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"A purely mechanical perception system?"

The mainframe finally turned off the 'movie' and looked at the senior engineer with curiosity.

"Boss, are you building robots?"

"More or less," said Gao Gongmohu.

"Low-level robot soldiers don't need sensory systems; only high-level mechanical warriors require more acute senses," the mainframe muttered to itself, then suddenly looked up.

"Boss, you have such big ambitions!"

As everyone knows, on the planet Mecha, the most powerful mechanical life form is of only one kind: Cybertronian robots.

Of the three planetary hosts, two have virtually no regular military forces, and Cybertron's legions alone are enough to firmly suppress the planet.

The combat power of these Spark robots is self-evident.

"Interested?"

"Of course, boss, this is a big project!"

In fact, the mainframe's idea was correct. The engineer did indeed intend to build advanced mechanical soldiers. They stole the "Third-Tier Energy Technology Branch - Fire Seed Technology" from Cybertron, and with Dugo Technologies's mechanical system, it would be strange if they didn't mass-produce them.

But the senior engineer's thoughts went beyond that.

After Director Du regained consciousness, the senior engineer took control of a spaceship with a subspace engine, which was fully capable of supporting intra-galactic travel.

By then, the senior engineer will truly be able to attack or defend as needed. If he can't withstand a Tier 3 to Hell-level mission like the Cyber Tide, then just like in his previous life, he can run away and make his way in the interstellar community.

If that's the case, then he needs a disguise.

Because it follows a carbon-based + mechanical approach, it is powerful in the early, mid, and late stages, but in the early stages, it is actually very vulnerable to being targeted.

Especially after the "Insect Swarm" began, the Queen of Blades' insects swept across more than a dozen star systems, destroying countless planetary civilizations, and the fusion route was basically condemned by everyone.

The senior engineer naturally didn't want to be caught in the crossfire, especially not by his sworn enemy from his past life.

Therefore, one must choose a path as the apparent direction of one's technological development.

Mechanical route, carbon-based route, energy route, information route.

The latter two can be ruled out directly, as they cannot be faked at all.

As for whether to go for the mechanical or carbon-based route, it seems that the mechanical route has more advantages at present. Director Du is good at tightening screws, and his own camp has grown mechanical civilization technology leaves such as mechs, chips, and weapons. Moreover, the mechanical civilization route has a great advantage in the early stage and is very good at mass-producing troops.

He could easily establish an interstellar mercenary group, openly engaging in murder and arson, while secretly developing civilization in the places with "resource points" and "knowledge points" in the senior engineer's memories.

Let's go.

"Boss, are we not going to investigate anymore?"

"No need to investigate further. There are no survivors in any of the three settlements, so something must have happened in the City of the Dead, and this event must have attracted these patients."

"What kind of change could attract these incurable patients? Is it heaven?" the mainframe grumbled, then turned around to see the senior engineer looking at him strangely.

"Uh, boss, why are you looking at me like that?"

"I think what you said is very likely."

"Uh, I was just saying, boss, let's go."

The senior engineer suddenly stopped the other person, looking at the pale, deformed strange tree in front of him. On the gnarled and twisted branches, strands of flesh were slowly squeezed out, blooming into blood-red flowers.

With each breath, the tree canopy bursts into bloom with 'flowers'.

In the blink of an eye, the maple leaves appeared in clusters, a vibrant tapestry of red and white.

"Boss!"

The mainframe was startled and quickly looked at the senior engineer.

"Old man, I have to admit something to you," the senior engineer said abruptly.

"No, boss, in this situation, is it a plant mutation, or has the 'Venos Life Safety Group' called again!?"

The senior engineer didn't answer, but continued:

"Actually, I brought you to the front line to see if you would be infected with the 'brain-computer interface virus'."

"Ha!?"

"Whether the brain can be 'poisoned' if it is not a living organism is a very important reference factor, because if you are not infected, it at least means that the mechanical brain cannot be infected."

"Boss, what exactly do you mean?"

"What I mean is, this is corporate warfare. In corporate warfare, the clashes between mercenaries are just a sideshow. The real battle is technological warfare."

