Chapter 638: One Step at a Time
Fu Qinghai and Zhang Yuning are an old married couple who know each other well, so they could of course hear the sarcasm in her words.
Zhang Yuning used to be a cold and evil dark girl. After being with Fu Qinghai, perhaps because she was developed too many times, her dressing style became more and more like a cold and beautiful young woman, a warlord's concubine, which is the so-called "young mother feeling". Her voice is magnetic and hoarse, with a little smoky voice. No matter her appearance or voice, she can't go the route of a pure and cute girl next door. She deliberately puts on a silly and sweet look, which is to secretly satirize Fu Qinghai:
What era is this?
Are you still playing the "childhood sweethearts" game with me?
You've watched too much 2D anime, right?
"this..."
Fu Qinghai scratched his head and said in some embarrassment:
"Master Quinto and I have already made an appointment to go to his Casting Temple to discuss some matters. How about I introduce you to each other after I finish the matters at hand?"
"Huh? You really have a childhood sweetheart?"
Zhang Yuning showed a surprised expression.
Then she crossed her arms and smiled softly and asked,
"Why? Are you afraid that I will bully her?"
"Not really…"
Fu Qinghai didn't know what to say for a moment.
I was actually afraid that you would be bullied by her...
Fu Qinghai said secretly in his heart.
"Okay, I'll wait for you then."
Zhang Yuning sat back in her seat.
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Phaeton forges the world, biochemical forges the temple.
"Major breakthrough, Qingshan."
Master Quinto grinned and chuckled.
"What major breakthrough?"
Fu Qinghai asked curiously.
"The water of life you brought back."
Master Quinto introduced it succinctly:
"This liquid has a magical effect. It's an accidental discovery. After my test, the success rate of the Astartes transformation surgery for the new recruits of the regiment who are soaked in this liquid is 100%. In other words, once the nutrient solution of the traditional culture chamber is replaced with the water of life, we can give birth to as many Space Marines as we have pure gene seeds."
"oh?"
Fu Qinghai immediately became interested.
The water of life is LCL liquid, which literally means "connecting liquid". The water he seized in the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes from the EVA universe. According to the EVA worldview, the water of life is the tissue fluid of Lilith, the second apostle and the mother of mankind, and is also a component of the original sea of life. All creatures in the world come from this original sea of life, whether animals or plants. If the "Human Completion Project" is followed, all life forms can also return to this original sea of life.
LCL is used in EVA, mainly as a buffer and connecting fluid. With this liquid, the driver's nerves are directly connected to the EVA, and LCL can also directly provide oxygen to the driver's lungs. At the same time, it can also reduce physical shock and isolate mental shock in combat.
Fu Qinghai told Master Quinto about these functions at the beginning. Before Master Quinto started to study this liquid, he knew these functions of the water of life. However, after some in-depth research, Master Quinto's evaluation of the NERV organization and the SEELE organization that developed EVA was:
"They failed to make the Water of Life work even one percent of the way it did. What a bunch of idiots."
Upon hearing this, Fu Qinghai immediately asked in surprise:
"Have you artificially synthesized the water of life?"
Unexpectedly, Master Quinto shook his head:
"Let alone artificial synthesis, I still haven't figured out the specific chemical composition of this liquid."
"Then why are you..."
Fu Qinghai suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Because it was not certain what the water of life would do at the beginning, Fu Qinghai only took a few hundred milliliters of the liquid in Sugawara Mao's Unit 14 as a sample for assimilation. Since Master Quinto failed to achieve artificial synthesis, how could a few hundred milliliters of water of life replace the nutrient solution in the culture chamber? To fill a cylindrical culture chamber, at least a few hundred liters of water of life would be needed, right?
I guessed that Fu Qinghai would have doubts.
Master Quinto pointed forward and said:
"Come with me."
Fu Qinghai followed Master Quinto all the way to the depths of the Casting Temple. The two came to a dark and vast space. The light above their heads was pale and cold, illuminating the rows of culture tanks. Each tank was filled with a yellow, viscous, transparent liquid, which was the water of life.
"Please look."
Master Quinto raised his hand to signal.
