Crown Prince's Wedding Banquet

Zhou Qin didn't show up in the bedroom until dawn.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Butler Wu delivered breakfast.

No one was in the bedroom or study.

Butler Wu was taken aback for a moment.

Half an hour later, Steward Wu found Zhou Qin in the laboratory next to the underground mecha showroom.He also moved the mainframe of the computer and connected it directly to the server path of the manor.

Zhou Qinzheng adjusted a set of exoskeleton in front of him with red eyes.Various lines are loaded on the exoskeleton, and some unnecessary equipment has also been deleted one by one.

All that remains is a half-arc head device, a pair of laser pulse dual-purpose guns, and the main skeleton.

"Uncle Wu, take a look at this exoskeleton, do you still recognize it?"

Butler Wu looked at the exoskeleton: "This is the exoskeleton you used when you fought in the Yeshan galaxy. No wonder I look familiar."

"This is what my father left me... He didn't leave me anything in particular, just this set of exoskeleton. In fact, I can't imagine what my father would do with it." Zhou Qin smiled: "I rely on it He improved his individual combat ability and won several Ziwei Medals."

"What are you doing with this exoskeleton now?"

"I added some things to it. For example, it expanded its CPU and improved its single-second computing power. In addition, I added 1 nano-resonance points to the exoskeleton, so that it can better expand the amplitude of mental power... In other words, if there is a higher computing device, it can physically enhance the individual's mental power."

Butler Wu pushed away the debris on the workbench and put the dinner plate on the table: "What are you doing?"

"Well, it's a pity that the miniature nuclear fusion power system of this exoskeleton can't provide a long battery life. I removed all unnecessary equipment."

"I'm not asking this, Your Highness." Butler Wu said, "Why did you suddenly leave Lan Xia's bedroom in the middle of the night last night? Do you know what people are rumoring?"

Zhou Qin turned a deaf ear to his question, still staring intently at the exoskeleton in front of him.

"Go and see if Lan is up, and ask him to come to the laboratory." Zhou Qin said to Steward Wu.

Steward Wu understood Zhou Qin in this state, knew that he would not listen to what he said, sighed, bowed and left.

The server protruded a long cable and plugged into the exoskeleton main system, while the transmission progress on Zhou Qin's monitor showed 100%.

"Chen Cang, do you think it's okay?" Zhou Qin asked.

Chen Cang: "Everything is going well so far, I don't see anything wrong."

Zhou Qin nodded. He took out a small box from the drawer, opened it, and found a piece of sapphire. Inside the sapphire, a three-legged golden crow was engraved with a laser.

When Elis arrived in a hurry, he saw Zhou Qin sitting by the workbench waiting for him.

There was emotion in his eyes that Elis couldn't see through.

"Your Highness, what do you need from me?" Elis looked at the untouched breakfast on the table, "Do you need me to serve you?"

Zhou Qin pointed to the dressing room next to him: "There are special training clothes inside."

After he finished speaking, he began to fiddle with the things in his hands again.He didn't mention the matter of leaving Elis in a hurry last night after he favored her.

Elis waited for a while, and understood that he probably meant to let himself change clothes, so he opened the door and went in. After a few minutes, Elis had already taken off his home clothes and put on a set of close-fitting training clothes.This training suit sets off his figure very well, making him look heroic and eye-catching.

"Xia Lan, please come here." Zhou Qin said to Elias as if he didn't see half of it.

Elise walked up to him.His Adam's apple was at the same level as Zhou Qin's line of sight, and the sapphire on the heart of love was shining brightly under the light.

Zhou Qin picked up an inconspicuous tool from the table, and easily picked the gemstone out of the holder.Then he took a sapphire of the same size from the metal box on the table and put it in.

This piece of sapphire seems to have vitality, as soon as it touches the gemstone base, it will be absorbed by itself.

In places that cannot be observed by human eyes, countless superluminal fibers protruded from the gem, instantly inserted into the internal circuits of the heart of love, and as if to devour them, wandered unscrupulously inside the heart of love, and Between the lightning and the flint, the main chip of the heart of love is entangled.

Elise heard a tiny sound.

"Om-"

Like something started it working.

——Line monitoring, normal.

——The main program, start.

——Complete the main program startup.works well.

——Auxiliary combat system, code name: plank road.activation.

"Hello, I am your combat artificial intelligence system." A deep male synthetic voice sounded in the room, "My name is Plank Road, the plank road of Mingxiu Plank Road."

Elis touched the sapphire on his neck hesitantly.

"This is... an AI?" As a former soldier of the Empire, he has a very clear understanding of the status of AI in the empire and the significance of AI's existence.

"Yes, an auxiliary combat AI." Zhou Qin said, "Fortunately, it is still young and does not need much space, otherwise the heart of love will not be able to accommodate him."

He paused and added, "I did."

Chen Cang screamed in his ear: "There is me!"

Zhou Qin ruthlessly ignored his protest.

