"You look a little nervous, Armand."
Glancing at the serious-looking scientific research director next to him, Yang Tianyi could easily see the anxiety written on his face even without using his mind-reading ability.
However, considering that this is the first time that the Scientific Research Department has made a breakthrough in the research and development process of the sixth-generation exoskeleton, and if nothing else happens, the sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior will be the absolute main force of the group army in the next few years or even ten years. It's normal for Armand, the project leader, to be a little nervous.
Looking at the busy R&D team behind the transparent wall, Yang Tianyi squinted slightly, and the corners of his mouth that had always been curved in the past were now smooth.
Obviously, he, like hundreds of group researchers responsible for the development of exoskeletons, does not want this huge project that has consumed countless time and energy to be declared difficult to produce again.
Strictly speaking, the sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior needs more than just a set of high-tech armor that can be linked to the human nervous system to maximize reaction speed and comprehensive combat capabilities. The user of the armor is the real user of this technology. The essence of.
Because when wearing an exoskeleton armor to fight, the highly integrated various functions will put a terrible burden on the user's nerves and physical strength.
In other words, even if it is a well-trained and strong soldier, as long as his body function is still within the range of normal humans, the best situation for him to wear the sixth-generation exoskeleton to fight is to automatically break away after a few minutes due to exhaustion. If If he persists, then even the group's best-performing medical cabin may not be able to completely cure his severely damaged nervous system.
This is not Armand's unintentional intention, but the unanimous conclusion reached by the R&D team after conducting hundreds of human experiments - normal humans cannot control the sixth-generation exoskeleton, and only super soldiers who have been fully enhanced by genetic agents can is the most suitable candidate.
However, as the future main force of the group's army, the sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior must be mass-produced. Otherwise, Yang Tianyi would not be able to distribute an advanced genetic agent produced by the system to every soldier.
Perhaps in the short term, such a force piled up with precious resources can be invincible in a small-scale ground war. But looking across the Milky Way, just the Battle of Tianxi Star that just ended between the People's Alliance and the Qien Empire, there were also many battles involving millions of troops.
Faced with the covering firepower of large-caliber plasma cannons and electromagnetic railguns, the reaction speed and individual combat capabilities of exoskeleton warriors that are far superior to ordinary soldiers may not be enough to survive.
What Yang Tianyi wants is not a special elite soldier, but a mass-produced super soldier that can carry out legion operations. For this he paid an unimaginable price, but he has not received any good news from the scientific research department.
However, after the group entered the world of District 9 and gradually discovered the secrets of Shrimpman technology, the bottleneck in the development of mass-produced gene warriors was finally loosened. The main role in this was the gene solution extraction technology commonly used in Shrimpman technology. .
According to Armand, when researchers used genetic fluid to transform "volunteers" into shrimp humans, a project manager got inspiration from the mutation process.
In the report submitted to the scientific research center, Director Zeros believed that the creation of genetic warriors is essentially mutation. Although it does not seem to have anything to do with the simple and crude appearance modification of the shrimp man, to a certain extent, it can directly modify living things. The genetically sequenced shrimp liquid is a more cutting-edge technology than physical enhancement.
It's just that the advanced shrimp people have always used it as a tool to divide classes, and have never thought of using the original liquid to promote further mutations in themselves.
Of course, the truth of the matter is more likely to be that the Shrimp Empire does not yet have an improved template that can be used as a reference, and there is no guarantee that the mutation will proceed in a favorable direction. After all, no researcher with a professional background would hope that the result of half his life's hard work will be a A monster with a tyrannical body and extremely low intelligence.
In the production of improved templates, the group's advantages were finally revealed. Because Yang Tianyi and a large number of senior group executives in important positions have used genetic medicine, the former's body has reached an inhuman level due to the enhancement of system points, so that every hair and every drop of their blood is extremely powerful. scientific research value.
In order to make a breakthrough in the project as soon as possible, Yang Tianyi gave Armand and Director Zeros sufficient authority to obtain genetic samples for making improved templates from any group executive other than core members.
The latter's research results did not disappoint him. Within half a month, the development progress of the sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior had made a qualitative leap, from the original paper talk to the current experiment in front of everyone.
Regarding whether genetic mutations will affect the appearance of exoskeleton warriors, Armand said it is possible, but it is highly likely that it will be difficult to detect, such as hair loss, pupil discoloration, etc. What's more, these small changes in appearance are insignificant compared to the huge benefits brought by mutations.
As the five naked volunteers lay down in the enhanced cabins tailor-made for them surrounded by many scientific researchers, Yang Tianyi nodded towards Armand, indicating that the experiment could begin.
"Ahem, can you hear me?"
