Two Memories

Xiao Yuanjun's strength was basically no different from that of Superman, well, at least from that of a Saiyan in normal mode. His speed was so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. He could block lasers and withstand rocket launchers with his bare body. His defense level was at least 30,000 points, which meant that any damage below 30,000 points would miss on him.

However, as it turns out, even the strongest individual combat power can be overwhelmed when facing civilized buildings.

The damage to civilized buildings can range from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Even he could only defend with all his might, even unleashing the most powerful defensive means of the bio-armor, his own bio-engineering. On the black light shield were pained faces, or more precisely, his own faces, from childhood to old age.

This technique is essentially similar to nuclear fission, based on the principle of cell fission. It involves rapidly dividing, maturing, and destroying one's own cells, then releasing them to create a powerful defensive energy.

Even with civilized weapons, it won't be at a disadvantage in the short term.

However, in his all-out effort, he neglected to protect himself from the virtual layer. In the fog, the engineer easily infiltrated the other party's mind, jumping between neuronal circuits by adjusting the frequency of the simulated signals. In the engineer's eyes, all sorts of memory images were reflected.

"The descendants of the Xiao family, from ancient times to the present, from the civilized era to the cyber age, will always stand at the pinnacle of the times!"

"If my son fails to meet my requirements, I will kill him, replicate his cells, and create clones of him. If my grandson fails to meet my requirements, I will do the same, until I have cultivated a sufficiently powerful offspring."

"Large-scale prosthetic technology is no longer suitable for this era. We will develop another technology, a technology that infinitely enhances the physical body."

"The Fortress Elder, the old Empire's Minister of Machinery, the Army's Cyber-Body General, and a total of 413 princes and grandsons—all were executed without exception."

"Don't forget today's military meeting. The Crown Prince specifically reminded you of something; he has high hopes for you. Don't disappoint him."

"I understand, Father. I won't let you down."

"The alien forces are closing in daily. We must prepare for battle as soon as possible. Yuanjun, you are hereby promoted to vice general, leading the mechanical warhammer force, to join me in the battle."

"Yes, Your Highness!" It was a young boy's fervent and loyal voice.

The further he went, the more fragmented and indistinct his memories became, as if Xiao Yuanjun was consciously forgetting these experiences from the imperial era.

Furthermore, the senior engineer could tell that some memories had been deliberately deleted.

"What's the point of emptying the recycle bin? Your cellular memory remembers things much better than your brain; it's something imprinted in your biological code. The stronger the emotional stimulus, the deeper the memory."

"Then let me see what good stuff you've been hiding."

The humanoid mist suddenly dispersed, bypassing neurons and glial cells, weaving through neural pathways, occasionally penetrating the gray matter, and then emerging from the long neural pathways covered by myelin sheaths.

The brain's processing works like this: when a postsynaptic receptor is activated, it generates another electrical current, known as a postsynaptic potential. Many postsynaptic potentials occur simultaneously, triggering another action potential. This process is repeated millions of times, transmitted along neural pathways in parallel or sequential fashion. Ultimately, this forms highly complex encoded information.

However, under the expert's operation, even without communication between synapses, complex encoded information was still generated.

This information encoding interferes with neurotransmitters such as glutamate or gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and also affects some dopamine. Under the influence of the encoding, both begin to activate the 'neural circuits' that have been dormant in the frontal lobe.

The principle is similar to "restoring a previous version of the C drive", and the frontal lobe memory area is the C drive.

Although it sounds simple, it requires extremely high expertise in both biological sequences and information systems to achieve this.

And coincidentally, the senior engineer meets both criteria.

A minute later, a dozen or so orbs of light suddenly appeared; these were all memories from the past.

"This must be related to the Xiao family's secrets, or even their reproductive technology."

The senior engineer glanced at the other light clusters with some regret, because there were only two memory light clusters from the 'Civilization Era', and his time was limited, so he couldn't possibly explore all of them.

"Alright, you're the one!"

Sensory data was decomposed and injected. The next moment, a flash of light and shadow appeared, and the senior engineer arrived at the ruins of a battlefield, where mechs were scattered all over the ground and broken limbs and remains were everywhere.

At that time, Xiao Yuanjun seemed to be a young man. Now, he was kneeling on the ground, and standing in front of him was a slightly tired young man in black.

The young man was very handsome and possessed an indescribable air of nobility, a feeling that Gao Gong was very familiar with, and Di Wei understood even better than he did.

"Yuan Jun, there's something I need to ask of you."

"Please give your orders, Your Highness."

"The Empire has been defeated. Its adversaries are far beyond our imagination. Our generation's efforts have not even touched a single scale of its armor."

"Your Highness, do not be discouraged—"

"Faced with overwhelming technological power, human nature is the most useless thing. However, we may die, but the flame of the empire must be preserved. The empire's technology has not yet reached its limit. In fact, I have a feeling that the reason that terrifying civilization acted so quickly must be because it discovered something."

"I've placed the ultimate embodiment of Imperial technology, the Black Emperor of the End, in a certain place. Can you do me a favor..."

The Black Prince leaned over and whispered an address into Xiao Yuanjun's ear.

By the time the senior engineer came to his senses, the simulated data had already separated from the light cluster.

"The succession of the last Black Emperor and the function of the Imperial Light—it's all like this?"

However, he didn't have time to think and immediately dived into the second ball of light. This time, the scene appeared on a meteorite belt.

In the vacuum of space, there are scattered meteorites, stray beams of energy, wrecked spaceships, and a large number of "mechanical cans." Judging from their level, they are probably close to the level of rudimentary space warriors.

At this moment, the senior engineer's gaze fell on one of the "mechanical cans," which was none other than Xiao Yuanjun.

It's clear that this was probably during the first mechanical war, because the Empire's spaceships were still nuclear-powered.

Their adversaries, on the other hand, were a band of space pirates, a specialty of this galaxy.

At this moment, Xiao Yuanjun's "mechanical can" seemed to malfunction, and the jet device burst open, causing him to crash onto a meteorite. The two space pirates exchanged glances, cackled, and pounced on him.

Xiao Yuanjun felt he was doomed and was filled with despair. He closed his eyes and waited for death, but after a long time, he did not see any holes in his body. When he opened his eyes, he found that the two pirates were staring blankly at the starry sky, their bodies shriveled like mummies.

He looked up instinctively, then was astonished to find that the starry sky had vanished, replaced by an indescribable entity composed of chaotic knowledge and bizarre symbols, obscuring his entire field of vision.

"Grass!"

The senior engineer, who had been watching the drama unfold, reacted as if his pants were on fire. He immediately severed that part of the memory code and sealed it away. Even though it was just a memory within a memory, it almost "alienated" him.

Memory worm!

This fully evolved, Tier 5 super information monster actually appeared during the first mechanical war!

Moreover, the senior engineer considered a chilling possibility.

This monster didn't arrive here during the Cyber Tide; it had already been lurking on this planet since the First Mechanical War.