If anyone shifts their gaze to a dark corner in the eastern part of the warehouse at this time, they may see a small bubble that distorts the air moving at the pace of an ordinary person, despite the scenery in the corner——
--Whether it's the walls, the shelves with supplies, or the floor that's accumulated a layer of dust--nothing is different.
That was actually the Silver Winged Stranger with the optical camouflage system turned on, hunched over and sneaking around.
If anyone sees this "bubble" that distorts the air at this time and examines it carefully, they may find something fishy and start to be alert.
However, it is a pity that the guards present, including those first-generation cyborgs and the turrets glancing back and forth on the ceiling, do not have the intelligence to think through the problem. They saw the occasional flash by
At best, they would think that this bubble was just noise captured by their surveillance cameras, and immediately forget about it.
Prior to this, Palamedes learned from the information provided by the resistance that the first generation of artificial humans produced by the academy were no different from the most ordinary golems. The core of the golems that drove them were extremely crude props.
Basically, you are given the simplest instructions, and you just follow those instructions.
The second-generation artificial beings produced by the academy are a level higher. In addition to possessing [mimicry outer clothing], which can be covered with a biochemical skin that is no different from human skin after careful makeup and plastic surgery, they have also been given more advanced features.
It is an advanced artificial intelligence with more complex thinking and richer ideas.
But this second-generation artificial human is still essentially a golem-level thing, and its interior is still a robot supported by a metal skeleton. (Some second-generation artificial humans created for covert operations will even use
A lighter wooden body, but the durability of the wooden body is poorer and the cost is higher, so it is not suitable for mass production.)
The second-generation artificial beings produced by the academy also have a very evil branch, which is the golem core made from the souls of human children as mentioned before. This evil organization of the academy has specialized in abducting street children from all over Africa in recent years.
The children's bodies are broken down, and only the soul-like things are taken out and put into a special golem core for use. This special golem core is more sophisticated than the golem cores of other second-generation androids and can accept more complex
After all, there is a human soul imprisoned in it. By definition, the second generation artificial human made from the golem core containing the human soul can even be called the 2.5th generation artificial human.
But in fact, there is a more advanced third-generation artificial human in the academy. The body is completely made of flesh and blood, and no one can tell the difference between the third-generation artificial human and a real human being. Only the academy itself knows this secret.
The third-generation artificial human is said to be grown from embryonic cells in a petri dish. But so far, no one has witnessed the production process of the third-generation artificial human.
Until now.
After sneaking for most of the journey, Palamedes had almost successfully left the man-made factory. He just turned around and took a look, and was dumbfounded.
What the machines in the factory are manufacturing are actually third-generation artificial humans.
The previous rumors were all lies. The third-generation artificial human was not an artificial human cultivated from an embryo. The third-generation artificial human was completely made of flesh and blood and bones! The technology of the academy is very advanced, and they are actually in
A prefabricated skeleton is put together with a robotic arm on a human-sized disc, and then the muscles and internal organs are printed on the skeleton using breathtakingly precise three-dimensional printing technology.
This flesh-and-blood body is coated with a biochemical skin, and a [person] is pieced together. The bones of the third-generation artificial human seem to be high-strength carbon calcium compounds, which are more flexible than ordinary human bones. The muscle tissue is made of
Highly elastic carbon fibers that are ten times more than human muscles. Parts such as internal organs are hard to see, but they are all of higher specifications than humans. The third-generation artificial human assembled in this way naturally goes from physical to physical.
Their physical structure is much stronger than that of humans, and their appearance after plastic surgery is almost the same as that of humans!
The academy is now producing a large number of third-generation artificial humans like this, allowing them to slowly penetrate into human society. It is scary to think about it. If more than half of the people in human society are replaced by such artificial humans in the future,
What will this world look like?
However, after seeing this scene, Palamedes suddenly had another idea.
He slipped over quickly, and finally managed to pass the large android manufacturing factory before the optical camouflage effect of the Blade Stranger suit expired, and hid in the shadow of the shelves of a small warehouse at the end.
"Preston, are you still there?" Palamedes asked, turning on the communicator.
"Don't use the communicator randomly. Even military encrypted lines are not 100% safe." Preston said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "What's the matter?"
"I changed my mind. Not only do I want the academy's [mimicry] technology, I also want their technology for making third-generation artificial humans. Can you give them all to us?"
This time, Preston fell into complete silence.
