Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 348 Shao Siming

Night City Club, top floor lobby.

Silver sands formed a sky full of stars, with a hazy and dreamy luster. Yoko lay on the sofa and played astrology, with her irises mostly occupied by the headline news that just popped up.

"Shock! The uncrowned king of Black Fist Valley, Ryuji Kiryu, was knocked off his pedestal by a mysterious warrior!"

"Biochemical transformation or prosthetic enhancement? Maybe you will have a new answer after watching this game!"

"In response to an interview with Century Boxing, the relevant person in charge of the biological research and development department of Luwu Heavy Industry refused to answer any questions."

Reports like these emerged one after another, causing Yangzi, a Yin-Yang Taoist who had never been interested in black boxing matches, to take a second look.

"So, you two disappeared for a whole night just to go play a game?"

"Well, let's test the quality of the boxers in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, and make some money to buy prosthetics."

Qin Huai sat in front of the workbench, playing with the metal wristband in his hand: "What do you want us to do?"

"I told Shao Siming that you wanted to join the Yin Yang Family. She didn't have any objections, but she wanted you to meet her in person."

As Yoko spoke, her artificial eye projected a related message.

"Shao Siming is an excellent prosthetics doctor. Your reconstruction surgery and elixir injection can be done by her."

Qin Huai glanced at the light screen. The address displayed on it was not in Twenty-Eight Constellations Street, nor in the underground world, but in the Coral Tower that symbolized the upper level.

He was stunned for a moment, with a strange expression on his face.

"Aren't you a yin-yang sorcerer? How come there are some big shots living in the rich area?"

"It's dark under the lamp."

Yoko waved her hand, and sparks popped out from her fingertips, lighting the tobacco in the bowl: "Besides, the Coral Tower is not a prison. As long as you have money, you can live in it."

"Okay, any news on that monk gathering?"

Qin Huai didn't think much about it and turned to ask about the monk sect that might be related to some channels of the [Jingge] Group.

"Well, that gathering is called the Paramita Assembly. The main participants are monks who believe in the Four-Faced Buddha, but occasionally there are some people from other social identities who join in. If you want to take a look, I can give you the address."

Yangzi exhaled a puff of smoke and looked at Qin Huai with a smile.

Qin Huai nodded. In just a moment, Yangzi sent the address, codeword and backup identity patch of the Boro Society through the brain-computer.

"When are we going to Shao Siming's place?"

"Now, but before that you have to pay first. It took me a lot of computing power to break through the firewall of those bald donkeys. Otherwise, you won't have enough money to ride the hovercraft later."

Yoko paused and knocked the ashes from the bowl into the porcelain jar.

"One thing at a time, that's what I should do."

Qin Huai casually transferred a part of the balance that he had just put in his pocket and deposited it into Yangzi's account.

Money in this era is just a unit of computing power and is not controlled by any financial institution or bank. Various transactions do not even require an account to consume; only a key is needed to complete the transfer and allocation.

As fake identities fabricated by the ninjas, Ah Niu and Ah Hu also have personal accounts linked to their citizenship, but unlike most people's accounts in this era that are controlled by government banks, Qin Huai and Chu Qing can directly control the keys to their computing assets without the need for agents, and the possibility of being discovered to be abnormal and having their assets frozen is very low.

As a Yin-Yang alchemist who specializes in the black market of the spiritual world, Yangzi naturally has means to bypass regulatory agents.

Soon, the pleasant sound of computing power arriving rang in his ears. Yangzi stood up and hooked his fingers at Qin Huai and the other man.

"Come with me. I have obtained temporary certification for you to enter the Coral Tower."
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The city outside the sightseeing elevator was falling rapidly.

The drone flew up from between the rafters to the golden tiles. Countless monks in yellow robes were walking back and forth, and the smell of sandalwood and ghee could be smelled from far away.

The holographic image of a Taoist with an immortal look is holding the latest Taoist sword in his hand. On his Taoist robe, there is a majestic white dragon coiled around a majestic black tiger that keeps moving around. In an instant, it turns into a Tai Chi Yin-Yang pattern, which repeats over and over again in an endless cycle.

Qin Huai walked out of the elevator, and the [external electronic brain] prompted him that he was connected to the Coral network.

This is the entrance to the Coral Tower, the lowest level of the Singapore-Malaysia skyscraper complex. On the left is the Shuntian Temple, the ancient temple of the Four-Faced Buddha, and on the right is the Singapore and Malaysia branch of the Zhengyi Group, the Longhu Building.

Yangzi led the way in front, while Qin Huai and Chu Qing followed behind, slowly looking at the shadowy crowd around the Coral Tower.

Security employees from the United Corporation were stationed at the checkpoints, performing identity checks on everyone entering the Coral Tower.

Only residents who meet the requirements of the database records can enter, and occasionally unqualified people are thrown into the cargo elevator by highly mechanically modified security guards.

