The Banquet of Kings became famous at the beginning of the empire, when the first Grand Dukes were the most loyal warriors of the Emperor and the brothers of friends in life and death.

They often held banquets to bond with each other, and all the Grand Dukes were present.

With the passing of the first Grand Dukes, the Feast of Kings continued as a kind of customary rule, and every year there was a banquet to maintain the relationship between the empire and the principality.

At the same time, it is also used to reconcile the contradictions between principalities.

But later, as the empire continued to expand, the distance between the people was too far, and every year there would be the absence of the Grand Duke, and every year there were fewer people, and the banquet of the kings was canceled.

"Huh, reconcile? The contradictions between the two countries were provoked by him, and now he is talking about reconciliation? ”

An old sneer came from behind him.

Xia Lian turned his head and saw an old man walking slowly towards this side with a cane.

"Sect Elder." Xia Lian bowed to the old man and bowed a junior salute.

The sect elder stopped at Xia Lian's body, opened his drooping eyelids, and looked Xia Lian up and down with those dark eyes.

"Very nice and spirited.

I thought you were too young to be up to the task.

But looking at your aura just now, there is a bit of your father's shadow. ”

"You've won a prize." Xia Lian said.

After a pause, Xia Lian said, "Are you here to intercede for Xia Suo?" ”

"So I thought so, he is your cousin after all."

Elder Zong said calmly.

"But I heard that he colluded with Bahram?"

Xia Lian bowed, "Someone leaked the identity code of our reformers, which caused the enemy's reformers to sneak into my father's side, and I suspect that it was him." ”

Sect Elder was silent for a long time, and then, he sighed.

"I thought that this kid was just a little more ambitious at best, and that no matter what the outcome, the meat would be rotten in a pot.

I didn't expect him to be so stupid. ”

With that, he sighed and walked out on crutches.

"I don't care about this matter, the succession ceremony is scheduled for three days later, which is the birthday of the first Grand Duke, and it is most appropriate as the day of enthronement.

Three days is also convenient for us to prepare.

By the way, watch out for the Emperor, his mind is much deeper than you think. ”

Xia Lian quietly watched the old man's departure, his mind flowing, and he did not speak.

"If the enthronement ceremony is to be held in a big way, it must definitely invite the people into Helios, and it is estimated that there will be a lot of spies mixed in that day." Xia Lian muttered softly.

"What then?" Sulphur frowned, "Why don't you discuss with the sect elder, and only the members of the council and the residents of Helios can participate, and let them watch it live?" ”

"Nope." Xia Lian shook his head, "That shows that we are afraid of Bahram, and the reason why we want to hold a big enthronement ceremony is to give the people confidence and increase morale."

Economically, it is also to prevent capital flight and population flight.

So, instead of blocking Helios, we must welcome everyone who wants to come to the enthronement ceremony.

to show our composure. ”

"But you...."

"As long as it's not a starship coming in, then everything is under our control." Xia Lian whispered, "What about the Circe troops?" ”

"On the front line." Thiur said.

"Bring one batch back."

"Yes."

"By the way, I heard that we also have reformers lurking in Bahram, right?"

Sulfur engraved jaw head.

"Can we get all of their current military deployments?" Xia Lian asked.

Sulfur thought for a moment, "I'll figure it out." ”

After a pause, Xia Lian asked again, "Are my guards sent to the transformer base now?" ”

"It's already there, do you need me to take you there?" Sulfur asked.

"No, I'll just go with Mithril."

....

The full name of the Transformation Base is the Core Science Research Institute.

Not far from the Summer Palace, it is also a research base, as a separate list of biomechanization projects to replace artificial intelligence, and there are many excellent researchers and scientists inside.

This is where Helios Field was born.

As a confidential research base, it is naturally inaccessible to ordinary people, but this is naturally unimpeded for Xia Lian.

They entered the fourth floor of the research base.

Almost immediately, he saw mercury in a glass container, her body plugged into clear pipes, some blue liquid injected into her body, and her damaged half of her body being repaired at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Under a pillar of glass, a female researcher wearing glasses and a white lab coat browsed through something with a tablet.

Xia Lian stepped forward and asked.

"Dr. Natsusa, how is she?"

Xia Sha came back to her senses and saw Xia Lian, obviously recognizing him.

Then, she reacted and said, "The damage of S177 is relatively serious, but fortunately, there is no obvious organic damage to the brain, and the damaged area can be repaired."

I'm reading her memories right now to see if she's missing them. ”

Xia Lian raised his eyebrows and looked at Xia Sha, "Where did you read?" ”

"The Cangxing Incident."

"Can you confirm that there is no loss of memory?" Xia Lian said.

Xia Sha jaw head.

"Then don't read it anymore, no one wants their memories to be unobscured in front of people's eyes." Xia Liandao.

"Yes." Natsusha retracted the control panel.

"Then she can leave, I upgraded her combat system and built a miniature Helios field so that even if she goes to another country for a stealth mission, there is no starship launch protection field nearby.

She can generate a protective field on her own and protect others at the same time, of course, with less power.

However, the micro-field is still in the experimental stage, if S177 has a return to Helios in the future, please let her come here, we need to use the data. ”

"She's not called S177, she's called Mercury." Xia Lian said.

Xia Sha bowed her head, "Is that your name?" ”

"It should be my mother."

