Cyber Heroes

"If the lord is in a good mood, a thug may be fine no matter what he does. But maybe he will be killed by the lord just after he loses his asylum?"

The mayor nodded: "The lord may announce that the civilized protection of our town will be temporarily revoked. We as a 'group' are declared illegal."

Xiang Shan was stunned: "So, what will happen..."

Yuki seems to have mentioned that there are thugs in the wilderness...

"Gangs in the wilderness." The mayor sighed heavily: "Gangs generally dare not invade sheltered towns. But occasionally there will be small towns whose protection is revoked. At this time, the residents of the town go to other settlements , they can still retain their 'personal asylum', but during this period, as long as they are still in this settlement, they are regarded as 'unprotected'. The gangsters can plunder at will..."

Xiangshan probably understood that the so-called "protection of civilization" is actually divided into two parts. One is the so-called "protection of the group", which is the "safe zone", and the other is the "protection of the individual", which is the "good people".

Asylum is absolutely effective only when "good people" are in the "safe zone". Otherwise, whether the asylum will take effect still depends on the mood of the "asylor".

In this era, everyone who does not violate the "Dyson Principle" is considered a "good citizen" by default. And those who lose asylum can also enter the "safe zone" - as long as they are not afraid of being beaten to death.

Xiangshan was very surprised: "Then why not go to other settlements?"

"First of all, the crop yields in other settlements are limited and cannot feed everyone. If the residents of other towns refuse us to stay there... then they can evict us in the name of 'defending their own property.'"

"On the way to other settlements, you may be attacked by thugs." The mayor shook his head: "There are surveillance lines in the village, and under normal circumstances gangsters do not dare to destroy the lines. That would damage the lord's reputation and lose his face. But if we deviate from the main road and go to other settlements... they can use EMP to make us all disappear without anyone noticing."

Xiangshan only felt cold. Even if he no longer has the nerve to sense temperature.

From the mayor's words, he learned two things.

First, this era is really troubled.

Second, anyone’s sensory prosthesis may become the eyes of a superior person.

Otherwise, there is no need to specifically say "use EMP".

It's such a terrible time...

The mayor sighed: "If we can resist, we want to resist as much as possible. Shan, when the thugs attack, will you help us?"

Looking at the mayor's expression, Xiangshan once again felt a sense of urgency.

It was different from the oppressive feeling Xiangshan had when he recalled "Yawgmoth". This is a sense of impending crisis.

"Time is running out." Xiang Shan said to himself: "We must catch up."

After the mayor left, Xiangshan called Yuki back.

The next thing to do is what Yuki is interested in.

Xiangshan planned to turn that dog-shaped prosthetic body into parts of his new prosthetic body.

When taking out the spine, Xiangshan had already started from the wound on the chest of the dog-shaped prosthetic body and cut open the canine-shaped prosthetic body. The wound was behind the face that disgusted Xiang Shan, and it penetrated right through the biological brain buried in the chest.

This biological brain is located within a brain-computer barrier composed of metal-based proteins, and is directly connected to several nutritional lines and an independent oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange pump. Directly above the brain is a heavily modified cerebellum. The cerebellum almost "hangs" on the spine.

Using the doctor's knife, he quickly peeled off the layer of fur on the dog's body.

"Wow..." Yuki on the side made a surprised sound.

Under the fur, it was not the iron body as imagined, but some kind of light blue translucent muscle.

Yes, it's really muscles. Countless translucent fibers are stacked together. Countless dischargers are buried in the muscles, and each fiber is connected to dischargers at both ends. This seems to be some kind of polymer shape memory material that will quickly curl up after charging, like a real muscle.

It's really beautiful.

Xiang Shan focused on the fur in his hand.

This is of course not a real animal hide. Even if Xiangshan adjusted his eyes to the level of a light microscope, he could not see structures such as sweat glands and hair follicles. The main component of this layer of fur seems to be some kind of polymer material similar to silica gel. It has a certain degree of toughness, at least Xiangshan cannot tear it apart simply with his arm strength.

But no matter how breathable the material itself is, once a layer of "fuzz" is created on the surface, there is no "heat dissipation" at all.

Xiang Shan can only express his confusion about this practice of exchanging "performance" for appearance.

If Will Granddog didn't have this layer of skin, then he might not need to open such a large air inlet, and naturally he wouldn't be allowed to seize the opportunity.

"Xiang Shan..." Yuki pulled Xiang Shan's arm.

Xiang Shan shook his head: "When there are outsiders around, you can call me whatever you want. But when there are only two of us, remember to call me 'Master'. This is the rule of knights in the world."

"Oh, Master..." Yuki curled his lips: "How can such... such an accessory be transferred to your body?"

He looked at Xiang Shan's legs. Or two sticks made of solid iron pillars.

It seems completely incompatible with the muscles that look like industrial works of art.

