Warhammer: Empire Reboot

Karaden took a half step back at the cabin door.

She felt her soul being gently pushed by an invisible force at the edge of this area.

The Black Stone's suppressive field treats all psionic beings equally.

Demons won't work, and neither will the Eldar.

“Let the first group of pregnant women go in,” Lawson said.

Celine led ten pregnant women, whose infections had been confirmed, into the cabin.

The change occurred within a minute.

The psionic scanner in Celine's hand showed that the chaotic pollution energy signals in the bodies of the ten pregnant women were rapidly decreasing.

The dark purple chaotic light spots attached to the fetus's soul structure were rapidly dimming.

The essence of the subspace fetus demon is that it is maintained and mutated by subspace energy.

The high-intensity suppressive field of Blackrock Fortress cut off the supply of energy to the warp, making the Fetal Demons like fish out of water.

However, at the same time, the psionic echoes required for the normal development of Eldar fetuses were also cut off.

Celine's scanner showed that the development of the souls of the ten fetuses completely stopped within three minutes.

The construction of the psionic channel was interrupted, the nascent soul shield froze in its current state, and all growth indicators were reset to zero.

The fetus's vital signs are stable, and its basal metabolism at the physical level is still being maintained.

But all activities at the level of the soul have come to an absolute standstill.

Like a seed sealed inside a block of ice.

"The mutation has stopped."

Celine checked the scan data three times and said with some surprise.

"The chaotic erosion was forcibly halted, and the fetus entered a state of frozen hibernation at the soul level."

The second and third groups of pregnant women were then taken into the cabin.

The results were consistent...

Whether the fetus is confirmed to be contaminated, suspected to be contaminated, or has not yet been found to be abnormal, it enters the same cryogenic dormancy state in a high-intensity subspace inhibition environment.

The difference is that uncontaminated fetuses can continue to develop normally after the psionic environment is restored.

Once the contaminated fetus is restored to a psionic environment, the chaos erosion will also be restored.

However, as long as they remain within the Blackrock Fortress's containment zone, everything remains suspended, buying them time.

Lawson laughed and said, "It's good that it works. Have Ark move the rest of the pregnant women here as well. I will set aside a separate area in the fortress to house them."

The Eldar leaders were completely convinced of Lawson's superiority.

They began arranging for the pregnant woman's relocation.

Celine remained in the cabin to continue monitoring the condition data of the thirty pregnant women in the sample.

Karadon and Alsane contacted the Prophet Council through the Ark's emergency communication channel to inform them of the feasibility of the Blackrock Fortress plan.

The resettlement work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

The Swarm Mind carved out an area of ​​about two square kilometers in the sixth ring of the fortress, reconfiguring the internal corridors and cabins to suit the Eldar.

After everything was settled, Lawson left the resettlement area with Er Gou and San Gou.

"boss."

Er Gou chuckled and said, "These more than one million pregnant Elven race women are housed in our Blackrock Fortress. If they leave this place, their children will be lost. Aren't they essentially hostages? Whatever we tell Usvi to do, they have to do."

San Gou sneered: "Er Gou, you've been with the boss for so long, don't you have any class? Using a pregnant woman as a hostage to threaten him? That just lowers the boss's status!"

"Then tell me, what's your vision?"

"Didn't you hear what those Eldar said? The Goddess of Life, Isha, is still alive. She's being used as an experiment by Nurgle in the Plague Garden. She's a goddess who can heal all things."

Er Gou blinked, still not quite understanding.

San Gou continued, "When the boss gets that goddess out of Nurgle Garden, sleeps with her, and keeps her by his side, then the boss will be the priest of the entire Elven race. Which one has a higher level of ambition?"

Er Gou suddenly realized and chuckled again.

"This is better! The boss becoming a priest for the Eldar, just thinking about it is exciting! Wait, no, in that case, wouldn't Guilliman become the boss's son-in-law..."

Lawson kicked Er Gou in the shin.

"Stop talking nonsense. The Eldar's souls are inherently fragile. They can probably last a year in the psionic vacuum of Blackrock Fortress."

"Within this year, either we find a way to completely cleanse the fetus of its spiritual pollution, or..." Lawson said.

He didn't mention the other option, but Er Gou and San Gou immediately understood: it was about catching the goddess.

Lawson stepped into the static field: "Before that, let's see what Bayer is up to."

