Mechanical Ape-Man
Even though there are countless civilizations in the universe, carbon-based civilizations still constitute a major mainstream.
Considering the other three types, mechanical life, information life, and energy life are not very similar to "humans," at least not material life.
Therefore, another theory suggests that carbon-based life represents the original life form of all planets and is the source of all things.
But one should not be arrogant, and even less should one think that carbon-based products are all one family.
Because carbon-based life forms that venture into interstellar space may not necessarily originate from apes, nor may they necessarily be primates, or even mammals.
There are far too many alien life forms that look bizarre and cry out like ghosts.
Therefore, popularizing lesbian aesthetics was an inescapable duty for Mr. G in his previous life.
But what appeared before the senior engineer now was indeed a humanoid creature.
It has four limbs, and the paws on its hands and feet show obvious signs of degeneration.
His facial features were somewhat horrifying, like a fathead fish that had been flattened by a hammer, with nostrils the size of coins.
As for the hair, it is somewhere between octopus tentacles and nerve bundles.
Du Zhaodi subconsciously touched her arm and retreated behind the senior engineer.
The girl with the ponytail wasn't against mechanical modifications; she saw them as a way to enhance male attractiveness. However, the sticky, oddly shaped thing made her feel uneasy.
The senior engineer looked down and examined the other person's chest. There was a clear blood hole, and the surface was covered with dried green pus.
Strangely, he did not find the other person's genitals, not even a genital opening.
Could it be a cloned product?
The senior engineer then found a nameplate on the other person's waist.
"Life Form No. 3151"
There is another line of text on the back—
Blue Water Technology
The senior engineer's expression turned serious, not because of the two lines of text, but because above "Blue Water Technology" there was an icon, in which a huge robot blotted out the sky.
This is the symbol of Cybertron, one of the three mother cities.
Standing atop hundreds of mechanical cities across the entire planet are the three mother cities, each with a planet-level mainframe stationed there, serving as agents of advanced civilizations in this "cyber testing ground".
Every company takes pride in receiving outsourcing projects from its parent city.
The "Cybertron" symbol is the "Mother City Mechanical Standard," indicating that this "Ocean Man" is an outsourced project of the Mother City.
"To create babies?"
The senior engineer knew that one of the main tasks assigned to the three mother cities by the advanced mechanical civilization was to create humans.
Only when "intelligent life" exists can a social ecosystem beyond life be born.
Among them, the "deep web" has created a large number of AI life forms that roam the cyber network. These are not artificially stupid beings supported by algorithms, but genuine electronic life forms with personality, emotions, and memories.
These electronic life forms have completed the five key elements of AI evolution.
Self-replication, self-management, self-repair, moderate evolution, and deep learning.
The "Fortress" cultivated a group of androids, with hundreds of millions of androids living, reproducing, and reincarnating within the mother city.
The rudiments of a civilized ecosystem have already taken shape.
This is why humanity's importance has diminished since the war, with only a select few elite humans able to enter the Mother City.
Cybertron is the only planetary supercomputer in players' minds that failed to meet its KPIs.
However, the senior engineer does not think so. The three mother cities cooperate and compete, and each mother city represents a civilization system.
Their ultimate goal, or rather the ultimate mission of the cyber test site, has not been completed, so no one knows exactly what it is.
After the cyber tide erupted and became irreversible, the entire planet was swallowed up by the black hole weapon of an advanced civilization.
The senior engineer stroked his chin, at least one thing was certain.
Cybertron was also trying to create humans, and the fact that the human creation plan failed was definitely due to the external factors of the Beast Machine Disaster.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that the senior engineer had not made any move, Du Zhaodi couldn't help but ask.
"I'm thinking that if we can have children earlier, we might be able to gain an advantage."
Now it was Du Zhaodi's turn to remain silent.
The senior engineer paused for a moment, then turned to look at her. He saw that the girl with the ponytail was flushed, her eyes were darting around, and her calm and capable aura had vanished by the last bit. She was muttering incoherently, saying things like "career is important," "the baby is cute," "we are all still young," and "but it's not impossible."
The senior engineer immediately realized what was happening, coughed lightly, and said nonchalantly, "Just kidding, let's continue exploring."
Du Zhaodi's eyes widened in shock, and two words flashed through her mind—scumbag!
About five minutes after the three groups entered the fog, one group was attacked.
"My exoskeleton was damaged, but not seriously. The enemy's weapon was a metal spear that pierced a small hole in my armor. The power was equivalent to a large-caliber sniper bullet."
A voice from an exoskeleton soldier came through the walkie-talkie.
However, in the next moment, the senior engineer's expression turned serious, and his palm instantly transformed into the "Bloodthirsty Hook Foot," sweeping forward sharply. With a "clang," a black spear was stuck diagonally into the ground not far away.
A dark shadow flashed by in the distance.
"Trying to run away!"
With a flick of his wrist, the engineer's monomolecular wire hooked onto a large tree, and he vanished instantly.
The person who came looked back, but the distance was empty.
