Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 949 - 184: The Chip of Life

Chapter 949: Chapter 184: The Chip of Life

These chips that bestow intelligence upon squids are incredibly... magical.

The substrate of this chip is a polymer material that is extremely difficult to decompose. However, after treatment with a dilute hydrochloric acid solution, this polymer material can be broken down by several common digestive enzymes, making it extremely convenient.

For Earth creatures, the most common dilute hydrochloric acid solution is naturally "stomach acid." But now, with higher life forms on Earth rapidly going extinct, the remaining creatures that can produce stomach acid are generally not larger than this chip.

Logically speaking, this chip is also difficult to degrade in seawater, so even if a squid accidentally dies, it can be easily recycled.

Of course, the real key lies not just in this material.

Inside this substrate, there exists an independent genome.

Yes, within this chip, there is its own, independent genome.

These genomes are entirely artificial, constructed from scratch through physical means and then rapidly replicated through biological methods.

If the Six Dragons Sect had mastered the technique of creating chromosomes from scratch, perhaps this thing could even contain its own chromosomes.

The genome within the chip can participate in protein synthesis, transcription, and replication. However, the chromosomes in these chips cannot operate independently and require energy from external enzyme systems.

The chip’s polymer material surface is embedded with a large number of polar protein particles. These protein particles are akin to the bipolar transistors of the chip, encoding pre-written programs. And ordinary intracellular enzymes cannot affect these polar particles on the chip’s surface.

Only the "computational enzyme" birthed from within the chip can operate on the chip surface’s enzymes, akin to a deep learning system updating itself.

The chip also releases neurochemical transmitters or electrical signals, conveying complex information to the neurons.

It’s a...

This might sound a bit odd, but the essence of this chip is a cell organelle, similar to a mitochondrion that can operate within the cellular environment.

Each individual fiber of the Spear Squid stems from a neuron. For now, perhaps only the neural cells of the Spear Squid can accommodate such a bizarre organelle.

In the Spear Squid, optical nerves, cerebral nerves, arm-foot ganglia, starlight nerves, and mantle nerves all have these types of chips implanted. These chips also connect with artificial wires among themselves, effectively bypassing the squid’s original nervous system to reestablish a network.

Regarding the number of genomes, the complexity of genetic information on this chip is quite low, with little redundancy, poor robustness, almost no evolutionary potential, and cannot self-replicate its shell, being a standard design product.

However, it is humanity’s first chemically driven intelligent device.

The performance of this chip is actually weaker than conventional chips, and due to the "functioning within cells" characteristic, it can currently only be used by the Spear Squid. The Six Dragons Sect is exploring "constructing intercellular structures using vertebrate nerves and chips," but there’s no follow-up information from the Holy Lord, so it’s hard to say how it will turn out.

It seems more like a theoretical validation concept.

The Six Dragons Sect is probing the boundaries of "cellular and non-cellular, life and non-life," and mysteries such as the "origins of life" and "origins of intelligence."

Naturally, the primitive preset programs within this chip can be replicated by conventional Prosthetic Body chips.

However, the process of the "chip computational enzyme" operating on the chip surface’s polar protein particles is difficult to simulate directly through algorithms.

Such chaotic chemical processes are somewhat taxing for traditional computers.

But it is precisely related to the important learning process for squid personality formation.

If the initial program of this biological chip is directly inputted into a conventional chip, and ordinary deep learning algorithms are used to maintain the chip’s self-update, the final product may differ greatly from the biological chip’s outcome.

It’s hard to tell whether the Spear Squids would accept conventional chip counterparts.

Thinking this way is indeed quite strange.

The "Intelligent Squid" results from the "metal-based Spear Squid" combined with the "Six Dragons Sect biological chip." If the "Six Dragons Sect biological chip" is replaced with a "conventional Prosthetic Body chip," would the new intelligent squid form a tribe with the original intelligent squid?

Perhaps it could.

Possibly, the truly important aspect is only the "primitive program" that grants intelligence to squids.

Oh, maybe not.

There’s another new issue.

The implantation method of this biological chip is very special. Its pre-recorded programs and implantation method, a whole set of technologies, are all developed around the characteristics of the biological chip itself.

This structure may be closely related to the current personalities of intelligent squids.

To be safe, Xiang Shan decided to acquire the complete set.

The production process of this type of biological chip is extremely complicated. For now, it might be more prudent to obtain the complete set of production equipment.

The Sagittarius AI’s Xiang Shan once felt this thing had a touch of "Argon," and the reason isn’t complicated.

It’s akin to "using a snail shell to establish a dojo," similar to "Argon."

Human understanding of life remains at an "incomplete comprehension" status.

But the Six Dragons Sect is truly "imitating life" — utilizing existing knowledge frameworks and theoretical technologies.

Using the simplest reaction chains to run the most complex systems as much as possible.

Even producing "intelligence" and "dignity" far beyond their expectations.

Xiang Shan respects those Spear Squids.

After copying the technical information he wanted, Xiang Shan swiftly walked to the rear of the cabin, dragging over two hundred forty heads. The rear of the cabin was the semi-transparent nest chamber of the squids. Behind the communication window, the squids were huddled together, awaiting their fate.

Xiang Shan took out a display screen and placed it against the glass window, with the screen quickly changing patterns, using the language of those squids to explain their intentions.

Subsequently, Xiang Shan also retrieved several bottles containing non-Newtonian fluid protective liquid and squids from behind him, placing the squids inside those chambers, while handing them the displays loaded with translation software, allowing the Spear Squids to converse among themselves.

Then, he proceeded to a massive instrument.

Among the Magnetic Chain Weapon minerals, pieces of metal were shot out by Xiang Shan at extremely high speed, piercing the submarine shell.

Traces left by these metal pieces connected into a circle, and then Xiang Shan stirred with a large gun, thoroughly penetrating the shell. This shell, along with the machine, fell out together.

In the distance, a whale sang, slowly approaching.