Fu Qinghai looked at the pool-sized groove in the middle, which was also filled with water of life. The ceiling above cracked, and two sets of cranes quickly descended with a Grox beast in their grasp and soaked the big lizard in the water of life. Grox struggled desperately at first, but then found that he could breathe freely in this yellow liquid, relaxed a little, and even began to swallow the liquid.
Two mechanical servants each dragged a black cable as thick as an adult's arm and walked forward to insert it into the interfaces on both sides of the groove. Fu Qinghai saw that these were two battleship-level high-voltage transmission lines. Then a mechanical servant walked to the side and pressed the gate. The cable began to energize, and 100,000 volts instantly passed through the liquid in the groove, and the water of life in the pool suddenly "activated" and boiled.
Then, Fu Qinghai saw the body of the Grox beast gradually melting in the boiling liquid. Its scales, flesh, bones... were all melting. And it seemed to be unaware of it, without struggling or screaming, it just completely disappeared into the groove without leaving any trace.
"Power outage."
Master Quinto spoke calmly.
The two servitors pulled up the gate with all their strength.
The boiling pool water calmed down instantly.
Fu Qinghai is a perceptive person.
He soon noticed:
The liquid level in the groove rose slightly.
"Ah, I see!"
Fu Qinghai said with sudden enlightenment.
He recalled that Shinji Ikari, the pilot of Unit-01, had melted into the water of life because the synchronization rate exceeded 400%. Master Quinto seemed to reproduce this scene - the high voltage current caused the water of life to enter a certain "activated" state, and the water of life in the activated state assimilated the surrounding life substances, so Grox was restored to the water of life.
According to the NERV organization.
This process is called "completion".
Although Master Quinto was unable to analyze what substance the water of life was composed of, he found another way and achieved the amplification of the water of life through this method.
"In that case..."
Fu Qinghai pinched his chin and fell into deep thought.
Of course, there is a failure rate in Astartes transformation surgery. If the transformation fails, the lucky ones can become a Chapter Servant, while the unlucky ones will die directly on the operating table or in the incubator. In the 40K era, the training cycle of Space Marines was long, and the success rate of transformation surgery was relatively high. In the 30K era, in order to conquer the galaxy and quickly increase the number of troops, pharmacists were often not very particular. Take the Mongolian doctor of the White Scars as an example. The success rate of transformation surgery was once as low as 50%.
For every two candidates, one has to fail.
And now, since the Water of Life can ensure the 100% success of the transformation operation, as long as the gene seed in hand does not mutate, a Space Marine will definitely be born... I wonder how many Space Marines can be produced from the pile of traitor gene seeds seized by Fu Qinghai.
Is there anything else to say?
Rush the troops! Rush the troops! Crazy rush of troops!
The smile on Fu Qinghai's face gradually became more wild.
"Don't worry, little Locke."
Master Quinto held down his student.
Subconsciously, I called out his past name again.
Fu Qinghai looked at Master Quinto in confusion.
"There is another achievement besides this."
Master Quinto smiled and held up a small bowl with a sticky purple liquid in it. The more Fu Qinghai looked at the liquid, the more familiar it looked. He suddenly asked,
"Heart-shaped herb?"
"That's right."
Master Quinto smiled and said:
"You can drink it now."
After Fu Qinghai obtained the heart-shaped herb and the vibranium soil needed to cultivate it from Wakanda, Master Quinto has been repeatedly experimenting to determine: Can this herb have an effect on Space Marines? Is it a positive effect or a negative effect? If it is useful, how should it be cultivated?
After figuring out these questions.
Master Quinto can mass-produce the heart-shaped herbs.
The Wakandans have actually already thoroughly researched the heart-shaped herb. After Eric the Leopard burned down the heart-shaped herb nursery, Princess Shuri successfully reproduced the heart-shaped herb again using gene editing and 3D printing technology. The research data on the heart-shaped herb is stored in the national database of Wakanda, and was packed up and brought back by Baseband, so Master Quinto does not need to start research from scratch.
Fu Qinghai lay in the incubator.
He was surrounded by a yellow transparent liquid.
