Tyria Ruins

(I've been confusing brain-based civilization and artificial data space. They're actually the same thing. I'll check back to see if I can correct it. Sorry for the blunder~~)

A mechanical civilization, a virtual civilization, and a biological civilization.

Moreover, mechanical civilization is a semi-mechanical civilization, related to carbon-based civilizations. Biological civilizations also follow a haphazard path of modification. Theoretically speaking, there are many directions in which 'flesh and blood bodies' can evolve, such as androids, colony life forms, cybernetic modifiers, biological soldiers, and so on.

In addition, there is a brain-domain civilization related to "consciousness uploading".

The senior engineer now finally understands why these three civilizations were created. The development directions of these three civilizations have commonalities, but also unique characteristics, which are very compatible with the "cosmic relics".

As for the three civilization characteristics, the "Imperial Guard" has already been identified by the senior engineer and is quite powerful.

A quantum computer is a computing system no less powerful than a planetary computer, but the prerequisite for activating it is a virtual computing space comparable to cyberspace.

The "Species Evolution Machine" is a very interesting thing. According to the system's description, it can make up for the defects caused by species evolution.

As for how to make amends, the senior engineer still doesn't know.

"I'll let Rose study this later. Anyway, I've already covered all the knowledge about the 'Flesh and Blood Mecha Civilization.'"

The conditions for studying "civilization characteristics" are very demanding; it requires the collection of all knowledge chains and all professional knowledge.

Of the three civilizations, two were completed with Gao Yuanyuan's strong assistance, and Gao has already collected the "Dual Civilization Complete Illustrated Guide".

All that's missing is a chain of specialized knowledge to complete the comprehensive overview of the three civilizations—

Electronic Doctrine (Turing Mechanics)

According to the system's introduction, it is described as follows.

The Electronic Doctrine (Turing Machines): Humanity has embarked on the path of "computer science and artificial intelligence," but has also embarked on an evolutionary path from which there is no turning back. In the end, the fate of humanity will certainly be pessimistic, but it is not entirely without hope.

This is a knowledge chain from the "metaphysical" perspective.

"Brother, I'm sorry," Gao Yuanyuan said apologetically, "Every time I try to enter that huge sailboat, I'm stopped by a golden light. It's like the other party can always predict my whereabouts."

"That's normal. They're all Collapse Entity, and Turing is one of the top-ranked Collapse Entity. It's not surprising that they discovered you."

The third Collapse Entity, Turing, is the culmination of this "metaphysical knowledge chain".

The "metaphysical knowledge chain" has a very distinctive feature: it seems useless, and in most cases it is indeed useless, but once its usefulness is discovered, the effect is terrifying!

"Fortunately, I had already made preparations. Among the players, at least 20 have already changed their class to Turing Church Priest and entered that global expedition."

The senior engineer muttered to himself.

As an NPC with a system panel, he doesn't even need to contact players directly; he can remotely control them through the forum.

And this kind of manipulation is something that even the "Turing God" could not detect.

What he wants players to do, besides collecting information about the Turing Church, is to collect knowledge about professions.

This is a highly rewarding personal mission.

The monk with the Brain Waterlogging, Cybo, was one of the "underground spies" sent by the senior engineer.

At this moment, he had finished his "teaching" and was taking a break on the deck.

As far as the eye can see, there are small sightseeing boats, sampans, flat-bottomed sailboats, old-fashioned steamships, small rowboats, and lifeboats. The fleet of boats seems to stretch as far as the eye can see. The boats are filled with believers from all over the world. They eat, drink, and relieve themselves on the boats. The air is filled with a mixture of fishy and fecal smells. It feels like this is not the cyber age, but the Age of Exploration.

These boats were divided into different "boat districts" because of their different "parishes". There were a total of 22 boat districts, and many of the boats had passageways made of sampans and iron chains.

At the edge of the Brain Waterlogging vision, beyond a container ship, one can see a complex of ships the size of ten aircraft carriers, the size of a sea fortress, its exterior entirely made of engines.

"That's fucking steampunk!"

Looking at the "Ark" still billowing thick smoke, I couldn't help but make a Brain Waterlogging comment.

Do these types of ships have any combat capability?

Of course not.

The colonial governor of District 1 thought the same way, so he planned to wipe out these "steam pirates" as part of his achievements.

Then, after his Brain Waterlogging, he saw a scene he would never forget in his life: boundless golden light rose from the "Ark" like a great sun. Wherever the light shone, the sound of "Namchabha" resounded through the sky. All the mechanical weapons, no matter how high their level or how advanced their AI, sank into the water like rain.

