Brain Crash

At the core of the Eye of the Ocean are rows of ancient underwater submarines, their surfaces rusted and covered in moss, some of which have been turned into scrap metal and filled with water.

However, some submarines are still operating, which is not normal.

If you are a planetary civilization, and this civilization happens to be located on a planet dominated by oceans.

When the technology tree is upgraded to a certain level, a choice will inevitably arise: outward or inward.

"Going outward" means exploring outer space.

Inward, there are two paths: one is to excavate the planet and build an underground world, and the other is to enter the ocean, which covers more than 50% of the Earth's surface.

The choices you make will vary depending on the technology branches you activate.

High-tech materials that are water-resistant and pressure-resistant, and advanced energy materials that can absorb high temperatures from the Earth's core—whoever comes up with these first will be used first.

Obviously, these submarines from World War II did not have this advanced material.

The reason they have been able to hold out for so many years is because an S-class powerhouse has suppressed this place, causing other radiated beasts to not dare to come over at all.

Its own energy, in turn, sustains the submarine's functionality.

However, at this moment, the alarm suddenly sounded, the red police lights flashed wildly, and the piercing sirens blared incessantly.

The style is quite old-fashioned.

One by one, the people wearing heavy waterproof suits raised their heads, revealing faces with pointed mouths and monkey cheeks; they could easily be mistaken for apes.

This is the first generation of marine humans, a mutant created by mixing human genes with those of some marine species.

This is what the senior engineer saw a long time ago.

From a human aesthetic point of view, they are quite ugly, even worse than their genetic offspring.

This is quite normal; in a survival evolution model, appearance is definitely the last aspect of human appearance to be adjusted.

But in stark contrast to their ugly appearance is their intelligence.

Name: First Generation Ocean Man

Species: Cloned mutant

Occupation: Bio-engineer

Biological attributes: Strength 3, Agility 4, Stamina 4, Intelligence 100, Perception 25

Note: Don't underestimate these alien-looking creatures; generally, ugly people are very intelligent.

These early marines were no exception. In fact, they considered themselves a highly intelligent species, and whether they were purebred or hybrids, they were merely their products.

These "water monkeys" are the offspring that "Kermos" acknowledges and cherishes.

Besides these first-generation ocean people, there were also scientists from the Knights Order, who were operating various special biological instruments.

As the alarm blared, the scientists all showed signs of panic.

A significant portion of them were abducted from various research institutions by the Knights, so they would panic at the slightest disturbance.

"Don't be alarmed, it's just that our 'mother' has been invaded," a water monkey scientist said calmly.

'...'

"What you're saying... wait, how could Cyber Hacker possibly infiltrate a biological network?"

An elderly scientist with gray hair suddenly discovered the problem.

"The enemy is somewhat unusual. I need you to inform your superiors that we need the Knights' assistance."

The scientists quickly reported this to their superiors. Soon, a cacophony of footsteps sounded, and the female standard-bearer appeared with a group of knights who had undergone mechanical transformation.

Although the female standard-bearer wore a mask, it couldn't hide her voluptuous figure. Her muscle lines were terrifying; her buttocks were like iron weights, and her chest was the kind that could be used to draw a Guan Yu dagger.

What's even more terrifying is that she is nearly three meters tall, and everyone looks like a dwarf in her eyes.

"Condition!"

Without wasting any words, the water monkey scientist directly clicked on a 'holographic projection'.

An aggregate of intestines appeared before a group of people.

The intestines looked like they had just been removed, with blood and digestive matter still on the surface, but this was the true form of "Kermos"—magnified hundreds of times.

The female standard-bearer frowned as she looked at the thing. Although it wasn't the first time she'd seen it, it was truly ugly.

However, if you only have your digestive, circulatory, and nervous systems, you're unlikely to look very good either.

After the water monkey scientist manipulated the control panel, three lights illuminated, and the percentages of the three systems appeared simultaneously.

The percentage of the digestive system is dropping dramatically.

65%, 64%, 63%, 62%...

If it drops below 50%, it becomes very dangerous.

This means that the system has been almost completely hacked.

"How did the enemy invade?" the female standard-bearer asked, frowning.

"A peculiar mode of invasion, which appears to be through bioelectric assimilation," the water monkey scientist calmly stated.

"Bioelectric assimilation?"

The female standard-bearer frowned deeply.

If the other party really possesses this technology, then that would be troublesome, because only dead organisms can completely sever their bioelectricity.

