Chapter 19: The Table-Turning Showdown
"If you had used the genetic seed ......organ of the Emperor's Son in the first place," Blinken muttered to himself, then shook his head.
Now that we have reached this point, there is no point in saying anything more about the established facts.
Originally, Blinken's plan was to still use the genetic seeds of salamanders for the twelfth organ.
But now that Liu Haodong and the emperor's son have such a high compatibility between genes, seeds, and organs, Blinken is uncertain.
"It's useless to think about that." Blinken admonished himself, "The main task now is to adjust the visual control organ of 523." β
A month later.
Blinken was amazed.
He had never seen anyone so well matched with the genetic seed.
Although it is a good match with the genetic seed of the emperor's son, it still breaks Blinken's cognition.
When adjusting the visual control organs, you don't have to adjust and correct them repeatedly like other recruits.
Subject 523 was given a one-time adjustment of his vision, and the organ even underwent a slight self-optimization over time.
In the future, Subject 523 will definitely have better eyesight than ordinary Space Marines.
The unexpected fit made Blinken hesitate again whether the twelfth organ was the salamander or the emperor's son.
After hesitating for a long time, Blinken woke up from the state of being in a state of confusion from the authorities.
Looking at his previous hesitation, Blinken's heart was dark.
"If Fabius and Crick had this kind of thing, they would have made a decision right away, not for so long."
"So, is that the difference between me and them?"
With a plan in mind, Blinken no longer hesitated.
Open the culture chamber and pull up the holder of the culture chamber.
Began to perform the twelfth implant operation for Liu Haodong.
Salamander gene seed organ: feigned meninges (Sus-an meninges).
As a part of the body's endocrine, the meninges of suspended animation can make Space Marines enter a state of suspended animation, but they need corresponding chemotherapy and training to activate their use, otherwise they are useless.
Properly trained, Space Marines can consciously enter this state, and in the event of a fatal trauma to their body, they can also start on their own, stopping their metabolism until they receive full treatment.
However, this state can only be awakened with chemotherapy and autosuggestion, and the Space Marines cannot wake themselves up on their own.
In suspended animation, Space Marines can survive for up to a few hundred years.
Not long after the operation was completed, Liu Haodong really had a rejection reaction again.
"The genetic and seed fit with the salamander is relatively normal." Blinken muttered.
Mr. Liu's current physical reaction is similar to that of Blinken's previous implantation of genetic seed organs with other recruits.
It's normal implantation, then normal reaction, and then normal treatment.
But everything is afraid of comparison.
When implanted into the gene seed organ of the World Eater, Liu Haodong's body had fewer negative reactions, which was a high fit.
When the genetic seed organ of the emperor's son was implanted, there was no negative reaction at all, and the implanted organ was like an organ that was originally an experimental subject, and it grew and developed very well, which was a perfect fit.
Compared with Liu Haodong's side, Waldo's side is not very ideal.
Blinken also paid special attention to Chamber-411 a few times.
Subject 411, after each implantation of another Legion's genetic seed organ, Crick had to work for several days.
From this point of view, Subject 411 is not as lucky as Subject 523, Liu Haodong originally implanted more organs than Valdo, and now the two gene seeds he got back just happened to have a perfect fit.
As a result, Liu Haodong's organ implantation speed is much faster than Valdo's.
Now Liu Haodong has implanted the twelfth organ, and Waldo has only implanted the seventh organ.
Thinking about it this way, Blinken's mood is inexplicably much better.
The good mood lasted for a few days before disappearing.
Liu Haodong's feigned death meningeal growth state is not very good, and there are one or two problems every once in a while.
This is normal with other recruits.
But Blinken's habit of Liu Haodong's adaptation to the genetically seeded physique made him a little impatient.
Blinken's state, Crick can see, and he knows why Blinken is like this.
I just want to win Crick once on this test subject.
Even if the genetic seed planting speed is one step faster than Crick, Blinken has a place in his heart that he is stronger than Crick.
Crick felt that Blinken's idea was very naΓ―ve, and if the process and results of scientific experiments were to be faster, they would not be stronger.
"Is this Blinken's fault, or is it the genetic seed of the World Eater?"
Ignoring Blinken, Crick continued to complete his experiments step by step.
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Four months later, under Blinken's constant training and chemotherapy, the feigned meninges finally grew and were able to be used.
In the course of four months, Crick implanted two more organs for Waldo.
Fortunately, it is still slower than Blinken.
Blinken, who was in a good mood, immediately took out the thirteenth genetic seed organ.
Son of the Emperor Gene Seed Organ: Pigment Control Sphere.
This hemispherical black organ detects the level and type of radiation that hits the skin, controls the amount of melanin in the Space Marine's skin to protect the skin, and protects the Space Mariner from other forms of radiation.
Different legions have different pigment control organs, some will cause different skin tones and hair colors, while others will cause the same skin and hair color.
For example, salamanders, no matter what skin color the recruits have, implanted with salamander pigment control organs, their skin will turn black.
The pigment control ball implantation was completed, and as Blinken thought, there was no negative reaction.
