Metal's Heart

Each faction has a different technological style. For example, during the Iron Sand Desert era, the technology of the Security Corps was a typical mix of foreign products. You could see all sorts of miscellaneous weapons and most of the prosthetic chips on the market, including the main base spaceship, which was a custom-made product of the Mechanical Legion.

In the city that never sleeps, the various neural chips, internet devices, and personality implants demonstrate that this is a network city.

Including Dugo Technologies, he now has his own style. The mechs are rough and big, and with the various changes in chip technology, they are really rough and good, which is very much in line with Mr. G's style.

At this flight base of Mas, the impression that came to the senior engineer was one of recklessness.

For example, along the way, the senior engineer has seen at least eight technologies in the experimental stage, such as the "energy field emitter" which is still in the debugging stage, the "ship AI" which is being upgraded, and some weapon modules for testing.

He could see the shadows of many factions in it, such as the heavy machinery of the mother city, the alien technology of the cloud nobles, and even his own technology. For example, a drone armor that was seven or eight meters tall was moving its limbs under the control of an engineer.

This model looks so familiar!

Every member of Skull and Bones is a master of plagiarism and imitation.

But that's not all.

They were even more radical; their second-tier weapons, under their development, could even achieve third-tier performance, but at the same time, the failure rate reached 99%.

The problem that they couldn't solve must be a very troublesome technological hurdle.

"Did President Du tell you anything before you came?" Miao Miaomiao, who was leading the way, suddenly asked out of the blue.

"Well, they did say a little bit," the senior engineer said, looking around with interest. "They said you were planning to develop a virus, but you got beaten up by a robot, and now you're crying and begging us for help."

"..."

"Your tone is as irritating as ever," Da Ju, no, Miao Miaomiao rolled her eyes and casually opened the last door, which led to the ship's main cabin.

"Director!"

"Director!"

"Director!"

One by one, the employees of Mas's Sharp Sense greeted her. The senior engineer glanced at them and let out a soft exclamation. "Why are they all bio-engineered?"

Not only are all the operators androids, but they also all look the same: ugly features, uneven eyes, lifeless left eye and fanatical right eye. They are the kind of people you would call a mental hospital if you met them on the street.

"Let me introduce you. This is my boss; you can call him Lao Ma."

"Your boss?"

"Yes, the boss said that as a leader, he needs to go down to the grassroots level, so he created a humanoid version of himself. Now all the lower-level employees in the company are humanoid versions of my boss, Mas."

"..."

I've only ever heard of people making their employees work 996 or 007, never of them doing it themselves. That's a ruthless person.

"And what about your boss's real body?"

"I don't know," Miao Miaomiao shrugged and said, "There are several versions of the story within our company."

"One theory is that the boss cut his own body into countless pieces, and each piece was integrated into a bionic human."

"One theory is that the boss modified his neural network so that as long as there are enough 'Old Mas,' the original entity can be awakened."

"Another theory is that the boss failed to reform himself and is now finished."

"Well--"

The senior engineer stroked his chin. "Doesn't your boss usually hold meetings?"

"The boss once said that holding meetings is a waste of efficiency, and there are many ways to replace meetings and enhance communication, such as 'exchanging neural modules,' 'sharing thinking patterns,' 'implanting colleagues' cells,' and 'interconnecting all-weather sensory devices.'"

"Only by turning everyone in the company into a 'large collective' can we evolve more effectively."

What, you want to make EVA too?

"So, you're part of your boss's team too?" the senior engineer asked abruptly.

"To be precise, all of us are part of Mas's edge," Miao Miaomiao turned her head, and a strange look flashed across Cat Boy's face, a look that was somewhat unfamiliar to him.

Has this guy become part of the "artificial collective intelligence"?

The senior engineer narrowed his eyes. In the universe, shared civilizations are not uncommon, such as the Zerg's hive mentality, certain biological civilizations with advanced neural networks, and some EVA-type virtual civilizations.

This type of civilization has a unique characteristic: its wisdom can be "billions of people united," giving it a significant advantage in advancing its technological advancements.

However, this is something that only "Level 3 civilizations" can access.

Even cyberspace merely uses "collective thinking" to enhance computing power, rather than creating true "collective intelligence."

Sometimes, overly aggressive tree climbing can be very dangerous.

However, without a doubt, this is their business, and he has no right to ask.

"Getting back to the main point, what are your plans after the virus implantation failed?"

The desktop opened, revealing two data cables with two electrode plates on the data heads. Miao Miaomiao violently pulled them out and handed them to the senior engineer.

"You guys are really efficient. This kind of 'data bombardment' is really hard on the brain."

Despite saying that, the senior engineer still obediently pressed the pad to his temple, and the next moment, a flood of images filled his mind.

Bold experiments with various "viruses," as well as the wails and screams of mechanical life and artificial AI.

The mechanical skeletons grew like trees, taking root and sprouting.

Faces squeezed out of the bionic body, uttering strange and unusual words.

There are also brain matter, corpus cavernosum, and heart made of metal, which look very strange at first glance.

It's like a piece of material that shouldn't have been alive suddenly becoming a 'living entity'.

Then, these unfinished viruses were implanted into the "robot's" fortress by the agents.

Then the agents were discovered, followed by an overwhelming barrage of energy cannons, scorching hot mechanical swords, and a massive, enraged army of robots several stories high.

Almost half of the virus data was destroyed.

The remaining "mechanical virus" was transferred to an ancient ruin called "Atomic City".

What they are doing now is a second experiment.

After pulling off the electrode, the senior engineer rubbed his temples, opened the system panel, and dragged it to the taskbar.

[Mission: Metal Heart]

Difficulty: Tier 2 - Nightmare

Mission Briefing: The ancient ruins of Atomic City cannot support the proliferation of the virus. The mechanical products of the old era cannot parasitize the virus of the new era. How can a failed product become a monster of the times?

Mission objective: Complete Mas's "Cyber Experiment" and successfully research the virus.

Mission Time: The shutdown time of the old-era robots, countdown: 314 hours, 42 minutes, 17 seconds.

Mission Rewards: Personal Experience +5 million, Mas's Edge +4000, Miao Miaomiao's Favorability +1000, three random 'Mas's Edge' technology blueprints, one Mas's Edge forbidden technology product, and a 1% increase in historical timeline alteration.

The senior engineer thwarted a cyber experiment in the City That Never Sleeps and interfered with a cyber experiment conducted by the Ground Network Group.

What he is doing now is completing this experiment.

This experiment, which did not succeed on the normal timeline of history, was not successful.