his brows were slightly furrowed.
"Strange," he muttered. "Why is there absolutely no movement from the main defensive fortifications of Carl II?"
By Imperium standards, as an important resource transit point, the Carl II should have at least twelve defensive platforms and hundreds of Macro-cannon on its orbit.
But now, all those defense platforms are dark, like lifeless steel tombs.
Only sporadic laser beams shot from the planet's surface, posing no real threat to enemy ships.
Just as Dominic was wondering, he suddenly noticed something was wrong.
Countless faint points of light twinkled in the asteroid belt surrounding Carl II.
Those spots of light were so small that they were almost invisible unless you looked closely.
They were evenly distributed, forming a huge net that enveloped the entire Carl II.
"What are those?" Dominic asked, pointing to the points of light.
"It's a temporary fortress," Lynn explained.
"This is my subordinate, General Gus Griffith's strategy."
"He didn't choose to waste resources repairing the orbital defense platforms destroyed by the Orks."
"Instead, all the engineering troops were sent to the asteroid belt to build temporary fortresses on the slightly larger asteroids."
Dominic's eyes lit up.
He carefully observed the makeshift fortifications through the telescope.
Each fortress was small, only a few meters high.
They used the asteroid's own rocks as cover, leaving only the muzzles of a few laser cannons exposed.
The fortresses formed a crossfire network by reporting each other's positions.
At this moment, a squadron of impatient Evil Sunz fighters attempted to bypass the fortress defenses and launch an attack on Carl II.
When they first entered the asteroid belt, the surrounding makeshift fortresses did not immediately open fire to stop them.
But when they penetrated into an area within range of the firepower of more than a dozen fortresses, the fortresses opened fire simultaneously.
The intersecting firepower instantly formed a deadly web.
Although the Evil Sunz Fighter is fast, it cannot perform any movement techniques in the narrow asteroid belt.
Several fighter jets were hit on the spot and exploded into fireballs.
The remaining fighter jets were so frightened that they turned around and fled, but they could not escape the dense network of fire and suffered heavy losses.
"Beautiful!" Dominic couldn't help but exclaim.