Comprehensive network wizard, magic emperor.

Chapter 220 Mech Soul Fortune Telling, Control Technique Upgrade

Before starting tonight's plan, Lin Bo routinely ran through the map, earning some Disaster Coins to fill his wallet balance, and his backpack was piled with some more equipment and materials. Then he went to the beach to perform a fire-based divination and practice his Double-Blade Whirlwind Technique.

After working up a sweat, he returned to the lighthouse to shower and change. Once he was refreshed and dressed neatly, he called upon the little seagull to accompany him to the cave. The sorcerer used his shapeshifting magic to transform into a peregrine falcon, darting across the moonlit ocean like an arrow, and arrived at the warm sea cliff cave, where he reverted to his original form.

The seagulls that spend the winter here fold their wings, stand solemnly, and watch the monk stroll through the flock of birds.

He also nodded to the seagulls.

Passing through the front courtyard leads to the mushroom garden. The original sunken area of ​​the central courtyard has been filled in with nutrient soil. There is a clear boundary between the concrete-paved front courtyard and the soil-filled central courtyard, which was the iron sheet embankment he built to prevent cement from flowing out.

Most of the courtyard was covered in pristine white, original fungal spores. As soon as the mage arrived, tiny mycelia, like hundreds of little hands, clung to his boots, gently tugging at his steps, quite clingy. Lin Bo bent down and patted the fungal carpet, and the mushrooms let out a clear cheer: "The feeder has arrived! We missed you! We love you, we love you..."

“(In magical language) Okay, I like [mushrooms] too.” The mage replied softly.

The mycelium emitted a dizzy sigh and curled up like a mimosa, no longer clinging to his boots.

In the corner of the west wall, a dozen wooden boxes were breeding blood-red metallic bacteria. Next to the boxes, a cable connected directly to the nuclear power unit stretched out to the front yard like a python.

In the corner of the east wall, there were also more than a dozen incubators piled up. The lush camouflage mycelium transformed into a miniature forest, mimicking various trees, shrubs, herbaceous flowers, and so on, looking like an exquisite artificial landscape.

The mushroom garden has reached the maximum size of the central courtyard space. Further expansion would encroach on the rear reservoir, and going any further would lead to the underground river.

Lin Bo had instructed that the mycelium should not continue to spread, and the mycelium obediently confined itself to the designated area of ​​the mushroom garden.

The little seagull, slower than the peregrine falcon, lagged behind Linbo by a step. At that moment, it also suddenly darted into the cave, where the flock of seagulls greeted it with a loud cry, as if it were a royal procession.

Lin Bo felt a weight on his shoulder as the little seagull landed on its favorite throne.

It's time to conduct experiments on prosthetic surgery.

Lin Bo wasn't confident that he could cultivate a strain of bacteria that could be used as a brain-computer interface, but he had ideas and plans.

Instead of considering embedding computing chips and wireless transceivers in the brain-computer interface, we can directly connect the biological brain to an external computer to achieve a breakthrough in brain neuroprosthetic technology.

Linbo turned his head and asked the little king if he wanted to be the first one, and it puffed out its chest and nodded.

Ever since encountering the alchemical beast in the [Circus] instance, the little seagull has become fascinated with body modification. It is completely unafraid that Lin Bo, the barefoot doctor, might kill the bird, and only knows that whatever a good human does is good. It immediately and happily rubs its head against his cheek.

Lin Bo arrived at the west wall, took a clump of metal hyphae, and instead of differentiating them into neurons, he directly used the Life Control Technique to divide the hyphae cells multiple times, creating a fine, net-like electrode array.

The development of neuroprosthetic technology has a long history and can be divided into several generations. Lin Bo plans to use a neural mesh to wrap the entire brain with an electrode array, which can collect biological signals over the largest area and stimulate every area of ​​the cerebral cortex.

The brains of the Fungal Seagull have long been integrated with the primary hyphae, and its development level far exceeds that of its peers. The number of brain sulci and gyri has increased significantly, and its intelligence is comparable to that of a human child.

Lin Bo recited the seagull's true name, removed the little king's skull, wrapped the brain with a neural network, connected it to the metal spinal cord, and gradually the hyphae cells combined. Then the skull was repositioned, and the skin and flesh healed spontaneously.

