Chapter 289 ·Technological Singularity...and Progress
There is such a theory.
When different technologies arrive at the right node at the same time, the collaboration and integration between them may cause an extremely powerful chain reaction. Iterations of technology will advance dozens or even dozens of times in a very short period of time, and the entire social environment affected by technology will undergo drastic changes - yesterday's cutting-edge becomes today's mediocrity, and today's mediocrity becomes tomorrow's. antique. In such rapid changes, all human past experiences, concepts, and traditions will become useless in the drastic changes.
This is called a technological singularity - the person who proposed this theory believes that humans may suddenly change from a surface civilization to an interstellar civilization one day in the future. The speed will even be so fast that society will not have time to adjust its operating structure.
Of course, this can also be called ‘quantitative change leading to qualitative change’, but this kind of thing, at least for now, has not happened yet.
It does not happen in human society.
It doesn't happen in human technology either.
However, outside of humans, two completely different technological products are rapidly merging in a coincidence that should not exist.
One of them is called the 'Divine Seal-Necromorph' technology. The so-called divine seal is the cleaning mechanism of a certain advanced civilization. It looks like a twisted spiral tentacle sculpture that can provide false unlimited energy and twist the minds of intelligent bodies within the energy radiation range, turning corpses into necromorphs.
Necromorphs possess great strength and immortality, but their primary purpose is not combat. Its purpose is to aggregate, to gather a small amount into a large number, and the necromorphs will pile up into balls in huge numbers. When the accumulated sphere reaches a huge scale, it will rise into the sky and turn into a blood-colored moon that releases powerful wide-area spiritual pollution and generates high-energy reactions inside. And its birth represents the end of a civilization.
It's a very interesting approach. Blood Moon is the remote provider of the pseudo-infinite energy of the Divine Seal. Civilizations that obtain the divine seal will be deceived and induced by the illusion of unlimited energy to copy the divine seal in large quantities under a deliberately set extremely low technical threshold. Until the moment when the divine seal explodes, transforming all living creatures within the coverage area into necromorphs. And until the agreed time arrives, the divine seal will even release a force field that can wipe out scattered small-scale zombies to disguise itself, so that the civilization that has obtained the divine seal will regard the bomb as a life-saving straw before the real disaster occurs. Close protection.
This disguised annihilation force field is called 'dead space'. Until it reveals its true form, it will only kill necromorphs.
This is one of them.
The other is of unknown origin and purpose. But it is called black water. It once fell into the hands of the engineer civilization and had the function of decomposing and reorganizing organisms and performing structural iterations. Each iteration of it is stronger than the last. Iterate from engineers to humans, and then iterate from humans to aliens. As for Alien... it seems to be a relatively stable end result at present.
This technology can also be called ‘Blackwater-Alien’ technology.
The interesting point lies here - the divine seal technology that can transform corpses into necromorphs and achieve structural upgrades. Blackwater technology that can dismantle and reassemble organisms and then reinforce them. So, what will happen when these two technologies that should not be in contact with each other collide?
Will the necromorph transformed by the divine seal adapt to the black water?
Will the black water melt the living necromorphs, rendering them useless?
Or... the black water will transform powerful alien life forms, and the alien life forms will be killed by the radiation of the divine seal and transformed into corpses. The newly born corpses were eroded and transformed by the black water again, and iterated into more excellent lives. And this new life died again from the radiation of the divine seal, creating a more powerful corpse?
It sounds a bit like a wild delusion of stepping on the right foot and heading straight to the stratosphere.
Because both Divine Seal and Black Water have their own technical limits. They cannot infinitely transform living bodies for their own use, and their iterations are destined to come to a halt when they reach a certain node.
But...but.
Before it, before they touch that node. How far can it, or rather they, grow?
Worth the wait.
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-Necromorphs seem to have increased in strength.
Jiang Yu stretched out her hand and restrained the humanoid corpse in front of her with a life force field - it could no longer see its original appearance, and could only tell from its outline that it should be derived from a human being and not an alien monster.
Its power has increased, and the biological materials have also been improved accordingly. The overall combat effectiveness has increased by nearly 20% compared to the group at the prison entrance area.
Twenty percent.
For the Samsaras, it is simply an unsatisfactory increase in combat power - every large-scale purchase and exchange of the Samsaras will bring about huge changes in strength, even several times. A mere 20%, which is probably an ordinary enhancement level. However, for the non-reincarnating indigenous civilization... it is too outrageous.
especially……
——It became too fast.
