Three Eyes

Huang Wen stood on a sand dune with a gloomy expression. His deadpan face made many former teammates wonder if he really had facial paralysis.

The previous leader was cold, but not this cold.

Moreover, with the new 'Hunter Module,' which breaks through the hunter's limit, shouldn't that bring double the joy?

Did he break up with his girlfriend?

Huang Wen's mood was indeed somewhat like that of someone who had just broken up with their boyfriend.

It's like there's a beautiful, rich, and successful woman who wants to run towards him.

But with a shrewd turn, he managed to fool the rich and beautiful woman.

This beautiful, wealthy, and successful woman is the machine's will.

This "machine will" belongs to a type of large-scale AI, and it is a hardware-oriented industrial AI, making it one of the more powerful types among all large-scale AIs.

However, the boss also admitted that there are risks involved in converting a part of a living person into AI, as the massive data flow could overwhelm your personality at any time.

Even if you don't break down immediately, if your will isn't strong enough, as machines keep being updated, sooner or later your will will collapse, your thoughts will disappear, and you'll become pure 'machine consciousness'.

Conversely, once you are able to shoulder this "crown weight," the rewards are enormous.

You will become the "Mechanical Brain" as an ordinary person, just like the ruler of the Mechanical City.

As your faction expands, your authority may even surpass that of the 'Mechanical Mainframe'.

According to the boss, the ultimate goal is to become the "planetary host," which is an existence similar to the will of the mother city.

Ordinary mechanical hunters only admire the boss's terrifying combat power.

But only those in the know understand that the "technical solution" the boss casually pulls out is the most mature and advanced technology, even in this mechanical age.

This is equivalent to a top-notch technical expert who has worked across more than a dozen disciplines for ten years and produced a research result that has almost no technical problems.

That's the most terrifying thing.

The "external neural connection device" that he developed himself even solved a long-standing problem for the Imperial mechs.

If this were a civilized era, he would definitely be a strong contender for the highest scientific award.

Therefore, Huang Wen firmly believed in the boss's promise to become the "Planetary Brain".

The only question is whether he has the willpower to withstand the constant onslaught of data.

He hesitated.

As a mechanic, the greatest ambition is to build his own mechanical kingdom.

If he didn't have this ambition, he wouldn't have become a mechanical hunter. Wouldn't it be more satisfying to just work a regular job and coast along?

But after being paralyzed for nearly half a year and with all his organs failing, he suddenly became terrified.

He was afraid of another failure, at which point not only would he be paralyzed, but his very personality would probably be shattered.

By then, he will have become a complete biological computer.

So he thought about it for three days and three nights and chose to refuse.

Then he regretted it.

There was once a sincere love placed before me, but I did not cherish it. Only when I lost it did I realize my regret. Nothing in this world is more painful than this. If only God could give me another chance...

I might still refuse.

Huang Wen, who was shocked to discover that he actually had a "weak trait", now sees everyone as mocking him, and his face is so sour it's practically steaming.

Finally, one of his former subordinates cautiously said, "Captain, it seems like a drone has returned."

Huang Wen looked up and saw that more than a dozen small black dots had returned to the sky.

With a thought, the drone flew down and transformed in mid-air into a metal tube as thick as an index finger. It was inserted into the skin, and the two sections merged together, leaving only a section the size of a bone joint, which was completely inserted into the skin.

At the same time, footage captured by countless drones came into view.

Although he can connect to each drone and monitor them remotely.

However, there is still a difference between watching through a camera and being "on the battlefield in person".

The latter generates something called "battlefield intuition".

Although his "battlefield intuition" was somewhat unique, its effect was no different.

After all, he is now in a state of "human-machine integration".

He has at least a hundred of these palm-sized drones on his person.

The "Manipulator Module" is the only conductor template among all the templates.

It is also the only one that requires not only accumulating military achievements but also considering loyalty.

This is because its role extends beyond combat to include tactical aspects.

For a considerable period of time, he was probably the only 'manipulation hunter'.

However, he also wanted to try the strategic level of "machine will".

After a moment of self-pity, Huang Wen began to give orders.

Soon, the scattered mechanical hunters were activated and moved like a large net towards Flame Pass.

Huang Wen understood what the boss meant: the battlefield was where mechanical hunters grew the fastest.

With urban clusters disappearing one after another, finding a suitable battleground is not easy.

Moreover, this Flame Pass looks quite suitable as their third base, so it can't be destroyed.

He wanted to eliminate as many of the "Flame Motorbike Gang's" personnel as possible from the outside.

A checkpoint for motorcycle gangs.

As the drone stealthily infiltrated, small green dots were marked on the mechanical hunter's tactical goggles.

Tactical goggles are an upgraded version of battlefield recorders, adding positioning capabilities in addition to communication and recording functions.

Although it's just a small, inconspicuous function, when combined with special tactics, it can greatly increase combat power.

The worms sat to one side, not interfering with the newcomers' formation.

Trial and error is very important on the battlefield.

After all, the old folks went through the same thing.

His job was simply to clean up the messes left by these newcomers.

Looking at the new-faced hunter captain, he suddenly asked a question out of curiosity.

"I heard you're the blind man's apprentice, and your name is Three-Eyed?"

San Yan wasn't very big; he looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a somewhat youthful face. When the wriggling creature asked him a question, he smiled shyly, his eyes slightly opening to reveal a dense array of pupils.

"Tsk, no need to say more, with eyes like those, people would believe you were blind."

The entry barrier for bio-hunters is higher than that for mechanical hunters, but the starting level is also higher. Ordinary bio-warriors can reach level 10, while bio-hunters can reach level 15.

This is why San Yan was able to become the team leader at such a young age.

Half of this ten-man hunter squad are snipers.

The sniper quickly found a position, and the other five men also formed groups of two or three and quietly sneaked in.

The Creeper observed coldly and discovered that, in addition to the three-eyed man, two other snipers had been fitted with tactical prosthetic eyes. The other two had their nervous system modified and their endocrine system modified, one enhancing perception and the other reducing hormone secretion—all modifications suitable for snipers.

The five men communicated with each other through tactical goggles and sniped in pairs.

Soon, the six fire boys died silently.

Tsk tsk, these young people nowadays, they've already figured out that ganging up is better than one-on-one fights?

Soon, gunshots rang out from inside.