Chapter 648 Doomsday Storm: Dangerous Experiment
Macragge: Arctic Mountains of Hera Continent—Olympia Mountains—Secret Laboratory
Thick clouds rolled up and down in the sky, and even the mountains were obscured by their shadows and hoarfrost. The flying snow fell on the landing platform between the ridges, where a group of people were waiting.
A scientist in a white coat stood on the platform, with a warm scarf wrapped around his neck, thick cotton gloves and a windproof coat draped over his shoulders. His nose felt stiff due to the frost, and his cheeks almost lost feeling. But he will not leave, because the imperial ministers are on their way.
The heavy roar of the engine exploded in the air, and a transport plane spitting fire flew from the sky. It slid out of a slender and exquisite arc in the sky, and then the engine roared as it penetrated the snow and flew over. The direction of the platform.
The high-power thrusters spit out a huge amount of airflow downwards. The white coats of the scientists flew up, along with the snow on the platform. At least this way, there was no need to sweep the snow. Every time you sweep the snow, a lot of it would fall off. A few servitors went down, but now, the laboratory's servitor reserves are still in need of replenishment.
The landing gear of the transport plane fell heavily, and as the cabin door slammed down, the temperature in the cabin quickly vaporized when it came into contact with the cold wind of the Arctic. A huge figure appeared there in the white mist. He looked like a tall figure. The new mountain range is accompanied by giant feet stepping out of it.
It was a burly and strong Astartes, wearing white armor that was different from other Ultramarines on Macragge that scientists had seen, but on his shoulders, there was indeed the golden symbol of the Ultramarines Chapter. The U letter gleams under the spotlights around the tarmac.
Behind him, there were two Astartes, also wearing white armor, with injections, yin and yang tubes and scalpels attached to their arms holding bolt guns. They looked down at the mortal scientists on the platform.
"My lord, I salute you."
The scientist knelt down on one knee. This is the etiquette that mortals should pay to the Astartes. Even if the person in front of him is not a high-ranking officer, but just an ordinary Astartes monk, his status is enough for all mortals to pay tribute to him. .
"No need to mind, Dr. Eric Stark, now, let me see the results of your research. This is a direct order from Lord Guilliman. He authorized me to come here to supervise you."
"Our honor, my lord, I see that you are an apothecary. It must be quite appropriate for Lord Guilliman to send you here. This will be of great benefit to our work."
"Of course. I am the second company of the Ultramarines Chapter, Chief Apothecary Bell Julius, son of Marius. Now, take me in."
"Of course, sir, please come this way."
The scientist stood up and signaled Bell's invitation. The tall Astartes nodded, and then led the two battle brothers behind him to walk between the scientists. Their huge bodies were like steel mountains walking among the crowd.
Bell walked into the interior of the mountain range, which was completely hollowed out and built into a huge and complex research facility, scientific station, storage warehouse, elevators that go deep underground, and many secret facilities.
They are distributed in the surrounding mountains and are distinguished by numbers, such as the No. 1 facility at the foot of Bell. The rest of the facilities are connected to here by rail trains, speeding through the mountains with blizzards, carrying its passengers. or cargo, to other unknown facilities.
Among them, no facility is more important than this one. This is Facility No. 1. Its number indicates its importance, and below it is Facility Zero.
Bell took the orbital elevator, which went all the way down and led directly to the deepest part of the underground along with the bright lights. There were many glasses along the track, so he could see clearly the interior of the facility outside.
"This is?"
Bell pointed and asked. The chief scientist nodded and gestured to the glass on one side, "This is the vegetation cultivation area. We collect all the known plants in the universe here, cultivate them, and study their habits."
"All of them? The universe is so huge, can you collect them all?"
"This is indeed a huge project that took several generations of talent to finally complete. As early as centuries ago, our scientific research fleet has been sailing between the planets. This is a great work. Now, It’s almost complete and we have other similar facilities here.”
The orbital elevator switches to parallel operation at the end. It runs horizontally between a transparent tunnel. All around it is the soaking seawater. The blue seawater is extremely clear. They envelope the surroundings and clearly distinguish the boundaries of the botanical garden. .
Schools of fish were swimming among them, some of which Bell knew, such as Leviathan, sawtooth shark, and insect-eating fish, etc., but there were still some that he didn't recognize. In fact, the proportion was very large.
"What's that?" Bell asked, pointing to a small fish. Although the fish was small, it was different. It had razor-like teeth, but people couldn't see clearly because those teeth were constantly changing. It was like a phantom, just like its body itself, with scales covering it but changing shape all the time.
"We haven't given it a name yet. It is a newly discovered creature on a planet on the edge of the Eye of Terror. It is affected by subspace, but the animals and plants on the planet have undergone severe mutations, and the gene chain has been destroyed. After being interrupted, their offspring were completely different. Only its offspring had extremely stable characteristics and showed a single identity, so we brought them back in the hope of developing a way to resist subspace at the genetic level."
Bell nodded, "It's a very meaningful job, but what about this one? That pyramid, a creation of the undead, where did you get it from?"
"Ah, that pyramid was found on an uninhabited mining planet, but there were no Necrons in it. Since Necronomicon buildings usually appear on planets without any primitive life, we speculate that it was shot down there. , we spent a lot of effort to transport it back, hoping to find technological inspiration from it to defeat the undead creation. "
"Unfortunately, we haven't discovered anything yet, but we are still working hard and have made some breakthroughs in other aspects, such as cracking the necromancy program and text translation."
