121: Chapter 41: Intelligence on Restoring 121: Chapter 41: Intelligence on Restoring Yuki carefully inputted the command, controlling the speed at which the small brick descended.

This was the first step in contemporary Internal Cultivation—simulating some classic and simple old programs.

That’s what Huang Ouguang had told Yuki.

She had shown Yuki several classic games that had been passed down to the modern era through word of mouth, including “Tetris,” “Playing Brick Game,” “Playing Tennis,” and so on.

And what Yuki was now emulating was one of those games.

Omitting art design, omitting music, ignoring all other problems, as long as the “rules” could run smoothly on this machine, it was an extraordinary achievement for a beginner.

Although worried about her senior brother, Huang Ouguang probably understood that now was the time to let her senior brother be alone.

She cheered up and gave Yuki some detailed guidance on what to do.

Several hours later, Yuki finally wrote something that could roughly run.

Though it crashed on its first operation, Huang Ouguang told him that for an average person, this was already very impressive.

Under Huang Ouguang’s guidance, the youth began his first debugging in life.

Then, he finally obtained something that could run.

Though it was jerky.

Though it crashed frequently.

But indeed, this was a program written by a beginner.

Yuki joyfully played it for a while and excitedly exclaimed, “Does this count as an initiation?

Is this the foundation of Inner Strength?”

Huang Ouguang nodded, “Mmm…”

“You still have a long way to go.” Xiang Shan came over, carrying a sleeping girl in his palm, “I checked.

Kid, your code is unrefined, encapsulation weak, architecture loose, debugging sluggish, hardly any operation is decent.

You still have much to learn.”

Saying that, Xiang Shan operated his Inner Strength and directly output a series of codes, overlaying them on what Yuki had just written.

A complete, smoothly running Tetris.

“Watch closely, and learn well,” Xiang Shan patted Yuki’s head and then handed the little girl to Yuki.

Yuki was startled, “Huh?”

The biggest change on the little girl was her mouth.

The speaker that had replaced the oral cavity was removed by Xiang Shan.

In its place, a tiny voice emitter was installed at the position of the tongue.

Also, Xiang Shan printed a jawbone, recreated an oral cavity and molded parts like lips using silicone materials.

With the Benchmark Man’s strong damage resistance, these foreign objects could soon be fixed on the skin and fuse with the biological body.

Of course, the throat tube on the throat was still preserved.

The oral cavity Xiang Shan constructed was just “feeling-wise” more similar to human’s Innate Body.

At least much better than the former speaker mouth.

Moreover, Xiang Shan also reconstructed parts of the facial nervous plexus, connecting stimulators to the input ports to simulate the sensations of the original body.

The human brain is always most adapted to the natural form of the body.

If the body has deficits, a person will experience discomfort like “Phantom Pain.”

And fully cyberized people also face this issue.

Many still maintain the basic human form.

This is the shape that is most “natural” and “comfortable” to the brain.

It aligns best with human instincts.

Early on, many cybernetically enhanced people had to fit these neural stimulators to “deceive” their nervous systems, making the brain think the body was still whole.

However, this “deception” has its limits.

If the actual shape of the body deviates too much from the human form, instincts will still clash greatly with cognition.

And the ultimate manifestation of this conflict is apparent “mental issues.”

But this can still be “overcome.”

Like the training with the “Soth Divine Realm”, with the right methods, humans can overcome such issues.

The more powerful the Martial Artist, the more functional their cybernetic parts, and the further they deviate from the original human body structure.

And for practitioners of Military Martial Path, the form of the cybernetic body does not matter at all.

Xiang Shan vaguely remembered… remembered… there was a master of the Military Martial Path he had forgotten the name of, who usually existed as a brain form across various warships.

However, this was still too harsh for children.

Xiang Shan did not think the little girl needed such skills at the moment, so he restored feeling in the body as much as possible.

The anesthesia hadn’t worn off yet, and the little girl hadn’t woken up.

Xiang Shan said, “Next up are Cui Hai and you.

Now, the new pursuers might not be able to find our traces.

Opportunities like this to stay safe are rare.

If we continue to increase the cyberization rate, I plan to further remove your internal organs to expand the battery volume and reduce the blood circulation system.

Additionally, your spine could also be considered for specialization.

What do you think?

Are there any items that make you uncomfortable just hearing about them?”

Yuki shook her head, “Master, I actually think it’s better to do it all at once.

Just turn me into a Martial Artist…”

Xiang Shan shook his head, “There’s no need for that yet.”

The logic behind Xiang Shan’s questions actually dates back to the first few generations of cybernetic transformations, when doctors would ask each Cybernetically Enhanced Person undergoing the transformation.

This was also to avoid putting mental stress on humans due to the cybernetic transformations.

