After entering the cyber game, kill the boss and successfully ascend to the top

Leading to the Final 40

“Try it, can you get up?” Kai Xin said.

Rainier moved his limbs a little, and slowly got up from the bed. He has been lying on the hospital bed for a long time, but his body is still strong.

Rainier’s extraordinary ability metal control level is C, after a certain degree of development, but the strength has been improved slightly.

The information obtained by Kaixin shows that Dawn of the Machine intends to raise Rainier’s ability level to a higher level as much as possible. While improving his ability, he should not damage his body too much, otherwise his clone or artificial human will be destroyed. It may be too weak to be affected by the ontology.

Modern society is full of metals. If Rainier’s ability is well developed, its destructive power may not be inferior to Harriman’s matter annihilation.

After getting off the bed, Rainier took two steps while supporting the edge of the bed, “Spearhead, what happened last time we met? Can you tell me?”

“The last time we met you were being beaten up and tortured by a bastard. I stood by and watched you being beaten up.” Kai Xin crossed his arms.

Rainier said: “Aren’t we fellow villagers? Didn’t you come to help me?”

“I was an undercover agent at the time, so I couldn’t be suspected by them, and I couldn’t be found out that we came from the same place. So yes, I didn’t help you. I just stood there and watched you get beaten.” Kai Xin said.

“That’s really thrilling.” Rainier said, “What about the current situation? Can you come to see me openly and talk to me about these things… You saved me from the hands of the evil villain?”

“I eliminated the evil villain, and now all the subordinates and forces of the evil villain belong to me.” Kai Xin said, “You need to rest. I can send you to a place with other companions and let them take care of you.”

“What about you?” Rainier asked.

“I want to wander around this base, meet some other unlucky fellow villagers, and inspect the situation of the base.” Kui Xin said simply.

Rainier said: “Then can I go with you?”

Kai Xin weighed it up: “Yes, but you have to use a wheelchair.”

There was a hint of doubt in Rainier’s mental fluctuations.

This is normal. He is not as silly as an ordinary player. He may be affected by emotions, impulsive, and impulsive, but it is difficult to gain his trust.

Moreover, a person like Rainier would not express suspicion and distrust on his face.

The robot pushed an electric wheelchair, Rainier sat on it, and Kai Xin used data control to control the direction of the wheelchair.

“Let’s go to the room next to yours first.” Kai Xin lifted her foot to go out, and the wheelchair followed behind her.

After walking a few steps along the corridor, a door appeared in front of them.

The room has been cleared, and the researcher was transferred away by Dr. Chen, leaving only one player lying on the operating table. He is also a foreigner, and his age is much older than the average age of players. He looks forty years old, and his state is not as “decent” as Rainier. Countless fine machines are inserted into his brain, and the metal wires emit a faint smell. blue light.

Rainier stretched his neck and found that his head was in a state of craniotomy. The brain contained in the skull was half flesh and half mechanical. The metal wires, which were thinner and softer than spider webs, were connected with blood vessels and nerves. , the perfect combination of flesh and blood, precision parts embedded in the human body, revealing a strange beauty.

“Theseus 1 research…” Rainier read out the words of the research project projected on the light screen of the main brain, “It’s so familiar… Theseus…”

Kai Xin said: “The Ship of Theseus is a philosophical topic only in our hometown. It is probably because the Mechanical Dawn read the memories of fellow villagers and named the experimental project after ‘Theseus’.”

“What is the significance of this experimental project?” Rainier asked suspiciously, “What is the purpose of replacing the human brain with a mechanical one? Is it convenient to control them?”

“Convenient control is part of the reason, specifically…” Kai Xin paused, “Doctor, could I trouble you to explain the purpose of the experiment? You are professional. ”

“No problem.” Chen Zhiqiu’s projection did not appear, but her voice echoed in the room.

“Doctor?” Rainier frowned, “Who is this?”

“A research expert, she is now in charge of part of the affairs of the base.” Kui Xin said, “Many research projects of Mechanical Dawn are led by her, and she is now ours.”

Rainier rubbed his head, “Okay, then please explain what the Theseus research is?”

