Chapter 201, The Governor's Conception of the Phoenix
Before the operation began, Anato and his two other friends were very nervous.
Even at first, Anato didn't understand what the word "surgery" meant.
Later, he figured out that the surgery was to cut open his body and implant an organ next to the heart. This organ would slowly develop into a second heart over the next few years and would also trigger a series of changes in the body and grow eighteen superhuman organs.
Anatole thought about the image for a moment, then shuddered.
It's quite scary.
However, he soon calmed down.
This even surprised himself.
He thought he would be too scared to go on.
It seems that the huge changes brought about by the previous short period of training are not only reflected in the physical and skill aspects, but also include changes in the mental and will levels.
Anatole didn't think there was anything wrong with this. He certainly preferred to be a braver version of himself.
His two companions went in first, and he was the last one to enter.
Lying on the clean operating table, Anato saw an old but strong man standing next to him.
Anatole knew him, this was Reverend Rizzo, an angel of the phoenix.
The pastor's gentle voice rang in his ears: "Don't be nervous, it will be over soon. I have seen your performance, you are already good enough, you will get through it smoothly."
"Yeah." Anatole nodded.
Pastor Rizzo's voice seemed to carry a special power, which indeed calmed his mind a lot.
The operation begins.
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Martins, standing outside the operating room, waited for Rizzo to come out.
"how's it going?"
"No problem, it went smoothly."
"All three."
"Yes, all three."
A strong feeling of joy rushed into Martins's brain, and an uncontrollable smile appeared on his face.
Why not laugh?
He had been worried about this for so long, but now he finally saw hope.
Three, all successful!
The most dangerous stage of gene seed implantation is right after the operation. 70% of failures occur at this stage.
Of course, completing the gene seed implantation operation does not mean that everything is foolproof. Later, the gene seed will continue to develop in the recruit's body, and will gradually stimulate the body to grow more than a dozen superhuman organs.
This process takes anywhere from six months to two years, depending on the patient's condition. In addition, during the process of growing new superhuman organs, rejection may still occur, leading to death.
But in general, the probability is not high.
In any case, the current situation is much better than the three operations performed by their regiment before.
Waiting outside the operating room were not only Martins, but also two other Phoenixes. One of them couldn't help but ask, "How could it be so smooth? Why did our previous three operations fail?"
Another pushed him to shut up.
He said angrily, "I think if the three before had also succeeded, we would have six new bloods now... the total number would be even greater than when we landed on the Wrathful Owl Star."
"That's impossible." It was Martins who spoke up to explain, "Did you see the level of those three boys before the operation was completed?"
When Martins mentioned this, the guy who had been muttering just now suddenly shut up.
Thinking back on it, it’s terrifying.
How can a boy who is generally only seventeen years old have such strong fighting power?
Of course, the three boys were no match for them; even without armor, they could easily suppress them one on three. However, it was an exaggeration to say that it was worth mentioning.
In fact, thinking back, before he became a Space Marine, he entered the Phoenix training camp at the age of eleven. In the brutal training and the final screening, he survived many dangers and learned a lot before he survived the implantation surgery.
And those three guys are much stronger than they were at the same age!
In fact, according to their assessment, the only thing these three guys lacked compared to normal Space Marine recruits was superhuman physical fitness. In other words, as long as they survived the entire transformation surgery and all their superhuman organs grew, they would immediately become proper combat brothers. The only thing they lacked compared to veterans like them was extremely rich combat experience.
This is an outrageous evaluation.
They had no idea where Governor Gu Hang found these three "little monsters".
With such qualities, such technical and tactical levels, and such willpower... there won't be any problem in getting through the gene implantation surgery.
The gene seed implantation surgery is difficult, but it is not really a life-threatening thing, otherwise wouldn’t the Space Marines have perished long ago?
At this time, Rizzo spoke up: "Since you care so much, why don't you come with me to take a look."
"Is it possible?" Martins was a little surprised.
