Travel to Warhammer 40K with Gray Wind

Since humans flew out of Terra and entered the interstellar era, lifespan limitations are no longer a major problem that plagues humans.

Putting aside the various black technologies of the Golden Age, even the 'Rejuvenation Technique' mastered by the current human empire, which has lost most of its scientific and technological achievements, can easily extend the lifespan of the empire's dignitaries to more than 500 years. If you are willing to break through the bottom line, you can even compete with the Eldar to see who can survive better.

This is true for mortals, not to mention immortals like the Emperor.

But after briefly browsing the body structure and protein expression of the 'new human' provided by Koroniai, Gray Feng roughly understood its meaning:

——If the human genetic template is compared to an ordinary household fuel vehicle, what Koroniai did was to add, delete, and replace the original frame of the vehicle, install a more powerful engine, and build it more efficiently. The cooling air ducts and the body were cast with stronger materials... In order to meet Russell's almost perverted request, the Queen of the Life-Shaping Insect and the biological monks of the Order of Truth tried their best.

Using the massive biological database recorded in the Encyclopedia of Organisms as a reference, Koroniai has completely exhausted all possibilities and potential of the human species from the genetic level. Under the skin of the new human, the arrangement of protein molecules in every muscle fiber has been Carefully designed, as perfect as a work of art, the completely reconstructed bone and ligament structure brings joint flexibility that even the Eldar, who are famous for their agility, can't match.

Koroniai has optimized the biological structure of 'human beings' to the point where it is irreversible. From the nerve knots in the brain to the spiral fibers under the skin, there is absolutely no redundancy. With far stronger strength than Ogryn, While having a physique and agility comparable to that of the Eldar, each individual known as a 'new human' is at least a 'Beta' level psyker. Depending on individual differences and specific needs, you can also choose to use the brain's The psychic circuit is overloaded and overclocked to the 'Alpha' or even 'Alpha+' level, obtaining limit-breaking psychic energy that is enough to shake the celestial body.

Intelligence, psychic ability, physical fitness, agility, immunity to most known biological toxins...the qualities of the new human beings can be said to be the pinnacle in every sense, and the Queen of the Lifeshaper met all of Russell's requirements as much as possible. , creating a literal ultimate creature within organic boundaries.

However all this comes at a cost.

No matter how additions, deletions and changes are made to the original basis, human beings are still human beings. Countless facts have proven that human beings, as an organic and intelligent species, have their own limits.

Genetic modification without leaving any room has completely overdrawn all subsequent possibilities of the new human beings, and has cut off the possibility of extending the lifespan of the 'new human beings' through biological modification. The 360 ​​standard Terran years that Koroniai mentioned before are this. The ultimate lifespan of a species, any rejuvenation technique known to the empire cannot extend this absolute number by even one second.

Unless machines ascend, this is the end of mankind.

"The primitive human society of Ancient Terra once widely used a crude device called a 'candle' for lighting. At that time, humans would stir up the wick of the candle to make the candle burn more fully, thus producing a brighter fire. In contrast, The burning time of the wicked candle will also be greatly shortened as a result.”

The psychic organ on the back of Koroniai's neck squirmed slightly, making a soft and alluring sound like honey:

"I stir up the wicks of human beings so that they can burn fully and shine brightest."

It's just that the duration of this light is a bit short.

"From your point of view, it's very short." Gray Wind crossed his arms and showed a helpless expression to Koroniai, saying, "There's really nothing I can do about you."

"Did you know? The current average lifespan of an ordinary citizen of the Human Federation is actually less than 170 standard Terran years. To you, they are just a group of mayflies that live and die... But even with such a short lifespan, Social conflicts within the federation have also become extremely acute."

While entering the genetic data of the new humans into his database, Gray Wind said: "In various hives in the Far Eastern Star Territory, hundreds of millions of college students, graduate students, and doctoral students graduate from school and enter the society every year. Everyone has expectations for the future, and everyone hopes to find their own place in society, contribute to the Federation, and earn the remuneration they deserve..."

“But we don’t have that many high-paying jobs to accommodate the high-educated population that is being produced in large numbers every year. To be precise, the rate of creation of new jobs lags far behind the growth rate of the population, and the number of people in existing jobs is far behind. We are far from retirement age, and the social stability within the federation is no longer optimistic."

Gray Wind clapped his hands and looked directly into Koroniai's six pairs of compound eyes: "This political system with huge problems has not collapsed to this day, except for the marshal's absolute personal force and the high welfare benefits maintained by the unlimited resources provided by the material decompressor. Other than that, the most important reason is the two all-out wars launched by the Marshal against the Necrons and the Eldar."

No matter when, waging war is the most direct way to absorb excess population.

"The massive war has created a large number of new jobs, which has greatly alleviated the employment problem of young people in the Federation. However, as we have recently focused on the miniature galaxy, the war in the galaxy has been forced to stop, and the stalling of the war machine has caused the original Issues that had been covered up were exposed again.”

"And the average lifespan of people who develop these problems is less than 170 Terra years."

If all humans in the Human Federation are genetically upgraded into new humans with a life span of 360 years, you can imagine how severe the problems that will follow will be.

Koroniai nodded as if she understood. Its insect swarm is just a group of controlled flesh and blood without self-thinking. The insect mother does not have a deep understanding of various complex issues in human society. Koroniai is He is a master of genetic engineering, but he can be said to be ignorant when it comes to social management, so he still has to listen to Hui Feng.

"Then, do you want me to shorten the life span of the new humans to 150 Terra years? Or shorter?" Koroniai tried to ask: "Or I can limit the reproductive efficiency of the new humans and fundamentally slow down the population growth. speed……"

"No need, just finish your work here." Hui Feng smiled: "Leave the professional things to the professionals, and leave everything to me."

"Oh..." Koroniai nodded blankly.

Carrying the genetic data of the new humans, Gray Wind left Fodlan's biological ark and returned to Falla.

Now that the miniature Milky Way has been completely conquered, it is time to turn our attention back to the Milky Way and start solving the most pressing problems at the moment.