After about ten minutes, the other person asked quietly: "What do you want to use this dangerous technology for? You don't want to become the second academy and conquer the world, do you?"
"It's the same as the reason why I wanted to get the mimicry costume in the first place. I have a child here who is a victim of the academy. He has lost his body and was made into a golem core. Originally, I planned to make him a golem body.
Then plate it with [Mimic Appearance] to make him look like a [human] on the surface. But after seeing the technology of the third-generation artificial human, I am convinced that this is what I want. Let that child be free and give him
A body of flesh and blood."
"You are really a good person, Mr. Blade Stranger." Preston said sarcastically: "But you think too simply. Not to mention the compatibility of the 2.5th generation golem core with this physical golem body.
Sex problem. Even if the compatibility problem can be solved, you will never be able to come up with the same 3D printing equipment as the academy to create this kind of flesh golem body."
"After occupying this factory, can't you just dismantle the equipment here and send it to me?" Big Cat asked again.
"The equipment in the college has a built-in protection program. The moment it is removed, its software and chips will be completely destroyed, leaving no technical data for analysis. In order to prevent the leakage of technology, this level of data protection is
It's necessary. We have good hackers here, and the technology of [Mimetic Exterior] may be able to help you steal it from their hosts, but you still have to give up on highly encrypted data such as the third-generation artificial human manufacturing technology.
Bar."
"Tsk." The Leopard Man warrior snorted and was at a loss for words.
"But," Preston continued, "if it is just to prepare a flesh golem body for one person, we can recycle a mere flesh golem body from this factory for you to use.
We don't guarantee that the body will be compatible with the 2.5-generation Golem core you have, nor that it can be used for a long time. We just give it to you and don't care anymore. Is that okay?"
Palamedes also thought for a while: "That's okay."
"If the body of the flesh golem is broken from now on and can no longer be used, you won't come to trouble us, right?"
"No," Palamedes said again.
"Okay, let's make the deal." Preston was indeed a businessman, and at this time he was still negotiating terms in a businessman-like tone: "Since you asked us to do extra work, then I also want to ask
You're doing extra work, it's just to be fair."
"Just tell me if you have any requests." The Leopard Warrior readily agreed, "I've already sneaked into this factory, but in the end I'm going to knock down the whole factory and give it to you."
"That's great," Preston then said: "Theoretically, there should be someone in this artificial human manufacturing factory who has been researching and developing artificial human technology all year round, and who closely monitors the artificial human production line in the factory. That person is Virgil.
Doctor, one of the authorities in the college's artificial human production department. I want you to capture this man alive."
"Capture alive means... arrest him without sounding the alarm?"
"That's right. Dr. Virgil complies with the first-level security protocol. Once the base alarm sounds, he will be the first group of researchers to escape. At that time, let alone being captured alive, you won't even be able to see him.
.The only way to capture Dr. Virgil alive is to find him during the entire operation without raising the alarm, and knock him out before he uses a hidden passage to escape."
"It may be very difficult..." Paramedis groaned.
"After capturing him alive and interrogating him, maybe we can really get some information about the third-generation artificial human production technology from Dr. Virgil. Isn't this the result you want?" The resistance leader said unceremoniously.
Said: "So here I ask you to work harder."
"Understood, let me see what to do." Palamedes sighed.
Originally, he only needed to clear out the android manufacturing factory to complete the task. No matter the method, he could always do it after a fierce battle. But now because of this additional transaction, the difficulty of the task has skyrocketed. First, he must be perfect in the factory.
Stealth, he could not make the alarm sound even once, and secondly, he had to find the authority on artificial man research named Virgil---you must know that Palamedes didn't even know what this man looked like.
It's even less possible to know where he is currently hiding.
"I sent you the information." Preston did not force anyone to do anything, and sent a lot of information: "The encrypted file contains the appearance of Dr. Virgil, and there are also speculations about the areas where he may move. But all of this
It's just speculation at best and cannot be confirmed. It is up to you to judge the actual situation on the spot. I trust your judgment."
"Okay." His intuition told Palamedes that the information might be useless. But at least he had a general direction and knew how to act. Moreover, the activity area of Dr. Virgil predicted by the data was not far from here.
, after all, this area is the main area of the East Wing's artificial human production factory. Anyway, let's go and see the situation first.
The Blade Stranger was thinking this while continuing to sneak according to the mission prompts and moving up the stairs. (To be continued)