The Creators: From Night City

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All the engine enthusiasts in the entire cabin instantly fell to the ground in a frenzy.

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Flax quickly followed suit with a bow, then instantly boosted the power of the facial observation array to its maximum.

To be honest, Jiang Bing was almost blinded by the microwave flash when taking the photos.

The light waves generated during this photography belong to a dimension invisible to ordinary people. Unfortunately, Jiang Bing is not an ordinary person. He can even 'see' the frantic discussions about him by the numerous mechanical priests in the cabin via electromagnetic communication.

To be honest, the content was extremely cheesy.

Jiang Bing was already used to the motor enthusiast's respectful yet unrestrained way of worship.

He simply and skillfully blocked all the recording devices of the main culprit, Flax, and the accomplices, the cyborg priests, and then left them to their own devices.

As Jiang Bing took his place, the star torches on the 'Gate of God' also lit up simultaneously.

This means that the emperor has also taken his place.

Without Jiang Bing even turning his head, the control panel that was later attached to the 'Life Furnace' began to flash with various parameters and operation interfaces, and completed all the preparations at a speed that would make the two great sages bow down in worship.

Jiang Bing wanted to strike up a conversation with Guilliman, but the man's four-meter height made him feel quite uncomfortable.

Then, under the watchful gaze of the great sage Flax, his body suddenly expanded to be as tall as Guilliman.

Unable to take photos or videos, the Great Sage Flax quickly recorded this sacred moment with drawings and saved it to the highest-level logbook.

"This test subject was a member of your Ultramarines, and he sacrificed himself heroically," Jiang Bing finally said to Guilliman, ignoring the other's pained expression, and continued, "I don't know if this resurrection is a blessing or a curse for him. After all, he has worked for the Empire for free for more than 160 years. He finally got to rest, but he was forced to get up and continue working."

"If you have morning grumpiness, you're in charge of dealing with it."

Chapter 1051 The Experiment in Progress

Ring the bell once!

Push the lever to start the piston and pump!

Ring the bell twice!

Press the button, start the engine, ignite the turbine, and inject life!

Ring the bell three times!

Sing in unison, praising the god of all machines!

Although the mechanical priests did not make a sound, surging binary electrical signals were rushing wildly through the cabin.

They prostrated themselves on the ground, worshipping the activated 'Furnace of Life'.

Thanks to them, what was originally a high-tech experimental site looked like some kind of cult sacrifice ritual.

The Furnace of Life shone with light. Controlled by Jiang Bing, it did not immediately begin the 'forging' process. Instead, it first constructed a blueprint of a robust body from scratch, allowing the operator to preview the finished product's state more intuitively and make timely adjustments.

Illusory lights intertwined rapidly, outlining a complex human silhouette constructed from lines.

The second heart, bone-strengthening organ, muscle-strengthening organ, blood-regenerating organ, Lariman organ, catalytic gland, pre-positioned stomach, gene-detecting nerve, multiple lungs, visual control organ, Lyman's ear, Sus-an meninges, pigment control sphere, pebble kidney, ganglia, mucous membrane, Betcher gland, Progenny cells, black carapace, 19 Astartes surgical modifications were mapped in an instant.

But this is not the end.

Following the pre-entered blueprint of the modification process, the next step is the original casting procedure.

Countless bright white rays of light coursed through this robust body, transforming into numerous miniature fibrous metal coils within the major muscle groups.

Tendon coil, the first step in the original casting surgery of the Sage of Caldera.

It works in synergy with existing muscle-enhancing organs to provide explosive bursts of power and a higher sustained overall power output. This effectively supports the original Forged Warriors in using heavy weapons more easily and launching more powerful melee attacks.

Following this, the hymn pituitary gland was also modified according to the input life blueprint.

This organ can secrete specific hormones that further enhance other modified organs in Astartes' body, especially muscle-enhancing and bone-enhancing organs, promoting their regrowth and development.

This is also one of the reasons why the original Astartes was larger.

The light drifted and finally converged near the chest cavity of the experimental subject.

Next comes the most important part of the entire original casting process, and also the work of Sage Caulfield.

Belisarius's Furnace.

This organ, named after the sage Caldwell, sounds like the creator's most satisfying work.

Its functionality has indeed lived up to expectations.

This organ is located in the chest cavity and is normally dormant. When an Astartes suffers devastating trauma, it releases a large amount of a special mixture of hormones to help tissues, bones, and muscles repair themselves at an ultra-fast pace, thereby effectively improving the survivability and sustained combat ability of the original Forged Astartes.

All the organs had been constructed, but Jiang Bing still hadn't started the furnace.

Kaul's proud original Space Marines still have areas that need improvement.

This work is almost perfect, but to be honest, it can't keep up with the changes.

An interesting truth is that the nature of Astartes is no different from that of the Primarchs, both involving the power of the warp.

This gives their bodies a touch of 'mythical creature' characteristics, but because they still use human souls, the mismatch between their physical and spiritual status makes them extremely susceptible to the corruption of chaotic spirit.