"Well, as Lord Guilliman said, this is where creation reaches."
"Praise him for his wisdom, Lord Bell. Without Lord Guilliman, there would be no achievements here. This palace of science was only built by him. Please come here."
Bell stepped into a large experimental hall. There were many scientific equipment, scanners, sound wave detectors, mass analyzers, nuclear resonators, etc., all of which were shrunk and found here.
And such a huge scientific team is all serving that thing. It is suspended outside the huge glass cover in the laboratory. In the column-mounted space, the magnetic levitation stand levitates the stone tablet. Several huge lines. Robotic arms hang down from all sides and are operated by scientists to extract its surface materials.
The scientist in front of the floor-to-ceiling window looked back at Bell, who nodded to him. After the chief scientist also nodded, he continued his actions.
His elbow rotated, and the robotic arm followed suit. It deftly peeled off a small piece of bacteria carpet. After the robotic arm sent it into the vacuum transport tube nearby, laser rays began to bombard the surface of the stone monument. Above, exuding a red mist.
"Are there any results from the research on it?" Bell asked, looking at the experiment outside the glass cover.
"Not yet. We analyzed the peelable fungi on its surface. They are no different from common diffusive fungi. However, according to war records, they behaved differently when in contact with subspace forces. The characteristics are fascinating, my lord."
"This means that there is something about the power of subspace that can cause living organisms to change instantly, from the microscopic level to the complete evolution of the macroscopic level, evolving into distinctive forms."
"I am advancing reverse engineering experiments, listening to trained scientific psykers performing the same psychic sound wave influence, trying to stimulate changes in these fungi, so as to achieve the same effect as chaos."
"This is dangerous research, chief scientist." Bell turned his head and said, but the chief scientist was looking at the experiment behind the glass cover, seemingly not noticing Bell.
"Any experiment has dangers, Mr. Bell. Only in danger can we discover new changes. The mutations are not all bad. Just like our genes, they mutate all the time, sometimes for good, sometimes for bad, but always At a certain moment, advantageous mutations suitable for the environment can be evolved.”
"And this is not a waste of time. Through this research, we can discover how to counteract the influence of subspace and learn about them by reverse-engineering the power of subspace."
"I thought that this kind of work is usually carried out by the Inquisition."
"Hmph." The chief scientist snorted with contempt, "Those are a group of ignorant lunatics, addicted to confrontation and fighting. In their eyes, there is no science and creation, only destruction. The only thing they care about is how to be more thorough. Erase, that’s all, but we are different. We are keen to explore and find patterns and truths from seemingly dangerous things.”
"Truth can sometimes be dangerous, Chief Scientist."
"Naturally, just as no science is safe, but this is the purpose of our existence, and Lord Guilliman trusts me, so leave it in my hands."
The chief scientist raised his hand and gestured to the stele behind the glass cover. The robotic arm was surrounding him for laser exploration. The huge laser blasted on its surface and explored its deep internal structure through the resonance effect.
"I will not let Lord Guilliman down. Now, we have learned about the surface layer of this stone, and will continue to delve deeper into it, and will eventually reveal all its secrets. This is the reason for the psychic resonance experiment, Bell "My lord, our scans have revealed that there are things inside this stone that cannot be detected by conventional science and technology."
"You must be careful, chief scientist. This experiment has extremely dangerous possibilities. You should understand this. Once a leak or spill occurs, the consequences will be like this."
"No need to worry, sir, this place is buried deep underground. Our heads are covered with eight layers of protection, three layers of granite, plus a layer of tungsten alloy, which even earth-penetrating bombs cannot penetrate, and several layers of charcoal ash, nanocrystals and plasma. layer, all matter inside and outside will be blocked."
The scientist proudly showed off his domain and waved his hands around. Bell also looked in the direction he pointed. "Ions are injected into the air circulation. If the stone tablet secretes any harmful substances, it will be killed instantly."
"I understand chaos, Chief Scientist. Their power cannot be resisted by conventional science. It is a mystery at the soul level."
"Obviously, sir, but we also have similar response preparations. In the facility, our reserve array of psychics is on standby at any time. Their brain lobes have been removed, but through our latest biological technology, we have installed electrical circuit lenses in their cerebral cortexes. The psychic synaptic points are still retained, which allows them to still release psychic energy, but under our control, any potential They can handle any possible psychic confrontation. "
"Don't be careless, Chief Doctor. I have fought against Chaos for many years and I know they are unfathomable."
"Then isn't this exactly what you are here for? Dear Sir, Lord Guilliman sent you to supervise. I think everything else will be fine."
Bell nodded silently, and the scientist nodded in response, then turned around to indicate the experiment in front of him, "Then let's get started quickly, and give Lord Guilliman a gift after the glorious triumph of Macragge."
"Psychic resonance, start." The scientist signaled to the researcher on the side, who nodded and pulled the handle, a pair of generators flipped out from behind the glass cover, and a sound wave randomly appeared behind the glass cover.
Bell looked at the stone, scanned the heavy walls around it and above his head, and glanced at the seven layers of protection above his head, thinking that it was in a cage, and all of them were in a cage.