Ice Sea Lord: Starting with Intelligence Update

Staring coldly at the unreserved, fleshy creature, some of its connective tissue churning like fermenting dough, an indescribable feeling of nausea welled up in He Feng's heart.

This is their "high-tech" machine tool, on which they depend for survival. Who would have thought that such a thing would be inside?

Development? He can't care about that now.

If this threat cannot be eliminated, it will keep him up at night. Even if the development of the fortress stagnates, he can simply return to wandering, which is better than being dominated by this filth.

This made him make up his mind, and he no longer hesitated. The steel pipe was about to fall heavily, crushing and smashing the limbs.

However, just as he was about to make his move, the targeted intelligence that had been actively refreshed suddenly stopped and started loading.

The influx of new information into his mind caused He Feng to hastily retract his impending, all-out attack.

A large amount of subtitles appeared before his eyes, far exceeding the previous intelligence, and were extremely detailed.

[Intelligence (Updated)]

[The crimson sarcoma is another great invention from the Hope Research Biotechnology Center. This technology is derived from the intersection of quantum technology and gene programming, and has the advantages of low energy consumption, high frequency, and ease of production. It can perform large-scale computing activities and has now been applied to the National Supercomputing Center. — Friday Daily, excerpted from December 21, 2021]

【日誌1：21×6年，7月13日

Today is the day our new technology was launched, which is quite important, so I'm making a record of it.

My name is Jiang Qi. I'd say I'm neither an important nor a particularly capable person in this group... but today, I've achieved something!

Let me start from a while ago. Who knew that after I used that new technology to knock out a few non-expressed genes in some rhesus monkeys, it would make them so much smarter? My supervisor said I was very talented and even wanted to add me as the first author on this paper. Hehe, now I can write my impressive achievement on my offer letter.

Jiang Qiji, a junior researcher at the Hope Research Center.

[“Machine Riots, Source Turns Out to Be Flesh and Blood”: Important Notice: Relevant departments have discovered a major safety hazard posed by the Crimson Sarcoma. The previous machine riot incidents have been contained. If necessary, citizens can remove the blue bead inside to enter developer mode, which will deactivate the automatic hosting mode and switch to manual control. — Lanzhou Evening News, excerpted from October 3, 2021]

A dense stream of information flashed before He Feng's eyes, mostly recording distant news, and even a stranger's diary, which looked like a young girl's daily record.

But He Feng couldn't care less about that now; he desperately wanted to extract useful information from this intelligence.

The first and second entries supplemented the information about this large fleshy ball, suggesting it was something an intern accidentally created while refining pills, thus adding background information about the thing.

The third piece of information gave him a glimpse of what was going on.

The story revolves around a malfunctioning, computer-like tumor that may have caused some serious incident, forcing official media to intervene and implement emergency measures.

Since he said there's some kind of switch inside this thing, then isn't that...?

After thinking for a moment, He Feng decided to try it himself. He supported himself with one hand on the steel pipe and carefully parted the tissue of the tumor.

The rosy outer skin was peeled away, revealing an internal structure that looked like gray matter, with wrinkles and grooves crisscrossing each other.

Moreover, throughout the process, he felt his palms were sticky, but he resisted the urge to grope, and almost sank half of his body into them.

After most of the time had passed, through repeated investigations, he finally realized that this thing was just a large brain, and he even managed to extract the degenerated brainstem.

He Feng suppressed his nausea and finally took out a pearl dripping with sticky liquid. He then shook his hand dismissively to dry his palm.

However, there is still some discomfort from the stickiness.

The blue orb shimmered with a crystal-clear luster; it was small enough to cover half of a palm.

Like a rare and precious glass bead, it brings endless joy to those who look at it.

At the bottom of the bead is a groove with a seam, and if you touch it carefully, you can feel fine lines, which is probably a hidden button.

Without saying a word, He Feng pressed it down.

At the same time, the bead lit up, while the tumour on the other end, which undulated like a living organism breathing, suddenly stopped, as if it had lost its support and slowly deflated, collapsing to the ground.

"It's true! I never thought it was really true!" He Feng's joy was beyond words.

The curved screen on the bead immediately displayed a pattern, first a cartoon image that looked like a small robot, and finally a simple controllable panel lit up.

It can be swiped and typed, making it quite similar to the mobile phone in his original world.

The font used was similar to the characters He Feng recognized, and he understood all the information almost without looking at it.

This allowed him to quickly master how to use it.

One of the user guidelines clearly states: Do not leave the "Superbrain" running for extended periods, otherwise some minor accidents may occur.

"An accident? Does that mean the entire fortress was destroyed? Well, that's a rather minor accident." He Feng snorted coldly as he made final adjustments to the device.

After a quick check of all the data, He Feng tried to adjust all the functions of the sarcoma to the lowest possible operating state.

This type of tumor doesn't have any corresponding applications; to a large extent, it relies on self-compiled code, collecting data before transmitting it to the handheld terminal.

This means that this thing has extremely high permissions, including many hidden permissions.

The most deeply hidden feature is an embedded permission for automatic deep learning.

The main purpose is to iterate the input technology blueprint and most of the input knowledge reserves to make better choices for the fortress's movement.

But it's very likely that they were given a death order, and once things reach a certain point, they will start by turning on their own people, which is quite a strange thing.

Fortunately, he didn't go too far, because most of the tumor's tissue had already coiled around the inside of the fortress, forming an inseparable symbiotic relationship with it.

Some phenomena that seem miraculous are all actually the result of this thing using the provided materials and certain means to deceive people and modify the fortress.

In any case, it turned out to be a false alarm.

Although the risks still exist, the urgency has finally lessened.

He Feng looked around at the mess he had made and felt grateful for his narrow escape.

After saying that, he directed the crew members who were still busy to come over and clean the place up.

He walked to the platform and found his back covered in sweat, perhaps from the ups and downs of his emotions, or perhaps from the lingering fear of his reckless actions earlier.

He draped his trench coat over his shoulders, exhaled a deep breath of relief, and gazed into the distance.