P.S.: 1.2 words updated today.

Chapter 251 The Ruthless Imperial Guard, Madman Bayer

After Lawson returns to Vigilant Planet, he will allocate a portion of the Swarm Intelligence's computing power separately to comprehensively gather intelligence on Fabius Bayer.

He's now completely set his sights on Bayer.

The reason Lawson invested so many resources was because Fabius Bayer was of such great value to him.

His military system currently has two legs.

One is the combat sequence, which has a maximum number.

The other is the cornerstone sequence, which has no upper limit on the number of items.

If the basic qualities of the foundational sequence can be improved from the perspective of genetic engineering, even by only 20%, the increase in overall combat power would be astronomical, given a base of tens of billions.

Moreover, according to Lawson's prediction, the improvements from integrating Bayer's genetic achievements would be far more than just these.

Within the Lawson system, there has always been a research team with a million-dollar budget dedicated to genetic engineering.

They are not only researching genetic engineering, but also studying the genetic seeds of Astartes.

There have been research findings, and progress has been rapid.

The research teams at the cornerstone sequence have all been instilled with relevant knowledge of swarm intelligence.

This team forms a unique cellular network of collective thinking.

However, the achievements so far are far from enough compared to Bayer's.

Lawson looked at the materials that were constantly being compiled.

I'm growing to admire this mad scientist more and more.

Fabius Bayer's machinations in the shadows of the empire were far more extensive than anyone could have imagined.

He established numerous flesh-and-blood laboratories throughout the galaxy. These laboratories varied in size and were meticulously located, all situated in the peripheral regions where the Empire's control was weak, including lost worlds, abandoned mining colonies, and isolated planets whose communications had been severed by the Great Rift.

These places were lawless before Lawson took over the dark side of the empire.

The Inquisition's reach is limited, Space Marine patrols cannot cover it, and even pirates are too lazy to go.

Bayer was hiding in these crevices.

Although Bayer received Slaanesh's blessing and some of his genetic modification technology did indeed utilize Slaanesh's subspace energy, he did not believe in Slaanesh at all.

He didn't even believe in any chaotic gods.

In contrast, although Bayer belonged to Slaanesh's camp, he was an extreme atheist.

To be an atheist in the chaos camp requires a special mental structure.

The existence of the Four Chaos Gods is not a matter of faith, but a fact.

You can witness demons pouring out of the warp rifts and feel the will of the Chaos Gods distorting reality.

In this environment, anyone who still insists that "those are just a storm of energy" is either insane or possesses some kind of rational framework beyond the ordinary.

Bayer belongs to the latter!

In his cognitive system, the four chaotic gods are not gods, but rather a super-large-scale phenomenon naturally formed from the condensation of emotions and soul energy in the subspace.

Just as a hurricane is not the wrath of the wind god, but the physical result of atmospheric circulation.

In Bayer's view, the blessing of the four Chaos Gods was merely a usable energy resource, no different in essence from a plasma reactor.

This perception makes Bayer the most uncontrollable variable in the Chaos faction.

He does not join any warring factions, nor does he participate in any religious wars.

He only serves his own research.

Slaanesh's blessing was his tool, not his faith.

His recent research points to an extremely crazy goal.

The "New Human" project.

Swarm intelligence pieced together the outline of this plan from multiple independent sources.

Byr believes that all humans in the current galaxy, from Imperial civilians to Space Marines, are outdated designs.

The genetic modification schemes created by the Emperor were groundbreaking at the time, but they are no longer sufficient for today's galaxy, with the Tyranids, the awakening of the undead, the rampant chaos, and the tearing of the Great Rift.

Kaul's original casting plan was merely a patchwork of old blueprints.

These should all be phased out.

Bayer plans to start from scratch and create a completely new human race to replace these old humans.

His new humans have been created for several generations, and there has indeed been progress.

In terms of physical abilities, the basic strength, speed, and recovery of the new humans far surpass those of ordinary humans.

Unlike Space Marines who require nineteen surgeries and years of painful modifications, the New Humans' abilities are innate, written in their genes, and they are born with them.

In terms of reproduction, the new humans have an extremely high reproductive capacity, with the gestation period compressed to half that of standard humans.

This means that the new humans can reproduce naturally, form populations, and continue to expand without relying on genetic seeds and external modification facilities.