Soul of Burning Steel

What is memory.

Memory is the process of classification and storage of past experience information by human beings, and recall is to extract this information. Memory is the basic function of human thinking. If you lose the ability to remember, human beings will lose everything they depend on for survival, including self-awareness, interpersonal relationships, and various technical information.

In ancient times, human beings believed that their soul, memory, thinking and will existed independently of the body. When the body was destroyed, the human soul and memory still existed, and thinking and will were immortal. This was also the beginning of the afterlife world and ghost legends.

But in fact, in the world of Mycroft alone, memory and thinking will all have carriers, specifically, the cerebral cortex, cerebellum, hippocampus, striatum, amygdala, temporal lobe and parietal cortex. If brain tissues such as Ye hold extraordinary power, then the soul will also carry a part of memory and thinking.

The destruction of the body is equivalent to the destruction of the soul, and memory is no exception.

——Unless, reaching the ultimate meaning of the soul.

Only by reaching the ultimate meaning of the soul can the soul exist alone in the body and last forever. The memory will also get rid of the fragile brain tissue, neural network, brain cells and synapses, and reach a state close to immortality. Years, all the memories are still as new.

But even if it is so immortal, it is not really immortal.

As for Joshua, he is now facing a dangerous situation that could erase his 'immortal memory'.

At this time, the warrior turned into a giant silver cocoon. His thoughts never stopped from beginning to end, but he had no energy left to pay attention to the outside world. Joshua now seemed to be in the bottomless abyss. He held the torch called will, but the surroundings The infinite darkness engulfed the light, making his thinking stagnant and slow, his memory gradually fading, and the sparks were about to be extinguished in the shadows.

Because, the power originating from Joshua himself is destroying the foundation of his self with an irreversible force—that is, the memory of the warrior as Joshua.

"Black hole hairless theorem..."

Inside the giant silver cocoon, the warrior was suppressed to the limit of his will, and flashed a glimmer of knowledge about the study of massive celestial bodies in his previous life.

The so-called no-hair theorem for black holes, specifically, no matter what kind of black hole, when it is completely formed, there will only be three physical quantities left: mass, angular momentum and charge, and other information is the so-called ' Mao' is lost in the extreme compression and collapse of matter, no matter how glorious history the predecessor of this black hole is, how shocking the past, when it becomes a black hole, it only has those three stars left. physical quantity.

This is actually easy to understand, because the essence of a black hole is extremely compressed matter, it does not have any complex structure that can record information, and naturally it is impossible to extract information. In a sense, black holes have no 'memory' As a celestial body, it is too pure as an aggregate of matter, so that it loses its 'self'.

What Joshua is encountering now is actually a problem similar to 'black holes have no hair'.

When the warrior became a legend, he chose the stars as his future path. Joshua used the stars as the energy furnace and the white dwarf material as his armor. From the very beginning, he built his body into the ultimate weapon in the material world. At the beginning of his conception, he defeated countless old legends. The indestructible degenerate material shell resisted countless powerful attacks for him, and also enabled Joshua to defeat many enemies who became super life forms earlier than him.

At that time, the warrior's body was not completely composed of degenerate matter. His thought center and various special organ modules were assembled from various extraordinary alloys, but as Joshua's assimilation with the power of steel It was getting closer and closer to 100%, and his body composition was getting closer and closer to pure degenerate matter. When the void maelstrom encountered a large amount of power from the creation nebula, this process was intensified.

If you choose the stars as your path, you will naturally have the power and destiny like the stars.

Before he was fully prepared, Joshua had no choice but to usher in his most important transformation in the void—to get rid of low-density matter and become a complete degenerate super life form.

And the price to be paid in this process is self.

Joshua's power is too strong, the mass is too great, and the compression of matter is too pure, so in the middle of the transformation, the carrier of his own memory, and even his soul will be erased by the power of steel that is continuously purified, just like the self Like a black hole that has wiped out all information, it becomes a pure aggregate of steel power. Pure proton-neutron aggregates will not form brain structures like synapses and hippocampus, let alone the computing center of supercomputers. There is nothing left for Qiao Xiu in the degenerate matter that is constantly compressing and collapsing. The space and leeway for Asia to think and remember.

Hum, hum. The continuous tremors from the microcosm of matter are the 'sound' of electrons being incorporated into protons by strong gravitational force and transformed into neutrons. In the giant silver cocoon incarnated by Joshua, it is compressed with the collapse of matter Constantly ringing—this simple and direct metamorphosis process destroyed all the original structures of the materials in it, no matter whether their predecessors were nuclear fusion core reactors or psionic leap engines, now they are all pure, constantly compressing and transforming simple Concurrent matter, the information stored in it has long been completely destroyed and no longer exists.

