Rebooting the Biological Computer

What is the definition of life?

This is a topic that's so boring in the universe that it's something we have to discuss.

After all, most civilizations that have ventured into space are not starving, and when they are not starving, they begin to contemplate the meaning of life.

The definition of life, in a narrow sense, is a tool for passing the time while squatting on the toilet; in a broader sense, it can even determine the diplomatic relations between two civilizations.

After all, a genocide regime and a hybrid federation are absolutely incompatible.

In the eyes of intelligent species, independence and freedom are symbols of life.

However, this is only the viewpoint of some intelligent species, while others, such as biological species, bacterial races, nano-will, and insect nest thinking, disagree.

In the universe, there are indeed quite a few intelligent races that are neither independent nor autonomous, yet live well.

This type of intelligent race is the most numerous among carbon-based civilizations.

All this is just to prove one thing: some species, like the 'Kermos', only care about evolution and not about some uniquely human perspectives, such as loyalty, freedom, belonging, and betrayal.

Its sole purpose for survival is to evolve.

Its evolutionary process is studied by humans.

Previously, it was studied by the "Water Monkey Scientists," then by the "Knights," and then by "someone named Gao."

To put it simply—

She just wants to be the county magistrate's wife; she doesn't care who the county magistrate is.

Therefore, it was only natural that Kermos, the king of deep-sea leeches, would choose to cooperate after the senior engineer demonstrated his methods, especially the "technology" that could help it take further steps.

It was on this basis that the two sides joined forces to kill the "Black Flag Bearer".

At the deepest part of the Eye of the Ocean, there is an ancient trench. At this moment, in the deep-sea tunnel, a colossal creature squeezed out of the black hole.

The part that protrudes from it alone is enough to make someone with megalophobia faint.

Sections of black intestines, each ten meters in diameter, emerged, seemingly without end, stretching all the way to near the sea level before finally stopping.

This height surpasses even the super-buildings of the cyberpunk era.

The next moment, a terrifying suction force emanated, and one huge whirlpool after another appeared on the sea surface.

Summoned by the "gods," a large number of "ocean knights" rode cloud-winged beasts out from the seabed. These warriors had fanatical eyes and uttered strange murmurs, which sounded like songs. Their targets were no longer the mixed-blood ocean people, but their former allies—the Knights!

A sudden battle broke out.

From the direction of the submarine, a mech knight suddenly grabbed a water monkey scientist by the neck, almost tearing him off.

"What are your men doing? Tell them to stop right now! Or I'll kill you!"

Outside the submarine, a large number of sea knights appeared, attacking the meat knights with a completely reckless attitude, not caring about their own death at all. They were completely indifferent to the possibility of exchanging ten for one, or even a hundred for one.

The already short-handed mech knights were immediately plunged into a high level of casualties.

The water monkey scientist remained calm.

"Our bodies are 43% cells and the remaining 57% microorganisms."

"Of the human genome, 37% of the genes come from bacteria, 28% from eukaryotes, 16% from animals, and 15% from vertebrates. Only 6% are entirely new genes."

"The physical body is not the essence of life."

Enraged, the mechanized knight ripped off one of the opponent's arms and roared:

"What do you mean!?"

"What I mean is that what you call death is the end of self-awareness, but for us it's just a new life journey. Our genes, cells, and other microorganisms will merge with the mother and wait for the next 'birth'."

"It's strange that you possess such advanced biotechnology, yet your thinking is completely identical to that of humans. It's unbelievable."

With a snap, the water monkey scientist's neck was broken.

"Kill them!"

With the roar of the Meat Knight, all the water monkey scientists were slaughtered, and many human scientists were also affected by the aftershocks and died.

As the thick outer steel of the submarine was torn apart, the beastly eyes of the sea knights lit up at the cracks.

Within the ancient trench, the full picture of "Kermos" was revealed.

In the 'small intestine' area, a fleshy body slowly emerged, with countless transparent leeches crawling on her body surface, absorbing fragments of her consciousness and preventing her from emitting any biological signals.

The senior engineer also appeared, floating opposite her. His hair grew longer and redder, and its nature changed from ordinary hair to nerve bundles.

A beam of red hair shot out, piercing various parts of the opponent's body.

