Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 290 - 290 70 Leaving the Pass

290: Chapter 70: Leaving the Pass 290: Chapter 70: Leaving the Pass After the initial dizziness had passed, Xiang Shan indeed saw a “new landscape.”

The cultivation technique he had snatched from the Little Poison Insect was actually quite inventive.

Xiang Shan initially thought it might just be a cheap technique—after all, both the Little Poison Insect and Gleayard from Organization Z had practiced it, but it was so poor that even an amnesiac Xiang Shan could beat them.

However, after seriously studying it himself, he discovered that this technique was actually very complete.

At least it was complete when the Little Poison Insect downloaded it.

This was a complete training method, which included beginner-level Contemplation techniques, methods for using Restoring Enzymes, and regulations for after using the Restoring Enzymes—all of which were included.

Additionally, it contained little tricks on “how to use Restoring Enzymes to circumvent growth limits.”

The greatest advantage of this internal strength technique lay in its “rapid construction of data links.” It excelled at using hacked devices and rudimentary drone processors to establish data links that could transmit the perceptions of a Hero.

It also taught practitioners how to let their will rapidly jump between various nodes and servers, bringing out the advantages of internal strength being able to “kill invisibly from a thousand miles away” to the fullest.

At the same time, it also included a set of military martial arts and Battle Formation Techniques, known as the “Cloud Mist Overcasting Sun Formation,” a whole set of dynamic control algorithms for drone swarms.

Using decentralized algorithms and deploying the computational resources of the drones themselves, it executed distributed computing, allowing the drone swarm to automatically adjust their positions relative to each other to cope with various tasks.

Gleayard used these drone formations built from this technique to detect atmospheric movements, assisting with Ultimate Sniping methods.

However, the capabilities of this technique extend much further.

It could also use tanks, fighter jets, and even humans to form these formations.

Of course, the core security protocols of human prosthetic bodies are very powerful.

They were created by top engineers and top hackers.

In the 21st century, they were almost unsolvable.

Although internal strength technology has continuously upgraded over the years, the upgrades to the security protocols could not keep up, but not everyone could tamper with them.

Additionally, as long as the target possesses inner strength, even if one could hack into the prosthetic body, one would have to withstand the counterattack from the inner strength.

Hence, not many people try to control others’ prosthetic bodies to attack nowadays.

This cultivation technique only mentioned that “this is possible.”

Beyond that, it also included a complete automatic AI framework for drones and several commonly used plugins for this framework.

It even mentioned ways to “obtain drone AI plugins online.”

According to the content of this inner strength summary/product description, if a Hero cultivates this technique to the extent that “the AI code can be output with a single thought,” then they could basically face a large army.

To match this military martial Battle Formation, the technique also had a matching external body technique to keep the practitioner moving.

Additionally, it included a conservative fighting style.

This fighting style was meant to ensure that if a practitioner was approached closely by an external master, they could at least hold on until the drone swarm came to their aid.

“Tsk tsk, this technique is really…

something else,” Xiang Shan shook his head, “How did Little Poison Insect and Gleayard, those two wastes, only manage to cultivate it to such a pathetic level?”

The techniques practiced by Little Poison Insect and Gleayard were really not up to snuff.

Little Poison Insect specialized in hacking into systems and damaging hardware, which even influenced his underlings.

Meanwhile, Gleayard only picked up the “Drone Formation” from this entire integrated system to bolster his quite average “Tiger’s Astonishing Spear Technique.”

It was like taking a wheel off a spacecraft and using it as a sunroof on a normal car.

It really leaves one at a loss for words.

Little Poison Insect also didn’t practice the external strength techniques that complemented this cultivation technique.

And Gleayard only picked up the control methods for the drone swarm.

This was likely because he could not find better methods of controlling the machines.

However, these points merely highlight some of the excellent aspects of this modern internal strength technique.

Some of these aspects only served to “further stimulate the recovery of Xiang Shan’s memories.” He was already very familiar with these subjects.

The truly exceptional aspect of this inner strength technique was its design philosophy.

Its core essence was how to quickly extract a set of commands from the consciousness of humans.

As soon as his inner strength swept through, it could inject this set of commands into the equipment.

For a short period, the equipment would still operate according to the practitioner’s consciousness.

Even if during this period, the practitioner did not directly control that equipment, the equipment would still operate on its own for a short time, as though it were being controlled.

If one had to make a more fantastical comparison, it was roughly like “planting a bit of spiritual consciousness in a magic artifact.”

However, this wasn’t about creating a Pseudo-personality Mask.

The majority of devices cannot simulate the functions of a human brain.

To create Pseudo-personality Masks, computational devices and underlying hardware support are needed.

Therefore, the longer that set of commands runs, the more it will deviate from the original owner’s thought process.

But this operation of “quickly exporting a set of commands from the consciousness” inevitably brings to mind the method of creating Pseudo-personality Masks.

