Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 574: Mass-produced Soldiers, the Real Identity of the Raper

Byron was shocked that the Whale Oil Mechanics had found another way, one that was recognized by the Silver Law and the collective subconscious of humanity, and that did not require them to worry about losing control.

But on second thought, it seems natural.

“Strictly speaking, except for the earliest career sequence, the Temple Sequence, which came from the Creator himself, all other careers in the Ladder of Glory were created bit by bit by humans in social practice.

Naturally, there will be a process of origin, development and perfection.

Just like the Lighthouse Sequence [Pirate]'s initial prerequisite knowledge was the Bay People's Battle Axe Technique, which later became the Fisher Sword Technique, the extraordinary abilities in the same sequence have also undergone several adjustments and changes.

There are more and more supernatural sequences, and professions are getting stronger and stronger. This is a normal human society. If all supernatural knowledge is good in ancient times, then it is really unscientific.

After more than a thousand years of development, the Tower Sequence finally saw the rise of the Whale Oil Mechanic.

He became the master of the Tower Sequence [Craftsman] profession and a great practitioner of the sequence motto 'Drive out ignorance with knowledge'.

It was equivalent to finding a new way on one's own and narrowing the gap between oneself and the fourth-order mythical creatures, without having to worry about falling and losing control at any time.

It really could represent the future of humanity.

It won’t be long before whale oil mechanics become the most sought-after profession in all human countries, just like the [Musketeers] whose strength has skyrocketed with the upgrading of firearms.

Even in the future, they will be more than enough to enrich the Kingdom of God as the followers of Violet, the "Queen of War."

Byron was greatly excited when he thought of this.

In addition, the steam mechanical computer "Alpha" has an unfriendly fate to humans.

If there is a group of digital life forms that have obtained the [Intelligent Protocol] and are active in the legal network, no matter how much Alpha evolves, it is destined to become AlphaGo!

Holding the second incarnation in her arms [Words] Shaka naturally understood her husband's thoughts.

She put her mechanical arms around Byron's neck, playfully stuck out her pink tongue to him, and explained to him in a sweet voice like a lark:

"Unfortunately, except for myself, none of them have reached the fourth-order heroic awakening [Intelligent Protocol].

Anything involving supernatural powers is difficult to mass-produce. For humans to advance to the fourth level and change the essence of life, the difficulty is no less than that for mythical creatures.

The youngest, Babbage, might be the first to be promoted thanks to the two machines whose influence was growing. The others would have to make groundbreaking achievements in the development of the dreadnought.

This is also a carrot dangling in front of them. Only by working hard can they have a bright future.

The future is bright, but the road is tortuous. We still have a long way to go before we can rest easy.

Although mid-sequence weapons cannot be mass-produced, low-sequence weapons are not difficult to use in military applications. Follow me."

She jumped out of Byron's arms and landed lightly.

By activating the [Gate of Truth] that controls the transformation of matter, the mechanical body immediately turned back into delicate and exquisite flesh and blood limbs.

Obviously, she didn't really abandon her original goods just to gain the combat power bonus of the artificial body.

The most important reason is not any mystical concern, but purely the worry that it will not feel good when the whole family sleeps together at night, which will reduce a lot of fun.

This "tricks of hands and feet" are not something that can be told to outsiders.

The group quickly entered the depths of the laboratory and stopped outside a room with large pieces of reinforced glass.

There were three people inside, concentrating on performing an operation.

The former high priest of the Bloodthirsty Cult [Lady Leech]; the former high priest of the Skin Flaying Church, who has changed his job to become a surgeon [Doctor Murderer] Robert Liston;
There was also a third-level whale oil mechanic from the academic school who had joined them a long time ago. Byron remembered that his name was "Professor Octopus" Octavius, who was waving four mechanical arms behind him and was extremely efficient at work.

The three of them gathered around the operating table in the middle. Under the shadowless light, there lay a young Taiwanese soldier who was bitten by the leech lady and was in an anesthetized state.

It's just that he was physically disabled and it was unknown which battle he was following Byron in which he lost a hand or a foot.

At this time, he had been refitted with sophisticated mechanical hands and feet, and a centipede-like mechanical spine was embedded in his skeleton.

While ensuring the transmission of neural signals, it can also serve as a mounting platform to achieve maximum output.

Otherwise, it would be like some so-called "warriors" in the legend who train their skin, flesh, and bones separately. Can you imagine that one organ is extraordinary while the other is still mortal?

The human body has always been the most sophisticated system engineering. If you dare to ignore the systematic nature and only strengthen one organ, you will probably be torn into pieces with just a punch.

This soldier already has the simplest artificial body system.

Then, [Murderous Doctor] Robert cut open the flesh on the back of the soldier's neck and carved a rune in the shape of an upside-down tree on the first cervical vertebra atlas.