S-rank talent, 'Flesh and Blood Fusion' activated!

[Your Power 1]

[Your Agility 1]

[Your Power 1]

[You have gained the random talent 'Bio Disk']

As the "Star Absorbing Technique" unfolded, the female flag bearer's body visibly turned white, as if she were a seriously ill patient with a large loss of nutrients.

Seeing that the opponent had been weakened to a certain extent, the senior engineer immediately used another of his talents—reverse symbiosis.

Reverse Symbiosis (Bloodline Talent): The greatest ability of a symbiote is to devour the other's body and gain its abilities. However, as an artificial symbiote, you can separate a part of the 'body' and let the other control your abilities.

This time, it was Gao Gong's turn to lose flesh and blood rapidly, and soon only a mechanical body remained.

The lost flesh and blood were all absorbed into the other's body.

The other person's complexion visibly improved, even better than before.

Not only did her nutrition return, but she also received "nutrition" from the senior engineer.

But this back and forth, coupled with the previous system crash and hard drive destruction, led to a certain result.

That is, when she opened her eyes, she was already in the shape of a senior engineer.

"Tsk tsk, biocomputers are so convenient. They're way better than brain-computer interfaces."

The senior engineer felt the powerful computing ability in his brain and the biological system that seemed to be able to control everything. With a thought, the memories of the "Black Flag Bearer" were extracted.

If an outsider were to intrude, this memory would be destroyed immediately, but if it's just for personal viewing, why bother with censorship?

"Go and subdue that 'leech'; we need the insect's computing power."

"Bio-computers—this is the only way to bypass the deep web."

"If we master it, we can evolve 'prehistoric life forms,' those powerful, dark life forces from history."

At the round table meeting, the Knight Steward spoke in a deep voice.

The black-clad flag officer sat there, his face tense, saying nothing.

"Black Flag, you're in charge of dealing with this bug."

"Good!"

As the black-clad flag bearer rose, this 'memory' was completely erased.

"Then, let's take a look at the Knights' stronghold."

The next moment, a huge map appeared in my memory, not only the 9-3 Guanzhong Plate, but also the other five continents of the 'Pan-Asian Region'.

There are more than thirty small red dots surrounding these sections, and each small red dot is a secret base of the Knights.

Ding~

[You have been assigned a Tier 2 - Hard difficulty mission: Outpost Annihilation]

[Mission: Outpost Annihilation]

Difficulty: Tier 2 - Hard

Mission briefing: To nip the problem in the bud, we must eliminate the root cause. Since we are already mortal enemies with the Knights, why not go even further and destroy all of the Knights' underground bases?

Mission Objective: Destroy all Knights' bases in the Pan-Asian region.

Quest Rewards: 300,000 experience points, 8,000 Sea Reputation, and three random Knight Order technology blueprints.

"Knights' technology? That's at least Tier 2 technology. With a bit more luck, Tier 3 technology isn't out of the question."

According to the system's faction-level classification, the Knights Order should at least be at the peak of the second-tier faction. In the not-too-distant future, during the Cyber Tide era, the Knights Order would undoubtedly be at the third tier.

The senior engineer then opened the "Flag Bearer" panel.

Name: Black Flag Bearer

Race: Advanced organism (biological computer)

Total level: lv 75 (formed by combining the levels of the primary and secondary professions)

Physical modification: 120 (combined modification rates of all human systems)

Consciousness: 350

Bioenergy: 2.3 million/3 million

Occupations: Mechanic Dominator (lv45), Biohacker (lv30)

Boss Template: System Controller

Property...

Putting aside the level and such, just these attributes alone are not much worse than those of a senior engineer. In terms of strength and agility, they are even higher than those of a senior engineer.

Although the outcome was terrible.

He's not even as good as a certain great knight.

With a thought, the biocomputer's "network mode" automatically activated, and a massive simulated signal almost covered the entire sea surface. This was the power of cyberspace. As the signal was searched, the senior engineer quickly found what he was looking for.

Under a tree of wisdom, the 'little woman' suddenly raised her head and let out a soft exclamation.

"This is different from your previous plan."

"As the saying goes, plans are no match for changes. So, are you coming over?"

"Kindness."

