Surprise, Fright

[You implanted a second-tier Epic equipment: 'Reactor Consciousness Device']

[Your endocrine system modification rate is 18%, exceeding 15%. Determination: success]

[Your compatibility with the equipment is 99%]

[As the Minister of the Sixth Division, you have automatically obtained the inheritance of the 'Machine Consciousness Division']

[Modification successful. Your endocrine system modification rate +9%]

It felt like a second heart had begun beating in Gao Gong's chest. Every beat carried a scorching sensation.

Gao Gong knew that this was the 'consciousness' within the 'Reactor Consciousness Device.'

Or rather, a special kind of 'combat intelligence.'

Compared to combat chips, which excelled at simulating moves, learning skills, and judging timing, this 'reactor consciousness' controlled something else entirely—the energy within the reactor.

Under its control, the utilization rate of human energy during combat could increase by at least 40 percentage points.

Within a planetary environment, this 'energy-saving mode' did not seem particularly important.

But in outer-space combat, wasting even a tiny bit of energy could cost someone their life.

What's more, it could also assist in energy-based combat.

Reactor Consciousness Device (Second-tier—Epic): It was not only a miraculous energy-saving device, but also a miraculous combat-assistance device. Equipping it was equivalent to cultivating an 'energy lifeform' within one's body.

[Your mechanical system modification rate has reached 200%]

[Your biological system modification rate has reached 200%]

[Your level is 40]

[Conditions met. Would you like to change class now?]

Yes/No

No!

As the hatch opened and a group of people waited outside, Gao Gong knew that this was probably not a good time to change class.

"Greetings, Minister Gao!"

A robot spoke respectfully.

"At the meeting of the six ministers, how many came in person?"

"The Minister of the Human Experimentation Division and the Oracle of the Machine Consciousness Division came in person. The other three