"Your Highness, you are..."

"The AI ​​in your heart of love is just its language and response system. Its main system is parasitic on this exoskeleton." Zhou Qin said.

"No, I mean, why take such a big risk to develop an AI?" Elis asked, "If you are discovered by the central mastermind, if you are discovered by the emperor, your crown prince may be deposed .AI, is strictly prohibited in the Empire."

Zhou Qindao: "I know that the empire is preventing the abuse of AI. But you need it."

"I, need it?" Elis repeated his words,

"En." Zhou Qin led him to stand in front of the exoskeleton. He pressed a few buttons on the exoskeleton, and the light exoskeleton that covered almost the whole body folded automatically, and finally became the shape of a belt.

Zhou Qin tied the belt around Elias' waist.

"With a heart of love, you can control the plank road. The plank road and this exoskeleton, on the one hand, will increase your attack strength from physical strength, making up for the lack of power after Omegaization. On the other hand, through your spirit and plank road After parallel connection, the plank road will assist you to perform information calculations hundreds of millions of times more than the human brain, and through the nano-resonance points on the exoskeleton, your mental power level will be improved. I can’t guarantee a lot of improvement, my ability is limited. Probably the highest can reach A+ level, under the condition of overclocking exoskeleton combat, it can reach S level for a short time."

He said this lightly, but Elis, who was wearing the exoskeleton around his waist, was stunned.

"Actually, I have been thinking about the possibility of reverse-engineering and AI-spiritual parallelism, and through AI processing information and improving spiritual power." Zhou Qin said, "It's a pity that the empire has not allowed too much exploration of the AI ​​​​field. This was originally intended for me. It is more appropriate to improve and use it yourself, and let it be used by you now."

"Your Highness, I don't understand..."

"There's no need to say these words." Zhou Qin interrupted him, "I just need to understand."

The two of them walked into the mech training ground. In the empty space, only Elis was alone. Zhou Qin watched him from the edge of the field.

"Your Highness."

"Let's start the first exoskeleton trial, Lanxia. What are you still hesitating about?" Zhou Qin asked with a smile.

hesitate?

Elise sucked in a breath.

He didn't hesitate, just nervously looking forward to it.

During the nearly five years of being deprived of titles and military posts, the most painful thing was not enduring the emperor's punishment, the pain of surgery, or even the ridicule and spurn from everyone.

Instead, lose power.

His mental power was forcibly dropped, just like a normal person who lost his five senses.Can't speak, can't see, can't hear, can't speak, can't smell... His spiritual world has been sealed off, and heavy curtains have been drawn down.become a broken soul.

It could have soared into the sky, but it was dragged into the mud; it could have restrained the flying boat, but it sank to the bottom of the sea.

——Since he became an Omega, and since he was told that the decline in mental power was irreversible, he tried to relive his past self in countless dreams, but the emperor didn't even let him have dreams.

He has long been used to himself without five senses, he is also used to himself with strength, and he is even more used to being an Omega to please anyone who can.

He almost forgot the dream.

I almost forgot about myself.

So he was a little nervous...

Elise's palms were sweating.

"Plank road, turn on the exoskeleton preparation mode." Elise said.

"Yes, turn on the exoskeleton preparation mode." Plank Road responded.

Then the belt shook, and two metal belts extended from the upper and lower sides, and then the metal belts quickly flipped and unfolded, quickly spreading towards Elias' whole body.

The thin and modified exoskeleton began to fill in every gap, forming a close-fitting steel frame structure on the surface of Elias' clothes.All key parts and limbs are supported by the exoskeleton.

“外骨骼展开完成。准备启动精神力增强程序。”栈道在伊莱斯耳边道，“精神力并联倒计时5、4、3、2、1——开启。”

It's hard for Elise to describe what it feels like.

If you insist on describing it—it's like a mortal being endowed with angel wings and soaring into the sky; it's also like a god who has been sleeping for a long time, slowly opening his heavenly eyes.

His spiritual level seemed to pass through a wormhole at the speed of light.

The information inside and outside the event horizon is compressed, disturbed, smashed, and reorganized... showing a colorful distortion, but this distortion instantly reaches the other end of the wormhole and restores calm.

He seems to be standing in the universe, the stars in the distance are twinkling like in the past billions of years, but under this black curtain, there is something different.

As if breathing.

It seems to be pulsating.

As if... alive.

Elise moved his fingers.

The exoskeleton covering the back of the hand and connecting the fingertips has a wonderful coordination, which moves naturally with the movement of his fingers, giving him a strange sense of strength.

"The preparation mode is complete." Plank Road said in his mind, "Lan Xia, I have completed the parallel connection with your spirit. The mental power has been successfully increased. In the exoskeleton preparation state, your mental power level has reached A level."

Eagles should not have their wings broken.

Wolves should not have their teeth drawn.

Some people, even if they are trampled into the dirt and are covered in filth, they will eventually stand up again from the dust and spread their wings to fly to the sky.