High Above

The Forerunners are obviously the kind of top scientists who will be driven away by super civilizations and fallen empires in the universe. The Star God's appreciation and rewards for the Forerunners are actually very selfless. If it were replaced by some other selfish civilization, I'm afraid it would not be a gift. Instead, he snatched it back directly to serve them.

From this point of view, as Star God and Ian speculated before, it is indeed an advanced civilization with goodwill towards many civilizations.

So, can Ian compare to the Forerunners? Can an ordinary rocket engineer in his previous life, after experiencing many events and learning a lot of knowledge, be able to compare with scholars who are leading the times like Forerunners without relying on silver chips?

The answer is of course.

Although in his previous life on Earth, Ian was just a ship engineer on a colonial rocket, and he laughed at himself that he was not as important as the water dispenser - only an outsider would really think that such a position is ordinary.

In fact, anyone who has actually gone through administration or done research knows that an engineer in his twenties who has just finished graduate school and started a Ph.D. can directly join the colonial rocket to participate in large projects, and in the future he can join the super-light spacecraft What kind of emphasis and talent does R\u0026D team training represent?

It's said to be a water dispenser, but that's just a joke. Ian's talent is considered top-notch even on Earth. But in Terra, after absorbing so much knowledge and seeing many technologies and cultures in another world, he has fully matured.

Plus, Ian also has a silver chip.

Therefore, he understands better than anyone how difficult it is for the Forerunners to peel off the silver chip.

The young man stared down at his hand. Even at the ends of his limbs, capillaries and nerves, there was still a sub-physical ether network derived from the silver chip.

The silver chip is attached to Ian's soul and body in a non-material form. It is so closely integrated with Ian that it cannot even be said to be a part of the body, but a part of the body, soul and will - now Ian even relies on the silver chip to maintain part of his thinking. Ian's existence is not only located on the body and soul, but at least one-sixth of it relies on the silver chip.

No, it can also be said the other way around.

One-sixth of today's silver chips must rely on Ian's will to exist, and will be destroyed if they are separated.

So, if the silver chip is 100% fused with Ian, what will be the result? This can also be explored through uninstallation.

It's just...even the 'Uninstall' button is always there.

But can Ian really remove the silver chip from himself?

——You have to try it.

Ian made up his mind. He knew very well that his fairy bloodline was built on silver chips, and stripping it off at will might cause damage to the 'Pioneer of Steel' inheritance he had just constructed... But naturally he would not experiment casually.

Click.

Ian twisted his wrist bone, and he twisted his right hand directly from the wrist.

It is different from the bloody scene that most people imagine. The removed right hand is like a screw cap that has been unscrewed. There is no leakage of body fluids or other damaged flesh and blood. There is only a little electromagnetic flash at the 'wound'. .

It can even move, and its slender white fingers move dexterously to spread itself flat in front of Ian.

Because of the inheritance of the Pioneer of Steel, Ian's bones have long been metalized, and as a being that has actually reached the third energy level, his control over his body has reached the point where he can control his own flesh and blood at will.

Even, with the help of electromagnetic signals, even if part of the body parts are cut off by others, Ian can still control this part of the body to move, even like iron filings meeting an electromagnet, flying back to the body from the ground, and embedding it again go back.

Only now, Ian plans to unload the silver chip from his hand alone.

【uninstall】

With a thought, Ian chose to uninstall the silver chip in his separated right hand.

Then he thought twice and chose, 'Do you really want to uninstall? yes. ’, my thoughts moved ‘Please read the following possible side effects of uninstallation and determine your choice. yes. ’, my thoughts were racing, ‘Warning! Choosing to uninstall may cause unpredictable changes in some of your limbs’…

"Why is it the same as rogue software?" When the eighth time was selected, even Ian couldn't help complaining: "Do you still have to send me a tearful cat head and beg me not to uninstall it? The other option is 'Leave cruelly'?"

Of course, the silver chip is not so rogue, it only asks detailed questions for the holder's safety.

So on the last tenth time, when Ian finished confirming the last option, he saw a burst of iridescent ether light around his right hand.

Different from the source matter which has various colors, ether has only two colors, or in other words, there are only two main forms of 'colorless' and 'iridescent'. Even if the secondary ether derived from differentiation is dominated by a certain color, there will definitely be an iridescent halo around its edge, or it may be burned by colorless flames.

And in this rainbow-colored brilliance, a silver hand model gradually emerged above Ian's right hand, with starlight flowing through it. Each source structure and related neural network, even muscle texture, blood vessels, The distribution and cell arrangement can be seen clearly - this moment even gave Ian the illusion that he was directly seeing the 'inside' of his arm from a four-dimensional perspective.

