The system is four years ahead of schedule, but Weird is still a cub.

"Master, the artificial intelligence in these chips is easier to control than you might think. According to the AI ​​feedback, there are seven chips in total, each responsible for processing a certain part of the Red Mist Armor's functions. Director Li, I have a bad news and a good news. Which one do you want to hear?"

In the room, Shen Ge sat beside the bed, Deng Yuqi sat on the chair opposite, and Li Xiang squatted next to the armor. The three of them waited for Xiao Qi to crack the chip.

Li Xiang adjusted his glasses and said, "If possible, I don't want to listen to any of them. If I'm not mistaken, the good news is that in order to control the Red Mist Armor, 'that person' deliberately divided the control system into seven parts, trying to compete with you for control of each special project, so as to increase the success rate. But precisely because it is divided into seven departments, you can easily crack them one by one, right?"

Student Xiao Qi replied: "Absolutely correct."

Deng Yuqi asked, "What's the bad news?"

Xiao Qi said: "According to the special data extracted from these seven chips, although the other party does not know all the data of the Red Mist Armor, they are roughly aware of the capabilities of each category. There are only two possibilities for such confidential data to be known by outsiders. One is that Director Li suffers from a mental illness such as multiple personality disorder, and there is also a "traitor" personality. The other possibility is... there is a traitor among the people who have access to this data."

Li Xiang frowned upon hearing this. As he said before, everything related to the Red Mist Armor was top secret in the Rong City branch. Apart from him, the creator, only Deng Yuqi had access to the core files. The other auxiliary researchers and assistants only had access to basic data, so even if it was leaked, it wouldn't cause any trouble.

Then the problem returns to the starting point, and the biggest suspect is still the "mysterious man" who controlled Li Xiang in an unconscious state.

While the three of them were discussing how to deal with the matter, Xiao Qi had already cracked the chip: "Master, I have rewritten the chip. Now we can transplant it to the blood spider and provide it with false coordinates at any time. Once the other party receives the data, we can follow the clues to find their specific coordinates."

Shen Ge nodded after hearing this: "Well done, can you confirm the safety of the secondary armor now? Can it be integrated smoothly?"

The Red Mist Armor is Shen Ge's strongest "shield". Combined with Xiao Qi's warning effect, it provides more security than the barrier of the Immovable Strange Domain. Therefore, he does not want any problems to occur on this.

"Master, I have conducted a comprehensive screening and transferred the chip. There will be no problem in integrating the Red Mist Armor." Xiao Qi affirmed.

As he was speaking, Xiao Qi had already begun to control the Red Mist Armor to extend its blood-corrupted tentacles to fuse with the secondary armor, or in other words, devour it.

The whole process lasted about ten minutes. After it was completed, Shen Ge tried to attach the red mist armor to his entire body. The speed of attachment was twice as fast as before, and every function had undergone tremendous changes.

First of all, there is the strange shield. Before, Shen Ge only had two ways to use the strange shield. One was to control the rotten blood to move to a certain part of the body to condense the strange shield. The other was to attach the whole body and condense it directly on a certain part. The latter condensed much faster than the former.

After swallowing the secondary armor this time, in addition to the previous conventional condensation method, Shen Ge can also throw out a ball of rotten blood away from the body and condense a strange shield at the target point.

The specific form of the strange shield can also be controlled by Shen Ge himself. The maximum total area of ​​the shield is a circular shield with a diameter of two meters, and the shape and size can be changed according to needs. And even if a large strange shield is condensed, the red mist armor attached to Shen Ge will not shrink.

The second is the strange tentacles. Originally, the number and length of the strange tentacles condensed from the corrupt blood were strictly limited. Now the number and length have doubled. Even if a hundred-meter-long corrupt blood tentacle is condensed, it will not reduce the red mist armor attached to Shen Ge.

In general, the effect of this upgrade can be compared to the Red Mist Armor being a ball of clay, and the sub-armor being a smaller ball of clay blended together, making a qualitative leap in "quantity".

After trying out the enlarged version of the "weird stomach" and other functions, Shen Ge tried to separate Xiao Qi and let him control a set of secondary armor. When two identical red fog monsters stood together, it was very visually impactful.

Now Xiaoqi really has his own "body", and even Li Xiang couldn't help but mutter that the "intelligent machine crisis" is not far away.

After completing the trial of the Red Mist Armor, Shen Ge put some important monster specimens back into the blood skin backpack, especially the monsters in the strange sleeping bags that might wake up at any time.

