Chapter 39 Brain in a vat


    ?Things from that place?


    Gao Gong thought about that failed scientific research exploration and frowned.


    “What is it?”


    Huang Yuanli shook her head in pain.


    "I can feel its existence. It is huge and painful. It is like a mindless person, a ghost without a body."


    "You contacted me through it just now, right?" Gao Gong said with a thought in his heart.


    "Yes, I found the professor. The professor did not reject me at first, but let me drink a cup of coffee. After that, I kept having hallucinations, but before this hallucination was only intermittent, and I didn''t take it seriously. ”


    "And when our resistance failed and I was whipped, the hallucination became more and more serious. When I was completely unconscious, I found that I seemed to have become a part of it."


    “I can ‘see’ a lot of things that I couldn’t see before, the thoughts of the electronic bee, the mood of the mechanical dog, and even the thoughts of this forest. It is also angry and in pain.”


    ?Gao Gong did not speak, but glanced at the system panel.


    [You are controlled by ‘telepathy’, your vision is cut off, and you enter a state of blindness]


    ? Telepathy (Mechanical) (Elementary): A superpower that can perceive the human heart, and it can sense more than just the ''human heart''.


    “It seems that what the professor gave you to drink should be some kind of ‘super-sensory drug’, and luckily, you awakened; in the radiation zone, telepathy on the mechanical side is a very useful ability.”


    Huang Yuanli was stunned: "Supersensory medicine, what is that? Wait, you mean, I have telepathy?"


    "Yes, but not everyone can awaken after taking the ''super-sense drug''. This drug can enhance your experience beyond the five senses; in the process, your genes may produce certain antibodies due to this experience. , the nature of this antibody is the nature of your super power.”


    "Of course, most ''super-sense drugs'' are not safe, and the possibility of death from taking drugs is much greater than awakening superpowers; you should be grateful to that ''thing''. According to my guess, it helped you share some of the pressure." ”


    Huang Yuanli was stunned for a long time, then suddenly became furious: "The professor actually wants to kill me! I know there are no good people wearing glasses!"


    ?Gao Gong ignored him, returned the same way, found the original entrance, and climbed up the straight ladder again. The pupils of the two of them became enlarged almost at the same time.


    I saw that the originally empty cable tribe was covered by a strange white brain matter. The brain matter slowly wriggled along the roof, walls, and tree holes. Thick nerve fibers drilled out of the brain matter and took root.


    Even though Gao Gong had taken off his ‘amplifier’, he still felt a strong noise coming from all directions.


    "ah!"


    ? Huang Yuanli fiercely covered her ears, her eyes were red and she was in extreme pain.


    “Breathe deeply, breathe deeply, learn to control your ability, try to accept it, operate it, don’t resist it, remember, this is part of you!”


    Under the guidance of Gao Gong, Huang Yuanli''s face gradually calmed down, and her eyelids actually flashed with a deep luster while blinking.


    Gao Gong breathed a sigh of relief. Superman civilization is a relatively large branch among carbon-based civilizations, but it is very small on the Mecha Star. If Huang Yuanli cannot control her abilities, it will become very troublesome.


    Looking at the ''brain'' covering the top of his feet, the senior engineer suddenly pulled out the ''red unicorn'' and cut off the pink nerve bundle in it.


    The other party’s information was also displayed on the panel.


    [You deal 1 damage to ‘Brain in a Vat’]


    [You enter the realm of the ‘brain in a vat’, and your brain function enters a state of confusion]


    Brain in a vat!


    Gao Gong didn''t expect it to be this thing. He thought it was some kind of pre-war bionic machine at most.


    ??This thing is at least level 40, and it is a half-biological, half-information monster that is extremely difficult to kill.


    ?Especially its mental attack, which is a ''real damage'' and ignores all defenses. As long as it is hit by AOE, Gao Gong probably won''t be able to resist it twice.


    Gaogong looked around and saw that not only the cable tribe, but all the mutated trees that came into sight began to secrete artificial proteins. These proteins are the raw materials of ''brain plasma''.


    ‘I guess, Professor Han is not planning to put the entire cable tribe into the brain in the vat, right? EVA has seen too much. ’


    ?However, it is obvious that the brain in the vat is still in a developmental state, and the previous series of hallucinations are only the result of Huang Yuanli''s dream operations.


    "I, I ''saw'' it," Huang Yuanli gritted her teeth: "The professor is in contact with this thing. He wants to absorb it, but it is resisting, and the professor is also in pain."


    ?Gao Gong took a deep breath, turned around and looked around, and saw a large amount of ''brain'' going down the sewer.


    This thing reproduces at an alarming rate.


    “Let’s go, stop it, you lead the way!”


    Gao Gong clamped Huang Yuanli''s hand, and Huang Yuanli pointed her finger in the direction of the mountain road.


    “At the temple of the great elder, the professor’s laboratory is also in that direction.”


    ?The senior engineer ran wildly along the mountain road, and at the same time, a ''ding'' sound came from the system panel.


