The Scholar

Beep beep beep!

Suddenly, a small tin robot rolled out from under the wooden bed.

It had a red light on its head, and the speaker was somewhat hoarse.

"Alarm! Alarm! Alarm!"

"Intruder! Intruder!"

The little robot circled back and forth on the ground, trying its best to give its owner some pointers.

Qin Yiguan clenched his fist slightly, his eyes cautious.

If this Big Head man is indeed the mastermind behind "The Breath of the Mute," then his dwelling shouldn't only contain toys like these, right?

"Forehead..."

But then the Big Head man let out a dry groan; he Awakening and was slowly opening his eyes.

When he saw Qin Yiguan's face clearly, his body trembled violently!

"Forehead..."

A strange sound came from his throat, and his expression turned panicked for a moment. He reached out and fumbled on the table to the side, finally finding a throat-sounding device, which he then attached to his Adam's apple.

"You!"

How did you find this place?!

The Big Head man spoke, his tone filled with terror.

now.

A huge ripple was stirred in Qin Yiguan's heart.

It really is him!

Qin Yiguan was somewhat incredulous.

He scanned the room again.

Dilapidated, filthy, even disgusting.

A cold, damp air blew in through the broken window.

Whenever the hexagonal air bubble changes shape, it blows the snow and rain from outside the window into the room, landing on his huge bald head.

On the west-facing windowsill, within the decaying window frame, grew a crystal orchid.

When the wind direction changes for the sixth time, the scent of the crystal orchid will fill the house.

Qin Yiguan looked up and saw a crystal chandelier hanging from the ceiling that had lost power; it was a chandelier made up of eight cubic light tubes.

The lamp's design is exactly the same as the ' Official Fortress ' in "The Breath of the Mute".

All of this confirms Qin Yiguan's guess.

Information from the real world can seep into the world of "The Breath of the Mute".

but.

Qin Yiguan stared at the Big Head man before him. There was no helmet or other neural connection device on his head. How had he entered the "Breath of the Mute"?

besides.

There's no way a large server unit could be hidden in that cramped room.

now.

Qin Yiguan stared intently at the Big Head monster. "You... you're the boy on the throne?!"

Suddenly, tears welled up in the Big Head man's eyes. His body trembled slightly as he tried to raise his head by engaging the muscles in his neck.

He laughed through his tears, saying, "That's right, that's me. Now you've found out how ugly, how filthy, how weak I am in reality!"

As he spoke, he feigned a strong expression, but in reality, his arms and body were subconsciously shrinking back, and his feet were even involuntarily rubbing against the ground.

Qin Yiguan stared at his enormous head, slowly narrowing his eyes, "Could it be that ' The Breath of the Mute ' is... running in your brain?!"

But then they saw the Big Head man's facial muscles twitch slightly, and his eyes widen.

Qin Yiguan had confirmed his guess, and then added, "To run so much massive code in your mind and support such a complex game... you must have some kind of Reality Enhancement!"

But the Big Head man was crying and laughing, his body trembling constantly, as if he were suffering from some kind of social phobia.

His lips trembled as he said, "Other people's abilities are called Reality Enhancement, but mine is different. I suffer from a mental illness!"

Mental illness!

Qin Yiguan's eyes snapped open.

My name is Aoke.

The Big Head man, with tears in his eyes, said, "Five years ago, I was a normal child living in this city with my parents. But I was timid by nature and was often bullied by other children. One day, they tricked me into going to the outskirts and beat me severely; it was one of their daily forms of entertainment."

"I experienced fifteen minutes of extreme pain."

"Finally, a cruel child struck me hard on the head with a baseball bat!"

"They thought I was dead and buried me in the soil."

"But I didn't die; I crawled back to my home."

"It was from that time that my skull began to swell uncontrollably."

"My parents sought medical help everywhere, but they couldn't cure my edema."

"I eventually learned that what I had wasn't a physical ailment, but a psychological one."

At this point, Aoke looked at Qin Yiguan, his smile strange, almost self-deprecating, "The truth is both laughable and absurd; someone else's sudden blow created my [savant syndrome]!"

Qin Yiguan was somewhat puzzled, "Saint syndrome?!"

