"Fine, I won't tease you anymore. So what's different about this latest experimental version from the one you know? Is it just the engram? Or does it have self-awareness? Or is it aggressive?"
Herman said seriously, "The unique thing about this chip isn't Johnny Silverhand's engram. The earlier version could only biologically interact with the engram stored inside it..."
Su Xiao knew what Herman was talking about.
He had seen it on television before, and more than once.
Regarding the relic, there were some people... including the final liberator, the head of the Eliyahu Church, and the nightmare of Arasaka's public-relations department, Father Corvus.
He sneered at Arasaka's so-called "guard your soul." In his eyes, it was merely another lie fabricated by Arasaka Corporation under the influence of greed and unchecked ambition.
Father Corvus believed that the relic was nothing more than an algorithm without feelings or thoughts, merely speaking with the voice of the deceased. It was absolutely not the genuine "copying of human thought onto a separation chip."
"Mm, so the original version was like that. What's different about the latest experimental model?"
"Its greatest difference is that it can install and activate an engram in a new body."
"Wait. Install and activate an engram? Isn't that just cyberpunk-style body snatching?"
Herman's explanation might sound mysterious and intimidating.
But Su Xiao had read plenty of webnovels, and this could not scare him.
Install and activate an engram? Hmph, that certainly sounded grand.
Wasn't this thing just "body snatching"?
Herman froze for a moment, then suddenly understood.
"Body snatching? Yes. I've read your Ceresian xianxia novels. Powerful cultivators can occupy the bodies of weaker cultivators. Although the details differ between novels, the basic setup is more or less the same."
"Exactly. You're right—it's body snatching. However, when I left...