Start with Mechanical Hunter

At the flea market, a large number of radioactive beast corpses piled up.

The senior engineer walked among them and chose the final modification.

Radiation beast corpses are not easy to decay, because when they are alive, they are exposed to high temperatures, fission, and energy, which is enough for them to grow a pair of reinforced iron bones.

Gao Gong was thinking about the final direction of transformation. After thinking about it, he opened the game page and clicked on the personal system column.

Personal system: 25% max (mechanical modification) 22% (biological modification)

Movement system 9% (mechanical modification) 4% (biological modification)

Nervous system 6% (mechanical modification) 7% (biological modification)

Endocrine system 1% (mechanical modification) 1% (biological modification)

Circulation system 5% (mechanical modification) 4% (biological modification)

Respiratory system 1% (mechanical modification) 1% (biological modification)

Digestive system 1% (mechanical modification) 3% (biological modification)

Urinary system 1% (mechanical modification) 1% (biological modification)

Reproductive system 1% (mechanical modification) 1% (biological modification)

Among them, the upper limit of transformation at level 10 is 25%, and the upper limit of transformation at level 20 is 50%. The higher the level, the higher the upper limit of transformation. At level 3 civilization, it is level 90. In theory, at level 90, all The human body system transformation rate can reach 100%.

Of course, the body structure of intelligent races on different planets is different. Some silicon-based life forms have no respiratory system, some Zerg life forms have an overdeveloped endocrine system, with the upper limit reaching 200%, and some sulfur-based life forms live in red giant stars. In an ultra-high temperature environment, there is no reproductive system at all. Some gas-like life forms have only one circulatory system throughout their bodies.

But in general, most carbon-based life is relatively normal, and those who go to extremes are only a few.

This also leads to the fact that the balance of system transformation is more important than the pursuit of numerical extremes.

This is why within level 10, the upper limit of the transformation rate of a certain body system does not exceed double digits.

The answer is that if it exceeds two digits, other systems will not be able to carry it.

Gao Gong's biomodification only has 3% of the scope left. It's not much, but it's not much.

When he replaced the stomach of a reaper and absorbed its digestive system, the transformation rate was only +3%.

This is a locally modified value within a certain system.

The transformation rates of the endocrine system, respiratory system, urinary system, and reproductive system are all a pitiful 1%.

As it happens, these are all internal modifications, not adding a biological prosthesis or changing plug-ins.

Based on Gao Gong's current biological state, there is actually not much difference between having one more and one less offensive weapon.

On the contrary, it affects normal activities.

After all, the blade limb can be retracted into the body, but other things are hard to say.

He first ruled out the reproductive system.

The painful experience of countless players shows that practicing the Sunflower Book cannot increase your strength much.

On the contrary, it will greatly affect the subsequent human body transformation.

This was a popular statement in the previous life, but a more scientific statement is that the essence of life activities is the inheritance of genetic information.

Modifying the reproductive system at a low level may disrupt genetic information to a certain extent and reduce the success rate of modification.

“It’s better to wait until later to practice the Sunflower Manual.”

The senior engineer thought about the problem from a different angle.

Under the current circumstances, what kind of transformation do I need, or what shortcomings do I need to make up for?

Think about it seriously.

It seems like there really aren't any shortcomings.

His attributes far exceed those of players at the same level. He has no shortage of bursts and weapons. He has armor for physical defense and primary energy immunity for energy defense. He also has many mental skills. He can absorb blood and can partially transform. He even has boss templates. .

In this case, if I must say it, it seems that I am not good at long-range attacks?

The senior engineer categorically rejected this idea. For modifications below level 10, only a small pistol can be installed for long-range attacks, which is not as powerful as his own 'Dragon Flying Armor'.

Moreover, taking the gun-and-gun approach is the path to mechanical transformation.

When it comes to biological modification, you have to equip yourself with energy weapons.

This is obviously not the level of level 10 transformation.

As for the transformation at the cellular level, that happens after level 20. The equipment requirements for the strong reproductive armor seem to be level 20.

Unless I get a kidney or something.

But this is not necessary.

The senior engineer was slowly turning around in the parts market.

[Zoology] Upgrade to lv5, the remarks are as follows.

Conduct basic research on mechanized organisms, radiation organisms, and mutants.

And [Botany] is like this.

Plant variation, ecosystems, and preliminary exploration of lower plant civilizations

With the addition of these two knowledges, senior engineers can judge the effects of most biological implants.

Walking to a mutated tree root and looking at the metal digestive rhizomes swimming like snakes, Gao Gong finally realized what he was missing.

What he lacks is the ability to protect the microvascular network of the 'activated nerve bundles' and 'shed'.

His most powerful method is the super transformation of the fusion route, which is his big killer weapon that can kill enemies beyond levels.

But the transformation is fun for a while, but the attributes will be lost after the transformation.

The biggest reason for this is that the 'nerve bundle' is completely integrated with other living creatures' limbs, and the nervous system is torn and damaged when separated.

In addition, these temporarily implanted biological prostheses will invade the body in reverse, causing a surge in rejection.

Solving these two problems can solve the problem of deformation.

‘Super shape transformation’ is a must-take route in his future plans.

It is also the only way to fight against super monsters.

