MECHANICAL: Mechanism

Of course, Yanchi knew that it was one thing for Erwitt to take him here and there because of business, but it was another thing to pick him up on purpose, but he doubted that Erwitt himself knew anything about it.

He hesitated for a moment, and made a firm choice: "Then you come."

So the conversation ended like this, and Yanchi was anxious and looking forward to it, and waited in the lounge restlessly.Following his heart not only excited him, but also made him inexplicably depressed, looking forward to Erwitt with complicated emotions.

Speaking of which, Yanchi has always been conscious in his heart that getting along with Erwitt at this stage is something that can be met but not sought after, so he let go at this time, even if he knows that Erwitt will come to attract the attention of everyone, he still Asked for it.

In the future, at any rate, it's not like I haven't tried anything.

The inauguration ceremony is scheduled for a few days later.Yanchi originally thought that listening to the name and definition of activities should be carried out in a laboratory.He was already very familiar with the Academy of Sciences and Yesel, and he was very relieved about this part. However, he did not expect that because the complete body of Reaper was needed, the selected location was as empty as a Colosseum.

Of course Ye Saier was there, but soon Yanchi realized that his thinking was too simple and easy, and he didn't even have time to pay attention to where Ye Saier was busy doing.

He needs to connect with Death with electrode needles while staying awake, and then see the result.

The electrode needles were accurately inserted into a gap in the spine from the back of the cervical spine to the lumbar spine to suck his spinal fluid.

The last needle went up-into his brain.

This is a crazy cult ritual that doesn't look scientific at all!

Yanchi was in so much pain that he couldn't speak, nor could he express his opinion.In order to prevent him from struggling, his whole body was restrained, and the god of death was silent, he had already been connected to the instrument, and a pair of golden eyes looked at him silently.

There were people coming and going in the room, it should actually be noisy, but the banquet pool could not hear anything, cold sweat dripped down the forehead, and he gritted his teeth and endured it.

In fact, because the venue is too large and the current situation can be said to be a matter of success or failure, it was actually quite quiet and no one spoke at all.Elwitt stood in the distance as an off-site guardian, ready to deal with emergencies at any time. Yesel was in charge, except for Yanchi's unbearable gasp from the pain, there were no other unnecessary sounds.

The state of Yanchi is not good, but the values ​​that Ye Saier closely monitors are always within the normal range, and his pain threshold is actually lower than normal people after experiencing the impact of transforming into a wolf twice, which means He is more sensitive, and at the same time it takes more effort to endure the pain, and it is also the biggest source of variables in the connection ceremony.

After all, the essence of connection is to use technology to integrate people's consciousness and mecha's consciousness, and at the same time let people become the leader, to use this vast sea of ​​consciousness to fight, so the spirit is tough and can withstand a large influx of people Information, also able to withstand higher pain, is a very important quality.Yanchi has a deep theoretical understanding of this matter.

But nothing is as good as practice, and nothing is as good as practice.

When people have not experienced it, they always think that pain is nothing more than that, but they don't know what it feels like until it really happens to them.When the first needle came in, Yanchi could still bear it, and even felt that it was not unacceptable, but the second needle made him immediately realize the power of it.When the researcher inserted the wire from the electrode needle into the transfer device, ready to assist him in connecting with Death, Yan Chi even felt that his bones were being pulled slightly, and his brain was shaking slightly like tofu.

This is of course a hallucination. Under the pain of this intensity, in fact, Yanchi is very slow to respond to any other senses. He can hardly feel it. It automatically completes the sense of pulling that is transmitted through the connection.

Yanchi's sweat fell from his eyebrows into his eyes, and then slid out because of blinking, like a huge tear.

In fact, he seldom cries. If an adult has experienced more things, he may realize that it is not a shame to cry because of pain or sadness. When he didn't want to show his shame, or want to be ashamed, he held back and sucked his nose hard, feeling a little itchy from the sweat on his face.

With such a distance, he actually couldn't see the expression of Alwitt in the distance.

Just like when they met for the first time, Yan Chi only recognized his too iconic identity, but he didn't know that the other party was also looking at him, and even could see the vellus hair on his face clearly.

Yanchi just looked at him with wide eyes, thinking, I am very brave, and I should be very strong, as long as he passes this test, he will be one of Elwitt's most powerful fighters.This realization was like a shot in the arm, Yan Chi bit his lower lip, tasted the smell of blood, stared stubbornly at the figure in the distance like an angry little wolf cub, thinking, I won't lose.

