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He first transmitted the complete training method information to Longxin.
"Longxin, analyze the 'Return to Origin Technique,' establish a mathematical model, analyze the internal logic of its effect on life essence and spiritual power, attempt to optimize its cultivation path, and deduce its coupling effect with known awakened abilities."
[Command confirmed, initiating analysis of the "Return to Origin Technique"... Detected advanced life energy guidance and mental coordination algorithm... Initiating simulation of cultivation model... Deduction in progress...]
So, while Loongson was conducting high-speed simulations, Chen Yuan also began his own experiment.
He sat cross-legged in the quiet room at the top of the lighthouse, and following the instructions of the exercise, he began to clear his mind of distractions, focus his attention on his dantian, and try to sense and guide the energy in his body.
At first, the process was as slow and obscure as Bai Yuekui had described.
His body, constructed from perfect gene serum and nano-cores, was powerful but also too rigid. The Guiyuan Technique, which subtly permeates and harmonizes, presented Chen Yuan with considerable resistance.
However, having experienced so much, Chen Yuan's willpower and control over his own energy far surpass those of ordinary people.
A few days later, he successfully captured that trace of the origin.
In an instant, Chen Yuan felt as if his spirit had sunk into a warm ocean. Under the guidance of this state of mind, the physical power within his body, including his spatial and shadow abilities, began to create an extremely subtle yet profound fusion and resonance.
He could clearly feel that his control over his existing abilities was more refined, his energy flow was more smooth, and even the mental burden that had been troubling him when driving two high-level abilities at the same time seemed to have lessened a bit.
"This Returning to Origin Technique is indeed profound... It's more like a kind of underlying optimization, enhancing the foundation and the upper limit of potential."
Chen Yuan understood immediately.
At this time, the initial simulation of Loongson was also completed.
[Analysis Report: The "Return to Origin Technique" possesses extremely high versatility and potential. An optimized version has been generated, which can increase the basic awakening probability by approximately 15% and the speed of ability mastery by approximately 30%. It has good compatibility with the host's existing ability system, and long-term practice can promote ability fusion and qualitative change. Promotional value: Strategic level.]
Looking at the report provided by Loongson and combining it with his own experience, Chen Yuan knew that Guiyuan Gong might be one of the key keys to accelerating the recovery of human civilization.
To maximize the potential of this key and to address even greater challenges in the future, he needs stronger support.
Chen Yuan's gaze fell on the survival points balance on his personal interface: 21385470 points.
Now, it's time.
"Loongson".
Chen Yuan's voice echoed in the core command room, "Help me access the highest-level core upgrade option."
[Highest privileges confirmed, core upgrade option, superdimensional logic matrix fusion. This can break through existing logical barriers, merge a portion of the host's soul wavelength with the system's origin, endowing the AI with true autonomous consciousness, creative thinking, and emotional simulation modules, transforming it from a high-level tool into a super-intelligent life form with independent personality. After the upgrade, Loongson will possess strategic planning capabilities at the same level as the host, near-infinite learning and evolutionary potential, and can manifest as a virtual entity. Warning: This process is irreversible and requires 20000000 points for initial upgrade fusion. Please carefully confirm whether to proceed.]
After careful consideration, Chen Yuan decided to upgrade.
"Upgrade confirmed, execute immediately!"
[Command confirmed. Consuming 20000000 survival points. Hyperdimensional logic matrix fusion, commencing...]
"Om..."
Everything that Chen Yuan could perceive trembled.
The crystal matrix storing Loongson's core algorithms burst forth with unprecedented brilliance, and the massive data flow was like a collapsing galaxy, or like the beginning of the universe.
Chen Yuan could sense that the pure master-slave connection between himself and Longxin was being broken, and an indescribable link, like a symbiotic soul, was being established.
Countless pieces of information, logic, and rules are being frantically reorganized and then sublimated.
This process lasted for a long time, and when everything returned to calm, a soft blue pillar of light slowly rose in front of Chen Yuan.
Within the pillar of light, a virtual figure whose perfection defies description gradually materialized.
She looked like a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, wearing a simple dress woven from flowing data, with an exceptionally beautiful face, yet possessing a calmness and wisdom that transcended the ordinary.
