Starting as a Mechanical Hunter

Chapter 850: Chapter 18: Rejuvenation Technology

The descent of the Cyber Tide indirectly destroyed the Cyber Era and the Giant Corporation Era.

However, during this process, a corporate organization rapidly expanded, which was the Skull Society.

The reason the Skull Society could expand so quickly is largely because, instead of suppressing the Cyber Tide, they even sought to integrate into it and become part of the billions of Memory Worms.

The Cyber Test Field cultivated a group of radical monster enterprises. The leaders of these monster enterprises disregarded some ethical rules, and even their own life forms were of no consequence. The existence of these enterprises helped the Mother City balance the giant corporations, bringing fresh blood to this era.

However, when the era is overturned, these monster enterprises will not hesitate to betray the Mother City and embrace the new forces.

The ’Fairy Tale Toy Land’ controlled by Bandai is one of them.

According to Gao Gong’s understanding, what this person was researching was Rejuvenation Technology, a form of Eternal Life Technology.

In any civilization, ’Eternal Life Technology’ is always a hot topic because everyone fears death, especially those big shots who can enjoy everything.

But in fact, apart from the mysterious ’Immortal Race’, very few true Eternal Life Technologies could be developed. Being able to increase a lifespan of 100 or 200 years without side effects is already very formidable. Even Ascension Civilizations would open their doors, allowing developers to become official members of their civilization.

And Bandai’s research on ’Rejuvenation’ has not yet reached a harmless life-extending stage, and it seems he has embarked on an evil path.

In every toy, Gao Gong could sense the presence of ’souls’, which did not belong to Bandai.

These souls became the nourishment that supplied the big bear in front of him, making its life force appear so vigorous. Even if every strand of its bear fur had a Memory Worm crawling on it, it did not affect its vibrancy.

Memory Worms + Evil Path Technology

They are quite a match!

”So, there’s no room for negotiation, I was hoping Minister Gao could take a look at our recent research outcomes,” Wanda said disappointedly.

”In a certain sense, I see clearer than anyone,” Gao Gong said calmly.

”Since negotiations failed, is it time for you to bring out Plan B, to get rid of me?”

”Oh, dare not, dare not, just that there are some special research outcomes that we wish Minister Gao to evaluate.”

Bandai chuckled:

”Speaking of which, it also involves your old acquaintance, Boss Mas of Mas Sharpness, does Minister still remember?”

”Of course, I remember.”

That was someone who had created thousands of bionic men and clones of himself, then forced himself to work nonstop. Such ruthlessness, where no one is spared, is comparable to Gao Gong selling his virtual flesh across the cosmos.

At present, it seems the latter is still a bit more shameless.

Soon, the sound of rain pattering started. Through the window of the Sky Mother Ship, amid fierce aerial combat, a heavy rain began pouring down. But soon, Gao Gong squinted his eyes, because in his vision, within each raindrop, there was a thin black worm.

The raindrops splattered on the deck of the Sky Mother Ship, releasing tiny insects. The black line worms burrowed into the steel hull that even the Energy Cannons couldn’t penetrate, voraciously devouring the malleable alloy. They grew from a thin line to the thickness of an arm, and then became as thick as a python. In less than a minute, the special Mother Ship of the Ghost in the Shell Mobile Division turned into a massive snake nest.

Gao Gong could even hear the sound of massive writhing overhead, ’squeaking softly’.

A-level, A-level, S-level, S-level, A-level, A-level, A+ level...

Each ’Snake Worm’, under the sensing of the Biological Computer, revealed its own level, which was, one must admit, very exaggerated.

Collecting all the top-tier Radiation Beasts of a continent would not, in terms of quantity alone, surpass the number of ’Snake Worms’ created in this short minute.

”Biological Weapons?”

”Boss Mas told me he learned a lot from your Biological Chip Technology.”

”Biological chips are not for fusing with Memory Worms,” Gao Gong muttered to himself. He could feel that, besides his own main ship, the ’Star Shuttles’ on the periphery had already lost their presence.

”Minister Gao, I must remind you, these ’Snake Worms’ can not only devour alloys but also energy and high-level organisms, their limit is the SS-level. Once they reach this level, even someone as strong as you might not be able to withstand them.”

The big bear opposite seemed to kindly say:

”So if I were you, I wouldn’t think of rescuing your colleagues, but use your Space Travel ability to escape quickly.”

”Oh, I forgot, under the effect of the Space Anchor, your Space Travel ability is sealed, but you can transform like in the Corporate War, use your unparalleled combat power to break through our blockade. Although you might not save your colleagues, you can at least save your life, but can you really break through?”