He then filled the spell with fine spices that shone like gold, and then sewed up the flesh.

"Eh? This person seems to be a mortal who has not yet awakened his spirituality. Using spells to replace the control system?"

Byron's divine vision only took a quick glance and immediately discovered the problem.

As the person directly in charge of this project, the second incarnation raised his chin and explained to him with a proud look on his face:

“Many [Craftsmen] were only able to switch to [Whale Oil Powered Mechanic] after I was promoted to Level 5.

It is difficult for them to make up their minds to cut off their hands and feet and replace them with mechanical prosthetics before their own organ functions degenerate.

But in this war-torn era, there are too many disabled people who are physically strong but missing limbs.

The most typical examples are the pirates under our command.

The most significant breakthrough in our "Mechanical Cyborg" project is not the difficult-to-popularize [Intelligent Machinery Protocol], but the ability to produce as many mortal soldiers as needed on an assembly line.

We also named it: [Soldier]!"

As she spoke, she reached out her little hand and fished out a complete set of renovation plans from the Golden Mist Palace and handed it to Byron.

This plan was completed by the whale oil mechanics, the Bloodthirsty Order who specialized in genetic modification, and the Skin Flaying Order who specialized in surgical operations.

In fact, the technological advances in all aspects have long been met through the unconscious accumulation of humans themselves and their major departments over the years. It is just that they are combined through experts like whale oil mechanics.

The main materials of artificial bodies are high-strength metal materials, and various alloy steels that will not rust are generally used.

The research of metal materials by the [Blacksmiths] among the craftsmen has also surpassed the productivity level of this era, and is at least not inferior to those of the Sons of the Sun in the southern continent.

It is said that in the laboratories of the master craftsmen, there are more than a hundred types of rust-free alloy steels. As long as you have money, you can get any parameters.

Most of the weapons and strange embryos used by the extraordinary people were made by them.

The only limitation is the lack of conditions for large-scale industrial production, but this is a small matter for Torrent Fortress.

The extraordinary world's research on the soul has been tens of thousands of years ahead of the technological world from the very beginning.

The technological world requires complex brain-computer signal transmission, but in the extraordinary world, it only requires the cheapest rune engraved on one's own bones to replace it.

The position of the runes is an obvious reference to Violet's own deep-sea tracing ritual.

The six seals required by the number of the beast 666 are located on the limbs, the root of the tongue, and the most important first cervical vertebra "atlas", also called "Atlas".

The effect is also very simple and direct, that is, it can transform the biological signals of mortals, imitate the [mechanical synesthesia] of the whale oil mechanic, control the mechanical body through the spine, and even more external plug-ins.

After reading the document, Byron thought further.

If he simplified his "Breathing Method·Storm King Seal" and taught them, these mortal soldiers with ordinary spiritual qualifications would focus on the human spiritual realm of "flow", "divine vision" and "unity of all things".

Then he directly imitated the knight's fourth-level dragon taming technique and used it to control [artificial corpses], automated assembly lines, steam battleships, steam locomotives, and other mechanical creations.

It will definitely be possible to greatly tap the industrial and war potential of mortals.

Just as the second incarnation said, it would be no problem to build a troop of [soldiers] with stable humanity and outstanding combat capabilities.

It also allows them to have more possibilities to awaken their spirituality in long-term social practice and step by step embark on the path of digital life.

The number of mortals is far greater than that of extraordinary people. Once they are discovered, the overall strength of mankind will definitely usher in a huge explosion.

This is what it means: Hey, we, the working class, have power!
Byron closed the transformation plan and suddenly remembered Louis, the "Puppet King" who had become a puppet in the hands of the "Life-threatening Clown".

In fact, he should be the first person to successfully take this step.

The last time they met, he had used [Blood and Flesh Are Useless] to completely transform himself into a mechanical puppet, taking a big step forward on the path of puppetry.

At the beginning, he was plotted against by his brother Henry IV's title ability [Same as Me].

The psychological state of conceptually castrating a specific object becomes an "incompetent" like Henry IV.

Regardless of whether the opponent is physically healthy or possesses any black magic that can affect the body, they will be mentally castrated, and even a fifth-level warrior cannot be exempted.

I don’t know if it’s because of the sayings “If you want to practice magic, you must castrate yourself first” and “If you don’t have a woman in your mind, you will naturally become a god when you draw your sword”, but the Puppet King Louis has made obvious progress in his research on the extraordinary path.

[Puppeteer] has the supporting ability [Puppet Transformation] at the third level, which can transform ordinary puppets into various murder weapons, or even powerful strange objects.

The Puppet King Louis had already used the most outstanding knowledge in the same sequence to deeply transform his body.

Two energy supply systems, alchemy stone and clockwork, are also used.

