Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 916 Cyberization

He spent a split second ignoring the weak feelings that were rising inside him.

At this moment, what he experienced back then is about to happen again—he is about to face a crucial choice.

Unlike last time, he had the right to choose.

Same as last time, he still had no choice.

But he is no longer the same as he used to be. When he woke up in the ancestral hall of the Buddha carver, the coldness and helplessness that surrounded his body no longer bothered him. He had already faced the gods and returned victoriously enough in his heart Strong enough to take anything.

Chen Yan, who had no synaesthesia, didn't notice the ups and downs of Ogami's mood at all, and he was still eloquently and heartlessly giving his impassioned speech:

"The 2nm chip's exclusive and sufficiently powerful [floating-point computing power matrix] provides infinite possibilities for this prosthetic hand, and the only thing that can eliminate it is the replacement of the 2nm chip!
Moreover, I reserved enough expansion ports when I modified this thing, you can even connect any electronic device you can imagine to this prosthetic hand!

In addition, this general-purpose [Crane Camel] also possesses an iterative [Carbon-based Silicon Neutralization] technology, which can not only effectively prevent the invasion of the first-generation virus of [Omnic Disease], but also allow you to truly re- To have an arm with feeling!

Aren't you bothered by not being able to get information?This arm can totally help you!
This arm will be your ticket to enter this era and the future era! "

After almost no delay of silence.

"Then, please."

Outside of work, Ohgami was never too light-hearted, even when making such a big decision.

Chen Yan put away his excitement and solemnly said:

"What I want to explain in advance is that as long as it is an electronic device, there will always be a day when it will be eliminated, and the omnic device in the electronic device is no exception-we enjoy the convenience of electronic devices, but we have to bear the price of using electronic devices-- When I am by your side, I will help you maintain this omnic prosthetic hand and do software upgrades, but once I am gone one day, you will have to maintain this prosthetic hand yourself - including upgrading that A 2nm core that will not be eliminated in the short term may involve the replacement or even modification of the chip circuit board, which is very difficult and professional."

Ohgami also replied solemnly:
"I understand."

In the next half day, the general-purpose [Crane Camel] began to modify Ogami's arm according to the procedure set by Chen Yan.

The living room on the first floor of 33 Walker Street was soon filled with the unique smell of high-temperature welding. Several robotic arms on the robot are responsible for the functions of disassembly, welding, installation and debugging of hardware devices.

From the disassembly of bone prosthetic hand to the cleaning of decayed muscle tissue and the repair of nerve endings, from local carbon-based silicon neutralization surgery to nerve ending docking and implantation of omnipotent prosthetic hands, from the docking of local neural reflex arcs and mimic neural networks to neural signal synchronization...

By the time the installation was completed, it was already late, and Walker Street was covered with a layer of fresh snow as usual by the cold wind after nightfall, which completely covered the footprints left by the evening commuters on the street.

In the apartment at No. 33 Walker Street, Ogami looked at the brand-new omnic prosthetic arm that was almost indistinguishable from a normal arm, and said dumbly:

"Why can I feel the existence of this thing?"

He even had such a slight, almost undetectable panic:

"I didn't even feel it was any different than my other arm."

He didn't know where these panics came from.

The fear of unknown things and phenomena is deeply rooted in his bone marrow. This is not his fault, but just the instinct of carbon-based life.

Chen Yan staying in the general-purpose [Crane Camel] issued an electronic sound with a unique timbre:
"This is the power of carbon-based silicon neutralization. Carbon-based biological cells and fully silicon-based omni-mechanical devices use the same nervous system, and nerve signals are unimpeded in the mimic neural network—especially when no brain-computer is involved. , in the case of only replacing a part of the omnic prosthetic body, as long as the firewall is done well, without the trouble of [omnic disease], the whole arm... will be reborn!"

Ohgami was silent for a few seconds, clenched his fist with this prosthetic hand, then lowered his sleeve to cover the prosthetic hand.

"Then, let's go to the island chain."

Ohgami said:
"I'll help you get your body back."