First, he checked whether his voice could pass through the half-meter-thick transparent wall in front of him with the help of communication equipment. Armand took out a white handkerchief from his breast pocket and wiped the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead. Then he said: "The genetic enhancement experiment will begin soon. Please cheer up and proceed as planned. In the event of an emergency, priority will be given to ensuring the safety of the volunteers."
This group of volunteers, composed of four men and one woman, are not criminals who can be wasted in previous experiments. Each of them is a leader among the group's existing fifth-generation exoskeleton warriors, regardless of psychological quality. , both in terms of physical condition and loyalty to the group.
Therefore, unless necessary, Yang Tianyi does not mind exchanging a batch of equipment that can be reproduced at any time in exchange for their survival.
Through superhuman vision, he could see the tiny scars looming on the volunteers' bodies. Underneath those healed scars are advanced energy receivers used to receive microwave power transmission and accelerate the mutation process.
In fact, apart from the fact that the life support system is more complete than that of Obesan-Qiao in the previous world of District 9, and the operating table has also been transformed into a reinforced cabin that can wrap the whole body, this experiment is superficially different from ordinary shrimp humanization. The mutations were no different. Only Armand, who was responsible for the project from beginning to end, knew how much resources the Scientific Research Department had invested in the experiment.
If this batch of prototype equipment worth several Javelin-class frigates is damaged or volunteers die due to mistakes by himself or the scientific researchers, Armand will fall into depression due to self-blame even if Yang Tianyi does not punish him.
Originally, in order to increase the success rate, Yang Tianyi planned to use a batch of diluted genetic agents in the experiment, but later gave up the idea because he was worried that the experimental effect would not meet expectations.
After all, there is an essential difference between a completely independently developed genetic warrior and a product that uses genetic medicine to cheat. He must ensure that even if he loses the system for some reason in the future, there will still be a group to rely on.
"The physical signs of volunteers No. 1 to 5 remain normal, and hormone secretion is stable." "Very good! Start the life support system and start the mutation program."
As the order was issued, the door of the alloy-strengthened cabin was slowly closed. Before the automated instrument could inject the genetic fluid used to trigger mutations into the five volunteers, a stream of cold and bone-chilling water poured into the cabin. The low-temperature gas helps them relax their bodies and suppress the amazing heat generated by the operation of the energy receiver during the mutation process.
"Different from the transformation of shrimp humans that only requires injecting a large amount of raw fluid and leaving the rest of the work to time, the raw fluid used to create genetic warriors does not require a large quantity, but the requirements for quality are very high. And since there are no high-level shrimp humans to act as suppliers body, we can only find individuals with special physiques from the modified shrimp people for gene extraction."
Yang Tianyi learned from Armand that the original solution was just a medium, and the actual dosage was not large. Yang Tianyi was not relaxed because he had seen similar descriptions in previous reports and learned that the number of special shrimp people who could provide mutation medium was very rare. , so that among the 1.8 million shrimp people in District 9, there may not be more than 10,000 such existences.
Unless the scientific research department can develop a replacement for the mutation medium in the future, the group's sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior force will be firmly restricted from the source.
“What is the mortality rate for gene extraction?”
After hearing the question, Armand hesitated for a moment and replied: "One hundred percent, because the production of the medium requires everything from the donor. Blood, spinal fluid, bone marrow, internal organs, etc., and a donor can only provide the materials to make one copy of the genetic medium. "It's a pity that the Ministry of Science and Technology has not yet mastered any tricks."
After getting the answer, Yang Tianyi frowned slightly. The 100% mortality rate was too high. The group was equivalent to exchanging the life of a shrimp man for a sixth-generation exoskeleton user.
"This price is a bit high, but since you mentioned that there are no tricks, I think the scientific research department should have other countermeasures, right?"
Armand nodded upon hearing this and said that his team, with the help of the group's army, had captured all the donors and placed them in the group's newly-built special isolation area in the ninth sector of the world, so that they could be accessed at any time and treated at the same time. Their genes will be thoroughly analyzed in the hope that genetic vectors can be mass-produced through cloning or artificial propagation in the future.
"Well, I will ask Xingshu to do a good job of confidentiality. Before the diplomatic mission sent to the Shrimp Empire establishes contact with the base camp, all information in the special isolation area must be blocked."
After affirming the work of the Scientific Research Department in a calm tone, Yang Tianyi turned his attention back to the alloy strengthening cabin, and his eyes gradually became deeper, as if a magnificent picture was gradually unfolding in front of his eyes.
The Z-1 combat robot, the Manta battlefield support robot, the sixth-generation exoskeleton warrior, plus the various weapons that are coming off the production line at the Lingshen Star Industrial Base at all times, they will together form the group's powerful army. , suppress all enemies who attempt to resist the group.
Although Yang Tianyi cannot predict where the group will go in the future, he knows that only by using strong strength as the basis can he have the power to choose the direction.