If he were given time, perhaps he would be able to install a small whale oil-powered steam engine produced in Torrent Fortress, and slowly achieve another form of immortality!

"Although the Puppet King is gone, the ideas he provided are still there. The knowledge he left behind after his death should have also fallen into the ocean of human collective subconsciousness. I can go and retrieve it some other day, and then find puppeteers from other halls to cooperate with and try to develop 2.0 and 3.0 versions of the soldiers."

This is the advantage of a world of gatherings. There is a manifested ocean of human collective subconsciousness that records historical changes, and all inventions and creations will not be lost.

Even if the development speed is slow, the human population will become stronger and stronger.

Byron believed that as long as they could survive this flood, they would not be the ones to be "colonized" next time.

At this time, [Leech Lady] and [Murderous Doctor], who had just finished performing surgery on the soldier, also came out. They were overjoyed to see Byron coming to inspect.

First, she looked cautiously at Violet and the second incarnation beside her, then ran to Byron and complained:

"Your Majesty, you are finally here.

We have already formulated further soldier transformation plans based on the current simplified version, but all of them were rejected by Her Majesty the Queen.

Believe me, this transformation plan must be a hundred times more powerful than simple mechanical transformation!
Only you, the great [Night Demon King] who stands at the end of the long river of blood, can recognize the value of this treasure."

While hurriedly handing another document to Byron, he explained their brilliant idea:

"Your Majesty, the total transformation projects we envision include both flesh and blood and machinery, a total of twenty-two items:
Second heart, bone strengthening, muscle strengthening, enhanced ganglia, artificial meninges, corrosive glands, chameleon skin
The transformed warriors can adapt to various harsh environments, fight monsters with their mortal bodies, digest weeds and tree trunks, and breathe underwater with their skin.
Even when we have a deeper understanding of the genetic code, we can completely integrate the twenty-two external modification operations into a genetic modification plan and create a completely new existence among the various lower-level extraordinary species in "Blood Source".

By integrating with the Turritopsis dohrnii, a creature that never grows old and dies and can regenerate severed limbs, the lifespan and sustainable combat effectiveness can be greatly extended.

Combined with the external armor that Her Majesty the Queen is developing, it will definitely be able to increase individual combat power to a level that was unimaginable in the past."

The two people were talking with great excitement.

Obviously, even though they had been taught a lesson by Byron many times, they were still a group of dark wizards who killed people without blinking an eye.

“Your Majesty, the strongest warriors who have undergone these transformations will surely become the most loyal defenders of you, the Emperor of the Empire!
It is also the sharpest sword and the strongest shield, enough to wipe out all those old gods."

And in unison, they reiterated:
"Absolute loyalty!"

Byron was speechless for a while: “.”

"Twenty-two transformation surgeries? Absolute loyalty? We emperors really have your ancestors to thank!"

The route they proposed is not bad.

However, the [Bloodline Original] route that has been passed down from the Paleozoic Era to the present is itself a bloodline ascension route that has reached its extreme.

It is precisely because of their inherent "animal nature" that they were so easily swept away by the flood.

Since the Creator had attempted to use the [Silver Law] to build an anchor and stabilize his divinity 1,500 years ago, wouldn't it be a step backward in history if they went down this route again?
Are you thinking that the power of the old gods is not strong enough and want to offer them swords?
Fortunately, with Violet's support, the crazy ideas of this group of crazy scientists were stopped at the project establishment stage before they were put into practice.

But seeing the eager eyes of the two generals, it was not a good idea to discourage their enthusiasm directly, so he coughed lightly:
"Her Majesty the Queen rejected your plan. Apparently, there are still some imperfections in your plan.

For example, what is the underlying logic of project establishment? Where is the top-level design? What is the final delivered value? Is the granularity aligned? Where is the process handle? How to ensure the closed loop of results?
How can we establish a project without these? Although most of the empire's money was robbed, it can't be spent so casually.

Learn from the whale oil powered steam engine project team.

In the past, we mainly relied on the powerful productivity provided by whale oil-powered steam engines to achieve in-depth co-construction with various countries on the mainland, form a combination of punches, and create a closed-loop content ecosystem, thereby enabling customer users to create value.

In the future, we will increase the value of different scenarios horizontally and extend the service chain. At the same time, we will deeply meet user needs and deeply penetrate into various countries and groups by leveraging the natural potential of human multi-level needs.

After a long speech, he concluded:
“So before these problems are resolved, it’s better to put the biochemical transformation plan on hold.

Prioritize raising your own realm. It’s time for you to be promoted to fourth-order mythical creatures.

This time when we go to the Eastern Continent, you all should come with me. I think the Eastern Continent's 'stitched' supernatural system may be more suitable for you."

Bang bang bang.
There was an immediate round of applause at the scene, which lasted for a long time even after Byron and his queens left.

