The Guide to the End of the World: Four Sentinels Compete for Favor

The control room was completely silent, with only the screen flashing a cold white light.

"Mr. Tan, my research direction is not in the field of neurobiology, and I have never been involved in engineering applications. I am afraid I can't help you." After a long while, Yan Shupei said carefully.

Tan Hairu raised his hand to stop Yan Shupei from making excuses.

“Modern science no longer has clear disciplinary boundaries. Every technological innovation is the result of the interaction of multiple disciplines.”

"Gaia, open the model blueprint."

A schematic diagram of the human neural network appeared on the light screen. At the same time, thin threads of light extended from the human brain and connected to a cloud-like network nearby.

Tan Hairu looked at the blueprint that was the result of his life-long research efforts and said slowly: "When researching brain-computer interface technology, I encountered many bottlenecks, most of which were caused by touching the physiological limits of the human body."

"Before the end of the world, if we want to convert neuronal signals in the brain into electrical signals, we need to implant multi-channel neural electrodes in the human brain to capture the signals, decode, amplify and then digitally transmit them to the processor to achieve interaction between thinking and peripherals."

"However, these signals are extremely weak, and the success rate of implanting electrodes in the brain is very limited."

"After the end of the world, the emergence of people with psychic powers, namely Sentinels and Guides, completely solved the problem of needing to implant electrodes in the brain."

"On the other hand, on the application side, we improved artificial neurons by dissecting the human brain after mental alienation, and successfully established a mimic neural network."

"Theoretically, the refined behavioral capabilities and autonomous thinking and learning capabilities of equipment equipped with this mimicking neural network can be infinitely close to those of humans."

The image on the light screen transformed into a humanoid device, suspended in mid-air and rotating at a constant speed.

"But new challenges have emerged..." Tan Hairu's eyes were deep, "Ordinary psychic aliens cannot control such a mimic neural network."

“It’s like it’s set an extremely high bar for itself, and that’s why I’ve come to you guys.”

"If we can't lower the standard in a short period of time, I hope you can help people with mental abnormalities cross this threshold."

"This may be the key for humanity to survive this disaster at the lowest cost."

In the woods behind the teaching building of the Pilot Academy, Ai Wanxin leaned against a fallen beech tree trunk. She took off a miniature earphone disguised as an earring and put it on Tuoba Qing's earlobe.

Tuoba Qing's earlobes are relatively thin. Even though all the muscles in his body are as hard as rocks, his earlobes are still soft, smooth and cool to the touch. Ai Wanxin couldn't help but rub them a few more times.

Tuoba Qingmi's pretty face felt slightly hot. He held Ai Wanxin's hand, clasped it in his palm, and the two of them listened quietly to the conversation on the other end of the headset.

Although he couldn't see what equipment they were talking about, Tuoba Qing was very familiar with the pseudo-neural network, which could be said to be the first generation of optical computers that were not yet mature.

The exoskeleton mecha equipped with a mimetic neural network is the prototype of the future humanoid mecha.

Throughout the history of human development, technological leaps are always closely related to wars and disasters. Putting aside the influence of divine power, whether in the past or in this life, human beings have been tenaciously fighting for living space and resources in their own way.

There was another long silence on the other end of the headset.

"Mr. Tan, I don't understand." Yan Shupei's voice came over.

"I've read your report. Theoretically, it's possible to enhance the degree of mental power mutation in humans. In other words, it's possible to artificially increase the level of mental power. This is exactly what I need, or in other words, what humans need." Tan Hairu didn't give him any chance to play dumb and said bluntly, "During the time you stopped this project, countless people died. I completely don't understand why you made such a decision."

Yan Shupei didn't know how to answer.

Tan Hairu could see their report, and the source was naturally the Speaker, but she didn't know that the reagents had been stolen, and Yan Shupei would never express their speculation out loud.

He could only say: "The original intention of our research was to transform crops that can adapt to the end-of-the-world environment, but transforming living humans is against moral ethics. I can't do this."

"Ethics will eventually be replaced by needs. You still hold on to such naive ideas because you have no idea what we need to face." Tan Hairu's voice became stern. "Gaia, show them the video."

A video clip appeared on the light screen. A red dragon that covered the sky and the sun opened its huge mouth, and the scorching dragon breath that could melt rocks rushed towards them, as if it was going to pass through the light screen and burn the person in front of it to ashes.

It was the first time that Jing, who had perfectly blended into the shadow of the control room, saw the aerial scene of the Frost City Battle. At that time, he followed Qiong to the cave in the mountain and completely missed the battle. When he saw the images in the air at this time, his heart beat like a drum and he was eager to move.

Next time, he will definitely not miss it again!

A familiar roar came from the headphones. Ai Wan, who could not see the picture but could only hear the sound, had a hint of doubt in his eyes.

What is this sound?

Soon, Yan Shupei answered her question.

Yan Shupei was so shocked that he took two steps forward: "What, what is this? Is it a dragon?!"

Tan Hairu took a deep breath and said, "This is a giant dragon that appeared on the northern border. The local military and civilians spent a huge price to get rid of it."

Jing tilted his head in surprise. Wasn’t it his sister who solved it?

When he looked at the video carefully again, he found that there were many traces of splicing in the video and there was no trace of Ai Wanxin.

What are you doing?

Also, who took this shot?

Yan Shupei's focus was obviously different from Jing's. His pupils constricted because he was too shocked.

"A creature like this suddenly appeared...?"

In the grove, Ai Wanxin couldn't help but laugh.

Evolutionary biologists look at things from a different perspective.

Tan Hairu seemed to have anticipated his reaction.

"The leaf-finned bony fish has never appeared in fossils dating back tens of millions of years. Suddenly one day, it emerged from the Sunset Sea. You should know this better than I do."

"There are many questions that we cannot answer scientifically yet, but the problem has already arisen. For the survival of all mankind, we have only one choice, which is to solve it."

Yan Shupei had not yet recovered from his shock.

"There is no right or wrong in science. It all depends on how we use it. If we stop taking action, humanity will never move forward and face the risk of extinction." Tan Hairu slowed down his tone, "Shupei, although you are not my student, you should know what kind of person I am."

“I hope you can join me in completing this project so that when humans face unpredictable challenges in the future, they can have less sacrifice and more hope.”