"You're back? How's the quality of those recruits?" After settling Johnny and other recruits, when Sams returned to his office, Thompson asked while he was drinking coffee leisurely in the office.

Yes, this Thompson is none other than Eugene Thompson, the host devoured by the parasite during the alien invasion of Titan not long ago. After being officially recruited by the Star Alliance, he joined the Star Alliance and, like Samus, became

He became a member of the Spartan Project. Now, like Samus and the Spartan soldiers before him, his figure has undergone tremendous changes, and his military uniform rank is the same as that of Samus.

"It's hard to say, after all, unlike the previous batches, these recruits have not been strengthened in any way." Samus shook his head and sat down in his seat.

Both of them hold the rank of colonel and should have separate offices under normal circumstances.

However, the Spartan Wing is not yet a regular legion, and this asteroid is only a scientific research base, not a regular legion station. The two of them do not have formal positions that match their military ranks, so they are only assigned a shared office.

However, the two of them didn't care about such small details at all, because they were specially recruited into the Spartan Project because of the parasite invasion incident and were promoted to such a high military rank, and the normal treatment for senior officers was also substantial.

Now that I have enjoyed it, what kind of bicycle do I need in this situation?

"Tsk, I don't know how many of the 15 people will be left in the end. You said that the failure rate of strengthened soldiers is so high, let alone these unenhanced recruits." Thompson drank the coffee in his hand and smacked his lips.

"Didn't General Hansen say that because the genes of strengthened soldiers are much stronger than those of ordinary people, they will increasingly conflict with the genes of parasites, resulting in a low success rate of enhancement. If they are ordinary people, they may

The success rate won't be that low," Sams said.

"Yes, otherwise how can we say we are lucky? If we were not already compatible with the parasite, we would not be able to successfully strengthen it so easily," Thompson sighed.

That's right, the so-called Spartan Project is actually a new type of genetic enhancement based on the parasites of the Venom family.

Some people may wonder, is the parasite very powerful? Wasn't it easily beaten into a dog by the space agency's security force on Titan before?

Indeed, under normal circumstances, the parasite's strength does seem a bit embarrassing.

When a parasite parasitizes an ordinary host, it is usually around level five in strength. Even if it is a perfect match, it is at the top of level six.

Of course, this kind of strength cannot be said to be weak, but it cannot be said to be very strong. At least when faced with a certain number of ordinary enhanced soldiers who are fully armed, it is basically useless.

Moreover, the top gene potions in the Covenant can also strengthen ordinary non-psionic users to the fifth level. With the addition of equipment, it is not a problem to single-handedly fight parasites.

But if it is used by the strong, the improvement that the parasite can bring will become very low. For example, the sixth level of elementary level will become the sixth level of intermediate level at most. And the higher the strength, the smaller the improvement.

For example, the poison that fell into Kratos' hands and completely wiped out his mind can basically only serve as a fig leaf and is not worthy of being used as a weapon.

But this does not mean that parasites have no value.

After all, in terms of the degree of enhancement, especially in terms of individual strength, the Spartan potion developed by the parasite gene is still higher.

Secondly, in terms of cost, Spartan Potion also has an advantage. All the existing genetic potion formulas of the Star Alliance are all from the interstellar universe. Low-level potions are better. Many ingredients in high-end potions do not exist in this universe and need to be synthesized.

, and the synthesis conditions are also quite harsh, so the cost remains high.

But Spartan Potion is different. As the main raw material of parasites, not long after being captured, Ariel Hansen discovered that as long as there is sufficient high-quality energy, these parasites can divide quickly, and

A small amount of gene extraction will not endanger the life of the parasite at all... In other words, the materials for Spartan Potion are endless, and the production time may be longer, but the cost is very low.

But these are not the most important things. The most important thing is that Spartan Potion has an advantage that all genetic potions cannot match...that is, it can give the enhanced person the same ability to adapt to the environment as the parasite.

What does it mean? It means that Spartan warriors can survive in non-extreme cosmic environments... This is the true meaning of the Spartan Project.

You must know that under normal circumstances, except for some natural cosmic races or those with special abilities, ordinary life forms can only survive in the cosmic environment after breaking through the tenth level limit.

However, Spartan Potion broke the rules. Although its ability to withstand some extreme environments, such as ultra-high and ultra-low temperatures, is incomparable to that of a real level 10 expert, it can also be said to be extremely defiant.

The only problem is that unlike conventional genetic medicines that are completely developed based on human genes, they are very safe. After all, they are alien species, and as parasitic organisms, their aggressiveness and predatory nature are their essence. Naturally, it is impossible to interact with human genes.

It can be a perfect fit casually, but through the efforts of Ariel Hansen and many other biological masters, the success rate today is only 30%.

There are only two results for failure, either the gene collapses and dies directly, or it is completely alienated by the parasite gene and becomes a brainless monster, and then is completely destroyed.

In comparison, Samus and Thompson are indeed the luckiest, because both of them are perfectly compatible with the parasite. They did not show any rejection reaction when they were strengthened, and their strength has skyrocketed. Now, without wearing equipment,

They have all reached the peak of level six, while ordinary Spartans are only at level five.

And the two of them were not just ordinary Spartan enhancements. As perfect candidates for parasites, the two parasites that originally parasitized them... were also allowed to retain their devouring and pain, so that they would not be like other parasites.

