Collateral Algorithm

According to a report by Channel 4 of Never Sleeps, as of 8 PM tonight, a total of 36 network nodes in Never Sleeps have been attacked. Experts claim that the attackers used a "shark virus," which is extremely aggressive; any code that is compromised will automatically decompose into gibberish and cannot be recovered...

According to Dr. Charlie, a renowned neuro-editor in the city, the virus is most likely a composite virus, formed by the fusion of several, or even a dozen, cyber viruses; no precedent has been found so far.

"This virus possesses extremely strong early warning capabilities. The Everbright City Business Federation launched several 'cyber crackdowns' against it, all of which ended in failure."

According to one participant, the virus possesses a mother-city-level authority in cyberspace, allowing it to escape at a speed far exceeding the tracking speed of Electronic Barrier ... This claim remains to be verified.

"However, one thing is certain: after interviewing numerous expert-level neuro-editors, they unanimously agreed that calling the virus 'shark virus' is inaccurate; it should actually be called 'little girl virus' because the virus's external shape closely resembles a little girl..."

There's a very interesting story: the first nuclear bomb of the civilized era was called "Little Girl," supposedly to commemorate the youngest daughter of the second emperor of the empire who died in childbirth...

"This is really dangerous," the senior engineer glanced at the holographic television. "There are so many strange things in cyberspace."

Currently, no hacker group has claimed responsibility for the virus. The most widely accepted group to develop it is the Holy City hacker group, to which the notorious hacker Tyria belongs...

"Ah, all done!"

The senior engineer examined the "motorcycle helmet" in his hand. The external part was almost no different from a normal motorcycle helmet, with thick electrode pads in the ear area and a signal jamming device covering the cerebral cortex inside.

This disruption only targets outward neural signals and has almost no impact on the human brain.

If I had to put it into words, with it on, the mysterious "intuition" that normal people talk about would disappear.

Name: Anti-interference helmet

Category: Neural Equipment

Quality: Whiteboard

Weight: 4.4kg

Plugin bar: None

Note: This is a strange device that disrupts electronic signals, causing AI to develop a sense of rejection. To put it simply, it's like throwing a bucket of excrement on a person.

"A very good description."

The senior engineer nodded in satisfaction.

However, this helmet gave the senior engineer some other ideas.

Virtual reality headsets and gaming pods are products of the modern era and the ultimate products of 3D technology.

Their main function is actually to play games.

After the global corporate war ended, the Electronic Brain Project was fully implemented, and all intelligent beings on the planet with brains were to have their brains replaced.

Replacing a normal person's brain with an electromechanical brain.

After the plan ends, the only thing with a brain on the entire planet will be tofu pudding.

The Electronic Brain Project was not determined from the beginning; it was just one of the solutions provided by the Holy Brain Group.

The ultimate goal of the global corporate battle is actually to understand the computing power problem in the final competition space.

The reason we chose the "Electronic Brain Project" is simply because it is the best option among all the solutions.

If there's a better solution...

That's a bit difficult.

The senior engineer stroked his chin. If he had to describe it, the Electronic Brain Project was the product of hundreds of advanced blueprints.

So much high technology cannot be solved by a single global company; the entire industry chain, including joint ventures and their shareholders, must be involved.

That's why it's called a global corporate battle for supremacy; companies and forces all over the world, whether willingly or unwillingly, have to choose sides.

"Actually, we could try to get it done first."

Who are the biggest victims of the Electronic Brain Project?

Actually, they are Cyber Hacker.

These unruly and elusive individuals are useless to you, no matter how many clones or backup personalities you have in reality, unless you completely abandon your physical body.

After the plan succeeded, a large number of hackers were arrested. As for the subsequent "Arasaka Tower Fall Incident", it was actually the result of the hackers resorting to desperate measures.

"That's a bit too far ahead. Let's help Director Du resolve the 'weapons exhibition' problem first."

True wealthy women all share one thing in common: they are extremely resistant to asking for help and are quite independent and self-reliant.

He's completely different from that little wolfhound who's good at sucking up to powerful people.

As Director Du's lackey, Senior Engineer naturally had to thoughtfully solve this problem.

The senior engineer pulled out a "mechanical scroll".

This scroll-style storage device is quite in line with the ancient style of the empire.