“After the player appeared in our world, the researchers in Mechanical Dawn who knew the existence of the player began to be curious about the existence of the ‘soul’. Originally, to us scientists, the soul was just a religious concept and a philosophical concept. The soul is invisible and intangible. Research. However, the appearance of the player shows that the soul is not just a concept, but a real ‘substance’, which is very mysterious.” Chen Zhiqiu tried to explain in simple and easy-to-understand words, “We really want to know what the soul is made of, flesh and blood Whether the body is necessary to carry the soul, so the Theseus 1 research was born.”

“The purpose of this research is to find out whether the soul and the body are inseparable, whether the body is the only container that can carry the soul, and whether the soul can exist without the body.” Chen Zhiqiu paused for a few seconds after speaking, allowing Kai Xin and Rainier digested her words.

“The experimental subjects are players, because people like you are so special, your soul travels between two worlds, and the homotopes of different planes in the two worlds have subtle similarities, it’s like two souls merged into one …A researcher believes that players will be a breakthrough in soul research.” Chen Zhiqiu said, “Then, the experiment started. The content of the experiment is very simple, that is, gradually replace the player’s body parts, starting from the brain. The brain is where the spirit resides. It is the thinking organ of human beings and the most important organ. The brain makes human beings different from other species. If the brain composed of cells is replaced with a sophisticated mechanical brain, and the mechanical brain is guaranteed to function normally in the human body, then human beings will still be human. Will it? Will his soul still exist in the body?”

“Electromechanical brain…” Kui Xin repeated the word in a low voice.

She remembered that the Federation is vigorously promoting the electromechanical brain, and this product is being put into civilian use. The ethical debate in the field of replacing the human body with machines has never subsided.

“Then have you researched the results yet?” Rainier asked.

“No breakthrough yet.” Chen Zhiqiu replied, “We replaced half of the player’s mechanical brain last week after a long period of preparation, and the other half of his brain remained normal. Shuttle between worlds, which shows that his soul still exists in the body.”

“Then your next goal is to replace all his brains with mechanical brains?” Rainier asked in a deep voice.

“Yes.” Chen Zhiqiu admitted, “We plan to replace all of his brains this week, to see if he can still complete the two-world shuttle in this state.”

Rainier’s face instantly became extremely terrifying, and he was so angry that he seemed to be about to raise a gun and kill someone immediately.

“This player seems to be very special.” Kai Xin said slowly, “Looking at the information, his extraordinary ability is supercomputing, and his identity in the first world is a physicist.”

“Yes, you may not believe it, but this Professor Emerson voluntarily joined the experiment, and he also voluntarily joined the game.” Chen Zhiqiu said a jaw-dropping fact, “He learned from the First World Internet After learning about the existence of the game, he actively signed up and was selected. He became an edge researcher of Mechanical Dawn. He hid it very well, because of his excellent professional quality, he did not arouse anyone’s suspicion. Later, he participated in the research meeting, I heard the content of the Theseus 1 research project at the meeting. He stood on the podium in the conference room to reveal his identity, just to obtain the qualifications to participate in the experiment. He said he was too curious, if he could understand what the soul is, He deserves to die.”

Rainier frowned more and more.

Because he lost his memory, he only had a half-knowledge of some nouns, so he had to rely on his own ability to understand them.

“The leader disagreed with his participation in the project, and felt that he was uneasy and kind.” Chen Zhiqiu said, “I persuaded the leader to let him participate. The most painful thing in the world is to stand in front of the door of the truth but not find the key. Fellow Researcher, I wouldn’t mind giving a respectable colleague a key to the truth.”

“Even if he took the initiative, he can’t erase what you did.” Rainier said coldly.

“That’s true, and we didn’t intend to deny it.” Chen Zhiqiu said, “There are three other players participating in the research project with Professor Emerson. They are not active, but forced.”

“It’s over, let’s go and meet someone else.” Kai Xin turned and left.

Rainier’s wheelchair followed her, and he said, “Your reaction was very calm.”

“I’ve seen a lot of outrageous things. If you have similar knowledge as me, you won’t be surprised to see Professor Emerson.” Kai Xin said, “Professor Emerson’s choice can reflect a different Big or small.”

Rainier said, “What?”