So Blinken was relieved and boldly added nutrient solution to the No. 523 cultivation chamber.
Two weeks later, the Pigment Control Ball had fused with Subject 523.
Blinken prepares to implant the fourteenth implant operation.
Salamander gene seed organ: pebble kidney.
This brownish-red heart-shaped organ works in tandem with the second heart to circulate blood at high speed and detoxify the system urgently, immunizing the Space Marines against most toxins and allowing them to survive the poisonous gases that many lungs cannot handle.
The daily function is to monitor the entire circulatory system so that other implanted organs can function more effectively.
Not long after the surgery, negative reactions began to appear.
The salamander's pebble kidney doesn't seem to fit well with Subject 523.
After the pebble kidney was implanted, the problems persisted for five months and still did not stop.
Five months later.
Blinken was no longer impatient, nor did he want to be faster than Crick, as if he had found his form, and treated the subject more professionally and patiently.
Even if Liu Haodong's deformed body has grown to a height of 2.22 meters on the left and 2.08 meters on the right.
It's just that every time I pass by the No. 411 cultivation chamber, I will take a look at Crick's laboratory from a distance.
Because of Subject 411, the deformity has been increasing and is too large to be called "deformed".
The original Subject 411 only had a bulging forehead and an elongated vertebrae in his back.
The current Subject 411 is exaggerated with a large face, but it is normal for the Heavenly Spirit to cover the head at the back of the head.
The spine, which was just a bit rickety in front, has now bent into a C-shape, and the bone spurs have also broken through the skin and are exposed to the nutrient solution.
Looking at Subject 411 now, his head is tilted back, but his body is bent over with his legs hugged, and his limbs look very small because of the excessive enlargement of his body.
This level of deformity should have been pulled out for cremation, and the ashes should have been smashed and scattered in other sectors to prove that these things did not come from the Monastery of the World Eater Legion.
But Crick doesn't think so, insisting that this is a normal part of gland development, and repeatedly stressing to Blinken that he can fix 411's deformity with the right materials.
When Blinken asked Crick what materials he needed, Crick looked at Blinken without speaking, which left Blinken confused.
Another month later.
The deformity of 411 continues to intensify.
Crick came to Blinken, his huge body did not have a trace of rickets, and the servo skull on his shoulder scanned Blinken's head, and asked bluntly: "What material do you use to cultivate these glands?" Give me some and I can fix the distortion of number 411. β
βοΌβ Blinken was confused, then silent.
Maybe he's fed up with Subject 411's uncontrollable aberrations, or maybe Crick is fed up with Blinken, or maybe he's just trying to turn the tables up for a showdown.
Anyway, Crick no longer hid it, "I told you, this is your experimental project, I'm just a helper you found, I have already done everything I can, and now I need you to do what you can with all your strength." β
There was silence in the lab.
"Now, we need to be honest, I don't want the primitive cells of the gland, I just want you to cultivate the material of the gland." Creek's huge body straightened up, and various mechanical sounds came from under the red robe, making Creek look extremely oppressive.
Blinken could only smile bitterly when he heard this: "However, I have already run out of those materials!" β
Crick didn't refute this sentence, which seemed to be a casual remark, and the servo skull on his shoulder kept scanning Blinken's head, and he didn't stop while Blinken spoke.
"And where did you get those materials?" Crick changed direction and continued to ask.
"The reliquary in the Legion Abbey, there is a stagnant coffin there, with the emperor's assistants, the emblems of the gene weavers, and the guards are Terra veterans, and I only went in by chance once to check the preservation of the items inside, and secretly took the materials." Blinken said.
The brainwave scanner on Crick's servo skull, as well as the various cutting-edge instruments with polygraph capabilities in his body, all show that Blinken is not lying.
But that made Crick even more confused.
"You did an experiment and used all the materials at once?" Crick asked, puzzled.
"No! There were still a lot of materials stolen at the beginning, but after all, I have been experimenting from scratch for more than 30 years, and of course the amount of consumption is large. Blinken looked at Creek strangely.
The look in his eyes is like that of an amateur, and he doesn't even understand the basic truth that experiments require the consumption of materials.
Crick understood from the feedback from various instruments that Blinken was not lying, which made him even more speechless.
Sure enough, amateurs never disappoint.
The various thinking aids in the brain have long since begun to neutralize the hormones produced by Crick's rage.
Unable to release his anger, Crick turned around and left the laboratory, came to the 411 cultivation chamber, and violently took out the 411 test subject.
The four snake-class escort soldiers who had been waiting for a long time cut Subject 411 into millimeter-sized pieces of flesh on the spot, and then burned the meat to ashes with a flamethrower.
"Subject 411 has a legacy of the Mechanicus Cult's technology, how do you think this is done?" Crick's words through the mechanical voice were very cold.
The four Basilisk-class escorts were also heavily armed against Blinken.
Blinken stood in front of No. 523 training bay with a gun in one hand and a jump shield in the other, a deep voice coming from his helmet.
ββ¦β¦ I think it's fine. β