Suddenly, it felt a sharp pain in its shoulder, as a tremendous pulling force came from high above.
The senior engineer descended from the sky, his iron knee slamming into the opponent's waist, knocking him to the ground.
Before the other party could react, a strange claw appeared on its forehead, accompanied by a grating, metallic tearing sound, and sparks flew as metal rubbed against each other.
[You dealt 27 damage to mechanical minions]
Mechanical servant species?
The senior engineer was stunned, and his other hand, which was reaching for the other person's neck, instinctively paused.
The other party stared blankly at the senior engineer's "Bloodthirsty Hook," and hurriedly began to mimic it.
"You mean, you were a servant of those mechanical hunters before?"
A moment later
Looking at the "half-human, half-monkey" creature, which was less than a meter tall and covered in animal skins and metal, the senior engineer asked curiously.
The other party nodded excitedly, and a bunch of electronic components on his body began to sway.
A mechanical version of the late ape-man.
Do you know Old Sun?
Upon hearing the name, the servant ape-man became even more excited, gesturing wildly and tugging at the engineer's sleeve, trying to pull him forward.
"Do you recognize this monkey?" Du Zhaodi asked curiously.
"I don't know him, but there's an old guy who does."
The senior engineer sized up the mechanical ape-man and asked, "Can you understand what I'm saying? Do you have a name?"
The other party actually had it, and the monkey excitedly wrote three words crookedly on the ground.
"Friday, a good name."
"You mean you recognized me as one of Old Sun's gang only because you saw my palm?"
"What's with this fog? Is it a weapon from the older generation of mechanical hunters? Interesting."
With Friday leading the way, the senior engineer quickly arrived at the actual cemetery.
A very inconspicuous earthen enclosure.
The senior engineer also met Friday's family, a large tribe of late-stage apes who ground steel bars into weapons. Their nest also contained small forging machines, small generators, and other such "pots and pans".
According to the senior engineer's half-guessing, they are "new humans" who were captured by mechanical hunters and taught the ways of "fishing, woodcutting, farming, and reading".
If all goes well, perhaps in a few hundred or a thousand years, these new mechanical humans will replace post-war humans and become the dominant race on this planet.
Those classic mechanical hunters might just become post-apocalyptic Prometheus.
Of course, all of this is just the engineer's wild imagination. According to the normal timeline, this planet would be crushed in less than three years, not even three hundred years.
"You mean, the things Old Sun left behind are all kept in this earthen enclosure?"
"Friday" nodded and shook his head at the same time, gesturing with his hands as if he were rapping.
The senior engineer looked at it for a while before he understood, "You mean, there's some danger inside."
Friday nodded, thought for a moment, and then went back into his mud house. When he came out, he had something in his palm: a metal apple.
The senior engineer took it, and the attributes automatically appeared in the system panel.
Electric Screen Fruit (Mechanical Creation): After use, it will dispel a 3x3 meter energy shield fog. There is a 60% chance of heavy metal poisoning and an 80% chance of diarrhea.
The senior engineer's eye twitched. Although he had modified his stomach, he didn't want to test the law, so he changed the subject, saying, "Could you let my companions in?"
Friday shook his head vigorously and pointed to the senior engineer's palm, indicating that only those who had inherited the classic style of mechanical hunters, or those who had implanted biological weapons, were allowed to enter.
No wonder Lao Sun didn't say anything; his biological implant was the best way to open the door.
After thinking for a moment, the senior engineer handed the walkie-talkie to Du Zhaodi and told her to wait outside. He then walked into the earthen enclosure alone.
Inside the earthen enclosure were simple, rough graves, with names crookedly carved on the tombstones; fortunately, the quality was passable, otherwise bone fragments would have been exposed.
"Old Sun won't make me dig up all the graves one by one, will he?"
Fortunately, the senior engineer quickly discovered the blind spot: most graves only had names on them, while some graves had markings with some faded patterns.
Following the marked graves, the senior engineer unearthed a pile of bio-modification materials.
You have obtained the Tier 2 Creature Modification Blueprint [Tree Sickle]
You have obtained the Tier 2 Biological Modification Blueprint [Bone Radiation Corpse Armor]
You have obtained the Tier 3 Creature Modification Blueprint [Demon Ram Horn]
You have obtained the Level 2 Biological Modification Blueprint [Gasoline Flame Whip]
[You have obtained the Level 2 biological modification blueprint [Electronic Bee Eye]]
You have obtained the Tier 1 Bio-Modification Blueprint [Bio Gun]
[You have obtained the Level 1 Biological Modification Blueprint [Jet Claws]]
The senior engineer straightened up, put down the shovel, and dusted off the dirt from his trouser legs.
According to the mission prompts, in addition to the blueprints, there should also be implantable biological weapons.
However, after so many years, even if biological weapons existed, there probably wouldn't be many that are still usable.
At some point, the fog began to thicken, piling up around the grave, creating a strange sense of dread.
The senior engineer knew that the danger 'Friday' had mentioned was coming.