Jiang Yu clenched her fingers, and the corpse in front of her was crushed into blood foam by the force field. He sensed that Xia Xia and Zhao Yingkong were heading towards the underground mineral vein area, and the current time... was quite sufficient.
Plenty refers to the sky - the wreckage of the huge starship that was shot down will take several minutes to fall overhead above the prison. And he must ensure that the starship he carries when he arrives will not turn into powder in the subsequent crash.
There should be dozens of seconds left.
There was an oversight in the selection of the initial landing point. If I had known that such a complicated change would occur, I should have directly stuffed it into the prison of Fiora 161 when I chose the landing point, instead of asking the Lord God for a more general one. requirements. In this case, when he triggers Ripley's mission, he may be able to act before all variables occur.
It's a pity, I already knew it was hard to buy.
It is simply impossible for him to choose to enter the plot area directly, instead of placing the landing point in a close position without direct contact - the mechanism of the main god is a trial of fate. No matter how he triggers the side plot, the main god gives The rating will also turn into a test of corresponding specifications and then fall on you... Even if you come with a Star Destroyer Cannon and blow up No. 161 before triggering the plot, maybe when you pack up your belongings and turn around, you will Discovering that a clone of Ripley has replaced the original body, and then triggering an unexpected and difficult side mission when he was completely caught off guard.
It is not advisable to exploit the loopholes of the Lord God.
Although the main god is artificially retarded, it will only appear to be full of loopholes at the right time when the reincarnators actively work hard. And any attempt to exploit loopholes by using tricks will result in unexpected consequences.
Moving forward, more and more necromorphs appear. The weaker parts are solved by the barrage volleys of the enhanced warriors - they have adapted to the current environment, and they also have the protection from Zhu Wen.
‘Boom boom boom boom——’
The barrage volley brought a series of explosions, and dozens of necromorphs were mixed with aggregates and blasted into debris. Their death is swift and neat, their death is just a prelude.
The pollution fluctuations of the divine seal never appeared.
After the group of necromorphs in front of them were killed, another group appeared again. There are even relatively powerful polymers mixed in, and they show a certain degree of energy resistance.
Energy resistance... If it is said to be an improvement due to instant evolution, it would be too outrageous. There is the possibility of advance research, but it is more likely to be the result of some unexpected factors.
Above the sky, the silent giant ship called the 'Ishimura' has always been the biggest unstable factor on this battlefield.
Jiang Yu was convinced that as long as she, or any reincarnation other than herself, touched it, a new side mission would inevitably be triggered. In the current environment, if you are exposed to two side tasks simultaneously, the difficulty will increase with a geometric exponential structure.
Can't go up.
Jiang Yu held an Ancient Dragon Thunder Spear in her hand, assessing the current situation and planning to release it at the right time.
He didn't wait for the right time.
Because at this moment, a huge miraculous fireball that had been shaped directly skipped the chanting stage and bombarded the second wave of zombies. All these mutated creatures were turned into ashes in an instant.
Zhu Wen's growth was much faster than he expected. Although he only opened the first-level gene lock by taking drugs on the spot, he was able to master the A-level enhancement he possessed so quickly and effectively. This may be classified as a 'genius', but of course it is also possible that the training method recommended by Chu Xuan is particularly suitable for her.
No matter what.
None of this strictly matters.
There were still about ten seconds left before the starship wreckage fell.
He turned his head and saw Zhu Wen looking at him with a blank and urgent gaze - she should have sensed the increase in calamity. Because even if the starship wreckage is penetrated by a light spear, its own mass can still cause massive damage.
Zhu Wen can already take care of herself.
But now, it's not time to just throw her here and let her be alone.
The black knife assassins dispatched by Zhao Yingkong have already joined the battlefield, and the fateful death shunt they carry is expected to be able to effectively block the resistance.
The battle lines will not collapse just yet.
Jiang Yu stepped forward, tore the air apart, and came to Zhu Wen's body.
His hand rested on Zhu Wen's shoulder.
"Come, come with me." The tone was direct and left no room for doubt. He didn't feel any resistance from Zhu Wen either.
So...space jump.
Two reincarnations suddenly appeared above the outer rooftop of the giant prison. Jiang Yu held the thunder gun in her hand, and thousands of meters above her head, the steel meteor was already approaching.