Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 410: Chapter 162: Memory Metal Decryption_2

The research direction chosen by the other party was ”Origin Biology” and ”Bioinformatics.”

These are two rather niche fields.

And her advanced profession is Origin Biologist.

Gao Gong did a brief check on the other party’s background, and precisely because the profession is niche, even if the other party is a level 20 expert, no company would hire her.

Since a job was hard to find, she started her own business.

Then this Professor Yuu went bankrupt.

Became a proud freelancer.

Nonetheless, when dealing with Gao Gong, the other party remained humble yet unwavering.

After all, to reach the pinnacle of a pitfall profession, one often tends to have two traits: extremely high IQ and very low EQ.

Gao Gong didn’t waste words and got straight to the point: ”Dr. Yuu, the items I entrusted to you, how is the research going?”

Dr. Yuu looked a bit flabbergasted at the ’Xingtian Mode’ Gao Gong, paused for a moment, then recovered.

”Please follow me.”

Dr. Yuu led Gao Gong to the gene petri dishes; the numbers on the two dishes were 74% and 18%.

74% was the restoration of Pupil’s genetic chain, while 18% was that of the Collider’s.

Being able to restore 74% of a Neural Modeler’s genetic code in a short period already proved the other party’s capability.

But this 18% was much less than Gao Gong expected.

”Why is the decryption progress so low?”

This mechanical body of Gao Gong’s still relied on it for recovery.

Faced with the sponsor’s questioning, Dr. Yuu remained calm: ”The research on mechanical bodies does not fall within my field, more importantly, I can sense that within this metal cell, a technology lock was placed, making the components difficult to extract.”

Technology lock, I’m an Intelligent Particle myself.

Being an old hand, Gao Gong immediately grasped the other party’s implication.

Firstly, to prevent the memory metal formula from leaking, there might indeed be measures from the Mother City.

Secondly, the other party was likely not fully invested, ready to slack off and leave at any time.

Gao Gong calmly said, ”So, if the technology lock is unlocked, the structure of the metal cell can be quickly analyzed?”

”Maybe.”

”Got it.”

The two were silent for a while, Dr. Yuu took her leave, and Gao Gong didn’t stop her, the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

”What has this person been doing recently?”

As a level 50 Artificial Intelligence, nothing on this island could escape Dr. Rong’s notice.

”Dr. Yuu seems to be very obsessed with the origin of all things.”

”The origin of all things, does this person want to become a monkey or a fish?”

”Uh, neither, the doctor seems very interested in the common ancestor of all life on this planet, the legendary ’Nika Bacteria.’

”In biology, there’s a theory that in a singular event, a bacterium somehow inhabited another organism—thus breaking the ancient energy shackles on bacteria, leading to a series of major species evolution.”

”What the doctor wants to deduce is the nature of this bacteria.”

”Hmm, I see.”

Gao Gong did not comment.

Life is an inevitable product of cosmic chemistry, but in different star systems, star domains, and planets, the chemical components are not exactly the same.

Towards the other’s persistence, Gao Gong neither disliked nor respected it, he’s a pragmatist, and if this ’Nika Bacteria’ could significantly enhance biological evolution, he wouldn’t mind investing a lot of resources into it.

But it’s not an excuse for slacking off at work.

”Technology lock, Genetic Lock.”

In Advanced Civilizations, especially Carbon-Based Civilizations, species genes are the highest confidentiality of a civilization and also the highest technology, it’s not an exaggeration to say that every Advanced Civilization Member has a ’Intelligent Particle’ level Genetic Lock implanted at birth.

But evidently, the Collider’s genes aren’t that noble.

Yet the other party doesn’t seem to be lying.

”Pull out Dr. Yuu’s research data for me.”

The three Professional Traits of the Biologist, ’Genetic Editing’, ’Genetic Mutation Enhancement’, ’Animal Simulation’ were lit up.