Xiang Shan had indeed seen some similar things in the documents and papers he pilfered from the Mona Knight Order.

This part of the inner strength technique also involved human brain language functions, thought boundaries, and other related content.

Overall, it is a technique with a noble intention, technical precision, and a complete system.

After practicing it himself, Xiang Shan felt significantly benefited.

After the Restoring Enzyme restored his nervous system, Xiang Shan once again established new neural pathways, thus beginning to learn this technique.

Meanwhile, the previously uncontrollable symptoms slowly disappeared.

Xiang Shan felt that he could continue to steadily absorb the memories Tao Enhai had given him.

“Probably good enough,” Xiang Shan nodded, feeling that he was almost ready to come out of seclusion.

“Although this cultivation technique isn’t bad, my own Inner Strength has already formed a system, and to completely retrain would probably take years.

Right now…

I simply don’t have the time for that.

Moreover, I still need to reserve some Restoring Enzyme for treating injuries.”

With that thought, Xiang Shan decided to end this training session.

However, there was one more process to be done before the training ended.

Self-inspection.

This was also a technique that has appeared in modern times, as mentioned in Tao Enhai’s memories.

It is a detection program based on cognitive science.

It involves encapsulating some psychological test questions in a special format in a program, which interacts with the human brain and electronic device hardware, bypassing surface-level consciousness to pose questions directly to the brain.

Sensation-wise, it felt as if numerous people were asking you countless questions simultaneously.

This closely resembles the “junk information” used for self-entertainment by modern masters of Inner Strength.

Similar to “junk information,” this type of information also requires the test subject to suppress their memory function to avoid remembering the question bank and then answering the questions the same way each time.

Of course, if an Inner Strength master really wanted to remember, it wasn’t that they couldn’t.

But that would be deceiving oneself, rendering such psychological tests meaningless.

There are several versions of these question banks.

The most popular version roughly divides the questions into categories that test instinctive preferences in “Impurity Contemplation,” social personalities in “Compassionate Contemplation,” logical thinking in “Dependent Origination Contemplation,” self-awareness in “Distinction Viewing Contemplation,” and self-control and subjective perceptions in “Breath Counting Contemplation,” collectively known as “Five Stops of the Mind Contemplation.”

“Five Stops of the Mind Contemplation” can serve as tests, and by switching to a different storage format, they can also guide readers in discovering their own psychological issues.

And in this era, masters of Inner Strength, after using large doses of Restoring Enzymes to train Inner Strength, would supplement it with “Five Stops of the Mind Contemplation” or similar psychological programs for self-inspection.

Some would even set up programs to “lock down the Prosthetic Body or even self-destruct” if the test results deviate too much.

Fortunately, Xiang Shan’s test results were still quite good with almost no deviation.

Xiang Shan breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and went to check the fermentation equipment.

Compared to the last inspection, another ten units of Restoring Enzyme had precipitated out.

Xiang Shan nodded, then quickly reviewed the records of these days.

After a while, he frowned.

A few days ago, Yuan Wenren suddenly came here, bowed from a distance towards this vehicle, and then left with some equipment.

She used her strongest Prosthetic Body.

This action didn’t trigger the AI’s alarm.

But Xiang Shan frowned.

“What’s going on here?”

Xiang Shan opened the door and walked out.

The scenery before him turned strangely unfamiliar.

This seemed to be a side effect of the Restoring Enzyme, making him feel as if he had come to a completely unrecognizable place.

He shook his head, trying hard, and walked forward.

Yuki was sitting on the street with the little fellow.

Disturbed and unable to focus on his writing, he had decided to come and teach the little fellow how to speak.

Xiang Shan felt as though both Yuki and the little one were strangers.

He struggled against this feeling of alienation and called out, “Yuki?”

Yuki was startled and then overjoyed, “Master?

You’ve finally come out…”

“What has happened…”

Before Xiang Shan could finish his sentence, Yuki’s expression changed.

He exclaimed, “Master, Sister Yuan, you must find a way to save her!”

…………………………………

Six hundred kilometers to the south of where Xiang Shan was, a large transport aircraft landed vertically.

Three…

or rather, three entities resembling pepper pots, soap dispensers, and primitive service robots slowly descended from the transport aircraft, followed by two units of cold-blooded rangers and one unit of Life-Chasing Cavalry.

From the Prosthetic Bodies of the team leaders, it wasn’t difficult to discern that this squad belonged to King Aqini’s legitimate line—always giving up their own identity as “people” for distorted, near-mechanical thoughts exchanged for stronger Inner Strength.

“We finally got here,” sighed the leading Inner Strength master.

“From the stratosphere, the ground, to the underground mines, we’ve been searching this land for decades.”

“This is the last part.

Whether it exists or not, once we’ve searched this area, it’s over.”

Another “person” with a ringing voice said, “If it’s really here, then it’s indeed a blind spot right under the light.”