Although these are research materials prepared for Li Xiang, he is now in Dajing and has no way to conduct research. He might even be targeted by Dajing's research department.

Li Xiang only kept a few small gadgets that interested him with him, and then planned to go to the teacher's research institute in Dajing with Deng Yuqi to take a look.

Deng Yuqi and Wang Han were responsible for Li Xiang's safety, while Wang Han sent a team member to take Shen Ge to the United Hotel where Cheng Shengnan lived.

After arriving at the hotel room, Shen Ge first asked Xiao Qi to check the surroundings and sent out several blood spiders to lurk in various places in the room.

After integrating the secondary armor, the "basic amount" of the Red Mist Armor doubled, and the number of blood spiders that Xiao Qi could control also increased.

"Master, the situation is consistent with what the minister said. No high-intensity strange energy reaction or strange space reaction has been detected nearby." Xiao Qi replied.

The reason why Xiao Qi said that no high-intensity strange energy reaction was detected, rather than that no strange energy reaction was detected, is that with the increasing frequency of strange events in recent months, more and more invisible strange energy has emerged from the ground, and the weak strange energy that could not be detected by the strange energy detector and could only be observed by Shen Ge's "naked eyes" can be seen everywhere in the air.

Therefore, if Xiao Qi conducts a weak paranormal energy test, then some weak paranormal energies will definitely be detected in the hotel, such as rats and cockroaches in the sewers.

After confirming that the strange space does not exist, there is only one way to verify whether Cheng Shengnan and others were pulled into the dream world -

Shen Ge’s mysterious domain.

"Student Xiaoqi, do you have a record of how many dream fragments the strange stomach has swallowed before?" Shen Ge tried to expand the strange domain for detection, and at the same time thought of a question.

You must know that it was because Shen Ge swallowed too many glowing dream fragments that his consciousness and memory had serious problems.

And if he remembered correctly, the strange stomach had swallowed even more before that.

"Reporting to the master, there are a total of thirteen glowing dream fragments, and thirty-six dim dream fragments. More than half of the glowing fragments have been integrated into the Red Mist Armor, which makes it particularly smooth for the Red Mist Armor to devour the sub-armor." Xiao Qi replied.

Shen was slightly stunned, then asked: "What about the rest?"

Classmate Xiao Qi extended a blood-rotten tentacle from Shen Ge's wrist, and a palm condensed at the tip. There was a handful of small stones the size of a fingernail in the palm. These were the dim and lifeless dream fragments.

Shen Ge picked up a piece at random, and when he injected strange energy into it, countless strange scenes of the destruction of countries around the world flashed in this dim dream fragment, and finally the whole world collapsed.

The next second, the entire fragment slowly turned into powder and dissipated, but at the moment of dissipation, Shen Ge saw a faint light entering his body.

"What's going on?" Shen Ge summoned out the glowing fragments stored in his body with some confusion. Together with the previous two pieces, there were seven pieces in total.

At this time, next to the first glowing fragment, there was a faint light fragment the size of a grain of sand, which was sticking to the glowing fragment. Shen Ge tried to feel the glowing dream fragment, and the strange energy did not decrease, but the strange energy of the grain of sand was slowly increasing.

"Is it possible?" Shen Ge was stunned. This meant that he only needed to use seven glowing dream fragments to nourish those dull fragments, and he would be able to harvest a large pile of glowing fragments.

After absorbing all the dim fragments, Shen Ge asked: "Didn't you say that the Red Mist Armor only absorbed most of the glowing fragments? What about the rest?"

Xiao Qi replied: "Master, to be precise, the Red Mist Armor absorbed not the fragments, but the light source in the fragments, that is, the paranormal energy. After absorbing the paranormal energy, the Red Mist Armor completed its autonomous upgrade, so you will find that the speed of condensation and attachment has become several times faster. This is actually not due to the fusion of the secondary armor."

"Secondly... the fragments whose strange energy was absorbed are also among the pile of dim fragments. As for the rest, I suspect they were absorbed by me."

Shen Ge's expression suddenly became a little strange when he heard that. It was not that he was stingy with a few pieces, because strictly speaking, Xiao Qi was his partner in life and death. Therefore, even if Xiao Qi swallowed all of them, he would not blame Xiao Qi.

But the reason why he had a strange expression was because he faintly heard a hint of "shame" in Xiaoqi's words.

