Civilization Core

As the saying goes, it's easier to get things done when you have someone above you. It was precisely because of this subordinate position that Senior Engineer knew about the "Scorched Earth Project".

After stroking the wine bottle in his hand for a while, the senior engineer raised his head and revealed a confident smile.

"I won't give them that chance."

"You'll figure it out yourself," Rose said, still as magnanimous as ever. The wind blew, her red curly hair swayed slightly, and her gaze was distant, leaving one wondering what she was thinking.

Little Finger, however, had a different opinion.

"Hey kid, are you stupid? That was a nuclear bomb! What kind of monster could escape an explosion of that magnitude? You think you can take down the Mountain? You're getting cocky now?"

"The sooner they leave, the better. They're here to help us out; we're in dire need of them—"

Littlefinger seemed to want to say something more, but Rose turned off his virtual projection.

"Sister Rose, where are you now?" the senior engineer asked abruptly. "The night seems especially beautiful where you are."

More than just beautiful, behind the elegantly dressed woman, he saw a bright night sky, a sky full of stars, and two moons.

That's right, as a planet, Jili Star has two satellites, one of which is a natural satellite, and the other is an interstellar engineering project from the civilized era, with an old satellite base on it.

In the previous cyber tide, the planet Machine Rift was destroyed by a black hole weapon. The only way to escape was to grab a ticket to Noah's Ark, and the destination of this Ark was this satellite called "Asakusa".

"Asakusa Demon Wife" is a mythological story from this planet. The plot is similar to Chang'e flying to the moon, except that Asakusa is not Chang'e or the Jade Rabbit, but a white fox. Like most "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" type stories, the female demon becomes a transvestite and is forced to immigrate to another planet due to racial persecution by religious figures. As a result, due to insufficient interstellar travel technology, she can only settle on a satellite. That's roughly the story.

The story isn't important; what's important is that Rose seems to be outside the atmosphere?

"You want to meddle in my business?" Black Rose's tone carried a hint of coldness typical of a mature woman.

"I wouldn't dare," the senior engineer immediately admitted defeat.

"Get up," she said suddenly, looking at the senior engineer soaking in the swimming pool.

"Okay."

The senior engineer immediately stood up, revealing his tall figure, strong muscles, and a pair of elephant-brand briefs, the elephant looking incredibly lifelike.

"Take a turn around."

"Okay, do you want to take your pants off?"

However, Sister Rose seemed dissatisfied with the engineer's drastically increased figure, and rudely ordered, "Before I come back, you need to lose weight back to your previous figure. I don't like your current physique."

Young, handsome men are the darlings of wealthy women, but if a young, handsome man turns into a powerful, wealthy woman, then he can only take the route of becoming an older, wealthy woman.

Rose's aesthetic sense doesn't seem to be that old-fashioned.

"Losing weight is no problem," the senior engineer looked down, somewhat embarrassed, "But not every part of the body can be slimmed down."

Hearing this, Black Rose finally smiled and said, "Then you can keep cutting it, but you have to satisfy me when I get back."

"Absolutely," the senior engineer said with a serious expression, even more so than when dealing with the Demon Mountain.

This is called loving what you do and striving to do your job well.

Dedicate yourself wholeheartedly, even unto death on the job!

Black Rose turned off the projection watch on her wrist, and only then did Little Finger's complaining voice reach her.

"Since he's so good at fighting, wouldn't it be perfect to bring him here?"

"That's not how he uses it."

Black Rose downed the wine in one gulp, then gently tossed the glass. Above the sky garden built with anti-gravity technology, the glass traced a beautiful arc before landing in a giant swimming pool decorated with virtual technology to resemble a beach. There were tycoons, entrepreneurs, well-dressed people, glamorous artificial stars, and immersive music that affected all the senses.

Who would have thought that this was the headquarters of the Security Legion, the Sky Battleship, a Level 7 aircraft from the Mother City?

The direction of the sky battleship was the nearest space elevator.

These upper-class people want to indulge in even more exciting pleasures there.

Mrs. Charlene.

Guests greeted Black Rose, and Rose herself softened her sharp edges, her smile alluring and radiant, seamlessly transitioning into the socialite of high society.

A noble lady, descended from an aristocratic family from the space world.

"I still prefer home virtual reality machines. The motion-sensing terminals here are too good. I'm afraid if I play for a few more days, I'll need another kidney transplant."

Littlefinger caught up with Black Rose in two quick steps and complained.

"Is this what you brought me here to do?!" Sister Rose scolded intermittently amidst her dignified demeanor.

Littlefinger shrugged, looking like he was just going through the motions and living for the moment.

"For such a dangerous mission, why are you asking your little wolfhound? Why are you asking me?"

The Sky Battleship flew towards the space elevator to pick up a person—the very owner of the Sky Battleship, the Lieutenant General who founded the Security Force.

Almost no one knew that this lieutenant general had many other identities besides being the white glove of the Cloud Aristocracy.

The previous governor of the asteroid belt, the suppressor of the android rebels in the alien colony, the old conglomerate executioner with blood on his hands, and the target of the rebel leader's desire to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Their assassination target was this dangerous lieutenant general.

"Sister Rose is much calmer than I expected."

After hanging up the virtual call, the senior engineer muttered to himself, still quite pleased to see Rose's surprised expression.

Or perhaps they have more troublesome targets, and the Demon Mountain they killed is insignificant?

Although Rose Sister pretended very well, as a man who had always been subordinate to wealthy women, he was able to observe problems from a unique perspective.

For example, although Rose Sister disguised herself very well, she was actually in a bad mood. More importantly, he sensed a faint murderous intent from her.

This woman often gave him a feeling of unfathomable depth, not in bed, but in terms of her abilities.