"Then, I'm going to take you somewhere."

……

……

a few hours later.

The first island chain of the empire, Days Island, the mechanical hive.

Denim-clad ninjas and tiny robots huddled through the crowd disembarking the passenger ship and onto the Dyce Island dock.

Ninjas have long been accustomed to the attire and even the behavior of ordinary people, so they don't look garish.

A small brain robot modified from a general-purpose crane camel is a new gadget. The [SW-2989] chip was given to Ogami, so Chen Yan used a 6-nanometer emergency chip inside a general-purpose crane and camel body. The spare chip is used as the brain-computer chip of the small brain machine.

The parameters of this spare chip are far worse than the 2nm chip [SW-2989] in Ogamiyi's hands, but it can barely maintain the operation of the residual brain robot body.

Chen Yan used some ordinary-looking old clothes to cover up himself ridiculously. He didn't intend that these covers would be of great effect, but he did such a thing with the mentality of deception.

What shocked him greatly was that his strange "attire" did not seem out of place in such an environment.

The reason is that the wave of omnic transformation that has recently emerged throughout the empire has affected most people—most civilians and even refugees have participated in this trend that can change the course of human history.

I don't know if it's because of the consideration of protecting new industries or other reasons, the upper limit of the industry related to omnic transformation technology is very high, but the lower limit is ridiculously low, especially in the south of the empire. The first batch of omnic equipment was eliminated, and then the After speculators imported this batch of equipment into the island chain, not only the transformation of second-hand omnic equipment began to appear in the private sector on a large scale, but even the imitation industry of omnic equipment blossomed in full swing.

Based on such an era background, a large number of people who have transformed themselves with omnic appear in the crowd-no matter what the consideration is, people have transformed themselves, which is tantamount to "blasphemy" and has not Caused the boycott of the choir.

Chen Yan saw at least ten Brainbots in his field of vision.

Three of the ten brain-bots were squatting in the corner, their rusty mechanical bodies were painted with patterns made of various colors of paint, and there were things that seemed to act as hair stuck in the cracks of their heads, which seemed to be someone The colorful feathers of the pheasant look very funny.

Their cerebot bodies are obviously not carefully modified, just second-hand cyborg bodies that have uploaded consciousness and look completely like robots.

Chen Yan doesn't understand why these people have such aesthetics, those unnecessary hairs and tattoos are extremely ridiculous in his eyes.

He doesn't understand their aesthetics, and there is no essential difference between "different civilizations can't understand each other's unique costumes".

Fortunately, Chen Yan can rely on past knowledge to make a rough judgment—the brain-machine man in front of him is not just a simple transformation of people, they are a new race of people, and they will become a new civilization. ——Whether it is vulgar or childish in his eyes, it is just the germination and trial and error of their new civilization.

This kind of germination and trial and error does not need anyone's evaluation, nor does it care about anyone's accusations.

Chen Yan realized that he was witnessing some great moments happen.

The other five of the ten brain-bots looked a little better. They wore the dark green uniforms of longshoremen, with the "William Adams Group" coat of arms printed on their chests, and they carried the goods in a uniform posture. loading and unloading.

Chen Yan told Ogami about her doubts: "Since they are all using brain-computer humans, why not just use robots? Can't the technical capabilities of a large group like William Adams Group reach it?"

Ohgami's eyes wandered over the dock workers, and he obviously felt that these people were novel.

Unlike Chen Yan, he knows the answers to these questions:

"I was listening to a meeting in the capital of the Northern Federation before, and they talked about it."

Ohgami did not explain why he appeared in the capital of the Northern Federation, let alone who "they" were, but Chen Yan could probably guess the answers to these questions from his words.

"It is said that the robot needs to be built with money, and after it is finished, regular hardware maintenance, regular software upgrades, and real-time updates of the firewall must be connected to the Internet to prevent hacking and theft-all of which are based on capital investment- — Robots cost a lot.”

"But if you use the brain to machine people, you can save a lot of money in making machines in the first place."

