High Above

The virtual realm is attached to the existence of life.

Without life, there is no soul, no thoughts and dreams, no beliefs and persistence, no delusions and resentments... No matter good or bad, good or evil, they must exist in the world after all, and then everything that follows can happen.

If the material world is fragmented and all life perishes, even if the virtual world can survive, it will eventually disappear with the wind, just like the corpse of a person can still exist for a long time after death, but one day, the flesh and blood will decay into mud, and the bones will also Shattered into ashes.

but……

Is this really the essence of virtual reality?

For example, the imaginary realm in ordinary people's perception is the reflection of the material world... Then, why does such a reflection of the imaginary realm exist?

Moreover, reflection must have a carrier.

If we say that the material world is the person looking in the mirror, and the virtual world is the phantom in the mirror...

So, what is the essence of the mirror itself that reflects this shadow?

"That is the foundation of the endless and profound virtual realm. The civilization of the previous era called it the 'Abyss' and the 'Void Sea'."

Adlbert took a piece of paper from the laboratory table and used a black pen to draw a diagram for Ian. He explained in detail: "The virtual realm that we humans can perceive is essentially just this boundless vast land. A foam rising on the sea is a light shining in the infinitely deep abyss."

"But the sea itself is extremely empty and has no meaning, so it is called the virtual sea."

"How to say..." He thought for a while, but couldn't think of other more suitable adjectives for a while, but Ian said at this time: "It's like a planet in the universe - the planet is indeed small, but it is just a star in the endless sky. A little dust particle, but the empty space of the universe is the real void. Apart from carrying this dust and existing there, it has no meaning at all."

"Yes!"

Hearing Ian's description, Adelbert happily wrote the words 'void' and 'Void Sea' on the paper: "I would say that the vocabulary of pre-era civilization must have its meaning - in general, void Even if the realm is broken, there is still a virtual sea, but there will generally be no life in the virtual sea, unless another virtual realm can be found on the other side of the endless virtual sea."

"But, just like some powerful monsters and ascendants on Terra can still fly into the void even if Terra is broken, there are also some powerful beings in the void who can swim in the void sea."

"The blood demon is such a virtual creature."

"Unfortunately, except for the virtual realm derived from Terra, there is currently no other great virtual realm. I originally thought that Terra was the only living world, and the virtual realm was also the only one."

Having said this, Adbot felt a little regretful: "But now it seems that the Star Prison may be blocking our way to the other side of the void, and the paths of other stars have also cut off the links between the void and other voids. Completely block the Xuhai."

Ian also sighed.

In the world blocked by the prison star prison, even the virtual realm and subspace are locked. The virtual realm is indeed the foam on the virtual sea, but now this foam is all on the deep sea.

"Anyway."

Adlbert was not as emotional as Ian. After all, he still could not fully understand the horror of the Star Prison, so he changed the topic: "The prototype of the Dead River Arms' Void Sea Blood Demon' is an extremely powerful weapon. The devil...it is one of the most terrifying monsters in the virtual realm, second only to the 'True Demon of Dusk' in the depths of Yanjiang and the 'True Demon of Silence' at the bottom of the Sea of ​​Tranquility."

"It was born after the 'Karin Flower Incident', and originated from the fear and hatred of the survivors towards the Karin Flower at that time, so it has some of the characteristics of the Karin Flower... It can silently corrode people's souls , and swallowed it up, turning it into an incarnation of itself, and this incarnation will continue to spread pollution, demonizing the people of the entire town and turning them into their own puppets."

"It is meaningless to kill the incarnation of the blood demon in the material world. It will be reborn again and again with the soul of the devoured person. It can only be killed by going to the deepest subspace labyrinth of the virtual realm, the Dream of the Sea of ​​Blood."

"At that time, the entire Yanjiang was still licking the wounds after the Apocalypse-level crisis. The blood demon born in a remote city was unstoppable for a while, allowing it to grow."

"It was several evil demon hunters with ancient heritage who drank the blood of the great demon. They transformed into parts of the blood demon, and finally joined forces to kill him in the dream, and committed suicide one by one."

"The hunter's sword and shield that killed the great demon are still enshrined as seals in the ancestral land of Yanjiang. Cursed blood flows on them that never dries up, and can easily dissolve the will of an ascendant."

"But the Blood Demon is immortal. As long as human memory is immortal and the events related to the Flower of Karin and the Blood Demon are not completely forgotten, it will not die. All 'demons' are immortal. They will follow Reborn from fear, awe and hatred, they continue to grow... Feiyandi wants to use this immortality and the power to corrode other people's souls to create the 'Blood River Arms' that represent immortal blood. "

"But it didn't succeed in the end." Ian concluded, and he touched his belt: "Viscount Avak was only reborn a few times, and his memory and soul were tainted by other souls, and he became irritable and irritable. They've all been changed... almost replaced by someone else."

"If I kill him a few more times, that guy will completely turn into a demon."

"yes."

Adlbert sighed deeply: "But it can't be said to be a failure - although the Dead River Arms cannot create an immortal person, they can also create a brand new blood demon... So I thought about killing it as soon as possible. destroy."

