Biological Signal Tower

In the huge production workshop, countless robotic arms worked up and down, and soon, a two-meter-tall mechanical warrior slowly took shape.

Despite being called a mechanical warrior, it possesses numerous bionic components that perfectly mimic the abilities of tendons, nerves, and even cells. At this moment, it is flexibly moving some of its limbs, with abundant energy flowing through the gaps in its armor.

In other words, it possesses 'biological instincts'.

Man-made biological instincts.

"Let's try the implantation program first."

"Good."

As the ordnance engineer operated, several tubes were inserted into the mechanical warrior's forehead, waist, and chest.

They are injected into neural memory, cellular memory, and sensory memory, respectively.

When the three memories are combined, a being called "soul" will be born.

The next moment, the eyes of the new generation of Maru-beauty warriors lit up.

I am Marubeni No. 14123, a new generation killing machine jointly created by Tianping Technology and Marubeni Global Security.

My performance surpasses that of all other mechanical warriors and cybernetic modifiers of the same size on the market.

The reason I am so powerful is because I use the latest bio-engineering technology.

I don't need chips, processors, or any smart assistive devices.

All parts of my body will be equipped with the most dangerous weapons, 100% installed!

The "Instinct Combat Program," a "computing ability" composed of tens of millions of biosignals, will infuse me with a "temporary soul."

With a soul, I can fight!

... But why should I fight?

"How's the debugging going?"

"It's alright, but it's the same old problem: once an artificial soul is generated, self-awareness will awaken, and adjustments still need to be made in this area."

"We need to hurry. Marubeni is pushing us really hard. They're supposedly stockpiling weapons for a corporate war."

"Urgent? Then pay more."

"Don't talk nonsense. We're in the same boat as them now."

"Once the 'biological programming robot' can be mass-produced, we can even register it at headquarters."

With discussions among biologists and ordnance engineers, the massive production workshop began operating once again.

One after another, "large mechanical warriors" were produced, and their level was 45.

Ah Q witnessed firsthand how the skin of this high-level NPC dissipated like dust, followed by flesh, blood vessels, internal organs, and even brain matter, all of which evaporated before his very eyes.

Then this strange NPC just lay down.

"This, this, this—"

Ah Q's first reaction wasn't to call the police, but to pick up the body.

However, the mechanical skeleton suddenly sat up, and a strange smile seemed to appear on its faceless face, and the gaze in its empty eye sockets was as solid as a substance.

"You... you're alive again?!" Ah Q exclaimed, plopping down hard.

"Yes, one life died, and one life remains."

Several attributes on the panel were quite glaring—

Biological blood volume: 0/7127

Bioenergy: 0/57810

Biocomputer (under sealing)

All skills related to the biological side have turned gray.

The high-level engineer's biological body, with attributes equivalent to a level 50 advanced biological warrior, had its health drained in an instant. All its powerful biological plugins and advanced species bloodlines were completely useless.

This is what makes the Cyber Test Site so terrifying.

Once you're in it, you don't get any chance to resist.

However, as an experienced driver, everything before him was exactly as Gao had anticipated.

Even if they don't have living organisms, they still have mechanical organisms.

The engineer coughed twice, producing a hoarse and unpleasant metallic scraping sound from his throat. The memory metal in his throat began to bulge and reshape his Adam's apple. Although his voice still had the metallic scraping sound characteristic of robots, at least he could speak.

"Your custom-made suit," the android saleswoman said with a sweet smile. In her eyes, it made no difference whether the other person was a normal person or a mechanical skeleton.

"Kindness."

The senior engineer put on the slightly smaller custom-made suit, which fit him perfectly, and nodded in satisfaction.

"You should go to work."

"Huh? No—"

Ah Q wanted to say something more, but countless blood vessels suddenly bulged in his cervical pores, and he subconsciously answered—

"I see."

Oh no, I've been possessed by an NPC!

Looking at the "Bio-Control Mode" on the player panel, Ah Q felt like crying.

"Wait a minute."

The mechanical skeleton called out to the other party and pointed to the salesperson.

"Pay for me."

My name is Ah Q, and I'm a hardcore gamer.

My purpose in existence is to spend eight hours a day grinding online, and then let another version of myself show off in the game.

The so-called "liver surrogate" is me.

What's even more frustrating is that while others are farming gold for rich players and getting paid in return, I'm grinding quests for idiots and even having to pay out of my own pocket.

Most importantly, the idiot is myself.

By the way, that idiot took half a day off today, I wonder where he went to have fun again.

As always, Ah Q, dressed in white work clothes, walked into the production workshop with a grimace.

As a level 20 ordnance engineer, his daily tasks are as follows: first, to restore the mechanical body that failed in yesterday's test; then, to design and adjust new weapons according to the client's requirements; and if there is any free time, to go to other departments to do odd jobs for some biological experts.