But the next moment, the arm model immediately collapsed and condensed, and finally condensed into a small silver chip on Ian's right hand.

It's extremely thin, but it seems like there's a whole galaxy of silver chips flowing through it.

It’s exactly the same as the silver chip Ian saw and got back then!

"Ouch."

Making a sound of unknown meaning, Ian picked up his right hand and put it back on his wrist - even without the silver chip, the inheritance of the Iron Pioneer could still do this.

After moving his wrist a little, Ian could feel that the movements of his arms were a bit slow and insensitive, his tactile acuity had dropped a lot, and his sesame sensitivity had dropped by at least 70%.

But even so, with the data of Ian's current right hand, he can completely crush some ordinary second-level geniuses, such as the Jaegerna he met before. Ian is still confident to use this to peel off the silver chip. Kill him instantly with your right hand.

But it is enough to see that the degree of enhancement the silver chip can have on a person does not lie in simply recording data and enhancing perception.

At the same time, Ian also felt that 90% of the 'fairy blood' in his right hand was stripped away.

It is not that it has been stripped away 100% - even if all the sefirot structures of the goblin bloodline are located on the silver chip, the long-term operation still allows part of the sesame structures to spread and begin to transform Ian's body. This is why whether it is a goblin or other Even the fourth-level powerhouses did not see the reason for the abnormal bloodline of Ian Fairy. They only felt that he controlled his source of essence very well and did not expose it.

With this 10% goblin source structure, Ian is confident that he can re-engrave the goblin bloodline within ten days through his own soul that has practiced meditation without relying on silver chips.

Of course, he is not stupid enough to actually do burning without relying on the silver chip... Having tools but not using them would be a bit inhumane.

Just like now, Ian can sense that the silver chip-derived network on his arm is spreading towards the palm part where the silver chip has been uninstalled - it can definitely be reinstalled after uninstalling it, which is nothing more than consumption. A little bit of Sefirah, and Ian lacked everything but no Sefirot.

"I see."

Ian nodded slightly. At this moment, he held the silver chip that he had just uninstalled, and said thoughtfully: "The silver chip has now completely become a part of my perception and even thinking system. Stripping off the silver chip is equivalent to stripping off my A part of my thoughts, a part of my soul, and a part of my brain were cut off - the palm of my right hand now feels like another person's hand, giving me an extremely strange feeling. This is actually not a simple adjective, but because My thoughts are based on the soul and body where the silver chip exists, so there is a huge difference between the body without the silver chip structure and my thinking."

"This difference can actually illustrate a commonality. If my mind and soul are 100% integrated with the silver chip, then my soul will have my complete thoughts... This is a structure similar to the dragon soul, which can be used at will. It can descend on any prosthetic body and smoothly control this body without causing any rejection reaction in terms of the source material."

"Similarly, by peeling off the silver chip, we can also see that it actually changes the body itself very little. Most of the enhancements it brings are completely based on the silver chip itself and the enhancement of my soul. There is almost no effect on the body. Any modifications.”

"If it were me before, I might take it for granted, but if there is such a speculation that 'the silver chip is just a part of the Star God's Gift', then I think that the Forerunners may not have completely stripped off the complete Star God's Gift. , he just peeled off the 'silver chip part' that was mainly based on the 'nervous system and soul' from the 'complete star god's gift', while the other part that can transform the body still remains in his body."

"The complete gift of the Star God should be able to transform a person's body and soul, gradually transform it, and finally completely elevate it to a super life form!"

This is just a guess, but Ian is 80% sure that this conclusion is the truth.

Because, the uninstallation of the silver chip... in his personal experience, can almost be equivalent to 'tearing'.

It's like someone dug out the brain directly, tearing the emptiness apart.

However, digging out the brain does not mean that the head has been chopped off. The skull and flesh and blood are still there.

This detachment and uninstallation essentially strips off the most flexible part of the silver chip, just like removing the memory stick and graphics card from the motherboard, but the motherboard itself is not removed.

Ian believed that the Forerunner did not find a perfect way to peel off the silver chip at the end of his life, so he decided to tear his own soul apart, peel off the gift of the Star God in his soul, and condense it into silver. chip.

What kind of determination and pain does this require? Ian asked himself, even a person like him who is accustomed to fighting and self-analyzing would never be able to do this.

But the despair of the forerunners can be understood somewhat based on the memories of what they saw before. He does have reasons and determination.

"It's... admirable." He sighed.

Beyond that, Ian had another idea.

——Can he give the silver chip he peeled off to others and share this gift of the Star God with others?