"But if you are the one guarding it." The Dead Lord stared closely at the slightly frowning Bai Zhimin, as if he was trying to convince himself: "Then maybe... it's still acceptable."

"...I was just thinking."

Ian did not directly respond to the ‘trust’ that Adelbert expected.

He just untied the belt around his waist and loosened his robe. The young man stared at the dark river of death and murmured to himself another question: "Since fear, hatred and despair can catalyze in the virtual realm Out 'The Devil'."

"So can trust, hope and joy catalyze the emergence of 'angels'?"

"The Dead Lord... is a man-made god."

"So, can humans create real 'angels'?"

"This..." Faced with Ian's question, Adlbert was stunned for a moment. It was not that he had not thought about this aspect, so he smiled bitterly: "Ian, even I know that compared to happiness, joy and hope, This fragile and short-lived emotion... is still depressed, and the confusion and sadness are more permanent."

Even a naive researcher will know these helpless truths after becoming the Dead King.

——Human beings are always insatiable creatures. The spread of everyone's desires and the accumulation of uncontrollable emotions will create the prototypes of many monsters in the virtual realm.

The Void Realm Machine God patrols the Void Realm and sweeps away the 'prototypes' conceived in many big cities. However, in those remote places, areas where the Void Realm Machine God does not patrol... monsters will quietly breed.

Born out of human desire itself.

"This is the nature of us humans, or most living things." The Dead Lord concluded: "Only when you are not satisfied will you crave, and will be alert because of pain. If I always live in a happy place, even if I... ...I won’t think about going to college for further studies, holding back my breath to impress everyone, and study hard day and night.”

"This is indeed the nature of living things. But it is not unchangeable."

Nodding slightly, Ian thought of Huaiguang Church. The clergy of the Huaiguang Church will always have hope, stick to the light, never lie, and never betray the trust of others.

There is also the Psychic Church. Their priests can even transform their own brains and thoughts, and replace their bodies. The instincts of flesh and blood are meaningless. They can be happy all day long and depressed all day long, just looking at their own idea.

They are all gradually trying to abandon the imperfect nature of human beings, and in a sense, eradicate the soil from which demons were born.

As for the Underworld Cult and the Hall of All Souls... although Ian is not familiar with them, they must have similar technologies.

Their priests must be special.

"It seems that the four orthodox religions have indeed been fighting against another disaster that may destroy human civilization. The Void Realm Machine God is also one of the most important components of that line of defense."

After coming back to his senses, Ian realized something in his heart: "If things like demons spread, I'm afraid it will be another apocalyptic disaster - but this disaster does not originate from alien civilization and fire, but from Terran civilization itself.”

"No wonder, even if the Ascended ones constitute the main body of world power, they will not completely give up on the people, but try to create order as much as possible... It is no wonder why all the nobles on Terra have to fight against cults and resist blood sacrifices and torture. .”

"If this world falls into the abyss of hell, then countless demons will manifest in the human world, and those who ascend will not be spared."

Ian casually picked up the tape measure on the table and tied it as a belt. He placed the Dead River Arms in front of the experimental table: "But even so, turning the devil's power into weapons... this is also an idea."

"Physical etheric weapons may be the future development direction. For me, this kind of etheric weapons that can be reduced into a part of body clothing is exactly what I need."

"So." Adlbert also approached the experiment table: "You want to recreate a Dead River armed force that is not so evil?"

"It should be said that the function is changed. The technology itself should not be divided into evil and good."

Ian's eyes were deep as he stared at the Dead River Arms in front of him: "Physical Arms must be the development trend of ethereal armies in the future. Physically constructed arms are too expensive and difficult to modify and reorganize, unlike ethereal arms which can be easily Repurposing and constructing the phase.”

"Feiyandi has seized the opportunity of the times, and we can just follow them across the river."

"But that's not the current task. Let's leave it aside for now. We still need to know more about the virtual realm."

Shaking his head slightly, Ian changed the topic back: "Adlbert, the biotechnology I gave you also has a supporting psychic network... I think that as a technology for daily human communication, it may still have some flaws. , but if you give the dead souls, maybe we, the dead kings, can better listen to the voices of the dead souls."

"I hope you can study this technology more. This will be a good thing for us and the dead souls."

"Is that so? Well! I will definitely work hard!"

Ian noticed that Adlbert's spirit jumped up for a moment. What Ian described might be very attractive to him...but in fact, Ian was just painting a cake.

Of course, the psionic network can be effective on the dead souls, but the greater effect is as the foundation of the territory management system... After the emergence of lucid intelligent AI, how to make AI connect with every individual with an artificial soul? The only way is the psionic network. A technology.

However, different statements can stimulate different efficiencies. For Adlbert, only those dead souls that he feels he is ashamed of can make him exert 200% of his energy.

Inducing the young and pure Dead King researcher to work hard for his own purposes feels... quite interesting.

Until next time Ian!

What? A sore conscience?

Don't be ridiculous, there is no such thing as a lord and a laboratory director. Squeezing the citizens and researchers is a basic operation, right?

What's more, this is just the beginning... The young man has higher expectations for Adlbert.

"He will find out... discover the true value of that information."