But the Aoke was still curled up. "Savant syndrome is a cognitive disorder, but patients with this condition possess extraordinary perception and learning abilities in a particular area, such as a certain academic subject or a certain science."

"Some people with autism also suffer from savant syndrome."

"When an ordinary person's brain suffers accidental injury, there is a certain probability that it will trigger [savant syndrome]."

"Most of these people have an IQ below 70, but they far surpass ordinary people in some special tests; they are commonly known as 'idiot geniuses.'"

Qin Yiguan listened quietly.

Savant syndrome is a mental illness, but in reality, it is a condition that can stimulate the potential of the human brain!

Not to mention, this Aoke lives in the Metaverse with savant syndrome!

Qin Yiguan is extremely knowledgeable about the effects of various psychological illnesses on the Metaverse; he is practically an expert himself!

That means...

The Aoke's savant syndrome must have been amplified by the Gemini Superbrain!

In an instant, the Aoke's image became incredibly mysterious in Qin Yiguan's eyes. Just what kind of effect did his brain disease have?!

Immediately, Qin Yiguan probed, "Patients with [Savant syndrome] possess extraordinary talent in a certain area, so... is your talent coding? Or, mechanical manufacturing?!"

"That's true, and that's not true either."

As Aoke's body trembled slightly. He was in a state like a little mouse trying to shrink into its hole, filled with an inner fear of everything external.

With great effort, he raised his enormous head and looked out at the sky.

"The dark cloud you see is not a dark cloud at all."

"It is a high-density dark matter energy cluster. Although dark energy has no physical form and is not recognized by mainstream physics, it can be used to explain the expansion of the universe. Dark matter is the invisible force driving the entire universe. According to the theory of dark energy, dark matter is everywhere in the universe, only differing in density distribution."

"In the old days, Bruce, a pilot flying a PAN-AM914 single-propeller plane across the Bermuda Triangle, experienced a bizarre time-travel event, covering a journey that would normally take 6 hours in just 45 minutes."

"It's because Bruce encountered a high-matter dark energy cluster. The cluster pushed space, causing it to expand, and Bruce's plane exceeded the speed of light."

"Those hexagonal air bubbles you see are also a manifestation of dark matter energy clusters."

Qin Yiguan frowned slightly. "What the hell are you talking about?"

But the Aoke ignored Qin Yiguan and continued talking to himself.

The average person has 12 to 14 billion brain neurons.

"And I have 1.186 trillion neurons. Just like ordinary people, each neuron has only one function: to turn on and off, that is, to release bioelectricity or not to release bioelectricity."

"If certain neurons in the brain are activated, they will connect to form a long line, like the North Star in the sky. That represents a thought of yours or a movement of your limbs."

"I have redefined how my brain works."

"A neuron being turned on is represented by '0', and a neuron being turned off is represented by '1'."

"In this way, each idea can be combined into a piece of 01 code, achieving the same effect as computer programming."

"I call this original technology ' Brain Encoding '."

"My [savant syndrome] allows me to project these codes out in the form of tangible consciousness."

"Furthermore, with the help of the expanding space within the high-density dark matter cloud above my head, my 'brain code' formed a vast network covering an area of 120 million square kilometers."

"Then."

"The Breath of the Mute was born."

"It's not just a game; it's a huge network."

"I first hacked into a private mecha manufacturing plant, built the first mecha, then killed everyone in the plant and gained control of it."

"Then, I hacked into a helmet manufacturing company and created the first batch of virtual reality helmets. They didn't need to connect to any network; they connected directly to my brain."

"During this process, no one could stop me, no one could even detect my network coverage, and no one could decipher my code."

"Then, the first batch of players appeared."

And so on.

"I hacked into 120 mech factories, silently killed everyone, integrated their technology, and manufactured tens of thousands of new mechs to continue killing and manufacturing."

"For the past three years, I have also been continuously producing the Helmet of the Breath of the Mute."

"Now."

"The ' Breath of the Mute ' network owns 1,240 mech manufacturing plants and 78 storage centers capable of accommodating tens of thousands of mechs."

"And, 137,833 players."

Nobody knows.

"I, Aoke, am the controller of the number one mecha force in the Gemini Metaverse!"