This liquid smells slightly fishy.
Fu Qinghai took the small bowl and drank it all, then lay down in the water of life. The purple slurry made from the heart-shaped herbs went down the esophagus all the way to the pre-set stomach, and then there was no way to take the next step - because the taste detection nerves indicated that this thing was highly toxic! Fu Qinghai forcibly suppressed the urge to vomit in the pre-set stomach and swallowed the liquid.
"Hmm!"
Fu Qinghai's muscles suddenly tensed up.
With the naked eye, one could see a purple substance spreading along the veins beneath his skin. Even the capillaries on his cheeks bulged, and his face instantly turned blue.
The imagined dream did not come true, and Fu Qinghai went through the physical strengthening process soberly. Although the whole process was short, it was extremely painful. As the purple in the blood vessels disappeared, Fu Qinghai's muscles relaxed and his breathing gradually became stable. The cabin door opened outwards and he sat up again.
"Hoo—Puff!"
Fu Qinghai raised his hand to wipe the sticky liquid off his face, then turned to look at Master Quinto. Master Quinto stood in front of an instrument, staring at the screen intently, reading Fu Qinghai's physical data. The green light from the screen and the faint green light from his mechanical eyes complemented each other.
"Your physical fitness has been improved again."
Master Quinto's tone was somewhat regretful:
"But overall the improvement is not significant."
"That's enough. As long as it's useful."
Fu Qinghai stood up from the incubator.
The enhancement of Black Panther's heart-shaped herb is roughly the same as Captain America's super soldier serum, and neither is a specific enhancement of a certain ability, but a comprehensive enhancement of strength, agility, reaction, and lifespan. If you have to make a difference, the heart-shaped herb is slightly safer than the super soldier serum, but both have the risk of failure to enhance and death.
On top of the original 19 transformation surgeries of Astartes, Fu Qinghai also had the Force Awakening, Extremis Virus, Super Soldier Serum... multiple physical enhancements, and the heart-shaped herb was just one more. Unfortunately, these physical enhancements were not a linear superposition of "1+1+1=3", and the improvement of the body became less and less prominent as time went on.
"Give one bowl to all the soldiers in the regiment."
Fu Qinghai said as he washed.
Master Quinto nodded slightly.
At the same time, I was thinking silently in my heart:
Is this considered a reconstructive surgery?
…
The Chapter Master thinks so.
Since then, the new alien space marines have one more transformation operation - taking heart-shaped herbs. Because the technical principle of this transformation operation still comes from the Marvel multiverse, the transformed space marines are still called "new alien space marines" - a tribute to the Marvel new alien universe.
"How is Nasir Amit?"
Fu Qinghai was getting dressed and asked about the Flesh Tearers captain who had been imprisoned.
"It's not a good situation."
Master Quinto shook his head and said:
"I injected him with the vampire serum that Camille brought back from another universe, hoping to see if I could fight poison with poison. As a result, Nasir Amit's thirst for blood became even worse. He had to be fed a large amount of livestock blood every day, otherwise he would even mutilate himself and bite his tongue to suck his own blood."
"Tsk…"
Fu Qinghai smacked his lips.
He felt that he was a little too optimistic. The genetic disease "blood thirst" that had plagued the Blood Angels for thousands of years was indeed not so easy to solve. It would take time.
Fu Qinghai has now expanded his business to include many research lines in the Phaeton Forge World. Three sage-level technical priests, Master Quinto, Master Buck, and Xiao Fei, are all conducting different research. Among them, the biological sage has the most research lines: Apostle Flesh, Water of Life, Heart-shaped Herb, Black Light Virus, All Resident Evil Viruses, Blood Angels' Bloodthirst and Black Rage, Titan Beasts Godzilla (alive) and King Ghidorah (head)...
It feels like Master Quinto is a bit overwhelmed.
Anyone with a little common sense in scientific research knows that scientific research cannot be carried out step by step like leveling up monsters. It is very common for scientific research progress to be stuck at a certain key node for 20 to 30 years or even centuries. It often requires breakthroughs in other fields to promote progress in existing fields. For example, aerospace science has ushered in new development opportunities and new technical routes only after breakthroughs in materials science or microelectronics.