Although their resistance to the corruption of chaos is generally stronger than that of mortals, the overall increase is far less than the comparative value of physical enhancement.

Of course, this is not the fault of the Astartes, since all the modifications were focused on physical enhancements, and the souls of the modified individuals were essentially still exposed.

This was certainly not because the emperor had overlooked anything, but rather because he was simply not up to the task when creating the Astartes.

Time, technology, energy, and the constraints of the tense situation at the time prevented him from continuing to improve the technology.

However, his inability does not mean that Jiang Bing, the 'craftsman', is incapable.

After all, whether it's the soul, matter, or even rules and concepts, they are all things that a 'craftsman' can reach by swinging his hammer.

Compared to defining the principles of the world's operation from nothingness and anchoring the foundation of all things' existence through creation, it is not difficult to come up with a replicable soul protection and transformation surgery.

Initially, Jiang Bing planned to directly adopt the already well-established 'fire-passing ceremony', but after a simple estimate of the workload involved, he simply abandoned this plan.

Neither he nor the three witch sisters of Izalith had time to be chained up in the Warhammer world and become a ruthless ritual machine.

The empire's vast territory also made it impossible for every modified being to travel to a fixed 'fire-linking shrine' to perform the ceremony.

More importantly, to accept the 'Ether Flame', the person being modified needs to possess a small amount of the primordial power of Jiang Bing, the 'Fire Lord', as a certifier; otherwise, the flames that burn everything are not as docile as they seem.

All the 'Black King Apostles' have a trace of Jiang Bing's rank origin flowing through their bodies. Their relationship with Jiang Bing is similar to that of Guilliman, the Primarch, and the Astartes of the Ultramarines, but it is more advanced in nature and the relationship is closer. It is somewhat like a familiar, and the connection of origin is much closer than blood ties.

The emperor wanted all humans to become the servants of Jiang Bing, this 'craftsman'.

But Jiang Bing immediately told him that he was dreaming.

Do you really think he's omnipotent? Do you really think his blood will never run dry and his primal power will never be exhausted?

With a little effort, he could indeed create hundreds of thousands, even millions, of 'Apostle' versions of Astartes, but the human empire needed far more than just hundreds of thousands or millions.

Although the 'Apostles' that Jiang Bing has created all possess unparalleled growth potential, what the Empire needs right now is not high quality, but quantity, a huge quantity.

According to their next plan, the main force of the entire human empire in the future will be replaced by these super soldiers from the Star Guardians.

Similarly, compared to manipulating higher-dimensional forces such as position and origin, the difficulty of biological modification technology in the material dimension such as flesh and blood and genes is worlds apart.

For Jiang Bing, with the help of the 'Life Furnace', he could not only 'forge' mortal bodies into Astartes in batches, but he could even 'forge' Astartes bodies back into mortals.

The difficulty levels of the two tasks are on completely different levels.

After intense discussions with the Emperor, the two finally settled on an effective plan.

This is also what Jiang Bing needs to do next.

A large amount of golden light converged in the spinal cord area at the back of the neck of the experimental subject, and countless tiny characters gathered in an organ the size of an eyeball at this location.

It is the absolute core of the entire Astartes race, and the origin of life for these imperial angels.

It is the seed of genes.

Chapter 1052 The Rogue System

Gene seeds.

The Emperor's 'masterpiece'.

Its essence is actually a highly complex living genetic template with self-programming capabilities.

It is not only a living bio-integrated reactor, but also a sophisticated biological hard drive. It can not only ensure that all implanted organs function properly as a harmonious and unified super biological system, but also transmit the combat skills, military knowledge, memory fragments, some emotions and personalities, and even certain psionic characteristics of all previous trainees.

The Astartes can access and extract this valuable knowledge from their own 'biological hard drive,' enabling them to quickly master knowledge and skills that would otherwise take years to acquire.

After the Great Expedition and the Great Rebellion, the Emperor's genetic technology was lost. The Astartes lost the ability to create entirely new genetic seeds and could only carefully collect, preserve, and reuse existing ones.

However, an Astartes can only produce two gene seeds in its lifetime, and that is only under absolutely ideal conditions.

An Astartes produces two seeds: one in the neck, which matures about ten years after the transformation is complete and is then removed for later use; the other is in the chest cavity and is usually recovered after death.

However, in many cases, the Astartes are unable to properly recover the second gene seed due to defeat in battle.

At the same time, many genetically modified seeds may degenerate and mutate due to various factors and defects such as time and environmental influences, thus failing to guarantee their purity and becoming unusable.

Sometimes, the gene banks of various warbands are damaged by various unexpected situations or contaminated by Chaos in a premeditated manner.

Under these difficult circumstances, each chapter also needs to pay gene seed tax to the Cult of Mechanicus regularly, which makes gene seeds a more precious resource for most Astartes chapters than any weapon, warship, or even planet.

Its quantity represents the future of the warband.

