From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

Chapter 176 Pioneer of Mechanical Life
The mental power enhancement module in mechanical transformation has no effect on the Sykes, because the Sykes who have undergone complete transformation do not have the mental attribute.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, the Sykes civilization would not research mental enhancement technology.

A technology without value will not be developed.

Even if it is passing technology, it will only remain in the laboratory stage.

Unless there are other reasons, research on this technology is being promoted.

It takes a relatively long time for a technology to go from project initiation to product production.

That is to say, if the Sykes civilization had a mental power enhancement module a year later, it should have been researching it now, and there might even be laboratory products.

However, this technology was not made public, so Yelianna Sykes was not aware of its existence.

Hasegawa Satoshi was equipped with a mental power enhancement module. After his death, the fragments of the mental power enhancement module were taken away.

In other words, a certain organization or force is secretly researching this technology and does not want anyone to know about it.

So, here comes a new problem.

Is the "thing" that took away the fragments of the mental power enhancement module the same "thing" that ate the corpse?
Lu Heng said in an affirmative tone: "Ms. Sykes, maybe you need to take the technology of the mental power enhancement module seriously, because I found this module in Hasegawa Satoshi, but you don't know it."

Yelianna Sykes stared at him with a puzzled look on her face, and said, "Are you sure?"

Lu Heng nodded: "I am very sure. Moreover, among the module fragments scattered on the ground, at least one-third of the parts are missing. In other words, someone took away the fragments of the mental power enhancement module."

Yelianna Sykes raised her eyebrows and reread the inspection report.

She found that the report did mention a small amount of fragments of unknown modules.

However, these mechanical transformation modules were broken into pieces, leaving some unrecognizable parts and fragments, which are generally not investigated in depth.

Now after hearing Lu Heng's doubts, and combining them with the contents of the inspection report, Ye Lianna Sykes discovered that there was indeed a fragment of an unknown module that had been taken away.

The fact that they took away this module instead of the other fragments speaks volumes about the problem.

Because his authority level was too low, it was difficult for Lu Heng to obtain valuable information from the network information of the Sykes civilization, so he could only ask Ye Lianna Sykes.

"There must be an organization or laboratory that is researching mental power enhancement modules. I think the thing that took away the module fragments and the thing that ate the corpse may be the same thing. Even if they are not the same, tracing this clue can obtain more information. So, Ms. Sykes, I think you should check more information and provide clues." Lu Heng made a suggestion.

When a computer is considering whether to do something, there are only two possible answers: "yes" or "no".

There is no need for excessive lobbying; as long as the request is reasonable and helpful to her, Yelianna Sykes will not refuse.

After calculating, she came to a decision, then quickly checked the information and came up with a clue after analysis:
"In the past year, there has been a wanted scientist who has been studying mechanical life and believes that robots can also have life characteristics. Perhaps there will be clues if we continue to investigate.

"The name of this scientist is Xavier Matrix. He is wanted because his research project violates the Sykes Third Edition of the Joint Technology Act. I think this Xavier Matrix is ​​very suspicious."

"Xavier Matrix?"

When Lu Heng heard the name, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Because this name became famous in later generations. He was a very famous mad scientist in the Sykes civilization and a pioneer in the study of mechanical life.

The reason why he violated the Sykes Technology Joint Act was because his ideas conflicted with the laws of Sykes civilization.

The Sykes civilization does not prohibit the study of mechanical life.

In fact, this is an important scientific research direction of mechanical civilization.

However, the laws of the Sykes civilization stipulate that only Sykes citizens can become mechanical life forms, and ordinary machines are not allowed to be given life.

That is to say, in the Sykes civilization, robots made in factories cannot have life.

Only individuals who are originally citizens of Sykes can be allowed to gain life.

The purpose of this set of laws is to guarantee the "human rights" of Sykes citizens.

A very strange bill, but very reasonable.

Do the mechanically modified Sykes still have "human rights"?

This question seems to be related to morality. So do the Sykes, who have been transformed into robots, still have morals?

The answer is yes.

