The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 418 Extraordinary and Conflict

Wu Chang was not surprised that He Yun was able to master the knowledge inside the mechanical crown in just a few days.

He Yun, who possesses a mechanical heart, can multitask. When she is studying a problem, she can divide the problem into many parts and use the separated consciousness to study the knowledge of each part at the same time.

As long as her research doesn't encounter bottlenecks, she has dozens or even hundreds of times more time than the average person in her research.

Furthermore, given that He Yun has already mastered the technology of both the underground shelter and the Anthem Company, it would be surprising if he didn't quickly develop the mechanical crown of the steam engine era.

The mechanical heart is powerful, but its only drawback is that He Yun's current ability is only to manipulate machines. He cannot use the computer as an external brain to utilize its computing power, nor can he upload his consciousness to the network to access any information anytime, anywhere.

If these things can be achieved, then artificial intelligence will be irrelevant in the future. Artificial intelligence has a way of thinking similar to humans, while humans have the computing power and information retrieval ability of computers. There is a qualitative difference between the two.

Wu Chang examined the mechanical doll that He Yun had created and said:
"You were so interested in the difference engine before, I thought you would go to Stellan to take a look yourself."

He Yun completed the final adjustments to the mechanical puppet. A bright light shone in its empty pupils, and it turned its head 180 degrees to look at Wu Chang behind it, saying:
“I am entering Stellan in this body, and it is no different from me going there in person.”

Wu Chang curled his lip and said, "This scene is too bizarre. Can we communicate in a more normal way?"

“Of course,” He Yun replied.

Her mechanical doll head didn't move, but her lower body turned around so that it was facing Wu Chang.

Wu Chang rolled his eyes, thinking to himself that this was extremely strange.

Since He Yun mastered the ability of the Mechanical Heart, her behavior has begun to deviate slightly from that of ordinary people.

His intuition told him that he had to control He Yun's growth rate and proceed step by step. If He Yun's will could not control the power she had gained, she might become lost in the power without realizing it.

As it stands, He Yun is still able to control himself. If there is an opportunity, we must find a way to help He Yun improve his willpower.

Wu Chang temporarily suppressed his worries about He Yun and asked:

"How many worlds can your scattered consciousness occupy at the same time? Will this separation of consciousness affect you?"

He Yun's eyes showed a thoughtful expression as he said:
"Passing through the dimensional barrier takes a huge toll on me. With my current abilities, I can only maintain two cross-dimensional consciousnesses at most."

"One of the consciousnesses needs to reside permanently in your world. I can only choose one to stay in, either the underground shelter or Stellan."

"However, the knowledge within the mechanical crown has given me a lot of inspiration, allowing me to glimpse divinity. If one day I can awaken divinity, then I can separate more interdimensional consciousness."

Wu Chang's eyes revealed envy. The chosen one of the plane was indeed incomparable to ordinary people. Relying on the spiritual energy activation surgery and the mechanical crown, he had awakened twice and could vaguely see the boundary of divinity.

If other Abyss game players knew about this speed of improvement, they'd probably be so jealous they'd bite their blankets in the middle of the night.

He Yun's super factory was divided into 184 modules. Wu Chang had to make 37 trips to barely move everything.

Even though Wu Chang possessed the power of spatial origins and traversed nearly forty planes in a row, he still felt dizzy and lightheaded.

But when he saw what was in front of him, he knew it was all worth it.

Inside the factory in Tianmu District 3, Wu Chang watched as hundreds of huge machines slowly moved and assembled together, eventually forming a massive multi-functional production line.

He Yun's voice came through Wu Chang's phone. She said:
"Most of Anthem's products, as well as all the machinery in the underground shelter, can be manufactured through this production line."

"I need a day to get a basic understanding of the technological level of your world, and then make some adjustments to the products. However, when I entered this industrial park, I investigated several high-tech companies, and I can only say that your world still has a lot of room for improvement at this stage."

Wu Chang rubbed his nose and couldn't help but ask, "What if it's a low emotional intelligence statement?"

He Yun said, "That means the technology is still relatively backward, and the energy utilization rate is still very low."