Many impoverished chapters like Space Shark and Ash Claw have even fallen so low that they have to buy seeds from the 'Seed Black Market,' purchase them from traveling merchants, or plunder traitorous Astartes.

Many warbands will also seek seed exchange from other brother warbands, exchange resources, or even beg.

They're trying every possible way to bring in new talent.

This has led to many small battle groups using gene seeds from all over the world, with no one even knowing their origin.

The Chaos faction faces an even greater challenge. Abaddon's Black Fleet is also in dire need of Gene Seeds, and a significant portion of their objectives during each Black Crusade is to seize Gene Seeds in order to maintain the size of the Chaos Warband.

Therefore, the genetic seed is an essential node that the Astartes population cannot avoid.

Then Jiang Bing and the emperor started to have wicked ideas about it.

With the Emperor's awakening and the return of the Om Messiah, the Gene Seed is no longer a scarce resource for the Empire.

Huang has already handed over the entire Astartes modification plan and all related knowledge to Jiang Bing. If needed, Jiang can produce tons of blank gene seeds in no time, with a complete range of types, including even traitorous warbands and warbands hidden and destroyed by the Emperor.

However, the self-replication of genetic seeds remains important.

After all, not all imperial territories have a 'Life Forge', and not all warbands can enjoy the privilege of 'forging in the furnace'.

The preservation of the gene seed's self-renewal function can still ensure the survival of the vast number of smaller warbands spread across the galaxy.

Therefore, Jiang Bing needs to stamp all the gene seeds that pass through his hands to build an anti-theft system, so that those Chaos Warriors who get the gene seeds can experience the 'benevolence' from the Emperor and Om Messiah.

This is a set of runes that has been built up in advance. It will be added to the blueprint of the original Astartes project in the 'Forge of Life'. It will be engraved in all the genetic seeds that have been 'forged' in the 'Forge of Life'. It will be passed down from generation to generation and self-proliferate with the inheritance of genes and the new blood of Astartes.

As a work meticulously crafted by Jiang Bing, this set of runes is simple yet sophisticated in its function.

Instead of trying to increase the Astartes' chaos resistance from the root, which would be too complicated and difficult, he directly installed a rune 'locator' into these genes.

Combined with the 'Star Torch Dragon Lens System' that he had spent a lot of time developing in Holy Terra, it could seamlessly ensure that the brilliance of the Imperial Star Torch was always located on every gene seed with a 'locator'.

While a single human torch cannot illuminate the entire Dark Forest, it can provide a small spotlight to each traveler traversing the forest, illuminating their surroundings.

The warp monsters, accustomed to the darkness, would inevitably be exposed to the brilliance of the 'Star Torch' if they wanted to attack the loyal guardians of the Empire.

Of course, there are also shortcomings.

A single star torch on Holy Terra cannot comprehensively radiate across the entire human territory or accurately and promptly respond to the signals of every 'locator'. After all, the territory of the human empire is simply too vast and expansive, leaving both those who wish to save it and those who wish to destroy it in awe.

But who says there can only be one 'Star Torch'? There's already an unlit Star Torch at the top of the 'Gate of God'. In the future, the 'Secondary Star Torches' optimized by Om Messiah will be like beacon towers, energy centers, transportation hubs, and signal towers, scattered throughout the Empire's territory. They will receive and relay the brilliant light from the 'Star Torches' of Holy Terra, and even use local materials to emit their own light, providing new light for the entire 'Star Torch' system and contributing to the great revival of the Human Empire.

But the function of this 'locator' is not limited to this. All soldiers who die within the range of the 'Star Torch' signal will have their souls taken back to the 'Fountain' by the 'Star Torch's' radiance and await the 'Life Furnace's' resurrection.

In this way, the emperor is spared the arduous task of retrieving souls from the vast ocean by relying on a conceptual connection with humanity, freeing up the other party's energy so that they can wholeheartedly engage in a passionate battle with the four evil gods.

Does this system sound crooked, disgusting, or will it affect the game balance of 'Galaxy Conquest 42Konline'?

Doesn't it feel like the great revival of the human empire is just around the corner?

But what if I told you that a similar system of space necromancy was already in use 60 million years ago?

As pure data consciousness entities, the fragmented consciousness of each individual space necromancer is backed up in the central matrix of its respective tomb world or in the local database of the supreme commander.

When the physical damage of a space necromancer unit reaches a critical point, its built-in teleportation beacon is triggered, initiating a recovery protocol to send the body remains back to the nearest recovery node. There, the remains are reconstructed using graveyard technology, filled with backup consciousness, and resurrected on the spot.

Leaving aside the drawbacks of the Necromancers' digitized consciousness, in terms of combat power alone, their offensive is virtually endless until the energy and living metal reserves of the Tomb World are depleted.

By reflecting on their own actions, most people can easily identify the fundamental factors that prevent the system of scoundrels meticulously constructed by Jiang Bing and the Emperor from functioning properly.