They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 157 Computational Stinger = Digimon Prototype?
Dan Lei immediately became interested when he heard about the computing power worm.

I only heard Black Tower mention this thing briefly in the game, and the appearance of the computing power worm in the game is a reuse of the model of the larval worm.

Of course, there is also a claim that computing power worms can simulate all the species they know in the virtual world.

In the game, it's just simulated as a larval hibernating insect.

Anyway, the computing power scorpion that Danlei has ever heard of in his life has nothing to do with larvae.

Therefore, Dan Lei stood up with great interest and said...

"If that's the case, I'll go with you."

However, I've never encountered a computing power worm before.

So I don't know if Skarakkabaz can lure them out.

Upon hearing Danny's words, Leonard naturally offered a way out, saying...
"Of course, of course, we're out of options with those few computing power worms right now, so we're just trying anything as a last resort."

If we really can't lure these bugs out, in order to prevent more servers from being affected, we'll have to abandon the one we're currently using.

Leonard looked pained as he spoke, as if he were seeing "hell".

Danlei actually understands him quite well; if an important server has to be abandoned, the data inside cannot be transferred.

The amount of follow-up work is ridiculously large.

Let's not even go into how complicated the process of applying for funding to buy new machines is.

Restoring the server's programs from backup data and then meticulously updating and adjusting them to a usable state is a daunting task.

Dan Lei, who worked for a cloud service company in his previous life, has a deep understanding of this process.

So, Dan Lei patted Leonard on the shoulder and said...
"It's not time to abandon that machine yet, lead the way first."

If things are hopeless, stay strong! I'll suggest Black Tower give you more overtime pay.

Since Dan Lei had spoken, Leonard naturally dared not neglect his duties and quickly led the way.

As for Dan Lei's last words, Leonard instinctively ignored them for the time being, otherwise he was afraid he would burst into tears.

Soon, Dan Lei and his two companions arrived at a small server base station on the Black Tower Space Station.

The reason it's described as "small" is because Dan Lei knows that Black Tower actually hides a supercomputer inside the space station.

Dan Lei didn't know the exact location of this supercomputer; it was suspected to be hidden in some folded space or a strange object with similar functions.

In short, this supercomputer is now providing the computing power needed to run the simulated universe.

In the simulated universe project, Black Tower's main responsibility is to provide the venue, manpower, resources, and add some interesting systems.

Therefore, the base station that Danlei is currently visiting is used by the Black Tower for its external staff.

Although the computing power provided by the entire base station is top-notch even by today's standards for large-scale laboratories in the universe, it is completely insufficient when distributed among various departments.

Aistar was overwhelmed with coordinating computing power and often complained to Danlei that Alan was controlling her spending and preventing her from purchasing new servers.

However, Dan Lei's description of the server room as small is relative. In reality, the server room is as big as a university stadium, and it's filled with top-of-the-line equipment.

However, as soon as Dan Lei entered, he immediately saw a large quantum computer cabinet surrounded by several layers of quantum protection netting, which looked like a large purple light bulb.

Leonard immediately began to explain after observing that Dani had spotted the target.
"Mr. Danlei, the quantum protection net is installed outside the server rack to prevent the computing power stinger from materializing and directly crawling into other machines."

These insects not only reduce computer speed by feeding on data, but the problem is that they also occasionally eat a few bites of data to change things up, just like we need side dishes when we eat.

Therefore, data is easily lost wherever computing power worms go, which is the main reason why they are so annoying.

Moreover, these insects are quite lethal once they materialize in reality, and they fly very fast, so fast that people can't even react to them.

I also concentrated a lot of computing power on this server to lure these bugs in, and then took the opportunity to trap them inside.

After hearing Leonard's explanation, Dan Lei gained some basic understanding of these computing power worms.

The fact that they can be attracted by simple food traps proves that even if these computing worms become digital life forms, their intelligence will still not be very high.

In that case, the chances of being tricked into leaving are much higher.

So Danlei shrunk Skarabaz to the size of a palm, flew to the server, and began to flap its wings.

This is the most primitive form of communication among insect swarms; this wing flapping emits an imaginary wave that is imperceptible to humans.

During a global locust plague, lower-level insects will unconditionally rush to the side of higher-level insects and follow their actions when they sense the imaginary waves of higher-level insects.

The only problem now is that no one knows exactly when the computing power worm will appear, but it will certainly happen a thousand years after the global locust plague.