“Compared to the first world, some people may recognize the second world more. The first world is our hometown, and the second world is where we are now.” Kai Xin was afraid that Rainier would not understand, so he explained a little One sentence, “The doctor just mentioned that the souls of the two worlds merged into one, which means that Dawn of the Machine has discovered the soul fusion, and the Federation may have similar research. The number of players who have completed the soul fusion may not be large.”few. Memory is a very important thing, it affects our self-cognition, when two different memories are stuffed in a person’s brain, and the life experience of each memory is so complete, so real, and they are all important, then this person has Will people with two memories have a split personality? If two personalities exist at the same time, which personality will dominate? Who does that person think he is? ”

“You mean, some people don’t love their hometown, but love this ghost place where we are?” Rainier said.

“Yes.” Kai Xin said, “We haven’t encountered this kind of situation yet, but it may exist. However, the federation in this world suppresses players with cruel methods. Even if they have that memory, it is difficult for them to understand this The world creates a sense of belonging, especially…Although you say that your hometown is terrible, but compared to this world, your hometown is not that bad. Ordinary bad and very bad, most people will choose ordinary bad.”

Rainier is also a special case. His growth environment is not very good. Most people grow up in a relatively stable and peaceful environment. After experiencing that kind of stability and peace, and comparing it with the world of Crimson Soil, normal people will be biased. sex.

“Our soul came from one world to another, fused with another world’s own soul?” Rainier understood the current situation, “Is the self in the parallel world exactly the same as the self in another time and space? Appearance, interpersonal relationship, parents and relatives…”

“It’s not exactly the same.” Kai Xin said, “For example, in the superhero-themed comics in our hometown, the protagonist in the No. 1 parallel universe is a child born of a super villain. As a result, the screenwriter set up a No. 2 parallel universe. In the No. 2 parallel universe, The protagonist is a child born to an ordinary couple. The parents of the protagonists in the two worlds are different, but the audience knows that protagonist No. 1 and No. The world seems to follow the same basic laws, similar but not completely similar.”

“I don’t remember the superhero-themed comic you mentioned.” Rainier said.

“Oh.” Kai Xin was stunned for a moment, “You seemed to like them very much before…the memory will have a chance to recover, but not now.”

There are three people lying in the next room. They are the players who received the research of Theseus No. 1 with Professor Emerson.

Their brains have also been replaced, one only replaced a quarter, the other even replaced three-quarters of the area, and one player has already been prostheticized, the torso has been completely replaced, the brain Only one-half remained.

If the remaining half of the brain is also replaced… Can he really be called a human being? He kept fewer human organs than Dr. Chen. Dr. Chen at least kept a complete brain, while this player’s brain was only half left.

Certain parts of the brain control the secretion of hormones. Artificial electronic brains cannot synthesize those hormones out of thin air, so there is an instrument that monitors their hormone levels and injects them with artificially synthesized hormones.

Kai Xin made a general survey of their situation and felt that their situation was not optimistic, but all she could do was order the cessation of these experiments and ask the researchers to perform surgery to close their skulls to see if they could still maintain complete self-awareness.

Kai Xin checked the information and found the one she was most concerned about among the three players.

Depriver No. 58691, named Mo Zhenyi, incapable. He was caught two weeks ago, first subjected to harsh interrogation, and then became a subject of the Theseus Project, with a quarter of his brain replaced.

Depriver No. 4, Wu Yingzhuo, died.

Depriver No. 233, Kai Xin himself.

Depriver 777, Augus, died.

Depriver 5116, The Lancet, has been added to Matt.

Depriver No. 9908, Yu Hanxue, has joined Wuguang.

Depriver No. 10050 was captured by angels and fell into the hands of the rebels.

Depriver No. 12345 has not been heard from, and has not shown up so far.

Depriver No. 58691, Mo Zhenyi, is lying on the mechanical dawn.

No. 99660, Depriver, has not been heard from.

Of the nine known deprivers, there are only two who have no news. I hope they are hiding tightly, rather than being caught by the Federation. In Kai Xin’s view, the possibility of the latter is extremely high.

At this stage of the game, it is very unlikely that a powerful depriver will be born. If the depriver is strong, then there will be news on the forum and the second world.