Ohgami talks about everything, which means he understands the root causes of these practices.

"People who want to do an omnic transformation buy their own body and pay a fortune.

Upload consciousness to pay the second money.

Pay the third payment for long-term software update service.

Regular maintenance on the body of the brain robot pays the fourth payment.

The money is all paid by the people who want to carry out the omnic transformation-

It comes from the brain-robot itself, because the brain-machine transforms itself voluntarily and actively. "

He obviously didn't just mean it literally.

Crowds of people were rushing around, and even if they saw the brain-bots in "outlandish clothes", they didn't look at them too much.

There are hundreds of thousands of floating people on this island every day, and the visual impact of the brain-machine people is not even as good as that of a cannibal native on the island.

Ohgami went on to tell about the valuable information he had received - some conspiracy theories that normally only exist in people's imaginations, but now it turns out to be real weird things:
"They brought up the second situation at the meeting—if someone wants to do an omnibus transformation, wants a brain-machine body, but doesn't have the money, what should he do?"

He asked and answered himself, with a calm tone:

"Then the group will lend him a loan, and endorse the reputation behind the names of large groups and companies that will awe the public as long as they are mentioned. As long as they are willing to borrow money, they can enjoy the benefits when buying a brain-machine human body." A certain degree of discount.

In the case of a loan from a large company, discounts are available for the purchase of the body and subsequent software and hardware maintenance.

Regardless of whether it is a loan or not, as long as the person who has carried out the transformation of the robot [want] to join the company and become a member of the company, he can not only sign a long-term contract with the company, become a full-time employee of a large company, but also enjoy the maintenance of the brain-machine body Discount on fees!
Therefore, in theory, as long as you are willing to accept such conditions, you can not only get a high-paying job, but also achieve immortality in a certain sense! "

At the end, Ohgami sighed:
"These things are things that people can see—the effect of the transformation of the robot, and the convenience of becoming a brain robot, are all things that people can see."

"And people are eager for a job, because only a job can support themselves... You know the situation in Yanan City."

"So people flock to it—big corporations want a lot of brain-machines who can do a lot of work, poor people want a body that doesn't seem to get sick and high-paying jobs that will almost never lose their jobs-as long as they sign contracts with the big corporations. Agreement, then all needs of all people will be met!"

Chen Yan didn't speak.

If he had a nose and airway, he must have been suffocated by this time.

Finally, Ogami answered Chen Yan's question head-on:
"In contrast, pure robots are rigid in their work, artificial intelligence is destined to have higher requirements for software programs, and the post-maintenance costs are huge——

These are the money companies need to pay.

In a sense, it is pure expenditure. "

"But if the brain-computer staff is replaced, these expenses can be fully borne by the staff."

"So, now in Yanan City and even the entire Northern Federation, you can't see robots.

You can only see Brainbots.

Brainbots are in everyone's interest. "

"As for the island chain... I haven't been to the island chain many times, so I don't know much about it, but if I think about it, it should be about the same."

Chen Yan didn't feel dizzy under the rationality of the 6nm chip blessing.

Sober sanity simply sucks at this moment.

"I've only been away for a few days... If we do this, wouldn't everyone be able to join a big company? And the scale of a big company will become unprecedentedly large!"

Everything that was simulated in the simulator is constantly happening...

Ogami looked at the miraculous mechanical hive in the center of Days Island, and pondered:

"Who knows, Yan Jun, I always feel that everything is getting worse..."

Chen Yan turned to look at the remaining two of the ten brain-bots.

The characteristics of brain robots of these two people are also obvious-although their appearance is no different from ordinary people, the antenna above their heads reveals their identities.

Chen Yan thought to himself, they may be rich, but they are not completely rich, maybe they are just middle-class people who can afford a complete human body with a brain machine, because their attire does not look special rich.

The general-purpose model [Crane SW-2989] has already been dismantled by Chen Yan. All six weapons and core chips have been dismantled and used to make prosthetic hands for Ogami, so Chen Yan has no ability to directly detect these brains. The situation of the robot.

(End of this chapter)