Whether this newly evolved insect will recognize the communication methods of the ancient insect Skarachabaz is entirely unknown.

The most nervous person here is Leonard, because this is related to whether he will need to rely on various coffees to keep going for the next few months.

Under Leonard's tense yet expectant gaze, as the frequency of Skarabaz's wing flapping increased, three palm-sized purple dots suddenly appeared in the machine inside the rack.

If you look closely, you can see that these are three insects.

Here, Danlei understood why this kind of insect could roam freely in the network world and devour computing power.

Because the insect's body is composed of pure quantum particles.

Normally, these things should live in the quantum sea, but I don't know why they've become so abundant in the real world.

However, the online world is indeed suitable for quantum life to survive, because the mutual influence and transformation between quantum + data bodies and physical entities is one of the underlying logics of Ether editing.

No wonder Silver Wolf was able to use the computing power worms to attack the space station network, instead of having her own computer directly hacked by them.

It is estimated that Silver Wolf has special methods to target this type of electronic life form.

Fortunately, Silver Wolf was unaware of the characteristics of the Breeding Zerg; otherwise, knowing that Dan Lei possessed the Skarakkabaz spirit, he wouldn't have used the Breeding Zerg to cause trouble.

However, through Skarakabaz, Danlei learned two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

The good news is that Skaracabaz confirmed that the three insects still recognize wing flapping as a form of communication.

The bad news is that after Skarakkabaz became a spirit, he seems to have lost the ability to command the Zerg.

Because its soul is controlled by Danlei, it cannot connect other insects to its command system unless the target insect also becomes Danlei's soul.

However, for Dan Lei, the key to souls is quality, not quantity.

I don't want my mind to be inhabited by a bunch of messy spirits.

Fortunately, Leonard was prepared.

Before Dan Lei could even utter the two pieces of news, one good and one bad, he pulled out a gun with a concave-shaped muzzle from somewhere.

Then, to prevent Xing from misunderstanding, he immediately said
"Don't be nervous, this is a quantum binding gun, which I specially modified."

Interstellar Peace Corporation once released a gun specifically designed to capture computing power stingers.

However, this gun requires a certain amount of time to lock on, and the computing power worm cannot move significantly. It can only take effect after being materialized.

Because it was impractical, the gun had a very bad reputation and was quickly taken off the shelves by the company.

Ultimately, the blueprints for this thing were recycled and sold as junk, so I studied it as a side project when I was learning about computer network security.” Dan Lei believed Leonard’s words.

Don't be fooled by the fact that the Black Tower doesn't expect any creative inventions or discoveries from the crew of the Black Tower space station.

In reality, those who can enter the Black Tower Space Station, apart from a few who get in through nepotism, are the elite of the elite.

Even those with nepotism or cronyism have a high level of scientific literacy.

It's perfectly normal for these people to be able to handcraft something based on blueprints from memory; there's nothing strange about it.

As for why this gun is impractical?

It's one thing to require the computing power worm to not move around much, but it also needs to be visible in order to be captured.

It's like a device that claims to be a rat-killing marvel, but you have to catch the rat to kill it.

We've already managed to restrict the movement of the computing power worms and even successfully materialized them, so why do we still need this gun to catch them? Just kill them.

Leonard's desire to capture it clearly indicates that he believes the insect has research value and is probably thinking of starting a separate research project on it later.

In fact, Danlei had a similar idea.

However, Danlei wasn't starting a research project; he wanted to try turning this thing into a familiar.

So, after Leonard used his gun to fire a quantum field that captured the three computing power worms, Dan Lei immediately activated his skill "Intercept".

Dan Lei then said to Leonard
"Leonard, don't rush to put them in your special computer cage. Let me take a look first."

Leonard dared not disobey Dan Lei's request and could only place the three insects in front of Dan Lei.

For Dan Lei, a mere quantum force field certainly wouldn't be able to stop him.

Dan Lei's micro-manipulation of magic allows him to touch the three insects with his mental power without disrupting the quantum field.

Honestly, up close, this computing power worm isn't ferocious at all; in fact, it's kind of cute.

Because its appearance is closer to that of ladybugs, which belong to the Coleoptera order of the family Coccinoptera.

Moreover, everything that is alive has a soul.

Familiars come in all forms, and there are even people in the Type-Moon universe who capture ghosts to be their familiars.

Therefore, even this quantum-type computing power worm cannot be immune to the familiar contract.

