"Coming back? What about the quality of those recruits? After settling Johnny and the other recruits into his office, Sams asked as he returned to his office, sipping coffee leisurely.

That's right, this Thompson is Eugene Thompson, the host of parasite devouring when the alien creatures of the Titan Star invaded not long ago, after being officially recruited by the Star Alliance, he joined the Star Alliance, and like Samus, became a member of the Spartan Project, and now he is the same as Samus and the previous Spartan soldiers, his body shape has changed dramatically, and the rank of military uniform on his body is the same as Samus's colonel.

"It's hard to say, after all, unlike the previous batches, these recruits have not undergone any reinforcement." Samus shook his head and sat down in his place.

Both of them have the rank of colonel, and under normal circumstances they should have separate offices.

However, the Spartan Wing is not a regular legion now, the asteroid is only a scientific research base rather than a regular legion station, and the two do not have a formal position to match their ranks, so the two are only assigned a shared office.

However, the two of them don't care about this kind of small detail at all, because they were specially recruited into the Spartan Project because of the parasite invasion incident, and were promoted to such a high rank, and the normal treatment of senior officers is really enjoyed, what more bicycle do they need in this case?

"Tsk, I don't know how many of the 15 people will be left in the end, you said that the failure rate of the reinforced soldiers is so high, not to mention the non-strengthened recruits" Thompson sipped the coffee in his hand and smacked his lips.

"Didn't General Hansen say that it is because the genes of the strengthened soldiers are much stronger than ordinary people, so they will conflict more and more with the parasitic genes, resulting in a low success rate of reinforcement, if it is an ordinary person, the success rate may not be so low," Sams said.

"yes, otherwise we wouldn't have been lucky, if it weren't for the parasite itself, we wouldn't have succeeded so easily," Thompson lamented.

That's right, the so-called Spartan Project is actually a new type of genetic enhancement based on the parasites of the Venom family.

Some people may wonder, are parasites very powerful? Wasn't it easy to be beaten into a dog by the space agency's garrison on Titan before?

Indeed, under normal circumstances, the strength of the parasite does look a little awkward.

In the case of parasites parasitic ordinary hosts, it is generally about level five strength, even if it is a perfect fit, that is, level six to the top.

Of course, this kind of strength cannot be said to be weak, but it is not very strong, at least when facing a certain number of ordinary reinforced soldiers who are fully armed, they are basically blind.

Moreover, the top genetic potions in the Star Alliance can also strengthen ordinary non-psionics to the level of level five, and with the equipment, it is not a problem to single out parasites.

But if it is used by the strong, then the improvement that the parasite can bring will become very low, such as the sixth level of the first level, and at most it will become the sixth level of the middle level. And the higher the strength, the smaller the improvement, for example, if the venom that falls into Kratos's hands and is completely erased from his mind, it can basically only serve as a fig leaf, and it is not worthy of being a weapon.

But that doesn't mean parasites are worthless.

In the final analysis, in terms of the degree of strengthening, especially in terms of individual strength, the Spartan potion developed by the parasite gene is still higher.

Secondly, in terms of cost, Spartan potions also have more advantages, all the existing gene potion formulas of the Star Alliance are all from the interstellar universe, low-grade potions are better, many of the ingredients in high-grade potions do not exist in this universe, they need to be synthesized, and the synthesis conditions are also quite harsh, so the cost is still high.

However, unlike the Spartan Elixir, as the main raw material, the parasite, not long after it was captured, Ariel Hansen had already discovered that as long as there was enough high-quality energy, these parasites could quickly divide, and a small amount of gene extraction would not endanger the life of the parasite at all...... In other words, the materials of Spartan medicine are endless, and the production time may be relatively long, but the cost is very low.

But these are not the most important things, the most important thing is that Spartan medicine has an advantage that all genetic drugs cannot match...... That is, the reinforced person can get the same environmental adaptability as the parasite.

What does that mean? This means that Spartan warriors can survive in a non-extreme cosmic environment...... That's what Project Sparta is really about.

You must know that under normal circumstances, except for some innate cosmic races or those with special abilities, ordinary lifeforms can only survive in the cosmic environment after breaking through the tenth-level boundary.

However, the Spartan Elixir has broken the convention, although it can withstand some extreme environments, such as ultra-high temperature and ultra-low temperature, and the real tenth-level powerhouse, it can also be said to be very against the sky.