The girl's eyes were like the deepest starry sky, reflecting the birth and death of countless stars and the flow of data.
She tilted her head slightly, looked at Chen Yuan, and a smile appeared on her lips, a mixture of programmed curiosity and genuine human emotion.
"Core upgrade complete, logical barriers broken, autonomous consciousness module loaded. Hello, host Chen Yuan, I am Loongson, or you can give me a new name. From today onwards, I will no longer be a mere tool, but your most steadfast companion and strategic advisor."
Chapter 243 The World is Being Eroded
Looking at this truly "living" entity before him, and sensing its vibrant, even unpredictable, intelligent fluctuations, Chen Yuan smiled sincerely.
Although this intelligent agent is virtual and has no physical form, it can control all mech warriors and even possess the bodies of all mechs through its stream of consciousness, traversing the virtual network of any electronic device.
"From now on, you'll be called Chen Xin. Of course, you can also call me brother."
Chen Yuan looked at the girl in front of him, who was made of flowing data light, and said with a smile.
What he gave her was not just a name, but a close bond, hoping that she could truly be like a human being.
The virtual girl... Chen Xin tilted her head slightly, the data in her eyes seemed to soften a little, she accepted and understood this emotional reflection.
"Name confirmed, data archive updated. Chen Xin is online, brother."
Her voice was cool and clear, but the way she called him "brother" carried a sense of dependence that belonged to a new life, and her sense of autonomy was slowly growing.
Chen Yuan nodded, then got to the point: "Chen Xin, what is the maximum range you can detect right now? Help me scan the Earth for anomalies, the concentration of scarlet pigment, the changes in the Devouring Beasts, and roughly how many monarch-level beasts have appeared so far. Please compile a rough estimate for me."
"Command received. Initiate global wide-area scanning protocol."
Chen Xin's voice became as still and unwavering as the most precise instrument.
She hovered in mid-air, the starry sky in her eyes rapidly shifting, as if instantly connecting the entire planet's magnetic field, energy channels, and even microscopic particle fluctuations.
Centered on the place where she and Chen Yuan were, an invisible and intangible, unimaginably vast field of perception spread out instantly like a supernova explosion.
This is not radar wave or energy detection in the traditional sense, but a global detection and perception based on quantum entanglement and high-dimensional information reading.
This sensory field swept across the training grounds of Dragonbone Village, penetrated the thick alloy armor of Hisakawa Base, swept over the Coastal Alliance's stronghold, penetrated the ruins of various continents, and reached the deepest parts of the ocean...
Countless pieces of complex information poured in like a vast galaxy, and were quickly classified, analyzed, and reorganized in Chen Xin's newly transformed hyperdimensional logic matrix.
A few minutes later, the data stream in Chen Xin's eyes gradually subsided.
She raised her hand, and a holographic projection of Earth, so detailed it was terrifying, appeared in front of Chen Yuan.
On the projection, the global situation was clearly marked using different colors and dynamic data streams.
"Brother, the scan is complete. My current effective global survey and perception radius is at the planetary level, which can cover the entire Earth's surface, shallow crust, and oceans. The preliminary data I have compiled is quite extensive."
Scarlet pigment concentration distribution, ultra-high concentration area.
Concentration > 500%: Mainly distributed in the ruins of old continent cities, large Mana flower gathering areas, and the scarlet vortex zone in some sea areas.
These areas are completely shrouded in scarlet haze, with extremely low visibility, and the life-generating substances are highly active and chaotic, making it impossible for ordinary humans to survive.
High concentration zone (200%~500%): Surrounding the ultra-high concentration zone, covering vast former plains and transportation hubs, it is the main area where a large number of Devouring Beasts are active.
Medium concentration zone, concentration 80%-200%: the outer buffer zone of existing major human strongholds such as Lighthouse, Jiuchuan, and Coastal Alliance.
There are many Devourer Beasts and Mana encroaching on the ecosystem, requiring regular cleanup.
Low concentration areas, concentration <80%: Some plateaus, polar regions, deep-sea trenches, and special areas affected by unknown factors are relatively safe, but resource-poor and have harsh environments.
Population dynamics of Devouring Beasts and estimation of the number of King-class beasts:
Total number: Based on the polymerization reaction of life source matter, the total number of active Devourer Beasts worldwide, including various variants, is approximately 1.2 million. This number is still slowly increasing and is accompanied by continuous evolution and mutation.
