Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 631 - 275: Promotion

Chapter 631: Chapter 275: Promotion

After returning to the medical center with Ingrid, Lu Xuanyu went through the usual cognitive test and then rested in his wife’s room.

Of course, since he was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night, he obediently returned to the Benchmark Man’s living area.

The next day, Xiang Shan didn’t visit the medical center. However, Lu Xuanyu always managed to learn about Xiang Shan’s actions through the finance, technology, and even political news sections.

Xiang Shan’s self-doubt seemed to exist only at that table in the cafeteria.

After this incident, Lu Xuanyu felt a stronger "sense of belonging" to Superman Enterprise. Or rather, in his heart, the work being done at the medical center could now be called "our project."

In the following days, he constantly conducted various experiments with Chen Feng, Tao Enhai, and others. During the process of familiarizing himself with the prosthetic body operations, Zhu Xinyu occasionally came to check the control system of his prosthetic body.

"Why do I feel like the recent projects are all a bit self-serving on your part, kid?" Zhu Xinyu said while looking at the computer screen, making small talk, "The section on ’changes in higher cognitive activity during complex procedural actions’ seems a bit excessive, doesn’t it?"

Chen Feng, smiling, said, "I think it’s quite reasonable."

Lu Xuanyu, puzzled, asked, "’Changes in higher cognitive activity during’...what?"

"Ah, it’s the part where you go boxing, even including some combat training..." Zhu Xinyu trailed off, "The ’visual research’ section also crammed in a lot of ’recognition of physical movements’... basically, you watching video footage of combat fights, then repeating and briefly analyzing the process of the match between the athletes."

Chen Feng, smiling, added, "Other projects can be completed by other volunteers, but for this part, who else but Lu is suitable?"

Lu Xuanyu was quite frustrated, "Ms. Zhu..."

Zhu Xinyu raised her head, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Why be so formal? Just call me ’Sister Zhu.’

"Sister Zhu..." Lu Xuanyu, hand pressed against his forehead, "This title feels a bit strange."

Although Zhu Xinyu was indeed a bit older than Lu Xuanyu, her temperament and appearance always made people feel that she was still at that most vigorous age.

"Or ’Zhu,’ ’Xinyu,’ either is fine," Chen Feng noted, "Among our generation here, she’s one of the youngest."

At the beginning of the 1930s, once "Argon" was identified as not highly technologically advanced, many scholars began leaving the Rama Project.

Some scholars left because they felt the Rama Project did not fully align with their research directions, or they had other more necessary projects to work on.

Kanhara Tsun was among them, and Liu, Xiang Shan’s mentor, was included as well.

Most of these scholars had somewhere else to realize or were beginning to realize funding independence and had clear directions they wanted to pursue.

After the technological level of "Argon" was assessed, these scholars no longer viewed it as a "treasure" but rather as a regular "cake" that also involved scholars from various countries and different fields. The "slice of cake" they could get here might not be richer than what they already had.

The scholars who remained were of three types.

The first were young scholars whose positions were not stable outside and who did not have enough influence. Every country hoped to maintain a "necessary" scale of their own scientific personnel in the Rama Project District, so they found no reason to leave.

The second type was older scholars who were gradually retiring from the forefront but were considered "trustworthy" due to their multiple collaborations with national institutions. For these people, "first contact with aliens" might be the last project "destined to make history" they could be involved in.

The third category consisted of those "who considered the objects brought by Argon as directly related to their research areas."

The first and third categories included Xiang Shan’s "initial team" — Xiang Shan himself was somewhere between "the first category" and "the third category."

And those who ultimately followed Xiang Shan to leave the Rama Project and establish Superman Enterprise were this group of people.

The other scholars invited by Xiang Shan during the initial period of Superman Enterprise (like Chen Feng) were also roughly this age.

They were basically contemporaries who grew up during the peak of globalization and shared similar values.

Zhu Xinyu, who joined the group for various reasons, happened to be among the youngest of them.

"Little Zhu." Lu Xuanyu then asked his earlier question, "Can... becoming the Benchmark Man actually improve thinking capacity?"

Zhu Xinyu, patting her temples, said, "I think the improvement is pretty significant?"

"Ah?"

"I’ve started to feel that the stuff I wrote before is getting more and more unbearable to read... Maybe that’s a manifestation of an improvement?" Zhu Xinyu explained, "And things like coding are becoming smoother too."

Lu Xuanyu said, "Is it really that significant? I feel like my intelligence is still the same as before."

"As the nerves transform, the speed of your neurological signals will gradually increase. Just this change is enough to drive many improvements," Chen Feng explained, "I even saved the records of your descriptions of the Martial Artist confrontations from a few experiments ago. The improvement is quite noticeable from one month to the next. If you don’t believe me, I can show you."

Lu Xuanyu: "Did my improvement... also cover my writing skills?"

"...Not exactly," Chen Feng grinned sheepishly, "You have the capacity for repeated practice, which should show noticeable improvement."

Lu Xuanyu clenched his fists, then released them.

"Feels like a waste. This kind of improvement opportunity only exists after the transformation is just completed, right?" Lu Xuanyu said, "I should be at the training field."

"What’s the rush." Chen Feng grinned, "But I also think it’s about time. Little Zhu, what do you think?"

"The mappings for various complex movements have already been established. We can’t simulate everything in the laboratory, so I can’t guarantee there won’t be bugs," Zhu Xinyu, hands propped under her nose, glasses reflecting the light from the computer screen, said, "When Lu wants to perform some action, a bug might occur. But within foreseeable limits, there shouldn’t be any issues."

"Then... shall we tell him now?"

"Yes."

"Okay," Chen Feng nodded, "Lu, I guess it’s just a matter of a few days now. Xiang Shan has already set up a professional training team for you—including experts in sports science, along with various combat fighters and martial artists."

Lu Xuanyu was delighted, "When?"

"The specifics are being handled by the professional team, so I’m not sure about the progress, but it should be in the next few days..." Chen Feng patted Lu Xuanyu’s shoulder, "So, congratulations in advance."