Chapter 248 "Bern Syndrome" "Disguise" "First Batch" (Two in One)

"Um."

Sui Yang nodded lightly towards Mortarion, and after the gate was closed, he habitually raised his hand to place 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 experiments.

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 is a verbal or physical conflict, as long as there are no overly negative emotions such as hatred and jealousy in the mood swings, Sui Yang usually chooses to ignore it.

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 to each other 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 all organic life forms with calcium as their skeleton.

According to the Forerunners' data, 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 infected 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 whenever 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 and touched "Play" on the front panel with her index finger.

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

"Kuke.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".

It was the one that Captain Keyes and the team led by Sergeant Johnson lost contact with when they went to Halo's "weapons depot". The Master Chief controlled by the player came to investigate and found it.

"helmet".

By reading the helmet's built-in chip, the Master Chief "saw" the entire process of Captain Keyes, Jakens and others being engulfed by the Flood's infected form.

However, in the novel, Jakens' activity was reduced due to his "overage" in the infected form. After being forcibly converted into the Flood's fighting form, he still retained his personal consciousness.

However, he could only watch "himself" join the Flood wave, attack and kill his original comrades, until he was captured by a group of elite Orbital Commandos (ODST).

After that, Jenkins finally gained some control over his body and used hand gestures to remind ODST to "pay attention to your steps."

Finally, when he followed the ODST in trying to seize the CCS-class cruiser "Truth and Harmony" and prepared to forcefully jump back to the human world, Jenkins realized that if he took the Flood out of the halo, his compatriots would inevitably be swallowed by the flood.

So Jenkins relied on his extraordinary will and used his dilapidated body to destroy the engine of the Truth and Harmony.

Although his attempt failed, an ODST lieutenant became aware of Jenkins' actions and the consequences of the Flood's spread, so he took over from Jakens and successfully destroyed the ship's engine.

Secondly, there is Jerkens’ immediate superior, Sergeant Avery Johnson.

This enhanced soldier who had been transformed by ONI and was in the first phase of the Orion Project would not be parasitized by the Flood's infected form.

ONI announced that Sergeant Johnson suffered from a disease called "Berlen Syndrome" due to long-term exposure to plasma grenade radiation, which indirectly led to immunity to the Flood.

But in fact, Boren Syndrome was a common sequelae of the first-phase soldiers, which is why the infected form chose to attack Johnson himself, trying to seize biomass for the entire Flood group instead of parasitizing and transforming it.

Therefore, Sui Yang hopes that Alexia and Halsey will develop an effective "vaccine" against the Flood based on these characteristics.

Even if the so-called super cells cannot be completely isolated, it will at least prevent the Flood from parasitizing vaccinated humans, avoid the trade-offs in battle, and provide the Flood with more vitality.

It is worth mentioning that Sergeant Johnson and Private First Class Jenkins made their debut in "Halo: Harvest Contact".

In other words, these two outstanding warriors who have been fighting on the front line for more than 20 years since the beginning of the Human-Covenant War are looking forward to...

"It's hard to put it into words."

Fortunately, Sergeant Johnson, who survived the Flood wave, was publicly commended by General Terrence Hood in the opening animation of "Halo 2".

at this time;

"so."

After Sui Yang listened to Alexia and Halsey's stories in turn, and sensed their emotional fluctuations, he asked:

"According to your opinion, we already have corresponding means, right?"

"Yes, boss." The two doctors nodded in unison.

Then, Alexia, as Halsey’s boss, continued to explain to Sui Yang:

"Dr. Halsey has read the Orion project information given to her by ONI, which contains agents that enhance reaction speed.

This agent will stimulate the diencephalon, brainstem and motor cortex of the brain, speeding up the soldiers' reactions. It will also make the soldiers' brains easily in a state of excitement, which has the side effects of increasing load and fatigue.

Therefore, we specially programmed the corresponding nanorobot based on this symptom and attached it to the brain area of ​​the implanted person.

In this way, when the implanter catches the incoming Flood through his eyes, the nanorobots will stimulate the brain and release specific "brain-damaged" wavebands. "

While Alexia was talking, she also controlled the holographic panel and broadcast the video of more than a hundred D and other personnel using hard light firearms to fight against the infected form in the simulated town in the surface test center.

Then, she fast-forwarded to the point where only six survivors were left, resisting back-to-back Flood attacks.

It wasn't until Mortarion appeared and wiped out the surrounding Flood with an absolutely overwhelming situation that Alexia ended the playback of the individual camera.

He also said: “Our biology department has implanted this type of nanorobot into a group of genetically screened D-level personnel.

The tests performed on the surface showed that only six D and other personnel successfully achieved the desired results and were not parasitized by the infected form. "

"When the tissue and blood samples of the six D-level personnel are transported to the experimental center of the Earth's core base, we will conduct a more detailed analysis." Halsey added:

"In addition, Dr. Ashford and I will also take time to go to the surface to perform transformation surgeries on the six D-level personnel.

Let their brains permanently release the camouflage signal without the need for nanobots, and then re-enter the simulation test to see the final effect. "

"Can."

Seeing that the vaccine project was progressing smoothly, Sui Yang had no idea of ​​​​intervening.

However, he still made some suggestions, saying:

"These six D-level personnel are excellent materials. We will use them as prototypes of clone soldiers to prepare for subsequent wars related to the Flood.

To reduce the cost of the nanorobot vaccine as much as possible, if conditions permit, I hope to produce at least 300,000 copies by June next year to provide additional protection for the company's elite combat units.

Finally, after the vaccine for human employees is completely perfected, the blood and tissue samples provided by the elite family can be used to clone elite clones for experiments.

Mortarion. " Sui Yang turned slightly sideways, looked at his silent son, and warned:

"During this period, you will continue to assist the two doctors in their practical work and learn relevant knowledge from them. You are better than your brothers in the fields of chemistry and biology."

"Yes, father." Mortarion promised respectfully.

"Okay boss~" Alexia said in a frivolous tone.

"Understood." Halsey was more calm.

Seeing this, Sui Yang didn't give any more instructions. He just said "Thank you for your hard work" and left the observation room with Apu.

Swish——

"Boss." When he heard the sensor door behind him closing, Apu frowned slightly and said to Sui Yang:

"If the Zero-Nine (2077) universe is only managed by Serin, a smart AI, there will be some pressure. Why not send Melissa, who has just completed the teaching mission, to also go there to provide assistance?"

"Yeah" Hearing this, Sui Yang nodded thoughtfully, and after thinking briefly, he replied:

"It can be considered. It just so happens that the first batch of synthetic humans are being debugged in the Accra campus, and Universe 09 is indeed an excellent testing site."