As the engineer pulled it open, a large number of parts on the mechanical shaft began to rotate, and at the same time, a little bit of light spilled out along the crack.

"This is blindingly crude holographic technology!"

Advanced holographic technology emphasizes subtle and gradual application.

Crude holographic technology can create a sense of immersion by interfering with human senses.

The key point is that the senior engineer cannot close his eyes during this process.

This is so frustrating!

Fortunately, the process was very brief. After it was fully opened, the engineer felt as if someone had pressed down hard on the back of his neck.

"Forcibly interfering with my nervous system, that really fits the Empire's clumsy and inefficient style."

Just like being pinned down by a rich woman, the senior engineer's vision went black for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he found himself in a vast grassland.

"This seems to be someone's memory. Memory reading devices from decades ago shouldn't have been this advanced, right?"

Looking at the boundless, lush green grassland, the senior engineer frowned slightly.

Cyber society is a combination of high technology and low living standards.

This is mainly because advanced civilizations come to conduct experiments, not to improve people's living standards.

The "mechanical scroll" in front of him gave the senior engineer the same sense of déjà vu.

This doesn't make sense. How could such a crude holographic technology create such a clear and realistic environment?

Shouldn't it all be pixelated?

Soon, a series of creaking sounds rang out from the sky.

Unlike the "buzzing" sound of a helicopter taking off.

It didn't sound like a rocket launch either, with that ear-piercing sonic boom.

Most of the time, the mechanical octopus flies silently. Only during acceleration does its mechanical tentacles entangle and merge energy nozzles, producing a sound similar to "compressed metal."

The senior engineer looked up and saw mechanical octopuses the size of water tanks appearing. They had two rows of distinctive red eyes, and their tentacles below their heads were moving flexibly, as if swimming in the air. Every time the tentacles intertwined, energy nozzles would erupt, shooting out a black line in the air, and the octopus would also teleport forward a hundred meters.

"An old-style mechanical octopus, I haven't seen one in years."

The technology of cyber society, especially military technology, is advancing at an extremely rapid pace.

Nowadays, this type of mechanical octopus has basically completed the upgrade from miniaturization to large-scale production. The miniaturized product is the mechanical informant in the city, while the large-scale product is the mechanical mother body that Director Du brought in during the beast tide war.

There is also a light-speed octopus-shaped spaceship and a tentacle-type planetary surveying machine that can drill into the Earth's core. These planetary-level weapons can only be found in the Mother City.

However, the older model of the octopus wasn't entirely without its merits.

Even a single hair from an advanced civilization is considered cutting-edge technology by a planet-level civilization.

The sprayed-out "black ink" was clearly a high-level energy residue.

This allows squid to reach speeds of up to 100 times the speed of sound in a short period of time, which is almost like teleportation to normal people.

Soon, the senior engineer spotted what they were chasing.

A very steampunk-style geared horse.

This is not a mechanical bio-beast, but a personal vehicle from the Imperial Age.

The hooves of the Gear Horse are compressed rubber wheels, and each time the horse's hoof rises and falls, it uses a nitrogen-accelerated mode.

However, no matter how fast a geared horse is, it can't compare to a squid equipped with an advanced energy jet.

On the horse's back, a knight nearly three meters tall drew a thick-backed broadsword with his backhand. The blade was also made up of sharp gears of various sizes. As it was drawn, the gears spun wildly, causing the blade to heat up and gleam.

This knight looks very much like the Imperial soldier that the senior engineer saw in the "spaceship core," with an engine built into his abdomen and various mechanical skeletons and wires inserted into his body.

From today's perspective, this type of exoskeleton is quite outdated.

However, when the opponent drew his sword, a visible red energy field emanated from it.

"A top-tier warrior from a Level Two civilization, and that familiar feeling... Imperial might!!"

The level 60 War God's individual combat power had reached the peak of a level 2 civilization. The opponent slapped the horse's back with his palm, and his figure disappeared instantly. At the same time, two mechanical octopuses 'teleported' over and smashed the gear-shaped horse to pieces.

'Data transfer at the real-world level?'

Next, the knight displayed an unbelievable way of wielding his sword. Each flash of the blade created layers of overlapping shadows, and he could always predict the direction of his opponent with uncanny foresight.

Close-combat spatial technology? Full-body engine acceleration?

The senior engineer rejected these conjectures.