It was then that the Brain Waterlogging, understood why its own ships were so "steam-powered"—this "glory" was indiscriminately lethal to artificial intelligence.

Unfortunately, all the smart weapons he had secretly hidden were banned, and the thought of it gave him a headache.

This strange fleet of ships circumnavigated a third of the planets within two months.

The three Big Data Conceptual Entity thus disappeared.

The number of people on the deck gradually increased, including church members, prostitutes, and even hackers.

"Turing hacker" is a very niche and special hacker profession. Interestingly, it does not require wearing a network implant pod, and in fact, it is impossible to switch to this profession after any cybernetic modification.

Is there really a player in this world who doesn't accept cybernetic modifications?

This is the first thought that Brain Waterlogging when one learns about the requirements for changing jobs.

As it turns out, it really does exist!

Soon, a voice rang in his mind.

"Master of Spam, we're almost at the Holy City. I pulled some strings and got you a small boat belonging to the Isaiah faction, ship number AI313541. Just give them the password to get in. And I'm counting on you for my job change item!" - Yin Chanzi

"Knew."

Turing hackers have a unique advantage in the task of 'collecting professional knowledge,' so when the other party approached them, they agreed to the invitation to join Brain Waterlogging almost without hesitation.

After all, the mission rewards are generous enough to be shared even between two people.

Seeing that it was almost time, Brain Waterlogging decisively jumped off the deck and landed on a sampan. Then, through a boatway made of chains and planks, it took quite a bit of effort to find the small yacht AI313541, which was rusty and had its hull peeling off.

Under the watchful eyes of the crew, he gave the signal, made a hook-shaped gesture with his hands, one above the other, and then bent down and crawled inside.

There were already six or seven people on the yacht, all dressed in white linen robes, looking like medieval priests. They all showed disgust when they saw the Brain Waterlogging into the back of the brain.

"Why is everyone here a Isaiah supporter? This is giving me a headache!"

Compared to these drug-addicted lunatics, Brain Waterlogging prefers the Worm school of thought. At least by following them, one can learn the skill of "suppressing AI," and there's even a rumor that one player learned the second-tier mechanical repair skill.

Using AI, suppressing AI, and using tools for human purposes—this is the style of this school of thought; they are more like the STEM guys in the Turing Church.

On the contrary, the "Isaiah faction" was the most disgusting. Sure enough, not long after the ship set sail, some people started "cyber drugging". Their eyes were glazed, their faces showed strange and twisted smiles, and the veins on their foreheads were as thick as fingers, as if they were flowing with brain matter. An indescribable stench wafted over.

Although this is a practice of the Turing Church, every time I see this scene, my Brain Waterlogging feels like these people are seriously mentally ill!

This is why he doesn't envy "Yin Chanzi," because to become a Turing hacker, one must join this school of thought.

He was a science student, not an arts student.

According to "Yin Chanzi," this school of thought believes that language does not transmit ideas, but rather determines them. In fact, the mouth is a compiler, and what is spoken is a kind of data stream of oral transmission, also known as "Namsakura." From the perspective of Brain Waterlogging, this is a kind of "language virus."

Through training, without the aid of a "network access pod," the human brain's nervous system can master this "virus," thereby breaking down the isolation between humans and machines, and even directly controlling and modifying other people's brains.

This ability is even stronger than that of ordinary AI, which explains why it is called a "Turing hacker".

Rumors circulate that Tyria, once the world's number one hacker, and his hacker organization "Holy City" had close ties with the Turing Church.

As the ship gradually approached the shore, Brain Waterlogging saw the former holy city of Tyria and was immediately disappointed.

It's less a city and more a vast ruin. The pristine marble walls are now pitted and uneven, and the churches have been reduced to rubble. Only a few have been preserved. The broken statues, shattered religious symbols, and holy names covered in graffiti all testify to the fact that this city has already died out.

Where can you find this thing?

Brain Waterlogging is looking for is precisely the item that Yin Chanzi needs for job change: a complete Holy Name.

The Brain Waterlogging, pressed the back of its head, inserted a recognition chip into the brain-computer interface, and opened the 'virtual vision'. Instantly, one strange data stream after another flashed by.

In cyberspace, data is transformed into anthropomorphic forms, but here, data is just data—strings of characters and religious symbols.

Based on the old-era map he must have downloaded beforehand, landmarks were quickly marked out one by one.

Alphabet City

Bai Bailu Port

Red Sail Town

Luoshui Bridge

Soon, he arrived at a white cemetery, one of the few well-preserved areas in Tyria.

He went inside with his Brain Waterlogging and quickly discovered what was special about the place.

In the data perspective, the graves here do not bury corpses, but rather artificial data entities.