He never thought of losing.He can sacrifice, dedicate, and throw himself into the sea of ​​swords and flames recklessly like a moth to a flame, but he must never lose.

In order to divert his attention from the pain, he aimlessly guessed what Elwitt was thinking.

Erwitt was actually thinking of Le Rennay.

After all, this is a special moment. Although Le Lunai is in the ice coffin, it is rare to go online.

There is a portable device in Erwitt's body, which can receive the uploaded artificial human consciousness information, so something happened at this time that Yanchi didn't know, Erwitt was actually talking to Le Lunay.

In order to maximize the preservation of the few life forces that need to be saved, Lelunnai did not use Elwitt's body to experience being alive, but only asked: "Did it succeed?"

Elwitt's thinking basically didn't fluctuate, but Le Lunay certainly felt the background of tension: "Not yet, it's in progress."

Le Luna sighed softly, and Alwitt could fully imagine what kind of expression she would have if she was in front of her eyes: "He gave us a big surprise, this success, I think it exceeded many people's expectations .”

She obviously didn't plan to go back to the ice coffin to wait for the notification, but to wait here until she succeeded.

Alwitt is already very familiar with the encroachment of the ownership of her body and brain, and she is not opposed to sharing it with her. At least this can relieve the tension and fear of failure a little bit: "Yes, he is bigger than we thought. The tougher you are, the luckier you are of course."

Although the word luck seems very unscientific, and it is unlikely to come from Elwitt’s evaluation, but the fact is that luck is also an objective existence, unpredictable and difficult to capture, and it actually affects history and the universe. , also affects everyone.Therefore, Le Rennay also agreed: "This proves that we are also very lucky, and this luck is really important to us."

However, it is clear that Le Lunai is not going to just talk about it briefly: "Then, let's talk about your opinion and evaluation of him."

Erwitt fully understood what Le Lunai meant. She was not asking how the officer, as a marshal, viewed Yanchi as an officer. She was asking Erwitt himself how he viewed Yanchi as an independent individual.

Contrary to what Yanchi thought, androids fully understand the difference between individuals and groups, and of course they also care a lot about Yanchi's personal characteristics. These things seem to have little to do with the professional qualities of a soldier, so they don't need to care too much, but in reality In fact, a person's professionalism is a part of him, which is affected and can even determine his suitable direction and position.

Erwitt paused for a moment without evading, staring at the panting banquet pool in the distance, and thoughtfully replied: "He has a very strong vitality. You know that whether it is rejection or adaptability, everything is important. It is a part of life force, these performances are quite excellent, and at the same time, the consciousness of survival is also very strong. You are right, another part of people is destined to be excellent, otherwise they will not find the disadvantages, and will not recognize cruelty .”

Le Luna was calm: "But it's not a good thing for us."

Of course, at present, artificial humans have no goal of dominating the universe after ruling all mankind, but this does not mean that they do not need to ensure that the existing order will not be destroyed.Le Luna has always focused on the survival of the entire group. In her eyes, individuals in this group will not have any emotional differences that will affect her decision-making.

Erwitt knew that Le Rennay had a program called "Erase" that had been activated, but was not very nervous: "It's about another quality. He's interesting."

Erwitt seldom uses this kind of emotion - the color is so strong that it appears to him even strangely defined.Le Lunay apparently realized it too: "It's interesting to define."

This time, Alwitt answered more slowly: "I don't quite understand, I just feel that some of his views are actually a bit like yours, but you know that you have limitations, because your position has already been determined, and all decisions It’s all determined by your standpoint, and what supports you is logical thinking. The difference between Yanchi is that he doesn’t seem to be very clear about our dividing line. Artificial people, natural people, and wooden people are all life in his opinion first, and secondly They have their own standpoint attributes. It is precisely because of the previous equal cognition that he is not able to harm these things for no reason, because his empathy does not allow it."

Le Lunai understood what he meant, and answered the words in a timely manner: "So he needs to be constrained by his position, and he can feel at ease by distinguishing the enemy from himself the day after tomorrow."