"Of course, they are in very stable condition, unlike the previous batch. The gene seeds given by the Governor have very ideal activity."
When it comes to the issue of genetic seeds, everyone becomes a little silent.
Gene seeds vary from one chapter to another. This is mainly because when the Emperor created the Space Marines, he created thirteen different Space Marine Legions according to different tactical demands and strategic goals. The genes of these chapters were different from the beginning.
Later battle groups were all established by splitting off from these thirteen legions.
Essentially, all of today's warbands originated from these thirteen founding legions.
The gene seed of the Phoenix Legion originated from the Second Legion: the Phoenix Legion. They were founded very early, and even if they were not the first legion to be split, they were the second or third batch.
After thousands of years of separation, the genetic seed of the Phoenix and the seed of the Phoenix have become slightly different.
Not much, but there is. The Phoenix seems to have lost the famous gorgeous swordsmanship and close combat methods of the Phoenix Legion, but it is more tenacious and better at breaking out in desperate situations.
This is also reflected in the genetic seeds provided by Governor Gu Hang.
Before, Martins was still worried that the gene seeds that the Governor promised to give might be from other chapters or even other legions.
This is actually a more reasonable and plausible situation. The Governor has some means and channels to obtain some accidentally scattered gene seeds, which is more reasonable than obtaining the out-of-print Phoenix seeds.
Martins was even prepared to turn a blind eye if that happened. The survival of the regiment was the first priority, and where the seeds came from... it was up to him.
It would be best if it was the seeds of the Phoenix Legion, since at least they had the same source; even if they were seeds from other startup groups, that would also be fine.
Anyway, if the Space Marines are not taken for surgery and gene sequencing, the differences will not be very huge. After all, in addition to considering the differences in the gene seeds themselves, we also have to consider the individual differences between each Space Marine. The differences in the latter are no less than the differences in the seeds themselves.
Martins had heard before that there was a fleet-based battle group called "Blood Sharks" that always wandered around the border star region of the empire without a home planet, and lived on collecting red and gray taxes every day. Their gene seed was said to be derived from the Seventh Legion Bat Legion, but in fact there were rumors that some strange things were mixed in, making it a mess.
Although I really don't want to, I have to accept the result even if I can't accept it.
What else can we do?
But unexpectedly, the genetic seeds that Governor Gu took out were indeed the phoenix seeds.
No matter from which angle or what method you use to check, there is no doubt that it is pure phoenix seed.
Martins didn't know whether he should be happy or unhappy.
If I'm unhappy, then the bloodline of the regiment can now be kept completely pure. Is there any harm in this?
But how could he be happy... The source of the Governor's seed was always a thorn in his heart. He had tried hard to make himself think that all this came from the Emperor's blessing and divine grace. But he always had some thoughts in his mind, why would the Emperor choose such a person?
As for the even more inappropriate thoughts...to be honest, he had thought about it, but he felt that it was impossible.
Chaos corruption? Impossible! How could Chaos corruption have pure Phoenix gene seed? That's absolutely impossible!
With all kinds of strange thoughts running through their heads, Martins and others, following Pastor Rizzo, met three little guys who had just completed the gene seed implantation surgery and were now lying on the hospital beds.
When he saw them, Martins almost instantly threw away all the thoughts that should and shouldn't have in his mind.
All that's left is... the thought that I hope they grow up well.
He could feel the resonance of the same blood surging in different bodies.
He sincerely hopes that the regiment will become stronger and stronger in the future and regain its past peak!
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[Phoenix is dying: Phase 3]
[The Phoenix Warband has already submitted to you, either openly or through conspiracy. They have sworn to become your private army.]
[But this is still just the beginning. Building a standard Space Marine regiment and completing the reconstruction and revival of the Phoenix will require more efforts from you. ]
[Gene Seed: You can exchange 100 points of grace for a gene seed. ]
[Space Marines-related technology tree: You can select this option while conducting a technology development to limit the results of the technology development to only technologies related to Space Marines. Please note that the success rate and level of technology extraction are not affected by this option.]
