"What is it?"
"Nothing. I just sensed something unusual."
Oenomaus shook his head.
He merely buried the horrifying memory that had just surfaced.
Fusing with those Gene-seeds carried a high chance of triggering intense emotions through similar scenes.
The warriors beside him did not conceal it for him. Instead, they directly reported the anomaly to their superiors.
They were on an expedition, after all.
And it was an expedition against Chaos. They could not afford even the slightest lapse.
Chaos corruption could seep in anywhere.
They had to remain vigilant. The Governor could not keep watch over every single one of them.
Someone was sent from above to inspect them.
The inspector was a "battlesuit"—or rather, Silver-White Armor wearing a battlesuit. He was the first mysterious warrior from the first batch to undergo successful modifications. It was said that his designation ranked first in the Afterlife Employment Service Center. He had been the first soul fragment from Karamat, a shattered world. His soul had been so ordinary that it barely even seemed complete enough to count as a soul.
Back then, even Cisrain had not noticed anything unusual about that soul. He had only seen a Hero-class soul worth 30K souls: [Ionid Hill].
Later, because he was the first successful modification and held symbolic significance, he was assigned as a spiritual mentor. He was responsible for testing everyone and providing psychological guidance, much like an Imperial chaplain, though nowhere near as harsh or uncompromising.
"You are safe. You have not suffered any contamination."
The inspection was complete.
No one had mutated due to the strengthening Warp energy around them.
That also meant the Gene-seeds they had chosen were indeed relatively stable.
Oenomaus breathed a sigh of relief as well.
He trusted in his loyalty to Gamma World, of course, but