From Atlas Corporation to Human Empire
Chapter 12

"Mass-Produceable Super Soldiers?"

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The office was filled with various instruments, screens, and electronic equipment, with a separate compartment partitioned off to one side.

Looking through the floor-to-ceiling window that divided the office, one could see two cribs, with Sanguinius and Roboute lying inside.

Perhaps because they were well-fed, or perhaps due to the comfort provided by the mattresses and bedding, the two children were sleeping soundly.

Outside the compartment.

Sui Yang, still dressed in casual business attire, stood by his desk, discussing something with a blonde female researcher sitting behind a computer in a white lab coat.

This researcher, who wore her long hair in a ponytail and whose stunning figure was difficult to hide even in her work uniform, had a name tag engraved with: "Alexia Ashford / Director of Atlas Bioengineering Department."

"..."

Having received the test results from her once again, Sui Yang couldn't help but turn his head toward the compartment, his brows furrowed tightly.

Or rather, ever since the space gate opened, frowning had become a habitual action for Sui Yang.

It was a headache...

He, a Chinese man, clearly had black hair and black eyes, so how did he end up with two blonde sons out of thin air? And sons who shared a 999% similarity in every genetic locus?

But those were secondary concerns, because the two sons who had "fallen from the sky" were Primarchs!

If one were to compare the God-Emperor of Mankind from Warhammer 30k/40k to a god, then the Primarchs, as his direct offspring, were demigods, and the Astartes, the super-soldiers created using the Primarchs as a blueprint, were angels who stood above mortals.

If one didn't know Warhammer 30k/40k, one would think that picking up two Primarch sons was an absolute "win-win" situation.

But the reality was that half of the Primarchs either fell to Chaos through manipulation or chose rebellion due to their own twisted, man-child temperaments, causing humanity, which once had a chance to break free from the shackles of the Warp and step into a new era, to fall back into a dark abyss.

The ultimate fate of the God-Emperor of Mankind was to sit upon the Golden Throne, lighting the Astronomican by burning his own essence, allowing humanity to find its way while navigating the Warp and providing a psychic barrier for Holy Terra to prevent the horrors of the void from consuming everything.

Even though the Emperor remained active within the Warp, in the material universe, he had been reduced to a "living corpse" in a near-death state.

So, how could Sui Yang, knowing his two sons were Primarchs, not be worried?

Fortunately, his two "good sons" were not from the traitorous factions of Warhammer 30k/40k, but the loyalists Sanguinius and Roboute.

After three months of personal care, Sui Yang had actually developed some affection for the two little ones. Of course, this was inseparable from the Primarchs' well-behaved nature; if it had been Perturabo...

"..."

Thinking of this, Sui Yang's headache only worsened.

The researcher named Alexia didn't seem to notice her boss's distress, continuing to look at her computer screen as she reported:

"According to the observations and records from the past three months, as well as the weekly full-body checkups, Boss, the growth rate of these two children far exceeds that of ordinary people."

"Although current data indicates they are far inferior to you, Boss, perhaps when they grow into adulthood, they will surpass your strength and speed? Who knows?"

After speaking, Alexia shrugged, then continued to operate the mouse and keyboard to record the day's test results.

In fact, this Director of Bioengineering was also a "special" individual, being a boss from Resident Evil Survivor 2: Code Veronica.

In the game, Alexia was a genius girl cultivated through genetic engineering by her father, Alexander Ashford, graduating from Cambridge University at the age of ten as the top student.

However, when a child's intelligence transcends the human norm, it is highly likely to lead to a distorted personality, such as arrogance and paranoia—especially since Alexia was burdened with the high expectations of those around her to revive the family.

When she learned she was a product of genetic engineering and not some "chosen daughter," she instantly turned dark and murdered her "biological" father.

Finally, she injected herself with the Veronica Virus she had developed, voluntarily entering cryosleep for 15 years to allow the virus to fuse with her body slowly and safely.

The "pity" was that due to a series of external events, she was forced to wake up four days early, which prevented Alexia from evolving into a perfect individual, ultimately leading to her death by the Linear Launcher developed by Alexander.

However, the Alexia Ashford of the main universe, while also a genius who became a biology PhD at sixteen, was born into a normal family and was an only child.

Not long after The Times published an article about Alexia's academic achievements, she was hired by Atlas with a high salary and successfully promoted to the company's core.

"Impossible."

Conversely, when Sui Yang heard her say that the two future Primarchs might surpass him, he gave a negative reply in his heart.

--

Your daddy will always be your daddy--

When Sui Yang successfully absorbed all of Omega's blood and completed the [Reset], he could clearly perceive that his physical constitution and psychic capacity had been strengthened.

Therefore, Sui Yang speculated that he possessed some kind of [Plunder] ability, meaning that when he killed high-value targets, he would seize their abilities as his own, subsequently enhancing himself.

But he could not yet be certain whether his troops would also trigger [Plunder] after killing high-value targets, though he and Atlas still had plenty of time to experiment.

Moreover, Sui Yang had reason to believe that whenever he enhanced his own abilities, Sanguinius and Roboute, as his sons, would also be strengthened.

After all, based on their current data, even when they grew to adulthood, they wouldn't reach the minimum baseline of a Primarch.

At the same time, Sui Yang was grateful that he had once been a gamer; the gaming experience that had been disparaged by so-called "parents" and "experts" when facing numerous thorny problems and phenomena had actually provided a lot of help after he transmigrated into this world.

As the ninth art, what makes children addicted to games is not the games themselves, but the environment of neglect, accusation, sarcasm, bullying, and lack of care in which they grow up; only by swimming in the world of games can they find the comfort of security... Of course, perhaps some people are born "evil," and anything is possible; one cannot pin the blame on a single factor.

"..."

Sui Yang, who had walked to the floor-to-ceiling window at some point, was watching Sanguinius sucking his right thumb and Roboute, who liked to sleep on his stomach.

His life experience after transmigrating had long ago made him give up on raising children through normal channels, but at this moment, Sui Yang silently made a decision in his heart: he must never let his sons' growth environment be filled with negative emotions.

Silence for a moment.

"If..." Sui Yang posed a thought to Alexia, who sat behind him, one that had lingered in his mind ever since the portal opened:

"Using the genetic material of Sanguinius, Roboute, and myself, could you and your team cultivate a type of super-soldier that exists beyond the Universal Soldiers, yet remains capable of mass production?"

"A mass-producible super-soldier?"

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