Chapter 284, The Mystery of Gene Seed
"Nirvana?" Gu Hang frowned, quite puzzled.
After the Phoenix Chapter completed their raid behind enemy lines, Chapter Master Martins came to find him.
Originally, Gu Hang thought that this was just a simple battle report, and wondered why he didn't just hand in a report and be done with it, instead of having to talk to him in person.
As a result, what was unexpected was that Martins mentioned a special situation.
He informed Gu Hang about the special situation that happened to Anato.
"Yes." Martins Salas explained to Gu Hang in detail, "'Nirvana' is... a characteristic of us Phoenixes. We have a long history. We are almost the first regiment to be established... after the Great Heresy. Our parent regiment is the founding regiment - the Phoenix Legion, which has the blood of the Phoenix flowing in its veins. But after a long time, our gene seeds... underwent some strange changes."
Since the relationship between the two parties has reached this point, there is nothing that cannot be said to the Governor.
Martins continued, "We seem to have lost some of the talents of the Sons of Phoenix. We don't seem to love art as much, and we don't like gorgeous fighting styles as much. We have also lost our sharp swordsmanship, and our fighting style has become simple and plain... But instead, we seem to have become more patient and stronger."
"The so-called 'Nirvana' is another more drastic change that occurs in addition to those ordinary changes. It only occurs in a small number of people. They may be seriously injured or even on the verge of death, but they may miraculously recover from their injuries and have even stronger strength, agility, and combat awareness than normal. We call this situation 'Nirvana'."
Gu Hang listened thoughtfully.
Although Space Marines look similar in general, in fact, when the Emperor of Mankind created these inhuman warriors, he designed a variety of genetic templates, and used different templates to form different legions.
This is the first batch of start-up troops.
They are basically the same, but there are differences in some details, which will cause Space Marines produced by different gene seeds to have certain natural physiological differences. This is manifested in that each type of Space Marine will have different talents and expertise.
Subsequent Space Marine Chapters were formed after the Heresy, when the large Legion organizations were dismantled and split into Chapters with a maximum number of no more than 1,000 as stipulated in the Space Marine Codex. All Chapters were separated from these founding Chapters.
But despite being split up, many warbands will not forget their roots. Often, warbands have a very close connection with their parent groups. In fact, they originally had the same blood and the same gene seed.
Just like the Phoenix, it was separated from the Second Legion, the Phoenix Legion. All descendants of the Phoenix Legion are called "Sons of the Phoenix", some are closely united with the mother group, while others are relatively independent and alienated.
But the genetic source is always the same.
From this perspective, what happened to the phoenix is rather special.
Gu Hang said: "Is it caused by the mutation of the gene seed? This is a possibility, but the possibility is actually not high..."
Having said that, Gu Hang observed Martins' expression and saw no change.
So, he simply said: "Another more likely scenario is that the gene seed bank was 'contaminated' during the inheritance process of the Phoenix... Please forgive me for using this word, but the characteristics you mentioned are more like the similar abilities that the Blood Angels of the Fourth Legion are rumored to have, although they did not burst out when they were dying, but in fierce battles. But in the end, this should not be the case for the Son of the Phoenix."
Martins sighed, smiled bitterly and said, "Now I am absolutely sure that the gene seed you found is indeed from the Phoenix. It even has the Phoenix's original exclusive genetic abilities. Who can say it is not?"
Gu Hang smiled and said, "This should never be questioned."
"But there will be trouble." Martins said seriously, "The Chapter has ended the Atonement Crusade. Logically, we should pay gene seed taxes."
Speaking of this, Gu Hang remembered that such a thing would happen.
Space Marines also have to pay taxes, but the taxes they pay are a little different: they are not taxes in kind, but gene seeds.
The amount required to be paid is one-tenth of the gene seeds harvested by the regiment in each period of time.
These collected gene seeds will be sent to the imperial capital, Holy Terra, and Mars.
There are two main uses:
Firstly, it is used to check the gene-seed of the Chapter to prevent the gene-seed from being contaminated, the Chapter from being corrupted, and the Chapter from surrendering to the enemy and rebelling to become Chaos elements.
This kind of situation... although it will not be reported openly, it is actually very common. After the Great Rebellion, except for the 13th Legion - the Infinite Legion, almost every legion had traitors. Among them, the 10th Legion, once the Cang Yue Guard, now the Chaos Sword, almost all members rebelled.
The Chaos Space Marine warbands are still a major enemy facing the Imperium and are the backbone of the Chaos forces.
In the countless years since the Heresy, there have been many cases of Chapters being corrupted and turning to Chaos. The Imperium is very vigilant about this, and regular inspection and control of Chapter gene-seed is naturally a top priority.
As for the second purpose, it is naturally to collect enough gene seeds and use them to establish a new war group.
From this perspective, the change in the Phoenix's genetic seed is something that deserves great vigilance.
"How did you deal with taxes on genetic seeds in the past?" Gu Hang asked this question.
"We..." Martins fell into recollection, "In the past, when the regiment still had pharmacists, we would check every gene seed and try to hand over those that were more like the Phoenix. In addition, we have always been in contact with the mother group and would explain the situation to the mother group. The mother group understands our predicament and will help explain the situation to Terra and Mars, but they are also increasingly confused about the changes that have taken place in us..."
At this point, Martins pursed his lips and added another piece of information: "We once had a chapter leader who tried to contact the Blood Angels, hoping to conduct a detailed comparative experiment on our gene seeds to find out the specific situation... but was rejected by the Blood Angels."
(End of this chapter)
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