Chapter 703 - 213: Defying the Heavens
Primordial Altar.
Qi Sheng has already been informed of Star Network’s thoughts.
In his view, the concept of the mechanical nanoworm army is indeed quite unique.
In the guidance analysis, the nano-mechanical worm that Star Network wants to create is a modular nano-unit.
Like Lego bricks, they can be assembled into different shapes.
Each mechanical nanoworm is equipped with an adsorption module, mimicking the principle of DNA base pairing.
Star Network will issue commands in a mode of mental resonance.
Once this simple preset command is accepted by the nano-mechanical cluster, it will quickly aggregate according to the template into a mechanical life form.
Theoretically, based on the nano-worm as the basic unit, mechanical unit types can be constructed for any system.
This setting seems useless since nano-mechanical insects themselves have the ability to consume targets, assembling into entities seems to be putting the cart before the horse.
Yet, in Star Network’s concept, the aggregation of nano-mechanical insects into mechanical units resembles the creation of new life.
For example, constructing a stress conduction structure resembling biological tendons through mechanical nanoworms, increasing tensile strength to more than 500% of the original mechanical nanoworm.
This structure can dynamically adjust stress distribution, dispersing local forces across the whole.
After aggregation, mechanical nanoworms that originally could only function in a single mode can also form specialized modules.
The energy output of a single mechanical nanoworm is very low.
However, after aggregation, mechanical nanoworms can construct an efficient energy network, enhancing energy output efficiency thousands or even millions of times.
This is very similar to the principle of energy particles in the Black Tide.
Black Tide energy particles can be seen as basic units; after generating units, they are essentially no longer simple Black Tide energy.
Just like atoms undergoing different arrangements and combinations, forming different material forms.
For example, graphite is a two-dimensional layered structure formed by carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal honeycomb pattern.
Diamonds are formed by carbon atoms arranged in a tetrahedral structure.
Even ordinary water molecules have liquid water, ice, and water vapor forms.
Black Tide energy particles can be understood as universal atoms, capable of forming various life forms with the Black Tide as the theme.
This is more than simple Black Tide particle aggregation; it’s more like creating life using basic energy units.
The nano-mechanical army conceived by Star Network is already very close to the concept of Black Tide.
However, in comparison, Black Tide’s configuration is more refined, with Black Tide energy essentially being a form of Rule Energy.
Both its strength and the life forms developed after aggregation are far beyond what aggregated nano-mechanical life can achieve.
As Star Network said, this is just a future concept with an essential difference from Black Tide.
Therefore, in the future, the nano-mechanical army model conceived by Star Network needs to be combined with Rule Power.
Adding Rule Power on the conceptual basis can significantly enhance the strength of the nano-mechanical army.
For instance, the "Divine Gold" on the Mechanical Sovereign.
Or endowing the mechanical army with trait effects brought by Star Vein Combination’s Life Soul Characteristics.
But Qi Sheng has not yet conceived the idea of implementing this part of the functionality.
Providing items with Life Soul ability is an immensely vast project, beyond the current sacrificial power income.
According to guidance feedback, although Star Network seems to be explaining to Governor Ah Lan, it is also seeking their assistance.
However, this kind of help-seeking method is not spoken directly and cannot be directly conversed.
In communication with Ah Lan, Star Network mentioned that perhaps in the future, there will appear a function that can apply Life Soul traits to external objects.
This statement is not just intended for Ah Lan but is also questioning this hidden controller.
Because if Star Network wants to create the conceptual nano-mechanical army, it must get their help.
In Star Network’s cognition.
The player’s gaming mode is an MMO mode (massively multiplayer online), which is the online game mode players refer to.
While as the hidden controller, he plays SLG mode, using war strategy as a way to play chess, where all players are pieces.
Star Network proposes ideas to him in this way but fears angering him, choosing a roundabout way to express them.
Because Star Network knows that as one behind the scenes, he is monitoring everything in real time.
This is precisely the biggest difference between Star Network and ordinary players.
Like a novel, the characters in the book controlled by the author express their demands to the author.
But these characters do not know if their demands will change the story’s direction.
For instance, a character in the story informs the author of their desire to have a harem.
But the main theme of this book is war and slaughter, which doesn’t fit the novel’s setting, and will inevitably not be agreed upon.
The idea in the guidance is somewhat similar.
Afraid that their idea might bring about some unbearable influence, even changing the behind-the-scenes development direction set by the controller, so choose to convey it indirectly, whether responded to or not, expresses their ideas.
The fact is, how could Star Network not know the biggest shortcoming of the nano-mechanical army.
It’s not the creation of mechanical nanoworms, nor the creation of unit templates, nor the lack of rule-based armament.
The core problem is just one, the mechanical nanoworm army cannot enter the Challenger System, that is the Player Corps System.
This means the mechanical nanoworm is a corps system with an existing battle loss rate.
Even if obtaining "Divine Gold," solving the issue of devouring growth, without the Black Tide’s perfect battle loss counter ability, encountering the Black Tide has no chance of victory.
It can also be understood that non-player systems facing the Black Tide are nourishment.