However, this process is not unidirectional. The silver metal ball sometimes shrinks and sometimes expands, and the transformation of degenerate matter also begins to restore as the expansion and shrinkage continue, because the mass is not enough to completely transform itself into Pure neutron degenerate matter, the metamorphosis of the silver cocoon is always difficult to do its best.

But this is a lucky thing for Joshua, because if he really begins to transform extremely smoothly, then the day when the transformation is completed will be the day when his self-will and even his soul will completely dissipate. In the dark like now, constantly fighting with one's own strength is the only way to successfully cross this step.

After all, he has not turned into a black hole yet, but is only in the gap between the white dwarf and the neutron star. Only in this way can Joshua imprint his own mark on his increasingly pure steel power and obtain another self-reconstruction Opportunities for the mind organ.

In the darkness in the silver cocoon, the warrior's self-will is still fighting silently.

"By manipulating the electromagnetic force and interfering with the microscopic material structure, a stable module that can store information is constructed."

"Using the soul as a bridge, it runs through various information storage points, forming a link network that can ignore ultra-high-density matter."

"Diffuse the divinity, completely tear the divinity apart, disperse it in the soul network, and achieve instant information transmission regardless of distance."

From scratch, it took nearly twenty days to cast an "information storage module" formed by a small amount of electrons and protons mixed with a continuous neutron fluid, which is extremely inconspicuous even in the microscopic world, and then linked bit by bit, so that the entire silver giant The cocoon is the formation of a 'soul network' that is clearly visible even from a macroscopic perspective.

The further back, the faster Joshua rebuilds his thinking organs. In the final stage, he was able to maintain his self-memory by virtue of his soul network, and even shattered the divinity that he could already control, and used his As a material, forged an extraordinary thinking structure that can ignore the distance and have no delay.

The countless information storage modules are like the ganglia in the human brain, and the divine soul network is equivalent to the neural network—Joshua at this time has completely become the ultimate life form that ordinary humans cannot imagine, because The basis of his thinking is no longer the microcurrent and neural network of ordinary life.

Joshua's soul is with his body, and he no longer needs such things as brain and thinking center, because every part of his body is the node where he stores information and memory, and is the carrier of his thinking. In fact, Joshua has already achieved his vision of "immortality" in the past. After that, as long as all his substances cannot be completely destroyed and all records in the information storage module cannot be completely destroyed, then one day, the warrior will eventually be resurrected, and once again Come into the world.

In the center of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice, in the radiance of the silver sky that illuminates the entire plane, the ruling will doesn't care about the Winterhold College team that is slowly cruising from afar, as well as the teams of major forces that are cleaning up all over the plane. , but stared at the silver giant cocoon shrouded in its own brilliance seriously.

Every time it collapses, every time it expands, which area’s matter is transferred to other areas, and which area’s elementary particles move, the ruling will records every change of the silver cocoon in detail, and it calculates it based on this information. Does Joshua's will still exist, and he is always ready to take action to rescue the soldier's self-will.

Although it believes that Joshua can control his own strength and take the most important step of transformation, this does not mean that he will not save the defeated fighters, at most it will greatly reduce his ability to deal with the opponent. Due to the expectation, Joshua was removed from the current highest position of authority in the sacrificial ground of the myriad worlds, the 'first successor to the sages'.

But what is gratifying is that, judging from the current reaction, Joshua finally completely controlled his own power and maintained his own will during the long self-battle.

"Congratulations, Joshua."

It wasn't until then that it made a heartfelt congratulations to the giant silver cocoon: "You have taken a big step towards infinity, and this move alone is enough to leave a name in the multiverse."

"Thank you, Commander Will."

After a long time, a deep voice with strong electromagnetic noise came from the silver cocoon: "Although it should be a mistake, but thanks to Igor, Nostradamus and you have been shielding my main body. Gravity, otherwise, it would not be so easy for me to reconstruct my thinking system this time."

This sentence, Joshua is sincere - fortunately, the old pope immediately discovered the giant cocoon of Joshua's avatar in the void, and used a different space seal to completely isolate the warrior from the material world. Natural disasters have always carefully sealed up the giant cocoon of the warrior avatar, otherwise, Joshua could obtain a large amount of material supplies even in the void, which would make it more difficult for him to reconstruct his thinking network.

Think about it, countless scattered and solid substances hit the surface of the giant silver cocoon under the strong gravitational force, and emitted nuclear-bomb-level energy that surpassed most extreme intention spells. For a fighter who reconstructs the core of his thinking, it is simply disastrous. Just a few more times can interrupt his construction process and make him have to start all over again.

"Everything is for order."

For Joshua's thanks, the simple-minded Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field Commanding Will didn't say anything more, it just searched the database and gave a prompt based on the relevant information: "Joshua, your current body energy level Excessively high, mere existence may cause a devastating disaster to the material world."

