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In Cyber World

Professional knowledge is a basic science

Drawings are applied technology

As for the professional knowledge chain, it encompasses a whole system of basic disciplines.

For example, the seven fundamental disciplines of Earth—mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, earth science, and logic—are upon which all the achievements of civilization since the three industrial revolutions have been built.

On the planet Jili, there are similar species, and even more of them.

There is one civilization system on Earth, and it has three types.

Brain-based civilization, artificial data space, and engineered civilization

Mechanical brain technology is one of the six "professional knowledge chains" in brain-based civilization.

Besides it, there are five other types: virtual personality, life technology, neural editing technology, electronic life chip, and electronic doctrine (Turing machine).

Of these, apart from "Electronic Doctrine", the senior engineer has already collected all five other types.

Previously, the senior engineer had always wondered why three different civilizations and technological systems would be set up on a small planet. Wasn't that just creating trouble for no reason and having nothing better to do?

After all, resources are limited, and the more civilizations there are, the harder it is to upgrade.

But now he vaguely understands the purpose of that advanced civilization's actions.

In many ways, civilizations and technologies can actually promote each other.

For example, the "Electronic Brain Project" is a "super application" that is an extension of "mechanical brain technology".

The benefits of this "application," however, lie in cyberspace.

Cyberspace is also a large-scale information project within the civilization system of "artificial data space".

It is another "super application" that was born based on several "professional knowledge chains".

The mutual promotion of the "super applications" of two different civilizations is quite mysterious.

Furthermore, after acquiring "mechanical brain technology," the senior engineer became increasingly aware of what exactly is needed for the evolution of cyberspace, or rather, what kind of technological evolution would be more effective in improving computing power.

It's a mysterious feeling, somewhere between metaphysics and science.

If a senior engineer wants to gain the most benefit in this corporate war, he needs this kind of insight.

Furthermore, the senior engineer's thoughts extended further, and he felt that he had touched upon the truth of this "Mechanical Star Test Site".

Each cyber test site has a different goal; some aim at social transformation, while others are to develop some kind of super technology.

On the planet of machine-splitter, its target is undoubtedly the 13 types of Collapse Entity.

Or to be more precise, it is the 'cosmic relic' composed of thirteen types of Collapse Entity.

The conditions for the birth of each type of Collapse Entity are different, and some even require the cooperation of different civilizations' technology trees to be born.

For example, the three types of "Collapse Entity" that were born from the three "Bionic Progenitors" not only require bionic technology, but also the support of other technologies.

Similar to the 'nano manipulation' of android A, in addition to the biomimetic technology from the 'modifier civilization', he also needs a synthetic gene chain from the same civilization. Only by combining the two can he control 'nano'.

As for Rose, she also inherited the power of the "progenitor of androids" and possesses endless "metabolism". However, this ability requires not only android technology but also life technology from the brain civilization, because a simple android cannot be considered a life form.

The senior engineer then thought of Gaokesi, who inherited the "mutation combination" of Honkai Impact 9.

The 'basic technology' she needs is quite substantial.

She needs a 'virtual personality,' which originates from the civilization of the brain.

She needs an "abnormal procedure," which comes from the artificial data space.

As for the "Purple Energy String" controlled by the senior engineer, it is a very special combination of domain energy. Regardless of the civilization or the knowledge chain, as long as it is related to creation, it is basically linked to "energy".

Mechanical life, synthetic gene chains, biomimetic technology, proboscis technology, life sciences...

Each one seems mismatched.

But while they seem to have no connection at all, there also seems to be a slight link between them.

The senior engineer even suspected that as early as when this planet was in the "life broth" stage, that advanced civilization had already begun to modify and adjust this planet, precisely for the purpose of creating a cyber test site hundreds of thousands of years later.

The design of Honkai Collapse Entity 5 may have taken place around that time.

The reason for this speculation is that the "Purple Energy String" is the only ability that is applicable only to this planet.

Once you leave this planet, the 'Purple Energy String' will turn gray in the system panel.

This at least shows that it has a close relationship with the planet's magnetic field, planet's life force field, and planet's will, and once it is associated with the word "planet," the time frame will definitely not be short.

Hundreds of thousands of years is not impossible.

From a human perspective, this is extremely exaggerated.

But in the eyes of an ancient civilization, hundreds of thousands of years is not a long time.

Some incredibly ancient civilizations even went through the Big Bang phase.

Put yourself in his shoes: if he, the senior engineer, were that ancient civilization, it would take hundreds of thousands of years to cultivate a "cosmic relic".

He'll definitely do it!

What a great deal!

A civilization that possesses cosmic relics has unlimited potential for advancement.

The senior engineer tilted his head back and continued to lie slumped in the chair, his fingers unconsciously fiddling with the 'electrode plates' as he muttered to himself.

"So, were the first 16 corporate wars all technological experiments conducted to cultivate Collapse Entity?"

"And is the liberation of computing power for the birth and development of a new generation of Collapse Entity?"

As far as the senior engineer knows.

His "Purple Energy String" is number five.

Bionic A is number 10.

Rose is number 11.

At the same time, android A used "nano manipulation" to control No. 8 and No. 12. This was information he stole from the brainwaves emitted by No. 8 after he used "matrix information" to trick them.

This means that number 12 has been born.

The 13th comes after the 12th.

There are only 13 types of Collapse Entity in total. This was a number that the senior engineer immediately understood after merging with the "Purple Energy String".

There can only be 13 types, no more, and that's what the system panel says too.

So, will this corporate war complete the final piece of the puzzle for that 'mysterious cosmic relic'?

"Excuse me," the mainframe carefully knocked on the door.

Ever since the 'new boss' emerged from the 'old boss's' head, he's been lying in a coma. All that's known is that the other party has obtained the data on 'brain region 0' and is currently studying it. Anyone who didn't know better would think he'd entered a state of sagehood.

"What is it?" the foreman asked without looking up.

"Back when you weren't destroyed—cough, cough, when you were saving our Neural Group—in order to deal with the 'Bio-Brain Machine,' Kabuto contacted many brain-machine modification companies that followed the mechanical route. Now they're all online. Do you think we should go and receive them?"

"No, I'm not familiar with them," the senior engineer said lazily.

"Well--"

"No, wait," the senior engineer suddenly sat up in shock, stroking his chin, his eyes gleaming. "It might not be without its benefits. Faced with such terrifying 'biochemical modifications,' shouldn't these people contribute some money to support our resistance against the Venus Life Security Group?"

The Electronic Brain Project is in full swing, and reality and virtuality are gradually becoming intertwined. Sometimes, people walking on the street will be led into a digital maze in a daze and disappear completely; others are unlucky and their consciousness is randomly deleted, turning them into dementia; or viruses are introduced into the human world, pretending to be alive and causing all kinds of damage.

The evolution of intelligent species is always accompanied by chaos and loss of control.

The entire planet's terraforming zone resembled a computer with chaotic settings: the system, disks, and desktop were all in disarray.

Dozens of brain-computer interfaces are vying for the brain hardware of 10 billion people; their skulls are practically exploding!

During this process, some fragments of the human brain, under the guidance of some mysterious factors, began to operate spontaneously, forming a new, rudimentary operating system in order to ensure the lowest level of operation, use and function of the "brain-computer interface".

However, few companies realize this, since the battle between companies is for as much "market share" as possible, and the problem of operating systems can be addressed later.

However, not everyone was unaware of this.

"Number 13, has it finally been born?"

An ancient voice echoed from the seabed in a certain area of the ocean.