When he was alone countless times in the past, Ian had thought that if Mr. Hilliard had a silver chip from the beginning, then even the ashes of the Ice Prison would not be able to cause any harm to him, right? In this way, Inaga II will not die. The combination of the two of them can be invincible to Terra. They can crush the entire empire with pure violence and transform the world into what they want.

Of course, from Ian's point of view, Inaga II is a bit naive in terms of sociology. It is obvious that after the natives of Terra learned about the system of the pre-era civilization, they carried out reforms without understanding the essence. But if he does not die, , you can learn from your mistakes and gradually improve.

In that case, the current Terra will definitely look more promising.

But Inaga II did not do this... To be honest, Ian believed that if it was really Inaga II in Teacher Hilliard's mind, he would definitely share the silver chip with the teacher if he could.

"Um……"

Ian stared at the tiny silver chip in his hand. He had a subtle resonance with the silver chip. It was an extreme closeness, as if it was another self...

another me……

"Wait?! Echo? No, it's stronger than echo..."

Ian's eyes suddenly opened wide, and the boy suddenly felt a chill.

He figured out why Inaga II didn't give the silver chip to other people he trusted: "This, isn't this just a mirror?!"

As a part of Ian's mind and soul, as long as the integration is high enough, the silver chip can even completely become the essence of Ian's soul, making the boy's soul as difficult to destroy as the dragon soul - this is what Ian deduced in the redwood forest. , will have abilities similar to the 'Lich Phylactery'.

Then, the silver chip that was stripped off is actually a fragment of Ian's soul and thoughts!

In this way, as long as Ian does not die and the silver chip is absorbed by others, and if the other party cannot resist Ian's soul, then his thoughts and soul will gradually be swallowed up and transformed by the silver chip with Ian's thoughts... Then, it turns into another identical Ian!

Even, it is the 'second Ian' who controls another body independent of the current Ian!

This is the mirror! A complete copy, from the soul, thinking to will and belief, everything is exactly the same method of eternal life!

but……

Ian has no way to control this fragment.

In other words, the extra second Ian is a separate individual. He may be weaker than the original Ian due to physical reasons, but he also has his own intelligent thinking.

If First Ian wants to take back his silver chip, then Second Ian will resist First Ian if he doesn't want to.

In other words, as Inaga II was the most powerful psychic in Terra at the time, if he shared the silver chip with Hilliard, then even Hilliard would not be able to resist his master's soul. Will be brainwashed and completely transformed into the second Inaga II.

There is no way the Black King can do this. This is true both from an emotional and profit perspective.

Because the Black King can't actually defeat Hilliard, even if he is extremely vicious and a super bitch, he has brainwashed the continent's number one force who trusts him into just a copy of himself with the fighting consciousness of a first-class master (it is even very possible Rebellious), no matter how I think about it, I feel a little cerebral.

But this is not the only reason why Ian's hair is creepy.

Instead, with his wisdom, he immediately thought of a method of breeding silver chips.

——As long as he continues to split the silver chips and give them to ordinary people or low-level sublimates, gradually cultivate souls from the bodies of ordinary people, strengthen the silver chips and then harvest them... he can quickly improve his silver chip fusion. Speed, transforming himself into a lich form that is almost like a dragon soul.

Yes, the selves split from the silver chip may resist themselves, but how can they fight against the selves who are the strongest and have the first-mover advantage?

The body that has been absorbed by the silver chip will instead become a puppet controlled by Ian and become Ian's power.

Slave puppets, control soulless bodies, extremely powerful, immortal souls of lich entrenched in their own territory, developing technology, accumulating power... until they can conquer the whole world.

This is simply a natural disaster of the undead on Terra... and even a complete restoration of humanity with Ian as the core...

In the end of such a disaster, all mankind will be Ian, and Ian will be all mankind.

He is the only existence, the god who swallowed the civilization of Terra!

As the emperor, Inaga II, if he did not discover this possibility, it might be said that the empire was lucky, but if he discovered this possibility... he did not implement it.

"Everyone in the empire should kowtow to Inaga II. No, all the people of Terra must support him. Thank you that Inaga II is a super good man with a firm will and three views of justice!"

Ian muttered a few words in Chinese. He was shaken for a moment. The reason why he could completely suppress this idea was because he knew that it was too risky, and for him who had already studied the meditation method and the arcane path. It doesn't make much sense - he has already found a way to strengthen his soul and fuse the silver chip, so why slaughter his own territory for the so-called immortal soul of the lich?

In the final analysis, in this world, there is still strength when there are many people. It is true to make yourself stronger, but as long as you have not reached the sixth level, you will definitely fall into the street if you are attacked. At the very least, Ian felt that if the Huaiguang Church brought a group of clergymen and seven or eight fifth-level powerhouses to encircle and suppress the Lich King-turned-himself, then his best outcome would probably be to escape from Terra. , flew to other planets of Terra to survive.

