Ascending to the Heavens
The next morning, a bombshell announcement shook up the "Machine Rift Star" section.
[The Big Data Conceptual Entity 'Cyber Giant' has fallen. On this planet, all implanted cybernetic attributes have been reduced by 20%. Duration: Unknown]
"Holy crap, are you kidding me! All prosthetic bodies, including cybernetic implants, count? I was planning to train my AI!"
"This doesn't make sense! This planet is supposed to be climbing an industrial technology tree, so why would the death of one boss cause other industrial products to malfunction? It's so illogical! Absolutely illogical!"
"By the way, what is a Cybernetic Titan? What level of boss is it?"
"I've seen it once."
"Then what?"
"That was it. I was instantly killed upon meeting him. When I died, a 'Cybernetic Forbidden Zone' debuff appeared on my character panel, meaning that all implanted cybernetic devices were unusable in its presence."
"Holy crap, that's strong?"
"How could such a powerful monster die?"
"Damn it, I finally found a virtual fragment and was just about to go in and grind some monsters, but at the crucial moment, all my cybernetic bodies got a debuff, and we all died and had to return to town."
From the perspective of the planet Jili, this is the last window of opportunity before the cyber tide.
From the players' perspective, this was probably a very happy time.
The virtual and reality are merging, and "monsters" are spawning everywhere. These monsters, which are half information and half physical, can not only be hacked, but can also be damaged by conventional weapons.
Especially some 'virtual fragments', which are quite strange; you might level up one or two levels after just one run.
Now, not only top-tier players are reaching level 30, but ordinary players are also starting to reach level 30.
So when this debuff appeared, players were wailing everywhere.
The senior engineer aboard the advanced aircraft also saw the message. He was stunned for a long time, and finally couldn't help but curse:
"How can such idiots exist in this world!"
He was 100% certain that the cyborg's demise today was absolutely related to his notification yesterday.
Following this bastard's line of thinking, it was probably thinking, "What can a mere pseudo-god from some wild religion do to me? You tell me to stay away, but I'm going to go and have a go at it."
It attacked, and then typed GG.
"Looking on the bright side, your reminder, combined with this incident, will make other Big Data Conceptual Entity more vigilant, and the same thing won't happen a second time," Ms. Shell comforted her.
"I hope so."
"We'll be at the meeting place of the six ministers in one hour. Will you make it in time?"
"No problem, this kind of transformation is more important than anything else."
Three strange pieces of equipment appeared in front of the senior engineer: a needle, a metal button, and a round box.
These three pieces of equipment were specially selected by the senior engineer from the research and development departments of the Sixth Department, using the minister's authority.
The needle is a 'personality anchor point', the button is called a 'top-level mechanical lock', and the box is a 'reactor consciousness device'.
These three special pieces of equipment originated from the Humanity Experimentation Department, the Prosthetics Registration Department, and the Machine Consciousness Department, respectively.
The three pieces of equipment have little to do with combat power, but in the senior engineer's opinion, they are much more reliable than any advanced weapon.
Personality Anchor Point (Tier 3): A high-level soul device created by the Humanity Experimentation Department after hundreds of thousands of 'virtual personality' experiments. Once locked in using this 'anchor point,' the 'personality' cannot split, and both consciousness and intelligence are greatly enhanced.
Note: When you become serious, the sky turns blue, the clouds turn white, and the astringent feeling disappears.
It's still going to be a little astringent... but it also has to be serious.
The high school engineer's "biological computer" stores at least eighty to one hundred different personalities. While things are usually fine, once something goes wrong, it will be a major incident. Going astray is inevitable, and it could even lead to a chaotic battle between personalities.
For players who choose the mechanical modification route, the "personality anchor point" is also a useful tool, meaning they don't have to worry about cyberbullying and can modify themselves wildly.
This is even more true for NPCs on the mechanical route. While a player might be unable to log in for half a day due to mental illness, it is a nightmare for an NPC, meaning a significant reduction in lifespan and the transformation into a ruthless killing machine.
The senior engineer picked up the "humanity anchor point," gave it a gentle shake, and the needle tip grew halfway longer before being slowly inserted into the Yuzhen acupoint at the back of the head.
[You have implanted the Tier 2 Epic-level equipment 'Humanity Anchor', system is in progress—]
[Your nervous system modification rate is 18%, successful assessment]
[Your compatibility with this equipment is 1%]
[As the head of the Sixth Department, you automatically inherit the legacy of the "Humanity Experimentation Department"]
As the needle pierced through, the engineer felt his consciousness rapidly concentrating. In the end, not only his consciousness but also his soul were completely pierced into the Yuzhen acupoint by the needle. His consciousness seemed to be coiled into a ball, with no possibility of leakage.
According to the standards of ancient metaphysics, it is called perfect spiritual consciousness and a golden body that does not leak. "Not leaking" is a good term.