"According to the data from the Era of Glory, you should create an avatar that walks in the world instead of your body, and continue your activities in the world."

"Avatar?"

Hearing this word, Joshua couldn't help recalling his trip to Siberia not long ago.

At that time, because the world of Siberia was only a medium-low demon world, he purposely only used the soul to descend and perform the incarnation... Unexpectedly, after returning to the world of Mycroft, he would still use the avatar to walk in the world.

But this is also impossible. Joshua himself also knows that at this time his strength has improved so much that it is no longer possible to be as leisurely and indifferent as before. The superficial isolated stance alone is not enough to eliminate the terrifying gravitational force brought by the huge mass of his body. If he If you still go to Moldavia with the main body, maybe... no, the entire territory will definitely be turned into a sunken basin, and even the crust of the entire northern land will undergo drastic changes.

Today's Joshua is still in the form of a giant silver cocoon. The warrior has already consumed most of his energy in order to construct a new thinking module. In a short period of time, in order to adapt to this completely different thinking organ from the past, he has no way to change quickly. Forming the commonly used steel giant form, it is estimated that it can only maintain the status quo for several months or even more than half a year. Thinking of this, Joshua didn't hesitate. He immediately prepared to mobilize the substance of his body to create a powerful enough avatar.

But at this moment, Joshua's will suddenly froze.

"Wait, I forgot to put the body of 'Unknown Mechanic' back into the world of Siberia!"

In the world of Siberia, when the battle with Fartlorvi was officially fought inside the world, the iron puppet that descended from the incarnation of Joshua tore through the space, and directly hit the galaxy giant incarnation of the time pusher with his body, trying to pull the opponent into a decisive battle in the void , At that time, in order to protect the safety of the steel puppet, Joshua's body took the puppet and the body of the unknown mechanic in the puppet into his body, and kept it safely.

But later, Fatelorvi stirred up the time and went back to the past again and again. He even observed the possibility of the future, and together with Joshua, he made a mess of 'fate'. During the bombardment again and again, Fatrolvi was beaten into a daze, and Joshua also forgot that there was a double in his body and the Siberian body.

In addition, Joshua later had a premonition that he was going to advance, so he hurriedly planned to return to the world of Mycroft to make more stable preparations. He should have thought of this at this time, but he encountered another The change in the void vortex... everything was too coincidental. The majestic energy poured into his body, which accelerated Joshua's state, and made him ignore it.

As for now, whether it is the steel puppet or the body of the unknown mechanic, they have all been compressed into degenerate matter during Joshua's advancement process, becoming the raw material for the warrior's new body.

"Fortunately, I am familiar with the creation, otherwise it would be embarrassing."

In the center of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field, the surface of the giant silver cocoon suspended in mid-air moved slightly, and then a little material particle the size of a pen rose from it, and this seemingly inconspicuous material particle was broken into two halves in mid-air, half occupying the the vast majority, and only a negligible fraction of the other half. Under Joshua's control, the two material particles, one big and one small, immediately began to expand rapidly. One of them transformed into a tall black-haired man who seemed to be made of steel in mid-air, while the other turned into He became an ordinary Siberian teenager, obviously still a carbon-based creature.

With Joshua's current control power, as long as there are raw materials, he can use relevant information to create various avatars anytime, anywhere, whether it is a combat body similar to a steel golem, or an ordinary carbon-based human figure Well, although the body of the unknown mechanic was absorbed by him, as long as he had enough information, he would naturally be able to create an identical one and return it to him.

Of course, the soul of the nameless mechanic is still recuperating in Joshua's soul abyss, and it will take some time before he regains control of his body. After he fully recovers, Joshua will naturally ask him if he wants to return to his own body. If not, then the warrior will recruit the other party and let him continue to study the puppet-related matters in the Academy of Winterhold. If so, then he will send the other party back to the world of Siberia and let him get along with his compatriots .

"It's just on the way."

Joshua has not forgotten the black mist that lingers around the maelstrom of void, and the possible Alpha Sanctuary. In order to completely erase the "darkness among the stars" from the multiverse, he will inevitably return to that area. Explore the real and the false in the space-time boundary.

Of course, that's all for later. Reminded by the ruling will of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice, the avatar Joshua had just created—that is, the tall black-haired man moved his hands and feet, then turned his head to look east, and faintly heard the direction of human voices. It was the voice of the visiting team of Winterhold College, and there were many breaths of life that Joshua was familiar with.

Thinking of the masters of those auras, Joshua, who hadn't walked in the world with a human body for a long time, raised the corners of his mouth unskillfully, and put on a rather blunt but sincere smile.

After all, he had only just come home.

This chapter could have been a lot of water...but after thinking about it, everyone probably doesn't like to read popular science

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