After all, this is his own world, Wu Chang added, "Each world has a different focus, so it's normal for the technology to be a bit behind."

He Yun asked curiously, "What are the special skills of the world you live in?"

"Well, I guess I was just lucky," Wu Chang said after a brief hesitation.

In the countless dimensions of the universe, being chosen by the Abyss Game and recognized as a lucky star by the game's official team—how can that not be considered a special talent?

After the production line was assembled, Wu Chang called Li Xingyao over to discuss the company's future plans.

Upon entering the factory, Li Xingyao was completely dumbfounded by the enormous production line that had suddenly appeared inside.

Although Wu Chang was not crowned in the Yongguang Church, his status was equivalent to that of the pope of the Yongguang sect.

This factory was a project that Wu Chang had his eye on, and Li Xingyao would personally come to inspect it every day before the task was completed.

When he arrived this morning, the factory was still in a bare, unfinished state, completely empty. How come so many things have appeared inside in just a few hours?

He looked up at his surroundings, and if he wasn't mistaken, the interior of the factory was more than four or five times larger than he remembered.

"This is……"

Wu Chang was too lazy to explain further and simply said, "It's a miracle."

"I see," Li Xingyao said with a sudden realization.

Wu Chang didn't know what Li Xingyao had understood, but judging from Li Xingyao's performance, the other party accepted everything in front of him very smoothly. He sighed again, "Absolutely reasonable" really works.

When He Yun and Li Xingyao discussed the matter, they did not use mechanical puppets, but instead used a remote conference.

Unlike the Steam Phantom dimension, which is in the steam age, the real world is full of machines, and her consciousness can travel freely in it without needing an additional vessel.

It was called a discussion, but in reality, it was He Yun giving instructions unilaterally.

The result of their discussion was that the company they registered, "New Future," would use a fully automated security system as its entry point to control the electronic devices throughout Wanghai City, thus taking control of the city's eyes and ears.

We will then move other products from the Holy Song Company here to completely transform Wanghai City.

Using the assembly process at the super factory, He Yun had already used his consciousness to visit other companies in the park.

In just a few minutes, she had learned about Wanghai Xiaogui Valley's manufacturing capabilities and selected the parts that could be used.

She listed the raw materials needed for the products she was producing and asked Li Xingyao to send someone to purchase them.

With Wu Chang's demonstration, He Yun quickly mastered the knack of communicating with Li Xingyao.

Give orders when needed, and claim miracles when it's inconvenient to answer.

With Li Xingyao's cooperation, they finalized the development trajectory of New Future Company in just half an hour.

With the real-world super factory starting to operate, Wu Changben planned to take He Yun to Stellan first, but He Yun said that the construction of the underground shelter was at its most critical stage, and she couldn't leave for the time being and would need to wait two more days before she could leave.

Wu Chang estimated the time, which coincided with the day he went to the Realm of Reason, so he told He Yun not to worry and to be ready to call him at any time.

Over the next two days, the real world was quite lively, with both ordinary people and those with extraordinary abilities causing quite a stir.

First, on the side of ordinary people, the approaching world dungeon has led to a continuous increase in wild superhumans around the world.

On various social media platforms, wild superhumans claiming to be "new humans" or "mutants" are constantly appearing. Their numbers and the extent of their spread have made it difficult for the platforms to control them for a while.

In just two days, users of social media platforms, regardless of their usual viewing preferences, have all become aware of the existence of superhumans to some extent.

This change is not only due to the increase in wild superhumans, but also because the Light Society or the Evolutionists are pushing it forward.

This public opinion outburst was too intense and clearly premeditated. Not only did videos of various superhumans proving their abilities emerge one after another, but also a flood of posts analyzing whether the claims were true or not, keeping the hype going.

Coupled with a massive number of bot accounts, they indiscriminately flood the comment section, and you can see all sorts of replies about superhumans under any popular video.

This series of combined attacks definitively confirmed the existence of the extraordinary individual.

As people's understanding of the extraordinary deepens and their comprehension of the power of those with extraordinary abilities gradually grows, a series of questions arise under the influence of the First Law of Mysticism. The most direct impact is the erosion of the instance.