Fortunately, scientific research does not need to reach a final conclusion to produce actual benefits. Interim scientific research results are also very useful. For example, Master Quinto studied the entire biohazard virus. Although he failed to produce the "ultimate perfect virus" that perfect humans expected, he at least developed antibodies and vaccines corresponding to the entire biohazard virus.
This is a phased scientific research result.
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After leaving Master Quinto's Foundry Temple, Fu Qinghai immediately rushed to Master Buck's Foundry Temple. The Master of the Forge was mainly responsible for three scientific research routes:
1. Improved pulse bolter.
2. Sonic weapons.
3. Aerospace mothership.
The first one is simple. Master Barker reduced the energy density of the Sovereign's energy battery, improved its safety and stability, and then used this battery as the barrel battery holder of the pulse bolter. The Iron Pagoda Space Marines have now been fully equipped with the new pulse bolter.
The second one is not difficult either. The technology of sonic weapons comes from the Wakandans, who already have very mature products. All Master Buck needs to do is increase the output power and size of the weapon so that it can adapt to the size of the Space Marines. Sonic weapons have also been fully equipped.
The third item is a bit complicated. Although SHIELD has a full set of manufacturing technology for aerospace carriers, that is not the aerospace carrier that Fu Qinghai wants. It is slow in action and lacks firepower. It is useless except for riot control and stability maintenance. The Imperial Law Department may need it, but the Astartes does not need such a thing. What Fu Qinghai wants is an aerospace carrier similar to the Manta of the Tau Empire, a large suborbital aircraft.
Master Buck had to add some metal halberds as anti-gravity generators to the original blueprint of the SHIELD aerospace carrier, and the engine output had to be changed from vertical lift to horizontal thrust. It was almost like a redesign from scratch, so the progress was a little slower than the previous two items. Even so, with the assistance of Shi Lan and Qing Ming, Master Buck still quickly came up with the prototype and concept machine of the aerospace carrier.
Fu Qinghai personally took a test ride and found that the new aerospace carrier was indeed powerful. It not only had outstanding carrying capacity but also had extremely fierce firepower. It had almost no rivals for aircraft within the atmosphere and could also fight in naval battles outside the atmosphere.
Manta, the Empire of Man version.
Fu Qinghai missed the Stormbird gunboats from the Great Crusade, although the Thunderhawks he used now were not bad either. When the new aerospace carrier came out, Fu Qinghai thought of the Stormbird, which had already left the stage of history, and decided to name the aerospace carrier:
"Storm Eagle's Nest" aerospace carrier.
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After bidding farewell to Master Buck's foundry temple, Fu Qinghai quickly rushed to Sage Xiao Fei's foundry temple.
As a Titan expert, Xiao Fei is responsible for the Cataclysm Titan Legion and the vassal knight families of the Phaeton Forge World.
The six new Titans of the Cataclysm Titan Corps are still under construction. Building a Titan is like building a wonder, and it is a long project. As for the Draconis family, it has been confirmed that they will be incorporated into the Iron Pagoda Corps. All the underage male descendants of the family have been sent to the Cloud City Fortress Monastery for training, preparing to drive the Knight Mech in another identity.
And when Fu Qinghai came to the Titan Forge Temple.
But he found that Sage Xiao Fei was frowning.
"What's up, Afei?"
Fu Qinghai asked curiously:
"Are you having any problems?"
"Transformer gear, Khan."
Xiao Fei raised his face and said seriously:
"We need a lot of Transformer Gears!"
Fu Qinghai raised his eyebrows and said in surprise:
"Has the 'Leader Warrior Project' made any progress?"
"more than."
Xiao Fei shook his head and pointed his finger upwards.
Fu Qinghai looked in the direction of his finger and saw that the six Titans were two-thirds built and now all construction had stopped. Fu Qinghai didn't understand what the leader warrior plan had to do with the Titan Corps's suspension of construction, but he immediately reacted.
"You want to do it all in one go?"
Fu Qinghai looked at Xiao Fei in shock.
I thought you have a really big appetite.
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