Although the work was monotonous, it provided a lot of valuable experience.

As a biotechnology giant, Tianping Technology has hundreds of thousands of employees, among whom the most powerful and highest-ranking are naturally the frontline biotechnology experts.

And doing odd jobs for those biological experts was probably the most interesting job.

Presumably because of the leave he took, when he returned to the company, most of his work had been taken over. However, slacking off was out of the question, and soon, the AI assigned him a temporary task.

Dr. Liang, a bioinformatics expert, repaired some machinery.

Dr. Liang's location was the company's underground testing base.

"This is my first time here, uh, maybe not."

After all, memories can be erased.

According to his recollection, Dr. Liang was a top-tier technical expert here.

As the access control system automatically opened, Ah Q entered the experimental base, which he had previously been denied access to, and met Dr. Liang.

"This guy's head is huge!"

This was Ah Q's first impression.

This guy's head was almost the same size as his upper body, and what's even more strange is that it was cone-shaped, looking like a large meat nail.

"This guy's a cyborg too, isn't he?"

On the planet Jili, human modification is extremely popular, especially among frontline researchers. What they like to do most is to modify themselves to enhance their memory, computing power, and even the more metaphysical "scientific inspiration".

After all, once the basic theory is broken through, it will inevitably set off a technological frenzy of an era.

This is the pursuit of every scientist.

Therefore, everything can be changed.

Dr. Liang was surrounded by a group of people. A robot came over and took him directly to the repair site, where there was a large amount of scrapped experimental equipment.

"Signal stations and communication equipment, all military-grade; is this another order from a military contractor?"

While repairing the machines, Ah Q listened attentively.

He wasn't worried about being discovered; in fact, all his memories of this place would remain here.

Dr. Liang's voice was somewhat irritable.

"You want artificial souls but not artificial intelligence; you want intelligence but want to completely eliminate emotions. Aren't your demands a bit too high?"

Speaking of which, the best app for reading aloud and listening to books right now is Wildfruit Reading.

Install the latest version.

Opposite him, a small old man dressed in a Red Army uniform was bowing, seemingly respectful, but his attitude was not one to yield.

"We at Marubeni believe that you are capable of doing this. All we need are pure, absolutely controllable samurai, not robots that could rebel at any moment."

"You should know that intelligent robots will be under the protection of Cybertron General. We don't want our corporate assets to be damaged. On this point, I believe we share the same views."

"What we need are pure beasts."

As they discussed, the two walked toward the distant signal tower, and Ah Q gradually lost the ability to hear anything.

After he finished repairing the military signal stations, the robot came over, greeted him, and the two of them carried the signal stations toward the signal tower.

The signal tower at the test base was very strange, looking like a large tree made up of tens of thousands of wires, with countless bio-currents lighting up and exploding on the canopy.

As soon as I stepped inside, a strong sense of dread washed over me.

"Level 2 Building - Biosignal Tower!"

Looking at the description on the game panel, Ah Q gasped in shock. The bioenergy of this signal tower was actually in the tens of millions.

That's way too much!

Filled with intense unease, Ah Q entered the tower. In that instant, he felt as if he had entered cyberspace.

Consciousness shifts its position between endless sinking and rising, and signals converge from all directions like a torrent.

Moreover, unlike cybernetic networks that control "simulated signals," here, it's biological signals. So, in one instant, Ah Q seems to have grown countless hands and feet, and in the next instant, it seems as if his entire body has split open and is growing wildly...

This feeling was interrupted when the robot woke me up.

Countless granulation tissues have grown from the body and its surface.

"Taking this medicine will relieve your symptoms."

"Once you've installed these signal stations, you can leave."

Ah Q quickly took the medicine given to him by the robot and swallowed it. His hallucinations disappeared by 90% immediately, and the granulation tissue withered quickly, falling off like dried bean sprouts.

In the system panel, this state, called "Biosignal Rampage," quickly disappeared.

In this environment, he could no longer be distracted. However, as he passed by Dr. Liang, he seemed to hear words such as "plan modification," "brain bridge," and "signal."

An hour later, Ah Q left the biological testing base and sat in the elevator. His previous memories had long been erased.

He had even forgotten who Dr. Liang was.

However, a voice tinged with laughter came out of Ah Q's mouth.

"So that's how it is. Is it for manufacturing that kind of weapon? And what's the purpose of this testing ground?"

Meanwhile, in a corner of the street, in a signal station, the mechanical skeleton, the engineer's mechanical body, inserted a connecting wire into its wrist.

Information processing in progress —

"Connection complete"

Soon, a holographic projection appeared, and it was none other than Manager Zhang Yu.

"Who are you? Why do you have my private contact information?"

Zhang Yu looked at the skull in front of him with suspicion.

"Need I say more? Manager Zhang Yu, 'General Winter' sent me to deliver a message to you."