From scrap mecha to sci-fi heaven

Boom!

A heavy truck violently smashed through the wall and drove into the bungalow.

Brick and stone debris flew everywhere, sand and dust swirled, and the violent roar overwhelmed all other sounds at this moment.

"Are you okay?"

Lin Yu reacted the fastest, and with the combat intuition given by his fighting skills, he realized the crisis at the first time and pulled Bai Wei and Bai Ling away.

Although he was buried by the collapsed wall bricks, fortunately there were only a few scratches and scars. He quickly climbed up from the ruins and pulled Bai Wei and Bai Ling up at the same time.

"It's okay."

Bai Wei shook her head.

Bai Ling immediately looked at the cockpit of the heavy truck.

Bang!

Bang!

The door of the truck seemed to be kicked from the inside by some huge force. The first kick directly deformed, and the second kick made the entire door fly out horizontally, deeply embedded in the wall like a knife.

Accompanied by a small amount of flying dust, a sturdy figure sitting in the driver's seat slowly retracted his legs and stepped down from it.

He looked like a white man wearing a thick black coat.

But his skin was too pale, like an albino.

His height was much higher than that of an ordinary person, estimated to be more than two meters. Even Lin Yu, who had undergone the transformation of the Tianbing Project, was shorter than him.

"You are coming for me, go first."

Bai Ling saw the white man getting off the car, gritted her teeth, waved her hand to let Lin Yu take Bai Wei away, and she was ready to fight.

"What's his background? A cyber-transformer or a biochemically modified body?"

Lin Yu did not move, but looked at the white man with interest.

"The rust remover of the Ship of Theseus has undergone a lot of genetic modification, and his whole body is more than 80% prosthetic, all of which are B-level or above prosthetics."

Bai Ling's voice was bitter and hoarse.

"It seems that you have caused a lot of trouble."

Lin Yu couldn't help but sigh when he heard it.

The name of the Ship of Theseus actually comes from the philosophical Theseus paradox.

In short, if you keep replacing damaged parts of a ship, and one day all the parts are replaced, is it still the original ship?

If so, then take another part from this ship to make a new ship. Which of the two is the original ship?

This was just a philosophical question a long time ago.

But today, when prosthetic technology and even gene cloning technology are highly developed, it is a realistic problem that the Blue Star Federation needs to face.

If the organs and tissues of the body are replaced, even the memory structure and thinking structure of the brain are replaced, and emotions can be controlled and adjusted by various means, will you still be yourself?

Is another person who backs up your memory or simulates your personality, clones or inherits your body still yourself?

Of course, the Ship of Theseus organization mentioned by Bai Ling is not an organization for philosophical discussions on this aspect.

The most controversial point of the Theseus paradox is:

A ship, through the continuous replacement of parts, whether it is still the original ship, but this replacement can make it continue forever.

That is - immortality!

And a certain group is a fanatical pursuer of immortality.

Anti-Entropy Group.

Entropy increases in all things, and they are always moving from order to disorder. Minor chaos and errors continue to accumulate, and what comes is inevitable destruction.

Anti-Entropy Group is fanatically pursuing immortality at the biotechnology level, while also getting involved in the field of prosthesis.

After all, prosthesis is nominally a medical device. It is normal for a giant company mainly engaged in biomedicine to get involved in related derivative fields.

And the Ship of Theseus is a company under the Anti-Entropy Group that is engaged in the development of electronic machinery and prosthesis.

Judging from the name, the status of the Ship of Theseus in the Anti-Entropy Group should be quite controversial.

The more crazy people who pursue personal eternal existence, the more difficult it is to accept the concept of the Ship of Theseus.

Therefore, the Anti-Entropy Group should not pay special attention to this company engaged in research related to electronic machinery and prosthesis.

But the most mainstream technology of Blue Star Blue State is prosthesis and electronic machinery.

Backed by the giant aircraft carrier of the Anti-Entropy Group, the Ship of Theseus has no shortage of funds or biological technical support, and naturally has made many extraordinary achievements in the field of prosthetic research and development.

A-level prosthetics, the Heart of Kosciuszko, is one of their iconic masterpieces.

Not surprisingly, the special Heart of Kosciuszko in his body must have come from the Ship of Theseus.

This also made Lin Yu's heart move slightly.

The organization that Bai Ling had previously infiltrated was the Ship of Theseus.

So could she know something?

Whether it was the existing function of the Heart of Kosciuszko in his body, or the reason that might cause Turing Intelligence to take risks, he was very curious.

But it was obvious that now was not the time to ask questions.

"You know it, but you are still standing there stupidly. Take my sister away, I will try my best to delay..."