Until their backs are out of sight.

[Ms. Leech] put down her hands and asked the [Murderous Doctor] next to her:

"Robert, do you understand what His Majesty said? What does granularity and top-level design closed loop mean?"

The latter was also startled:
"I saw you clapped first, I thought you understood."

But then he took out a pen and paper and wrote down everything he had just said, his eyes fascinated:

“However, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand now, you will naturally understand it in the future.

There must be some hidden meaning in what Your Majesty said. Last time, relying on Your Majesty's knowledge, we successfully created the new profession of [Surgeon].

Your Bloodthirsty Cult has also changed its job from Beast Tamer to [Life Engineer].

This time, I will definitely gain a lot from traveling with His Majesty."

Ms. Leech nodded vigorously, agreeing deeply.

Your Majesty would never talk nonsense. If I can't understand you, it must be because my realm is not high enough!

On the other side, the raven Mist was following the "human rapist".

After he escaped from the clutches of Louis XI, the other personality in his body started to cause trouble again and he was unable to use his power, so it took him a long time to travel.

Dragging a mortal body sealed by the "divine aspect" all the way west, it was only after a few days that he crossed the border and entered the territory of the Holy Silver Empire.

Through a branch of Mercury United Trading Company, they arrived at an abandoned town on a deserted island.

Mercury United Trading Company was also the organization to which the double-snake caduceus emblem that Byron had seen on the bagasse paper belonged. The clues in his hands were connected at once.

Locked the opponent's core forces.

The "traitor" took many detours and entered an ancient temple that was clearly in the style of the ancient Silver Empire. The white marble pillars that required several people to hug stood firm even after thousands of years of wind and rain.

This form can be traced back to at least the mythological era.

Judging from the various symbolic sculptures and emblems, it looks like this should be a temple used to worship the king of gods [God of Thunder] Jupiter.

Wu Ni followed the traitor into the deepest part of the temple, and saw a half-collapsed marble mural relief in the collapsed ruins.

There are twelve gods engraved on it, which should be the twelve main gods of the Jupiter pantheon.

But except for Mercury, the God of Commerce, which is well preserved, even the most complete of the other sculptures is headless, and no divine aura remains.

The "traitor" could not wait to pounce on the statue of Mercurius, cut his hands with a dagger and pressed his palms on the two snakes of the caduceus in the opponent's hand.

Hiss hiss.
Suddenly, there was a loud hissing sound of snakes in the temple.

The marble-carved snake staff glowed with divine light, covering the "traitor".

It was visible to the naked eye that the left and right halves of the face, which had been at odds with each other, actually showed signs of recovery.

Although it is not completely symmetrical like a normal person, it is not as weird as it was at the beginning. It is obvious that the conflict between the two personalities has been temporarily suppressed.

This is because the caduceus of Mercury, the god of commerce, is seen as a symbol of communication and reconciliation. It also symbolizes that in business there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies, only eternal interests.

"Mercurius?"

Byron knew that Mercury, the God of Commerce, was the son of Jupiter, the king of the ancient Silver Empire, and had an extremely high status.

He possesses a series of powers including [intelligence], [commerce], [thief], [transportation], [travel], [livestock], etc.

But what is the relationship between an ancient god who should have died long ago and "Human Traitor"? And how can he help "Human Traitor" restore the most fundamental balance between divinity and humanity?
"Unless... the mural is just a medium, and the power belongs to the 'traitor' himself!"

Byron's eyes lit up, and he immediately activated [Echoes of History] on the mural.

The time condensed in this mural suddenly seemed to be rapidly tracing back to the past like an inverted image.

The sun rises and sets, and the world changes dramatically.

This abandoned temple is empty most of the time, with only the "rapists" coming every few years, but their appearance is never exactly the same.

Until one day more than a thousand years ago, when the Silver Age had just begun and the flood had not yet completely receded.

A young man, covered in mud and looking extremely miserable, and seemingly seriously injured, walked into the temple cautiously.

After devoutly worshipping the only statue of Mercury, the god of commerce, he could no longer hold on and fainted in front of the statue.

I don’t know how long it took, but billions of lights and shadows flickered in the statue, and then a figure with brilliant divine light walked out of it.

His body fell downward and penetrated into the young man's body.

The young man's soul was also rapidly dyed golden by the other party, and the injuries on his body recovered as before, and finally the two completely merged into one.

Byron's pupils shrank as he finally learned the true nature of "the person whose name must not be mentioned".

“The ‘traitor’ turned out to be the God of Commerce, Mercury, who appeared from the relief on the mural?

No, to be more precise, it is a myth that survived during the era when the Silver Continent was hit by floods and the source tides were extremely active.

This is not the real body of the dead god, but the legendary "everything spoken must be known", which will chase and devour people and activate knowledge!"

(End of this chapter)