[You have mastered a practical technology: Network Hacking (Master)] [Master-level technology: The limits of human ability, the pinnacle of experience and knowledge, the highest attribute a technology category can reach. From this point on, only the accomplishments you achieve with these skills can define your abilities.] [You have achieved a master-level breakthrough in excellence: Network Hacking (Consciousness Upgrade)] [Tech Points awarded: 5000] [Description: Every skill master possesses an extraordinary skill different from those of other masters.] [You have mastered a practical technology: Electronic Hardware Technology (Master)] [You have achieved a master-level breakthrough in excellence: Electronic Hardware Technology (Body Reshaping)] [The trait "Heart of Evolution" has branched.] [New trait: Mechanical Ascension] [Description: Shape a mirror image of yourself. Replace fragile and useless flesh with eternal, perfect metal, and replace the bonds of humanity with pure reason and coldness.] [Tech Points awarded: 5000] [Current Tech Points: 33500]
Lier was more precise than Soulkiller at capturing emotions.
Under his control, the circuits and shards housed in the metal skull were given their final modifications through a computer in another world:
The electrical changes that produced emotions in Lier's brain were completely killed off and replaced with a new operating mode--
This adjustment completely turned his brain into part of a computer. He no longer needed a Sandevistan to accelerate his consciousness or a Cyberware Demodulator to serve as a bridge for the brain-computer interface!
This change would completely kill off the part of him that felt emotions as a human!
His brain would burn out in a final, expendable run as a Wetware Computer--
The disappearance of emotion and the dramatic change in his method of computation meant that Soulkiller could no longer find Lier in the Network. But this hidden communication channel was thereby exposed to the Blackwall!
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