Bioelectricity, on the other hand, only has a potential difference, which is the difference in the strength of the electricity.

In other words, even S-class and F-class radioactive beasts use the same type of bioelectricity.

"There are two methods now. The first is to perform a bio-computer transformation on 'Mother'. Once the transformation is successful, she can use her powerful mental strength to drive out the enemy."

"The second option is for you to personally take action and drive out the enemy."

The water monkey scientist looked at the female standard-bearer.

"After all, you are the Black Standard Officer."

The Black Flag Bearer, whose full name is the Hacker Flag Bearer, is one of the few members of the Knights Order who serves as a nemesis of hackers.

Although this woman has a powerful physique like a melee fighter, she is actually a true cyber killer.

It is the Knights' third humanoid biological computer.

The female standard-bearer squinted at the other person.

The next moment, the water monkeys and submarines in front of them all disappeared, replaced by a dense array of biological data, which was being calculated at an insane speed.

The data is normal, which means the intrusion was real and not the work of these water monkeys.

"I'll go take a look. You guys guard this place and don't leave."

After all, he is an S-class Beast King, and he is qualified to become the next generation of "biological computer" Beast King. The female flag bearer cannot ignore him.

But she still gave that one last piece of advice before striding away.

As for the knights of the Order of the Minions, they stared dangerously at the group of scientists, whether human or monkey. After a moment of silence, they went back to work.

The deep-sea currents did not affect the speed of the female standard-bearer.

Unlike cyber hackers who are incredibly powerful online but practically weak offline, biological computers have a unique characteristic: the stronger their computing power, the stronger their physical body.

Therefore, this female standard-bearer is a monster with an extremely high level of physical development.

All eight major systems of her body have reached 150%.

In fact, once the system modification rate reaches 100%, a hidden feature will be unlocked: the ability to implant an "exotic organ".

Then, for every 10% increase, another organ can be added.

Therefore, carbon-based species can continuously transplant organs from other extraterrestrial organisms and then undergo 'carbon-based fusion'.

And 150%, which means that this female flag bearer received a total of 48 organ transplants.

As she moved, these organs began to appear one by one. First, her buttocks were covered with countless tentacles of plankton, which allowed her to completely release the pressure of the deep sea. Then, on her hands and feet, tentacles of organisms grew out, some as small as a grain of rice, others as thick as an arm and more than a meter long.

As we all know, tentacles are generally used to enhance perception and communication, and now she has more than twenty tentacles on her hands and feet.

Each one is a powerful tentacle of a living organism.

This level of enhanced perception allowed her to connect to the 'Bioregional Network' in an instant.

At the same time, her brain began to deform, becoming like an inflated balloon, and her hair began to fuse into nerve bundles.

Roughly speaking, the human brain can be divided into five regions: the frontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe, and limbic system, whose functions are thinking, perception, memory, processing, learning, and emotion, respectively.

However, at this moment, the female flag bearer suddenly had more than a dozen brain disks, including the sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth brain disks. Moreover, these brain disks were not like the virtual brain disks of the senior engineer; they were all genuine biological brain disks.

This is the power of "biological computing": it can have more hard drive partitions, more storage space, and a more powerful computing system.

It can even perform "explosive seeding calculations"!

At this time, the number of female flag bearers' information has exceeded 2 million and is still rising rapidly.

With each step she took, she entered the 'Bio-Regional Network' and simultaneously reorganized 'Kermos's' nervous system.

The next moment, with her operation, that is, the calculation of the biological computer, leeches as thick as water tanks began to appear from the data layer and began to counterattack the intruders.

Among these leeches are even monsters that are thousands of meters long; these are cloud disk-sized electronic leeches.

As the top combat force of the Knights Order, the standard-bearer is generally between level 40 and 60.

But just as rank cannot reflect the true combat strength of a senior engineer, for these "flag bearers", rank is only the foundation.

In fact, a biological computer can create a biological war, such as by simulating and creating dozens or even hundreds of times more electronic leeches, as is the case now.

This kind of power is something even a typical mechanical mainframe cannot achieve.

These standard-bearers swagger across the continents, and their repeated attempts to wipe them out in their home cities are not without reason.

With the evolution of 'biological computing', the invaders were quickly driven back and even forced to the vicinity of the 'recycling station'.

"Thank you for your help, standard-bearer."