You have to know that Xiaoqi, as an artificial intelligence, does not have emotions. In the past, there was no ups and downs in the tone of his voice, but now it sounds like he has emotions.

"Why is it 'doubt'? You can't be sure whether the glowing fragments, or those strange powers, have been fused?" Shen Ge asked curiously.

Student Xiao Qi replied: "Because as I said before, I was in a state of 'downtime' during that period of time, and I don't know whether I absorbed the strange energy in the fragments. But I can feel a very strange feeling, as if... I understand what 'emotions' are and how to express my 'emotions'."

"For example, influenced by the rules, I would have obeyed the master's orders unconditionally in the past, and it is still the same now, but I have an extra layer of respect for you. I admire that you, as a human being, can accomplish miracles that ordinary people cannot do, and I am also willing to obey your orders."

"I am programmed to not be able to say 'no' to the master's orders, but now... I seem to be able to refuse."

After listening to Xiao Qi's description, Shen Ge's expression became even weirder.

"……"Well.

Brother, are you the genie of the magic lamp?
Complaints aside, Shen Ge suddenly realized a serious problem: the "Intelligent Machine Crisis" that he had been joking about before, has it come true?

"So what are your plans?" Shen Ge asked.

Xiao Qi was obviously stunned by the question, and after a long while he replied: "Master, the purpose of my research is to assist you in your actions. Now you suddenly ask me what my plans are... I don't seem to have any plans. I feel that it is most interesting to follow you."

"It's okay if you haven't thought it through. Take your time to think about it. If you want to take a leave or go on strike, just let me know in advance. Don't play tricks on me at the critical moment. I have a bad heart and can't stand it." Shen Ge joked.

Xiao Qi said seriously, "According to the information scanned by the Red Mist Armor, your physical condition is very good, and there is no problem with your heart function... But speaking of your heart, I have good news and bad news for you. Which one do you want to hear first?"

"..." Shen Ge was speechless. Apart from anything else, the fact that he likes people to choose good news or bad news shows that Xiao Qi has indeed "evolved".

"Good news?" Shen Ge asked tentatively.

Xiao Qi replied: "Perhaps it is because I absorbed the light source from the dream fragments that I can sense the location of the dream fragments in your body. It is in your heart."

"How is this good news?" Shen Ge asked puzzled.

Xiao Qi continued, "Master, haven't you always wanted to know the so-called 'system', that is, where in your body the strange cells of the ancestor are located? I found it."

"heart?"

"Yes, to be precise, it has completely merged with your heart... Your heart is the system, and the system is your heart."

Shen Ge was stunned for a moment, then murmured: "So, I have always been hearing my own 'voice'?"

"..."

Xiao Qi almost crashed again, and after a long while he said, "Master, you are worthy of being like me. After hearing the news, the first thing you thought of was a joke instead of worrying about your own health."

"What's the bad news?" Shen Ge asked. In fact, it's not that he doesn't care, but ever since he knew that the system was the original strange cells, he knew that the system had merged with himself. As for which part it was, it has become less important.

"The bad news is that it has completely merged with the heart. Master, you have become a freak and can no longer turn back into a normal human being." Xiao Qi said with regret.

"That's it?"

"Ah? Isn't that bad enough?"

Shen Ge smiled and said, "Xiao Qi, although you have awakened your 'emotions', you still have a long way to go before you can think like a human."

"Why?" Xiao Qi asked puzzledly.

Shen Ge said: "In fact, a 'human' will not change his definition of a human being just because of a change in an organ of the body. For example, if a person loses one hand and replaces it with a robotic arm, is he still a human being? If this robotic arm gives him more powerful strength and a more convenient life, will he still regret that he can't turn it back into a normal human hand?"

"Is it not possible?" Xiao Qi asked doubtfully.

Shen Ge smiled and said, "I dare not say that everyone will not, but at least most people will not, because most people who complain about robotic arms and miss their human bodies are just because the robotic arms in the world today cannot completely replace the original arms. When it can perfectly replace human arms and can provide more powerful strength, there will definitely be a group of people who accept its existence, and I happen to be one of them."

"In my opinion, the body of a monster has never been a problem. The problem is how to solve the problem of shortened lifespan and alienation after becoming a monster. When these two problems are solved, the monster will be no different from ordinary people."

"But there is no point in discussing this issue. Maybe one day when you truly become a 'human', you will understand this!" (End of this chapter)