“The players have finished watching, and I’m going to visit the experimental project of Mechanical Dawn next.” Kui Xin said.

“Experimental project?” Rainier said.

Kai Xin walked to the elevator room, and Rainier’s wheelchair also turned in.

“The 7th floor is the floor where the Electromechanical Brain Research Institute and the Type II bionic human body project are located. The 8th floor is the exoskeleton armor and mechanical prosthetic body laboratory.” Chen Zhiqiu introduced in the elevator room, “Because various bases were attacked, many projects called Stop, this base was originally only responsible for mechanical prosthesis research, and now I have to free up some floors to accommodate researchers and experimental equipment for other projects.”

Type I bionics are gene-edited artificial humans. Amber, Obsidian, Silver Face, Nightingale, and Clover all belong to Type I.

In Mechanical Dawn, this project was apparently suspended due to the short lifespan of artificial humans and uncontrollable emotions, but in fact, another group of people were secretly responsible for the research and training of type I, and the research direction was to accelerate ripening , enhance controllability and obedience, and increase lifespan.

As for Type II, before the dawn of Kai Xin’s departure from the machine,This project is only just breaking through.

Wait, speaking of silver noodles…

“Where’s the silver noodles?” Kai Xin asked suddenly.

Chen Zhiqiu said: “Have supper at the restaurant at this base.”

“Yes.” Kai Xin said, “Let’s go to the seventh floor first.”

The elevator door closed and it went up rapidly.

Rainier said, “Who is Silver Face?”

“My former partner at Dawn of the Machine.” Kai Xin said.

Rainier said with interest: “What are you going to do with him?”

“It depends on the situation.” Kui Xin didn’t answer directly, “Do you know why I agreed to show you the Mechanical Dawn, Steel Fang?”

“Hey, I must have the right to know, right? I’ve been locked up in this damn place for a long time. I want to know what the organization that tortured me is like. I have to know.” Rainier shrugged, “You agree Of course, I can guess the reason, I lost my memory, and it’s not like I’ve become stupid.”

“Your ability is very potential. Even the mechanical dawn wants to copy your artificial man. You are mature and a rare warrior.” Kai Xin said, “Our previous meeting was very accidental, I know you treat me well. 、I have a lot of doubts about this organization. I don’t want you to misunderstand me because of doubts. I want to dispel your doubts as much as possible. Your amnesia is very serious, and there is no time for you to slowly understand the world and what our compatriots are going through I will take you to visit directly, and you will have a more intuitive feeling.”

With a ding-dong sound, the elevator door opened.

Kai Xin stepped out of the elevator and stood in a long corridor. Through the glass walls on both sides, he could see the busy people in the laboratory.

Dr. Zhao, with a metal ball floating beside him, trotted hurriedly in the corridor, and met Kai Xin on a narrow road.

Dr. Zhao stopped suddenly and recognized Kai Xin: “Miss?!”

One of Dr. Zhao’s assistants screamed: “The base is invaded! The defectors actually broke in, come here!”

Another assistant immediately covered his colleague’s mouth: “Missy is back from a secret mission, did you forget to check the email notification?”

Only then did the screaming subside.

Dr. Zhao was confused, and looked at Kai Xin wonderingly: “Are you here to visit the experiment, miss? I don’t have much time now…”

He focused on research, and didn’t even know about such a big event as the defection of the leader’s daughter. This matter spread like crazy among researchers, but he just didn’t hear it.

“Just take a look, Doctor, you can do whatever you want.” Kai Xin nodded politely.

Dr. Zhao nodded, “Okay, then I’ll go first.”

Like a gust of wind, Dr. Zhao led the two assistants through the corridor.

The bionic human project is not the main goal of Kai Xin’s visit. It is impossible for this big project to have a major breakthrough in the short term. She mainly wants to see the electromechanical brain.

Walking to the research room, Kai Xin stood outside the window and took a few glances, and saw a person lying on the laboratory table, her acquaintance – Wang Feichi.

Wang Feichi’s ability level is too high, no matter it is mind control or brainwashing, it has limited effect on him, so Mechanical Dawn found another way, if there is no way to mind control, then replace the mechanical brain. If it weren’t for Rainier’s ability to be related to metal, implanting a mechanical brain is prone to accidents, and Mechanical Dawn will definitely replace him.