But the emperor is different. With the emperor's authority, he can easily hide his true breeding ideas and use various means to make the entire empire a part of him.

The silver chip... is really the power that can completely change the entire world.

But the problem also arises.

——Did the Forerunners do this?

Ian doesn't have an answer to this question. At present, the Forerunner did not do this. After all, when he transferred the silver chip, the man probably only had one breath left. After transferring all the silver chips, the old man died directly, leaving only the intelligent robot, or perhaps It was his echo that was used to deliver the silver chip.

The echo of the Forerunners is not the Forerunners themselves. They cannot be like Ian, who unloads it by himself, realizes it by himself, and thinks of the possibility of the undead natural disaster. To be honest, Ian's moral standards are not very high to think of it in the first place. This terrible possibility might have never occurred to someone with a more upright outlook, like Inaga II, from the beginning to the end.

It's just a pity that there are too many people with low moral standards in Terra. In contrast, Ian is quite upright.

"Hey, luckily I tried this, otherwise, my imagination of the ruins of the Alien Research Institute might be distorted."

After standing up, Ian felt a lot more relaxed.

This time when he came to Canaan Moore, Ian did not bring Frost Butterfly or other relatively low-strength companions. In his opinion, whether it was Isengard, Xio, or Anfa, they were enough to serve as his observers. A safe anchor point. After all, the danger in the ruins this time must be very great. If even these companions are in danger, then he will definitely not be able to take advantage of it. On the other hand, he will definitely be able to solve the problems that these people can solve. solve.

But, what if it was only for Ian himself, what about the danger to himself, the silver chip holder?

How to predict?

The answer is that it is impossible to predict, except by tying people to their own battlefields. Ian may also capture a wild creature around the ruins as an observation anchor, but the best response is to first think through all possible dangers.

So before, Ian felt as if there was a stone weighing on his heart, and he had been seriously thinking about many possibilities - but now, the dangerous rocks are gradually ebbing out of the sea of ​​possibilities, which makes Ian, who can see their appearance clearly, He breathed a sigh of relief.

If he can see, he can change. He will not be defeated by this perceived danger.

"It is true that part of the silver chip is in the Alien Research Institute, and the echoes of the Forerunners may still exist, and may even be the prototype of the Dark Gold Dragon. Although the current Alien Research Institute is still very safe and has experienced many investigations, as long as I use the Silver With the permissions of the chip, perhaps the Echoes of the Forerunners will find out.”

Thinking of this, Ian laughed: "Yes, it's interesting now - for other exploration teams, I have the silver chip as a permission card, but for the Echoes of the Forerunners, I can disguise myself as real dragon blood. Although I need to limit myself But in general, I have solutions to both sides’ problems.”

"But the most important thing is..."

"Why didn't the Star God give me a gift? Where's my silver chip, no, the full version of the Star God's gift? I'm also a pioneer, why can't I give it to the Forerunners?"

This is discrimination - Ian thought rather unhappily in his heart: "Although it's useless for me to ask for a second silver chip, at least give me the physical aspect, right?"

Obviously, the Forerunner received the complete version of the silver chip as a gift because he was valued by the Star God. And as a pioneer, why didn't he get a second silver chip?

But this is actually just thinking about it, because we can also know it from the memories of the forerunners.

"The Star God was defeated. Alas, such a powerful race will also be defeated... How dangerous is this universe?"

The young man shook his head slightly and sighed in his heart: "Although I don't know who their enemies are and how they defeated them... But the disaster of falling from the sky, and even the star prison, the dimming of the stars in the entire galaxy and universe , maybe it’s all related to that huge battle in heaven among the gods.”

"And the Forerunners, and even the civilizations of the previous era, seem to know the situation of the war behind some of the Star Gods."

"I hope this time... I can get the truth from the Xeno Research Institute."

Thump thump thump.

"Ian."

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Anfa personally came to remind his friend: "Isengard and Master Gosei are here, and the dinner is about to begin."

"good."

After coming back to his senses, Ian once again placed the silver chip in his palm into his right hand - accompanied by a familiar numbness and pain, high fever and slowness, in just a few seconds, Ian's right hand performed the operation of the silver chip. reinstall.

After clenching his fist to make sure there was no damage, Ian walked towards the door with a smile.

"come quickly."

There, an elf girl with green hair and golden eyes was waiting for him with a smile, and then took the boy's hand and walked to the hall: "In the name of the Jin Deng family, even a real dragon will definitely praise this dinner. !”