Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 308 Gene Editing
Gao Yi also discovered that this knowledge of technology had been integrated into his authority as the god of machinery in a special way.

He can use the authority of the machine to directly bless his researchers in a manner similar to bestowing a blessing.

As expected, Gao Yi chose Pavian to bestow the blessing, as Pavian had been in charge of the cloning program within the dynasty.

As Gao Yi guided his power, Pavian suddenly felt a surge of knowledge flooding into his mind.

Pavian, who had been focusing on the panacea, looked at Gao Yi in shock.

He moved to Gao Yi's side.

"Lord, the knowledge in my mind... what's going on? It's as if it appeared out of thin air. The Gene Editing Sacred Machine is above!"

“Pavian, this is a blessing from the Holy Machine, accept it!”

Gao Yi then told Pavian about his plan.

Meanwhile, Caul's familiarity with the Panacea STC system was nearing its end.

"Cauer, Pavian, establish a complete production line based on the Panacea as soon as possible, and then help me contact Guilliman. I believe that the government internet on Terra should be almost ready. Have him send over all the information on incurable diseases recorded by the Imperial Ministry of the Interior, the Inquisition, and the Medical World, especially all the supernatural plagues related to Nurgle."

They used a panacea to create corresponding treatments and solutions.

"My lord, do you mean all of them? That's an enormous number. Even if we find a solution, we can't possibly produce them all!"

"I'm worried," Pavian said.

"Who told you to produce everything? We can stop producing now, but the database needs to be filled in. Otherwise, we'll waste time finding solutions when we actually encounter problems. You should prioritize those that pose the biggest threat and have the widest impact and establish the corresponding production lines for them."

As for the other less dangerous ones, Guilliman is the regent of the empire, so let him figure out the solutions. He should be in charge of these production lines himself.

We can share the solutions we find with Guilliman, but the free offer is limited to diseases related to Nurgle; the price for genetic mutations is ridiculously high!
I've already done more than enough by providing those disease treatments for free. After all, we snatched them from the Comoros with the lives of our dynasty's soldiers. He should have a lot of resources at his disposal now, and he must be much better off. Telling him to exchange them for supplies, I believe that with his intelligence, he'll definitely know how worthwhile this deal is.

He could even set up a new department to sell genetic technology to nobles or individuals on certain planets. Some of these nobles are quite wealthy, and many suffer from related diseases or genetic defects, such as those extremely rich navigator families.

Inbreeding greatly increases their chances of genetic mutation, making it a perfect opportunity to squeeze every last drop of profit out of them!
I believe they would be willing to pay a high price to Guilliman in exchange for a chance to live longer.

"I understand! I'll get on it right away! I'll also tell Governor Rebecca this good news first! That way she'll have less to say about you, since nothing makes Governor Rebecca happier than generating revenue for the dynasty!!"
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After arranging everything for the panacea, Pavian returned to his biological laboratory without stopping.

Using the new knowledge within his brain, he prepared all the materials needed for gene enhancement.

He was eager to try out this newfound knowledge.

Gabriel had no idea what was about to happen.

All he knew was that Gao Yi had found him earlier and looked him in the eyes.

"Gabriel, do you crave power?!"

It must be said that if someone else had said these words to him, he would have thought that the person had been corrupted by the dark gods and was trying to bewitch him.

However, if the other party was Gao Yi, Gabriel found that he no longer had any doubts.

As it turns out, Gao Yi's existence made Blood Raven great again and stronger than ever before.

The endorsement from the Emperor and Guilliman also gave him no worries.

Although Gao Yi hadn't explicitly told him what to do, he still followed Pavian into the biological laboratory. Gabriel removed his power armor as instructed by Pavian and lay down on Pavian's operating table. The biological priest was already prepared, and life support devices had been linked to Gabriel's body.

"Sage Pavia, what are you doing?"

"Commander Gabriel, you don't need to worry. The lord won't harm you. We have developed a brand new genetic technology. If all goes well, even if you complete the original upgrade, you will gain stronger physical attributes and recovery ability."

"what?!"

Gabriel felt like he had only recently completed the original forging upgrade. Wasn't it said that this technology took the Great Sage Kaul ten thousand years to complete?
It's embarrassing that Kaul spent so much time figuring it out, and now Pavian says he can improve it again.

"Are you sure this isn't from some blasphemous technology?!"

"Don't worry, Lord Gao Yi wouldn't lie to you. Although we haven't done this kind of enhancement before."

"Never done it before?! Pavian?! Are you using me as a guinea pig?!"

Just as Gabriel tried to get up, the anesthetic from the life support device was injected into his body again; even Gabriel couldn't withstand the powerful anesthetic.
Gabriel felt everything go black, and before losing consciousness, he had the feeling that he had entered a den of thieves.
"How could I let you get away, Lord Gabriel? Although we can use ordinary clones for experiments, I still think we need a sufficiently powerful individual to better test the limits of this technology. If Lord Ferus weren't a mechanical being, he would be the most suitable person. Everyone, get ready to begin genetic modification!"

When Gabriel woke up again, he immediately jumped out of bed into a fighting stance, only to see Pavian waiting quietly to the side.

"Your physical condition has indeed improved, Lord Gabriel. The effects of the anesthetic on you have been greatly reduced, and you have even woken up ahead of schedule."

"Pavian! What have you done to me?!"

Jia Bailie sensed his body and found that he did not have two extra organs like the previous Yuan Zhu.

"To be honest, I don't know either. Maybe we need to do some testing."

Filled with doubt and unease, Gabriel entered the testing ground.

But after the experiment, he finally understood how much of an improvement Pavia's genetic modification had brought him.

If he could previously lift an object weighing 1 ton without wearing power armor, he can now lift about 1.2 tons, an improvement of nearly 20%.

It's not just about sheer strength; the enhanced physical attributes also increased its speed by about 15%.

The increase in the upper limit does not simply result in a 1+1 improvement in strength.

Gabriel was also astonished by the rapid healing power.

The cuts made to his arm healed in the blink of an eye.

It's not the kind of hemostasis that comes with Lariman's organs, nor the way Belisarius's furnace, activated in cases of severe injury, accelerates wound healing; rather, it heals extremely quickly from the very first moment of injury.

However, this is not without its limitations; rapid healing consumes a large amount of the body's stored energy.

However, these are not major problems, as the high-energy combat rations are sufficient to cover the energy consumption in a short period of time.

"It seems this technology still has its limits. Astartes already underwent extensive genetic modification, but the improvements it could bring to ordinary mortals would be even more significant!"

Pavian was extremely satisfied with the technology!

He immediately began small-scale production of enhanced clone soldiers!

(End of this chapter)