Honkai Impact 3: Saving the former civilization by rubbing the black technology

Ai Yue interrupted the two AIs' poor acting with amusement, "Rose, I can give you the armed puppet, but as punishment, you will be responsible for sharing 27% of Quinn's computing workload this month."

"Twenty-seven percent?"

Prometheus' voice rose again, "That's the remaining memory I use for playing games."

"Otherwise, how can it be a punishment?"

Ai Yue glanced at Quinn next to him and said, "And you, Quinn. Since Rose has shared some of the computing workload with you, your overall performance this month will be 50% higher than last month. Do you understand?"

"My sister is only responsible for 27 percent, so the rest is up to me."

Quinn's voice rose as well. "It's all your fault, sister. Now I don't have any spare capacity left, and I don't even get any benefits."

"Of course not. Aren't all the extra drones manufactured under your control?"

Prometheus responded before returning to the main topic, "Dr. Ai Yue, what should we do about that unknown ingredient?"

"Let it go. Kevin has plenty of blood samples anyway."

Ai Yue waved his hand. "But next time I have to take better precautions. I've been a bit slack lately."

The unknown ingredients would release a large amount of Honkai energy during the decomposition process, which was indeed a bit beyond Ai Yue's expectations, but this made things more complicated.

Ai Yue thought about it as he walked towards the small laboratory, a smile appearing on his face.

Things were becoming more and more interesting. He had a hunch that if he could unlock the secrets of this unknown ingredient, perhaps it would allow humans to go further on the road of evolution.

Behind him, without his noticing, the virtual images of Prometheus and Quinn quietly emerged and made a high-five gesture.

"It worked, Quinn."

"Yes, it's great that Dr. Ai Yue didn't pursue the matter of the laboratory burning down. But then again, according to my analysis, there was an 86.4% chance that Dr. Ai Yue wouldn't pursue the matter with us."

"That won't work. Anything with a success rate of less than 90% is unstable. This is what Dr. Ai Yue taught me."

"I see. I'm going to record this."

35

Chapter 35: Don’t like the Divine Sound Project? It’s okay, I still have the Stigmata Project.

Of course, Ai Yue didn't know that the two artificial intelligences he created were plotting against him behind his back, but he was not completely ignorant of the two guys' little tricks.

Compared with the intrigues of humans, the so-called "strategies" obtained by artificial intelligence through imitation and learning are still a bit too superficial.

Of course, there is no need to expose such things to them. If Prometheus and Quinn can be made to believe that such a strategy can work, it may stimulate their interest in this knowledge and enable them to understand and learn it in depth.

While he was thinking, Ai Yue had already arrived at the laboratory. The environment here had changed beyond recognition. It seemed that what Prometheus said about the "large amount of Honkai energy" was not an exaggeration.

Ai Yue sighed: "Rose, how long will it take to repair it?"

"It will take another 1142 minutes to restore to the original state."

Prometheus said, "However, considering that you haven't uploaded the blueprints for several of these devices to my data center, repairing them will require your personal intervention, Dr. Ai Yue."

"That means we can't rely on this place in the short term."

Ai Yue nodded and said, "Then I'll leave this place to you. I'll go to the small dark room."

The small dark room is the only room in the Light Star Experimental Base that even Quinn and Prometheus cannot enter. There is no network in it, and only Ai Yue has the key to open it, which can isolate it from all external prying means. If you want to enter this room without Ai Yue's permission, except for Padofilis, you can only resort to violence.

Although it sounds like a treasure trove hiding a huge secret, it is actually just an ordinary laboratory and there is nothing particularly valuable in it. The reason for such a mysterious attitude is mainly to cover up the truth that Ai Yue relies on the system to rub the props by hand.

The reason why there are no design blueprints for those devices for Prometheus to use is because they are special technologies of the system. Because they involve some technologies that cannot be reproduced by real technology, they can only be made by Ai Yue manually.

Ai Yue stayed inside until lunchtime before finally coming out - although it wouldn't take that long to manually reconfigure the devices using the system, since he had specially prepared such a room, he naturally had to stay a little longer just to pretend.

What's more, the equipment and facilities inside are very complete, so it is not impossible to conduct research.

Ai Yue looked a little solemn when he left the small dark room. He had just used the equipment at hand to perform a simple analysis on Kevin's blood. However, for some unknown reason, the unknown components in it could not be separated this time.

At first he thought that the device in his hand was not working, so he tried again after rubbing the device, but it still ended in failure. So he re-analyzed the components of the blood sample and finally found that the unknown component had completely disappeared.

