"Good, your integration was very successful, and you are now free. However, you cannot go outside for the time being. You must stay in the experiment at all times for our inspection and monitoring. If anything goes wrong, look here." Academician Xiao pointed to the laboratory's defense system.
"Academician, thank you. I never expected that you would not only spare my life but also give me a chance to be free. I am willing to serve humanity."
This new life is the Branch Consciousness Entity that eroded Zhang Yuanshan back then. Academician Xiao created a one-meter-tall miniature figure to fuse with this Nebula Lifeform form.
Although this little man resembles a human in appearance, his internal structure is fundamentally different. He doesn't need to breathe or eat specific foods. He has strong bones, a highly protective outer skin, and can survive directly in outer space. Moreover, his brain is extremely developed. However, Little Crab was placed inside his brain at the beginning of his creation to control the biological warriors. This Little Crab also secretly makes the little man loyal to humans. Once he shows any sign of rebellion, the Little Crab will react, and in the worst case, it will directly crush his brain.
The Little Crab is tightly connected to the brain tissue and cannot be removed by any surgery. In other words, the Little Crab is an organ of the brain, and the life or death of the Little Crab is the life or death of the brain.
When the Branch Consciousness Entity entered the little man's body, this time it wasn't like Zhang Yuanshan, where the Branch Consciousness Entity simply controlled Zhang Yuanshan's every word and action with brainwaves. Since the little man itself didn't have brainwaves, the brainwaves of the branch consciousness were immediately and truly imprisoned by the brain after entering the body, and could never come out again. The consciousness already belonged to this body. Perhaps, this is the true meaning of liberation. If it were just simple control, the consciousness would not have a sense of identification with the body.
The reason for making the head so large is that the brainwave intensity of the Branch Consciousness Entity exceeds that of humans. If the brain is not enlarged and strengthened, the current will directly damage the cell structure. This makes the big-headed little person look strange, but also a bit cute.
How are you feeling right now?
"Very good, Academician. I feel like I've never existed so truly before. I love this body very much, Academician. I feel like this body is me, and I am this body. Now I can't be separated from this body."
"How about this, I'll give you a name. You can call yourself Zero."
" Zero? According to your culture, that doesn't seem to be a name, but rather a code name. Academician, I want a real name. How about Xiao Ling? Academician, you're called Xiao Yi, and since you created me, my real name is Xiao Ling. But you can still call me Zero. I know humans have all sorts of names."
"Whatever you like. My assistant will be conducting a series of checks on you, so please cooperate with them, okay?"
"Don't worry, Academician, I will cooperate with you."
"Okay, that's good."
"By the way, Academician, what about the many Branch Consciousness Entity? Will you kill them?"
Why are you asking this? Aren't they your enemies?
"I don't know, Academician. Since I got this body, many things have changed. I feel like I'm human, but I also know I'm not. And my hatred for other Branch Consciousness Entity seems to have disappeared. Now I feel sorry for them instead. My feelings are so confused. I don't know what I am now. Academician, can you tell me?"
"To be honest, I don't really know what you are, but I can tell you that life is full of sorrows. You are lucky to have separated from the Main Consciousness and now have a real body. Compared to those Branch Consciousness Entity that have dissipated, you have gained so much. We humans also have our sorrows: we are too weak individually, our brains are not developed enough, and our lifespans were too short before. But we still survive tenaciously in this universe. As long as we work hard, we will definitely get what we want."
"Effort? What do I want? But Academician, I don't want anything at all."
"No? What you want isn't the physical object, but the answer. First, adapt to this body. After completing the tests and examinations, you can move freely within this area. If possible, I can speak to the fleet's highest command to give you the opportunity to leave."
"But there's nothing I can do to help you. In my current state, I'm even less capable. I'm just an ordinary living being now."
"Let's talk about it another time. By the way, since you asked about other Branch Consciousness Entity, I can tell you that they are still sealed off, but for the time being, they won't be as lucky as you to have the chance to be released."
In the other laboratory, six brand-new organisms are being manufactured. These organisms are only created to cope with the Main Consciousness and certainly cannot contain the powerful brainwaves of the Main Consciousness. However, the pretense still needs to be done. After all, a hundred years have passed, and it would be unreasonable to do nothing at all.
At the very bottom of the bio-ship, a large number of physicists and biologists had gathered. Before them were seven bodies, just like Zero's, except these bodies were created by Academician Xiao using Chong Element combined with the biological structure of the Insect Race, making them far more robust than Zero's body. From the very beginning, Academician Xiao had confirmed that using the Zerg's structure could meet the requirements of the Main Consciousness, so he started manufacturing them here from the beginning, but had not yet taken them out.
Over billions of years, the Nebula Main Consciousness has only encountered about a hundred civilizations, averaging only one civilization entering this Nebula Region every tens of millions of years. The insect plague occurred in the last two million years, so these Main Consciousness certainly don't know about the insects yet, otherwise they might have found a way to escape on their own. The insects are powerful enough to contain their brainwaves and Consciousness Field.
The discussion revolved around controlling which type of atoms in the brain to achieve a disproportionately large effect with minimal effort. The fewest types of atoms that make up the brain number only trillions, a difference of 12 to 14 orders of magnitude compared to the total number of atoms in an entire organism – already a feat of seemingly insignificant power. However, as Archimedes said, given a fulcrum, one can move the world; similarly, trillions of atoms, if used correctly, can cause fatal damage to an entire organism.
How can we precisely control each atom? It is possible to precisely control each atom through directional magnetic field lines, but such control requires high-power output at close range. To control atoms from a distance, we must find the characteristics of the atoms. Just like playing the piano, sound waves of a specific frequency can affect human mood. In fact, it affects the atomic activity of the human brain, but it is manifested as fluctuations in human mood.