Chapter 7: The Fall of the Empire

But.

The transformation technology of this information is incomplete, because the complete catalog has nineteen biological transformation processes, and it also lacks the most important modification, a transformation process called 'Black Carapace' [Interface System].

The exoskeleton armor of the Space Marines is different from the others, they are equipped with the most advanced exoskeleton armor, and the combat environment is more complex, which will be much more difficult to operate than other power armor. Conventional operations are not able to bring out the true strength of the Space Marine, so there is a special modification in the biomodification technology.

It is known as the implantation of the 'black carapace', and it is the last and most special implantation process of the Space Marines.

Without this transformational operation, the Space Marines would not be able to be called Space Marines, and they would have lost their title of Warband.

There isn't much data on the 'Black Carapace', other than the fact that it is a special substance created in a culture tank that, after being surgically implanted under human skin, expands and connects to nerve bundles in the Space Marine's body within a few hours.

After a few months, the black carapace fully matured, forming a unique bioneural sensor that can directly access the attachment points of the exoskeleton armor, which can be used to detect and analyze the state of the entire exoskeleton armor, including medical treatment, life support, combat damage, etc., all of which are transmitted directly to the brain through nerve bundles.

It's like a biological system designed to help control interstellar armor.

"There are a lot of missing makeover surgeries inside!" Su Ziyu quickly browsed through this information and said to himself: "The data is quite detailed, but what about the genetic seeds that are the basis for transformation?" ”

"Why aren't there any records?"

Genetic seeds are the foundation of all modifications, and only by receiving the implantation of genetic seeds can they withstand the complete nineteen genetic modifications.

Without genetic seeds, the average person can only receive a maximum of three to five genetic modifications depending on their constitution.

Imperial soldiers in the underground base are examples of those who have only undergone 1 or 2 genetic modifications, and they usually implant a 'second heart', which is the simplest and easiest and least expensive modification surgery, a small artificial bionic heart is installed inside the chest cavity to speed up blood flow and maintain complete body functions when the original heart is damaged.

The production technology of the bionic heart is in the data, and the record is very complete, and it can also be made with the technological level of the wasteland plane.

Usually.

Ordinary knights of the empire will receive three to five genetic modifications, namely the second heart, bone enhancement, muscle strengthening, multifunctional lungs, etc., if it is a strong person like the Holy Blood Rose, she should have undergone no less than 10 genetic modification surgeries, and may even have implanted genetic seeds, according to the superhuman reflexes she has shown, this female warrior must have implanted the [Superconducting Fiber Nerve Tree].

"The information is no problem."

"But what about these genetically modified materials?" Su Ziyu couldn't help but fall into deep thought, and muttered: "If the technology inside is taken to the wasteland, it is estimated that only the simplest two or three surgeries can be performed." ”

"Save it first."

Thinking of this, Su Ziyu directly ordered: "System, copy the data inside to the database." ”

These modification technologies are much ahead of the wasteland plane, and the final Star Marine may have a slight change in skin color, but the rest is basically normal.

The final strength will directly change from ordinary people to superhuman, which is roughly equivalent to the legendary rank of the fantasy plane.

One step to the sky!

This is the terrifying heritage of the technological plane, as long as there are enough resources, they can mass-produce a batch of legendary warriors.

Really hands-on words.

The strength of these Space Marines is even more terrifying than the legendary, because their equipment is also very advanced.

"Ordinary knights of the Empire have only undergone a maximum of five transformations."

"It's easy to deal with."

"But the high-level knights have received a bit more transformations, if they are implanted with genetic seeds, then their strength will not be much weaker than that of the Holy Blood Rose." Su Ziyu said secretly: "Next, you have to be careful." ”

"Surely more than one of them has undergone more than 10 reconstructive surgeries."

Then.

Su Ziyu turned his gaze to the rebel wearing a scout-type exoskeleton on the side, he gently raised his hand and took off the other party's helmet, revealing a capable female face with short hair, the color of the two eyes is slightly different, the right eye is dark blue, it should be implanted with a bionic eye, at this time her expression is quite frightened, she wants to move but can't move at all.