"Mercury, nice name, I remember." Xia Sha laughed. "Is there anything else? If not, I'll do my own thing. ”

"One more thing."

As he spoke, Xia Lian took out a syringe from his body, which contained some blood, the blood of the god with the severed hand, and he took a tube before leaving the base.

He transmitted all the materials of the Fifth Element obtained from the Resistance base to Natsusha.

Xia Sha took in the information, and as she browsed, her expression changed from calm to serious, and then to serious.

Then, she looked at Xia Lian.

"Your Highness, does the fifth element in this information really exist?"

Then, she saw Xia Lian slowly raise his hand, and the azure flames rose into the sky, burning in the palm of his hand.

Xia Sha's eyes were a little distracted, and then, her eyes gradually became excited, and then she looked at the needle in Xia Lian's hand.

"Is this the blood of the gods in the data?"

Xia Lian bowed.

"What do you need me to do?" Xia Sha asked.

"If you can, try to replicate the research in the data, I want you to create a group of humans with divine elements.

You're one of the main researchers of the Transhuman, and there should be a way. ”

"If this gene can really be integrated into the human body, our next-generation human modification technology will have a qualitative breakthrough!" Xia Sha shouted excitedly.

"Can you form combat effectiveness in a short period of time?" Xia Lian asked.

"It may be a little difficult, even if the divine factor fusion experiment in the data is reproduced, it will take about ten years to form combat power at the shortest."

Xia Lian frowned, "Why?" Isn't it possible to successfully mature a person in a few weeks at most? ”

"That's true."

Xia Sha said first.

"For nearly a thousand years, people have been cautious about the use of cloning technology, because there are many ethical issues involved, and with regard to human cloning, only organ cloning is allowed.

But with the ban on artificial intelligence, the productivity of civilization has declined dramatically, and people are in dire need of alternatives to artificial intelligence.

Cloning technology was also liberated, allowing complete human cloning under strict legal requirements, but not memory research.

Research on memory has only been conducted in recent decades.

Our neural integration technology can store knowledge in the brain as data, and it can also instill edited memories.

Cloning researchers have succeeded in creating an adult humanoid based on this technology, and instilling edited memories and knowledge.

Even so, the subject's performance was not satisfactory, and he was able to answer and respond to our questions clearly.

But all the answers are based on the knowledge and memories that we have instilled in his mind.

For the problems that cannot be found from these memories and knowledge, they are very dull and sluggish, and they do not have the intellectual and spiritual qualities that human beings should have.

On the contrary, it is more like a low-level artificial intelligence loaded with data, with only rudimentary logic.

But we examined his brain again, and there was nothing wrong with it, and there were even more neurons than the average human.

The researcher had been with him for more than a decade, and his wisdom was only revealed in his interactions with people year after year.

And after that, we did another controlled experiment.

We cloned two humans with the same genes and instilled the same memories, and we let them live the same life for more than a decade.

We found that although the two are very similar, there is a slight difference in personality.

Sample 1 prefers women with big breasts, while sample 2 prefers women with long legs.

Sample 1 does not like to negotiate with people, but Sample 2 is very outgoing.

In addition to this, there are many differences in details.

Do you know what that means? ”

"What?"

"It means that beyond memory and thinking, the biological structure of the brain, there is something crucial that really dominates human beings." Natsusha said excitedly, "This thing can be called "consciousness", and it can also be called "soul". ”

Xia Lian frowned and fell into thought, Alaya is a collection of human subconscious, since there is a subconscious, there must be a main consciousness.

Therefore, her statement is very reasonable.

Xia Lian remembered the information obtained by Mercury, which was called the Consciousness Transmission Technique

It's the success of the metamorphosis scientist named Hype, but it's an unfinished product.

But if that's really possible......

"What if...... If we can find some mature consciousness from other places and transfer it to these artificial bodies, can we quickly form a standing force? ”

"If there is such a technology." "But so far we don't even know that consciousness exists in various forms. ”

Xia Lian then transmitted some information to Xia Sha, "This is information about consciousness transmission, you can refer to it." ”

Xia Sha jaw head.

Xia Lian handed her the blood in his hand.

"Go and set up a fifth-element research team to study how to turn this element into combat power, and there is no upper limit on the funding, just report my name."

"Yes!"

Xia Sha replied, and then, without even saying goodbye to Xia Lian, she excitedly took the blood and left.

Helios has the most complete biological research system, so it is only fitting that they should hand over the god's blood to study.

For him, it's okay if he can't study the results for the time being, but if he can study the results, it will also help the unforeseen end of the future.

After she left, the pipe stuck in Mercury's body was also withdrawn, the last piece of skin was repaired, and the glass pillar in front of her slowly opened.

After about a few seconds, Mercury slowly opened his eyes, and looked around with some confusion.

"Congratulations, mother and son are safe." Xia Liandao.

“？”

Mercury looked at Xia Lian in confusion, and then, the memories before the coma gradually surfaced in her mind.

"Do you remember?" Xia Lian said with a smile.

Mercury was silent for a moment, and then she said solemnly.

"Your Highness, you are carrying not only your fate, but also the fate of the Principality of Helios."

It's still this familiar tone, and it doesn't seem like his brain has been broken.

Thinking about it, Xia Lian teased with a smile.

"So, I took such a big risk and ran over to save you, did you think about how to repay me?"