A gigantic female ocean-human phantom appeared, roughly the size of a 'machine generation', covering the entire field of vision, and radiating terrifying bio-energy.

However, the black-clad flag officer snorted coldly, showing no politeness whatsoever.

"Useless. Can't even handle one enemy."

Although she is a first-order biological computer, if the other party successfully modifies her, she will become a second-order large-scale biological computer.

However, her performance has already been developed to its peak, and even if the other party succeeds in the experiment, there is still a long way to go.

In the present and foreseeable future, I am the guide and mentor to the other party.

Kermos, however, showed no anger, and simply asked:

"These incomprehensible biological hacking methods... does this mean that some other force on this planet has also mastered bio-computer technology?"

"Impossible!"

The black-clad flag officer spoke with absolute certainty.

"No one is more advanced than us in biofusion, and we are at least 50 years ahead of this era in meat processing technology."

There was one more thing she didn't say.

If such technology truly existed, she would eliminate it immediately.

"Let's go see who the intruder is."

The two soon appeared in the 'Recycle Bin', where discarded data was piled up like mountains and discarded files resembled floating islands.

However, at this moment, enhanced by the 'biocomputer', countless leeches appeared in the data layer. They were covered in bioelectric currents and rampaged around, shattering all data in their path.

The intruders appeared to be in grave danger under such an attack.

"Do you know what the most powerful aspect of biological computing is?" The black-clad flag bearer slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

"It's simulating final evolution!!"

The black flag bearer spread his arms wide, the data stream in his eyes almost overflowing. The next moment, countless electronic leeches merged into one, turning into a monster tens of thousands of meters tall. The entire monster almost absorbed the power of the entire 'Bio-Regional Network'.

Kermos's expression finally changed.

"Your Excellency, why make such a commotion when driving out the intruders?"

This is a recipe for disaster!

"Don't worry, if I damage your body system, I'll just reinstall it for you."

The next moment, the Black Flag Officer pressed down with both hands, and programming languages, biological IPs, biological bytes, emulators, code bombs—everything—descended instantly after being merged with the S-class Beast King's regional network.

She needed to solve two problems at once: kill the intruder and completely render the S-class leech powerless to resist.

The intruder collapsed directly, and so did the entire recycling center and the entire digestion system.

The overwhelming amount of discarded data disintegrated into fragmented code resembling ashes, and then disintegrated a second time into characters invisible to the naked eye. The black flag bearer floated in the air, spreading his arms and revealing a strange smile, like a demon god.

In releasing the power of life into the machines we create, we lose control over them; they acquire wildness, and through that wildness, they gain unexpected surprises and delights.

This is biological computing!

"See that? This woman is a bad person! There are no good people in the Knights!"

Outside the enormous flesh and blood pipe, the senior engineer stood suspended in mid-air, and next to him was a humanoid figure made of flesh and blood.

The god of the sea, 'Kermos'.

Opposite the two was a mirror system, a 'fake digestive system' created in a short time by the senior engineer using his proud hand speed.

"Although I don't know how to install computers, there are ready-made tutorials right here."

"So, cooperation?"

The senior engineer extended his hand.

The flesh-and-blood humanoid tilted its head and looked at the senior engineer. After a moment of silence, it extended a tentacle.

The Black Flag Officer gradually sensed something was wrong. Generally speaking, the collapse of a biological system can be restored by the repair of life force.

Especially for an S-class life form, with such strong vitality, it's impossible for it to just die like that.

You should know that she is currently in biological computer mode, and is connected to the internet.

If the network completely crashes, her system will be finished.

However, this is the most common way for carbon-based civilizations to deal with hackers.

They create a fake system to lure you in, then crash the system, leaving you with nowhere to go.

This is quite common in the universe.

But on this planet, this is absolutely the first time I've ever seen anything like it.

At this moment, numerous cracks appeared in the 'Recycle Bin,' and the entire space was on the verge of collapse. The female standard-bearer had no choice but to use her powerful bio-computing abilities to repair the system's disintegration.

However, if this move were so easy to counter, it wouldn't be so common in the universe.

The sixth cerebral disc is overloaded and collapses.

The seventh cerebral disc is overloaded and collapses.

The eighth cerebral disc is overloaded and collapses.

The ninth cerebral disc is overloaded and collapses.

The powerful computing power of the biological computer was continuously poured into this bottomless pit until the last system hard drive exploded, and then the biological computer completely crashed.

In short, brain freeze.