- "Psychic suggestion! ”

A glimmer of light flashed in Su Ziyu's eyes, but the next second he was surprised, because the other party was immune to his spiritual invasion.

This woman's psionic enhancement level is up to LV3, and it stands to reason that she is impossible to be exempted.

"Is it because of this device?" Su Ziyu reached for the back of her head and felt a small piece of silver-white metal device.

A faint electric current skips.

In the next second, the short-haired woman in front of her was dazed.

"Follow me." Su Ziyu nodded with satisfaction and ordered, "I'll take you to a safe place first." ”

I finally captured a prisoner, just to gather information about this world.

The battle on the other side has ended, and the rebels who attract firepower may all rush to the streets, and Su Ziyu doesn't want to provoke the pursuers of the empire, so he plans to leave this area first.

Along the way, Su Ziyu also asked the other party about the information of this world by the way.

The result was a bit unexpected.

Although the empire they call is an empire, it is not a real empire, but just a lucky one who has inherited some of the ancient imperial technology.

The whole story begins more than 3,000 years ago.

At that time, the planet was still in the Middle Ages, and although humans came to this planet as colonists, due to the disaster of unknown subspace storms and xenomorph invasions, the entire human civilization regressed to the primitive civilization period.

The existence of subspace xenomorph beasts has made it more and more difficult for human beings to survive, and civilization has been in a state of stagnation for a long time.

However, at that time, a powerful medieval empire was also born on the planet.

After the rise of this empire, they began to explore the outside world, they are the true children of destiny on this planet, and they have dug up the base of a complete ancient lost empire not long after their rise. Since then, the empire has been climbing the tech tree at an astonishing rate, but the feudal imperial system has remained in place since the acquisition of technology was one-sided and in many respects maintained ancient medieval customs.

Hundreds of years have passed.

The Empire has ruled the planet at an astonishing rate and developed a powerful civilization, and they have begun to realize that there is more than just human intelligence on the planet, and in order to deal with the threat from the outside and the underground, the Empire has embarked on a cross-era 'race ascension' project.

Due to the incompleteness of the tech tree, the empire does not have very strong research capabilities, and most of the technology comes from the relics of the ancient lost empire.

So.

This race ascension project, which spanned more than three hundred years, failed only halfway through.

The entire project is called [Psionic Ascension], and the Emperor of the Empire decided to modify the genetic tree of the Empire's people, so that they can gain the gift of [Psychic Sensitivity] from birth.

The initial plan for psionic ascension was a success.

Because during that time, the newborns born in the empire all showed psionic energy at least LV1, and many children showed psionic energy above LV3 at an early age.

The empire began to flourish.

The nobles scrambled to start genetic optimization, and at the same time, they also made breakthroughs in the technological research of the ancient lost empire, and they successfully created the [Psionic Amplification Device], which can greatly amplify a person's psionic power through machinery, and almost all the nobles of the empire have superhuman strength.

However, scientific and technological progress does not mean the transformation of civilization, and the empire that still retains the feudal rule of the Middle Ages, the aristocracy with great power has begun to indulge in luxury and pleasure, and it has become more and more degenerate, and the life of the lower classes has become more difficult.

In particular, with the prevalence of genetic modification, many lower-class people have become experimenters and victims.

It was then that the first rebels were born.

At first, they could only hide underground, looking for an opportunity to rebel against the tyranny of the Empire.

However, no one thought that the Empire's [Psionic Ascension] plan would lead to their own rapid destruction, and as a large number of Imperial people received genetic optimization, more and more people gained the gift of psionic energy.

The empire is about to enter a glorious period of incomparably strong power.

Suddenly one day.

The whispers of the mind exploded, stronger than before, filled with more evil thoughts and negative emotions.

Those Imperial people who were born with the talent of [Mental Sensitivity] suffered a devastating blow directly, countless people went crazy and died, and countless people twisted their minds and became crazy.

