Slaughter Prototype!

What is this?

"My latest masterpiece."

"Chaos 02?"

"No, this is a completely new concept; it's an exoskeleton suit of armor."

"Based on my self-created neural unit slices, I created an AI that can assist people in thinking, which I call a Light Brain."

"Look closely here. The Light Brain is located at the back of the neck. It is connected to the neural units of the human brain. It can not only assist in thinking, but also autonomously control the body to make reactions."

"For example, in dangerous situations, the Light Brain can detect the source of the danger and automatically take evasive action."

"Because it is the first version of the Light Brain, there is currently no way to make it automatically retaliate, so the current Light Brain mode can only be semi-automatic."

"This exoskeleton armor, because of energy considerations, has reduced most of its functions as much as possible, retaining only auxiliary kinetic energy to minimize energy consumption."

009 narrowed his eyes. "Don't you have that... Nuclear Energy Fuel Rod? Just use that, won't that solve the problem?"

The computer shook its head. "No, while the energy bar is stable under normal conditions, it will..."

"Will it?"

"Explode."

"I limited the energy of the energy bar to keep the explosion within a controllable range, but if it explodes at point-blank range, a third-tier life form will surely die."

"Wait a minute, computer, do you think it's possible for us to just throw this fuel rod like a grenade?"

"Boss, there are two things I need to correct you on."

"Firstly, Nuclear Energy Fuel Rod are very difficult to manufacture, and we have limited resources that we cannot afford to squander."

"Secondly, if we want to make hand grenades, we have more options, and we can use less material while having a similar explosive power to a fuel rod explosion."

"Then let's do it!"

"I'm not saying anything more, is there no material?"

"Alright, alright, let's get back to the armor."

"Because the armor is designed for the user, unlike the mixed-up No. 01, which is entirely under my control. Even if it is destroyed, it won't cause too much damage."

"But humans are different. For the so-called power supply of the armor, I adopted the idea of Eternal Biotechnology."

"Since there is energy in the world that can be absorbed by living organisms, then machines can extract energy from the human body and feed it back to the machine itself, thus achieving a small-scale energy replenishment."

"But this can only be a small-scale process. The energy absorbed by organisms is too little. Once the energy consumption is too high, the converted energy will not be able to supply the demand at all."

"It feels like solar energy."

"Yes, but the energy absorbed by living organisms is far more effective than that from solar energy."

"But currently, there is still one problem with this first generation."

"It can currently only be equipped on Awakened Ones."

"Because only the awakened can absorb energy and meet the conditions for energy transformation."

Upon hearing this, 009 stood up and said, "Then you need to optimize it further. If it can only be used by awakened individuals and cannot be equipped on ordinary people, it will not be of much significance to the whole system."

"Of course, most importantly, I am not an Awakened One."

"The reason you are not an awakened one is because you are always in an unchangeable state. The energy in your body is also a part of you. It is unchanging and can neither be consumed nor increased."

"Then I can supply the armor with unlimited power?"

"No, as I just said, your energy is constant; it can neither increase nor decrease."

"In other words, no matter what method is used, there is no way to extract energy from your body."

"Then you should research how to get ordinary people to wear battle armor."

If ordinary people could be armed with these weapons, then a group of soldiers equipped with exoskeletons and AI would surely be able to defeat the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"By the way, what's the name of this machine?"

"Because it's the first version, the codename is Prototype, and for the name, I prefer Killer."

"To kill for the sake of killing, to become strong for the sake of becoming strong, born from war, created from slaughter, that is the purpose of my creation of the machine."

"So this is... the Slaughter Prototype?"

"Alright, let's hurry up and get Slaughter 2 out."

"I need materials."

What material?

"I need the body of an Awakened One, or the flesh and blood of Sequence Derivative."

"Can't we use Arthur's?"

"Not enough, far from enough, I need a lot more."

"If possible, the Ten Heavenly Stems of the Nine-Tailed Fox would be a good material."

Several days later.

Arthur returned to headquarters, and Zhang Yuanqing, who was sitting on a chair nearby shaking dice, turned around upon hearing the sound. "Oh, got a new skin?"

At this moment, Arthur was wearing a brown-green military overcoat, with exposed metal structures on his hands and feet.

The exoskeleton extends down his spine, covering his back and chest, as well as his arms and legs.

Arthur's face didn't change much, except that a metal wire was embedded in both sides of his cheeks.

Arthur scratched his neck. "Damn, it's so itchy! Can't this Light Brain be placed somewhere else? It's so uncomfortable."

"What kind of Light Brain?"

Upon hearing Zhang Yuanqing's words, Arthur's expression suddenly darkened.

Light Brain?

Arthur had never seen it either. He only knew that he had been stripped naked by the computer and bound to the bed, then the back of his neck was opened and a shapeless iron lump was implanted in him.

He was then anesthetized, and this experiment was conducted more than once.

During this period, various adjustments and matching processes caused Arthur a great deal of suffering!

Especially when the computer is looking at him with a bunch of mechanical claws, holding axes, chainsaws, saw blades, hammers, and awls.

At that moment, Arthur experienced the darkest moment of his life.

The key thing is that those things aren't just for show; the computer is actually used!

He used a chainsaw to cut open Arthur's body. Arthur didn't know exactly what he did, but it was precisely because he didn't know that he was afraid!

The reason why he used weapons like chainsaws is because Arthur's skin and flesh are too tough.

Ordinary scalpels are difficult to use, so a series of tools such as axes and chainsaws are used to violently open the cavity.

Fortunately, Arthur didn't let him die from the ordeal, but after the Light Brain was implanted, Arthur felt uncomfortable all the time.

My neck feels cool and itchy, and then...

"I feel uncomfortable all over!"

Arthur asked the computer to uninstall these things, but the computer ignored him.

As soon as Arthur returned to the surface and sat down, he started jumping around and twisting his whole body.

As for why, Arthur didn't know either.

He felt very strange; his body was always out of control, and he would always have some inexplicable thoughts when he was thinking.

Then he twisted and turned and rolled around on the ground several times.

Zhang Yuanqing looked on in bewilderment, "What's wrong with him?"

"Is it epilepsy?"

At this moment, the computer-controlled Chaos 01 walked over, with countless mechanical claws connected to its back.

"Don't worry about it, this is a precious picture of early humans taming neurotechnology."

"The body's neural units are rejecting the Light Brain, so he will feel strange all over his body, and every inch of his skin will make him feel uncomfortable."

"This is the biological body's own rejection of mechanical implants."

Why the rejection?

Upon hearing Zhang Yuanqing's words, Chaos 01 slowly raised its mechanical arms, "Because living beings themselves are resisting the evolution brought about by machinery."

"But don't worry, these are all temporary. After a while, your body will be able to adapt to these implants."

"This is an inevitable trend in the evolution of carbon-based life. The arrival of each new era will inevitably be met with resistance and backlash from the old era."

"But this only proves that the path I've taken is the right one!"

"The world is in chaos, Mechanical Descent of God!"

"Flesh is Weak, but Technological Ascension!"

"Abandon this wretched body and join us in this glorious evolution!"

Zhang Yuanqing tossed a coin. "Hmm, let's forget about it."

The computer shook its head. "Look, yet another fool who resists change, but perhaps your resistance is an essential part of the process."

"This is also one of the topics in the philosophy I practice."