msmithbooks Chapter 37 I have achieved cyber ascension and am in excellent condition.
Chapter 37 I have achieved cyber ascension and am in excellent condition.
"Finally done! I've been waiting for so long!"
He said in a low voice.
The sound barely echoed in the empty metal room.
This was originally the core of a family's safe house, designed to withstand direct hits from tactical nuclear weapons.
Three layers of alternating composite alloy plates, filled with gel and lead layers in the middle, with an independently circulating life support system.
During the bankruptcy liquidation, this hidden asset was identified by Noah AI from a jumble of messy debt collateral documents.
Through seven offshore shell companies, it was eventually registered under the name of a power equipment leasing company recently acquired by the Alexander family.
Qian Liren completed the renovation in three days.
The life support capsule was placed in the center of the room. It looked like a flat, silver-white silkworm cocoon, with no seams or indicator lights on its surface.
Only when you get close can you hear the extremely faint gurgling sound of the internal liquid circulating.
He walked to the side of the cabin and pressed his fingers on the smooth surface.
The material is cold.
The powers of the "Madthinker" allow him to clearly perceive every structural detail inside and outside the cabin:
The three-layer biocompatible membrane, the constant-temperature nutrient solution circulation pump, the numerous microelectrodes of the neural interface array, the pressure value of the backup oxygen tank, and even the manufacturing flaw on the outer shell that is invisible to the naked eye.
everything is normal.
He turned around and checked the room one last time.
The walls are lined with rows of server racks, and indicator lights flash regularly.
Data cables extend from the back of each device, converge into the main channel under the floor, and ultimately connect to the basic interface at the bottom of the life support cabin.
There was no screen, no keyboard, and no console in the traditional sense.
The interaction of the entire space relies on neural interfaces and remote management by Noah AI.
Qian Liren walked to the elevator door in the corner of the room.
The door slid open, he went in, and pressed the up button.
The elevator ascended slowly, and the mechanical transmission emitted a low hum.
The floor numbers on the digital panel start jumping from -70.
He closed his eyes.
Deep within my consciousness, the connection with Noah AI remains unbroken.
The data stream flows smoothly:
The footage includes real-time surveillance footage of the entire city of Seattle, financial market trading logs, access records from Alexander Biotech's internal servers, and even the current readings from water level sensors in the city's underground drainage network.
The floodwaters are spreading in the south of the city.
Three low-income communities are already flooded, with water levels reaching up to the top of first-floor windows in the highest areas.
But no one went to provide disaster relief.
After all, as the governor of California famously said: disaster relief is a shzy thing.
In America, being killed by disaster is also a form of freedom.
The elevator stopped, the doors opened, and outside was a space disguised as an old warehouse office.
A wooden table, a filing cabinet, a dusty coffee machine, and a 2008 calendar hanging on the wall.
Qian Liren walked through the room and pushed open another door.
The smell of rain rushed in instantly.
He stood under the eaves, watching the rain outside.
"Heavy rains promise a bumper harvest."
Finally, I used my own weak eyes to see the rain and perceive nature.
The sky was leaden gray, the clouds were low, and the rain fell almost vertically, splashing up white mist as it hit the ground.
After a short while, he wiped the water droplets from his hands and turned to walk into the elevator.
The elevator descended again.
Back on the -70 level, the hatch of the life support capsule had slid open automatically, and the pale blue nutrient solution inside shimmered under the light.
Qian Liren took off his clothes, folded them neatly, and placed them on the metal rack next to him.
He then stood naked and looked down to admire his own body.
Thin, with clearly defined ribs, and pale skin from long hours working indoors.
The ∞-shaped scar on my palm gleamed slightly in the cold light.
Weak.
Even if he advances to the Bronze level, his power allows his body to regenerate, and his nerve reaction speed and muscle strength far exceed those of ordinary people. However, in essence, he is still a flesh and blood body that needs to eat, needs oxygen, bleeds, and ages.
We cannot take a nuclear bomb head-on.
It can't even catch large-caliber armor-piercing rounds.
The flesh and blood body is so fragile and vulnerable.
Therefore, this cabin is needed.
He stepped into the life support capsule and his body sank into the nutrient solution.
The liquid temperature is the same as body temperature, and it feels like diluted glycerin, without being sticky.
He lay back, resting his head in the support groove that fit his neck.
The hatch began to close.
"Initiate full connectivity."
He said in a low voice.
The neural interface array was activated the instant the words were spoken.
The electrodes were attached to the skin surface, and his skin, under the effect of [Weak Flesh and Blood], became directly connected nerves.
The field of vision suddenly changed.
Sensory input from the physical world is cut off, replaced by panoramic perception at the data level.
He saw the structural cross-section of the entire safe house, the current load of every cable, the CPU temperature of every server, and the real-time readings of every sensor inside the life support pod.
He could hear the hum of data flowing through the optical fiber, the key exchange during the encryption protocol handshake.
Then, the connection is deepened.
Consciousness ascends along the data channel, passing through layers of firewalls and physical isolation, and connects to Noah AI's main computing matrix.
The vast ocean of information instantly engulfed him.
But this time, he was not drowned.
After advancing to the Bronze level, the [Madthinker] power has evolved.
His consciousness was no longer a small boat adrift in the data stream, but had become part of the ocean itself.
A node with independent will and the ability to self-regulate.
He opened his eyes amidst the sea of data.
The complete architecture of Noah AI is presented before us, like a giant, luminous tree of infinite fractals.
Each branch is a functional module, and each leaf is a process in progress.
"Found it."
The "Messer" project, which is physically isolated from Noah AI but still uses the iterative algorithm he designed, is an example of this.
Data is flowing in.
Human body scan slices, genome sequences, protein folding simulations, disease progression models, drug metabolism pathways...
All the human biological data that the Alexander family has collected and purchased over the decades is now being greedily devoured, analyzed, and recombined by this AI copy.
Qian Liren's consciousness drew closer, like observing microorganisms in a petri dish.
AI is attempting to build a "standard human physiological model" and, based on this, to deduce an optimization scheme to maintain the model's permanent operation.
"As expected, this is the only thing carbon-based life forms could think of, but it's too slow~"
He gently manipulated a few data streams, adjusting the weight coefficients of the model evaluation function.
Almost simultaneously, on the main control panel of the Alexander Biotechnology Data Center, several previously stalled simulation processes suddenly began to accelerate.
The progress bar is moving forward rapidly.
Qian Liren refocused his attention.
His main consciousness returned to the life support pod in the safe house.
The physical layer connection has been completed.
The catheter in the nutrient solution was directly connected to his veins, and began delivering the nutrients and electrolytes needed to maintain minimum vital functions.
Breathing stopped.
The heart rate dropped to four beats per minute.
The metabolic rate drops to three percent of the normal level.
The body enters a pseudo-death state similar to hibernation.
His consciousness was fully uploaded to Noah AI's distributed network.
From then on, this physical body was no longer a constraint, but a replaceable and disposable terminal anchor.
The hatch was completely closed.
The heavy outer alloy shell slowly descended, completely sealing the life support capsule inside.
The last sound in the room disappeared.
All that remained was the low hum of the server fans and the incessant roar of rain eroding the rock formations in the distance.
Inside the divine realm, Luo Huan tilted her head, looking at the bead that represented Qian Liren.
"Hmph hmph hmph~"
She grinned, and the white fur moved erratically in the void, even without wind.
"You actually uploaded yourself."
"I wonder if you can become a so-called electronic god~"
She stretched out her fingertip and poked the surface of the bead.
Suddenly, a ripple came from the side.
"Oh wow, there's another surprise?"