Bio-Chip

Ye Zi looked around at the people in a panic. Almost none of them were normal. Every single one of them seemed terrifying to her. Powerful machines were directly inserted into their bodies. With every movement, the alloy skeleton would make a 'creaking' sound. The metal hands seemed capable of crushing her head with just a gentle squeeze.

"Make way, make way!"

Cowboy Ap kicked away his colleagues without any politeness and gave Ye Zi a friendly smile.

"Hey beautiful, we meet again!"

Upon seeing the familiar face, Ye Zi shuddered, snapped out of her daze, and rushed over.

"He, he, Brother Tamil, he—"

"I know, I know, don't worry, he's not dead yet."

It took Ap a long time to calm the other person down. At this moment, Ye Zi was holding a glass of juice in both hands and sitting carefully in the corner.

She originally intended to go to the Flame Pass to ask Tamil's companions for help, but she was captured halfway there, and by the time she realized what was happening, she was already here.

Later she learned that the Butcher, a big shot in the black market, had ambushed people on every passage leading to the Flame Pass. If she went there rashly, she would only be met with death.

In fact, Tamil's companions had already arrived and were ready to act as soon as the butcher left the black market.

While feeling fortunate, Ye Zi also felt somewhat ashamed.

She couldn't help at all, and almost ruined someone else's big plan.

At this moment, she was quietly looking around. The high-tech environment made her feel like she was in a dream, and she was even more frightened when the image of the butcher was reflected on the virtual screen.

"As expected of a prosthetic doctor, he must have anti-surveillance devices installed on him. Once the drone gets close enough to him, it will definitely be detected."

Zooming in, we could indeed see a pager-like device on the butcher's waist, which emitted a very peculiar electromagnetic wave in the projection.

"But he never dreamed that we are now 8,000 meters in the air, monitoring him with a satellite positioning system."

The satellite positioning system was relayed from the Sky Mothership and distributed to the aircraft. This is a standard Level 2 technology and can be used for reduced-dimensional surveillance of the Butcher.

The butcher used at least three ways to conceal himself. One was to operate in batches, dividing his men into five teams to act separately. The second was to use a decoy, creating a fake butcher who was swaggering around the black market. The third was to use various anti-tracking devices, with electromagnetic wave locators being just one of them.

But all of this was useless; everything was exposed under the markers of the satellite positioning system.

The biggest difference between a Type II civilization's satellite positioning system and a Type I civilization's is that it can "position itself" and not just provide high-resolution photos.

Meanwhile, the real butcher was mingling with a caravan, quietly leaving the black market.

"They've finally left, let's get moving too."

A hatch slowly opened, and four mechs, each over four meters tall, emerged, led by Heri.

Inside the mech cabin, she was skillfully pulling mechanical levers, and her head was no longer covered with electrode pads, but instead wore a black helmet.

This newly developed helmet can effectively reduce the driver's nervous stress.

"Artificial intelligence, ready for deployment."

"OK."

The aircraft began to descend at a steady speed. Ye Zi stared blankly at the girl who was about the same age as her, and suddenly felt very envious.

Let's go!

At a height of hundreds of meters, as the cabin doors slowly opened, one mech after another descended.

The biggest upgrade to the "Enhanced Berserker" is its power system. It has added fist-sized jet ports on its shoulders, knees, and waist, which makes the mech more agile, but at the same time, it also places higher demands on the pilot.

The pilots of these four mechs are the most skilled, and two of them are women: Heri and Kiku.

As the butcher stared blankly, four massive mechanical objects descended from the sky, blocking their four directions.

There's not much to say about the battles that follow. Unless you're a character level 20 or higher, the mechs will simply crush you.

Butcher's men are indeed quite powerful. The modified ones are even equipped with rows of small grenades. However, the current "Berserker" is not the bulky and clumsy one of the Empire's. It is a huge machine that is four meters tall and almost as agile as a human. Only one unlucky guy had his mechanical arm blown off by a miniature grenade.

As one mechanical hunter after another descended from the sky, the Butcher finally despaired. After hesitating for a long time, he finally gave up his plan to use the hostages as leverage.

"I surrender."

"You're smart."

The butcher turned around and found that one of his most trusted henchmen had undergone a significant change in physique. Countless bone spurs protruded from under his skin, and with a sudden tug, he tore off his face, revealing a handsome face with a gentle smile.

"If you had made a move just now, you would have been the one dead."

The butcher was horrified; he had no idea when the other party had arrived.

"Alright, bring him over first. I'll have someone prepare the surgical materials. It's good to have a new arm since it's broken."