Not to replace it with other players, in addition to considering unexpected factors, another reason is that the cost of the mechanical brain is too high, it is difficult to achieve low-cost mass production, and it is too wasteful to use it on ordinary players.

“That man is so pitiful…” Rainier said softly, “Is he also our compatriot?”

“No.” Kai Xin said.

Rainier said, “Do you think mechanical brains should exist?”

“If it is beneficial to people, it should exist. If it exists only for control, it should not exist.” Kai Xin said, “I once thought about installing an electronic mechanical brain for myself, on the premise of ensuring safety. Now, I’m not against putting metal parts on myself.”

“If you look at the people who were tested, you will know that safety cannot be guaranteed.” Rainier said, “I have my brain removed…I can’t accept it.”

“You can add a mechanical brain to yourself without removing your brain, just treat it as an external brain.” Chen Zhiqiu said, “The human brain and the external brain use neural signal links to interact, and the mechanical nerve connection device It can be done.”

“But that still requires some manipulation of my brain, and I need to install a nerve signal receiver in it.” Kui Xin said, “I will consider surgery on myself after I develop an unbreakable and absolutely safe technology.”

“It will be realized in the near future.” Chen Zhiqiu said, “Technology is always improving. Maybe in a few years, a receiving device that can capture nerve signals without being implanted in the brain can be developed.”

Kai Xin took Rainier around for a while. She paid great attention to the scale of the visit and did not let Rainier get in touch with more confidential research projects.

Half an hour later, the visit was over, and Kui Xin was going to bring Rainier to join the large team of players.

“Call Yin Nian here.” She ordered.

The broadcast soon spread to the restaurant. Chen Zhiqiu said in Eden’s mechanical voice, “Yinmian, please go to the hall on the 8th floor.”

Yin Nian put down the orange juice in his hand, and the plastic straw was bitten into a flat piece by him. He was originally sluggish, but when he heard Eden’s voice, he straightened his head.

His mechanical heart didn’t beat faster with his excitement, it contracted and pumped blood smoothly, as always. But Yinmian felt something unusual. He saw the internal notification, which said that Kai Xin’s defection status had been lifted, and that she defected before to carry out a secret mission.Yinmian knew that this was a lie, and that the rich woman had defected, but he still couldn’t help deceiving himself, and began to make excuses for her… However, his poorly-knowledgeable brain really couldn’t find a suitable excuse to give this matter to her. round past.

While thinking hard, Eden came to inform me.

It was the first time in Silver Face’s life that he had such a strong intuition—Eden told him that he must be related to the rich woman.

He rushed out of the restaurant as fast as he could and ran to the elevator.

The elevator went up and soon reached the 8th floor. The metal doors opened to both sides.

Yin Mian saw Kai Xin at a glance, but his footsteps froze and he didn’t dare to go forward.

Under Kai Xin’s watchful eyes, he shrank his head, slowly walked out before the elevator door closed, and whispered with dodge eyes: “Fu, rich woman…”

Rainier: “Pfft! Hahahahahahaha!”

It was only then that Yinmian noticed that there was a big living man sitting behind Kai Xin, and this big living man was hammering the wheelchair and laughing… But that’s not the point, the point is Kai Xin’s reaction.

There was no extra expression on her face, she sized him up and asked, “Do you want to kill me?”

Silver-faced head shook like a rattle.

Kai Xin asked again: “Your superior ordered you to kill me, will you do so?”

“I…I don’t want to do it…but…” Yin Mian struggled to say a few words, and suddenly his eyes lit up, “You are not a traitor anymore, and there will be no such situation in the future, right? ”

Kai Xin stared into his eyes for a while, then nodded.

Yin Mian didn’t know that he walked through the door of hell and was pulled back by his answer. He was overjoyed, his pale skin was flushed, and his colorless lips were also bloodshot.

Kai Xin opened a space vortex.

“Let’s go. From now on, your partner will be Hei Yao.” She turned her head and walked in.

Silver Face forcibly squeezed into the vortex before Rainier, and said happily: “Observe!”