For a moment, Gao Gong felt as if he had entered a certain microscopic level.

When looking at this data again, there was a strong sense of ’immersion’.

After spending a full hour, Gao Gong finished reading the data.

He was able to confirm one thing, that the other party was not lying, according to extensive experimental research, this high-tier metal cell indeed had technology sealed.

”Strange.”

Gao Gong muttered to himself.

In his memory, memory metal, also known as interstellar metal, is the main material for constructing Giant Structures.

Although it is rare in Low-level Civilizations, using interstellar metal to make Intelligent Robots is even rarer.

But this doesn’t mean that memory metal is more precious than a ’Genetic Lock.’

In the universe, when the Star Thief Groups can’t put food on the table, they’ll sneakily dig at the corners of Giant Structures, anyway, at the speed of memory metal’s recovery, even if they dig out dozens of tons, it will fully restore in less than half an hour.

Of course, this all assumes they aren’t discovered, getting caught surely ends badly, this has a higher death rate than robbery.

”The Collider’s Seed Burst, in some sense, does it unlock the Genetic Lock?”

”Is it by blasting with pure energy to extend the metal cell’s ductility to the limit, thereby unlocking the Genetic Lock?”

Gao Gong tried it, and it was not so.

”Or does it require AI manipulation?”

Gao Gong switched modes again, experimenting using virtual level means.

That too did not succeed.

After thinking for a good half a day, a light bulb went off in Gao Gong’s mind.

He was overthinking it!

There was no such thing as a Genetic Lock.

It was merely a difference in environment.

”Dr. Rong!”

”Boss.”

”Use your intelligent brain to simulate an environment for me.”

”What environment?”

”Cosmic environment.”

Soon, with a series of parameters provided by Gao Gong, the gravity system, air system, and circulatory system began operating at full capacity.

Gao Gong took out a gyroscope again, grasped it in his hand, and the next moment, it disappeared, replaced by the vast cosmos.

He wanted to use the Void Realm to simulate time.

The scale of the universe is immense, beyond the imagination of most people, even a massive fixed star, from the cosmic viewpoint, is akin to dust.

On such a large scale, aside from various navigation technologies, each civilization strives for a presence that can leave a mark on a corner of the universe, which is the Giant Structure.

A super project taking a star system as the basic unit.

And the material for this Giant Structure is memory metal.

Under the influence of the ’cosmic environment,’ the Collider’s metal cells finally began to change, their color shifting from silver-white to blue.

With the intervention of ’cosmic time’, the cell’s parsing speed began to soar rapidly.

”I see, only within the cosmic environment does memory metal fully unfold, and for planetary life, this might be the most challenging ’Genetic Lock’ to unravel.”

”Great, boss, I’ll notify Dr. Yuu!” Dr. Rong’s mechanical voice chimed.

”No rush, let me keep the other party in suspense,” Gao Gong was confident.

He had something that would absolutely pique the other party’s interest.

On the system panel—

Destructive Energy: 76% (Charging)

The last Fusion Transformation made Gao Gong’s Destructive Energy soar to 100% in a short time.

Even after the transformation ended, the Destructive Energy rose from 36% to 76%.

And the note explained it all—

This special energy fills as species evolve, its origin may be tied to this planet’s species origin.

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On the other side, Gao Gong’s other half, the organism was surfing the internet.

Finally, he found a safe place, which was the back-of-the-head chip of a corporate executive.

The executive’s brain was under the layered protection of the Electronic Defense Wall.

Unfortunately, this protection did not include the body.

Gao Gong slipped in through the hormones.

And corporate executives, to some extent, have immunity from Cyber Killers.

Assassins generally don’t investigate such high-level figures.

And Capsule Man H barely hit the ground when his stomach churned, leading to a bout of vomiting.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t handle it, but soul traversing tens of thousands of bodies in a short time—even the most experienced Transmigrator couldn’t withstand it.

An otaku certainly couldn’t.