Warhammer: Empire Reboot

[A special emergence of cornerstone sequences: gene sniffing.]

[Ability Description: Can intuitively react to non-standard human genes, mutated tissues, Chaos Agent modifications, and some alien contamination. The manifestation varies from individual to individual and may include odor, color, stinging sensation, or noise.]

[Risk: Medium. Prolonged exposure to highly polluted groups may cause mental fatigue.]

[It is recommended that this be incorporated into refugee screening, conscription physical examinations, aristocratic lineage checks, pollution screening, and Singapore port entry management.]

Lawson's eyes lit up noticeably.

This capability is crucial for the Agrippina Sector.

In the aftermath of the Great Rift, many planets experienced chaotic contamination, mutant uprisings, genetic modification, the slave trade, and alien contact. Traditional screening methods were both slow and brutal. When slow, the contamination spread; when brutal, loyal civilians were burned along with it.

Gene sniffing foundational sequences can serve as the first screening sieve.

They are not responsible for the final conviction.

Their sole responsibility is to identify anomalies from a massive population.

The rest will be handled by the Bixie, medical servants, T-series technical assassins, and the Suanni battle group.

This will significantly reduce false positives and false negatives.

For Lawson, this was not just "benevolence," but also resource efficiency.

Loyal civilians must be protected.

Suspicious individuals should be investigated.

The source of pollution must be identified as soon as possible.

Those who are not part of the conscription team must be identified before they receive their guns.

Those genetically corrupt individuals mingling in the noble council must be chained before signing the food agreement.

The swarm mentality continues to vibrate.

More specialized types are beginning to emerge.

The presence of a foundational sequence on a mining planet gives rise to the ability to sense mineral veins and to determine the direction of mineral layers based on geological echoes.

Some of the starship-assisted suicide soldiers have developed subspace tidal intuition, enabling them to sense turbulence in short-distance routes in advance.

Some lurking nodes have emerged with the ability to mimic language, enabling them to master the slang of the Chaos War Gang, pirate codes, and local noble accents more quickly.

All of this is like ripples spreading across the surface of water.

The quantities are not large.

The proportion is very low.

However, considering the base of 100 million assassins, the absolute number is quite considerable.

Lawson did not rush to conclusions.

He instructed the swarm intelligence approach to first collect statistics, classify, stress test, and isolate risks.

[Statistics on the first phase of special emergence are underway.]

[Foundation sequence emergence rate: Low.]

[Capabilities are concentrated in agriculture, animal husbandry, administration, genetic screening, mining, grassroots reassurance, and environmental adaptation.]

[Preliminary assessment: Emerging trends are highly correlated with job position, long-term tasks, and regional pressure.]

This conclusion is reasonable.

The emergence of suicide bombers is not a random lottery.

Those who work on agricultural planets for extended periods are most likely to develop plant affinity.

Long-term pioneering work on a wild planet makes it easier for animals to develop affinity.

Long-term distribution, resettlement, and post-disaster reconstruction may foster a more approachable and friendly civil administration.

Long-term screening of refugees and contaminated populations may lead to the emergence of gene sniffing.

Swarm intelligence doesn't apply a uniform template to everyone; instead, it allows certain abilities to "grow" from long-term missions, depending on the environment in which the assassins operate.

This made Lawson even more satisfied.

Because this means that emergence can be guided.

If he needs more agriculturally-friendly martyrs in the future, he should deploy the appropriate foundational talent to the front lines of agricultural reconstruction in the long term.

If more gene sniffing is needed, involve them in the screening process.

If more administrative approach is needed, send them to disaster-stricken neighborhoods, distribution centers, and refugee camps.

Once the system is mature, special assassins will be distributed throughout the star sector as needed, much like organ cells.

Lawson continued to delve deeper into swarm intelligence.

After the cornerstone sequence, the combat sequence begins to change.

This time the reaction was even stronger.

The first to send a signal was the White Tiger Battle Group.

Inside a training ship, White Tiger warriors are conducting a boarding simulation.

