Origin of Mars

Chapter 158 Blue Star's Past Life
Fang Liang took off the last piece of armor on his body, and submerged his body in the transparent liquid.

These water-like liquids surged like jelly in the semicircular vessel, and Fang Liang just lay quietly in it, allowing the liquid to flood every inch of his skin, even his head.

At the same time, on the instrument panel not far away, every piece of information on Fang Liang's body was clearly displayed above the projection.

Liquid nitrogen used to rapidly lower the temperature suddenly spewed out from the walls on both sides, and the oxygen mask was lowered to cover Fang Liang's face.

The colloidal liquid flowed out from the grooves on the side. Fang Liang stood upright in the vessel, letting the liquid nitrogen spray on his skin, breathing heavily and gently. With his eyes closed, he didn't seem to feel anything unusual at all. .

Although there is no serious reaction to liquid nitrogen exposure for a moment, if the skin is continuously exposed to liquid nitrogen for a few seconds, it will cause irreversible frostbite hazards.

The skin on Fang Liang's body was only reddened visible to the naked eye, just like an ordinary blush. As the dose of liquid nitrogen sprayed gradually decreased, Fang Liang's lean body became clearer and clearer.

This strange process lasted for about 10 minutes. After soaking in the liquid, Fang Liang's skin seemed to have a special resistance, and it became very easy to withstand the extreme conditions of extreme cold and extreme heat.

The origin base did something similar to a fantasy novel - let the human body be soaked in some medicinal liquid composed of heaven and earth medicinal materials, so that it can be used to quench the muscles and bones.

In a sense, such processes are actually collectively referred to as genetic modification.

In Fang Liang's plan, he also needs to conduct a complete transformation experiment, because even with the protection of the exoskeleton armor, what is hidden inside the metal is still a fragile human body.

For Fang Liang, it was undoubtedly very dangerous.

Because among the many technological weapons, most of the basic weapons have the ability to destroy the internal structure through the armor, and even directly smash the hard metal armor.

Fang Liang not only wanted to keep improving the ability of the protective device, but even his own body had been included in the ranks of transformation.

In the transformation plan for Ilk, Fang Liang saw a very broad prospect for this experiment, especially in the observation of Ilk, this human soldier is still in a healthy state, and even possesses unimaginable power And speed, this is the result obtained after modification.

If someone could reduce an ant to the size of a human, the insect could easily lift an elephant with its front jaws.

The current Ilk can do this, he can lift up the ground made of concrete, and this feat alone is enough to make people terrified.

But Fang Liang prefers to call Ilk the unique lucky one.

After deeply realizing the difficulty of this transformation process, Fang Liang only chose to operate on his own skin under the safest circumstances.

The improvement of the origin base's technology is beyond imagination. Ilk's success story has a long buffer period from now. During this critical period of time, Zero also successfully made a leap forward in this technology. type of improvement.

The solution that Fang Liang soaked in before was actually to relieve the stress effect on Fang Liang's skin.

The skin was originally a type of organ wrapped around the muscles. It was divided into two layers: the dermis and the epidermis. The dermis contained a large number of nerves and blood vessels, while the epidermis was the stratum corneum, which was also the area where Fang Liang received the transformation.

At this time, Fang Liang couldn't put it down because of the strong toughness of the skin, and the feel of pinching it also changed subtly, as if it was pinched on a solid piece of rubber. This feeling undoubtedly gave Fang Liang a strong sense of security. feel.

This layer of skin can prevent 90.00% of radiation interference and the temperature difference between extreme cold and extreme heat.

Regarding this point, Fang Liang already had a very obvious feeling in the previous liquid nitrogen experiment.

It also makes him hopeful for a future total plastic surgery, in which his body will be stripped apart.

Skin, muscles, bones, when Fang Liang's brain is completely covered by an absolutely hard metal body, maybe he can really feel at ease.

"Sir, you need to go through two weakening processes, and your body's stress response will completely disappear."

This time, Zero's voice echoed in the room, and Fang Liang also put on the silver-white exoskeleton armor again, with the mask buttoned up, feeling the new feeling flowing on the skin, and he couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

"I feel good, what's the next transformation goal?"

Fang Liang asked.

"The musculature surrounding the main bone."

Zero's answer: "Because I think this is a key driving part of the human body. If you can complete the transformation of this part, your strength and speed will be greatly increased."

"It's really unimaginable, Zero, I never thought that one day, even my own body can be safely modified."

Fang Liang raised one palm, his eyes were calm, but his tone was a little moved.

As Fang Liang's grasp of the origin base deepened, Fang Liang's plans for the future became clearer.

He is the sole ruler of the solar system, this is an undisputed fact.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen this body. The weak flesh and blood must match the soul of the distant view. If Fang Liang dies accidentally, the operation of the origin base will instantly become a mess, because the foundation that Zero agrees with The order was to follow in Fang Liang's footsteps.

After all, Zero is not a collective consciousness like the Tower of Order. Since its birth, it has eliminated the function of independent work and survival.

"The entire transformation process will last about half a year, because after that there will be a series of processes such as adaptation and reconciliation."

Zero explained.

"I knew that at first, whenever I pulled the skin, it would be hot and painful, like it was resisting."

Fang Liang pursed his lips, and waved his arms consciously. The skin tissue at the joint did not produce any stagnant pain, and it was no longer the same as before.

"But now, I feel great."

"In this way, whether we can modify the body of most humans on Blue Star, if this technology gradually matures."

Fang Liang suddenly thought of this, and asked Ling.

