Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 417: Chapter 168: Artificial Data Migration

Civilization is not built by a single person; an individual can only leverage their bloodline and advanced technology to elevate their individual martial power.

But civilization means ascension, a collective transcendence of life.

It is also the only solution to the chronic ailments of civilization.

In the universe, the vastness of civilization’s territory, the magnitude of class disparity, and the multitude of racial ailments have reached an unsolvable state. The only way is ascension.

From the player’s perspective—ascension is a bug!

A forcibly implemented dimensional strike that increases game difficulty.

For instance, a Level 3 Civilization can already touch the elements of ascension. The entry threshold for advanced professions in a Level 3 Civilization is level 90, with a maximum level of 120, but within the civilization, there are still some dregs and retroactive elements of civilization at level 10 or 20.

In fact, in most civilizations, this type of individual is the most common.

However, once ascension is completed, and a Level 3 Civilization elevates to a Level 4 Civilization, known colloquially as an Ascension Civilization, whether you were level 0, level 10, an abandoned Cyber Race from history, or a slacker ignorant of farming, you will all be instantly elevated to the baseline of a Level 4 Civilization.

Which is level 120.

That’s right, in an Ascension Civilization, even the lowest-tier civilian is a level 120 powerhouse.

From a player’s point of view, this is simply a bug!

I work myself to death, grinding tirelessly, and yet I can’t outmatch an NPC born well?

The baseline for a Level 4 Civilization is level 120, which means the members of the civilization are level 120.

Similarly,

The baseline for Level 5 Civilization members is level 150

The baseline for Level 6 Civilization members is level 180

The baseline for Level 7 Civilization members is level 210

The baseline for Level 8 Civilization members is level 240

The baseline for Level 9 Civilization members is level 270

This explosive increase greatly suppresses the destructiveness of players as the ’4th Celestial Calamity.’

After all, no matter how ’common’ they are, they can crush you with sheer level.

The more you reach the later stages, the more terrifying the attribute growth from level ascension becomes.

Of course, there aren’t many advanced civilizations in the universe.

In fact, 99% of civilizations are stuck at the ascension hurdle.

After ascension, 99% of civilizations will again be stuck at the next ascension hurdle.

As this cycle continues, on a cosmic scale, the number of advanced civilizations is actually very few.

After all, the Hall of Eternal Order of the Civilization Council only has just over a hundred chairs.

Gao is one of the proud owners of one of those chairs.

Likewise, he is also the only player representative—even though no one knew of his player identity until the crossover.

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The construction of a civilization is not an overnight task, nor is it ever the work of an individual.

A planet-level top hacker, with the Superbrain Civilization path he took in his previous life, is actually a perfect fit.

Therefore, Gao Gong extended an olive branch to Paradise Bird.

Paradise Bird didn’t immediately accept.

She was well aware of the significance of this invitation. Cooperation is one thing, but once you climb up the other’s technology tree, you can only go all the way to the end.

She was unlike Gao Yuanyuan, who is an ordinary person with a perspective far less broad than that of a top hacker. Besides, all the dark personalities have been squeezed out, leaving this personality somewhat naive and sweet.

In fact, one of the major reasons she stayed on this planet instead of heading to an alien colony or the asteroid belt was to try her luck in the Cyber Test Field, to see if she could find a breakthrough possibility.

A hacker’s breakthrough is different from other professions; other professions rely more on hardware piling, while a hacker is akin to a ’version update’ of software.

But which version is the best one, she needs quite some time to explore.

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Mr. Pintou and Nightmare once again set off. Through the ’miniature cyber space’ of the Holy City Organization, they directly transferred to the Spider Goddess’s abdomen, with data twice digested and regenerated, effectively severing others’ tracking possibilities.

Especially the second reincarnation, which took the path not of the Cyber Network but of genetic replication.

With the sound of ’spider eggs’ cracking open, two ’spider sons’ emerged from the viscous liquid.

”No matter how many times I experience it, this feeling is still utterly disgusting!”

Mr. Pintou looked at the liquid covering his body with disgust, his tongue wriggling in his mouth before pulling out a bloody spider silk.

”What is this thing?”

”Your umbilical cord,” Nightmare said coldly.

”Ugh~~”

Soon, a group of spider maids gathered to wipe their bodies and change their clothes.

Many know that the Deep Web Weaver is the only guild that maintains a close relationship with the Cyber Space. Among their trading partners are advanced AIs, viruses, and consciousness replications; they are the dominators of the underground market.

But almost no one knows that compared to hacker methods, their human-spider gene hybrid technology is a true trade secret.

Even fewer know that two thousand meters underground in Nightless City, a massive gene modification plant with all sorts of node channels has already covered half of the Saint Domingo Continent.

Half-human, half-spider, Steel Spider, Spider Lady, Human-Headed Spider, Daisila would undoubtedly recognize many of her kind here.

”You have arrived.”

The 7th Spider Woman, a girl with a calm and cold demeanor, walked over. She differed significantly from other Spider Transformers, with no extra parts on her limbs. The only distinction from a normal person was the three pairs of red compound eyes on her forehead.

When she fixed her red eyes on the two, the Cyber Hackers simultaneously felt an evil spirit spreading over them.