Warhammer: Empire Reboot

The squad leader of the nearby cornerstone sequence asked a question using swarm intelligence.

What did you do?

Cornerstone-119 answered very concisely.

"Tell them there is fire here. The fire will burn the young. There is rotting flesh on the east side."

The squad leader paused for a second.

"Can you communicate with them?"

"A little bit."

"Did they understand?"

"He understood the danger, but he didn't understand the Imperial language."

The swarm intelligence concept is highlighted again.

[A special emergence of cornerstone sequences: animal affinity.]

[Ability Description: Can sense the emotions and instinctive needs of some wild beasts, alien animals, and giant arthropods. Can provide basic soothing, dispelling, and guiding.]

[Risk: Medium. Preventing false resonances with highly contaminated creatures, chaotic mutants, and Tyranid units is necessary.]

[It is recommended to incorporate this into the security systems for undeveloped planets, border planets, mining areas, and colonies.]

Lawson watched very carefully.

This ability is also unpretentious.

It is practical.

The biggest problem on many of the Empire’s border planets is not necessarily the Chaos Legion or the rebellious nobles, but the local environment itself.

Giant insects, venomous beasts, acid swamps, migrating herds, underground nests, and unknown food chains.

In ordinary colonies, people often had to risk their lives to open a road.

With this animal-compatible foundational sequence, land reclamation efficiency will be greatly improved.

What's even more remarkable is that these suicide bombers are still part of the swarm mentality.

They won't suffer mental breakdowns like some Imperial psykers who hear too much beastly emotion, nor will they be elevated to wizardry simply because of local tribal worship, ultimately leading to a purge by the Inquisition.

They will only upload the perception results and turn them into development data.

The third type of emergence appears in administrative departments.

Albitel-3, Middle Layer, Sector 23.

A cornerstone unit is taking over the old supply depot.

This assassin appeared no different from the other Keystone Order members. Grayish-white armor, numbered nameplate, steady voice, and precise movements.

But when he stood in front of the rationing team, the effect was immediately different.

Two days ago, this neighborhood had just experienced the Governor's House human trafficking incident and the Red Pirates' loading incident.

The residents were terrified of anyone in uniform. Even though the Bi'an Warband had issued orders and the food had indeed arrived, the ranks were still filled with unease, probing, and hushed arguments.

The assassin walked up to the distribution table and said only three sentences.

“Every household has one today.”

"Children should take the nutritional paste first."

"Seniors don't need to queue twice; they can be sent home after registration."

His attitude was not assertive, nor was his tone gentle.

But the crowd fell strangely quiet.

A woman holding a child, who was on the verge of tears, slowly loosened her grip on the railing after hearing the story.

An older worker asked in a low voice, "Is it really delivered to my door?"

The assassin looked at him.

"I said I would deliver it."

The older worker nodded and returned to the line.

Swarm intelligence can be used to capture emotional fluctuations in the scene.

Panic subsided.

Hostility decreased.

Compliance increased.

Trust is established more than three times faster than in a typical foundational sequence.

Lawson raised an eyebrow.

This kind of ability is very interesting.

It is not a bewitching psychic power.

There is no twisted will.

There was no forced control.

It's more like an innate sense of credibility.

He makes people feel that what he says is actionable, trustworthy, and worth waiting for.

In the dark side of the empire, this ability is extremely valuable.

Many worlds collapse not because they lacked resources initially, but because no one believed the next command would be carried out.

The governor ordered grain to be distributed, but instead arrested people.

The union said they would fix the water supply, but then they raised prices.

The Ministry of Justice said it was a trial, but it turned out to be bombarded.

The state religion claimed that the emperor was watching, but the Star Speaker was burned to death on the stage.

After order collapses, the real difficulty is not issuing commands, but getting people to believe in commands again.

This type of administratively friendly assassin perfectly filled this gap.

[A unique emergence in the cornerstone sequence: civil affairs affinity.]

[Ability Description: Possesses highly credible communication skills, maintains emotional stability, and effectively maintains order at the grassroots level. Can increase civilian acceptance of administrative directives and reduce panic and unrest.]

Risk: Low.

[It is recommended that this be incorporated into the rationing, water purification, refuge, migration, post-disaster reconstruction, and grassroots governance system for urban redevelopment.]

Lawson couldn't help but laugh.

"The very thing the Empire lacked most has actually grown out of the foundational sequence."

If Andrei were here, he would definitely add: The empire is most in need of officials who can speak like human beings.

Swarm intelligence continues to push out updates.

The fourth type emerged, beginning to touch upon psychic powers.

This time, the footage comes from a planet called Chaodu, which has just been taken over by the Bi'an.

Local nobles are suspected of dealing with the Chaos faction. The Bi'an Warband has arrested key members, but a large number of Chaos followers, mutants, and genetically modified individuals disguised as ordinary civilians remain in the refugee ranks.

The standard procedure requires medical personnel, blood sampling, psionic scanning, and cross-verification through interrogation.

It's very inefficient.

The line was very long.

The risk of conflict is very high.

One of the cornerstone sequence assassins is responsible for registering refugees.

Number: Cornerstone-Barissa Provisional Edition-407.

He suddenly looked up when a man in work clothes walked up to him.

"stop."

The man froze.

“I have my time card; I’m from smelting zone number three…”

Cornerstone-407 did not check the time card.

He just stared at the other person's neck and the whites of their eyes.

"You have a scent that doesn't belong to humans."

As soon as these words were spoken, the nearby Bixie warriors immediately locked onto the target.

The man's expression changed rapidly.

He tried to explain, but the next second, several fleshy growths appeared under his skin, and his finger split open, revealing bone spurs.

The Bixie warriors shot him twice in the knees and used restraints to drag him out of the ranks.

Cornerstone-407 continues to register.

Within ten minutes, he identified nine unusual individuals among the two thousand refugees.

Three of them have genetic mutations.

Two people were modified by the Chaos Potion.

One of them carries Negrin spores but has not yet developed symptoms.

Three individuals showed signs of non-human tissue transplantation.

His judgment is not entirely based on vision.

It's closer to "smell".

After analyzing the swarm mentality, it was confirmed that this is a weak psionic characteristic.

Its psionic strength is not high, and its combat value is limited, but it is extremely suitable for gene identification.