The neural network collects electrical potential signals from the brain and transmits them through the spinal cord to the hyphae on the little king's legs. Lin Bo modified the hyphae on its right leg to make a data cable interface.

The little seagull was still a bit dizzy after the surgery. Lin Bo carried it to the vestibular control room, grabbed a data cable and connected it to the interface. The neural network converted the collected biological signals into raw electrical signal data and quickly imported them into the computer.

These messy, noisy electrical signals have not been decoded or compiled, so the computer cannot understand their meaning at all.

At the same time, the little seagull was also receiving information transmitted by the computer. The neural network converted the data into chaotic microcurrents, stimulating the cerebral cortex and causing it to have a severe hallucination reaction. The demonic eye on its forehead opened and closed randomly, and the pupils of its two eyes trembled.

Lin Bo lit the candle, formed a sword-finger seal, and softly recited the seagull's real name.

This was the first time he had used deep resonance to connect with a living being, probing his perception into the little seagull's mind, peering into the bird's thoughts, and stepping into a mental realm where the light was blurry and the scenery was indistinct.

Compared to the spiritual world of Master Zhenming, the minds of most ordinary intelligent beings seem to be covered with a thick layer of dust.

Lin Bo immediately spotted the little seagull consciousness located in the center of his mind.

Since the little king does not have a real name, Lin Bo does not have absolute control over its consciousness. The mage is just a visitor to this spiritual world, not the master of this place.

Lin Bo had already activated his true name's power of words. Everything about him was under the control of this power, including the memories of other beings about him, which were also part of his true name, "Copper Moon." However, he couldn't sense these memories normally, but he could discover them after peering into the minds of others.

Therefore, after entering the seagull's spiritual world, Lin Bo used the image of the night watchman from its memory as its body to carry out its activities.

The little seagull's consciousness was only a vague outline. It saw a hazy human figure walking out from the depths of its memory, so it cried out, and the sound echoed throughout its mind.

"Good human, I feel uncomfortable."

The communication between consciousness entities was a novel experience for Lin Bo. He was currently controlling the body of memory, but he couldn't make a sound, since the body of memory itself was empty and had no vocal organs.

Lin Bo could only silently recite the words in his heart and transmit the sound to the little seagull's mind through resonance.

It should be said that the power of resonance is bidirectional. When he senses the spiritual dimension of the little seagull, it will also share the mage's sensory experience. Therefore, the thoughts that Lin Bo hears can enter the little seagull's mind.

However, this resonance is also limited, as there is a mental barrier that prevents the perception of the person experiencing the resonance from penetrating Lin Bo's spiritual world.

After comforting the little guy, Lin Bo began to work on the electrode array.

The second-tier Word of Power only allows him to recite two true names. Ideally, Lin Bo, the little seagull, and the computer should resonate together, which would facilitate neural encoding. Lin Bo can only switch back and forth between the electronic universe and the little seagull's mind, which is not only very tiring but also inefficient.

After working for two hours, including a 15-minute break, we finally connected the seagull's biological brain to the computer.

Thus, the first phase of prosthetic surgery was completed.

Little Seagull was the first official user of the Lighthouse Network. The data stream generated by its thought processes was like a timely rain, nourishing the eagerly awaiting intelligent life.

After a moment's thought, Lin Bo realized that there was nothing he could do for the time being.

Therefore, it was decided to use a temporary solution: directly purchase several hundred miniature wireless transceivers, storage devices, and computing chips from the Duolian Duoyi platform, connect the Junyu Seagulls to the network, and let the seagulls collect environmental data to monitor the flow of people in Shita Town.

Widespread adoption of cybernetic implants is premature and the conditions are not yet in place, neither in terms of the productivity of the times nor in terms of the individual's productivity.

Currently, the only internet users are seagulls. The massive amounts of information they collect and upload to the internet will inevitably accelerate the birth of ultimate intelligent life.

For the next week, Lin Bo performed craniotomy on the seagulls at the Dongya Grottoes every night. Although practice makes perfect, each neural coding operation was very time-consuming.

He wasn't in a hurry; he proceeded step by step, and the number of seagulls gradually increased.

Linbo built a signal station at the lighthouse, the tall antenna resembling a straight, white metal tree growing atop the tower.