Erwitt agreed: "Yes. But it can't be considered a bad thing. He is actually very contradictory. I think the long-term military life has given him some conditioned reflexes, so he didn't think about it at all when he shot. , and his adaptability is truly astonishing, compared to which curiosity and innocence are nothing to worry about."

Le Rennay expressed understanding: "So you finally decided to place his position among your subordinates."

This is not a question because the decision was made long ago and there is nothing to question.

Alwitt did not evade: "Yes, you know he is significant, and you also know that he can change the whole situation. I think he needs to be tempered and grown, but he doesn't need to be out of our sight, at least when the situation is dark. Now, no."

Le Luna was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked another question: "Is there any result in the exploration of alien civilization?"

Ever since Alwitt returned from Yecheng, the Explorer Corps has accepted a new mission to explore the alien civilizations that are close at hand, and to find out which one they encountered.

In fact, different from Yanchi's speculation, the current government is not ignorant of the interstellar alliance in this universe, but at this stage it is obviously not safe to rashly participate in interstellar diplomacy as an aggressor, and it is not fully sure, so it is temporarily shelved. Gather intelligence while exploiting territory very skillfully.If the Laimu people still develop slowly according to the sociological research theory of the Academy of Sciences, then the current situation is not so critical, but the Laimu people are the biggest variable. They have contacted the alien civilization that has long coveted the new earth. Had to come out early.

Now it is just a fleeting peace and tranquility, and the cloud of war has gradually shrouded the planet.

Elwitt can fully answer Le Lunay's question: "We have basically locked the area, and are currently observing the civilization level to collect intelligence, hoping to get more information."

"So, do you think this war is inevitable?"

Le Lunai's next question was even more difficult to answer.

Alwitt pondered for a moment, but the answer he gave was very strange: "It all depends on how much they want secret gold."

"What if we choose to mine together?" Le Lunai abnormally didn't start with the massacre, but thought about the possibility of cooperation.

Erwitt knew what she was thinking: "Then we'd be a colony."

This was a tacit reasoning process between the two of them.Because the reason is very simple, if there is a way to prevent war, the new human beings will definitely want to avoid it, but since the other party can accept the condition of joint development, it proves that the demand for secret gold has reached the point where they must not It may be good to let it go, and the new human beings will be regarded as weak and deceitful if they back down. At the same time, rashly accepting the troops sent by the other party for development is equivalent to opening the door to robbery. Absolutely impossible.

At that time, a war will still be inevitable, and even the losses will be much greater than not agreeing to fight brazenly from the beginning.

Therefore, the idea of ​​joint development can only be ruled out.

Le Luna smiled softly: "It's so strange, when we rose up against the rule of the Galactic Empire, all the initiative was still in our hands. Now that we have successfully established a new country, whether we want the initiative of war, or not? Taken by the enemy."

Of course she would not be timid, but it was the first time that she had such a rich emotional color and obvious helplessness.

It's a pity that Erwitt didn't say a word about this, but simply answered: "This is also an inevitable experience of entering peace."

Le Luna fell into silence for a while.

Her current consciousness is just a string of data active in Erwitt's mind, and both parties are relatively free, so when Erwitt is not talking to her, he concentrates on looking at the banquet pool.

He can't get close, so as not to disturb the researcher and Yesel's work. Now everyone in the venue is very nervous, and there is no need to add chaos, and the only ones who can make an effort are the protagonists, Banquet and Reaper.

As the electrodes were connected to Reaper one by one, the atmosphere reached the most suffocating level.Ye Saier stared at the display screen tightly, pointing Rufei to adjust the information received by the banquet pool through the transfer valve, so that he could gradually go deeper, so as not to be submerged or dominated by the flood of information.

Yanchi could no longer see reality in front of his eyes, he wandered in the darkness for a moment, and fell into the colorful ocean without warning.His consciousness seems to have been digitized, and this ocean is a virtual ocean formed by data.Yan Chi couldn't see the god of death, but felt him, as if a part of his brain consciousness suddenly didn't belong to him, and it took a lot of effort to grasp it.

"Are you ok?"

asked Death.

Yanchi didn't realize the shock of this sentence through hearing, but responded directly in his mind through data.It felt scary, and he had a hard time getting used to it: "I can't breathe! What should I do!"

His panic is limited, and he also knows that he should remain himself and not be washed away, but doesn't know how to do it, so he can only ask death for help.The waves were overwhelming, and he was forced to sink and float, until he grabbed a hard object, and the voice of the god of death also responded to him: "Find yourself!"