"If I read correctly, each fiber of this electronic muscle can be disassembled individually. In this way, even if it is damaged, it can be quickly replaced..." Xiangshan poked a few times on the discharger with a magnetic screwdriver. Next, he quickly opened the prosthetic leg and then tinkered with it a few more times. The discharger and surrounding fibers naturally fall off,

Xiangshan put the discharger aside first: "Well, it looks like this... I'm quite lucky."

Except for a muscle in the chest that was penetrated by the electric shock rod and all the fibers in it were no longer usable, all the muscle fibers were intact.

Xiangshan returned his gaze to the penetrating wound on his chest. When he removed the spine, the brain and cerebellum were completely dead. He planned to put this thing aside for now.

However, Yuki pointed out that according to regulations, this organic content must be taken to the farmland in the town to recycle the organic content.

Xiangshan is not very accustomed to this view of "human brains as resources." But if you look at it from the perspective of "society's best interests," there is nothing wrong with the ethics that Yuki is known for. He nodded, indicating that Yuki could deal with the brain according to the rules here.

Yuki was watching his master dismember the prosthetic body. He saw it so freshly that he couldn't bear to leave. The brain was placed on the table for the time being.

Along with the brain, there were three chips and several storage devices.

Among the three chips, two are used to drive the prosthetic body. One of them is set up to prevent the other from malfunctioning or causing bugs. The other piece is specifically used to convert brain-machine signals so that the biological brain has greater control over the prosthetic body.

The storage disk may contain things like martial arts algorithms and empirical convolution.

That's right, the martial arts algorithm.

The transmission speed of human nerve signals ranges from one meter per second to one hundred meters per second. It depends on the specific nerve fiber - the specific values ​​vary from nerve fiber to nerve fiber. In addition, the bioelectrical signals inside nerve cells are okay, but the chemical signals between nerve cells can really only be described as "turtle speed".

In many cases, the speed of response depends entirely on how many times a signal needs to be circulated between neurons.

But in any case, compared with the electrical signals in the metal wires that are almost at the speed of light, the neural signals are no different from "almost motionless".

It is impossible for human consciousness to really keep up with the movements of the prosthetic body. Only by disassembling the signals of the prosthetic body into the shortest data, turning it into the simplest stimulus and transmitting it to the human brain, and then the human brain reacts like a low-level instinct - in this way can we keep up with the modern high-strength prosthetic body. .

However, the Turing machine can do things that the Turing machine can never do, so the human brain will continue to exist in the body of the warrior.

In other words, "Martial Arts" was designed this way from the beginning.

Writing "instinct programs" that "adapt" martial arts algorithms in the biological brain is what a warrior must do - and even to a certain extent, this determines the height a warrior can achieve.

Behind the brain is a battery. This one is much more advanced than the garbage Xiangshan used before. The power reserve is at least fifty times that of that garbage product. It can indeed support high-intensity combat for a while.

Then, inside this dog's abdominal cavity, there is actually an... internal combustion engine?

Xiang Shan found a piece of wire and dipped it in the remaining liquid from the internal combustion engine. He now has no sense of smell or taste, so he first places the wire under a small piece of iron sheet, and then tries to create a little spark.

The light blue flame flashed away. Xiangshan's prosthetic eye adjusted the lens and found that there were a few tiny droplets of water on the iron sheet.

ethanol.

This guy actually uses ethanol fuel.

"This is..." Xiangshan thought for a moment, and then carefully observed the mechanical structure inside the dog-shaped prosthetic body.

"Is it connected to the mouth? When the battery output is insufficient, the internal combustion engine is used to increase the output..."

Although the energy conversion rate of a heat engine is very low compared to a battery with stable output, its explosive power is extremely strong.

This is used to increase explosive power under the premise that the maximum power of the battery is constant.

After counting his loot, Xiangshan picked up the small repair terminal he borrowed from the doctor.

Next, comes the main event.

Regarding chip processing.

"Small repair terminal" is also called "small medical terminal" and is a specialized intelligent terminal. The front looks a lot like a 21st century smartphone, only much thicker. Its back is a special structure composed of 1024*1024 metal rods. Press it gently, and an interface will appear on it that fits the pressing object.

This thing can read most modern common chips and storage systems. Even ancient disks can be read.

Xiangshan has already dismantled this terminal in advance. He temporarily removed the network card inside, and then stuck a magnet in an area that would not interfere with the operation of the terminal itself, ensuring that it would not be spied on to the greatest extent possible.

Then, he removed a driver chip and pressed it on the back of the terminal. The plane formed by the metal rod immediately dented, and the interface on the chip naturally contacted the top of the metal rod, as if there was a slot behind the terminal.

Soon, the data was read out.

"Um?"

If Xiang Shan still had eyebrows, he would be frowning.

"What's wrong? Master." Yuki asked curiously: "You can't understand, right?"

"If you can't understand, it's not too terrible..." Xiang Shan murmured: "But I think... it shouldn't be like this?"

——I actually... can understand everything.