"Morality" is a very illusory thing, and "human rights" are more concrete, but they are also invisible and intangible.

However, if a civilization lacks these two things, it is questionable whether the civilization itself still exists.

Therefore, the Sykes civilization does have a set of laws that stipulate that scientific research organizations are not allowed to give life to assembly line robots.

However, the technology of mechanical life itself is still only in the research stage.

In fact, similar problems also exist in human society.

For example, if humans develop human cloning, should the clones be recognized as "citizens"?

This is a very sensitive topic.

If the "citizenship" status of clones is recognized, they will enjoy "human rights" and be protected by law.

Human beings have not really encountered this problem yet, but with the advancement of technology, they will encounter it sooner or later.

Back to mechanical life, Xavier Matrix was later called the pioneer of mechanical life.

Xavier Matrix does not have a good reputation in the Sykes civilization, because this person uses all means to study technology, and can even be said to be notorious.

Besides.

Xavier Matrix is ​​famous for another thing in the future, that is, the combat mechanical angels he created are extremely powerful, so powerful that the military cannot do anything about them.

Otherwise, given his notorious reputation, even if he wasn't killed, he would definitely be put under guard.

Of course, Xavier Matrix’s scientific research results are not so powerful now.

When Lu Heng heard the name Xavier Matrix, he wondered in his heart, is this crazy scientist studying mechanical demons?

This possibility is very high. After all, given Xavier Matrix's reputation, it is not surprising for him to do such a thing.

If Xavier Matrix was really researching mechanical demons, the mental enhancement module must have been developed by him.

Then things seemed to connect.

There was a demon that had undergone mechanical transformation, but the transformation was not fully completed, so it ate the four corpses and took away the module fragments.

……

The next two days.

Lu Heng and the other two began to investigate the mad scientist Xavier Matrix, looking for the possible existence of mechanical demons.

At noon on the third day.

The three encountered another human team.

This team has five people, and they have also obtained a visa to the Sykes civilization, so they should have joined the faction. When the two teams met, neither side took the initiative to attack.

Afterwards, the other team requested a conversation.

So the two sides met on the bank of the artificial river.

The team on the opposite side was obviously not from Daxia, because there were two white people, two black people, and one person who couldn't be told whether he was black or white.

They called themselves America's Team.

What’s even more interesting is that there are two men, two women and one person who is neither male nor female in their team.

I have to say that this American team is very politically correct.

The white captain greeted in Sykes Common Language: "Hello, my name is Alex Austin, are you from Fusang or Daxia?"

Lu Heng glanced at the five people and replied, "Daxia."

Alex Austin straightened his chest and said, "We have passed each other several times in the past two days. So I want to ask you, are you tracking Xavier Matrix?"

Just as he said, Su Muyu had indeed spotted this American team two or three times in the past two days. The most recent time he only got within 500 meters, and then both sides left in different directions.

Since the two sides did not collide head-on and had no conflict of interest, although they discovered each other, they did not meet face to face.

However, the more times they meet, the more likely it is that their goals are the same.

After hearing his question, Lu Heng thought about it and replied, "I am indeed looking for Xavier Matrix."

Alex Austin looked back at his teammates and continued, "Xavier Matrix is ​​our mission target. I think we can cooperate and inform each other when we find Xavier Matrix. I can promise that I will not harm you."

Lu Heng actually wanted to say: Even if you want to, you have to have the ability to do it.

However, so far, there has been no conflict with the other party, so there is no need to make enemies at this time.

So Lu Heng agreed casually: "Okay."

Alex Austin then said, "Have you joined the Runaway Party? The coward faction."

Lu Heng frowned and did not respond to his words. He could roughly guess that the other party should have joined the Advent Sect.

Although the third challenge task says to join one of the three factions, in fact, the support rate of the Holdouts in the Sykes civilization exceeds 70%. This is the most powerful faction and they basically will not recruit alien creatures to join the faction.

Since the other party did not join the Escape Faction, he can only be the Advent Faction.

Lu Heng observed the five people and guessed what their mission was.

