Warhammer 40 Unorthodox Primarch

Longinus's training was brutal; every day of training was a near-death experience for everyone.

"Dad, I can't take it anymore! Change me! Change me to be like Uncle Lang! He reacts too fast, I can't keep up! I want to change too! Change me to be like the Imperial Guard..." Lin Dafa, his face swollen like a pig's head, said while hugging Li Taiji's leg.

However, Li Taiji was also looking at Lin Dafa with panda eyes and a pig's head...

"Uh... Dad beat you up too? That shouldn't be possible! Can the Imperial Guard beat the Primarch?" Lin Dafa's panda eyes sparkled with gossip.

"He's not an ordinary Imperial Guard; ordinary Imperial Guards aren't this strong! You want to change him, huh? Fine... then let's not sit idly by! Training's over, let's change him..." Li Taiji's eyes were full of malice.

"No! I was wrong! I'll keep practicing..." Lin Dafa tried to run away but was lifted up like a cat.

Even if all his abilities were disabled and he focused solely on training combat skills, Li Taiji would still get beaten up. Although he was much stronger than the average Guardian of the People and could detect Longinus's attacks, he couldn't react in time and still got beaten up. Li Taiji's physical advantages were not fully utilized...

The data on the Imperial Guards that the Emperor modified were all in perfect order, with nothing left unsaid. However, the success rate was extremely low, as it involved breaking people down into atoms and training them bit by bit!

If the Astartes pieces are made of plastic and coated with plastic, they are still essentially plastic. But the Imperial Guard has already restructured itself at the atomic level, turning plastic into steel...

Failure means death! Li Taiji also understood why the emperor was reluctant to use the Imperial Guards, because they were too expensive! Each one was meticulously crafted and could not withstand the attrition in a massive war.

Lin Dafa was able to undergo the genetic modification that the Imperial Guard had given him. No, to be precise, his genes were being completely reassembled like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, and the result was that Lin Dafa kept being resurrected.

Being brutally tortured for twelve hours every day, followed by destructive reformation, nearly drove Lin Dafa insane. Yes, even a mentally ill person was driven mad…

However, in terms of combat, the People's Guardians are no longer a rabble and have begun to cooperate. The Imperial Guard's growth often takes a century, so this progress is already quite good for the People's Guardians.

Longinus also felt that he might be able to create an army for the emperor that was no less powerful than the Custodian Guard before Constantinevaldo did...

He even offered advice and strategies when Li Taiji was undergoing reformation...

"Old man! Get lost! Get lost! Don't give me any bad ideas! What are you doing! Do you even know what you're doing?!" With a flash of white light, Lin Dafa was resurrected again, but his efforts were in vain.

"Hehe, that's normal. Being a member of the Imperial Guard isn't easy. Come on! Lie down and let's continue..." Longinus's smile was very warm, but in Lin Dafa's eyes, it was a smile more terrifying than that of the Chaos God...

"Dad! I think it's better to join Chaos. I don't necessarily have to do this to become stronger. Maybe I should betray them..." Lin Dafa said pitifully, his eyes glazed over.

"Don't talk nonsense again! This is a hallucination of your soul. Your soul is pure, you will not betray, and this is not part of your destiny..." After Longinus finished speaking, Lin Dafa was resurrected again.

Time seemed to drag on, but Li Taiji was not idle. The Imperial Guards' combat effectiveness came partly from training, partly from physical strength, and partly from equipment!

The Imperial Guards are equipped with the best equipment in the Empire. Putting aside everything else, even ceramic steel armor is considered inferior by the Imperial Guards. They wouldn't even consider it worthy of being used to make toilets. Therefore, Radiant Gold is the resource that Li Taiji most wants to obtain!

In actual use, the Radiant Gold also demonstrated its powerful performance. For example, Li Dagou's Titan was hit by the corrosion of Nurgle multiple times, but it was really difficult to corrode it. At most, the surface paint was corroded and bubbled, while the main body of the Radiant Gold remained unmoved. It is precisely because of its resistance that it has such a brilliant record.

This guy is very well-behaved now, even marginalizing himself, afraid that he will be bullied like Lin Dafa. He tells everyone he meets that he is a technical sergeant and is on the technical path. A group of people trembled when they heard Lin Dafa's voice...

Li Taiji wasn't idle. Tie Lu and his men had already joined up with Li Taiji and started plundering the known planets that produced Radiant Gold! Whether it was in Chaos's hands or someone else's, they were taking it all!

When Guilliman found out, he thought Li Taiji wanted to modify the warships, so he specially sent a batch of them. After all, some of the five hundred worlds of Alteramar had been recovered. Although Radiant Gold was scarce and precious, it was the material used to build the Empire's main warships.

"Iron furnace! I want to forge the kind of gleaming gold armor used by the Imperial Guards. We have finished products, so just make it according to those! If it's done well, it will be a great achievement! The technology you want, as well as the STC template and everything else, will be readily available..." Li Taiji tempted.

However, the iron furnace didn't dare to respond. Was it a matter of materials? No, it was a matter of craftsmanship! The high cost of the Imperial Guard armor was due to a variety of reasons. One was that the handcrafted nature resulted in individual differences and fit issues, and the other was that the casting process had extremely high requirements.

"Uh... I can't guarantee I can forge items comparable to the Imperial Guard's equipment, but I'll try my best..." The iron furnace was almost oozing oil; the Primarch's ambitions were too great, and the processing technology for this thing was a bit beyond its limits...

"I didn't ask you to guarantee anything! Just do your best! Look how hard Lin Dafu is working! I hope that if he succeeds, he'll have the corresponding equipment, right? Great Sage Ironforge! Look at me, even as a Primarch, I only wear ordinary precision-engineered power armor, doesn't it? That doesn't suit my status, does it? If you want to form your own school and become a Forging General, you'll have to work hard too!" Li Taiji patted the ironforge, and the hydraulic cylinders immediately started leaking oil...

This made things even worse for many people. Tielu could only stick with Lin Taiji, diligently forging Radiant Gold equipment. He needed to show Li Taiji his efforts! At least that way Li Taiji would notice, in order to maintain his position…

After countless failures, Lin Dafa was in despair. He even lay down on the control panel, his eyes vacant and lifeless, letting the machine operate on him. Li Taiji was afraid that Lin Dafa would completely break down...

However, whether this guy was lucky or unlucky, he finally succeeded one time! Even Longinus was a little surprised. This success was not just about replicating the Custodians, but also about dismantling and recombining all their genetic seeds! The direction was right, but it was completely different from the Custodians' upbringing from infancy.

Lin Dafa couldn't believe his ears when he heard that the ordeal was over. Looking at himself in the giant mirror, he couldn't believe it was real. His height had increased dramatically, and his entire body was exceptionally graceful—a robust and powerful kind of grace! His reaction speed and strength had improved tremendously, making him completely different from before. Most importantly, his spiritual energy hadn't disappeared; in fact, it had even improved…

"Dad! Did I succeed? This isn't a dream, is it? Am I still me? Hehe! Does that mean I don't have to suffer anymore?" Lin Dafa's eyes lit up.

"Yes! But is it something to be happy about?" Li Taiji said calmly.