Currently, all players in the Wasteland are focused on the world dungeons, but this does not mean that other dungeons in the Wasteland will be temporarily suspended.

Conversely, there are more instances on the verge of spiraling out of control than ever before.

Part of the problem stems from unforeseen events left over from the qualification dungeons. A large number of players who tried their luck died in the real-world dungeons, causing the pollution level of the real-world dungeons to rise sharply and nearly get out of control.

Another reason is that the high-pollution instances that should have been broken were not dealt with.

According to the original operating rules of the Wilderness, when the contamination level of a dungeon exceeds the safety value and there is a risk of it getting out of control, a breaker is needed to break the deadlock.

Those who can break through high-pollution dungeons are the best among players. Their strength already surpasses that of ordinary players of the same level. Their expertise in dungeon strategy allows them to frequently obtain items while tackling dungeons.

Players like these aim to conquer world dungeons; how could they possibly risk their lives to break through other dungeons at such a crucial moment?

These game-changers are core members of their respective organizations. Neither the four major organizations nor the top-tier organizations would ask these most powerful players to abandon world dungeons and focus solely on breaking through normal dungeons.

Thus, from the moment preparations for the qualification instance began, the number of high-pollution instances in the Wasteland only increased.

The combination of these two factors has led to an abundance of out-of-control instances in the Wasteland, to the point that it's almost unbearable to look at.

Everyone is waiting, waiting to weather the world's challenges before they can finally deal with the situation.

But as Murphy's Law says, things always tend to go wrong.

A dungeon on the verge of going out of control will cause anomalies in the real world. When Moonlight Sanatorium was about to go out of control, Wanghai City was hit by a three-day blizzard at the end of March.

In the past, people would only marvel at the unusual weather and wouldn't think anything else.

But now that people know of the existence of superhumans, they can't help but speculate whether these phenomena are related to superhumans when they see unusual sights.

As more people thought about it, their consciousness attracted the near-out-of-control instance, breaking the already crumbling dimensional barrier and causing the instance to go out of control, transforming into an eroding instance that descended upon the human world.

The erosion instance creates extraordinary disasters that ordinary people cannot handle. If they rashly enter, they will be swallowed up by the erosion instance and become nourishment for the instance space to further erode reality.

Meanwhile, the capable superhumans are all preparing for the world dungeon and will not make a move.

And so, news reports and trending topics have been filled with stories of extraordinary disasters caused by the eroded dungeon every day.

If it's a low-level erosion instance, players who haven't obtained world instance qualifications can handle it.

However, when encountering high-level erosion dungeons, the only option is to seal off the erosion dungeon area and wait until the world dungeon ends a few days later before organizing a strategy team.

In this situation, the powerful forces that previously propelled the extraordinary into the public eye have once again exerted their influence.

They began to expose the superhumans' indifference to people in distress, and started writing essays and conspiracy theories about the current situation, claiming that this development was all a conspiracy by superhumans to eliminate ordinary people.

Fueled by this incitement, many ordinary people, having only just learned about superhumans, began to harbor resentment towards them, and anti-superhuman demonstrations erupted around the world.

People call these extraordinary individuals dangerous terrorists and demand that they be expelled from their countries.

Those superhumans with great power are unaffected by these people, but those superhumans who lack strength but only want to become internet celebrities will suffer greatly.

They initially posted their abilities on personal accounts simply to show off their extraordinary skills and use this to drive traffic to their accounts and make money.

Most of these people lacked awareness of security, did not conceal the background of their videos, and did not even hide their IP addresses, making them easy to identify.

Many extreme anti-superhumans went to the addresses that were exposed and launched attacks and insults against these superhuman influencers, which were then shared online through live streams and videos.

Those who become wild superhumans will more or less believe that they are the chosen ones and that they are already superior to others, so they can't tolerate these bad habits.

The streamer who broadcast the attack on superhumans was assassinated in one day. Because the perpetrators used superhuman abilities, the police had no way to investigate and the case was dropped.

The series of assassinations by the top streamer further inflamed the conflict between the superhumans and ordinary people, making them seem irreconcilable enemies.