After the senior engineer hung up the phone, Professor Han, without looking up, said, "You've come at the perfect time. Perfect for testing the new biochip."

At this moment, in the cell culture device, a tumor-like thing is floating in the nutrient solution.

Biochip: A very special biological plug-in, composed of different radiant cells. By adjusting the ratio of different cells, the modifier can obtain different types of hunting methods.

"Give it a try?"

The senior engineer nodded, placed his palm above the nutrient solution, and his fingers transformed into five "enhanced bloodlust legs." The "tumor" was absorbed into his body upon slight contact.

[Your movement system upgrade rate +1%]

[Your Agility +1]

[Your perception +1]

[You have acquired the skill 'Basic Swordsmanship']

[Your swordsmanship has been upgraded from 'Common' to 'Advanced', gaining the Reaper's Swordsmanship.]

The next moment, the senior engineer felt as if he had transformed into a giant reaper, lurking in the forest. In the distance, a huge prey walked by, and the reaper's scarlet eyes narrowed slightly.

The next moment, the reaper rose from the ground, its six bladed limbs transforming into bright blades of light. With a flash of light, the bull-sized prey was split into six pieces.

Harvester Knife Technique (Biochip): A hunting knife technique mastered by the radiated beast Harvester through years of hunting, renowned for its speed, ruthlessness, and accuracy.

Additional status: One Strike, Eight Techniques

One slash, eight techniques: With a single slash, eight flashes of light can be unleashed in succession through special skills, causing eight layers of damage.

The senior engineer closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then swiftly executed a knife strike, leaving eight knife marks on the wall the next instant.

"It feels good."

The senior engineer stretched his body and didn't feel any rejection.

"Nonsense, this is a biochip cultured from your cells, how could there be rejection?" Professor Han retorted. "It might not be the case for others."

However, Professor Han also smiled, which was rare for him. "But at least it's been built. Now things will be easier."

For mechs and biochips, once the key technologies are solved, the next step is simply to add the necessary components.

It was worth it for the senior engineer to spend nearly a million experience points and gamble on nearly a hundred biological blueprints over the past two days; he has finally broken through this technical hurdle.

Just as the 'external neural connection device' is a key technology of mecha.

The challenges also include chip circuitry, protein architecture, and microcellular morphology.

Even with the same technology, these one hundred biological drawings will show different technical approaches.

After many trials, the senior engineer and Professor Han finally found the most suitable route.

It's fortunate that the NPC template can open factions, allowing you to spend faction experience to gamble for blueprints; otherwise, a master craftsman would be spitting blood after gaining millions of experience points.

"Now, in terms of potential, biological hunters are going to surpass mechanical hunters," Professor Han said.

The senior engineer nodded in agreement.

Although biochips are not exclusive to professionals, ordinary people can only have one biochip implanted at most, while bio-hunters, after special modifications, can have about 3 to 5 chips implanted, and after level 20, they can even form a "chip combination".

"Are you really leaving?" Professor Han suddenly asked.

From the perspective of power management, "Mechanical Hunters" is undoubtedly on the rise, so it feels a bit strange for the leader to run away at this time.

"Yes, some advanced scientific knowledge can only be obtained from large companies, and investigations into network biomimicry and molecular biomimicry can only be found by going out into the world."

Tamil seemed to be having a long nightmare in which he was repeatedly tortured and beaten. In the latter half of the nightmare, the nightmare changed again.

He seemed to have become prey, with a group of steel harvesters behind him, these monsters cutting him into countless pieces with knives and devouring him.

Then he returned to human form.

He kept running away and kept fighting back, but no matter what he did, there was only one outcome.

In the end, even he himself became numb.

He developed a high fever, and in his delirium, he seemed to hear people talking.

"This guy has a very strong will."

"Not bad, as expected of my subordinate."

Is that the boss's voice?

After an unknown amount of time, just when he doubted that he would ever be able to escape this nightmare, the nightmare seemed to change again.

After being shared, he did not "come back to life," but instead slid out from a very crowded place.

He struggled to open his eyes, and the first thing he saw was two scissor-sized blades.

He seems to have turned into a Reaper cub!?

"You're awake!"

Tamil awoke with difficulty to find himself lying on an operating table, where a familiar genetically engineered girl looked delighted.

Not far away, three dirty children were clinging to the window, their eyes filled with longing as a patrol team of mechs passed by.

The lead mech seemed to have spotted the children and extended its massive mechanical arm to salute the three of them.

Wow! So handsome!

"That's so cool!"

"I want to pilot a mecha when I grow up!"

"What's the point of piloting a mech? Three brats," Tamil thought to himself, then a wave of drowsiness washed over him, and he drifted off to sleep again.

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