Coral Tower is the wealthy area in the entire Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, so naturally there are many people who want to take advantage of the situation and sneak in.

However, Qin Huai and the other two had the temporary certification obtained by Yangzi, so they had no problem passing the identity check.

"Go to the fifty-sixth floor."

The sightseeing elevator received the command and began to slowly climb upwards.

Looking at the shrinking pagoda and the Dharma image, Qin Huai thought of the shabby lower-class transformed people in Liuxing Street, and couldn't help but sigh. No matter how the times change, some things will always leave a gulf between people.

Soon the elevator opened and Qin Huai stepped out. In the spiritual realm of [Signal Transmission], he saw a large number of technological products full of fantasy, as if gods and demons had reappeared in this cyber age.

Mirage, Orchid Courtyard and Sky Pavilion were shrouded by the Qiansheng Clouds, and the Blazing Sun Dragon Chariot passed through the void. The nine-headed phoenix flew between the five-colored altars of blue, yellow, red, white and black, and the colorful thunder demarcated the boundary between this land of the Five Virtues and the mundane world.

Listening to the faint sacrificial song, Yangzi turned his head and glanced at Qin Huai, his tone inevitably sounding somewhat complacent.

"Isn't it spectacular?"

"Well, is this Yunmengze?"

Qin Huai looked around. There were mountains and water in his Niwan Palace, which was not much different from here.

"That's only part of it. [Five Virtues and Nine Provinces] is the altar of the Yin-Yang School in the present world. Without relevant identity authentication, you can't see these wonders."

Yoko paused, took a step forward, and her gilded high heels made a crisp clicking sound.

"Let's go. Shao Siming has been waiting for you in Qiulan Court for a long time."

As Yangzi spoke, he led Qin Huai and the others through the rain curtain and around the Yunmeng Marsh. Ancient trees and vast peaks appeared between the overlapping mountains. They could hear the mountain ghost singing with deep thoughts in his eyes and see the colorful scales of the river god brushing across the waves.

"You, the Yin-Yang family, believe in the gods of Chu?"

Qin Huai looked at the scenes that had appeared in "Heavenly Questions" and "Nine Songs" and asked Yangzi casually. "I guess so. To be precise, we and them are mutually beneficial."

Yoko shrugged and walked around another dark-tiled and white wall.

This level of [Five Virtues and Nine Provinces] hidden in the coral tower is extremely complex and exquisite. The three of them walked through the overlapping and hidden pavilions and palaces, and soon came to a garden orchid nursery.

Fertile soil of unknown depth and thickness covers the alloy floor, with countless flowers and plants competing for beauty in it.

Schefflera, Millennium Tree, Red Calla, Palm, Guanyin Palm, Croton, Traveler's Banana, Vinca Rose, Anthurium.
There are flowers and trees in all colors.

The wind was blowing hard in the sky, and the clouds were covering the sun. It seemed that a sudden rain was about to fall. Yangzi pushed open the bamboo door and led the two into the nursery. A young woman in a purple dress came out of the orchid garden and nodded slightly to them: "Please come in."

The woman had black hair, fair skin, bright eyes and white teeth, and no implants were visible on her body.

"Thank you."

Qin Huai glanced at the doorhead, where two yin-yang fish were floating, swimming one after the other, and spinning, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, to the melodious and ethereal sacrificial song.

This Shao Siming is not a simple person.

Looking at the faint red light emanating from the young woman, Qin Huai was on guard and followed Yangzi into the gate of Lanting.

At this moment, Qin Huai suddenly felt as if he was suffocating with his face buried under the water. Even the faint sound of the sacrificial song in his ears disappeared at this moment.

The feeling was fleeting, and what appeared before his eyes was not an antique pharmacy, but a high-end medical room filled with medical equipment, interspersed with some disassembled prostheses and biological specimens.

Is this information interference? Or sensory deception?
"It's Qimen Dunjia. If you are successful, you will be able to learn it quickly."

Shao Siming answered the questions that were lingering in Qin Huai's mind as if she could read his mind. At the same time, she dragged out three silver boxes from the shelf and motioned Qin Huai to lie on the operating table.

Chu Qing held her down and glanced at the three boxes.

"Inspect the goods first."

"Naturally."

Shao Siming opened the three boxes one by one, and the corresponding product information turned into light screens and jumped out one by one.

[Shan Gui-2 Specialized Brain-Machine]: Produced by Yunmeng Laboratory, it is more adaptable to exogenous neural data, has a better and more sensitive screening and removal mechanism for polluted data, has more comprehensive functions than other specialized brain-machines, and has lower energy consumption and heat generation.