Gao Gong calmly glanced at the toys circling him, and finally spoke:

”Using the space anchor to seal my abilities, using biological weapons to force my transformation, but you’re missing one point, aren’t you? That is, once I succeed in transforming, your ’Rejuvenation Technology’ will instantly drain my life force. The stronger my life force, the quicker you will extract it. This is your complete plan, isn’t it?”

The big bear opposite remained silent, clearly a bit surprised that Gao Gong had seen through their plan at a glance.

”As expected of the legendary Mr. G, but in this situation, how do you plan to break out?”

Gao Gong laughed and said:

”To make your plan succeed, you deliberately delayed with words. So think about it from another perspective, since I knew your plan from the start, why would I sit here foolishly, cooperating with your acting?”

The big bear fell silent again, while a feeling of dread crept into its heart.

”You made a big mistake, the error lies in the fact that you focused only on my combat power. This is the core of your plan, but you forgot that I am not just a Radiation Beast without technology. I am, after all, a Leader of a technology group. It seems you didn’t consider that my biological technology has a broader range of uses, such as—”

As Gao Gong spoke, his body began to change, quickly growing tall and robust, with countless black hairs sprouting from his pores. Attached to the black hairs were thin, eye-invisible transparent worms.

Two big black bears faced each other, eyes locked, with almost no difference between them.

As Bandai on the other side had a thought, the bear that Gao Gong transformed into mirrored the expression, and the next moment, the dancing toys not only surrounded Gao Gong but also surrounded Bandai.

The next moment, two powerful life forces fully merged, then Gao Gong’s life magnet field integrated into the opponent’s life magnet field, and a large number of memory worms traversed the void, crawling onto the opponent.

Deprivation and extraction are two sides of the same coin.

One bear quickly swelled up while the other rapidly shriveled, then the bear that Gao Gong transformed into suddenly made a strange gesture, a technique once used by ’Luca the Sage’ to put memory worms to sleep, but this gesture meant the opposite.

”Boom,” ”Boom,” ”Boom.”

The alloy hull finally couldn’t withstand the drilling of the snakes, and giant ’serpents’ blocked the corridor, charging fiercely from all directions with Gao Gong as the target.

The giant snakes continued their voracious devouring, exuding endless chaotic aura.

Yet Gao Gong’s gesture unfurled at the perfect moment.

The destructive aura on Gao Gong flashed eight times, then completely transformed into ’Luca Energy,’ the very Creation Energy pursued tirelessly by those Origin Biologists.

Subsequently, under the effect of ’Luca Energy,’ all the ’snake worms’ disintegrated again, breaking into countless memory worms, crazily burrowing into one of the bears.

And this bear was none other than Bandai, who was conducting the life deprivation ritual.

Bandai’s eyes widened with fear; once the life ritual had been initiated, it couldn’t be interrupted unless he wished to commit suicide. Moreover, his other self was also accelerating the ritual, which he was powerless to stop. Hence, ten thousand times more memory worms than the worms within him madly wormed into his body, making the scene both grotesque and imbued with an indescribable chaotic sanctity.

The ’bear’ that had swallowed countless worms grew larger and larger, becoming more enormous and transparent. When it expanded to a size larger than the entire sky carrier, the figure abruptly vanished into the void.

At the same time, the effect of the space anchor disappeared.

A purple flash appeared, and Gao Gong was on the carrier’s deck, frowning, gazing into the distance, muttering to himself:

”Such rapid action, is it the will of the Memory Mother, or a self-arrangement of the Skull Society member? If it’s the former, then it’s a real hassle.”

’Memory Loss’ affects the mental layer; unless Gao Gong reaches the fifth tier, he cannot block it anyway, which led to part of his memory being lost.

But ’Personality Reset’ and ’Neural Theft’ are somewhat different; although Gao Gong still couldn’t block them, by following the Fusion Route, he naturally contended with all sorts of ’rejection.’ He had a certain level of vigilance towards multiple personalities and cyber psychosis. While the mind felt nothing, the body spontaneously reacted.

Therefore, during this period, he was not without illness. Still, whenever a second personality or cyber psychosis emerged, he forcibly suppressed it.

However, Gao Gong knew that there are several waves behind the Cyber Tide which he could not withstand.

Gao Gong waited for a while longer without hearing a system prompt.

This indicated that the Bandai President was not dead, which was somewhat surprising to him.

”Not dead? With so many memory worms, even Tier 2 life forms would have trouble, let alone Tier 3, Tier 4 life forms.”

Gao Gong muttered to himself.

”Rejuvenation Technology, let’s see how long you can hold up!”