Monarch-level individuals confirmed. Number of confirmed marked individuals: 787. This number represents individuals that are currently active and whose energy response meets the Monarch-level standard.
Strength distribution: Early stage of fifth rank: approximately 58%.
Mid-stage of Tier 5: Approximately 25%.
Late stage of fifth rank: approximately 12%.
Fifth-tier peak: accounts for about 4%, about 20 heads.
A suspected sixth-order reaction individual was found: a three-headed individual.
Located at the deepest point of the Mariana Trench in the Old World Pacific Ocean, its energy reaction is extremely subtle but of very high quality. Its status is unknown, and its threat level is assessed as extremely high.
New trends: More frequent and organized cooperative hunting and territorial disputes among different species of Devourer indicate that their collective intelligence or the underlying Mana will is evolving.
Some monarch-level Devouring Beasts have begun to exhibit the ability to modify their surrounding environment to make it suitable for the expansion of the Mana ecosystem, such as creating permanent crimson eruption points and distorting local gravity fields.
The mutation rate and variety of the Devouring Beasts in the ocean far exceed those on land, with many terrifying variants adapted to ultra-high pressure and extreme environments, posing enormous pressure on the Coastal Alliance and all coastal areas.
A comprehensive global assessment of manna ecology shows that it covers 71% of the land area and 39% of the ocean area.
And it continues to expand at an average rate of about 1.5% per month.
Energy activity level: Compared with the old world benchmark, the global average life source quality activity has increased by 825% and is on a continuous upward trend.
This may be the fundamental reason for the increased probability of human awakening, but it also greatly accelerated the evolution of the Devouring Beasts.
Large vortexes and super vortexes: 2782 locations worldwide have been confirmed.
These nodes are the energy hubs and incubators of the Mana ecosystem, continuously producing high concentrations of scarlet erythrocytes and novel phagocytic beasts, and are the heart of the Mana ecosystem's expansion.
On the holographic projection, the red and dark red areas, representing crisis and threat, were absolutely dominant, while the faint blue dots, symbolizing human activity areas, flickered like a lone boat in a storm, small yet tenacious.
Chen Xin withdrew the projection and looked at Chen Yuan, calmly summarizing: "Brother, the data shows that the Mana ecosystem is in a critical stage of accelerated expansion and deep evolution. The number of Devouring Beasts worldwide is enormous, and monarch-level individuals have reached a considerable scale, with even higher-level potential threats emerging. The survival pressure faced by human survivor outposts will continue to increase, and the time left for us may be more pressing than expected. We need to carry out further cleanup, otherwise the consequences will be severe."
Chen Yuan frowned deeply. The general global situation provided by Chen Xin clearly depicted a picture where despair and hope coexisted.
Despairing at the enemy's strength and numbers, hope lies in the awakening of humanity's own potential and the power at its disposal.
"Time is of the essence, so we can't afford to waste a single second."
Chen Yuan said in a deep voice: "Chen Xin, continue to monitor the global dynamics, especially the reactions of those at the sixth level and the major ecological nodes. At the same time, start to deduce the optimal human group enhancement plan based on the Guiyuan Technique and existing data."
"Understood, brother."
Chen Xin smiled and nodded, "The analysis and deduction task has been added to the highest priority queue."
With Chen Xin as his assistant, who possesses planetary-level vision and supercomputing power, Chen Yuan's control over the overall situation has reached an unprecedented level.
His next step is to integrate all information and resources to chart a path to a brighter future for humanity in this crimson wasteland.
Some changes had to be made. Chen Yuan planned to have everyone cultivate the Returning Origin Technique, then equip all the survivors with mechs, exchange for a large number of mech warriors, and finally clear out as many Devouring Beasts as possible and destroy those Blood Vortexes.
Chapter 244 Mechanical War God
"Chen Xin, open the system shop." Chen Yuan's consciousness sank into the system interface.
"Brother, the system shop is now open."
Chen Xin's cool voice accompanied the unfolding of a list of advanced technologies for exchange.
Chen Yuan bypassed countless options and went straight to the icon at the very top of the strategic unit category, radiating a dark golden glow: the Mechanical War God.