The Adventist sect's philosophy is to welcome the coming of the abyss. It is a faction composed of a group of lunatics, many of whom have antisocial personalities.

Alex Austin's team is also looking for Xavier Matrix. Is this a mission assigned to them by Advent? What is the purpose?
Could it be that the Adventists are also investigating the case that happened on Gaseous Street?
It doesn't seem likely.

After the two sides finished chatting, they left separately.

Before leaving, the indistinguishable gender psychic named Harris from the American team stuffed a piece of paper into Lin Zeyu's hand and said, "Call me when you get back."

Lin Zeyu's face showed an expression that was more uncomfortable than eating a fly. He threw away the paper, spat, and turned around to find comfort:
"What does he mean? Is he thinking I'm too handsome?"

Lu Heng's expression was serious, and he said, "Do you have any misunderstanding about handsomeness?"

Lin Zeyu raised his eyebrows and chuckled, "Look, he stuffed the note into my pocket but not into yours. Doesn't that prove the point?"

Lu Heng rolled his eyes: "Is it possible that your appearance is more in line with perverted aesthetics?"

"Bah bah bah..."

Lin Zeyu still felt a little disgusted, and clenched his fist and said, "Don't let me see him next time, or I will definitely shoot him in the head."

An idea suddenly flashed through Lu Heng's mind, and he said, "Go and ask him out for a meeting."

"What?" Lin Zeyu's face showed an even more shocked expression.

"I asked you to ask him out, don't you understand?" Lu Heng repeated the order.

"I don't understand. I'm sick. I'll go make an appointment with him!" Lin Zeyu felt unwell.

"Whether you are sick or not, next time you go to the hospital for a check-up, ask the person to come out alone." Lu Heng said.

"I don't want it!" Lin Zeyu refused decisively.

Su Muyu covered her mouth and smiled: "Lu Heng wants you to ask him out. We have something to ask."

Lin Zeyu now understood what he meant, but he still said with a gloomy face: "Do I have to sell my body?"

"How can you sell something you don't have? Hurry up." Lu Heng urged.

Two hours later.

Lin Zeyu passed a note through the Scout Eagle and made an appointment with the psychic named Harris from the American team.

Harris saw the note and immediately came over according to the address on it, alone.

As soon as he saw Lin Zeyu, an ecstatic expression appeared on his face: "I knew you would ask me out."

"Fuck your mother!" Lin Zeyu cursed, pulled out his revolver and shot him.

Harris's face showed anger and he was ready to fight back.

Suddenly a sword was placed on his neck, and Lu Heng appeared without anyone noticing.

Harris's expression was startled, and he quickly raised his hands and asked, "What do you want to do? If you dare to touch me, my teammates will kill you all."

Lu Heng kicked him to his knees, forced him to kneel, and asked, "What is your purpose in looking for Xavier Matrix? Tell me!"

"Do you think I'll tell you?" Harris tried to be tough.

Lu Heng curled his lips, took out the Dementor Sealing Card, held it in front of him, and said, "Want to give it a try? Let it eat your soul. I can ask you anything I want to know."

Harris was startled. He was not as tough as he thought. He waved his hands quickly: "No, no... I said, the Adventists want us to capture Xavier Matrix and bring him back."

"What are you going to take it back for?" Lu Heng continued to ask.

"I don't know. The mission assigned by Advent is to capture Xavier Matrix and bring him back. They also said that we should bring back Xavier Matrix's research data as well." Harris hurriedly explained.

Lu Heng thought quickly.

Their mission is not to kill Xavier Matrix, but to capture him and bring him back, and also to bring back the research data. This shows that the Adventists want to obtain Xavier Matrix's research results.

After asking, Lu Heng let Harris go.

Lin Zeyu was considering whether to shoot it down with a gun, and asked, "Are you really going to let him go? Will he go back and tell us about what we interrogated him about?"

"He won't tell. If he doesn't tell, his team won't know that he leaked the mission. If he tells, their white captain won't let him off so easily. Let's go. We'd better find Xavier Matrix first." Lu Heng waved his hand and walked into the neon lights of the city.

(End of this chapter)