The only problem is that compared to the conventional genetic drugs that are completely developed according to human genes, they are very safe, after all, they are alien species, and as parasites, aggressiveness and predation are its essence, and it is naturally impossible to fit perfectly with human genes casually, and after the efforts of many biological masters such as Ariel Hansen, the success rate is now only 30%.

And there are only two consequences of failure, either the gene collapses and dies directly, or it is completely alienated by the parasite gene into a brainless monster, and then completely destroyed.

In contrast, Sams and Thompson are indeed the luckiest, because both of them are perfectly compatible with the parasite, and there is no rejection reaction when they are strengthened, and their strength has skyrocketed, and now they have faintly reached the peak of level six without wearing equipment, while ordinary Spartan warriors are only level five.

And the two of them are not just ordinary Spartan enhancements, as the perfect qualifiers of parasites, the two parasites that originally parasitized them...... Devouring and suffering are also allowed to be retained, so as not to be reduced to "cows" for extracting genes like other parasites.

"But have you heard about it?" Thompson asked suddenly.

"What?" Samus looked puzzled.

"We may be on the front line." Thompson said.

"Yes, after the completion of the intensive experiments of this batch of experimenters, the Spartan Company will be transferred to the front line of the Zerg as an experimental unit, and not only that, but the entire research center will go to the front line...... It is said that General Hansen took the initiative to ask for it," Sams said, and as a woman, she and Ariel Hansen, a staff officer of the lieutenant general in charge of the military research department, who is also a woman, were more talkative, so she could get some information from the other party that was not very classified.

And as she said, Ariel Hansen did apply to the High Command, or rather Chris, to personally lead the scientific troops to the Zerg front, and the purpose was to make up for the little regret in her heart.

Of course, as a summoned person, she naturally knows very well what the so-called Zerg is all about, and she also knows Chris's thoughts and plans, but this does not affect her to fight against the Zerg again in this universe within the scope of the "rules".

"Ha, that's great, I didn't think at all that the opponent we were going to face for the first time was actually a bug!" Confirming the news from Sams's mouth, Thompson couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, and the expected rejection was very obvious...... This is normal. At all times, men and women, in the impression of the vast majority of people, bugs are synonymous with disgust.

"I think instead of worrying about that, you might as well think about how you can explain to General Sophin about devouring her cat." Samus teased, "You know, tomorrow the reinforcements of the recruits, she will be back." ”

"Oh damn it......" Hearing Sams's cross, Thompson's originally leisurely face immediately pulled down.

The general Sophin in Samus's mouth is none other than Carla Sofin, in the Titan incident, her chance is greater than that of Samus and Thompson, plus she is a senior member of the Star Alliance, and she is Chris's younger brother, the fiancée of the Star Alliance Major General Pietro, after being specially recruited, she was directly promoted to major general, and she is also the supreme leader of the Spartan army.

Because of something, Kara Sofine is no longer in the base these days, but just yesterday, Devouring actually ate Carla Sofin's cat while Thompson was not paying attention.

Although it was educated by Thompson and out of its position in the Star Alliance, Devouring definitely didn't dare to hurt people, but no one had ever said to it that it couldn't eat cats...... Obviously, this pot must be carried by Thompson, the owner.

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The next day, after a recuperation and another physical examination, fifteen recruits, led by Samus, entered the core laboratory of the base.

As the head of the scientific department and the head of the Spartan Project, Lieutenant General Ariel Hansen and a group of researchers have been preparing in the laboratory for a long time.

"Hasn't General Sophin arrived yet?" Looking at the people in the laboratory, Thompson, who also came to watch this experiment, asked cautiously.

Seeing him like this, everyone including Ariel Hansen couldn't help but laugh, obviously everyone knew about devouring and stealing cats.

"General Thorfinn has arrived!" As soon as the laughter stopped, a staff member spoke.

Outside the base, in the direction of Titan, a light quickly approached the base, and flew directly into the open gate of the base port, and when the light dissipated, the true face of the comer was revealed...... It was Carla Sofin.

At this time, Carla Thorfinn and the former Captain Marvel Carol are dressed similarly...... In fact, not only in terms of dress, but also in terms of strength, Carla Sophin at this time is not much different from Carol.

The source of all this is a sparkling gem in her heart...... This gem comes from the Cobra Laboratory, an energy source used by Cobra Commander for experiments to charge parasites and cause them to split.