The next moment, the senior engineer felt a data stream converted from a biological signal being directly uploaded to the 'brain disk'.

When he came to his senses, the 'little woman' was already standing in front of him.

How did you convince it?

Looking at the intestines stretching across the sea, the 'little woman' asked curiously.

"It's nothing. It's just that what the Knights can do, I can do, and what the Knights can't do, I can also do."

"For example, this—"

The female standard-bearer suddenly opened her mouth, and a visible stream of data gushed out, landing directly on her intestines.

Similarly, the senior engineer's hand became illusory, allowing the data stream to pass through his palm.

[You have obtained the Level 10 Biological Blueprint [Biological Computer]]

[You have obtained the Level 11 Biological Blueprint [Large-scale Biological Computer]]

Then, the next moment, the spinning top formed from the 'small virtual realm' appeared. This time, the spinning top did not turn into a rain of electronic light, but grew larger and larger. Gradually, it grew to the size of a fortress, and the outermost code finally became somewhat unstable.

"Please help me!"

The "little woman" nodded, and the next moment, a bio-regional network that was much stronger than an S-class radiant beast appeared.

The light from the 'Kermos' regional network also enveloped the spinning top.

Two forces intertwined, and the top began to spin endlessly, with a large number of biological signals entering and a large number of biological codes exiting, covering the large intestine.

The coded light emanating from 'Kermos' became increasingly complex, even showing signs of transforming into that of a 'little woman'.

The Knights' "biological hardware technology" is indeed quite impressive, even from the perspective of a senior engineer.

But in terms of software, it's exceptionally bad.

It's so bad that even its own allies sense something's wrong and betray it.

Finally, the original form of 'Kermos' gradually disappeared, and a humanoid figure resembling a 'little woman' appeared. It was the 'water monkey scientist' whose neck had just been broken.

This one has finally completed virtualization.

[You assisted the S-rank Radiation Beast - Electronic Leech in completing its breakthrough, gaining 50,000 experience points.]

The "water monkey scientist" looked at the "little woman," pondered for a moment, and said:

"I've seen you before."

"Yes, I tried to connect to your biological realm, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, I was unable to reach you."

The unexpected factor, of course, was the Knights.

The "water monkey scientist" nodded:

"I can sense the subtle destructive element within the Knights."

"Destructive factors, you mean Honkai energy?" the senior engineer asked.

"It's somewhat similar to the power within you, but it's not exactly the same; in fact, you could say it's completely opposite."

"Yeah?"

Is "War" a corrupted version of Honkai Collapse Entity?

"Our deal isn't over yet," the 'Water Monkey Scientist' reminded him. "I need your help for the final step of the conversion."

"Of course," the senior engineer smiled, "The intelligence of millions of biological machines coming together will inevitably bring about a qualitative change."

The "little woman" also wore a thoughtful expression.

"Perhaps this technology will be useful to me too."

Ten days later, the trilobite looked excitedly at the last sacred tree that was lit up.

He finally understood: the enemy was in the command center! Or rather, the enemy was in the 'Pureblood Elder'.

Numerous clues suggest that these elders colluded with the Knights, sealed away the gods, and then carried out a massacre of the mixed-bloods.

Its purpose, of course, is to completely eliminate the possibility of the god "Kermos" being resurrected.

That's what the bearded man said.

That's what Captain Sun Hong meant too.

And he is the one chosen by the gods, the protagonist of this story, the chosen one, the kind of person who can draw SSR cards even when drawing cards.

With his triple identities as the Sacred Tree, the Divine Child, and a high-ranking hunter, he gained the unanimous support of the entire mixed-blood tribe.

Furthermore, during this period, he continuously subdued other branch hybrid tribes, expanding his own power, until now, this final step.

As expected, as the last sacred tree was lit, the illusion of 'Kermos' reappeared, speaking human language.

"Go, accomplish the final great undertaking, revive, evolve, and let the throne of the Eye of the Ocean rise once more!"

The trilobite turned its head and looked around. Countless hybrid warriors were staring at it, waiting for its order.

"Set off!!!"

In the Eye of the Ocean, the senior engineer raised his head and made a soft "hmm" sound.

"Oh, the data connection is established, then I'll turn on the computer."