From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

"Ah."

Sui Yang nodded lightly towards Mortarion, and after the gate was closed, he habitually raised his hand on his son's shoulder armor and said with a smile:

“It’s been really hard on you these days for you to accompany the Biology Department and carry out various experiments and tests.

Don't worry, it won't be long before you and Corax can go to the frontal battlefield and slaughter the alien bastards to your heart's content. "

Hearing this, Mortarion felt a little uncomfortable, probably because Apu and Halsey were also in the observation room.

However, the original body, whose physique could be called a giant, still bowed his head slightly and said respectfully:

"It is an honor to serve the company and be loyal to my father."

"Haha, don't hold yourself tight all the time." Sui Yang smiled and said nothing more.

Leaving Riemann aside, Sui Yang understood that whether it was the eldest sons Sanguinius and Guilliman, or the later comers Horus and Dorn, all the sons wanted to show that they were "more useful" and "more powerful" Primarch.

The seven student groups on standby at Harvest Star and 0459 are already competing with each other.

Even if there are verbal or physical conflicts, as long as there are no overly negative emotions such as hatred and jealousy in the mood swings, Sui Yang usually chooses to ignore them.

Appropriate competition will help the development of the legion.

What's more, Sui Yang will not directly interfere in the affairs of the Legion, especially when the Astartes officially come of age, the Legion will be fully responsible for the original body.

After all, in terms of "blood relationship", the Primarch is his sons, and the Astartes are the "descendants" of the Primarch, so he is equivalent to the Astartes.

grandfather.

After finishing the conversation with Mortarion, Sui Yang walked towards the front of the observation room.

Although there are also isolation rooms, disinfection rooms and one-way floor-to-ceiling windows at the front, there are no Flood samples or D and other personnel infected with the Flood in the isolation room opposite the floor-to-ceiling windows.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Biology, technicians or researchers who want to conduct experiments on Flood, even tiny Flood spores, must go to the experimental center on the surface to perform the experiment, and are not allowed to bring them into the core world that has not encountered contamination.

Because the Flood is far more dangerous than imagined.

If an accident occurs on the surface and the Flood is released, the Temple Defenders and Thunder Warriors will also be able to suppress it.

If that doesn't work, you can use "nuclear neutralization" to achieve comprehensive disinfection.

However, in the earth's core world, it will affect the normal operation of construction matters, and even affect the safety of the entire 0459.

At this moment, when Alexia and Halsey saw Sui Yang walking into the observation room, they also ended their superficial compliments and said in unison:

"boss."

Sui Yang waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to be polite, and asked bluntly:

"I heard from Apu that you have the latest progress in the vaccine project, so?"

"I am responsible for supervision, and Dr. Halsey is responsible for specific matters." Alexia first looked up at Sui Yang, then turned sideways to face Halsey and said:

"So, let Dr. Halsey tell you, boss, about the recent results of the Biology Department."

"Okay." Halsey did her job.

She controlled the holographic panel, called up relevant information about the Flood, and told Sui Yang:

"Boss, based on the Forerunner research data stored on Tranquility Riverbank and various experiments conducted by our biology department, we can know that the cell structure of the Flood is not of any known type.

Therefore, we have adopted a very popular, straightforward, and most expressive term to describe this type, namely "super cell".

Their structure is similar to neurons and glial cells, and the way they grow and reproduce is incompatible with any natural ecosystem.

In addition, they can parasitize and infect almost any organic life form with a calcium skeleton.

Forerunner data records that when they devour and digest a sufficient amount of biomass, they can even parasitize and infect electronic devices and assimilate self-aware artificial intelligence. "

Having said this, Halsey paused, turned to look at the holographic three-dimensional infection form, and continued:

"After the Flood's infected form pierces the victim's skin and burrows into the body, it will use its tentacles to occupy the spine and nerve centers, forcing the victim's brain to generate specific neural messages for "matching."

At the same time, the infected form will inject a large number of super cells into the victim's body to quickly analyze all the victim's genetic information and better transform and "use" the victim's body.

It is worth noting that as long as there is a super cell in the body of a human or other intelligent life, it will gradually become a puppet of the Flood, but the transformation speed will be relatively slow.

Once the body begins to transform, it will be an irreversible process, and all medical treatments will be ineffective attempts. "

"Another point."

At this time, Alexia took over the conversation, raised her right hand, stretched out her slender, white index finger, pointed at the image of a D-class personnel infected by the Flood, and continued:

"The infected forms active in Shield World 0459 have survived for at least tens of thousands of years. Although it is impossible to confirm their exact lifespan, what we can know is that as time goes by, their physiological functions will also develop weakness, Sick symptoms.

After being parasitized by a weak infected form, D and other personnel with employee number D-019923, the infection process went as usual, that is, specific neural information was released to complete the matching and the body was transformed into a look suitable for combat.

However, during subsequent investigations, we discovered that D-019923 retained self-awareness.

Especially when we used electric shock to further weaken his body, this D-class personnel was actually able to use his original human head to speak some indistinct words intermittently.

Boss, please listen. "

Alexia said, tapping "Play" on the panel in front of her with her index finger.

Then, the broadcast in the observation room began to play the words of D-019923:

"Kake.mi.!! pili hiss!!! Cough rice!!!"

Playback ends.

Alexia frowned slightly and said, "According to speculation, what D-019923 wants to express is, let us kill him and end the pain.

Although D-019923 is a heinous scumbag, out of humanitarian considerations, we physically removed him as soon as our biology department collected enough data. "

"This is consistent with the boss's speculation half a year ago." Halsey also raised his head and said to Sui Yang:

"If you do something to the neural signals of the human brain, you might be able to make the Flood resist and refuse infection.

Or it may be that after the human body is infected and parasitized, the human host still maintains self-awareness. "

The "boss speculation" that Halsey mentioned was actually based on his memory of playing "Halo" and reading the official novel, Sui Yang reminded Alexia, Halsey and the core team of the Biology Department that they could try A corresponding "vaccine" was developed to confuse the Flood's judgment.

In the official novel "Halo: Flood", a Marine First Class named Wallace A. Jenkins is mentioned.

At the same time, this Jenkins also appeared in "Halo 1: Combat Evolved".