Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 660 - 189: System Alien Form

No. 13 Destruction Form, in the plot of the previous life, should have been contained by the ’War Machine’ of the Knight Order.

Because during the Cyber Tide, this one suddenly became absurdly fierce, launching the ’Alien Mechanical Chaos’ to counter Cybertron, initiating the ’Electronic Frenzy’ against the Deep Net, and starting the ’Ancient Biological War’ against the Fortress.

With his own strength, he caught three Planet Hosts off guard, unable to manage both ends.

He also remembers that at the time, the player missions of the Knight Order were quite plentiful, allowing him to rake in a hefty amount of rewards back then.

No. 2 Destruction Form ’War Machine’

No. 3 Destruction Form ’Turing’

These two were standard trailblazers during the Cyber Tide.

’Turing was so fierce because it absorbed all the Big Data Conceptual Bodies; it fundamentally exists to restrain AI.’

’But the War Machine was so fierce probably because it absorbed ’No. 13’, resulting in some kind of wonderful chemical reaction.’

No. 2 is the Host, No. 13 is the System.

Host + System, together isn’t that just an ultrabook.

Stopping the War Machine and seizing No. 13 is something Gao Gong is bound to do.

But having Gao Yuanyuan become the carrier of No. 13, even for an old hand like him, is a bit uncertain.

Two reasons,

Firstly, by Gao Gong’s side, there’s no one more suitable than Gao Yuanyuan.

If a suitable carrier cannot be found, then No. 13 being taken by the War Machine is highly likely.

’Destruction Forms’ are like spiritually infused Divine Soldiers in martial hero novels, Divine Soldiers choose their masters, spiritual tools choose their owners.

If it were just a matter of containment, Gao Gong could use his eighteen handcrafts and vicious skills, and directly break the opponent, but since it’s a contention, first impressions matter a lot.

What could be more fitting for love at first sight than a beautiful girl?

As for the second reason, it’s because of Gox.

Gao Yuanyuan’s second personality, the network big sister, carrier of No. 9 Destruction - Mutant Fusion.

This big sister is the dark side developed from Gao Yuanyuan being tormented by experiments since childhood, plus the Cyber Network transformation, she’s already successfully turned into a deranged girl, able to even devour network viruses.

And Miss Cyberpedia Eliza is also intentionally fostering this side of her, directly throwing her into the Virus Vault No. 0 to further her evolution.

Gao Gong suspects that the opponent’s command of the Destruction Form is almost on par with his own.

But he’s taking the fusion route.

Then a problem arises.

That is the personality imbalance once again.

Initially, he used the starry sky code from his previous life to remodel Gao Yuanyuan’s Virtual Personality, allowing her to maintain equilibrium with Gox of the ’Cyber Engine Web Crawler’.

But as Gox’s madness steadily increased, Gao Gong doubted how long this balance could persist.

After all, the Destruction Form is part of the ’relic’.

He’s experienced its power firsthand.

Can Gao Yuanyuan handle it by herself?

If the balance tipped, and Gox came crawling along the network lines, bringing countless viruses, it would be over.

Eliza would surely support her kin over reason.

She’d probably be willing to let Gox become whole.

Thus, a Secondary Balance is imperative.

But another issue arises,

if Gao Yuanyuan houses ’No. 13’, with both personalities becoming Destruction carriers, is this a temporary relief, or adding fuel to the fire?

Would the conflict between the two personas not immediately escalate?

Even with Gao Gong’s game experience from his past life, he isn’t sure about this; after all, although he was a Master of Level 6 Virtual Civilization in his past life, he never wielded a Cosmic Relic, nor understood its operational pattern.

Gao Yuanyuan seemed to perceive Gao Gong’s hidden worry, gently stroking his face.

"Brother, you should have faith in me, I’m not who I used to be."

"Mm, I believe in you."

So, the matter was settled.

...

Gao Gong woke up feeling no waist aches, no leg pains, and his kidneys were not weak.

He felt as though he had soaked in a very comfortable hot spring.

The recuperation chamber inside the Nest lives up to its name.

He glanced at the Single God lying in the neighboring recovery chamber, opened the system panel, and examined the newly added attributes.

First, a pop-up appeared—

[Your physical transformation surpasses 300 points, reaching 321 points. Please select your ’new physical bloodline’—

There are three options for the bloodline,

Soft-bodied Life/Decomposer/System Alien Form

Among them, the function of Soft-bodied Life is very similar to the ’Rubber Fruit’, allowing you to make your entire body as fluid as soft matter that can be stretched and expanded at will, and according to the description, when fully stretched, your body can even cover a small city.

If you further develop ’Fruit Martial Techniques’ with targeted research, it’s very likely that you’ll become the next Man of the Pirate King.

I don’t want to be the Man of the Pirate King, I want to be the sweet pet of a domineering female president.

Gao Gong grumbled inwardly.

As for the second type, Decomposer, although its name sounds rather ’gayish’, it has the strongest potential among the three bloodlines.