In fact, it was also the first time that the god of death connected with a natural person.Compared with the man-made man who is blessed by nature, he is a dual existence and can fully understand this connection form. The consciousness of natural man is also very novel to him. Death inspects the ideology like a raging river in front of him, stretches out one of his tentacles, As the origin of Yanchi, let him rebuild himself.

This process is not easy, and what is even more rare is that the body cannot help at all, and it depends entirely on a strong spirit.

Yanchi has never tried to use consciousness to play a tug-of-war. Fortunately, it is not a particularly difficult task to maintain himself and continue to immediately enter the battle to defend and attack after he has been knocked to the ground by Alwitt countless times in the virtual game. thing.

Since the previous nightmare training was really impressive, Yanchi actually had a kind of spiritual fear of this kind of connection, but the actual connection can only be regarded as grotesque compared to a simple nightmare.He knew that it was actually after his own consciousness and the data of the god of death gathered together, everything was determined by his subconscious mind. For example, after the banquet pool was established in balance with the tentacles of the god of death, the sea water receded immediately without leaving a trace. He stood barefoot in a blinding void, holding a colorful unicorn in his hand that was as hard as a rock, strong and rugged.

The unicorn was so abrupt and existed independently, Yanchi let go of his hand in surprise, the tentacles immediately looked like soft plasticine, bounced twice on the blank surface, rolled on the spot, and turned into a familiar image of death.

In fact, the form of the god of death is not exactly a wolf, but a strange creature that refers to the concept of Satanism, so affected by his own consciousness, what appeared in front of the banquet was a wolf head with a goatee and a very high breastbone , with a pair of huge black wings dragging behind it, a monster with a cold glow on the tip of its claws, and its golden pupils stood up, very mighty.

The Grim Reaper's positioning and beautification of himself has really reached the point of being shameless, Yan Chi was amazed.

The god of death also rolled his eyes: "I seem to have seen your erotic dream just now."

Yan Chi became furious and jumped up to retort: ​​"You fart! I didn't! Aww!"

He forgot that he was actually unrestricted now, and he jumped almost to the sky, but subconsciously confirmed that there should be a ceiling here, almost smashed his head, and fell down with a cry of pain.In order to prevent him from being smashed to pieces when he subconsciously tried to connect for the first time, the Grim Reaper reluctantly turned into a soft spring bed to catch him.Or a monster-themed box spring with Satanic elements.

Yanchi rolled subconsciously: "So, this is the connection?"

He's already starting to feel amused and excited.

Reaper agreed: "This is connection. You are welcome as a human being to come to the world of artificial intelligence with your excellent talent and technical support. After you officially serve and I enter the establishment, you can still have a party with your comrades in your mind."

Yanchi is obviously not very interested in having a party. Although it sounds interesting to have a party in his head, he is more concerned about: "Then you can watch all my consciousness as long as you connect? What about my privacy?"

The god of death snorted: "You just need to practice, you can control what I see, and even if I see your erotic dream - privacy, it doesn't matter. I will neither betray you nor tell you under the three rules. I'm not interested in the content of your erotic dream, and I'm not touched, "

Yan Chi didn't really believe him, and narrowed his eyes suspiciously: "Really?"

The god of death rolled his eyes and softened his attitude: "Okay, you do have a strong taste, heavier than fishing and Da Zhuang, but it has nothing to do with me. I can't understand the joy of mating and the necessity of reproduction, my friend , figure it out, I'm just a war machine, you humans have nothing to do with me?"

Yanchi inevitably thought of another war machine: "Are all your war machines like this?"

Reaper thought of those mechas he had known who fought side by side, and sighed sadly: "I think so, alas, I think we were in our prime back then, my ex-husband... ah, my ex The owner, Yushu Linfeng, is handsome and unrestrained, known as Lord Yulang..."

Yan Chi finally figured out the technique to shut his mouth, and completely silenced: "From now on, you can only have me as your master and me as your husband. I don't want to hear from your mouth that you miss him again!"

He raised his head arrogantly and snorted, and said a particularly disgusting line, which came from "Through Your Black Hair, My Hand", a heart-wrenching special.

If the god of death has already vomited, but he doesn't, he can only be forced to shut up and express with his eyes: vomit!