At least better than the Demon Mountain!

The senior engineer quickly put aside his worries. Firstly, he had confidence in Sister Rose, who, like him, was a person who planned carefully before acting. Secondly, he had even more confidence in himself. After all, it's not the depth of the water that matters, but the presence of a dragon that makes it powerful. As long as his strength improved quickly enough, many problems would cease to be problems.

Having just finished a fierce battle, the senior engineer didn't plan to immediately throw himself into new work, as his physical condition wasn't very good.

Besides, if bosses are all this busy, what's the point of having employees?

He pondered whether or not to try out the ship's "virtual body sensory club," showing a keen interest in exploring the planet's backward forms of entertainment.

But after thinking about it, I decided against it. Although one rich woman was far away, the other was right in front of me, so it was better not to cause trouble.

After getting out of the swimming pool, the engineer continued to lounge on the beach chair, casually drinking and squinting as he admired the scenery.

Actually, there's not much scenery to admire. Perhaps because it has corroded enough life, the water of the sulfuric acid river is extremely turbid. This turbidity is not the kind where you can see the mud and sand at the bottom, but rather an unhealthy white turbidity. Sometimes, sulfuric acid gas bursts out from the bottom of the river, bubbling and gurgling on the surface.

It looks very dangerous.

The only thing that can be considered a "sight" is the occasionally operating conveyor belt across the river.

This cross-river conveyor belt is somewhat like a mechanical version of a cross-river bridge. Its biggest difference from a cross-river bridge is that it can expand and contract. When it needs to transport goods, it expands section by section, and when it is not needed, it splits apart, and the metal deck contracts section by section until it shrinks into the bridge foundation on both sides.

This design serves two purposes: first, to prevent sulfuric acid gas from corroding the bridge structure, and second, to prevent any large marine creatures from crossing the river and directly collapsing the bridge.

Such scenes are frequently depicted in disaster movies.

This is certainly not a megastructure or an interstellar project; at most, it's a planetary building, and even a rather rudimentary one at that. Compared to things like space elevators, super signal towers, or high-orbit space stations, it's several levels below.

However, players cannot collect all of these thousands of mechanical blueprints and mechanisms.

To build this type of architecture, what is needed is a "professional knowledge chain," also known as "systematic knowledge."

Before reaching the maximum level of a secondary profession, a player who upgrades all "professional knowledge" to the maximum level will have a chance to merge all the maximum-level knowledge to form a "professional knowledge chain".

By betting on blueprints between different professional knowledge chains, one can potentially discover large-scale architectural blueprints.

Within the framework of a civilization, there are at least seven to eight 'knowledge chains'.

Only by merging these seven or eight "knowledge chains" can we create the "core of civilization".

And this "core of civilization" is the key to advancing a civilization to the next level.

In ordinary civilizations, this is a top secret and would never be given to outsiders.

However, the cyber test site is different. In the eyes of advanced civilizations, this kind of "top secret" is just some experimental material. In other words, its secrecy is not that strong.

In fact, this is the most valuable thing about the Cyber Test Site, this kind of "newbie village".

Unfortunately, players only learn about this after venturing into interstellar space, and by then it's too late for regrets.

A high-ranking character and a civilization leader are two completely different concepts.

No matter how strong the former is, at most he's a "special forces king returning to the city," transforming into a bodyguard for some female entrepreneurs, taking the civilian route.

However, the latter can engage in cordial and friendly conversations with leaders of other civilizations in certain solemn and dignified settings, and ultimately reach some kind of agreement.

The level of sophistication was instantly elevated.

Everything is difficult at the beginning. If it weren't for the time wasted in the early and middle stages, the senior engineer wouldn't have been just a level 6 civilization leader.

Even so, he is still considered one of the top players.

On the planet Jili, there are three level-two civilization systems. The goal of the senior engineer, in addition to stopping the cyber tide, is to at least piece together a 'civilization core'.

He wants to enter the interstellar space as a leader of a civilization.

Leisure time always flies by; a simple paddleboarding session and it's already afternoon.

During this time, Du Zhaodi came over, but unfortunately, she was too shy to be dragged into the mess by the senior engineer.

The young woman wanted to go swimming, but unfortunately there were no children's swimsuits on the boat.

Finally, just as the senior engineer was feeling a bit like he needed to pee, Professor Han came up from the fourth floor.

The senior engineer's eyes lit up. "Is it finished?"

Professor Han nodded, gesturing to the two reagents in his hand.

One blue one resembles a vast ocean, the other green one resembles the Hulk.

This unusual phenomenon indicates that the cells of the Rainbow Wyvern and Ironback Wyvern have been perfectly integrated into the potion.

Level 5 Biomodification Blueprint [Umbrella Virus], a drug that can produce advanced biological antibodies.

As the saying goes, the original soup can cure the original food; within five steps, there will surely be an antidote.

Nothing is more effective at reducing rejection than antibodies from the same species.

"Let's begin."

[You have been injected with the Umbrella Virus (Seven-Colored Bird Dragon), Intelligence +5, Perception +5]

[You gain biological ability - basic energy immunity]

[You gain the biological ability - Radiation Invisibility]

[Your Circulatory System Modification Rate (Bio) +2%]

[Your implanted cells neutralize the antibodies; mechanical rejection -400, biological rejection -400]

[You have been injected with the Umbrella Virus (Ironback Wyvern), Strength +5, Stamina +4]

[You gain the biological ability - Ironback Azure Dragon Spine]

[You have gained the biological ability - Flying Armor of Lungmen]

[Your musculoskeletal system modification rate (biological) +3%]

[Your implanted cells neutralize the antibodies; mechanical rejection -450, biological rejection -300]