Section 21: Technological Singularity...... and progress

There is such a theory.

When different technologies arrive at the right point at the same time, they can work together and blend with each other, which can have an extremely powerful ripple effect. The iteration of technology will be advanced more than a dozen or even dozens of times in a very short period of time, and the entire social environment affected by technology will change drastically as a result—yesterday's frontier will become today's mediocrity, and today's mediocrity will become tomorrow's antique. And in the midst of such rapid changes, all human past experiences, ideas, and traditions will be rendered useless in the drastic changes.

This is known as the technological singularity – the theorists who proposed it were the possibility that humanity could suddenly change from a surface civilization to an interstellar civilization one day in the future. The speed will even be so fast that society will not have time to adjust its own operating structure.

Of course, this can also be called 'quantitative change leading to qualitative change', and this has not happened, at least for now.

It does not happen in human society.

It doesn't happen in human technology either.

But, outside of humanity, two very different technological products are merging dramatically in a coincidence that should not have existed.

One of them is called the 'Divine Seal-Corpse Variant' technique. The so-called Divine Seal is the cleaning mechanism of a certain advanced civilization. It looks like a twisted spiral tentacle sculpture capable of providing a false infinite amount of energy, and distorting the minds of sapient beings within the radial radiance of the energy, transforming corpses into corpses.

The corpse morph is powerful and undead, but its primary purpose is not combat. Its purpose is to aggregate, to gather less into more, and the corpse variants will be piled up into balls in huge numbers. When the accumulated orb forms a massive scale, it rises into the sky, turning into a blood-colored moon that releases powerful wide-area spiritual pollution and generates a high-energy reaction inside. And its birth represents the end of a civilization.

Interestingly, the Blood Moon is a remote provider of the Divine Seal's false infinite energy. The civilization that has obtained the Divine Seal will be deceived and induced by the illusion of infinite energy, and will copy the Divine Seal in large quantities under the extremely low technical threshold set by the Divine Seal. Until the moment when the Divine Seal erupted, transforming all living creatures in the area covered into corpse mutants. And until the appointed time arrives, the Divine Seal will even release a force field that obliterates scattered small-scale corpse mutations to disguise itself, so that the civilization that has obtained the Divine Seal will instead regard the bomb as a lifesaver for personal protection before the real disaster occurs.

This camouflaged annihilation force field is called 'Dead Space'. Until it reveals its true form, it will only be lethal to the corpse morph.

This is one of them.

while the other is of unknown origin and purpose. But it's called blackwater. It once fell into the hands of the engineer civilization, and it has the function of breaking down and reorganizing organisms for structural iteration. Each iteration of it is stronger than the last. Iterate from engineer to human, and then from human to alien. Variant ...... At present, it seems to be a relatively stable terminal result.

This technology can also be called the 'Blackwater-Alien' technology.

And here's the interesting point - the ability to transform corpses into corpse morphs to achieve structurally upgraded Divine Seal technology. Blackwater technology that disassembles and reassembles organisms and then reinforces them. So, what happens when these two technologies that shouldn't be in contact with each other collide with each other?

Will the corpse transformation transformed by the Divine Seal adapt to the black water?

Will Blackwater melt away the living corpse mutants, turning them into useless things?

Or is it ...... The Black Water will transform into a powerful alien lifeform, which will be killed by the Divine Seal radiation and transformed into a corpse mutant. And the newborn corpse mutant was eroded and transformed by the black water again, iterating into a better life. And this newborn life once again died in the radiation of the Divine Seal, creating an even more powerful corpse variant?

It sounds a bit like the absurd delusion of stepping on the right foot with one left foot and going straight up to the stratosphere.

Because whether it is the Divine Seal or the Black Water, it has its own technical ceiling. They can't indefinitely transform life forms for their own use, and their iterations are destined to stop when they touch a certain node.

But...... But ah.

In it, before they touch that node. How far can it, or rather, grow?

It's worth the wait.

…………………………

- The strength of the corpse variant seems to have increased.

Jiang Yu stretched out his hand and restrained the humanoid corpse in front of him with a life force field - it could no longer see its original appearance, and could only discern from the outline of its appearance that it should originate from a human and not an alien monster.

Its power has increased, and so has its creature textures. The overall combat effectiveness has increased by nearly 20% compared to the group in the prison gate area.

Per cent.

For the reincarnation, it is simply an incomparable increase in combat power - each large-scale purchase and exchange of the reincarnation will bring about a huge scale, or even several times the change in strength. It's just 20 percent, which is about the level of ordinary reinforcement. However, for indigenous civilizations that are not reincarnators...... It's outrageous.