"I don't recommend you to do this, sir. With the same cost, I recommend you to create a batch of brand-new ordnance robots. Their combat effectiveness will be several levels higher than that of the same level of transformation."

Ling's eyes were piercing, and he denied Fang Liang's idea from another angle.

"And there may not be a second case of a special individual like Ilk on Blue Star, sir."

"You mean, Ilk is the most special organism in this galaxy?"

It was rare for Fang Liang to hear a hint of admiration from Ling's words.

"Yes, in my opinion, he is a very precious living sample. His body seems to be eagerly accepting a completely unfamiliar mechanical tissue."

"From my point of view, he seems to be able to actively adjust the body's instinctive response through the thinking of the brain."

"Humans are actually a very low-level combination evolved from carbon-based organisms in ancient times. He has many irreparable defects, such as the brain. This magical organ can control many parts of the human body. parts, but it is difficult to control myself alone.”

Zero continued: "So I think that Ilk may be able to subconsciously control the changes in his body, but he hasn't even discovered it himself."

"Talk to him sometime."

Fang Liang nodded slightly, with a faint light still flashing in his eyes.

He suddenly had a lot of interest in the "human beings" mentioned by Lingkou.

In the process of accepting Blue Star through upgrading the network, Zero has actually been understanding all kinds of things on Blue Star.

This planet is like a transparent structure in its consciousness, it can clearly see the essence of any information, and thus derive a more advanced understanding.

"How do you understand biology, Zero?"

As Fang Liang walked towards the central control room, he posed this broadly defined question to Zero.

"How would you like me to express it, sir?"

Zero's chuckle echoed above the tunnel.

"In a common way?"

"of course."

The mechanical door in front of him slowly opened, and countless projection panels lit up in the depths of Fang Liang's pupils.

"It has been 138 billion years since the universe was born, and more than hundreds of millions of years from the appearance of the first batch of stars to their explosion. Before that, there were only three elements in the universe: hydrogen, helium, and lithium."

"These three elements cannot form a complete living entity."

"But I can't deny that there were no organisms at that time, because the basic characteristic of organisms is self-manufacturing. If you expand the meaning, it manifests as metabolism and self-replication. The essential meaning is the persistence of information."

"Anything that meets this criterion can be defined as a living thing."

"So carbon-based organisms are the main body of this universe?"

Fang Liang thought for a while and asked.

"Carbon-based organisms may only occupy one percent of the universe, because I think silicon-based organisms are far more capable of surviving than carbon-based organisms like humans."

"But in my opinion, it is almost impossible to let the environment independently produce silicon-based organisms."

Fang Liang smiled.

"If robots can be regarded as silicon-based organisms, then low carbon-based organisms like humans can produce silicon-based organisms with extremely outstanding abilities. This universe is really chaotic."

"Because of circumstances, sir."

"The environment drives carbon-based organisms to have very strong adaptive capabilities, such as being able to use resources in the surrounding environment to prevent themselves from becoming consistent and consistent."

"Exponential growth through means such as replication."

"Can self-regulate to maintain stability in a changing environment."

"And the most important point, learning and memorizing the information of the surrounding environment is just like the biological evolution on the blue star."

"These inconspicuous advantages allow carbon-based organisms to complete information transmission for a very long time, and will not simply perish.

Fang Liang didn't answer zero, because he suddenly thought of a statement that couldn't be argued.

When intelligent organisms are born on a planet, the environment on this planet will develop in the direction that such intelligent organisms are suitable for.

This process is two-way. When organisms adapt to the environment, the environment also adapts to the direction of biological development.

"Sir, in fact, in my opinion, it is a very incredible thing that human beings can jump from the ape period to the civilization era."

Zero continued.

"You mean that human beings are not capable of making this great leap?"

Fang Liang suddenly guessed what Ling wanted to say.

"Just like today, the human civilization on the blue star is still unable to break through this level of technological threshold, they lack the opportunity they once got."

What Ling said at this time made Fang Liang feel a strong uneasiness.

"After calculation, there is such a possibility that at this stage of human civilization, there may be some alien civilization that is guiding mankind forward."

"Is this your guess?"

"It is a possible result obtained through data research and calculation."

Zero answered truthfully.

"Go on."

"If Blue Star is regarded as a collection of countless regional civilizations, then there are many similar records in the ancient civilization period, such as the three emperors described in the mythological era of Huaguo, that is, Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, they They have ruled for nearly thousands of years, and in the records of the Sumerian civilization, almost all the kings they promoted have ruled on the throne for nearly 1 years."

"Such records are very frequent, throughout the entire ancient civilization era of Blue Star, and the events recorded by each regional civilization are very similar. If these are not regarded as coincidences, I think that during that period, there were There was an alien civilization that visited the solar system, and tried to transform and combine its own genes with the humans on the blue star, thus giving birth to the so-called emperor, or king."

"It is also under such conditions that people at the grassroots regard these transformed humans as the leaders of the entire civilization. As perfect group creatures, humans have undoubtedly brought this advantage to the extreme. As emperors, humans also lead the way. His own individual has created a splendid history."

"But after that, this civilization may have left the solar system for some reason, but these modified hybrid humans can still lead the civilization forward with a very long lifespan."

"But the ultimate destiny that greets them is death after all."

"This alien civilization may never come to Blue Star again, because in their view, this galaxy is just a huge testing ground, and they did not expect human civilization to shine in such a form."

Zero suddenly paused.

"And this civilization may be the galaxy-level civilization that left behind the space transmission device."

(End of this chapter)