Cyberization Technology was originally developed for the welfare of all humanity.

If cyberization leads to a drastic increase in mental illness, it would be counter to the developers’ original intentions.

However, Yuki didn’t feel the same way.

When he was very young, his own mother was transformed into construction machinery.

And many workers, though also possessing a human body structure—one torso, two legs, two arms—their proportions were far different from that of Natural People.

In the culture he was exposed to, “Natural Person” was synonymous with “backward.”

Every Benchmark Man would undergo their first transformation, where a chip was implanted at the time their Brain-Machine Barrier was formed, and then further transformations were made based on needs.

Those Natural People with a low degree of transformation almost invariably lacked the resources for further transformations.

In this era, people who were not cybernetically enhanced found it very difficult to sustain life, let alone find suitable jobs while dealing with relatively high living costs.

[Under the same weight, the consumption of flesh is greater than that of a Prosthetic Body.]

Gradually, the image of pure Natural People, in the eyes of this generation, came to represent “poverty,” “shabbiness,” and “backwardness.”

Yuki didn’t see anything wrong with a single-step transformation.

Xiang Shan shook his head again but didn’t agree, instead, he asked Huang Ouguang, “How is your senior apprentice brother doing now?

Can I go ask him a few questions?”

Huang Ouguang replied cautiously, “Because of the Martial Arts issue, it seems my senior brother is quite depressed.

But…

um, if the elder wishes to talk to him, he would surely respond.”

Xiang Shan nodded and walked straight out.

Since he still had control over the main server of Great Stockade, he naturally knew where Cui Hai was.

But at this point, it wasn’t good to rashly strike up a conversation—just in case it upset the young man.

He wasn’t familiar with these two young Heroes, so naturally, he had to ask first.

Cui Hai was currently at the gateway of the Great Stockade.

“Arrogant Dragon” Stockade, similar to Organization Z, had a parking lot at the entrance.

Now this parking lot was full of explosion marks, and corpses were haphazardly piled in the corners.

Cui Hai was sitting at the entrance, seemingly waiting for the remaining Lackeys to return.

Xiang Shan asked, “Young Hero Cui.

May I ask you a few questions?”

Cui Hai quickly stood up, “What guidance does the elder have?”

“Your spine still retains seven cervical vertebrae and four thoracic vertebrae, while the spine you selected retains one coccyx, one sacrum, five lumbar vertebrae, twelve thoracic vertebrae, and five cervical vertebrae.

Would you like me to remove four thoracic and cervical vertebrae for you, or would you prefer to keep the longer spine?”

Cybernetically Enhanced People’s spine segments can essentially be unlimited—as long as the nerves connect correctly.

A longer spine means more data interfaces.

However, a longer spine also limits the choice of Prosthetic Bodies.

Moreover, the speed of nerve signal transmission is still not as fast as the transmission of electrical signals within circuits.

So even though it’s possible to have more interfaces, the response speed of peripheral nerves is limited.

Ultimately, it depends on personal choice.

Cui Hai said, “Thank you for your concern, elder.

If possible, please remove five cervical vertebrae.”

“OK, understood,” Xiang Shan nodded, then asked, “By the way, does your Redstone Gate in the Arctic Circle cultivate ‘Jade Cauldron Fungus’?

What about ‘Furnace Cauldron Fungus’ and ‘Mind Saving Virus’?

Which versions are they?”

“This…” Cui Hai hesitated, then said, “Elder, that seems…

a bit inconvenient, doesn’t it?”

“Jade Cauldron Fungus” and “Furnace Cauldron Fungus” are essentially modified yeasts.

However, “Jade Cauldron Fungus” not only has a large number of gene segments implanted in its nucleus but also contains many organelles carrying independent genetic information.

This type of fungus can spontaneously synthesize the most important “Restoring Enzyme”—which is that special enzyme that reverses the life cycle of nerve cells.

While “Furnace Cauldron Fungus” is a more stable yeast specifically used to coexist with the “Mind Saving Virus.” After special treatment, it’s possible to separate an active strain of virus from the Furnace Cauldron Fungus.

These resources are very important and play a crucial role in the formation of the Soth Divine Realm.

When you first enter the beginning stages of Inner Strength, the impact of these two resources is not very significant.

But as you advance further, the demands on the brain increase, and mere cultivation is no longer sufficient to continue the specialization of the brain.

These drugs are necessary aids.

And for someone to ask a Sect, “How much Jade Cauldron Fungus and Furnace Cauldron Fungus do you have,” is akin to asking, “How much strategic reserve and potential does your sect have.”

In Cui Hai’s view, this was somewhat…

at least an “impolite behavior.”

Xiang Shan nodded, “So the Jianghu Sects still adhere to this rule…

Sorry about that.”