"This is mecha piloting skill, and the highest level at that. This is fucking cyberpunk!"

Large mechs are the basic tactical units in interstellar warfare, and some super mechs even have the power to cleave starships in two.

The main reason why mechs are mechs, rather than humanoid warships, is that they are directly controlled by the pilot. The pilot is completely integrated with hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of mech parts, which makes the resulting damage extremely terrifying.

There is no shortcut to mastering these top-level mech operation skills; one can only build up the technology generation by generation, and sometimes one may even take detours or regress.

It would be impossible to develop such "top-level mecha operation skills" without thousands or tens of thousands of generations of mecha upgrades.

A planetary civilization that has only developed rudimentary mechs has actually come up with such a top-tier technology.

That's absolutely bullshit.

The universe is vast and boundless. With such a massive number of beings, some freaks do appear from time to time. For example, there are freak-like civilizations that have successfully ascended to the seventh level within a few decades, or sudden cosmic catastrophes that cover hundreds of star systems or even several star clusters, massive spatial folding, and cosmic monsters whose level exceeds the upper limit of civilization, as well as megastructures, relics, and wonders.

Compared to these cosmic-level monsters, top-notch mech piloting skills are nothing.

However, when measured on a planetary scale, this technology is absolutely a bug, and an inexplicable one at that.

But there's always a reason for bugs.

The senior engineer began to use his memories from his previous life to find the cause of this bug.

There are several possibilities, but none of them seem quite right.

Just as the senior engineer was pondering, the system panel kept refreshing.

[You have received instruction from the Nameless General, gaining the skill of Basic Mech Maneuvering]

[You have received instruction from the 'Nameless General,' your experience has increased, and your 'Basic Mech Technique' has reached level 2.]

[You have received instruction from the 'Nameless General,' your experience has increased, and your 'Basic Mech Technique' has reached level 3.]

[You have received instruction from the 'Nameless General,' your experience has increased, and your 'Basic Mech Technique' level has reached 4.]

[You have received instruction from the 'Nameless General,' your experience has increased, and your 'Intermediate Mech Technique' has been upgraded to 'Advanced Mech Technique'.]

This is where intelligence comes into play.

The higher the intelligence attribute, the faster one learns and the more one comprehends in certain stages of understanding.

Although the senior engineer's intelligence is only half of his perception, it is only 50 points.

However, at the same level, even if a player invests all their attributes into intelligence, they are only on par with a senior engineer.

At this moment, the operation of countless mechanical bodies seemed to be imprinted in the senior engineer's mind.

As vast as mountains and seas, as small as nanometers.

By the time the senior engineer came to his senses, the "mechanical scroll" had already closed.

"The God of Gamblers has probably miscalculated this time."

Ordinary people, let alone three days, or even thirty days, may not achieve the same results as senior engineers.

More importantly, the senior engineer already understood the other party's purpose.

Advanced Mechanics (1/3) lv1: Advanced mechanical operation skills, mechanical operation +300%, burst damage +80%, additional status: high temperature machinery, pure machinery.

Note: This is only one-third of a top-tier skill. Only by collecting all the advanced mechanics can the full extent of this skill be revealed.

"Just as I thought."

The senior engineer muttered to himself, "The remaining two-thirds of advanced mechanical skills are most likely located on Fuqing Island."

Setting the mechanical scroll aside, the senior engineer thought for a moment and decided not to go online tonight.

Gaokesi is making moves everywhere, and if someone discovers his relationship with her and tries to find out through the internet, that would be troublesome.

If I can't handle the virus, I can certainly handle you!

I should go check on my younger sister, though I don't know how she's doing with her studies.

Having just appeared on her own mind, Gao Yuanyuan gave her a surprise.

"Brother, I've written an algorithm!"

"So fast?" the senior engineer asked, surprised.

"Um!"

Gao Yuanyuan waved her hand gently, and in the next moment, countless characters rippled around her like a sleeve dance, circling nine times, and soon intersected with the surrounding trees, flowers, and animals, turning the entire forest into a large data network.

Name: Linkage Algorithm

Knowledge Level: Core

Algorithm Description: This algorithm can cover all surrounding nodes from a single connection point, or it can break down a large instruction into numerous smaller, pointer-type instructions.

Note: This algorithm combines the characteristics of virus propagation and deep learning algorithms.

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