After assigning the mission to Adalbert, Ian began to prepare for the sabotage operation in the Midela Territory.

In the laboratory.

Adlbert picked up the thick stack of documents that Ian left for him and began to browse the contents carefully.

At first, he was still thinking about which monsters this was made of.

But soon, he discovered that in addition to splicing, this strange creature named 'Blood Hunter' also had many brand-new technologies.

High-speed growth catalytic gland - a gland that can secrete a large amount of hormones that promote physical growth, accelerating the growth and development of blood hunters. Excessive secretion of large amounts of hormones will cause damage to the life span of the organism and disease and failure of body organs.

Polymer-strengthened bones - derived from the bone structure of crystallized life, make bones more flexible and adaptable, which is a prerequisite for biological deformation and structural change.

Artificial high-tenacity muscles - derived from metal-based life, strengthened by design, are stronger than the existing muscles of the Terran people, and have the ability to resist mechanical damage, both in density and toughness, as well as the ability to sustain exercise. It surpasses all existing non-Warcraft creatures, but metal-based life requires high body temperature to maintain normal operation. Energy consumption and regeneration speed are also a big problem.

Total internal organ regeneration system - the regrowth genes taken from life forms with extremely strong regenerative abilities, such as starfish lizards, allow all internal organs to have the ability to regenerate. Even the heart has a backup blood circulation organ as a replacement, as long as more than 60% is not destroyed The organs can continue to fight... The price is that the organs are prone to distortion, and kidneys may grow where the liver should have been regenerated.

In addition, there are sensory modifications that modify the sense of taste, smell and vision, defensive modifications for the scale structure, and tail blade modifications for the stomach structure... Basically, it can be said that although the blood hunter looks like a simple two The stitching of a Warcraft actually includes a lot of biotechnology.

And these biotechnologies…

"Very, very little sublimation material is required!"

"Moreover, the materials it requires are also very cheap. The price is completely different from the normal Warcraft materials. It can also add some source of adaptability!"

When Albert saw this information, his brain suddenly froze.

However, even if all of these transformation methods are added, it will not make people comparable to the sublimates. Even the Terrans themselves have similar technologies.

For example, when it comes to 'high-tenacity muscles', the original muscle structure of the Terran people is very perfect. Forcibly increasing the output and toughness will lead to an imbalance in the circulation in the body, which requires a rebalancing.

The addition of these enhanced organs is nothing more than the icing on the cake.

This is also why in Terra, biological alchemy tends to focus on the 'source of matter', because it is indeed easier to produce results and the effect is better.

Being able to create a new sublimated organ is the beginning of a new bloodline true form.

In addition, the Terran people are too perfect, and it is difficult to make further progress on the basics.

Therefore, intensified research on genes and ordinary organs is a blank area.

Adlbert originally thought the same way - strengthening the already strong Terran people would not be able to cross the gap between ordinary people and the Ascendants, and the effect would be very insignificant.

However, these enhancement methods use part of the source material, coupled with the ‘arcane path’ that Ian mentioned to him before...

All people have souls and are equipped with the 'new human beings' who can control part of the power of the source material... They can completely rely on this newly transformed body's adaptability to the 'source material' to strengthen their bodies through practice!

In that way, as long as all these biotechnologies are matured and side effects are discarded... the Terrans with such new bodies will not be much different from the sublimated ones!

Although it is only a relatively weak force in the first energy level, and is on par with the true form of the Wave Breaker, at least it has reached the bottom line of the 'sublimated one'!

Moreover, because there is no prerequisite for the bloodline of Warcraft, they can choose their own future direction after practicing to a certain point, and will not be limited by the true form of the bloodline.

Not to mention, before practicing the true form of bloodline, you already have the first level of physical strength, which is enough to suppress most side effects and possible distortions, making the road to sublimation more stable and reliable.

You can choose your future according to your own preferences... Such individuals may be called 'professionals'!

"Where did Ian get these technologies... This can not only be used to transform beasts as war tools, but also to transform humans."

Adlbert murmured to himself: "Moreover, the biological structure of this 'blood hunter' can indeed be optimized."

And that's exactly what Ian is here for.

Free prostitution is, of course, mutual.

Ian plans to prostitute the possible 'new artificial soul technology' from Insect Ian in the future, so Insect Ian must also hope that his Blood Hunter will receive some improvements.

In this way, it is a relationship of mutual guidance, rather than one party simply taking and the other simply giving.

Win-win is the healthiest cooperation.

Ian (Peace Parallel World) wins twice!

"As expected of you, Adlbert, I just pointed out a starting point for you, and you can think of a way by yourself. In addition to cyber modification, a new enhancement between potions and genetic modification is also a kind of road."

Outside the laboratory, Ian, whose eyes flashed with cyan light, smiled slightly, and a cyan star crown vaguely emerged: "Bringing new possibilities to others who already have potential, can lead to a better future... This Probably, this is the essence of my heart’s desire.”

He turned his head and left the laboratory.

There is still a lot of preparation and intelligence work to be done before raiding the Midela Autonomous Region.

In the night, the guiding star is shining slightly.

It's glowing.