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Chapter 657 - Research on the Psyker Gene

"And now the method is finished... it should be working even against relatively more powerful Psykers. Fortunately, we already have something similar back home, though adjusting the things from home to the standards of the Immaterium is rather hard."

It required a lot of work, but after several days, I was able to recreate the methods of the Chthonian Empire to the standards of the Immaterium. Using the Warp to recreate the Soul Seals was hard, but at the same time, I was aware that a powerful Psyker could break through the Seals. 

However, the moment I became Psyker, I would be able to adjust the Slave Soul Seals and upgrade them tremendously, so it would be far harder to break them apart. 

Another of the bonuses from cooperating with the Partas Tribe was the access to the Psyker Gene that the Partas Tribe gave me. After coming to an agreement with the Patriarch of the Partas Tribe, Ezran Partas allowed me to have the corpses of all Psykers that they had in their possession.

And there were a lot of them, in fact.

After collecting the DNA from the Psyker corpses and conducting some preliminary experiments, I was able to deduce rather quickly where the Psyker Gene was located and what exactly it was.

Right now, I am in the process of extracting the Psyker Gene from approximately fifteen corpses of Psykers. All of them belonged to the hostile factions of the Partas Tribe that the Partas Tribe gave me.

Unfortunately, neither of the Psykers was very powerful, so I needed a lot of them to get a rather high-quality Psyker Gene for my further experiments. With some possibility, I could synthesize high-quality Psyker Gene from the low-quality ones with a bit of luck.

The Psyker Gene within the body of the Psykers proved to be pretty volatile, and any experiments done with the Psyker Gene were very hard. A single mistake could lead to a great explosion or even worse consequences. 

Every single Psyker Gene contained traces of the Immaterium and rather potent Warp Energy, something that was rather dangerous to tamper with.

Due to the unstable state of the Warp, there was a high possibility of the Warp Energy erupting from the Psyker Gene, which in turn could attract the attention of the denizens of the Warp.

Something that we were rather poorly prepared for in this place. While the Partas Tribe was rather advanced in the aspect of technology, primarily due to the recovered STCs from the Golden Age of Technology and some of the Imperial Technology of the Imperium of Man, their advancements of the Psyker Arts...

That was an entirely different category.

When it came to the Imperial Technology of the Imperium of Man, the sole thing that I could say about it... It was an aberration of everything that I ever did. Their stupid worship of the technology created by the humans in the Golden Age, to the degree that it became an entire cult, was mad. 

And their rejection of everything that was created by the humans as heretical was...

Foolish.

"I need more samples; this is far from enough to create high-quality Psyker Gene... unfortunately, the quality of Psykers on the Fenran Rex IX. is subpar, and there were not many legacies of the Psykers left here from the Golden Age of Terran Federation."

Psyker Gene, who decided who would become Psyker and who would not, could appear in any human from all over humanity. There was no method to find out who may be a carrier of the Psyker Gene. 

In the end, this inability of our technology has probably caused our fall at the peak of the Golden Age... a certain part of me was glad that I died before the Terran Federation collapsed into something called the Old Night. 

"Could I supplement it with the Psyker Gene of the Danger Beasts... no, probably not; the conflict between origins would be too powerful. Excavation is impossible; the Psyker Gene collapses approximately several days after the death of the bearer, and from there on, one could obtain only remnants."

The sole remaining option would be to ask Patriarch Partas to help him collect the Psyker Gene from the other Psykers. There were not many of them in the first place, and right now, the only place within the entire Northern Area of the Feris Continne that had a relatively high concentration was the Northern Tribes.

However, the Partas Tribe would not wage war against the Northern Tribes prematurely, and they would wait for the Northern Tribes to launch the attack on the Partas Tribe so that they could act from the position of defense.

***

After my discussion with Patriarch Ezran Partas, he told me to visit his daughter because she had information about some information about another place that had a rather high concentration of the Psykers in the Northern Area of the Feris Continent.

Apparently, there was a particular faction within the Northern Area of the Feris Continent that had the highest concentration of the Psykers, or Sorcerers as they were called here, aside from the Northern Tribes.

It seemed that General Esdeath Partas was lobbying for the Partas Tribe to attack and wipe out this faction before they could ally with the Northern Tribes. They also had a rich Psyker legacy, and if it could be used by the Partas Tribe, it would significantly enhance the power of the Partas Tribe. 

The Tribe right now greatly lacked the legacy of the Psyker Arts, so this would make up for their weakness.

"So you came to fulfill our agreement for the duel?"

The moment I appeared in front of her doors, she already appeared behind me with a smile on her face as she was radiating strong excitement and battle lust at the thought. I did promise her the fight, and seeing the situation right now, there was no other choice. 

Dealing with the battle maniacs like her, the only solution was either to escape or to give in.

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