The standard procedure involves a shield wall advance, breaching bombs clearing the way, heavy bomb disposal experts providing suppression, and the power sword squad flanking the enemy. The training intensity is very high, but for White Tiger, it's already routine.

The moment the simulated hatch exploded, one of the White Tiger assassins suddenly stopped.

He raised his shield prematurely without receiving enemy location data.

The next second, a simulated enemy thermal ray shot from the side and hit his storm shield.

The training system determined that the prediction was abnormal.

Command node retrieves records.

The White Tiger assassin stated that he sensed "danger emanating from the left" before the door burst open.

It was a psychic premonition.

Subsequently, a similar situation occurred in the Crimson Dragons Chapter.

During a plasma cannon test, a Red Dragon gunner suddenly stabilized the overloaded plasma flow with a psionic barrier, preventing the cannon barrel from exploding.

Within the Xuanwu Battle Group, there are assassins who can temporarily enhance their force field shields.

Within the Luan Bird Battle Group, there are assassins who can sense spatial turbulence during airdrops.

Within the Yazi Warband, a melee assassin unleashed a short, golden psionic blade while slaying the remains of a demon, tearing through the opponent's warp attachment.

The Suanni battle group reacted most noticeably.

They were already bound to the Emperor's Golden Flame, and some of the assassins began to exhibit abilities similar to low-level psionic purification, enabling them to incinerate contaminants at specific points, in addition to the Holy Flame Bomb.

The Bi'an Warband has seen the emergence of a psionic energy focused on interrogation.

It's more like the oppression of lies.

When they stare at a suspect and question them, swarm intelligence combines the suspect's heart rate, pupil size, micro-expressions, soul fluctuations, and psychic feedback to provide more accurate lie alerts.

Upon seeing this, a clear smile finally appeared on Lawson's lips.

The battle formation has begun to sprout "think tanks".

Within the Imperial Astartes Chapter, think tank members hold a special position.

They are warriors, and also psionicists.

It can foresee danger, unleash psionic lightning, deploy protective barriers, burn demons, read residual wills, and even change the course of the entire battle at crucial moments.

But the Imperial Think Tank has three problems.

First, the quantity is small.

Second, the training cycle is long.

Third, the risks are high.

If a psyker goes out of control, things from the warp will seep in through the cracks. The Imperium both needs and fears psykers. Astrotalkers, think tank psykers, Inquisition psykers, navigators—each type is strictly controlled and could become a source of disaster at any time.

Lawson's psionic assassins are different.

They are not isolated individuals.

They are embedded in swarm intelligence.

Each psionic necromancer is like a psionic interface on a swarm network.

They can wield psionic powers, but the intensity, duration, battlefield authority, contamination alert, and mental load of their abilities are all uniformly allocated by the swarm mind.

This is like connecting a bunch of psionic cannons that are prone to exploding to a sector-level fire control system.

A single psychic may be greedy for credit, fearful, angry, or out of control.

The assassins wouldn't.

Swarm intelligence assesses the intensity of the battlefield.

Low-threat combat, only Premonition, Barrier, and Enhanced Senses are allowed.

Medium threat, open psionic blade, short-range impact, protective force field.

Only high-threat conditions permit the invocation of large-scale psionic strikes, anti-demonic purification, and warp interference.

Once the pollution index rises, the swarm intelligence will immediately cut off the node's access, and nearby assassins will take over for protection, executing them on the spot if necessary.

Ruthless, effective.

Extremely Lawson.

[Special Emergence in Combat Orders: Psionic Combat Suicide Bomber.]

[Analogous to the Empire faction: Think Tank role.]

[Abilities include: Danger Sense, Psionic Barrier, Psionic Blade, Anti-Demonic Purification, Short-Range Psionic Impact, Battlefield Perception, Lie Suppression, and Channel Turbulence Prediction.]

[Core Mechanism: Individuals can utilize psionic energy in combat; the intensity of psionic energy deployment is allocated by the swarm intelligence based on battlefield intensity, pollution risk, and mental load.]

[Risk: Controllable. A tiered system for psionic assassins and battlefield authorization agreements need to be established.]

Lawson opened his eyes.