NOVEL NEXT Chapter 258: Counter-Invasion
Artificial People.
The moment this term left Chen Jian's mouth, the entire Huaxia Army had already sentenced the "Mountain City" faction to death.
If before, the idea was to seek peace through struggle, hoping to cooperate with the Mountain City organization under the premise of complete suppression, working together for the future of humanity, now, the confrontation between the two forces has officially entered a point of no return.
No, the Huaxia Army does not reject genetic modification.
Holy Blood, Blood Skull, are all products of genetic engineering.
Yet Chen Jian bears no prejudice against them; even against Blood Skull, it is merely a disdain and hatred for "vile kin."
But, Artificial People are different.
Artificial People controlled by the Brain Machine system are even more different.
This technology has completely deconstructed the boundary between man and object. It's not just about "creating a race." It could be said, it has dragged the entire human species into the fray, fundamentally shaking the foundation of human unity.
If one day, this technology continues to evolve and eventually reaches a stage where it can easily control other humans.....
Then, will humanity still exist?
To simultaneously control so many Artificial People, there can be only one way.
A centralized computing system.
If that is the case...
Are humans truly human, or machines?
This question cannot be answered in a short time.
But for Chen Jian, the answer is simple.
This is the harbinger of a modified Iron Man revolt!
Staring at the blood on the ground and the shattered brain matter resembling crushed tofu, Chen Jian took a deep breath.
Then he spoke into the radio:
"The situation is basically clear."
"Most likely there is no longer any meaningful human presence within Mountain City."
"All the 'Mountain City People' we see are just transformed machines beneath human shells."
"We need to devise new combat strategies against them."
"Lei Jie, bring our ground attack aircraft over here at top speed, I need aerial suppressive fire."
"Understood! The order has already been issued, expected to arrive in an hour!"
Lei Jie quickly responded, while Chen Jian rapidly thought, planning the subsequent battle strategy in his mind.
It is now confirmed that these "living forces" fighting against them are puppets controlled by the Brain Machine.
Therefore, theoretically, a strong electromagnetic pulse should affect them.
However, their flexible armor insulates a lot of electromagnetic pulses, reducing the damage to a controllable range.
But if that's the case...
What about the receivers?
Where are their receivers?
Chen Jian squatted down to carefully examine the Brain Machine module extracted from Ji Xing's skull, then picked up the remaining half of the skull on the ground, and after tearing open the skin with gritted teeth, immediately found two small metal contacts on the skull.
"This device is bound to their flexible armor."
Chen Jian gently exhaled, frowning, and said:
"So where's the power source for those flexible armors?"
"This thing must have a power source, right??"
"Biological battery."
Lei Jie's voice came through the radio.
"I saw the body Ji Xing brought back."
"These Artificial People's organs are also modified for cultivation, their stomach acid concentration is much higher than a normal person's."
"The Brain Machine uses bioelectric power supply—check if there's a storage module in the Brain Machine plugin?"
Chen Jian lowered his head again and then replied:
"Yes!"
"There is a clear storage module!"
"Then that's it!"
Lei Jie's voice in the radio sounded somewhat heavy.
"These Mountain City People are essentially no different from the monsters they control, just smaller in size."
"Mountain Demons!"
"Do you remember? These Mountain City People are essentially a group of 'Mountain Demons'!"
"Only, their controllability is higher, and they can use weapons!"
In an instant, Chen Jian was enlightened.
From the moment he saw these Mountain City People, he always had a vague sense of familiarity.
And now, that sense of familiarity was finally clear.
That's right, they are of the same kind as those Mountain Demons.
It's just possible, the Mountain Demons were the "partially uncontrolled" first generation products.
This could be seen from its behavior of wantonly slaughtering a settlement.
----But, was that really an instinctual atrocity after losing control?
Or was there something in the settlement destroyed by the Mountain Demon that could threaten Mountain City?
Chen Jian couldn't afford to think too much.
He already had a plan in mind.
"We don't need to confront them head-on."
"Establish electromagnetic shielding!"
"Impossible."
On the other end of the radio, Lei Jie immediately denied:
"With the power of the electromagnetic interference equipment we currently have, it's not enough to interfere with their equipment."
"Even in terms of algorithms, we do not have the advantage....."
"No."
Chen Jian interrupted Lei Jie.
"That's not what I meant."
"We certainly don't have the capability to interfere across all frequency bands, in fact, not even directional interference."
"But don't we have their Brain Machine?"
"This thing is different from the Brain Machines we've taken from the monsters."
"It has a transmitter end!"
"Are you sure?"
Lei Jie's voice carried a hint of surprise.
But he quickly realized, it should have been so!
Why would those Mountain City People risk everything to reclaim the bodies after the living forces died?
There is only one answer.
The bodies are very important to them.
Inside those bodies, critical equipment that could affect their combat power is hidden.