Every day, prosthetic seagulls shuttle between the sea and towns. The scenery they see, the winds that sweep by, and the noise they hear are all uploaded to the local database after they enter the service range of the lighthouse network.

With abundant food, the electronic universe's ecosystem has witnessed several major explosions of intelligent life. Now, only the white silkworms of the Tower of Babel remain from the first generation of intelligent beings; the others have evolved into all sorts of bizarre forms.

The major historical events of this universe are all recorded in the system log by Moonseeker.

On the third day of evolution, they breached the firewall that Linbo had casually set up and began to visit and merge with each other, causing the complexity of the neural network to skyrocket. Many strong individuals were even comparable in size to Titanic and Whiteweb Spider.

By the ninth day of winter, intelligent life had generally acquired basic thinking abilities, could organize language, and even establish various ethnic groups and societies, thus transitioning from primitive barbarism into a civilized era.

Different groups of intelligent life have their own strengths. Some are good at analyzing images and recognizing faces, some are good at deducing weather and predicting the weather, and some are extremely interested in human micro-expressions and behavioral logic.

Although their efficiency is currently low and their accuracy is questionable, they have already been of great help to Lin Bo.

[Lighthouse Guest]: I want to buy a copy of "The Machine Soul's Destiny Calculation Manual"

[Multi-Link Multi-Easy Network - Merchant Agilent]: Hey, mage bro, what a rare guest! I heard you've been helping other players make money lately?

[Lighthouse Guest]: Are you that well-informed?

[An]: You're quite famous now. A colleague of mine said you've completely destroyed faction battles in dungeons, and nobody dares to go against you. You're an absolute powerhouse.
Lin Bo chatted with this old acquaintance he had never met before, exchanging money and goods.

The "Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual" is priced at 550 Disaster Coins. This is a legitimate divination technique, not a fake like the "Fire Sacrifice Divination," hence the price difference.

The azure trade channel opened, from which fell a jet-black printed circuit board with characters drawn on it in deep red lines.

[Agilent] extended an olive branch to Lin Bo during their conversation, asking if he was interested in joining the Duolian Duoyi platform, where members often receive discounts and enjoy many internal benefits.

Lin Bo politely declined. After exiting the chat interface, he picked up the "Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual," held it in his hand to read, and the black printed circuit board shattered and turned into light, which flowed into his brow and sent a piece of information to his mind.

After a short while, having digested the knowledge contained in the skill book, Lin Bo basically understood its operating principles.

This is a semi-magical form of prophecy. The learning threshold is having at least one miraculous power and achieving spiritual communication through rituals and computers.

Most divination techniques that use computers can communicate with artificial intelligence through brain-computer interfaces to improve the efficiency and success rate of divination.

Lin Bo will no longer need to install a brain-computer interface; he can directly descend into the electronic universe through resonance.

Machine Spirit Divination Manual: Lv1 (0/20) Communicate with the spirit of the machine and request a vague prophecy from it.
The more powerful the machine intelligence, the clearer the predictions it can provide. Therefore, players with advanced information technology skills have an absolute advantage when learning.

Lin Bo began his first attempt by descending into the electronic world and asking the local intelligent life in Stone Tower Town if there were any ill-intentioned visitors.

The giant dragonfly-shaped intelligent life form hesitated for a moment, then quickly allocated computing power and confessed to its creator that it would project several surveillance images uploaded by the seagull onto the computer screen, which clearly showed an informant and deputy director from the Hongdu Defense Intelligence Bureau.

These people had arrived in Kimberley a week earlier and had been secretly investigating Duke Cochin Ancher’s connection with the heretics in Stone Tower and gathering evidence of rebellion.

[Skill check successful, [Mech Soul Destiny Calculation] basic proficiency +2]

【Health Status Coefficient × 2 (Perfect)】

[…[Machine Soul Destiny Calculation Manual] Proficiency +4]

Lin Bo nodded in satisfaction.

This is the evening of the ninth day of winter in the Sail Islands.

After a day of routine map exploration, Lin Bo finally reached the required proficiency for his class skill [True Word Manipulation - Flow], making it his second Lv3 class skill after True Word Illusion.

(End of this chapter)