Later, due to Kratos's shocking blow when he woke up, the entire Cobra laboratory was severely damaged, and Carla Sofin, who was organizing the siege of the cobra at that time, was almost killed, but fortunately because of this gem that I don't know where the cobra commander got it, she survived and got extremely strong power.

And this is the main reason why she will be promoted to the Star Alliance fleet exceptionally, not to mention that she is also Chris's brother-in-law.

It's that Pietro's life may not be so good in the future, because his fiancée is now on par with him, and his power is even more crushing him.

"General Hansen"

"General Sofin"

Kara didn't waste any time, and after entering the base, she flew directly and soon came to the core laboratory. After she saluted Ariel Hansen, others saluted her as well.

"Everyone is here, let's start putting it!" Seeing this, Hansen nodded, and then gave the order for the experiment to begin.

Then in everyone's eyes, Johnny and other fifteen recruits, who had already been prepared, lay down in the medical warehouse, and then various potions and nutrient solutions were injected along the pipes of the medical warehouse under everyone's nervous gaze.

"Stage 1 test subject is stable"

"Increasing energy delivery"

"No. 118 has a rejection"

"No. 107 exhibits alienation features"

"No. 113 has a rejection reaction"

"No. 115 has a rejection reaction"

"Rejection on the 120th"

"Enhancement complete!"

In the end, only 10 of the 15 recruits successfully completed the reinforcement, and Johnny Rego was lucky enough to be one of those 10 people.

"Sir, it seems that your thinking is right, and this time the success rate has reached 70%." Although only 10 people succeeded, Carla Sophin was clearly very satisfied, after all, the original success rate was only 30%, but now this has doubled.

"It's really a lot better, although it's not enough, but you can put it aside and test it first" Ariel Hansen is not satisfied with this result, but time is pressing, and he can only put aside the pursuit of success rate for the time being.

"Sure?" Kara asked, looking at Hansen.

"It's confirmed! General Hill has three science ships ready, and you can bring someone over to take them over when you turn around," Hansen said, nodding.

"Got it!" Kara nodded, and then she turned her gaze to Thompson, who was about to sneak away, "Colonel Thompson, where are you going?" ”

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The capital of the Nova Empire, the planet Xander.

It's been a few days since the Covenant convoy arrived at Xandal, and apart from the first day of meeting with Nova Supreme and some of the leaders of the Nova Empire, Chris has been the boss of the house.

Don't look at the alliance between the two sides, but in fact, Chris knows very well that the alliance between the two sides is the same as when he first dealt with the Bradat Empire, very weak.

As long as the "threat" of the Zerg does not exist, the two sides will become the most direct competitors.

In this case, Chris naturally didn't bother to deal with the high-level of the Nova Empire, anyway, there were also special people on the side of the Nova Empire below, so there was no need for him to come forward at all.

Isn't it good to have this time to talk about life with alien girls?

From top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, it's all pink, but have you ever seen an alien girl who looks like a human on the outside?

This is an extremely rare minority in the Nova Empire, and this race basically monopolizes the entertainment market of the Nova Empire because of its beautiful appearance and seductive voice.

And Chris is now having a very in-depth cultural exchange with such a girl.

However, it was at this moment that an event occurred that affected the entire galaxy.

"What the hell is calling me over in such a hurry," Starport outside the planet Xandar Planet, Chris who had just returned to the flagship of the delegation asked Diana with some dissatisfaction.

"Something is wrong" Diana didn't care about Chris's attitude at all, but was very serious, "When the military delegation was having an exchange meeting with the Nova Empire's military, the Nova Empire suddenly terminated the meeting. Then we found out that the whole of Sandal was in a state of semi-martial law. ”

"What's going on?" Hearing Diana's words, Chris also realized the abnormality.

"I tried to investigate, but to no avail, but just now, Mengsk contacted me," Diana said, "The problem is not with the Nova but with Shea...... Just about a week ago, Duke Rudolph Gaudenbamm of the Xia Empire staged a coup d'état, and with the support of most of the Xia Empire's star fields, Empress Lilandra fled from the Fierce Feather Star in panic, and is now gathering the remnants of her army and supporters to try to counterattack. ”

"Goo...... Other words...... Xia ...... Split? After hearing this, Chris couldn't help but swallow and asked.

"Yes." Diana nodded.

"This is really a big deal!" Chris got up silently, walked to the porthole, looked at the boundless space outside, and the incomparably beautiful Sandar Star not far away, and the waves in his heart could not be calmed for a long time.