, reduced to a "cow" for gene extraction.

"But speaking of which, have you heard about it?" Thompson asked suddenly.

"What?" Samus looked confused.

"We may have to go to the front line," Thompson said.

"Yes, after the enhanced experiments of this group of experimenters are completed, the Spartan Company will be transferred to the Zerg front line as an experimental force. Not only that, but the entire research center will also go to the front line... It is said that General Hansen took the initiative.

"Sams said, as a woman, she and Lieutenant General Ariel Hansen, who is also a female and is in charge of the military research department, have a better conversation, so she can glean some things from the other party that are not very special.

Confidential information.

And just as she said, Ariel Hansen did apply to the Supreme Command, or to Chris, to personally lead the scientific troops to the Zerg front lines, and the purpose was to make up for the regret in her heart.

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Of course, as a summoned person, she naturally knows very well what the so-called Zerg is, and she also knows Chris's thoughts and plans, but this does not affect her ability to work in this universe and within the scope allowed by the "rules".

The Zerg fight again.

"Ha, that's great. I never thought that the opponent we have to face for the first time is actually a bug!" After confirming the news from Samus, Thompson couldn't help but shrugged. The expected rejection was very obvious...

...This is normal. Regardless of whether they are men or women at any time, in the minds of most people, bugs are synonymous with disgust.

"I think instead of worrying about this, you should think about how to explain to General Thorfinn about devouring her cat." Sams teased, "You know the new recruits will be strengthened tomorrow, she will

Came back."

"Oh damn..." Upon hearing Samus's cross, Thompson's originally carefree expression immediately dropped.

The General Thorfinn whom Samus spoke of was none other than Kara Thorfinn. In the Titan incident, her chances were greater than those of Samus and Thompson. In addition, she was a high-ranking member of the Star Alliance and was Chris's younger brother.

The fiancée of Covenant Major General Pietro was specially recruited and directly promoted to major general, and she was also the supreme leader of the Spartan forces.

Due to something else, Kara Sofen was not in the base these days. As a result, just yesterday, when Thompson wasn't paying attention, Swallow actually ate Kara Sofen's cat.

Although it was taught by Thompson and due to its position in the Star Alliance, it would definitely not dare to hurt others by swallowing, but no one has ever said to it that it cannot eat cats... Obviously, the blame must be shouldered by Thompson, the owner.

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The next day, after rest and another physical examination, fifteen recruits, led by Sams, entered the core laboratory in the base.

As the head of the scientific research department and the person in charge of the Spartan Project, Lieutenant General Ariel Hansen and a group of scientific researchers have been preparing in the laboratory for a long time.

"Isn't General Thorfinn here yet?" Thompson, who also came to watch this experiment, asked cautiously after looking at the people in the laboratory.

Seeing his appearance, everyone including Ariel Hansen couldn't help but laugh out loud. Obviously everyone knew about swallowing and stealing cats.

"General Thorfinn is here!" a staff member said as soon as the laughter stopped.

Outside the base, in the direction of Titan, a ray of light quickly approached the base and flew directly into the opened base port gate. When the light dissipated, the true face of the person who came was revealed... It was Kara Sofen.

At this time, Kara Soffin is very similar to Carol, the former Captain Marvel... But in fact, not only the appearance, but also the strength, Kara Soffin at this time is almost the same as Carol.

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The source of all this is a shining gem in her heart... This gem came from the Cobra Laboratory. It was originally used by Cobra Commander to conduct experiments to charge the parasite and cause the parasite to split.

energy source.

Later, due to Kratos's shocking blow when he woke up, the entire Cobra laboratory was severely damaged, and Kara Thorfinn, who was organizing the siege of Cobra at the time, was also almost killed, but luckily because of this unknown Cobra commander

He survived with the gem he obtained from somewhere and gained immense power.

And this is the main reason why she was promoted to the Covenant fleet, not to mention that she is Chris's sister-in-law.

Pietro's life may not be so easy in the future, because his fiancée now has the same official position as him, and her power is crushing him.

"General Hanson"

"General Thorfinn"

Kara did not waste time. After entering the base, she flew directly and quickly arrived at the core laboratory. After she saluted Ariel Hansen, others also saluted her.

"Everyone is here, let's start!" Upon seeing this, Hansen nodded and then gave the order to start the experiment.

Then under everyone's eyes, Johnny and the fifteen recruits, who had been prepared for a long time, lay down in the medical warehouse. Then, under everyone's nervous eyes, various medicines and nutrient solutions were discharged along the pipes of the medical warehouse.

injection.

"The condition of the experimental subject in the first stage is stable"

"Increase energy delivery"

"Rejection reaction occurred on No. 118"

"No. 107 has alienation characteristics"

"Rejection reaction occurred on No. 113"

"Rejection reaction occurred on No. 115"

"Rejection reaction occurred on No. 120"

"Strengthening completed!"

In the end, only 10 of the 15 recruits successfully completed the strengthening, and Johnny Rego was also very lucky to be one of these 10 people.

"Sir, it seems that your idea is right. The success rate this time has reached 70%." Although only 10 people succeeded, Kara Sofen was obviously very satisfied. After all, the original success rate was only 30%. Now it has been
To be continued...