[Unlock Space Marine Training: You can spend grace points to train a Space Marine to a higher level. Veteran level requires 200 grace points; Master Chief requires 300 grace points; Company Champion requires 400 grace points.]
[Growth acceleration: You can spend 100 points of grace to accelerate the growth of Superman's organs and complete the growth within one month. ]
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The above are the new changes that occurred in the event line "Phoenix is dying" which has been hanging in the [Events] in his system interface after the Phoenix Regiment swore allegiance to Gu Hang.
This isn't really an event at all; it's simply the launch of a new series of Space Marine-related features!
The technology related to Space Marines roughly determines the level of equipment; the training level of Space Marines is the same as the function of [Soldier Card], with many more training options.
Of course, it is many times more expensive.
There's even such a thing as accelerated growth.
If there were no other concerns, Gu Hang might really use the growth acceleration to speed up the three young men and have them mature in a month.
But after thinking about it, Gu Hang decided not to do so.
There was no urgent need for more Space Marines at the moment, so he could let them grow slowly. He also had no need to irritate poor Martins. He had been irritated a lot recently, so he should calm him down first.
The Phoenix's full pledge of allegiance brought about more than just a change in events.
Gu Hang can also see the special item "Phoenix Regiment" in the soldier card system.
After clicking it, he could see the details.
[Phoenix Regiment: Special, cannot be upgraded]
【Quantity: 394】
[Star Warriors: 4]
[New Starfighters: 3 people]
[Chapter Servants: 387 people]
[War Group Arsenal: Brief]
The numbers 4+3 are easy to explain, but the number of 387 servants in the regiment should be the group of people that Gu Hang found earlier when he authorized the Phoenix to search and select young men on the Angry Owl Star.
These nearly 400 people had almost no chance of becoming Space Marines. But despite this, they were still considered the property of the Phoenix Chapter and became the Chapter's servants.
They will then take on a series of tasks including maintaining the regiment's logistics, armor, weapons, cooking, cleaning, etc. When necessary, they will even need to take up weapons and fight with the Space Marines.
But this situation is something Gu Hang doesn't want to see for a long time.
In the future, his ideal image of Space Marines is that the Phoenixes only need to take care of their own personnel and equipment.
As for the rest, such as mortal vassal armies, or battle group fleets... forget about it.
It’s not that there are no such things, but even if there are, Gu Hang will definitely not put those things into the sequence of the Phoenix Regiment.
The Chapter Master only needs to take care of the Space Marines. If necessary, the Planet Navy and Planet Army will provide them with support unconditionally, but that must be authorized by Gu Hang. Even the actions of the Space Marines themselves must be carried out under Gu Hang's authorization.
It is impossible to expect to become an independent warlord in the starry sky like a traditional regiment.
To put it bluntly, when Gu Hang raises space warriors, he is raising high-level fighters and top-level combat forces in the hope that they can play a decisive role on the battlefield. This is not to raise a group of uncles or a group of independent elements with separatist tendencies.
Gu Hang almost planned to cancel the deployment of mortal troops in all battle groups.
Need a flying machine? Need air support? The Alliance Air Force is at your service!
Need orbital bombardment? Future Star Fleet has you covered!
Need a heavy vehicle to coordinate your attack? The Alliance Army Armored Regiment is at your service!
Need logistical support? The Alliance Military and Political Department and the Logistics and Equipment Department are at your service!
Anyway, in Gu Hang's plan, Phoenix is a concentration of super soldiers, not an independent warlord. Gu Hang will give everything else that the regiment should have, but in another way.
Martins can command the alliance forces authorized to him, but these authorizations are one-time only, limited to this mission, and do not change the ownership.
Gu Hang only plans to distribute them directly to the Space Marines unless he develops equipment that can be considered exclusive to the Space Marines, such as the Land Speeder and the Rhino Troop Carrier.
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After thinking about it, I realized that it was indeed a bit confusing, so I changed it.
(End of this chapter)
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