It can temporarily unlock amino acid compounds in carbon-based creatures, temporarily allowing the body to enter ’Elemental Mode’.

In this mode, it can enter microscopic domains, such as cellular level, molecular level, atomic level, and even deeper.

If Gao Gong follows an energy route, then this is a must-have option.

As for the last type, ’System Alien Form’, it acts on the ’Life System’ with a transformation ability.

It is well known that humans belong to one type of carbon-based creature, with eight human body systems.

Muscular, neural, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urogenital, reproductive

Other intelligent species of carbon-based creatures may not necessarily have all eight.

For example, some intelligent species do not have a respiratory system because they live on gaseous planets and are gaseous life forms, following a human-planet unification model.

Other intelligent species do not have a ’urogenital system’, as the jj physical structure is not a common carrier among the innumerable cosmic creatures.

Useless in normal times, not necessarily useful in crucial moments.

Better to cut it off.

Conversely, humans may not necessarily have systems that other carbon-based species possess.

For example, there is an Ares Star species, which has an enzymatic system that can crazily catalyze proteins to modify body structures. This type of alien is very suitable for interstellar adventurers in professions.

There is also an alien species called ’Riddler’, which has a ’Cthulhu System’, or to be more precise, should be called ’Information Deconstruction System’. As this system is developed, it can hear the murmurs of various informational organisms in the universe, making these individuals the best information hunters.

The special aspect of ’System Alien Form’ is that it allows you to temporarily acquire the capabilities of other intelligent carbon-based life forms through system swapping.

For example, convert the ’Neural System’ into an ’Information Deconstruction System’.

This is significantly different from Gao Gong’s transformation ability, one specifically targeting Radiation Beasts, the other targeting all intelligent carbon-based species.

Gao Gong almost without hesitation chose the ability of ’System Alien Form’.

The reason is not complicated, as every person can have multiple bloodlines, but the bloodlines must coexist harmoniously; otherwise, they will end up devouring each other.

S-Level Bloodline Beast Master matches extremely well with the bloodline ability ’System Alien Form’.

[You have acquired A-level Alien Bloodline ’System Alien Form’]

A-level Alien Bloodline System Alien Form: ’Extract’ a human body system, ’swap’ for another biological system, at the cost of energy.

Note: As an interstellar traveler, adventurer, civilization researcher, or just a mere passerby, you’ll surely find the vast sea of taboos and regulations among civilizations and races overwhelming. Temporary ’system swapping’ can help you integrate into civilized society quicker, and some interesting abilities from civilization races may benefit you lifelong.

Note 2: Prohibition 1: Swapping must be within the same level, and you cannot ’swap’ for a higher-level alien system, which has a high probability of causing the human body system to collapse; Prohibition 2: Ascension Civilizations, swapping is prohibited, strictly prohibited!

With the selection complete, Gao Gong immediately felt an indescribable sensation arising from the Human Body System.

If I must describe it, it feels like every part of your body is filled with jelly, and though normally unseen and untouchable, it emerges immediately when needed.

"Smooth, wonderfully smooth."

This bloodline of ’System Alien Form’ is utterly useless within a planet, but in interstellar society, it has a vast and varied use.

Don’t be swayed by its mere A-level; when used correctly, it’s more useful than S-level, even SS-level.

In fact, none of these three bloodlines are trash, they are all treasures.

After all, this is the benefit obtained after breaking through one hundred points of Body Transformation for the third time.

And the ’Body Transformation’ attribute, in a sense, is stronger than all other attributes and is even more challenging to improve.

Because it is derived from the sum of ’Human Body System Transformation Rate’.

Gao Gong follows a dual route of carbon-based + mechanical transformation, meaning that at the same level, his ’Body Transformation Points’ are twice that of others.

This is a great advantage.

Moreover, this is still a ’Hidden Attribute’.

The true benefits it brings need to be discovered.

For instance, at one hundred points, Gao Gong enters Great Serpent Mode.

At two hundred points, Gao Gong switches profession to Body Transformer.

At three hundred points, Gao Gong fully masters ’Fusion Mutation’ — this is not entirely the capability of a ’Biological Computer’.

After all, ’Mother’ is also a ’Biological Computer’, and her computing speed far exceeds my own, yet her transformation speed is far slower than mine.

Attributes similar to ’Body Transformation’ like ’Consciousness’ also exist.

The way ’Consciousness’ is increased is determined by brain region development level, influenced jointly by Intelligence and Perception, and Mechanical Transformation — Intelligence*1 + Perception*2 + Nervous System Transformation.

It surpasses ’Body Transformation’ in height.

Gao Gong’s Body Transformation is 321 points, while Consciousness is 787 points.

But contrary to ’Body Transformation’.

Gao Gong hasn’t utilized this attribute at all.

Because this capability is for piloting Gao Da.

With 787 points of Consciousness, forget EVA; he can even pilot TURN·A.

That’s the Gao Da famously known as ’the ending of all Gao Da history’.