Generally speaking, the upper limit of planetary civilization is level 30, but this is a cyber testing ground. Level 60 planet monsters, level 90 space monsters, and even 'Star Devourer' level terrifying existences may all be caused by a high-standard experiment. And was born.

In the not-too-distant future, the reason why the cyber tide can be launched and bring down the masterminds of three planets supported by advanced mechanical civilizations is because someone has released a 'memory worm' in the form of a cub.

This extremely special interstellar information creature turns into a memory matrix after adulthood, and its target is the fifth-level civilization disaster in the universe.

In other words, when the 'Memory Worm' grows up, even its main body will be a level 150 super-standard life form.

It will devour the data, information, and memories of one planet after another, nourishing and strengthening itself.

The cyber tide is the pheromones it spreads across the entire planet.

All living things will turn into the ant colony it controls, and its body is the 'information ant queen' composed of countless pieces of information.

In the previous life, players had a big psychological misunderstanding, that is, the cyber testing ground was a novice village, and most of the monsters were small bosses in the novice village, and there would be no big monsters.

But this is not the case. Many disaster-level monsters bred in cyber testing sites are even unable to be resisted by level three and level four civilizations.

The reason is very simple. The minimum threshold for advanced civilization is level six. How can the things they experiment with, fear, and even deliberately evolve be low-level things?

We are all adults, who has nothing to do to play in the mud?

Many "Novice Village" players are just playing, but there is no future.

The number has been wiped out, so there is no future.

Including the Mecha Star where the senior engineer is located, except for the few hundred friends who were able to grab the tickets for the "Noah's Ark" in the end, the other players have all had their accounts cancelled.

Of course, the reason why this "account cancellation" is in quotation marks is because the senior engineer seriously doubts that, except for those "biological batteries" who played in the later stage, these friends in the early stage may have died in advance.

And the ones that got hung up were probably not just accounts in the game.

Fortunately, the 'Memory Worm' has a long infancy period, and it has enough time to destroy, interrupt, or even accelerate this process.

Closer to home, creatures with powerful microvascular networks and the ability to ‘shed’.

Two familiar faces suddenly appeared in Gao Gong's mind.

Gecko, earthworm

Zoom in a little more, geckos, invertebrates

Plus the biological knowledge in your own mind.

Mimic reptiles - bionic geckos, radiation deformities - mutated earthworms, mutated reptiles - split-body snakes, mechanical reptiles - gear snakes.

Comprehensive existing conditions and known directions.

A familiar face suddenly appeared in Gao Gong's mind.

"No."

"you sure?"

In the temporary biological laboratory, Professor Han's eyes twitched as he looked at the large earthworms dragged by the senior engineer.

Name: Desert Worm

Category: Mechanical biochemical beast-Oligochaeta-Metalworm order

Radiation level: E-

Skills: Metal Devouring Level 5 Metal Secretion Level 6

Note: Mechanical beasts that feed on metal are not uncommon, but blood vessels and sweat glands that can secrete metal are extremely rare.

People looked for it thousands of times, but suddenly looking back, that person, no, that insect was there in the dim light.

It turns out that this big earthworm is my true love!

"Are you sure you want to implant its cells?" Professor Han asked again.

"Of course, the fact that it can secrete metal shows that it does not have strong mechanical rejection, and as an oligochaeta organism with a very low degree of evolution, its biological rejection is unlikely to be very high."

"I have implanted a skin agent made from its sweat glands, and there is already a part of it in the body. The failure rate of the operation is extremely low."

"It has all the characteristics of an earthworm. It has strong survivability, regenerative organs, and can regenerate broken limbs. The thick muscle layer of the body wall wraps the neural network very well. The chain-like neural structure allows it to not be controlled by the brain. It has countless A nerve healing node grows as it breaks, and breaks as it grows."

"Its body wall is rich in nerve endings and is very sensitive, which is also important."

Professor Han listened silently.

In his view, it was strange for Gao Gong, a successful biological transformation body, to absorb the cells of such low-level organisms.

But when he thought about his performance in the battle at Magic Mountain, he had some realizations.

The 'nerve bundle' is very fragile, and even if the nerve bundle is activated, it will not be any better.

This is why the brain in the vat can only be the overlord on the virtual level. When it comes to the real level, even a D-class mechanical beast can beat it up.

Unless it's lucky and happens to hit a powerful Class A corpse.

In fact, most wild vat brains follow a similar path. They are born from a certain, or a group of high-level corpses, and are born with countless thugs.

'However, if the 'nerve bundle' is protected to some extent through modification, the situation may be very different. ’

Professor Han figured it out.

The same method can be achieved by high-level engineers but not by brains in a vat. The reason is that information organisms themselves are extreme life forms, similar to dominoes, which can iterate themselves but cannot transform themselves.

"However, the level of the desert worm is too low. I'm afraid it will be cleaned by your advanced cells as soon as it enters your body."

"It's simple," Gao Gong waved his hand, "we use quantity to overwhelm quality."

Professor Han was also speechless. What was speechless was that this could really be done. In order to prove that they were not useless, the group of old hunters went crazy to search for desert worms.

There seem to be hundreds of these big bugs left.

But what is the difference between this amount of ‘cell transplantation’ and taking a bath?