Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 622 - 266: Promotion

Chapter 622: Chapter 266: Promotion

Lu Xuanyu was certain that Chen Feng harbored no ill intentions. As for the "negative impact" that Xiang Shan had mentioned, he always felt, "If you can’t even endure this bit of hardship, then what’s the point of practicing martial arts?"

To this day, he still couldn’t comprehend what exactly Xiang Shan and Chen Feng were ultimately worried about.

All these concerns were beyond his understanding.

Had it not been for this fate, or rather, had it not been for becoming a volunteer, these miraculous matters might never have entered the scope of his thoughts in his lifetime.

And now, he was driven to contemplate these once unconsidered questions.

Scientists are not gods; scientists can make mistakes.

Scientists are quite ignorant outside their own fields of expertise.

Scientists may even make misjudgments within their own fields.

Scientists stand on the boundary of the "unknown," facing the primeval chaos of the universe that humanity has yet to understand. No one can judge their right or wrong.

So, what about the performance of a martial artist within their "field of expertise"?

Did those predecessors hold the perfectly practiced skills as he once thought they did?

Lu Xuanyu’s current thoughts were somewhat tainted with the flavor of "betraying one’s masters and forebears."

And this was precisely what Xiang Shan had emphasized.

"Celestial changes are not to be feared, nor are the ways of the ancestors to be followed."

After spending several months in this medical center, Lu Xuanyu’s thinking had undergone an earth-shattering change.

This transformation was even more significant than the physiological changes that resulted from the implantation of foreign genes.

Of course, at this moment he did not realize the significance of this change.

His mind was preoccupied with something else.

"Prosthetic body."

Legs that could walk freely.

Although he had experienced lower body prosthetics a few times before,

those were just experiments in which Chen Feng and the others suspended him in a frame and then positioned a pair of legs under his body, allowing him to perform "walking" and "jumping" movements without true feedback.

They were just part of an experimental project.

But now, he was about to receive true legs.

Soon, the prosthetic base had fully healed. The dense connective tissue, akin to muscle, had penetrated deeply into the porous structure of the base’s bone layer, firmly securing the entire base.

Lu Xuanyu was once again wheeled into a room.

This room... well, rather than calling it an "operating room," it more closely resembled an "assembly workshop."

Lu Xuanyu was fixed in place, and then several robotic arms began to operate automatically, quickly assembling his lower body.

The human body is "non-standardized." Its formation is influenced by the external environment in many ways, thus resulting in subtle differences in everyone’s body.

But machines are "standardized."

Therefore, weak artificial intelligence struggles with direct medical diagnosis and treatment of human bodies, but it can easily assemble machinery—because, for a machine, any divergence from the "only right state" is deemed an "error."

This process was even quite efficient.

After the assembly was completed, Lu Xuanyu did not immediately gain control over his legs but was wheeled to another room.

In this room, there were many display screens. Chen Feng, Tao Enhai, and Florence were all present. Besides these three, there was also a woman here.

This woman seemed to be about the same age as Lu Xuanyu, maybe a year or two older. She might not put much effort into grooming herself, as her face looked a bit rough, but one could still see a girlish vivacity in her. The woman was also dressed in a hospital gown and even had an IV drip hanging beside her.

When the woman saw Lu Xuanyu enter, she raised a hand in greeting, "Hey-ho! Mr. Lu Xuanyu! I’ve heard a lot about you."

"You must be... Ms. Zhu Xinyu, I presume," Lu Xuanyu said.

Of course, Lu Xuanyu recognized her. Ms. Zhu Xinyu, the spouse of Xiang Shan, chairman of Superman Enterprise.

Although she rarely appeared in the media and not much was discussed about her doings, she seemed to be quite a remarkable figure.

Upon hearing Lu Xuanyu’s words, the woman smiled and nodded, "I’ve just completed the second stage of the Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery, and I woke up just a few days ago, so I hadn’t had the chance to meet you before. From now on, I will be responsible for the debugging work of your prosthetic body’s operating system."

Lu Xuanyu was somewhat surprised.

Tao Enhai took the initiative to explain, "Well... The operating system was led by Xiang Shan, and Zhu Xinyu is an important participant. Also, that ’unbreakable security protocol’ was accomplished through combined efforts with Xiang Shan. She may even have contributed more to this project."

Lu Xuanyu said, "That’s not it... You’ve just gone through a full transformation; these days you must be quite exhausted, right?"

"Oh, there are supplements for the necessary nutrients," Zhu Xinyu pointed at the IV drip beside her: "This transformation process is still ongoing. And anyway, this also counts as a project, right?"

"Ah?"

"An unverified hypothesis," Chen Feng interjected: "Just after the transformation is completed, there’s a brief period when the growth and differentiation of the nervous system become more active than before. Additionally, the deposition of metal-based proteins within neurons and their concentration gradient are influenced by brain activity. This could be considered another kind of ’neural circuit,’ which means ’improving the quality of specific circuits without changing the structure of the neural network.’"

"Theoretically, if one takes advantage of this time period to intensify their training, it’s possible to learn more advanced skills."

Lu Xuanyu was astonished, "There’s such a good thing?"

"Well, theoretically, just theoretically. This hypothesis has not been tested," Chen Feng explained: "Indeed, a small number of mice showed improvement in maze experiments, but it’s only a small portion with just ’statistical significance.’ We can’t distinguish whether this is ’an increase in short-term learning ability’ or ’an overall efficiency improvement due to faster neural signal transmission.’

Lu Xuanyu suddenly felt as though he had missed out on a fortune, "This..."

Chen Feng grimaced, "Believe me, such ’improvements’ also depend on the baseline. At most, you’ve gained the learning capacity of someone in high school—For most people, a few months of high school learning doesn’t lead to any remarkable changes."

Tao Enhai interjected, "Besides, there will be better options for acquiring learning abilities in the future."

"Exactly, and I’m undergoing this training just to verify whether the mice lacked ’subjective initiative’ and thus did not show ’overall improvement,’" Zhu Xinyu nodded, "Besides, Xiang Shan won’t have the time to help you with the tuning and maintenance anytime soon."

Lu Xuanyu nodded. Then, with the help of an exoskeleton, several attendants secured Lu Xuanyu onto a platform.

Zhu Xinyu declared with a light-hearted tone, "Then, I announce that the first experiment officially begins!"