Wisdom Sub-Brain

Lu Zhiyu looked at the vial of serum in his hand, his expression filled with hesitation. Although all the experiments he had conducted on mice had succeeded, with a success rate close to one hundred percent, it wasn't quite perfect. So when it came to using it on himself, Lu Zhiyu was still somewhat worried.

The serum in Lu Zhiyu's hand was an evolutionary serum, which he had named the Wisdom Sub-Brain Evolution Serum. He had modified his own genes to give himself a new innate ability. It would split off a portion of his brain that he barely used and form it into a Sub-Brain, then load it with a computer's operating system to boost his brain's computational power, making him a being like a computer.

This would greatly enhance humanity's learning ability and intelligence, which was exactly what Lu Zhiyu wanted at the moment. The Wisdom Sub-Brain wouldn't affect the personality and emotional processes of his main brain. It was like installing an intelligent chip in his brain. Lu Zhiyu wasn't interested in abilities like enhanced strength, breathing fire, or spitting water, and he didn't think they would be very useful to him. Human intelligence and the brain were the most powerful weapons.

"I've made it as perfect as possible. There's nothing to be afraid of!"

Lu Zhiyu took a deep breath, aimed the evolutionary serum at his spine, and immediately locked onto the spot with his mental power. He injected the serum into his bone marrow. At once, he felt a chill spread throughout his body, as if his body were a machine setting off a chain reaction. The serum stimulated his bone marrow to continuously produce new cells and replace the cells throughout his body.

Lu Zhiyu stripped off his clothes and lay down in the pool of nutrient solution he had made nearby. He submerged himself in the pool, which was filled with the solution that would provide the abundant nutrients his body needed for its transformation!

After a long while, Lu Zhiyu finally woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he pushed himself up from the pool with a splash and panted heavily. He looked around and saw several Ant-Men watching over and guarding him. They were like robots, only capable of carrying out commands. Once Lu Zhiyu stood up, he dried himself off and got dressed. The Ant-Men immediately brought him food and water.

After ravenously eating his fill, Lu Zhiyu examined the inside of his body. He found that nothing else had changed; only his brain's structure was different. It seemed to have shrunk a little and become more compact. The Sub-Brain was embedded in his main brain, forming a perfect curve. Its color was somewhat different, a deeper red all over, with what looked like a metallic sheen.

"Sub-Brain activated. Requesting control of the visual nervous system!"

"Granted!"

A voice appeared in Lu Zhiyu's brain. Once he agreed, his vision changed dramatically. A window like a computer screen appeared before his eyes, and he could adjust the distance at will, as if his eyes were cameras.

Lu Zhiyu realized he could use his eyes like cameras, freely taking and cropping images and storing them in the Sub-Brain. The whole world seemed clearer to him, and his mind was incredibly active. Countless flashes of insight surfaced in his thoughts. Problems he hadn't been able to figure out before now had solutions at once, and memories he couldn't recall could now be retrieved from his mind immediately!

"Sub-Brain, establish a reference library and organize it by subject!"

"Confirmed!"

"Sub-Brain, establish a research plan for the New Humans and a plan for producing evolutionary serum. Organize the relevant materials and research directions for me!"

"Confirmed. The New Humans production plan has entered its second phase and is 32 percent complete. The evolutionary serum production plan has also entered its second phase and is 21 percent complete!"

"Sub-Brain, establish..."

After issuing a series of commands, Lu Zhiyu disconnected from the Wisdom Sub-Brain and finally emerged from that state of mechanical thinking and superhuman ability. He had to admit that just now, his thoughts had seemed to move at the speed of light. He had felt as if he'd become a superhuman.

In one minute, he could solve problems that had once taken him an hour or even a day to think through. In one minute, he could complete a study plan that would previously have taken days. In one minute, he could do all sorts of things that had once been beyond him!

The feeling was incredible, and he could hardly bear to give it up. Yet it was also terrifying. In that state, a person could hardly be called human anymore. That mechanical mindset could affect the human personality and emotional processes.

Lu Zhiyu was very glad he'd decided to design a Sub-Brain to help him carry out his plan to enhance his intelligence, rather than replace his brain entirely. Although the effects would have been similar, the results would have been worlds apart. Lu Zhiyu didn't want to become a robot. He still wanted to preserve his personality and desires!

With the Wisdom Sub-Brain, Lu Zhiyu's New Humans production plan progressed incredibly quickly. It had taken him a month to design forty-eight genetic abilities. With the Sub-Brain, he could now study books on biology and medicine at an astonishing speed. He had practically committed to memory all the specialized books, academic magazines, and journals he'd placed in the library for himself to study.

With the Wisdom Sub-Brain, Lu Zhiyu could list countless references and then devise one possible development path after another to test. Countless biological templates and genetic chains appeared before his eyes, flashing and shifting as he worked. Using them, Lu Zhiyu designed one genetic ability after another. By the time the first New Human was born, he had already designed thousands of genetic abilities.

However, Lu Zhiyu didn't plan to put all these abilities into a single embryo. It made more sense for different people to have different abilities. They could be spread across the various embryos, with a few dozen or even a hundred abilities for each person. That would be more than enough for them to pass on and choose from when activating their abilities.

Different races would also have different abilities and inherited skills. Once he finished this, Lu Zhiyu brought the New Humans plan to a halt, bringing it to a close for the time being. At this stage, it had met his requirements.

However, successfully creating the embryos, bringing them to term, and eventually forming a population and a stable tribe would still take a long time. Lu Zhiyu had spent nearly half a year in the Space Castle. He entrusted the remaining plans to the Ant-Men.

The Ant-Men would take care of the monkeys and, after the first generation of New Humans was born, raise them gradually in the Space Castle. Lu Zhiyu certainly wouldn't teach them knowledge or pass on a legacy to them. Their civilization and language should develop on their own. He felt that this was the natural way for a civilization to develop, and that he shouldn't interfere.

The Dimensional Gate in the castle connected it to the outside world. Lu Zhiyu fixed the entrance in a particularly abundant forest. The Ant-Men would forage and hunt, so there would be no shortage of food and no problems with their living conditions. All Lu Zhiyu had to do was wait quietly!