The conflict between ordinary people and wild superhumans is intensifying, but in the eyes of the Abyss players, especially the four major organizations, it's nothing more than children playing house.

Unlike the ordinary world, the supernatural world is also in chaos. The source of this chaos is related to, but not entirely related to, the recent exposure of supernatural beings.

Compared to the conflict between ordinary people and superhumans, the four major organizations are more concerned about the identity of the mastermind behind it all.

Those people clearly came prepared, aiming to push the concept of the extraordinary to the forefront, making it a well-known fact, and paving the way for the Light Society to create a massive pillar in the present world, connecting the Desolate Realm and the Realm of Reason.

These guys are the root of all the trouble; we have to deal with them hard.

The four major organizations followed the internet to find these people, and they showed no mercy in dealing with them, handling them in the most severe manner according to their respective organizations.

In addition to these public opinion manipulators, the four major organizations are also purging the names in the confessions based on the confessions of the Totem Organization's high-ranking members.

All organizations that had close ties with the Totem Organization and were potentially bribed by the Guangming Society were investigated.

The four major organizations mobilized all their forces, adopting a posture of eliminating all internal traitors before entering the world instance.

In an instant, all sorts of rumors flew around the Wasteland, as if a supernatural concept had appeared in the eyes of ordinary people. The name "Light Society" also began to appear in the eyes of players in the Wasteland.

Since the end of the qualification instance, Earth has been in chaos, with fierce conflicts erupting everywhere in the world, on both the ordinary and extraordinary sides.

This change is like how animal groups become restless due to changes in air pressure and magnetic fields before a natural disaster.

Without needing to be explicitly stated, people subconsciously sense the impending crisis, and they all vent their pent-up emotions and anxieties through conflict.

In a world in turmoil, Wanghai City is like a paradise, protected by Eileen's divine kingdom, completely unaffected by the chaotic atmosphere that has spread throughout the world.

Indeed, an eroded instance appeared near Wanghai City within two days.

That was a B-grade erosion instance, a real B-grade erosion instance, different from the erosion instance fragments released by the painter back then.

Without a team of max-level players to cooperate, it is impossible to completely conquer the dungeon. If placed in other second-tier cities, the management bureau will organize an emergency evacuation, seal off the area where the dungeon is located, and then attempt to conquer it after the world dungeon ends.

However, in Wanghai City, the B-level erosion copy was not fully formed before it was easily destroyed by Wu Chang and Eileen, who were out for a walk after dinner.

For Wu Chang now, conquering the Erosion Dungeon no longer yields any rewards; the only gain is a meager 1 point of energy, bringing his accumulated energy of Mortal Poison to 26/50.

Thanks to the efforts of Wu Chang and Eileen, people went about their work and studies in an orderly manner, neither sensing the impending crisis nor harboring any resentment or seeking to vent their emotions through conflict.

Residents of Wanghai City even thought it was just media hype when they saw related news, and that such a trivial matter was not worth making such a fuss about.

Just now, Wu Chang and Eileen returned home after a week-long inspection tour of Wanghai City.

Wu Chang opened his phone and saw that another large-scale conflict had broken out at the White Tower. A group of radical rednecks with rifles shot at a wild superhuman who was suspected of being an illegal immigrant.

The wild superhuman awakened fire abilities, turning the dozen or so rednecks chasing him into fire people and setting the downtown business district ablaze, causing more than 300 casualties.

Because of his exceptional talent, this extraordinary individual has been recruited by the White Tower and is being prepared to become a player in the Abyss Game.

Many ordinary people are dissatisfied with this, and they have organized themselves into groups and are attempting to storm the police station where the superhumans are being held, as officially reported.

Looking at the enchanting scenery, Wu Chang revealed a look of envy.

If he were on the other side of the White Tower, his understanding of the power of chaos would surely advance by leaps and bounds. If he were to activate the power of chaos further, the scenery would be even more captivating.

Just as he was lamenting that the distance was too far to teleport to the White Tower, he received a message from Hou Jingchuan.

The four major organizations have prepared the Faith Virus, which he can receive at the Administration headquarters. Meanwhile, the Light Society envoy captured by the Totem Organization that day also yielded some useful information.

(End of this chapter)