Especially......

- Became too fast.

Jiang Yu clenched his five fingers, and the corpse mutant in front of him was crushed into a ball of blood foam by the force field. He sensed that Xia and Zhao Yingkong were heading towards the direction of the underground ore vein area, and the current point in time was ...... It's quite abundant.

Abundance refers to the sky - the wreckage of a huge starship that has been shot down and takes minutes to fall overhead above the prison. And he must make sure that the starship he carries when he lands does not turn to powder in the next crash.

There should be a few tens of seconds left.

There was a little omission in the selection of the original advent point, and I knew that there would be such a complicated change, and when I chose the advent point, I should have stuffed it directly into the prison of Fiora 161, instead of making a more general request to the main god. That way, when you trigger Ripley's mission, you might be able to act before all the variables are generated.

It's a pity that it's hard to buy.

It's impossible for you to choose to go directly into the plot area, instead of putting the landing point in a close direction without direct contact - the mechanism of the main god is a test of fate, no matter what way you trigger the side plot, the rating given by the main god will also turn into a test of the corresponding specifications and fall on your head...... Even if you come with the Star Destroyer Cannon, you can blow up No. 161 directly before triggering the plot, maybe when you turn around after packing up your home, you will find a clone Ripley replacing the main body, and then trigger an unexpected and difficult side quest when you are completely caught off guard.

It is not advisable to exploit the loopholes of the main god.

Although the main god is artificially retarded, it is only when the reincarnators take the initiative to work hard that it will appear full of loopholes at the right time. And all attempts to exploit loopholes will reap the consequences of unexpectedness.

Moving on, more and more corpse variants appeared. The weaker part is solved by the barrage salvo of the reinforcement warriors - they have adapted to the current environment, and they still have the protection from Zhu Wen on their bodies.

'Boom Boom Boom Boom T

The barrage salvo sent a series of explosions, and dozens of corpse mutants were blasted into debris along with the aggregate. Their death is swift and sharp, and their death is only a prelude.

The pollution fluctuation of the divine seal has never appeared.

After the group of corpse mutants in front of him was killed, another group reappeared. There are even relatively powerful aggregates mixed into it, and they show a certain degree of energy resistance.

Energy Resistance...... If it is an instant evolutionary improvement, it is too outrageous. There is a possibility of research in advance, but it is more likely that some kind of unexpected factor is the cause.

Above the sky, the silent giant ship known as the 'Ishimura' has always been the greatest destabilizing factor on this battlefield.

Jiang Yu was sure that as long as he, or any reincarnation other than himself, touched it, it would inevitably trigger a new side quest. In the current environment, the difficulty of simultaneous access to two side quests will take on a geometric exponential structure.

Can't go up.

Jiang Yu held an ancient dragon thunder spear in his hand, judging the current situation while planning to release it at the right time.

He didn't wait for the right time.

Because at this moment, a huge miracle fireball that had been shaped directly skipped the chanting stage and bombarded the cluster of the second wave of corpse transformation frenzy. All of these mutated creatures were scorched in an instant.

Zhu Wen's growth is much faster than he expected. Obviously, he only took drugs on the spot to open the first-order gene lock, but he was able to grasp the A-level enhancement he held so quickly and effectively. This may be classified as a 'genius', and of course, it may also be that the cultivation method recommended by Chu Xuan is particularly applicable to her.

Whatever it is.

These are not strictly important.

There are still more than ten seconds left before the wreckage of the starship falls.

He turned his head and already saw Zhu Wen betting on him with a blank and urgent gaze - she should have sensed the increase in calamity. Because even if the wreckage of the starship is pierced by the light spear, its own mass can still cause a large-scale destructive effect.

Zhu Wen has been able to take care of herself.

But now, it's not the time to just throw her here and leave her alone.

The black knife assassins sent by Zhao Yingkong had already joined the battlefield, and the fate of death they carried was diversionary, which could effectively block and resist.

The front will not collapse for the time being.

Jiang Yu stepped out, tearing the air and coming to Zhu Wen's side.

His hand rested on Zhu Wen's shoulder.

"Come on, come with me." The tone is direct and unquestionable. He didn't feel any thoughts of resistance from Zhu Wen.

So...... Space jumping.

The two reincarnators suddenly appeared above the outer rooftop of the giant prison. Jiang Yu was holding a thunder spear in his hand, and thousands of meters above his head, a steel meteor was already approaching.