Chapter 15: Master Quinto

Behind the steel gate, there were tall and huge, compact and complicated instruments and complicated pipelines connected to the culture column that was as tall as three people.

The light inside was also dim, with dim yellow spotlights casting long shadows behind the instrument, and the liquid in some petri dishes and culture chambers also emitted faint fluorescence.

Fu Qihai noticed that the placement of these huge instruments and pipelines was a bit messy as if they were temporarily transported to the spaceship.

Wo Kuotai led Fu Qihai through the shadows of one huge instrument after another and came to a wide metal workbench, with the glow of a white shadowless lamp on the top of the workbench, a small figure stood in front of the stage.

This figure, covered in a crimson burqa, looked very thin compared to the metal workbench in front of him.

A space maarine sitting in a wheelchair was one shoulder taller than him, but when Wo Kuotai approached him, he bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Master Quinto."

The thin figure turned his head, revealing an old face covered with wrinkles and stains.

He glanced at Wo Kuotai and Fu Qihai indifferently, and his voice sounded like the friction of rusty gears: "What's the matter, Noyan Khan Wo Kuotai?"

From the moment he saw the two tall robots before he entered the door, passing by one complex machine after another, his sea of thinking began to stir up waves, and inspirations burst out one after another like bubbles.

Fu Qihai himself was a person with an extremely strong thirst for knowledge and curiosity, and at this moment, it became more pronounced with the blessing of the electronic soul.

Wo Kuotai said in a low voice, "Master, I hope you can help this child complete the Astartes Implantation."

He didn't seem surprised to hear the request and calmly said to Fu Qihai, "Open your mouth."

Fu Qihai opened his mouth obediently as if being examined by a doctor for his tonsils.

Master Quinto's mechanical prosthetic eye rotated slightly.

He said, "According to the tooth age of ordinary humans, he is about seventeen years old. You know the best time for surgery; he is a bit old."

Wo Kuotai heard the words and said, "Of course, I know, but I don't think these are problems for you."

Master Quinto turned his head back, and two sticks protruded from under the burqa. The slender and delicate manipulator lowered his head and continued to fiddle with his workbench, saying, "It's really not a big problem, you can take him to receive training, give me one of your legion's gene seeds, and I will prepare the organ's before the Astartes Implantation."

Seeing that Quinto continued to be busy with his own affairs, Wo Kuotai paused for a moment but couldn't help but say, "Master, as you can see, our army's strength is running low. I think Locke is a rare good seed and I am very optimistic about him so I hope... I hope you can ensure the success rate as much as possible."

Quinto stopped the work in his hand, turned his head to look at Wo Kuotai, and said with a dry laugh: "Why, Wo Kuotai, do you think I am on the same level as those well-developed and clumsy pharmacists in your army?"

Wo Kuotai said quickly: "I have no doubts about your ability. I just meant…, I just want to say... now every single marine is very important to us."

Master Quinto turned back again, and calmly said: "Umhh, I know what you mean, Take him to receive training from your White Scars, I will take care of the rest."

Wo Kuotai bowed again and said, "Thank you, Master."

On the way back, Fu Qihai couldn't help but ask, "Who is he?"

"Quinto Anastasio, geneticist, high-ranking priest of the Mechanic Order, biological sage, and alien expert," Wo Kuotai said, adding with a long list of titles.

"Is he related to your special mission this time?" Fu Qihai realized it keenly.

Wo Kuotai looked at Fu Qihai expressionlessly: "I will answer your doubts after you become a member of us, including your messy stupid questions."

Fu Qihai smiled dryly; it seemed that Wo Kuotai was still brooding about the things that were questioned before.

Genetics is the collective name for technical priests who study biological genetics and other disciplines in the Mechanicus, while biological sages explain his rank and title.

Genetics of this level is also at the level of a big boss in its foundry world. In terms of strategic value alone, all the people on this frigate add up, and even the spaceship is not worth as much as Quinto alone.

The dark red of his burqa, this colour has a famous name in the Milky Way - Martian red.

This is the signature shade of the Mechanicus.

But the Mechanicus is the Mechanicus, the Astartes Legion is the Astartes Legion, and no matter how powerful Quinto is, he is not Wo Kuotai's direct superior.

Wo Kuotai can treat Quinto in a business-like manner, and now he humbly asks for help.

Thinking of this, Fu Qihai couldn't help but glance at Wo Kuotai gratefully. This thick-faced, grumpy man with a fat head was actually quite nice to him.

The operation of transforming ordinary people into Space marines within the brotherhood is called "Astartes Implantation."

In fact, from this word, we can see the attitude of many space marines towards mortals.

They think that space marines are a higher level of life form than ordinary people.

This view is not unreasonable, not to mention the powerful and durable strength, flexible and agile speed, extraordinary reflexes, resilience, etc., just a near-infinite lifespan is enough to disdain mortals.

Space Marines grow old, but there are no Space Marines who die of old age, only Space Marines who die in battle.

The best age for Space marine transformation is 12 years old, but this is not a big problem.

Many famous people were already in their prime when they underwent Astartes Implantation including the second most powerful space marine.

There are also more extreme examples. The adoptive father of Lorgar, the Primarch of the World Bearers Legion, Kor Phaeron, was already a dying old man when he underwent the space adoptive father of Lorgar surgery, but he still became a space marine with combat power through a series of transformation operations, bionic organs, and special drugs.

As long as the technical priests think about it, nothing is impossible.

It's just that the promotion of most space marine also has to consider a cost issue.

Basically, the pharmacists in the legion complete the operation.

The pharmacists are also space marines. They are also responsible for picking the gene seeds of the fallen Astartes.

These pharmacists' Astarte implementation will have a problem of attrition rate.

The failed recipients will either die directly or become permanently disabled.

The latter is okay, after all, the bionic prosthetic technology is very developed, and if it fails, it is not impossible to integrate with ordinary crew members in the legion.

But in most cases, failure is death.

So Wo Kuotai emphasized the success rate to Master Quinto, and now as there are not so many suitable young men on the spaceship for the Astarte implementation to consume; only Fu Qihai as a single seedling.

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