But what is strange is that although this part of the component disappeared, the total amount of the blood sample did not decrease. That is to say, the mysterious component was not evaporated due to improper storage, but was reintegrated into other components of the blood sample and was no longer as obviously independent as before.

This result also means that the blood samples that Ai Yue had previously obtained from Kevin have lost their greatest research value. However, it also proves one thing in turn, that is, this special mysterious ingredient is obviously related to Kevin's own will. The mental power contained in the blood is the foundation for maintaining that unknown ingredient. When the mental power dissipates, the unknown substance will also dissipate.

And such a thing seems to have appeared in the original plot - that is the "stigmata".

As one of Mebius's ideas for the evolution of all mankind, she once tried to stimulate the survival instinct in the experimental subjects by gradually increasing the intensity of Honkai erosion, so that humans could produce "antibodies" that could be immune to or adapt to Honkai energy.

This plan was later shelved due to the implementation of the Fusion Warrior Plan, and was finally completely terminated due to the appearance of Ai Yue. However, the valuable information was still used and sent to the Fifth Science Department for the research of Honkai disease antibodies.

In the original plot, this plan was ultimately successful and was officially implemented in the next civilization 50,000 years later.

The first and final executor of this plan was Kevin.

Of course, these are all later stories. The foundation for the implementation of the Stigmata Project is the Stigmata itself, as well as the special plane "Stigmata Space" derived from the Stigmata.

In the original plot, through the joint efforts of Dr. Mei and Mebius, the "Stigmata" will eventually awaken in the people of the next round of civilization. They give people the power to adapt to and control the Honkai energy. At the same time, it also allows everyone who awakens the Stigmata to have the opportunity to connect with the "Stigmata Space".

By connecting with the Stigmata Space, Kevin can use the "Stigmata Project" to create a huge dream that can cover the entire earth, thereby sending everyone's consciousness into the Stigmata Space through dreams, in this way to prevent human civilization from being completely destroyed.

At the same time, new life forms will be born in the Holy Scar Space. They originate from the combination of collapse and human consciousness. They are species that can truly and completely adapt to the collapse environment. After humans live in dreams from then on, these new lives will inherit everything of human civilization and become the new masters of the earth.

It is not difficult to hear from this information that this plan is a "sanctuary" plan built on complete pessimism and even despair. Even if human civilization is preserved in this way, humans will no longer be called human beings, and will lose all possibilities of resisting destruction.

However, these are all things of the past. The most important thing now is the stigmata itself.

Although Ai Yue was not completely sure now, he felt more and more that he had found the truth - the unknown component was a mixture of Honkai energy, Kevin's mental power, and his own genes. The fusion of these three was the theoretical source of the appearance of the stigmata.

Knowledge is recorded through genes, matter is supported through energy, and the world is woven through spirit. When the three are truly integrated, new power will be born in Kevin's body.

Thinking of this, Ai Yue's steps became much lighter.

Because he suddenly thought that even if this thing was not the prototype of the stigmata, but something else, it didn't seem to matter.

After all, as long as he wanted, he could use this substance as a basis to create a new "Stigmata Project".

The new Stigma Project will no longer be a refuge for survivors, an alternative world to escape the "embrace" of the Collapse, but a cornerstone of human evolution and a signpost to a completely new life form.

These days, I am becoming more and more hopeful.

36

Chapter 36: Food cooked by machines has no soul.

As the saying goes, people feel refreshed when good things happen to them. First, the Shenyin Project began to show results, then the Brahma Project was running steadily, and now the prototype of the Stigma Project has been discovered. The continuous good news made Ai Yue in a good mood, and he liked everyone he saw.

Although he kept reminding himself that the development of the human side would also cause the Cocoon of the End to continuously increase the strength of subsequent Herrschers, the current situation was indeed something that could not help but make him happy.

"What good thing happened to you that makes you so happy?"

Aponia couldn't help but ask when she saw Ai Yue coming out of the portal with a smile on his face.

“It’s hard to say for now, but it’s definitely a good thing.”

Ai Yue calmed down a bit, but still couldn't help but curl his lips, "I'll tell you when there's a result."

Ai Yue has always been cautious in what he says and does. Even if the unknown element can be basically confirmed to be the prototype of the stigmata, he would not say it out at this time.

"Really? Then I'll look forward to it."

Aponiya was already accustomed to Ai Yue's words and didn't care about this riddle man's behavior. "Let's go. Qianjie just called to urge us to go."

Chaoyang College has now grown to a considerable size, with a permanent population of approximately 20,000 people. Therefore, there are four canteens, and Qianjie is now in charge of the management of one of them.

When Ai Yue and Aponya walked out of the office building together, they saw countless people forming a crowded crowd and rushing in the same direction.

"so many people?"