Moreover, in the real world, computing power worms lack the capabilities of the cyber world. Although they still have destructive power, compared to those in cyberspace, they are like dragons swimming in shallow waters or tigers fallen into the plains.

Without the ever-changing and data-manipulating capabilities of the online world, they are only different from the Woowoofs in that they have one more attack method: the ability to fire quantum rays.

Danlei easily turned the three computing power worms into his familiars.

However, Dan Lei still planned to keep one Leonard for research, so he said...

"Leonard, release the restraints. I have taken control of these three insects."

I'll give you one for research later. Just feed it normal computing power and useless data, and it won't run away.

Leonard still had great faith in Dan Lei, because he had watched Dan Lei's battle a few days earlier, in which Dan Lei single-handedly wiped out an entire antimatter legion, from the main control module.

Moreover, Dan Lei can control insects at the Commander level, so what are three computing power gnats?

Leonard immediately shut down his quantum binding gun.

The three insects, now Dan Lei's familiars, naturally wouldn't fly around randomly. Two of them rushed directly into the jade tablet that Dan Lei carried with him, and one ran into the computer that Leonard had prepared.

At this point, the problem of computing power worms can be considered solved.

So Danlei said goodbye to the two of them.

After returning to his room, Danlei sent a message to Ruan Mei asking if she had any information on this electronic life form, as he planned to study the computing power of the stinging insect.

Nguyen Mai is a master in the field of creation and has been studying the fate of reproduction in recent years.

Therefore, she had naturally studied the computing power worm, an electronic life form, and quickly sent over what Dan Lei wanted.

Upon seeing this, Dan Lei, combining it with the information from the game, could roughly guess how the insect was born.

As is well known, when Taizyuros swept across the world with his swarm of insects, wherever he went, under the influence of the power of reproductive destiny, both organic and inorganic matter would be turned into insects.

Therefore, the data swept through the computers of civilization was also influenced by fate and became the original computing power worm.

However, once the swarm arrives, don't expect to have internet access, and 99% of computers will stop working because their power supply is cut off.

Even if the ancestors of computing power worms were born in these computers that were not connected to the internet and were not functioning, the data worms that had not yet evolved the ability to condense into physical entities would eventually starve to death.

Therefore, no one discovered the existence of this insect before or after the global locust plague.

However, as long as the sample size is large enough, there will always be lucky ones who survive.

It is now impossible to ascertain which civilization or which supercomputer was so lucky to be able to continue operating independently for a long time after the global locust plague ended.

The ancestor of the computing power worm also survived.

It's highly likely that the blame will fall on either the erudite school of thought that armed the archaeological school or the anonymous scholar.

Because the former likes to go on archaeological expeditions to remote planets, and the latter likes to explore all sorts of nooks and crannies, both of them have the potential to unearth this "ultra-ancient" computer.

Next, as long as the person who discovers this computer connects it to their own system, the ancestor of the computing power worm will be free.

They will follow these people all the way into the interstellar peace network, eventually coming into contact with various data and adapting and evolving into the computing power worms they are today.

However, knowing the birth process of the computing power worm is meaningless, as Dan Lei has neither researched the evidence nor is interested in publishing related papers.

Knowing this information only confirmed to Dan Lei that this thing is extremely adaptable and malleable in electronic environments.

If you feed it more data, you might actually be able to create an intelligent beetle beast.

To be precise, Nguyen Mai had already done it, but after completing the research, she destroyed all the insects that were created.

Because the data bug she created would randomly generate meaningless junk data, and it was extremely difficult to delete, eventually ruining the entire computer.

At this moment, Dan Lei was already thinking that, given the chaotic state of the Star Iron Universe, it wouldn't be surprising if someone actually created a Digimon in the future.

However, compared to Digimon, tomorrow's matters are more important.

Just like Estelle said, first thing tomorrow morning.

The king of Screw Star, the pioneer of silicon-based life, the potential initiator of the Third Imperial War, the strongest in the field of computer programming, and one of the creators of the simulated universe, the "Gentleman Robot" Screw Goom is coming soon.

　Hacking techniques are only one aspect of the field of computer programming. Screws is an all-rounder, while Silver Wolf specializes in hacking.

　　There are still differences between the two.

　　For example, Silver Wolf cannot write a code system on its own that is equivalent to EtherEdit.

　　Screws can be used to write specialized programs capable of calculating the universe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)