Divine Land

Director Du is not a person who cares about beauty. After all, a woman who wears white work clothes all day long is not someone who cares about beauty.

However, as a woman, Director Du also has her own taboos. The taboo is that she doesn't want people to know that she is a "mechanical body".

In a sense, this is a very contradictory question. After all, how could someone who controls such a large mechanical force and has extraordinary talent and passion for the mechanical way be so "disgusted" with machines? This doesn't make sense.

However, it becomes understandable from a different perspective.

This involves the issue of a species' self-identity.

Just like the idea that "androids dream of electric sheep," the biggest psychological problem for androids is self-doubt. Because every model of android has thousands of "same species," how to confirm one's self-worth is a big problem.

For Director Du, who transitioned from carbon-based to mechanical, there was also a psychological issue: once she acknowledged herself as a mechanical species, it was equivalent to saying goodbye to her female identity, which meant that the reproduction and childbearing of carbon-based species were no longer her concern.

Although her modifications only involved the nervous and motor systems and were far from reaching that level, it was precisely because of this that she was extremely wary of it.

Director Du's rage resulted in the entire prison island being torn apart. At the core of the prison island, at the entrance of an escape route, a gaunt girl tilted her head, her eyes black, and in her childlike pupils, Director Du's image was reflected.

Clearly, this is the one who hacked into Director Du's account.

"I think we both need to calm down. After all, you should know we're not enemies, Number 550."

Accompanied by a gentle voice, a large amount of simulated data appeared out of thin air and transformed into countless electronic beams. These beams broke through the darkness created by the girl and pulled Director Du, the girl, Ms. Qiao, and Gao Yuanyuan herself into the cyber network at the same time.

That was a temporary encrypted node she created.

"Little Five!!"

When Ms. Qiao saw the girl she had been longing for and raising as her daughter, she was overjoyed and rushed over to her. In her arms, the cold and unrestrained feeling on No. 550's face also diminished considerably.

"Sister-in-law, don't be angry. We're here to discuss business, not to fight. After all, my brother's plan is still counting on us to carry it out."

When Gao was mentioned, Director Du's expression softened a bit. After all, in 99% of cases, Director Du was calm and objective, with a kind of indifference unique to female science students.

She sized up their target, the dark girl, or rather, test subject number 550.

The girl had withered, unkempt hair like weeds, dark eyes, and numerous stitches on her skin. Even in the cyber network, her powerful mental energy could compress a 3-meter diameter area into a blank space, preventing any data, neural signals, or code from entering.

When their eyes met, Director Du felt as if her thoughts could be read at a glance, which made her frown.

Without a doubt, a super psychic!

"Although our first meeting wasn't pleasant, we're not here to experiment on you," Director Du said, glancing at Ms. Qiao. "The rest is up to your guardian to explain."

Director Du glanced at Gao Yuanyuan again, Gao Yuanyuan nodded. The two of them simultaneously disconnected from the cyber network.

"Xiao Wu, why aren't you eating properly? Look how thin you've become! Why are you so disobedient? Have they been doing anything to you...?"

As Ms. Qiao continued her rambling, the coldness on the girl's face lessened, and then she finally spoke.

"Their purpose in coming here is for the corporate war. They seem to want to become the exclusive military contractor for the 'Sacred Brain Group' through me."

"However, theoretically speaking, this is impossible, because a high-level test subject and a mid-level subject sent to a remote area cannot have any influence on the board of directors unless they know something I don't. Dugo Technologies, mecha technology, Iron Sand Desert, before you arrived, I looked up a lot of information about them and found a lot of interesting things."

"You knew we were coming?" Ms. Qiao asked in surprise.

"Yes, I knew you were planning to take action when you stopped visiting me regularly, and given your personality, you're easily persuaded," the girl said calmly.

"What a pity, this territory that I finally managed to acquire."

"Huh? Xiao Wu, what are you saying?" Ms. Qiao was stunned once again.

Number 550 maintained sufficient patience with the foolish woman who had raised her. She stopped speaking, and the black light in her eyes began to spread to her skin, while her body began to grow larger. Finally, a tall, burly man with a face full of knife scars appeared.

"You, you—"

Ms. Qiao's eyes narrowed; she clearly recognized the man—it was him who had taken the girl away.

"It took me quite a bit of effort to infiltrate the other party with my mental power, but oh well, since I have a better target, it's okay to lose this identity."

Number 550 paused, then a slight smile appeared on his lips, "That's right, just as you thought."

"I am the true warden of this prison island!"

"Nailed it?"

After crossing nearly half of the planet Ji Lie, when the news of the future leader of the Holy Brain Group being rescued reached the ears of the senior engineer, he hesitated for a moment and ultimately did not reply.

In his memory, the girl was not the pitiful experimental subject who was tortured by experiments. In fact, due to her super strong mental strength, she was very precocious and very cunning at a young age.

After all, going from being an experimental subject to becoming the leader of the strongest biological group on the planet, one cannot rely solely on fists.

Based on information obtained from various missions in her previous life, becoming a test subject was even the girl's own choice.

However, the senior engineer also believed that with Director Du's tough, engineering-minded personality, she wouldn't be deceived by the other party.

After all, she's not like me, a lolicon.

"After swimming for half a month, I've finally arrived, damn it! My battery is almost dead." The senior engineer gave up on replying to the message and instead looked up into the distance.

The Divine Land Region.

The Pan-Asian Region, the Divine Land, and the Future World are the three major regions of this planet, besides the colonies and the Mother City, each with its own distinct style.

For example, the Pan-Asian region is a testing ground for heavy metal machinery, prosthetic modifications, and military weapons.

In the future world, there will be all kinds of high-tech buildings, including even Level 3 civilization buildings.

In the Divine Land, however, the scene is quite different. Even in the peripheral areas, the senior engineer can see with his naked eye streaks of blue light flying through the real space. Sometimes, a digital human figure even flashes through the air.

In the divine land, cyberspace is tangible.

In other areas, people go online; here, people go online.

In other words, cyberspace and reality are perfectly integrated. Humans can exist completely detached from their physical bodies. Here, the body is just a burden. Here, the network is reality, while reality is another kind of "network".

Only one life form can survive here—digital life.

Such a massive project could not have been accomplished by a single top-tier company. In fact, the construction of the Divine Land was a collaborative effort by more than a dozen cybersecurity giants. This technology was even applied to the construction of the Mother City, the Mother City Deep Web, which used this technology.

The proponents of this planetary engineering project are the EarthNet Group, a group of super scientists of human origin.

It can only be said that compared to species evolution, or rather, species betrayal, AI is far inferior to humans.

Just as they were looking around, a "floating pod" suddenly floated down from the sky—the same one from The Matrix.

"To enter the divine realm, a temporary digital life agreement must be signed. Please select whether to temporarily transfer your physical body?"

As we all know, you don't need to read any of the network user agreements, because you won't understand them anyway, or whether you understand them or not, you still have to sign them.

"Agreement signed. Please enter the species modification chamber to complete the temporary conversion into digital life."

Transformation in progress —

Transformation in progress —

For a moment, countless images flashed alternately in the high-tech worker's hologram, finally settling on only one image—ten enormous electronic brains that covered the sky.

Or rather, on the root server of the divine land.