Emperor of the Empire.

A peerless powerhouse who has lived for nearly six hundred years has directly become some kind of terrifying monster,

Disaster struck.

The entire empire suddenly collapsed overnight, and those who were born with powerful psionic talents died one after another, and the once glorious cities were reduced to ruins, and the survivors who survived could only hide underground, relying on the psychic barrier to survive.

To this day, the nobles of the empire have not been able to live on the surface for long periods of time, and they can only be active in the outside world for a short time, and the rest of the time they must hide in underground bases.

Civilization has once again broken its heritage.

Fortunately, the former empire was rich in heritage, and they had acquired more than one technology from the ancient ruins, and as the plan for psionic ascension failed, they began to study another technology tree.

The failure of psionic ascension scared the Imperials.

Although they possess a large amount of mechanical bionic technology and biotransformation technology, they still do not dare to carry out a second 'race ascension' project.

Vast resources are consumed, and the foundation of the empire is gradually exhausted.

A failed 'psionic ascension' completely drained the empire's foundations, and it has not been able to recover to this day.

Now the upper echelons of the empire can only survive in the underground cities.

"What a bunch of crazy people!"

After listening to the past of the empire, Su Ziyu couldn't help but stammer: "Is the plan of the race ascension so easy to accomplish?" ”

The current imperial aristocracy has been trying to find a way to correct the genes of their offspring.

After a certain degree of genetic modification, the descendants of today's imperial nobles can move a little on the surface, but they still can't resist the whispering of the heart, and the shriveled old man Su Ziyu had seen before suddenly distorted his face, which is a side effect of the overly sensitive mind.

This talent brings great psionic energy, but the price is quite heavy.

Presently.

The Empire's strategy has shifted to bio-modification and bio-modification, but due to the scarcity and rarity of genetic seeds, except for a small number of high-level and lucky ones who can accept genetic seeds from ancient ruins, the rest can only accept the most basic transformation procedures. The aristocracy of the empire was very reluctant to biomimetic transformation, because accepting biomimetic transformation meant that they had to give up some of their luxury pleasures, and in order to satisfy their own desires, they preferred to live in underground cities.

"So to speak."

"There aren't many Space Marines left within the empire itself?" Su Ziyu said secretly.

All of the genetic seeds came from within the ancient ruins, and it seems that the ancient lost empire buried some of the genetic seeds deep underground before some terrible catastrophe broke out.

Because genetic seeds are so scarce, the current promotion within the empire is biomimetic modification.

Originally, they chose the route of 'Psionic Ascension' because the resources of the empire were just enough to meet the conditions for ascension, but they did not expect that it would lead to the fall of a powerful empire.

"The risk of racial ascension is very high!" Su Ziyu muttered.

I'll have to warn the people of the wasteland plane in the future, because the wasteland plane's tech tree is also about to get to the route of the mechanical ascension.

Today's empire is torn apart.

At present, the empire has a system of governors, but in fact it is completely a small independent kingdom.

But fortunately, the royal family members of the empire still have powerful military power in their hands, especially the transformation surgery of the space marines and advanced bionic technology, so only the imperial family has complete scientific and technological information.

However, the current empress of the empire, Isabella II, also has a big problem with her.

Isabella II is known as the 'Bloodthirsty Empress', rumored to be quite brutal, like to skin people to death, she was born with headaches, moody nature, although in charge of the power of the empire, but for a long time in the forbidden palace inside, the reason is said to be because she was born with an extremely amazing psionic talent, even in the protective barrier can not be completely immune to psychic whispering, which directly led to her personality distortion under the torture of psychic whispering.

After the failure of the psionic ascension, the successive royal heirs of the empire all suffered from 'psychopaths'.

Empress Isabella was to recuperate in a dormant chamber every once in a while, and the entire empire was now ruled by the Interior Ministers, with the nobles divided into small kingdoms that were fully autonomous.

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