123. Gene Seed ——!!
Barbarus, now.
Hades looked at the chaotic battle scene in front of him, took a deep breath, and raised the explosive bomb in his hand to grab it.
Beside him, Motarian also raised his pistol with an unkind face, and the Death Shroud was on guard.
They now walk down the corridor to the Death Guard's Genetic Seed Storehouse, but the once neat corridor is now full of bullet marks and corroded marks.
"I really didn't expect anyone to dare to touch the genetic seeds of the Death Guard."
Motarian's whispers came from the channel.
Genetic seeds, which will determine the next generation of the legion, will affect the strength of recruits to a certain extent.
Each genetic seed extracted from the previous generation of Space Marines will carry the combat experience of this Star Marine, so that the next recruit who receives his genetic seed culture organs will be able to know a huge amount of combat skills at the beginning of his enlistment.
Genetic seeds are not very stable, and each genetic seed may have a "mutation", and the probability and direction of mutation are related to the legion they are in.
Some legions have a high probability of mutating their genetic seeds, while others are relatively stable, such as the Fourteenth Legion, Death Guard.
And the direction of mutation is also diverse, both good and bad.
Rogdorn's genetic seed, for example, will make the Imperial Fist more tolerant to pain, but at the same time their salivary glands will be slightly degraded.
But in addition to mutations, there is another way to change the effect of genetic seeds on the next generation.
And that's—
Contaminate.
For example, in the early history of the Third Legion, the Emperor's Son, a large number of genetic seeds were infected with blight, which led to a sharp decrease in the number of legions before the original body could be recovered.
The importance of genetic seeds cannot be overstated.
If someone is trying to manipulate the genetic seeds of the Death Guard and they haven't come back to check on it, they haven't noticed
Loss and fear climbed up Mortarian's spine.
Karastiphon. Looks like there's a real problem. Why.
The Primordial was glad to have discovered the problem in time, and as long as it was destroyed before the Death Guard was infiltrated, it wouldn't cause much damage.
Motarian glanced at Hades as he was hurrying ahead, how did he manage to spot these tiny threats every time?
The closer you get to the Gene Seed Bank, the more obvious the signs of the fight, the stumps of the servants and cathars lying scattered beneath the walls, lifeless.
Grab the bomb and turn the last corner—
Hades gasped.
The body of a mechanical sage was pressed against the blast door, like a giant octopus, his blood-red robe squeezed to the corner by the unfolded weapon, and slowly turned, the still smoking muzzle of the machine gun pointing at the visitor.
The entire corridor had been deformed by the bombardment, and as far as the eye could see, bullet casings were piled up on the ground.
The red light on the mechanical sage's face flashed.
[Reinforcements? 】
A binary ciphertext encrypted with the Mecha cipher is transmitted to Hades' brain.
However, in the next moment, Motarian's tall body also appeared from around the corner, saw the original body, and realized that the friendly forces had arrived, and the mechanical sage, who did not have to defend himself, immediately peeled off from the blast door, revealing the closed and tightly closed blast door behind him.
It wasn't until the mechanical sage fell to the ground that Hades realized that most of the sage's infrastructure had been corroded and that it was no longer possible to maintain the basic structure.
After making sure that there was no threat around, Hades hurriedly crouched down and gave the sage the most basic first aid to deal with the already unstable power supply.
And after realizing that Hades didn't plan to give him a hand or foot, but simply took care of the most basic structure, the sage also let Hades help him repair it, and the hoarse electric current sounded,
"Lord of the Death Guard, I'm sorry Sage I can't salute at this moment."
Motarian looked at the scene in front of him and was silent for a long time before he spoke slowly.
"You're doing a good job, sage."
"The Death Guard will thank you."
"Thank you, my lord, and now let me give you an account of the previous battle."
"I'm a biological sage druid, and in the Mechanic Sect, I'm in charge of the Death Guard's genetic seed cultivation, apothecary docking, and other duties, as well as some of Barbarus's biological transformation."
"On a Barbaros standard day, I was approached by a Death Watch apothecary who identified himself as Raton and asked to inspect the genetic seeds to be implanted in the next batch of Death Guard recruits, as well as the culture system for other organs."
"He gave me the Death Guard's seal and ciphertext, and after checking it several times to confirm that it was a valid seal for recruiting new recruits for this Death Guard, I chose to take the apothecary to the Gene Seed Bank."
Hades glanced at Motarian, who decisively ignored him.
"I've added a seven-fold screening scan to the hallway in front of each gene seed bank just in case, however, when we passed the third check, the data from the detector showed that the pharmacist was carrying a potion that might have psionic radiation with him."
Motarian frowned,
"Sage, I thought it was some of the pharmacists' own potions, pharmacists do have the habit of dispensing personal potions, but according to the Genetic Seed Preservation Regulations, radioactive potions must be removed."
"So I asked him to keep the potion."
"But he refused my request and immediately attacked."
"The apothecary was using some psionic skills to attack, which caused most of the cathars and servants around me to be damaged, and he managed to press the last line of protection in front of the gene seed bank."
"But the sage I finally prevented, and the sage was sure that he finally pierced both of his lungs, and the pharmacist quickly escaped."
"Since all the previous servants and cathars were killed, in order to protect this place, I chose to defend here and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
"But the distress signal you sent was not received."
Hades screwed on a screw and spoke slowly.
In fact, before Hades offered to go to the Gene Seed Bank, Hades was shocked to find that all the people in charge of the area had been cleverly diverted, and that Raton had used Callas's power to recruit new recruits for the Death Guard.
If the druid sage hadn't chosen to continue defending, it is likely that the apothecary would have killed a rifle.
But. Pharmacist Raton.
Where did he come from, Hades began to quickly recall his memories of the Death Guard.
Eventually, his memory paused on the afternoon of the burning of the Think Tank Library, and he was standing in the disinfection room, outside the glass of the sterilization room, where a group of pharmacists were supervising his disinfection.
The man was there, at the very back of those pharmacists.
was staring at him with interest.
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