Ai Yue couldn't help but sigh, "Don't tell me they have the same destination as us."

"It's a shame, but you're right."

Aponya smiled and said, "Qianjie probably won't say it, but the cafeteria he's in charge of is the most popular one in the academy. Forty percent of the school's population eats here every day."

“That’s quite welcome.”

Ai Yue and Aponya followed at the end of the crowd, "By the way, why is Qianjie going to the cafeteria? I thought he would be in charge of the logistics department."

"That was indeed the plan at the beginning, but as the number of students grew, the number of chefs in the cafeteria became insufficient."

Aponya said helplessly, "Recruiting people takes time after all. In the short term, we can only ask Qianjie to help support the situation. At first, he was only in charge of breakfast, but later he gradually became the person in charge of the entire cafeteria."

It was not difficult to hear from Aponya's words that she actually didn't know how Qianjie went from being a breakfast chef to the canteen chef.

Although the crowd was crowded, the pace of progress was not slow. It didn't take long for the two of them to see the cafeteria. At the same time, they also saw Qianjie standing at the door looking at something.

Everyone who passed by him greeted him enthusiastically. Even though Qianjie didn't respond, it didn't dampen everyone's enthusiasm. It was obvious that he was very popular.

"finally come."

It wasn't until Ai Yue and the other two walked up to Qian Jie that he finally said his first words, "The food is getting cold."

After saying that, he turned around and walked into the cafeteria with the two people, leaving those who witnessed the scene to discuss quietly.

"How rare! Master Qian can actually get along so well with Dean Aponya? Normally, they wouldn't be in combat mode for more than three seconds between them, right?"

"Didn't you see there's another person? He looks a bit unfamiliar. Could it be that he's not from our school?"

"I don't know him either, but could it be that he's the reason the two didn't fight? If that's the case, then how much face must this person have!"

"Having the dean personally accompany him, and Master Qian specially going out to greet him, how could that be a small honor? Wait, could he be the dean who never shows up at a formal event?"

Several students were discussing, and suddenly looked at each other in confusion - although everyone called Aponya the dean, her real position was actually the vice-dean, and there was a higher-level administrator above Aponya.

"Now that you mention it, I remember."

Someone suddenly realized, "Doesn't the statue in front of our teaching building look similar to that man?"

"You also built a statue for me?"

Ai Yue, led by Qian Jie, came to a private room on the fifth floor of the cafeteria. From his window seat, he could just see the small square in front of the teaching building. When he saw the statue clearly, he couldn't help but frown: "Who came up with this stupid idea..."

He had handed over almost all of Chaoyang College's affairs to Aponiya, so he hadn't paid much attention to them. If he hadn't come to the cafeteria for dinner today, he probably wouldn't know how many years it would take for him to find out about this matter.

“It was my idea and the wish of the children in the former nursing home.”

Aponya said, "They know that the changes here are all because of you, so they want to express their gratitude in this way. I also think it is necessary to let everyone know who has given them everything."

"It's not that exaggerated."

Ai Yue showed a subtle smile, looking a little embarrassed, "This kind of thing should be done."

"Maybe it is for you."

Aponya smiled, "I like that about you too."

"eat first."

Qianjie mercilessly interrupted the conversation between the two people, "If you don't eat it now, it will get cold."

Facts have proved that it is indeed for a reason that Chef Qian is so popular. Although the dishes in front of Ai Yue look relatively simple, the taste is impeccable. Perhaps they cannot be called "delicacies", but they are enough to whet Ai Yue's appetite.

After all, he was usually in the laboratory and was too lazy to cook, so he simply asked Quinn to use a drone based on the recipes on the Internet. As a result, it was difficult for the drone to master the essence of cooking. Although the food it made was not bad, it lacked something that could be called delicious.

It turns out that food cooked by people has soul.

"Why are you still crying?"

Aponiya reached out and wiped away the tears from Ai Yue's eyes, with an incomprehensible expression on his face, "Is it so delicious?"

Although Qianjie didn't say anything and his expression couldn't be seen, there was a hint of pity in his eyes when he looked at Ai Yue.

"You don't understand,"

Ai Yue shook his head, not wanting to talk about all the lazy things he had done. "Qianjie, you came to me specially for dinner, so there must be something else, right?"

He actually had quite a bit of contact with Qianjie, so he was able to infer his psychological activities from some details about the other party.

"Ah."

Qianjie hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "After a month, when these guys under me have learned everything, I plan to leave here."

When these words came out, not only Ai Yue, but even Aponya was stunned: "Why?"

Qianjie said calmly: "I want to return to the poisonous chrysalis."

37

Chapter 37 You seem a little too inhuman.