119: Mechanized Warfare Division

"Crafting a consciousness manifestation terminal... forming an omnipresent virtual factory..."

"Constructing an empowerment stone... turning the body into an endless source of energy..."

Zhang Huaiyuan recalled the advice given by "Omniscient Deduction".

"Consciousness manifestation... this not only involves virtual reality technology, but also requires a thorough understanding of various material compositions. More importantly, it requires sufficient brainpower to construct a virtual factory, which is almost impossible for an ordinary person to achieve..."

"However, for me, possessing the True Sight ability, along with over 70% research in level 1 Material Science, none of this is a problem. Coupled with brainpower comparable to a quantum supercomputer, it is practically tailor-made for me..."

"No wonder Omniscient Deduction came up with this path..."

Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes became increasingly clear.

"If my hypothesis is correct..."

He used the most precise picometer-level instrument to carefully cut an opening in his cerebral cortex.

He carefully placed a total of 365 mental stabilization and amplification devices at the junctions of his neurons.

This was an exceptionally difficult step; any slight misalignment could cause irreversible damage, or even turn him into a vegetable.

Zhang Huaiyuan only dared to be this bold by relying on the power of True Sight.

Ten... a hundred...

When the last one was placed, a full 27 hours had passed.

Barely perceptible dim blue specks of light shone in his mind, faintly connecting into a vast "Void Network".

"Phew... the first step is complete."

Zhang Huaiyuan let out a soft sigh of relief, feeling the benefits brought by his physical enhancement.

He hadn't felt the slightest fatigue after twenty-seven hours of absolute concentration.

"Next is the most important step: implanting the consciousness manifestation terminal."

Zhang Huaiyuan took out a crescent-shaped device.

This was modified from the "Perfect Semi-Organism Implantation Device" obtained from "Mawei Star", and it was almost his peak creation at present, aside from the "Miracle" algorithm.

It covered some level 2 and level 3 rules, and in a sense, it also exceeded the upper limits of this world.

As he brought the terminal close to the opening in his cerebral cortex, wires invisible to the naked eye immediately extended from the lower end of the crescent-shaped device, linking one by one with the previously implanted mental stabilization and amplification devices.

Click, click—.

As the subtle clicking sounds continued, the crescent-shaped device gradually fused with the cerebral cortex, covering the original opening.

The Void Network formed by the 365 dim blue specks of light resonated with it.

In an instant, Zhang Huaiyuan felt as if that originally ethereal mental power had suddenly become something he could control and touch.

He focused his mind, and his vast mental power immediately constructed the shape of a powered mechanical arm.

17.9% R-type alloy, 22.1% refined iron ore... a total of 0.02 units of energy required for manifestation.

Feedback from the void entered his mind.

"Manifest."

The phantom of the mechanical arm did not react; it remained in an illusory state of thought.

"My body is sufficient to support this amount of energy, but the power supply system connecting to the manifestation terminal hasn't been loaded yet, so it cannot directly achieve conversion."

Zhang Huaiyuan was thoughtful; the next step was the final one: constructing the empowerment stone, turning his body into an endless source of energy...

"empowerment stone..."

His original plan was to turn his cells into something similar to a fusion reactor, then integrate the energy into a single point to form the empowerment stone.

But now, with the "Void Infinite Energy" data from Sea Tree Island, plus the reference of higher-level rule knowledge from the "space-time well", this higher-level energy was clearly more suitable.

"The extraction method of Sea Tree Island relies purely on the instincts of the roots of that SSS-Rank Ancient Sky Tree. If I completely replicate its extraordinary blueprint onto some cells, while simultaneously incorporating the 'spatial curvature and resonance research' from the space-time well, theoretically, I should be able to greatly increase the energy conversion efficiency."

Zhang Huaiyuan was 90% confident, but whether it could actually be realized depended on the performance after the modification.

"Let's begin."

He controlled dozens of high-precision multi-functional auxiliary power arms and began to modify his body.

This was an unavoidable step for all Grandmaster Star Mechanics.

Unless one possessed talent on the cultivation side, carbon-based life forms were always too fragile; birth, aging, sickness, and death, or even a little excessive damage, could easily be fatal, and recovery was exceptionally difficult.

A barely perceptible crimson flash flickered on the picometer-precision needle tip—this was SSS-Rank Star River Beast blood crystal, which was also an essential material for inscribing extraordinary blueprints of the same level.

Even for the three major powers, it was an extremely precious restricted resource.

However, after the Statue of Liberty found out, she sent him enough to fill three whole transport ships.

Otherwise, even if the knowledge reserve conditions were met, gathering these materials would be a hopeless task.

As the auxiliary power arms constructed the modified extraordinary blueprints on each cell, Zhang Huaiyuan suddenly perceived the vast energy hidden in the calm void, like a vast ocean, immeasurable.

And every cell inscribed with the blueprint was like gaining an infinitely extending straw, able to continuously absorb the energy within, and as the blueprint completed, it became faster and faster.

His entire body swelled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If it hadn't been for the prior modification with genetic agents, he probably would have exploded and died instantly.

However, Zhang Huaiyuan was not panicked; all of this had been simulated thousands of times in his mind. Scientific modification was not cultivation, and there was no need to gamble on luck.

As long as the theory was accurate and error-free, there would absolutely be no problems.

Sure enough, when every cell had absorbed to its limit, the circuits implanted in the inscriptions connected together, guiding all excess energy to concentrate in one place, arranged in the sequence he had conceived.

A translucent energy crystal gradually took shape.

"Next is to input the energy transmission protocol, so that this empowerment stone can form an interaction with the consciousness manifestation device."

Zhang Huaiyuan's expression became increasingly excited.

"The rules of mutual transformation between matter..."

"Finding the connection point between virtual and reality..."

Symbols and equations that ordinary people couldn't even understand were inscribed on the "empowerment stone" under the guidance of the auxiliary mechanical arms. Meanwhile, his mind constructed the same protocol, and the two gradually overlapped.

A feeling of merging into one arose spontaneously, and his entire body underwent an unimaginable change, as if faintly transcending some kind of constraint of the world.

He tentatively constructed the shape of that mechanical arm again.

"Manifest!"

In an instant, he only felt the energy in the empowerment stone flow slightly, imperceptibly, transforming in some complex way into the various substances needed for reorganization. A powered mechanical arm turned from virtual to real, appearing truly before him.

"It worked!"

Zhang Huaiyuan activated his ability with a delighted expression and looked at his data changes.

Profession: Mechanical Armament Master.

Rule Level: 2.

Current Progress: 0/1,000,000 (requires level 2 or higher rule knowledge).

Rule Special Bonus: Through this profession, one can manifest level 2 rule items, causing full or suppression effects on entities of the same level rules or below.

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