[Transformation successful, your Intelligence +100 points]
[Transformation successful, your consciousness increased by 1000 points]
[Your nervous system modification +17%]
[Your circulatory system +3%]
[Additional Status: Information Golden Elixir]
Information Golden Elixir: Scientific cultivation of immortality, boundless magical power. In the 'Golden Elixir Mode', external information cannot enter the human body's circulation, and similarly, internal biological information cannot overflow to the outside world.
[Your consciousness level is 2077. Reaching 1000 consciousness points will grant you a random talent. Reaching 2000 consciousness points will grant you another random talent.]
[Your Intelligence is 340 points. You have surpassed 300 points. You will be randomly awarded a talent.]
[System detected that there is a 5% chance of resonance between the three talents. Resonate? (If resonance is successful, a fourth-tier ascension talent will be synthesized.)]
Holy crap, Ascension talent!
Need I say more? Without hesitation, I chose to resonate with them.
In an instant, the engineer's consciousness seemed to fly out, pass through the radiation layer, and reach the outer sky. A cool sensation emerged from his eyes. Looking left and right, he saw two armed space stations. One of the space stations even had the name "Tiber Defense" on it.
In an instant, all vision descended from the sky, like a sudden awakening, pouring into the depths of the brain, precisely where the 'anchor point of humanity' was located.
[You have gained the fourth-tier Ascension talent - Divine Sense]
Divine Insight (Tier 4): Effect 1: You can see the true nature of all information life; Effect 2: When used in conjunction with the 'Detect' skill, you can randomly detect one enemy attribute, regardless of the enemy's level.
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If it weren't for the perfect combination of three talents, how could such a good thing have come to us!
At this moment, the senior engineer had nothing to say except to say "amazing."
As the saying goes, the fewer the words, the stronger the attribute. This means that even a ninth-tier life form can be detected by a senior engineer.
This is incredibly useful in battle!
The senior engineer lowered his head, and a 'cool and refreshing' feeling once again appeared in his eyes. Then, wherever his gaze passed, his body visibly became transparent.
Then, the senior engineer saw ten transparent insect eggs hidden inside his body. Half of them had already hatched into small insects, which were slowly wriggling inside his body.
Memory worm!
Compared to maggots, memory worms are much cuter. They have no foot plates or legs and are like transparent agate stones. But when they crawl around in your brain, the scene suddenly becomes terrifying.
Looking at the two tiny worms in his brain, the senior engineer's lips twitched slightly, and he shut down the entire "Divine Consciousness".
As information life forms continue to evolve, their physical forms will exhibit two extremes: either they are extremely beautiful, making you fall in love with them at first sight, or they are so unbearable to look at that they will drive you mad with their Cthulhu-esque beauty.
"At this juncture, to have discovered this talent for ascension is like finding a pillow when you're sleepy."
If you can't "see" the memory matrix, you won't even know what it's doing.
This problem has finally been solved.
The surprise of the first special martial god armor was so great that when the second 'button' was implanted, it felt rather bland.
Although when choosing this item, the importance of this "button" was ranked ahead of the other two pieces of equipment.
This button is called a "top-level mechanical lock," and its function is very simple: to "lock" the body's state.
Literally, it's a lock-up; no matter your state, even in extreme situations like impending death, cyberbullying, or physical disintegration, this "mechanical lock" can keep you in place.
Ideally, it can even lock in the rejection of abnormal patterns.
This is extremely important.
This "top-of-the-line mechanical lock" is also installed on the head, but not on the back of the head, but on the forehead.
The next moment, the 'button' began to deform, first burrowing into the skin, then spreading into the inner layer of the cortex, covering the skin, wrapping the bones, encasing human organs, and even breaking down iron to the cellular level.
[You have implanted a Tier 2 Epic-level equipment, 'Top-Tier Mechanical Lock,' system is processing—]
[Your circulatory system modification rate is 18%, exceeding 15%, so the assessment is successful.]
[Your compatibility with this equipment is 1%]
[As the head of the Ghost in the Shell Mobile Unit, you automatically inherit the legacy of the 'Memory Supervision Department'.]
With a soft "click," the engineer's body tensed up at first, then returned to normal.
[Modification successful, your 'Circulation System Modification Rate' +25%]
[Transformation successful, your 'Endocrine System Transformation Rate' +15%]
[Your mechanical unit has gained the "Top-Tier Mechanical Lock" function.]
Top-tier mechanical lock: This was originally a top-tier confinement feature, designed to prevent super hackers, super mutants, and criminal executives from transforming their life forms and escaping the memory prison, but in your hands, it seems to have taken on other uses.
The senior engineer glanced at the 'Mechanical System'.
Mechanical rejection: 1200
Maximum: 25% + 50% + 50% + 75%
Personal mechanical systems: 191% (mechanization)
Motion system: 78% (mechanized modification)
Nervous system 31% (mechanical modification)
Endocrine system 18%
Circulatory system 43%
Respiratory system 9%
Digestive system 3%
2% of the urinary system
Reproductive system 7%
"Almost there, only 9% left, just this one last one."
The senior engineer picked up the last "box," which automatically began to transform into a prototype "reactor mechanical suit" as soon as it was in his hand, and then slapped it against his chest.
Done!