"Putting everything else aside, even your former boss, Dou, knew about opening virtual worlds, let alone some established super corporations."

"Uh, boss, could you be more specific?"

"In other words, launching a few missiles and summoning a few Class A radiation beasts are just appetizers. Once they realize that the appetizers are not enough to satisfy us, they will get serious."

"You mean, this situation is the work of the enemy?"

The mainframe wanted to ask some more questions, but then it was horrified to discover that the engineer's skin was beginning to crack and peel off, his flesh and blood disappearing inch by inch, part by part, as if being devoured by an invisible monster.

When he looked down and found that his body was in the same state, and was disintegrating even faster, he finally understood a little, but not quite.

"The boss is a martial god, a martial god!"

In his mind, a super combat power like the God of War, on a planetary level, could not necessarily be killed instantly by missiles or even nuclear bombs.

But the reality is that the boss is about to die.

"I... I don't want my computer to crash!"

As his body dissipated like smoke, only a large, square head remained, which fell to the ground with a 'thud'.

His last glance before he died showed his boss vanished as well, leaving only a skeleton standing there.

"Such a sexy frame."

For some reason, the mainframe suddenly had this thought pop into its head.

After the two 'died,' the 'blood flowers' covering the entire mountain suddenly withered away, and the whole process took less than ten seconds.

Meanwhile, the headquarters of the Mechanical City is occupied by the Venus Life Safety Group.

The sound of "Gudu" rang out once again.

After the holographic screen lit up, the five executives were seen "resurrected" once again. During this time, Gaia adjusted his tie and smiled:

"The ultimate safety of life lies in the fusion of 'genomes,' and in this respect, our group is the most advanced."

"Madam, how long will it take to digest a Martial God?" Judy asked.

"One hour," a gentle female voice echoed from the holographic screen, "I will give birth to my child in one hour."

"Alright, thank you for your help," Cain said.

"It is my honor to serve you and the Venus family."

"No, it is our honor, Mother."

'Sizzle'

Kaka, Kaka

"Dong dong, dong dong dong—"

"Hey, are you awake? Are you awake? Is the battery charged enough?"

It felt as if someone was tapping on my head.

The face screen made a "sizzling" sound, and then a face appeared—an unexpected, handsome face.

That's probably the original face of the "mainframe," but unfortunately it's now the boot screen.

The boot screen flashed by in an instant, and soon the visual display on the host computer lit up, showing a gold-plated skull.

The mainframe looked down and saw a charger inserted into the "charging device" on its neck. At the end of the charger was a coin-sized "reactor".

Similar "reactors" are distributed in an X-shape on the opposite skeleton, with the chest as the core, extending to the hands and feet.

And inside its empty eye sockets, there is only one electronic eye.

"Boss?"

"It's me."

"Aren't we... dead?"

"Yes, I've brought you back to life."

"Ugh—"

As the 'brain host' began to resume operation, the host brain's logical abilities started to function again.

"So, boss, your previous performance was to alert them and lure them into using their ultimate move."

"And then, after they've consumed our flesh and blood, they'll feign death and be reborn?"

The skull nodded, and the built-in speaker activated.

"That's how it is."

"Boss, aren't you worried that they can kill us in one move?"

"You can't be killed if you don't have a brain."

After speaking, the senior engineer turned around, picked up a "monitor host", and walked towards the City of the Dead.

"Boss."

"Um?"

"How exactly did they manage to do that?"

The senior engineer thought for a moment and said, "Have you ever heard of biological computers?"

"I've heard of it; it seems to be a powerful biological processing system."

"To put it this way, if my biological computing ability is equivalent to version 0, then what the other party is exhibiting is probably version 0 as well."

"The advantages of the four versions are indeed very strong," the mainframe exclaimed, then couldn't help but add:

"Boss, while I admire your intelligence, why is your taste so ostentatious?"

The senior engineer looked down, glanced at the mechanical skeleton frame made from the 'Metal Heart' material, and sighed.

This is the color of the material; what can he do about it?