    【Task: Bionic Brain】


    Difficulty: Hard


    Mission briefing: Professor Han anticipated the coming of the beast tide, but he had no means to restrain the beast tide. In desperation, he chose the most extreme method to release the sealed scientific research product. He was going to absorb it and turn it into a monster. The master of consciousness.


    ? Mission goal: Kill Professor Han/Kill the brain in the vat/Rescue Professor Han


    Task reward: experience +4500, favorability of the cable tribe +500, clues to bionic technology


    ?The senior engineer was refreshed. It turned out to be "bionic technology". You must know that a professional knowledge chain contains at least 8 to 10 full-level professional knowledge.


    ??And more importantly, in the future biological transformation, if engineers want to maintain human form, they will also be unable to do without the help of "bionic technology".


    However, they didn''t run very far when the ground shook. In their eyes, the ground cracked and high-rise buildings rose from the ground. The dim yellow radiation atmosphere was replaced by a clear sky. In the sky, maglev cars appeared one after another. Flying in orbit, on the ground, living animals are jumping around, and ordinary people are walking, chatting, sitting on benches and basking in the sun. "What is this?" Huang Yuanli murmured.


    “This is the city of the old civilization, and it is also the memory in Professor Han’s mind. We are pulled into Professor Han’s mind.”


    Gao Gong shook his head and said, "I guess what Professor Han wants to do is to let you live here."


    “We living people are living in his head?” Huang Yuanli said blankly.


    "Yeah," Gao Gong shrugged, "This is much more exciting than the cruel reality. It''s a great idea."


    ? Huang Yuanli glanced around at the beautiful surroundings, and then took a deep breath. The fragrance of flowers and plants penetrated the nose and mouth, making people feel refreshed.


    ?She suddenly raised her head and cursed:


    “What a hammer!”


    “I don’t want to be part of this old man!”


    “Use your ability to sense, you should have some kind of connection with this brain in the vat.”


    Gao Gong narrowed his eyes and said, "If my guess is correct, you are the second option in Professor Han''s plan."


    “If he fails, you are the next vessel.”


    “That old madman!”


    ? Huang Yuanli gritted her teeth and stretched out a hand to feel the feeling when she was sleeping. That hazy, yet transparent and clean feeling emerged again.


    Gao Gong looked around and saw countless flesh and blood emerging from the tall buildings, covering them, and then sinking.


    Everyone froze, and the next moment, everyone melted like burning candles.


    ? Huang Yuanli closed her eyes tightly and walked in one direction. Gao Gong held the handle of the knife and followed closely.


    ?However, while walking, Huang Yuanli disappeared, and Gao Gong came to a simulated battlefield for training.


    “Sorry, I’m not a professional. There is only a VR room for relaxation in the experimental base. I don’t know if the simulation is similar.”


    At some point a young man in a white coat appeared next to Gao Gong. The young man smiled sheepishly.


    “It’s already very similar to the training base of the Security Corps.”


    ?Stepping on the plastic track with his toes, Gao Gong turned his head and looked at the younger version of ''Professor Han''.


    “You deliberately separated me from Huang Yuanli. I’m afraid your condition is not very good, Professor.”


    Professor Han nodded, "The base has been closed for almost fifty years. I thought that thing was dead and fusion should not be difficult, but I didn''t expect that it is still alive and has such a strong appetite."


    Gao Gong said with great interest: "So, you and it are now in a state of devouring each other."


    Professor Han said: "Yes, I have made some arrangements, but this first-mover advantage is constantly being consumed."


    "Fortunately, Lily''s awakening was successful. The only chance now is for me to die with it, and then let Lily become the new ''brain carrier''."


    Gao Gong looked up at the closed ceiling, "Do you think she will agree?"


    …


    ?In the sky, Huang Yuanli stepped on the clouds and said excitedly: "Look, we are in the sky."


    ??Huang Yuanli turned around, only to find that the senior engineer had disappeared at some point, and was replaced by a dying old man.


    Her expression suddenly became complicated.


    “Lily,” Professor Han showed a smile and lowered his head and said, “Look, the city below our feet is so beautiful.”


    “No matter how beautiful you are, it’s fake,” Huang Yuanli said coldly, “I don’t want to be someone else’s brain, and I don’t want others to be my brain.”


    “Yes, actually I don’t want to either,” Professor Han nodded in agreement.


    “So what should we do now?”


    Professor Han lowered his head, and the two of them suddenly returned to the scavenging city.


    In the city in front of the two of them, a war of tens of thousands of mechanical beasts was starting in the city.


    ?Countless red lanterns floated in the air, and the blood-red carpet spread crazily, submerging buildings, elevated highways, and highways, and burrowing into various mechanical and biological beasts.


    In front, the sound of explosions, radiant energy, and high-temperature smoke were like a small nuclear bomb that kept exploding, exuding terrifying power.


    Under its power, mature metal nests were destroyed and razed to the ground.


    ??Huang Yuanli looked at this scene dumbfounded.


    She knows this monster!


    (End of this chapter)