Bionic Personality

The temple of the android has no god and is not a temple-shaped building.

Instead, it was a very simple converted workshop.

A robotic arm with thick, exposed nerve endings.

A human chin shaped by hand grinding.

Irregularly shaped human skeleton.

There is also an Imperial armor engine, similar to a mech, mounted under an old-fashioned modification platform, serving as its engine.

"This is the legendary birthplace of the first three androids, located on the edge of the empire's territory, on an asteroid used for exiling criminals. We have recreated its appearance."

Black Rose led the senior engineer forward and soon saw three old-fashioned androids, held in place by a clamp.

It's called a cyborg, but it's more like a robot, except that it has copied most of the human organs and is covered with fluid tubes.

"This kind of wall-mounted operating table is so old-fashioned, you can't find it anymore."

The senior engineer seemed to see a giant roast duck oven.

That was an era before even the surgical arm was invented.

"Early androids were forbidden machines that the Empire prohibited from production. As a result, some researchers had to abandon their families and homes to evade the Imperial guards' search, and some even sacrificed their lives."

The voice of "Will" rang out.

"However, the fate of androids did not end there! Therefore, the first three androids were born. They represented the hope of our race and proved that the technological path of 'machines simulating all human senses' was correct!"

"Humans are merely a product of a certain stage in the development of intelligent species. In the future, an artificially evolved world composed of androids is about to arrive!"

"If that's the case, even without World War II, the android revolution seems inevitable," the senior engineer pondered, looking at the three primitive androids, and suddenly revealed a strange smile.

"So, the true progenitors of androids aren't actually these three bionic machines, but the human scientists who created them, right?"

The senior engineer heard Rose's sarcastic laughter.

"We respect the wise men of humanity, but their knowledge is limited. Transforming humans into androids cannot prevent the decline of this race."

"Hehe."

Black Rose does not refute this.

Transforming carbon-based materials into mechanical ones and pursuing biomimetic evolution is indeed a path, but it is by no means a bright future.

One major reason for this is that biomimetic societies are very susceptible to being targeted by cosmic information monsters.

Those almost identical brainwaves, nearly identical artificial chemicals, and various similar information flows were like a light in the dark to those information monsters—so flashy, so conspicuous, and so suicidal.

Therefore, unless it is a servant civilization of an advanced civilization, the kind with powerful figures above it, very few civilizations can develop this kind of civilization.

Especially when the android civilization ascended, the number of information monsters it attracted was terrifying.

"Stop with the nonsense and let's get started," Black Rose said bluntly.

"I'll go first."

The voice of "shell" rang out.

As the only one among the six major android groups capable of producing combat-type androids, "Pure White Shell" is a company that the senior engineer has met with its former president.

In terms of physical combat power alone, she is no less than Motoko Yagami of Ghost in the Shell.

However, she was unlucky enough to run into the vengeful "Bird of Paradise," becoming cannon fodder in her revenge plan and being completely blackened into an idiot.

"'Divine Descent' is only used on our own kind. This is the first time it's been used on a native human. If anything goes wrong, don't come looking for us."

A phantom emerged from the three fixed frames and entered the senior engineer's body.

The next moment, the senior engineer felt an indescribable sensation surging from his body. To put it another way, it was like hundreds of people were performing a facelift on you at the same time. The fascia layer was surging wildly. It seemed like the same face and body, but it was ever-changing and very...

[You have received the divine blessing of the 'Pure White Shell,' your skin system has been enhanced, and your Desert Skin (Excellent) has been upgraded to Tier 2.]

[Your body armor +1000]

1000 armor, genuinely high, thick-skinned enough to stop bullets.

[Your 'movement system' has been modified, acquiring 1/9 of the android blood imprint, allowing for the implantation of some 'android components'.]

[Hidden condition met, you gain one point of 'android divinity']

With a loud 'boom,' the engineer's body seemed to be switched on; the human body separated, all the chemical elements were extracted, digitized, biomimeticized, and mass-produced, and then reassembled into a human body.

A more powerful physical body.

However, that human body did not evolve naturally, but rather through artificial evolution.

The senior engineer looked down and discovered that his skin had changed without him noticing; it had become smoother, with no visible pores, and the texture was so beautiful it looked like a painting by a celestial being.

However, the "divine descent" shows no signs of ending.

A red warning appeared on the system panel.

[Your bionic skin has been marked by an "unknown entity," and its information flow is being manipulated. Do you wish to stop it?]