Bai Ling stared at the "Rust Remover" and dared not move away, but when she saw Lin Yu and Bai Wei standing there stupidly, she was a little angry and urged them again and again.

However, only half of the words came out.

Click~

First, there was a subtle mechanical sound.

Then, the armor flying around and a sharp sword shot out.

Puff!

The sound of flesh breaking sounded simultaneously.

The shooting sky sword turned into a light blue stream of light and pierced directly through the neck of the "Rust Remover".

As if worried that it would not be killed with one blow, it circled around the neck again.

The pale, hairless head fell with a splash of blood, gurgling, and just rolled to Bai Ling's toes.

Bai Ling: "..."

"What did you just say?"

The Pure Yang Emperor's visor covering Lin Yu's face folded back by itself, revealing his face, and he turned his head to look at Bai Ling.

"Is this...solved?"

Bai Ling's expression was a little dull.

"What else?"

Lin Yu asked back.

There are also gaps between technologies.

Although the prosthetic technology also uses the ABCD grading system that pilots usually use, this system is actually divided by authority requirements because different levels of exchange authority are required for various resources and technologies.

Its level can only represent the value or rarity of the resource, and does not necessarily represent performance and combat capability.

It may only be E-level weapon technology on the mecha, and if it is reduced in size and adapted to the needs of the human body and transformed into a prosthetic, it is C-level or even B-level.

Not to mention that the value of many technologies is not only reflected in combat capabilities.

Although prosthetic technology is used to enhance force, it is essentially about enhancing and replacing human functions in many aspects. The improvement of motor function is only a part of it, and it must also adapt to the human body's own tolerance.

In terms of combat capability alone, the pilot driving the mecha is absolutely overwhelming the cyber transformer.

Of course, if the pilot fails to drive the mecha, that's another story.

There are also many pilots who have been attacked and assassinated by cyber transformers.

Otherwise, Zhao Xing and his team would not have hired Qiao Wa and others as escorts.

Therefore, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

And there is no conflict between them.

It's just that because the pilot can operate the mecha, he often does not undergo prosthetic transformation for the sake of pursuing force.

Regardless of the impact on physiological functions, cyber psychosis is an extremely uneconomical risk.

Let's get back to the point.

Although the Chunyang Emperor is only an exoskeleton armor and not a mecha, it is essentially designed by Lin Yu to fight against the pilot.

The Tianjian missile is a pure lethal weapon.

The Gengjin-style Sky Sword with blade-like chitin can even break through the ultra-high-strength composite armor of the mecha.

It was easy to kill a mere cybertransformer with a sudden attack.

And facing Lin Yu's question, Bai Ling was naturally speechless.

"You..."

She looked at Lin Yu, and then at her sister.

She really wanted to ask them what they had experienced in the past three or four months.

He could actually make the bad and stupid little white-faced human trafficker in her impression become so strong.

"Hehe, I said that Brother Lin is not you..."

Bai Wei smiled and planned to strike while the iron is hot to change her sister's impression of Brother Lin.

But...

Bang!

The same collision sound as before came again.

But this collision sound was amplified countless times.

The direction of the collision also changed from the cockpit of the heavy truck to the rear compartment.

With a huge roar, the entire compartment was directly knocked open, and it seemed to be torn apart, and it was directly broken into two pieces.

A giant crocodile covered with metal scales leaped out of it, and when it landed, the entire ground shook.

"This is a modified C-class dimensional beast, hurry..."

Bai Ling's face changed drastically.

A C-class dimensional beast, this is not comparable to the cyber modifiers like "Rust Remover".

Dimensional beasts are often the existence of pilot-level combat power.

Especially the dimensional beasts that have been transformed by the Ship of Theseus.

This is definitely a terrifying monster that pilots of the same level can hardly fight against.

Although I don't know why the Ship of Theseus is crazy enough to transport this thing, it is obvious that this is definitely not something Lin Yu can deal with.

Not to mention in this Black Snake Camp, even in the city, it is probably difficult to find a C-class pilot in a hurry.

Even if there is, a C-class pilot can only be said to be able to fight.

If you want to really deal with this killing weapon specially transformed by the Ship of Theseus, it is still unknown who will win or lose with only a pilot of the same level.

She turned around and wanted Lin Yu to take her sister and run away quickly, and was ready to sacrifice herself to divert the enemy.

As a result...

She turned around and found that there was nothing beside her.

The strange exoskeleton armor, which was mainly white with black embellishments and looked like an ink painting, was already holding her sister, stepping on a flying sword, and soaring into the sky from the collapsed house early. In the blink of an eye, it was already the size of a grain of rice.

Bai Ling: "???"

Can't you wait for me to finish my words!