Mecha Star Wars.

Chapter 1447 Advanced Orcs
Lin Fan had assumed that the culprit behind all this must be a ferocious beast like a lion or a tiger.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, the person who took the seat at the head of the table was someone whose figure and appearance were exactly the same as theirs.

He was a middle-aged man dressed in a high-end charcoal gray Western-style suit. He was slender but had an upright posture.

His blue-gray eyes were calm and gentle, and the fine lines at the corners of his eyes and the faint smile on his lips seemed to reveal his approachability.

In contrast to the luxurious architectural decorations, the owner was completely devoid of extravagance. The only metal adornments were the belt buckle at his waist and a simple ring on his hand.

But the exquisite and well-fitting tailoring of the clothes, the seemingly ordinary yet high-quality fabric, the shiny black leather boots, and the neatly combed, light brown hair all speak of this person's extraordinary status.

"A person?" Antonio exclaimed in surprise.

How could it be a person?

How could orcs possibly bow down and submit to a human being when they have an inherent aversion to humans?

“How could that be?” Bonnie looked at him with an expression of utter disbelief, tugging at Antonio’s sleeve to shut him up, and quickly explained, “That’s the transformation of a high-ranking orc. Only powerful orcs can master this ability; it’s a sign of strength!”

When she saw those grey-blue eyes turn to her, Bonnie instinctively put on a flattering smile.

"This is none of your business." The middle-aged man casually raised his hand. "Take her out."

Before Bonnie could react, Gard pulled her outside.

"Wait……"

Before she could speak, Gar covered her mouth and dragged her out.

Witnessing Bonnie kick and disappear behind the heavy metal door, everyone gained an understanding of the leader's control.

After scanning Lin Fan and the other two with his gaze, the middle-aged man opened his terminal without paying any attention to them.

Before Lin Fan could figure out his intentions, Antonio leaned close to his ear.

"You know, those orcs are really strange," Antonio said, seemingly in a low voice. "They say they look down on humans, but high-ranking orcs still transform into human form... Isn't that just contradicting themselves? Are they just plain crazy?"

On one hand, they criticize people as utterly worthless, while on the other hand, the high-ranking orcs want to transform into human form to demonstrate their ability to do so...

"Perhaps..." Lin Fan guessed, "Their transformations are limited by their genes, they can only choose between beast and human, and can't transform into anything else? In order to demonstrate their abilities, but having no third option, they have no choice but to accept it?"

Regardless of how much the Annie orcs resisted, judging from their orc form, their genes must contain a significant amount of human genes.

“But they look exactly like humans,” Lan Bingru couldn’t help but let her thoughts wander. “If high-level beastmen always appear in human form, who can tell whether they are beasts or humans?”

Lin Fan understood what she meant.

No one, nor dares to, force an orc of sufficient strength and status to appear in its original form.

Is it possible that those glamorous, high-level beastmen are not necessarily beasts?
Bonnie once said that the difference between humans and orcs lies in their appearance and abilities.

The people in the Loess Plateau are useless and incompetent.

The orcs of the Graystone settlement were relegated to the lowest rung of society because of their weak animal genes and poor abilities.

The orcs of Silvermoon City are all highly capable orc elites, while those of Starshine City are naturally the most capable high-level orcs.

The orcs' abilities originate from the so-called beast soul. Regardless of the underlying principles, Lin Fan believes that their outward appearance can be achieved through various means.

If we only distinguish between humans and advanced beastmen based on the presence or absence of special abilities and transformation forms, then wouldn't Lan Bingru, who can control water-based powers, and both she and Antonio, who can transform into mechs, also be considered advanced beastmen in a certain sense?

Even the prototype of the orcs, the biggest differentiator, could be simulated by Lin Fan using illusion magic...

Thinking about it this way, is the animal content of high-level orcs really that pure?

Moreover, on the planet Annemo, where orcs' abilities have risen, do purebred humans really have no special abilities at all?
Given the orcs' hatred for humans, wouldn't it have been better to have exterminated them long ago? What's the point of keeping them confined in the Loess Plateau?
Surely they can't really be using these incompetent and weak people as slaves to work and play games with, right?

Furthermore, after encountering other civilizations and witnessing powerful humans with various special abilities, the Annie Demons invented the Restriction Ring, specifically for abducting foreign populations.

Judging from the number of restriction rings Bonnie carries, one of the necessary conditions for their selection of targets is that they possess special abilities.

However, the act of imprisoning special abilities before selling them seems to be to ensure the safety of the buyer and control the person being sold, preventing them from easily escaping.

But aren't humans just ordinary people without their abilities?
There are so many species on the Star Nexus Ring, and quite a few ordinary people who have developed purely through technology, like Rubelu from Moonflower Star...

There are plenty of handsome men and beautiful women with good looks and figures, so why bother finding capable people and then restricting their abilities?

Wouldn't it be more convenient to just find an ordinary person?
Lin Fan keenly sensed something was amiss, but before she could think about it further, the middle-aged man spoke.

“Lin Fan.” He called out Lin Fan’s name accurately, then looked at Antonio, “Antonio, I know you. You were outstanding on the Nexus Ring.”

Lin Fan and Antonio exchanged a glance, both thinking of the video of their match.

The two frequently swept the top spots in various competitions, and for those who are interested, finding their videos and getting to know them doesn't seem difficult.

I think I was just watching their match live on the terminal...

Lin Fan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

So... is that how Bonnie identified them too?

"And what about this young lady?" The middle-aged man, like a refined nobleman, asked Lan Bingru gently. "I'm sorry, I couldn't find any information about you. I'll have to trouble you to introduce yourself."

"Shouldn't you introduce yourself before asking someone's name?" Antonio retorted. "Could it be that you high-ranking orcs of Annemo don't even understand such basic etiquette?"

The middle-aged man was very well-mannered and didn't seem angry at all.

“It was my fault.” He stood up, leaned forward slightly, placed one hand on his heart, and bowed his head slightly. “I am Adrian Finch. May I ask this young lady’s name?”

Although Adrian adopted a sufficiently humble posture and spoke in a gentle tone, his superior position, once he stood up, gave off an even greater sense of oppression from above.

“Finch?” Lin Fan raised his chin slightly, unmoved, and asked, “I remember that in Annie Demon Star, only the high-ranking beastmen of Starshine City have surnames. Finch seems to be a noble surname.”

Adrian concealed his surprise and looked at Lin Fan with a smile.

“I didn’t expect Miss Lin to know so much about the upper echelons of our Annie Demon. That’s right, as you know, I come from the Finch family of Starshine City.”

“But you’re not…” Antonio didn’t quite understand at first.

How did the nobles of Starshine City end up running a clandestine business in the Graystone settlement at the bottom?

“Oh, that’s quite a story. But…” Adrian shook his head gracefully and sat down. “Interests are innocent.”

"It's better for me to work harder than for the money to end up in the pockets of strangers." He swayed the toes of his crossed leg slightly.

"In short, I came and became the underground king who controls the Graystone settlement."