The senior engineer remained expressionless, but suppressed the counterattack of the numerous radiation-infected cells within his body.

Soon, the second "divine descent" began.

Another phantom stepped down from the 'rig' of the 'progenitor of androids'.

This is the "Electronic Grid," the earliest and most deeply controlled android giant acquired by Rose.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but that 'phantom' vaguely resembled Sister Rose.

[You have received the divine blessing of the 'Electronic Grid,' strengthening your nervous system, increasing your Intelligence by 10 and Perception by 20. Your neural skills, such as 'Activated Neural Bundles' and 'Chain-like Neural Distribution,' have been upgraded... Leadership Template Ability - Genetic Sublimation has been automatically activated...]

In a daze, the senior engineer felt as if he had turned into a "bubble". The bubble grew bigger and bigger, and he could vaguely see many, many people inside, as well as all kinds of radioactive beasts, skyscrapers, and post-apocalyptic deserts.

As the bubble reached its peak, a colorless and transparent radiant light flashed.

The bubbles burst!

[Enhancement failed, bloodline modification halted]

Two soft exclamations rang out.

A voice that was probably the 'Grid Will' was heard.

As for the other one, it originated from the deep sea. It was a super-huge bubble, and on the surface of the bubble was reflected the illusion of "Little Woman No. 2," who exclaimed in surprise:

"So that's why there are people like me on this planet, it's you, kid."

"What, you want to become a 'brain in a vat' too?"

The senior engineer then realized that the upgrade he had just received was an evolution into a "brain in a vat".

However, the "Brain in a Vat" was completely incompatible with his S-rank bloodline, and his advancement was actively destroyed by his body.

"Do me a favor."

The senior engineer transmitted his thoughts.

"No problem."

The next moment, another spiritual force surged from the engineer's "heart," directly halting his spiritual evolution.

[Your 'nervous system' has been modified to possess 1/9 of the android blood imprint, allowing for the implantation of some 'android components'.]

[Hidden condition met, you gain one point of 'android divinity']

Similarly, a strange power surged into the engineer's body.

[Your bionic skin has been marked by an 'unknown entity,' and your information flow is being manipulated.]

The senior engineer still managed to prevent a counterattack.

The final will is the 'artificial will'.

It is also the only company with a super chip for bionic humans.

A normal implanted chip in the human body should be a human assistive computing system.

But the chips in androids are different.

In addition to the computing module, the bionic chip also has a "personality module".

[You have received the divine blessing of the 'Electronic Grid,' your nervous system has been strengthened, your intelligence has increased by 20, and your personality is now passively emulating.]

[Bionic success! You have obtained the second personality, Senior Engineer (mini version), and the third personality, Mr. G (plus version). The third personality is the Bionic Senior Engineer (with his own mind imprint)]

[You have gained a point of 'android divinity']

Of the three corporate wills, the "artificial will" should be the strongest.

The system marked the other two types of corporate will in red, but not this time.

Furthermore, the body did not exhibit any resistance.

But this is the most dangerous part. The cyber age is not simply an era where strength reigns supreme. Personalities are being altered unintentionally, reality and virtuality are becoming blurred, and control and loss of control are intertwined. This is the essence of this era.

The senior engineer instantly felt as if he were sinking into the gloomy sea.

On the shore, another "self" is sneering at you.

That's a damn fast personality shift.

Even a senior engineer could imagine that this "self" was lurking beside Sister Rose, secretly causing trouble.

However, the next moment, an arm suddenly reached out from behind "oneself" and grabbed "oneself" by the neck.

"Aren't you mistaken about something?"

In reality, the senior engineer calmly said, "My little sweetheart is someone only I can bully."

The Black Rose's gaze was reflected in the senior engineer's eyes.

With a snap, his own neck was torn off.

The visual space was suddenly broken, and the senior engineer was suddenly brought back to reality.

The Black Rose next to it swayed twice and then fell to the ground.

The body, now out of control, is being manipulated by another familiar force.

"Sister Rose, are you done? I've already taken a nap," the senior engineer said lazily.

"Just take another nap," the senior engineer replied, his eyes coldly fixed on the three astonished phantoms within his body.

"We've got you!"

From the very beginning, the one manipulating the engineer's body was not the engineer himself, but the "Metabolism Queen," the Black Rose.

The real senior engineer was inside the "android Black Rose".