【WuDe-2 Frontal Cortex Kit】: Produced by Yunmeng Laboratory, it can increase the maximum memory, increase the traffic bandwidth and maximum processing threads during neural access, and is immune to low-to-medium intensity electromagnetic interference.
[Heavenly Questions and Long Songs]: A fifth-grade alchemy method that records a series of cyber hacking techniques used by the Yin-Yang School, such as scanning data loopholes, finding program backdoors, and seizing spiritual realm privileges.

Among them, the brain machine cost 150,000, the frontal cortex kit cost 100,000, and the Yin-Yang Alchemy Technique cost 200,000, a total of 450,000.

Looking at the market reference price given by [A Glimpse], Qin Huai suddenly felt that the huge amount of gambling money he earned from boxing last night didn't seem to be that much.

"All of this needs to be stored in the brain? What about the original biological tissue?"

Qin Huai looked at these unopened prosthetic components and felt that they were a bit creepy.

"Yes, useless brain tissue can be processed into biological wetware and left for you to recover or commemorate. Of course, if you have an external brain machine with low enough neural latency and high enough level, I can find another way to assemble an external electronic brain for you. Except for the inability to exercise vigorously, it will not affect its use."

Shao Siming's eyes flashed as he looked at Qin Huai's body which showed almost no signs of transformation, and gave a new choice.

"This thing originally belonged to your Yin-Yang family. Can it be used as an external brain machine?"

Qin Huai thought about it, took out the portable host [Bai Ze] he had taken from Kiryu Ryuji, and handed it to the young woman in front of him.

“Yes, but it will consume a lot of extra computing power when you use it.”

Shao Siming looked at the metal wristband on her hand and nodded. She had recognized [Bai Ze] a long time ago, which was why she took the initiative to say the second half of the sentence.

"Well, then you start."

Qin Huai nodded slightly and began to learn from the master openly.

Shao Siming didn't care about these things. Even if it was a cyborg, without the corresponding alchemy method, it would be a pipe dream to learn how to install and debug complex hardware just by watching.

Without her moving much, the robotic arm of the operating table placed the prosthetic components and portable host on a flat black tray. Countless tiny probes opened the package and connected the interfaces of the neural cables together one by one.

Soon, the mechanical arm was made of metal wristbands, and the brain-computer and frontal cortex kits were installed in the cavity. In addition, Qin Huai also saw Shao Siming take out a very complicated and precise gravity gyroscope, carefully adjust the weight parameters, and install them under the neural relay slot of the brain-computer. After the main assembly was completed, she used bulletproof fiber and liquid crystal elastomer artificial muscles to fix the irregular spherical suspension, and then installed a composite protective layer of refined gold, ceramic steel and plastic steel, and coated it with a super-hydrophobic photocatalytic coating.
Finally, she took a retractable spine made of gold-titanium alloy, installed it on the buckle of the extracorporeal mechanical brain, and handed it to Qin Huai.

"I added an anti-gravity engine and level 3 protective armor to it. It supports wired and wireless connections, but wireless is much slower and can only accept low-intensity operations."

Shao Siming paused and continued, "Because it is an additional brain machine, if you use it intensively, you will easily suffer from photic hyperactivity disorder, so you have to control the frequency of use and the intensity of the operation."

"Photophobia? What is that?"

Qin Huai looked at the mechanical electronic brain in his hand. It looked like a smooth round ball with a movable hard handle, just like a ball-peen hammer.

"To put it simply, the human brain has evolved since the apes tens of millions of years ago to adapt to two eyes, a pair of hands, and two legs. When you use prosthetics and load additional plug-ins into your biological brain, your consciousness will become confused. The stimulation of exogenous neural data will form new synaptic structures in your brain. Unless you stop using them, this effect is difficult to reverse."

Shao Siming sprayed medical spray to clean his hands, then looked up at Qin Huai.

"Its existence and use is like having two brains. Unless you are born with the ability to process information in multiple threads, it is easy to confuse what is virtual and what is real."

"Phantom limb?"

Qin Huai frowned thoughtfully and spoke.

"Similarly, the scientific name for levitating syndrome is mental imagery syndrome. Mental imagery means that virtual neural data leaves traces in your mind, so you can also see their residual images in reality."

“How do you usually solve this problem?”

Qin Huai was not worried about developing phantasm, but because he wanted to get more words out of him, he continued with the topic.

"To train the consciousness coordination ability, at least we need to be able to distinguish the source of consciousness, whether it is external or internal. In addition, we need to simultaneously accept different degrees of brain-computer transformation programs."

Shao Siming threw the remaining packaging into the trash can and said in a faint voice: "However, these are [convenient methods] that can relieve symptoms but cannot solve the problem. If you want to completely cure this problem, there is only the [ultimate method], which is to ascend to heaven, once and for all, without any future troubles."

"I heard that you have a set of Xiaoyaoke's ultimate method?"

Qin Huai knew it as soon as he heard it.

The main event is here.

(End of this chapter)